‘Boyhood’ leads N.Y. Film Critics Circle Awards NEW YORK — Richard Linklater’s 12-years-in-the-making “Boyhood” has been named best picture by the New York Film Critics Circle. “Boyhood” also won the best director award for Linklater and best supporting actress honors for Patricia Arquette in results announced Monday. The strong support from one of the country’s top critics groups gives “Boyhood” an early boost in Hollywood’s awards season. The film, for which production stretched out over years to capture the passage of time, is considered an Oscar front-runner. The best actor award went to Timothy Spall for “Mr. Turner,” Mike Leigh’s biopic about the British painter J.M.W. Turner. Marion Cotillard was selected as best actress for her performances in both James Gray’s Ellis Island period tale “The Immigrant” and the Dardenne brothers’ workplace drama “Two Days, One Night.” The best supporting actor award went to J.K. Simmons, who plays a taskmaster conductor at an elite jazz conservatory in “Whiplash.” The New York Film Critics Circle often diverges from the season’s favorites. But it can add momentum to films or performers not previously prominent on the awards-season radar. Spall, seen as an outsider to big names like Micheal Keaton (“Birdman”) and Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Imitation Game”), may see his fortunes rise. So too may Cotillard, who has thus far been largely eclipsed by actresses such as Reese Witherspoon (“Wild”) and Julianne Moore (“Still Alice”). The critics also shined a light on “The Immigrant,” a film released early in the year and not a big part of the Weinstein Co.’s Oscar push. In addition to the nod to Cotillard, the film’s Darius Khodji was named best cinematographer. The irreverent “The Lego Movie” took the best animated film award. The acclaimed black-and-white Polish drama “Ida” won as best foreign film. Laura Poitras’ documentary on Edward Snowden, “Citizenfour,” was chosen best nonfiction film. Best screenplay went to “The Grand Budapest Hotel,” a script Wes Anderson wrote, crediting the writings of Austrian author Stefan Zweig for inspiration. Australian filmmaker Jennifer Kent took the honor for best first film for her “The Babadook,” the just-released horror thriller about a widow, her young son and a children’s book monster.
Posted on: Tue, 02 Dec 2014 19:07:33 +0000
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