Leviathan, Under the Skin impress London Critics
- Boyhood continues its dream awards run
The 35th London Critics’ Circle Film Awards unspooled on Sunday and US films were the clear winners this year. There was however some comfort for European cinema as Leviathan [+see also:
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Boyhood continued its dream awards season by winning Film of the Year, Director of the Year for Richard Linklater and Supporting Actress of the Year for Patricia Arquette. Similarly, Michael Keaton, Julianne Moore and JK Simmons continued their stellar seasons by winning acting honours for Birdman, Still Alice and Whiplash respectively. Notable British absentees from the honours board were The Imitation Game [+see also:
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35th LONDON CRITICS’ CIRCLE FILM AWARDS WINNERS
FILM OF THE YEAR
Boyhood
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
Leviathan
BRITISH FILM OF THE YEAR
Under the Skin
DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
Citizenfour [+see also:
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ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Michael Keaton - Birdman
ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Julianne Moore - Still Alice
SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
JK Simmons - Whiplash
SUPPORTING ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Patricia Arquette - Boyhood
BRITISH ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner
BRITISH ACTRESS OF THE YEAR
Rosamund Pike - Gone Girl & What We Did on Our Holiday
YOUNG BRITISH PERFORMER OF THE YEAR
Alex Lawther - The Imitation Game
DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR
Richard Linklater - Boyhood
SCREENWRITER OF THE YEAR
Wes Anderson - The Grand Budapest Hotel [+see also:
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BREAKTHROUGH BRITISH FILMMAKER
Yann Demange – ‘71 [+see also:
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TECHNICAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Under the Skin - Mica Levi, score
DILYS POWELL AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN FILM
Miranda Richardson
TOP 10 FILMS of 2014
1. Boyhood
2. Birdman
3. Under the Skin
4. Whiplash
5. Mr. Turner
6. Leviathan
7. The Grand Budapest Hotel
8. Ida [+see also:
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9. Nightcrawler
10. The Theory of Everything
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