Boyhood, director Richard Linklater’s magnum opus of a young child’s (Ellar Coltrane) subtle journey of self-discovery, was named Best Picture of the Year by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA).
“Originality was honored in this year’s awards from LAFCA, with several prizes going to Richard Linklater’s twelve years in the making Boyhood, and other important awards for the imaginative Grand Budapest Hotel, the groundbreaking cinematography of Birdman, and the tour de force performance by Tom Hardy in Locke,” said LAFCA president Stephen Farber. “Our group again honored a range of films from around the world and an impressive array of emerging and veteran talents.”
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!The 40th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards takes place Saturday, January 10 at the Intercontinental, Los Angeles.
Below is a list of the winners:
Picture: Boyhood (Runner-up: Grand Budapest Hotel)
Director: Richard Linklater, “Boyhood” (Runner-up: “The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson)
Actor: Tom Hardy, “Locke” (Runner-up: Michael Keaton, “Birdman”)
Actress: Patricia Arquette, “Boyhood” (Runner-up: Julianne Moore, “Still Alice”)
Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, “Whiplash” (Runner-up: Edward Norton, “Birdman”)
Supporting Actress: Agata Kulesza, “IDA” (Runner-up: Rene Russo, “Nightcrawler”)
Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Wes Anderson (Runner-up: Birdman, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr. and Armando Bo)
Animation: The Tale of Princess Kaguya (Runner-up: The Lego Movie)
Foreign Language Film: Ida (Runner-up: Winter Sleep)
Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: Citizenfour (Runner-up: Life Itself)
New Generation: Ava DuVernay, “Selma”
Film Editing: Sandra Adair, “Boyhood” (Runner-up: Barney Pilling, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”)
Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, “Birdman” (Runner-up: Dick Pope, “Mr. Turner”)
Production Design: Adam Stockhausen, “The Grand Budapest Hotel” (Runner-up: Ondrej Nekvasil, “Snowpiercer”)
Score: (tie) Jonny Greenwood, “Inherent Vice” and Mica Levi, “Under The Skin”
Douglas E. Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video: Walter Reuben, “The David Whiting Story”
Career Achievement: Gena Rowlands
