More regional groups today, all of which are more legit film critics than any member of the BFCA. Indiana became the first to like Reese Witherspoon for Best Actress, and Ralph Fiennes in Best Actor (could he actually get a last minute surge on the coattails of all the Budapest love?)
INDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS
Film: Boyhood
Animated: The Lego Movie
Foreign-Language: Two Days, One Night
Documentary: Life Itself
Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adapted Screenplay: Whiplash
Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Wild
Actor: Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Supporting Actress: Jessica Chastain, A Most Violent Year
Supporting Actor: JK Simmons, Whiplash
Score: Under the Skin
Dallas went gaga for Birdman, but also liked Reese in Best Actress. Otherwise, not a lot of surprises there.
DALLAS FT. WORTH CRITICS
Picture: Birdman
Director: Alejandro Innaritu, Birdman
Actor: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Actress: Reese Witherspoon, Wild
S. Actor: JK Simmons, Whiplash
S. Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Foreign-Language: Force Majeure
Screenplay: Birdman
Documentary: Citizenfour
Animated: The Lego Movie
Cinematography: Birdman
Score: Interstellar
Finally, the Online Film Critics Society went nuts for Budapest, actually giving it Best Picture, which is a nice change of pace from Boyhood and Birdman. And chalk up another win for Rosamund Pike as well. But all this Budapest stuff is entirely about perception- I don't think this would even be happening if the Golden Globe and SAG nominations last week hadn't confirmed that it was okay to still like something that came out way back in March. Critics are such sheep.
ONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY
Picture: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Animated: The Lego Movie
Foreign-Language: Two Days, One Night
Dcumentary: Life Itself
Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Actor: Michael Keaton, Birdman
Actress: Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
S. Actor: Edward Norton, Birdman
S. Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel
Adapted Screenplay: Gone Girl
Editing: Birdman
Cinematography: The Grand Budapest Hotel
