Earlier today, the nominations for the Online Film Critics Society's (OFCS), an organisation of which I am a member, 18th annual awards were announced. Reflecting a generally strong year with a great breadth of quality, the nominations run the gamut from expected and long-standing critical favourites like Richard Linklater's Boyhood, which landed six nominations and shares the lead for most nods with The Grand Budapest Hotel, to the lesser discussed but still brilliant likes of Under the Skin and The Babadook. I'm particularly delighted to see Essie Davis nominated for Best Actress for her performance in the latter film, which is far and away my favourite performance by any Actress (or Actor, for that matter) this year. It's an all-round solid slate, and while I'd have liked to see Tsai Ming-liang's Stray Dogs nominated for Best Film Not in the English Language, what are you going to do?
The winners will be announced next Monday, the 15th, and I will spend the next week trying to catch up on the films I've yet to see in time for the final vote. You can see the full list of nominees below.
Best Picture
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
The Lego Movie
Mommy
Nightcrawler
Selma
Two Days, One Night
Whiplash
Under the Skin
Best Animated Feature
Big Hero 6
The Boxtrolls
How to Train Your Dragon 2
The Lego Movie
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Best Film Not in the English Language
Ida
The Missing Picture
Mommy
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
Two Days, One Night
Best Documentary
Citizenfour
Life Itself
The Missing Picture
National Gallery
The Overnighters
Best Director
Wes Anderson – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne – Two Days, One Night
Ava DuVernay – Selma
Jonathan Glazer – Under the Skin
Richard Linklater – Boyhood
Best Actor
Ralph Fiennes – The Grand Budapest Hotel
Brendan Gleeson – Calvary
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler
Michael Keaton – Birdman
Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night
Essie Davis – The Babadook
Anne Dorval – Mommy
Julianne Moore – Still Alice
Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl
Best Supporting Actor
Josh Brolin – Inherent Vice
Ethan Hawke – Boyhood
Edward Norton – Birdman
Mark Ruffalo – Foxcatcher
J.K. Simmons – Whiplash
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette – Boyhood
Jessica Chastain – A Most Violent Year
Suzanne Clément – Mommy
Agata Kulesza – Ida
Tilda Swinton – Snowpiercer
Best Original Screenplay
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Selma
Two Days, One Night
Whiplash
Best Adapted Screenplay
Gone Girl
Inherent Vice
Snowpiercer
Under the Skin
We Are the Best!
Best Editing
Birdman
Boyhood
Gone Girl
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Whiplash
Best Cinematography
Birdman
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ida
Mr. Turner
Under the Skin
Best Non-U.S. Release (non-competitive category)
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10,000 km
Entre Nós
Han Gong-ju
Hard to Be a God
The Look of Silence
The Salt of the Earth
What We Do in the Shadows
Timbuktu
The Tribe