Online Film Critics Society Award Winners Announced

This morning, the winners for the 17th Annual Online Film Critics Society Awards were revealed. The big winner, as has been case with many other critics' groups, was Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave, which was awarded Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay. Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity was no slouch, either; it won Best Director, Editing and Cinematography, and was awarded a special award for its revolutionary special effects.

Meanwhile, Act of Killing won Best Documentary in an incredibly strong category; Cate Blanchett took Best Actress for Blue Jasmine; Blue is the Warmest Colour was awarded Best Film Not In The English Language; and The Wind Rises, the final film from Hayao Miyazaki, won Best Animated Feature. 

Here's the full list of nominations. The winners have been highlighted in red, while the nominees I put as number one on my ballot have been represented by an asterisks.

Film Review: Blue Is the Warmest Colour (2013)

Inspired by Julie Maroh's graphic novel of the same name, Blue Is the Warmest Colour is the story of Adèle (Adèle Exarchopoulos), a seventeen year old girl going through those slightly lost days before adulthood truly begins. She loves to read, talks about boys with her friends, attends anti-austerity rallies, and has only a very vague sense of what she wants to do with her life. Whilst walking through town one day, she sees Emma (Léa Seydoux) and falls for her, hard. After meeting properly at a gay bar, Adèle and Emma meet up, have long conversations about literature, love and life, and become lovers. Over several years, their relationship flourishes, even as they are drawn in different directions, as Adèle becomes a teacher and Emma pursues a career as a graphic designer. As the relationship shapes and defines Adèle's personality, and as that relationship begins to fray, Adèle starts to unravel in tandem.