This year's SDFCS nominations includes a diverse list that is likely to have something for everyone. In fact, we had ties in the tie-breaker round (!) for Best Film and Best Male Actor, and hence have 6 names instead of the usual 5 in those two categories. Some picks are similar to those from other critics groups in the country (including those from New York, Los Angeles, and Boston). And then there are some unique picks such as nominations for Venus In Fur and Heli in the Best Foreign Film category. The SDFCS may also be the first critics group to hand a Best Male Actor nomination to the redoubtable Brendan Gleeson for his work in Calvary. Personally, I am just glad that Marion Cotillard made the cut for Best Female Actor for her remarkable work in Two Days, One Night, a film that deserves a wide, wide audience.
Without further ado, here are the final 2014 SDFCS nominations. Do not forget to provide us your feedback on the nominations in the Comments section.
BEST FILM
BOYHOOD
GONE GIRL
NIGHTCRAWLER
SELMA
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro González Iñárritu, BIRDMAN
Dan Gilroy, NIGHTCRAWLER
David Fincher, GONE GIRL
Richard Linklater, BOYHOOD
Wes Anderson, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
BEST ACTOR, MALE
Brendan Gleeson, CALVARY
Eddie Redmayne, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Jake Gyllenhaal, NIGHTCRAWLER
Michael Keaton, BIRDMAN
Ralph Fiennes, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Tom Hardy, LOCKE
BEST ACTOR, FEMALE
Felicity Jones, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Hilary Swank, THE HOMESMAN
Marion Cotillard, TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
Mia Wasikowska, TRACKS
Rosamund Pike, GONE GIRL
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, MALE
Edward Norton, BIRDMAN
Ethan Hawke, BOYHOOD
J.K. Simmons, WHIPLASH
Mark Ruffalo, FOXCATCHER
Riz Ahmed, NIGHTCRAWLER
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, FEMALE
Carrie Coon, GONE GIRL
Emma Stone, BIRDMAN
Keira Knightly, THE IMITATION GAME
Patricia Arquette, BOYHOOD
Rene Russo, NIGHTCRAWLER
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacabone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo, BIRDMAN
Dan Gilroy, NIGHTCRAWLER
Richard Linklater, BOYHOOD
Steven Knight, LOCKE
Wes Anderson, Hugo Guiness, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
BEST ADAPATED SCREENPLAY
Anthony McCarten, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Gillian Flynn, GONE GIRL
Joel Coen, William Nicolson, Ethan Coen, Richard LaGravenese, UNBROKEN
Nick Hornby, WILD
Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber, THE FAULT IN OUR STARS
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE
FORCE MAJEURE
HELI
IDA
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
VENUS IN FUR
BEST DOCUMENTRAY
CITIZENFOUR
ELAINE STRITCH: SHOOT ME
GLEN CAMPBELL: I’LL BE ME
LIFE ITSELF
THE LAST DAYS IN VIETNAM
BEST ANIMATED FILM
BIG HERO 6
BOXTROLLS
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON 2
THE LEGO MOVIE
THE NUT JOB
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Fredrik Wenzel, FORCE MAJEURE
Hoyte Van Hoytema INTERSTELLAR
Jeff Cronenweth, GONE GIRL
Robert Elswit, NIGHTCRAWLER
Roger Deakins, UNBROKEN
BEST EDITING
Barney Pilling, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
James Herbert, Laura Jennings, EDGE OF TOMORROW
John Gilroy, NIGHTCRAWLER
Kirk Baxter, GONE GIRL
Sandra Adair, BOYHOOD
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Adam Stockhausen, Anna Pincock, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Dennis Gassner & Anna Pinnock, INTO THE WOODS
John Paul Kelly, THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
Maria Djurkovic, THE IMITATION GAME
Nathan Crawley, INTERSTELLAR
BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
Alexandre Desplat, THE IMITATION GAME
James Newton Howard, NIGHTCRAWLER
Antonio Sanchez, BIRDMAN
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, GONE GIRL
BEST ENSEMBLE
BIRDMAN
BOYHOOD
SELMA
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
THE IMITATION GAME
