Boyhood Scores At The New York Film Critics Circle Awards

The Lego Movie takes Best Animated Film

Boyhood! It’s not just for 50 Best Films Of 2014 lists, you know. It’s also lining up to be among the toasts of the award season. Richard Linklater’s years-in-the-making coming-of-age odyssey has walked away with Best Film from the New York Film Critics Circle.

The Critics Circle, which has been handing out gongs since 1936, also gave Linklater Best Director for the film, while Patricia Arquette won Best Supporting Actress. But it didn’t all go Boyhood’s way – Timothy Spall was named Best Actor for Mr. Turner, with Marion Cotillard taking Best Actress for her roles in Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant. James Gray’s film also took home an award for its cinematographer, Darius Khondji.

Elsewhere, The Lego Movie won Best Animated Film and Jennifer Kent scored Best First Film for her terrifying, emotional The Babadook. The full list of winners is below.

Best Film

Boyhood

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor

Timothy Spall – Mr. Turner

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard – Two Days, One Night and The Immigrant

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

Best Supporting Actor

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Best Screenplay

Wes Anderson & Hugo Guinness – The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Cinematography

Darius Khondji – The Immigrant

Best First Film

Jennifer Kent – The Babadook

Best Foreign Language Film

Ida

Best Non-Fiction Film
Citizenfour

Special Award

Adrienne Mancia

from Empire News