Houston Film Critics 2014
Houston Film Critics Honor Boyhood, Gyllenhall and Moore
Richard Linklater’s Boyhood dominated the proceedings, winning awards for Best Picture, Director, Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Patricia Arquette) and Technical Achievement. It was also received the Texas Independent Film Award, a special recognition for films shot in the state.
Jake Gyllenhall bested a competitive field of leading actors to be named Best Actor by the Houston Film Critics Society at its annual awards ceremony on Saturday.
Gyllenhall was named for his performance in Nightcrawler over Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game), Tom Hardy (Lock), Michael Keaton (Birdman) and Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything).
Julianne Moore was named Best Actress for Still Alice while J.K. Simmons continued his award gathering as Best Supporting Actor for Whiplash.
The Society also honored Larry McMurtry for his strong ties to Texas in literature and on film and the Houston Film Commission for its contribution to the local and state film community. In the Society’s more entertaining awards, the group named The Identical the worst movie of 2014, and The Grand Budapest Hotel as the best movie poster.
Winners are selected by working film journalists on television, radio, online and in print who reach millions of people each week across the United States with their commentaries on film.
Other winners include:
Animated Movie: The Lego Movie
Documentary: Citizen Four
Foreign Language Film: Force Majeure
Cinemtatography: Birdman
Song: Everything is Awesome, The Lego Movie
Original Score: The Grand Budapest Hotel