Critics Top Ten List 2013: Liam Lacey, The Globe & Mail

TG&M 1. 12 Years A Slave 2. Gravity 3. Nebraska 4. The Wolf Of Wall Street 5. Her 6. Before Midnight 7. Inside Llewyn Davis 8. American Hustle 9. Captain Phillips 10. Frances Ha

The Top Ten Lists of 2013: 60 and Counting

With sixty lists counted, Gravity now sits at the top of the list. American Hustle has moved into the top five, and Leviathan has jumped onto the list at #15.

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Quentin Tarantino

Afternoon Delight Before Midnight Blue Jasmine The Conjuring Drinking Buddies Frances Ha Gravity Kick-Ass 2 The Lone Ranger This is the End

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Guy Lodge

Gravity The Selfish Giant Under the Skin The Immigrant Mother of George Child’s Pose Tom at the Farm Frances Ha Blue is the Warmest Color The Heat Hitfix

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Jackie Cooper

Nebraska 42 Instructions Not Included The Way Way Back Enough Said Frozen The Book Theif Fruitvale Station Before Midnight August: Osage County   Huffington Post

20 Weeks To Oscar: The Great Settling 2013

Yes, it’s that time again. Time for all good voters to spend a week with their screeners (and hopefully, screenings), deciding for themselves who really does deserve their votes. But this may be the least predictable season I have ever witnessed. There is… and will be… only one legitimate blockbuster in play. Gravity. $652 million worldwide.

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader

BS 1. At Berkeley 2. Paradise: Faith/Paradies: Hope 3. Computer Chess 4. A Touch Of Sin 5. I’m So Excited 6. Stray Dogs 7. Tabu 8. Drug War 9. Gravity 10. You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet

Critics Top Ten List 2013: J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

JRJ 1. The Act of Killing  2. Amour  3. Neighboring Sounds 4. A Touch of Sin  5. 12 Years a Slave  6. Let the Fire Burn 7. Dirty Wars  8. Lore  9.The Missing Picture  10. American Hustle 

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Devin Faraci, Badass Digest

BD 1. Gravity 2. Blue Jasmine 3. Captain Phillips 4. The Spectacular Now 5. Stoker 6. This Is The End 7. Frances Ha 8. Spring Breakers 9. The Act Of Killing 10. Upstream Color 11. The World’s End 12. The Wolf Of Wall Street 13. Inside Llewyn Davis 14. 12 Years A Slave 15. Her

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Milan Paurich

1. Her 2. American Hustle 3. Inside Llewyn Davis 4. Nebraska 5. Enough Said 6. Frances Ha 7. The Wolf of Wall Street 8. The Grandmaster 9. Gravity 10. To the Wonder

Gurus o’ Gold: Holiday Contender Watch Guide

The Gurus are heading out for the holiday. But we have suggestions for your awards viewing over the holidays.

What Screeners You Should Dig Out Of The Pile (Short Term 12 and Before Midnight lead); What Films You Should You See On The BIG Screen (Gravity leads), and What Films We Will Watch Again Over The Holiday (Her leads).

May you all have a merry Christmas and a Gurus new year!

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Calum Marsh

CM 1. The Wolf of Wall Street 2. Her 3. Leviathan 4. Museum Hours 5. The World’s End 6. 12 Years a Slave 7. Inside Llewyn Davis 8. Spring Breakers 9. Drug War 10. At Berkeley 11. Like Someone in Love 12. A Touch of Sin 13. Viola 14. The Counselor 15. Computer Chess

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Todd McCarthy, THR

THR 1. Inside Llweyn Davis 2. Her 3. Gravity 4. Frances Ha 5. American Hustle 6. Dallas Buyers Club 7. The Wolf Of Wall Street 8. Short Term 12 9. Leviathan 10. Nebraska

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Matthew Lucas, Lexington Dispatch (NC)

1. LEVIATHAN 2. THE ACT OF KILLING 3. 12 YEARS A SLAVE 4. SPRING BREAKERS 5. THE WIND RISES 6. THE GREAT BEAUTY 7. THE GRANDMASTER 8. BEFORE MIDNIGHT 9. WELCOME TO PINE HILL 10. LIKE SOMEONE IN LOVE

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Keith Uhlich, Time Out NY

KU 1. Bastards 2. Museum Hours 3. Lords Of Salem 4. Post Tenebras Lux 5. Viola 6. Berberian Sound Studio 7. This Is Martin Bonner 8. To The Wonder 9. The World’s End 10. The Wolf Of Wall Street

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Brian D. Johnson, Maclean’s

Maclean’s 1. 12 Years A Slave 2. Inside Llewyn Davis 3. Her 4. Gravity 5. Blue is the Warmest Color 6. A Touch of Sin 7. Dallas Buyers Club 8. Enough Said 9. American Hustle 10. Captain Phillips / All is Lost

Critics Top Ten List 2013: Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune

Tribune Her 12 Years A Slave Consuming Spirits Stories We Tell Fruitvale Station American Hustle Post Tenebras Lux Inside Llewyn Davis Let The Fire Burn The Gatekeepers Beyond The Hills Blue Is The Warmest Color Computer Chess The Conjuring Frances Ha Gimme The Loot Gravity The Great Beauty In A World… Like Someone In Love…

2013 Critics Awards: Utah Film Critics Association

Best Picture: Gravity Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave Best Actress: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color Best Supporting Actor: Bill Nighy, About Time Best Supporting Actress: Scarlett Johansson, Her Best Original Screenplay: Simon Pegg & Edgar Wright, The World’s End Best Adapted Screenplay: Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke & Richard…

9 FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS ADVANCE IN OSCAR RACE

December 20, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE \BEVERLY HILLS, CA —Nine features will advance to the next round of voting in the Foreign Language Film category for the 86th Academy Awards®. Seventy-six films had originally been considered in the category. The films, listed in alphabetical order by country, are: Belgium, “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” Felix van…

2013 Critics Awards: Las Vegas Film Critics Society

Best Picture “12 Years a Slave” Best Director Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” Best Actor Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club” Best Actress Emma Thompson, “Saving Mr. Banks” Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” Best Supporting Actress Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave” Best Screenplay Spike Jonze, “Her” Best Foreign Film “Blue is…