Scoreboards – Critics Awards

2013 Critics Awards: Kansas City Film Critics

Best Picture “12 Years a Slave” Best Director (tie) Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity” and Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave” Best Actress Sandra Bullock, “Gravity” Best Supporting Actor Michael Fassbender, “12 Years a Slave” Best Supporting Actor Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave” Best Adapted Screenplay “12 Years a Slave”…

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2013 Critics Awards: Boston Film Critics

Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave” Runner-up: “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best Director: Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” Runner-up: Martin Scorsese, “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave” Runner-up: Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Wolf of Wall Street” Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine” Runner-up: Judi Dench, “Philomena” Best…

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2013 Critics Awards: Black Film Critics Circle

Best Picture: “12 Years a Slave” Best Director: Steve McQueen, “12 Years a Slave” Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave” Best Actress: Brie Larson, “Short Term 12” Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave” Best Adapted Screenplay: “12 Years a Slave” Best Original…

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2013 Film Critics: Austin Film Critics

Best Film: “Her” Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón, “Gravity” Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, “12 Years a Slave” Best Actress: Brie Larson, “Short Term 12” Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave” Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze, “Her” Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley, “12 Years a Slave”…

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2013 Critics Awards: African-American Film Critics Association

Best Actor                               Forest Whitaker, Lee Daniels: The Butler (TWC) Best Actress                            Sandra Bullock, Gravity (Warner Bros.) Best Supporting Actress         Oprah Winfrey, Lee Daniels: The Butler (TWC) Best Supporting Actor            Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (Focus Features) Best World Cinema                Mother of George (Oscilloscope Laboratories) Breakout Performance            Lupita Nyong’o, 12…

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2013 Critics Awards: Phoenix Film Critics

BEST PICTURE “12 Years a Slave” BEST DIRECTOR Alfonso Cuaron, “Gravity” BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE Matthew McConaughey, “Dallas Buyers Club” BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine” BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Lupita Nyong’o, “12 Years a Slave”…

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2013 Critics Awards: New York Film Circle

Best Picture “American Hustle” (dir. David O. Russell) Best Director Steve McQueen, “12 Years A Slave” Best Actor Robert Redford, “All Is Lost” Best Actress Cate Blanchett, “Blue Jasmine” Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto, “Dallas Buyers Club” Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence, “American Hustle” Best Screenplay David O. Russell and Eric Singer, “American Hustle” Best…

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2013 Critics Awards: Alliance of Women Film Journalists

ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS 2013 EDA Awards Winners Best Film 12 Years a Slave Best Director (Female or Male) 12 Years a Slave–Steve McQueen Best Screenplay, Original Her–Spike Jonze Best Screenplay, Adapted 12 Years a Slave, John Ridley Best Documentary Stories We Tell–Sarah Polley Best Animated Film The Wind Rises–Hayao Miyazaki Best Actress Cate…

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2013 Critics Awards: Florida Film Critics Circle

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave Best Actress: Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave Best Director: Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley…

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2013 Critics Awards: Toronto Film Critics Association

BEST PICTURE Inside Llewyn Davis BEST ACTOR Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis BEST ACTRESS Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle BEST DIRECTOR Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity BEST SCREENPLAY, ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL Spike Jonze, Her BEST FIRST FEATURE Neighboring Sounds BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The…

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2013 Critics Awards: Chicago Film Critics Association

Best Picture 12 Years A Slave Best Director Steve McQueen, 12 Years A Slave Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave Best Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Best Supporting Actress Luptia Nyong’o, 12 Years A Slave Best Original Screenplay Spike Jonze, Her Best Adapted Screenplay John…

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2013 Critics Awards: Southeastern Film Critics

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave (Runner-up: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club) Best Actress: Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine (Runner-up: Judi Dench, Philomena) Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club (Runner-up: Michael Fassbender, 12 Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave (Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle) Best Director: Steve McQueen, 12…

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Film Comment Announces Its 2013 Best Of Year Lists

“INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS,” “12 YEARS A SLAVE” AND “BEFORE MIDNIGHT” ARE 1-2-3 FOR FILMS RELEASED DURING THE YEAR “JEALOUSY,” “STRAY DOGS” AND “WHAT NOW? REMIND ME” TOP THE FILMS WITHOUT U.S. DISTRIBUTION LIST NEW YORK – December 16, 2013 – Film Comment’s annual end-of-the-year survey of film critics, journalists, film section editors, and past and present contributors was…

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2013 Critics Awards: The Online Film Critics Society

Best Picture 12 Years a Slave Best Animated Feature The Wind Rises Best Film Not in the English Language Blue Is the Warmest Color Best Documentary The Act of Killing Best Director Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave Best Actress Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine Best Supporting Actor…

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2013 Critics Awards: St. Louis Film Critics

  Best Film: “12 Years a Slave” (runner-up): “American Hustle” Best Director: Steve McQueen (“12 Years a Slave”) (runner-up): Alfonso Cuaron (“Gravity”) Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor (“12 Years a Slave”) (runner-up): Matthew McConaughey (“Dallas Buyers Club”) Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (“Blue Jasmine”) (runner-up): Meryl Streep (“August: Osage County”) Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto (“Dallas Buyers…

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2013 Critics Awards: Indiana Film Critics

Best Film Winner: “12 Years a Slave” Best Animated Feature Winner: “Frozen” Best Foreign Language Film Winner: “Blue is the Warmest Color” Best Documentary Winner: “The Act of Killing” Best Original Screenplay Winner: Spike Jonze, “Her” Best Adapted Screenplay Winner: Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, “Before Midnight” Best Director Winner: Steve McQueen, “12…

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San Francisco Film Critics Circle Goes 12 Years, Cuarón, Blue, Blanchett, Eijofor

San Francisco Film Critics Circle Goes 12 Years, Cuarón, Blue, Blanchett, Eijofor

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Critics Awards 2013: San Francisco Film Critics Circle

Best Film 12 Years A Slave Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Best Foreign Film Blue Is The Warmest Color Best Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Best Actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave Best Supporting Actress Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle Best Supporting Actor James Franco, Spring Breakers Best Original Screenplay American Hustle Best Adapted Screenplay…

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Critics Awards 2013: Houston Film Critics Society

The HFCS Top 10 Films of 2013 12 Years A Slave Gravity American Hustle Nebraska Dallas Buyers Club Inside Llewyn Davis Before Midnight Fruitvale Station Saving Mr. Banks All Is Lost   BEST PICTURE 12 Years A Slave, Fox Searchlight BEST DIRECTOR Alfonso Cuaron, Gravity BEST ACTOR Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years A Slave BEST ACTRESS Sandra Bullock, Gravity…

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2013 Critics Awards: San Diego Film Critics Society

SDFCS Best Film Her Best Director Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Best Actress Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Best Actor Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis Best Supporting Actress Shailene Woodley, The Spectacular Now Best Supporting Actor Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Best Original Screenplay Her Best Adapted Screenplay Before Midnight Best Foreign Language Film Drug War Best Documentary…

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It shows how out of it I was in trying to be in it, acknowledging that I was out of it to myself, and then thinking, “Okay, how do I stop being out of it? Well, I get some legitimate illogical narrative ideas” — some novel, you know?

So I decided on three writers that I might be able to option their material and get some producer, or myself as producer, and then get some writer to do a screenplay on it, and maybe make a movie.

And so the three projects were “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep,” “Naked Lunch” and a collection of Bukowski. Which, in 1975, forget it — I mean, that was nuts. Hollywood would not touch any of that, but I was looking for something commercial, and I thought that all of these things were coming.

There would be no Blade Runner if there was no Ray Bradbury. I couldn’t find Philip K. Dick. His agent didn’t even know where he was. And so I gave up.

I was walking down the street and I ran into Bradbury — he directed a play that I was going to do as an actor, so we know each other, but he yelled “hi” — and I’d forgot who he was.

So at my girlfriend Barbara Hershey’s urging — I was with her at that moment — she said, “Talk to him! That guy really wants to talk to you,” and I said “No, fuck him,” and keep walking.

But then I did, and then I realized who it was, and I thought, “Wait, he’s in that realm, maybe he knows Philip K. Dick.” I said, “You know a guy named—” “Yeah, sure — you want his phone number?”

My friend paid my rent for a year while I wrote, because it turned out we couldn’t get a writer. My friends kept on me about, well, if you can’t get a writer, then you write.”
~ Hampton Fancher

“That was the most disappointing thing to me in how this thing was played. Is that I’m on the phone with you now, after all that’s been said, and the fundamental distinction between what James is dealing with in these other cases is not actually brought to the fore. The fundamental difference is that James Franco didn’t seek to use his position to have sex with anyone. There’s not a case of that. He wasn’t using his position or status to try to solicit a sexual favor from anyone. If he had — if that were what the accusation involved — the show would not have gone on. We would have folded up shop and we would have not completed the show. Because then it would have been the same as Harvey Weinstein, or Les Moonves, or any of these cases that are fundamental to this new paradigm. Did you not notice that? Why did you not notice that? Is that not something notable to say, journalistically? Because nobody could find the voice to say it. I’m not just being rhetorical. Why is it that you and the other critics, none of you could find the voice to say, “You know, it’s not this, it’s that”? Because — let me go on and speak further to this. If you go back to the L.A. Times piece, that’s what it lacked. That’s what they were not able to deliver. The one example in the five that involved an issue of a sexual act was between James and a woman he was dating, who he was not working with. There was no professional dynamic in any capacity.

~ David Simon