Spotlight è il miglior film per i critici di New York, Los Angeles e Boston

La stagione dei premi entra sempre più nel vivo, sono stati assegnati ieri i Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (critici di L.A.), i Boston Society of Film Critics Awards (critici di Boston), e i New York Film Critics Online Awards (critici di NY).

A calare una bella tripletta è Spotlight, eletto come miglior film dell'anno da tutte e tre le associazioni.
Diversi premi per il film di Tom McCarthy, che solo a New York si porta a casa miglior film, regia, sceneggiatura e cast.

Spotlight vince anche a Los Angeles ma è Mad Max: Fury Road a portarsi a casa il maggior numero di premi, tre in tutto (regia, fotografia, scenografia).

A Boston si riconfermano come migliori attori non protagonisti Mark Rylance (Il Ponte delle Spie) e Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria). Come migliore attrice protagonista è stata premiata Charlotte Rampling per 45 Years (premiata anche a Los Angeles), mentre nella categoria attori protagonisti c'è stato un pari, tra Paul Dano (Love&Mercy) e Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant).

Parità fra Inside Out e Anomalisa come miglior film d'animazione. Anomalisa vince a Los Angeles, Inside Out a New York, Boston li premia entrambi.

In ottica Oscar questi riconoscimenti sono moderatamente indicativi, ma possono cominciare a delineare il quadro generale delle possibili nomination, con Spotlight che entra di diritto tra i favoriti per qualche premio importante, così come Mad Max: Fury Road, che potrebbe prendersi qualche soddisfazione, soprattutto per i premi più tecnici.

Ecco tutti i premi.

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Best Film: “Spotlight”
Runner-up: “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Best Director: George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Runner-up: Todd Haynes, “Carol”
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs“
Runner-up: Geza Rohrig, “Son of Saul”
Best Actress: Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
Runner-up: Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
Best Supporting Actor: Michael Shannon, “99 Homes”
Runner-up: Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
Best Supporting Actress: Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina”
Runner-up: Kristen Stewart, “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Best Documentary: “Amy”
Runner-up: “The Look of Silence”
Best Animated Film: “Anomalisa”
Runner-up: “Inside Out”
Best Foreign Language Film: “Son Of Saul”
Runner-up: “The Tribe”
Best Screenplay: Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman, “Anomalisa”
Best Cinematography: John Seale, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Runner-up: Edward Lachman, “Carol”
Best Editing: Hank Corwin, “The Big Short”
Runner-up: Margaret Sixel, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Best Musical Score: Carter Burwell, “Anomalisa” and “Carol”
Runner-up: Ennio Morricone, “The Hateful Eight”
Best Production Design: Colin Gibson, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Runner-up: Judy Becker, “Carol”
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New York Film Critics Online Awards

PICTURE: Spotlight
DIRECTOR: Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
SCREENPLAY: Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight
ACTRESS: Brie Larson, Room
ACTOR: Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Rooney Mara, Carol
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
CINEMATOGRAPHY: John Seale, Mad Max: Fury Road
FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE: Son of Saul
DOCUMENTARY: Amy
ANIMATED FEATURE: Inside Out
ENSEMBLE CAST: Spotlight
DEBUT AS DIRECTOR: Alex Garland, Ex Machina
USE OF MUSIC: Love & Mercy; Atticus Ross, Composer; Featuring the Music of Brian Wilson
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina - The Danish Girl

TOP TEN PICTURES OF 2015 (ordine alfabetico)

45 Years (IFC Films)
The Big Short (Paramount)
Bridge of Spies (DreamWorks)
Brooklyn (Fox Searchlight)
Carol (The Weinstein Company)
Mad Max: Fury Road (Warner Bros.)
Sicario (Lionsgate)
Spotlight (Open Road)
Steve Jobs (Universal)
Trumbo (Bleecker Street)
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Boston Society of Film Critics Awards

Best Picture  -  Spotlight
Best Actor - (tie) Paul Dano for Love & Mercy, and Leonardo DiCaprio for The Revenant
Best Actress -  Charlotte Rampling for 45 Years
Best Supporting Actor - Mark Rylance for Bridge of Spies
Best Supporting Actress - Kristen Stewart for Clouds of Sils Maria
Best Director - Todd Haynes for Carol
Best Screenplay - Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer for Spotlight
Best Cinematography - Edward Lachman for Carol
Best Documentary - Amy
Best Foreign-Language Film  (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) -  The Look of Silence
Best Animated Film -  (tie) Anomalisa and Inside Out
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) -  Margaret Sixel for Mad Max: Fury Road
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) -  Marielle Heller for The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Best Ensemble Cast -  Spotlight
Best Use of Music in a Film -  Love & Mercy

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Annie Awards 2016 - dominio Pixar nelle nomination

Nessuna sorpresa nelle nomination dei 43esimi Annie Awards, gli "Oscar dell'animazione", a farla da padrona è la Pixar con 24 nomination in tutto.

E' Inside Out a ricevere il maggior numero di nomination, ben 14, e a seguire con 10 nomination, Il Viaggio di Arlo.
L'ultima volta che la Pixar si è portata a casa il premio come miglior film d'animazione è stato con Up!, nel 2009, quest'anno però sembra essere il favorito grazie al capolavoro Inside Out.

Gli altri candidati nella categoria Miglior Film d'Animazione sono Shaun the Sheep: the Movie, Snoopy & Friends e Anomalisa di Charlie Kaufman, vero e proprio outsider della categoria.
Due dei maggiori successi della stagione, Minions e Hotel Transylvania 2, hanno ottenuto rispettivamente 7 e 3 nomination.

Gli Annie Awards vengono assegnati dalla International Animated Film Society a Hollywood e sono molto indicativi in prospettiva Oscar, nove degli ultimi 14 vincitori hanno poi vinto anche l'Academy Award come miglior film d'animazione.

I premi saranno consegnati il prossimo 6 febbraio. Ecco tutte le nomination.

Best Animated Feature
“Anomalisa”
“Inside Out”
“Shaun the Sheep The Movie”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“The Peanuts Movie”

Best Animated Special Production
“Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas”
“He Named Me Malala”
“I Am A Witness”
“Kite”
“Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”
“Niko and the Sword of Light”

Best Animated Short Subject
“Carface”
“DISSONANCE”
“If I was God”
“On Ice”
“Sanjay’s Super Team”
“World of Tomorrow”

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Commercial
“Chex Party Mix: “Holiday Magic”
“Man and Dog”
“Michelin Total Performance: All the Performances In Every Tire”
“We Are All Farmers”

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Preschool Children
“Bubble Guppies”
“PAW Patrol”
“Peter Rabbit”
“Sheriff Callie’s Wild West”
“Transformers Rescue Bots”
“Tumble Leaf”

Best Animated Television/Broadcast Production For Children
“Clarence”
“Gravity Falls”
“Harvey Beaks”
“Sanjay & Craig”
“Star vs the Forces of Evil”
“Steven Universe”
“Wander Over Yonder”

Best General Audience Animated Television/Broadcast Production
“Bob’s Burgers”
“BoJack Horseman”
“Moonbeam City”
“The Simpsons”

Best Animated Feature-Independent
“Boy and the World”
“Kahlil Gibran‘s The Prophet”
“The Boy and the Beast”
“When Marnie Was There”

Best Student Film
“Can I Stay?”
“Dodoba”
“ed”
“Life Smartphone”
“Mother”
“Nice To Meeteor You”
“Shift”
“T he Casebook of Nips & Porkington”

Animated Effects in an Animated Production
“Home”
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“The Good Dinosaur”
“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water”

Animated Effects in a Live Action Production
“Jurassic World” – Animated Effects
“Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron” – Sokovia Destruction
“Maze Runner”: The Scorch Trials
“The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies”

Character Animation in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- “Dragons: Race to the Edge”
Episode: “Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 2,” Yong-Zhi Sun
- “Dragons: Race to the Edge”
Episode: “Have Dragon Will Travel, Part 1,” Chi-Ho Chan
- “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas”
Episode: Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, Alfonso Estrada
- “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas”
Episode: Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas, Scott Daros
- “Peter Rabbit”
Episode: 216 – The Kitten and Pig Adventure, Maurizio Parimbelli
- “Turbo FAST”
Episode: “Turboldly Go,” Ryan MacNeil
- “Wander Over Yonder”
Episode: The Good Bad Guy, Justin Nichols

Character Animation in an Animated Feature Production
“Home,” Mark Donald
“Inside Out,” Allison Rutland
“Inside Out,” Travis Hathaway
“Minions,” Hichem Arfaoui
“The Good Dinosaur,” Mark C. Harris
“The Good Dinosaur,” K.C. Roeyer
“The Peanuts Movie,” BJ Crawford

Character Animation in a Live Action Production
“Jurassic World” – Indominus Rex
“Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron” – The Hulk
“Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron” – Ultron
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” – AZOG
“The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” – SMAUG
“The Revenant” – Judy

Character Animation in a Video Game
“Armikrog”
“Evolve”
“Invisible, Inc.”

Character Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- “Breadwinners”

Episode: Wrath of the Pizza Lord
- “Elf : Buddy’s Musical Christmas”
Episode: Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas
- “Harvey Beaks”
Episode: Night Club Night
- “Pickle and Peanut”
Episode: Swim Lessons
- “Pig Goat Banana Cricket”
Episode: Pig Goat Banana Cricket High Five!
- “Pig Goat Banana Cricket”
Episode: Miss Cutesy Meow Meows
- “The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show”
Episode: “New Sponsor/ Cleopatra”

Character Design in an Animated Feature Production
“Hotel Transylvania 2”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“The Good Dinosaur”

Directing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
“Archer,” Bryan Fordney
“Disney Mickey Mouse,” Dave Wasson
“Dragons: Race to the Edge,” TJ Sullivan
“Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas,” Mark Caballero, Seamus Walsh
“Gravity Falls,” Matt Braly
“Mickey Mouse,” Heiko Drengenberg
“Pickle and Peanut,” Ken Wong
“Steven Universe,” Ian Jones-Quartey

Directing in an Animated Feature Production
“Anomalisa,” Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson
“Extraordinary Tales,” Raul Garcia
“Inside Out,” Pete Docter
“Kahlil Gibran‘s The Prophet,” Roger Allers
“Shaun the Sheep The Movie,” Mark Burton, Richard Starzak
“The Peanuts Movie,” Steve Martino
“When Marnie Was There,” Hiromasa Yonebayashi

Music in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
“Disney Mickey Mouse,” Christopher Willis
“Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas,” Matthew Sklar, Christopher Guardino
“Puff in Rock,” Einar Tonsberg
“Sanjay & Craig,” Nick Bachman, Neil Graf, Matt Mahaffey, Jonathan Hylander
“Sheriff Callie’s Wild West,” Mike Himelstein, Joe Ansolabehere, Mike Barnett
“The Venture Bros: All This And Gargantua-2,” J.G. Thirlwell
“Wander Over Yonder,” Andy Bean

Music in an Animated Feature Production
“Anomalisa,” Carter Burwell
“Batman Unlimited: Monster Mayhem,” Kevin Riepl
“Boy and the World,” Ruben Feffer, Gustavo Kurlat, GEM Grupo Experimental de
Música, Emicida
“Inside Out,” Michael Giacchino
“The Good Dinosaur,” Mychael Danna, Jeff Danna

Production Design in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
- “Dawn of the Croods”
Episode: “Garden of Eaten”
- “Fresh Beat Band of Spies”
Episode: 107, Singing Pirate
- “Gravity Falls”
Episode: Xpcveaoqfoxso (Weirdmageddon)
- “Pig Goat Banana Cricket”
Episode: Happy Chalawunga!
- “Pig Goat Banana Cricket”
Episode: Prank Thy Neighbor
- “Puff in Rock”
Episode: Night Lights
- “The Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show”
Episode: “Peabody’s Parents/Galileo”

Production Design in an Animated Feature Production
“Boy and the World”
“He Named Me Malala”
“Home”
“Inside Out”
“Minions”
“Shaun the Sheep The Movie”
“The Good Dinosaur”

Storyboarding in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
“Adventure Time”
“Dragons: Race to the Edge”
“Niko and the Sword of Light”
“Steven Universe”
“The Adventures of Puss in Boots”
“Wander Over Yonder”
“We Bare Bears”

Storyboarding in an Animated Feature Production
“Extraordinary Tales,” Antonio Santamaria
“Hotel Transylvania 2,” Mike Smukavic
“Inside Out,” Tony Rosenast
“Inside Out,” Domee Shi
“Minions,” Habib Louati
“The Good Dinosaur,” Bill Presing
“The Good Dinosaur,” Rosana Sullivan
“The Good Dinosaur,” J.P. Vine, Tony Rosenast, Enrico Casarosa

Voice Acting in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
“Bob’s Burgers,” Kristen Schaal
“Breadwinners,” Eric Bauza
“Dawn of the Croods,” Grey Griffin
“Dawn of the Croods,” Larainne Newman
“Pig Goat Banana Cricket,” Matt Jones
“Star vs the Forces of Evil,” Alan Tudyk
“The Adventures of Puss in Boots,” Eric Bauza
“Uncle Grandpa,” Kevin Michael Richardson

Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production
“Anomalisa,” Jennifer Jason Leigh
“Inside Out,” Amy Poehler
“Inside Out,” Phyllis Smith
“Minions,” Pierre Coffin
“Minions,” Jon Hamm
“The Peanuts Movie,” Alex Garfin
“The Peanuts Movie,” Hadley Belle
“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water,” Tom Kenny

Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
“Adventure Time
“Bob’s Burgers”
“Gravity Falls”
“The Simpsons”

Writing in an Animated Feature Production
“Inside Out”
“Shaun the Sheep The Movie”
“When Marnie Was There”

Editorial in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production
“All Hail King Julien”
“Disney Mickey Mouse”
“Dragons: Race to the Edge”
“Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas”
“Lost Treasure Hunt”
“Phineas and Ferb”
“Star vs the Forces of Evil”

Editorial in an Animated Feature Production
“Anomalisa”
“Inside Out”
“Kahlil Gibran‘s The Prophet”
“Shaun the Sheep The Movie”

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