MAD MAX: FURY ROAD WINS FIVE SOS CRITICS' TALLY AWARDS!

Nearly three months after the first critics group announced its choices, here are the results of the 2015 Screen On Screen Critics' Tally. Carol claims the most nominations with eight, but wins none, as the competition is steamrolled by Mad Max: Fury Road, which wins five of seven nominations. Of the five films nominated for Best Picture, only three appear on Oscar's list of eight, and neither The Big Short nor The Revenant, each tipped to win Oscar's top award by many pundits, appear here. The only category to perfectly match the Academy's is Leading Actor, where Eddie Redmayne secures a nomination for The Danish Girl despite his co-star Alicia Vikander missing; never mind, she wins the Supporting Actress award for Ex Machina. These awards were devised by assigning point values to awards and polls from critics groups, with more influential groups carrying greater values to less influential ones.

Best Picture

Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller, Doug Mitchell and P. J. Voeten)

Carol (Todd Haynes, Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon and Stephen Woolley)

Inside Out (Ronnie del Carmen, Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera)

Room (Lenny Abrahamson, David Gross and Ed Guiney)

Spotlight (Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Tom McCarthy, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar)

Best Director

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Alejandr Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Brie Larson (Room)

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

Benicio del Toro (Sicario)

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Matt Charman, Ethan Coen and Joel Coen (Bridge of Spies)

Josh Cooley, Pete Docter and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out)

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Emma Donoghue (Room)

Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Best Cinematography

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Roger Deakins (Sicario)

Edward Lachman (Carol)

Lee Ping Bin (The Assassin)

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Best Editing

Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Hank Corwin (The Big Short)

Tom McArdle (Spotlight)

Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)

Pietro Scalia (The Martian)

Best Production Design

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Judy Becker (Carol)

Thomas E. Sanders (Crimson Peak)

Francois Seguin (Brooklyn)

Eve Stewart (The Danish Girl)

Best Music

Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Carter Burwell (Carol)

Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai and Sakamoto Ryuichi (The Revenant)

Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Johann Johannsson (Sicario)

Best Ensemble Cast

Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci (Spotlight)

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Louis C. K., Bryan Cranston, David James Elliott, Elle Fanning, John Goodman, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Michael Stuhlbarg and Alan Tudyk (Trumbo)

Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Melissa Leo, Hamish Linklater, John Magaro, Brad Pitt, Rafe Spall, Jeremy Strong, Marisa Tomei and Finn Wittrock (The Big Short)

Demian Bichir, Bruce Dern, Walton Goggins, Samuel L. Jackson, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Michael Madsen, Tim Roth and Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight)

Neil Brown, Paul Giamatti, Corey Hawkins, Aldis Hodge, O'Shea Jackson and Jason Mitchell (Straight Outta Compton)

Best Animated Feature

Inside Out (Ronnie del Carmen and Pete Docter)

Anomalisa (Duke Johnson and Charlie Kaufman)

The Good Dinosaur (Peter Sohn)

The Peanuts Movie (Steve Martino)

Shaun the Sheep Movie (Mark Burton and Richard Starzak)

Best Documentary

Amy (Asif Kapadia)

Best of Enemies (Robert Gordon and Morgan Neville)

Cartel Land (Matthew Heineman)

Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief (Alex Gibney)

The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer)

Best Foreign Language Film

Son of Saul (Nemes Laszlo)

The Assassin (Hou Hsiao Hsien)

Goodnight Mommy (Severin Fiala and Veronika Franz)

Mustant (Deniz Gamze Erguven)

Phoenix (Christian Petzold)

FIVE BAFTAS FOR THE REVENANT ON THE ROAD TO OSCAR

The Revenant took one step further still to Oscar victory with yesterday's BAFTAs. Five awards for Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's western, though Mad Max: Fury Road put up a show of strength in the tech categories, where it claimed four. Brits Mark Rylance and Kate Winslet won in the supporting acting categories, putting each of them in a strong position to upset Oscar frontrunners Sylvester Stallone and Alicia Vikander two weeks from now. Check out BAFTA's nominations list at this link, and their winners below:

Best Film
The Revenant (Steve Golin, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Arnon Milchan, Mary Parent and Keith Redmon)

Best Director
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)

Best Leading Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Best Leading Actress
Brie Larson (Room)

Best Supporting Actor
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Screenplay
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Best Editing
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Production Design
Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Costume Design
Jenny Beavan (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Sound
Lon Bender, Chris Duesterdiek, Martin Hernandez, Frank A. Montano, Jon Taylor and Randy Thom (The Revenant)

Best Special Visual Effects
Chris Corbould, Roger Guyett, Paul Kavanagh and Neal Scanlan (Star Wars: The Force Awakens)

Best Makeup & Hair
Damian Martin and Lesley Vanderwalt (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Original Music
Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Best Animated Film
Inside Out (Pete Docter)

Best Documentary
Amy (James Gay-Rees and Asif Kapadia)

Best Film Not in the English Language
Wild Tales (Damian Szifron)

Outstanding British Film
Brooklyn (John Crowley, Finola Dwyer, Nick Hornby and Amanda Posey)

Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer
Rupert Lloyd - producer; and Naji Abu Nowar - writer / director (Theeb)

Best British Short Film
Operator (Caroline Bartleet and Rebecca Morgan)

Best British Short Animation
Edmond (Nina GAntz and Emilie Jouffroy)

The EE Rising Star Award
John Boyega

DIVERSITY DOMINATES AT SAG AWARDS; SPOTLIGHT WINS ENSEMBLE CAST

We have ourselves an Oscar race! The feeling that The Big Short could have the Best Picture category locked down after its PGA award a week ago was upset tonight by closest rival Spotlight's Ensemble Cast prize at the Screen Actors Guild awards. SAG rarely gives this award to a film that doesn't win one of its four individual acting categories, but this was far from the biggest surprise of the evening: Idris Elba's Supporting Actor win for Beasts of No Nation (one of two for Elba, including a TV award for Luther) makes him the first person in history to win a SAG award for film without a corresponding Oscar nomination. Pair that with the fact that only one TV award for which no POC were nominated went to a white person, and you have quite the statement to the Academy... Check out SAG's film nominations here, and their film awards below:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

Brie Larson (Room)

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci (Spotlight)

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

Mad Max: Fury Road

CAROL TAKES THE LOT AT GALECA'S DORIAN AWARDS

Why cry when you can laugh? And why laugh when you can laugh in the faces of Oscar voters, secure in the knowledge that you have far better taste than they do, and are thus far better people? Carol smacks down the competition at the 2015 Dorian Awards, winning in all but one of the categories in which it was nominated, and serving as proof that we're better than you, AMPAS. Oh, and, we're coming for you. Here were the Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association's nominations, and here are their award winners:

Film of the Year

Carol

Director of the Year

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Performance of the Year - Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Performance of the Year - Actress

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Screenplay of the Year

Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Documentary of the Year

Amy

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Son of Saul

LGBTQ Film of the Year

Carol

Campy Flick of the Year

Magic Mike XXL

Visually Striking Film of the Year (honouring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)

Mad Max: Fury Road

Unsung Film of the Year

Tangerine

Wilde Artist of the Year (honouring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theatre and/or television)

Todd Haynes

The 'We're Wilde About You' Rising Star Award

Alicia Vikander

Wilde Wit of the Year (honouring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)

Amy Schumer

Timeless Award

Jane Fonda

VFCC VOTES SPOTLIGHT BEST FILM OF 2015

The Vancouver Film Critics Circle has spoken, and chimed in with their counterparts across North America by declaring Spotlight the Best Film of 2015. Their uncontroversial choices include a Best Actor win for Steve Jobs' Michael Fassbender and a Best Actress win for Brie Larson in Room; Lenny Abrahamson's film is nominated in six categories with the VFCC's Canadian awards, the winners of which are due to be revealed at a ceremony on the 6th of January. For the group's nominations, click here, and for their international award winners, see below:

Best Film

Spotlight

Best Director

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Best Actress

Brie Larson (Room)

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Screenplay

Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa)

Best Documentary

Amy

Best Foreign Language Film

The Assassin

SPOTLIGHT WINS FOUR AWARDS FROM DETROIT CRITICS

The Detroit Film Critics Society sure knew what they liked this year! After a three-way tie saw seven nominees for Best Film, voters most decidedly chose Spotlight as their film of 2015; it won three other awards too! And Alicia Vikander picked up two prizes: Supporting Actress and Breakthrough. Check out their nominees here, and their winners below:

Best Film

Spotlight

Best Director

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

Michael Caine (Youth)

Best Actress

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor

Liev Schreiber (Spotlight)

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Best Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Best Ensemble

Spotlight

Best Documentary

Amy

Best Breakthrough

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl / Ex Machina)

2015 ST LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS - NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

In a period of enormous activity with critics' awards, there's not that much to remark upon with the St. Louis Film Critics Association's nominations. No Best Film mention for Carol? Used to it by now, folks. Lots of love for Alicia Vikander? Join the fucking queue. Award winners announced on Sunday the 19th of December. Which doesn't actually exist this year, since the 19th is Saturday, but maybe they mean Sunday the 19th of December 2021!

Best Film

Inside Out

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

Room

Spotlight

Best Director

Alejandro González Iñárritu (The Revenant)

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Ridley Scott (The Martian)

Best Actor

Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation)

Matt Damon (The Martian)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes)

Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl)

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

Idris Elba (Beasts of No Nation)

Mark Ruffalo (Spotlight)

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Kate Winslet (Steve Jobs)

Best Original Screenplay

Olivier Assayas (Clouds of Sils Maria)

Josh Cooley, Pete Docter and Meg LeFauve (Inside Out)

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Ryan Coogler, Aaron Covington and Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Emma Donoghue (Room)

Drew Goddard and Andy Weir (The Martian)

Nick Hornby and Colm Tóibín (Brooklyn)

Walter Isaacson and Aaron Sorkin (Steve Jobs)

Best Cinematography

Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation)

Edward Lachman (Carol)

Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Robert Richardson (The Hateful Eight)

John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Editing

Hank Corwin (The Big Short)

Tom McArdle (Spotlight)

Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)

Pietro Scalia (The Martian)

Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Art Direction

Judy Becker (Carol)

Dante Ferretti (Cinderella)

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

François Séguin (Brooklyn)

Eve Stewart (The Danish Girl)

Best Visual Effects

Ex Machina

Mad Max: Fury Road

The Martian

The Revenant

The Walk

Best Score

Carter Burwell (Carol)

Michael Giacchino (Inside Out)

Tom Holkenborg (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

Rich Vreeland (It Follows)

Best Soundtrack

Amy

Dope

Love & Mercy

The Martian

Straight Outta Compton

Best Song

‘‘Til It Happens to You’ (The Hunting Ground)
‘Feels Like Summer’ (Shaun the Sheep Movie)

‘See You Again’ (Furious 7)

‘Simple Song #3’ (Youth)

‘Writing’s on the Wall’ (Spectre)

Best Animated Film

Anomalisa

The Good Dinosaur

Inside Out

The Peanuts Movie

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary Film

Amy

Best of Enemies

Cartel Land

The Hunting Ground

The Look of Silence

Best Foreign Language Film

The Assassin

Goodnight Mommy

Phoenix

Son of Saul

Wild Tales

Best Comedy Film

Inside Out

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Spy

Trainwreck

What We Do in the Shadows

Best Scene

‘Adonis’ first pro fight’ (Creed)

‘Farewell, Paul Walker’ (Furious 7)

‘Hugh is mauled by a grizzly’ (The Revenant)

‘Jack escapes from Room’ (Room)

‘The walk between the Two Towers’ (The Walk)

TORONTO CRITICS RIGHT SOME WRONGS, HONOUR CAROL

The Toronto Film Critics Association pulled its usual shtick, tapping into the genuine best of 2015, rather than what's being dictated as 'best' by other critics, with its year-end awards. Carol took top honours and was cited as a runner-up in several categories. The Best Actress award went to Nina Hoss for Phoenix, a very pleasant surprise, and there were wins for Ex Machina and Tom Hardy in Legend too. Take a look at all the details below:

Best Picture

Carol

Mad Max: Fury Road

Spotlight

Best Director

Todd Haynes (Carol)

Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Denis Villeneuve (Sicario)

Best Actor

Tom Hardy (Legend)

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)

Best Actress

Nina Hoss (Phoenix)

Cate Blanchett (Carol)

Brie Larson (Room)

Best Supporting Actor

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Benicio del Toro (Sicario)

Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Best Supporting Actress

Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Rooney Mara (Carol)

Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)

Best Screenplay, Adapted or Original

Adam McKay and Charles Randolph (The Big Short)

Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa)

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Best Animated Feature

Shaun the Sheep Movie

Anomalisa

Inside Out

Allan King Documentary Award

The Look of Silence

Amy

Listen to Me Marlon

Best Foreign-Language Film

Phoenix

The Assassin

Son of Saul

Best First Feature

Ex Machina (Alex Garland)

Sleeping Giant (Andrew Cividino)

Son of Saul (Nemes Laszlo)

Rogers Best Canadian Film

The Forbidden Room (Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin)

My Internship in Canada (Philippe Falardeau)

Sleeping Giant (Andrew Cividino)

BROOKLYN AND LOVE & MERCY GET BOOSTS FROM SAN FRANCISCO CRITICS NOMINATIONS

After the disaster that was the San Diego critics nominations announcement, their Californian cousins at the San Francisco Film Critics Circle remedied the situation somewhat with their selection today. Brooklyn and Love & Mercy both made strong showings, Carol featured twice in the Best Actress category leaving room for two Alicia Vikander mentions in Supporting Actress, and there was a welcome sign of support for Tangerine. Winners are due to be voted upon tomorrow, the 13th of December. Have a look at the nominations below:

Best Picture
Brooklyn
Carol
Love & Mercy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Spotlight

Best Director
John Crowley (Brooklyn)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)
Todd Haynes (Carol)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor
Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Brie Larson (Room)
Rooney Mara (Carol)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
Benicio del Toro (Sicario)
Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Michael Shannon (99 Homes)
Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress
Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy)
Helen Mirren (Trumbo)
Mya Taylor (Tangerine)
Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Screenplay, Original
Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch (Tangerine)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman (Love & Mercy)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
Taylor Sheridan (Sicario)

Best Screenplay, Adapted
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Drew Goddard (The Martian)
Andrew Haigh (45 Years)
Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins (Sicario)
Edward Lachman (Carol)
Lee Ping Bin (The Assassin)
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Film Editing
Hank Corwin (The Big Short)
Dino Jonsater (Love & Mercy)
Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)
Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Joe Walker (Sicario)

Best Production Design
Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler (Carol)
Suzanne Cloutier and Francois Seguin (Brooklyn)
Rena DeAngelo, Bernard Henrich and Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)
Jack Fisk and Hamish Purdy (The Revenant)
Colin Gibson, Katie Sherrock and Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
The Boy and the World
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary
Amy
Best of Enemies
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
Meru

Best Foreign Language Picture
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul
Timbuktu