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

BOSTON CRITICS AWARD SPOTLIGHT BEST PICTURE OF 2015 IN SHOW OF LOCAL SUPPORT

It was, reportedly, a sure thing that Spotlight was the Best Picture winner from the Boston Society of Film Critics once the votes were in. No big surprise, given that the film about Boston journalists had already taken awards for Screenplay and Ensemble Cast from the group. Elsewhere, Love & Mercy picked up two awards, including a tie for Paul Dano with The Revenant's Oscar-tipped lead Leonardo DiCaprio. All the details below:

Best Picture

1. Spotlight

2. Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Director

1. Todd Haynes (Carol)

2. Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

Best Actor

1. Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

=  Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

3. Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)

=  Tom Hardy (Legend)

Best Actress

1. Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)

2. Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

2. Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)

2. Alicia Vikander (Burnt / The Danish Girl / Ex Machina / The Man from U.N.C.L.E.)

Best Screenplay

1. Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

2. Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Best Cinematography

1. Edward Lachman (Carol)

2. Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Best Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer)

1. Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

2. Tom McArdle (Spotlight)

Best Original Score

1. Love & Mercy

2. Creed

Best Ensemble Cast

1. Spotlight

2. The Big Short

Best Animated Film

1. Anomalisa

=  Inside Out

3. Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary

1. Amy

2. The Look of Silence

Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr)

1. The Look of Silence

2. White God

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy)

1. Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)

2. Alex Garland (Ex Machina)