REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST FILM

1. The Assassin (Hou Hsiao Hsien)

2. The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer)

3. Carol (Todd Haynes)

4. Park Lanes (Kevin Jerome Everson)

5. Mad Max: Fury Road (George Miller)

6. The Forbidden Room (Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin)

7. The Blue Room (Mathieu Amalric)

8. Phoenix (Christian Petzold)

9. The Witch (Robert Eggers)

10. Inside Out (Ronnie del Carmen and Pete Docter)

11. World of Tomorrow (Don Hertzfeldt)

12. Eisenstein in Guanajuato (Peter Greenaway)

13. 45 Years (Andrew Haigh)

14. The Salt of the Earth (Juliano Ribeiro Salgado)

15. Chi-Raq (Spike Lee)

16. Son of Saul (Nemes Laszlo)

17. By the Sea (Angelina Jolie)

18. The Wonders (Alice Rohrwacher)

19. Cemetery of Splendour (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

20. Knight of Cups (Terrence Malick)

21. Tangerine (Sean Baker)

22. Sherpa (Jennifer Peedom)

23. Under Electric Clouds (Aleksey German)

24. A Bigger Splash (Luca Guadagnino)

25. Innocence of Memories (Grant Gee)

26. Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming Liang)

27. My Nazi Legacy (David Evans)

28. Stinking Heaven (Nathan Silver)

29. Aferim! (Radu Jude)

30. Wild Tales (Damian Szifron)

REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST DIRECTION

1. George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

2. Hou Hsiao Hsien (The Assassin)

3. Todd Haynes (Carol)

4. Mathieu Amalric (The Blue Room)

5. Joshua Oppenheimer (The Look of Silence)

6. Evan Johnson and Guy Maddin (The Forbidden Room)

7. Kevin Jerome Everson (Park Lanes)

8. Peter Greenaway (Eisenstein in Guanajuato)

9. Christian Petzold (Phoenix)

10. Angelina Jolie (By the Sea)

REVIEW OF 2015 - BEST SCENE

1. 'Speak Low' (Phoenix)

2. 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes' (45 Years)

3. 'Chase scene over Chicago' (Jupiter Ascending)

4. 'The Final Derriere' (The Forbidden Room)

5. 'Sandstorm' (Mad Max: Fury Road)

6. 'Escape' (Room)

7. 'We're not ugly people' (Carol)

8. 'The dance sequence' (Ex Machina)

9. 'Sex scene as a history of colonialism' (Eisenstein in Guanajuato)

10. 'Nightmare phonecall' (The Nightmare)

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD SWEEPS THE SEATTLE FILM CRITICS SOCIETY AWARDS

You wanted quality, you got it. The Seattle Film Critics Society presented us with a fine slate of nominees last week, and they've followed up finely with their choice of winners. Mad Max: Fury Road sweeps, taking 10 of its 11 nominations; acting winners included Nina Hoss for Phoenix and Mya Taylor for Tangerine; Carol's Phyllis Nagy won the Adapted Screenplay award; The Look of Silence was named Best Documentary of 2015. This will easily rank among the very best set of awards this season. See for yourself:

Best Picture of the Year

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Director

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

Best Actress

Nina Hoss (Phoenix)

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro (Sicario)

Best Supporting Actress

Mya Taylor (Tangerine)

Best Original Screenplay

Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Best Cinematography

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Film Editing

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Production Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Costume Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Sound Design

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Visual Effects

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Original Score

Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Original Song

Sam Drew, Ludwig Goransson and Tessa Thompson - 'Grip' (Creed)

Best Ensemble Cast

Spotlight

Best Animated Feature

Inside Out (Pete Docter)

Best Documentary Feature

The Look of Silence (Joshua Oppenheimer)

Best Foreign Language Film

Son of Saul (Nemes Laszlo)

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)