BOYHOOD TAKES WASHINGTON D.C. AREA CRITICS

In what now appears to be a sweep brewing, by and large, of the critics groups, Boyhood has taken top honours from the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. The group announced an expansive slate of nominees two days ago, of which Richard Linklater's film has emerged the victor. Their winners were pretty standard, according to the progression of the season to date, as Birdman picked up a few scraps (well, four awards, which is more than any other film save Boyhood), and no other film won more than one award. Here are all the details:

Best Film

Boyhood

Best Director

Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

Best Actor

Michael Keaton (Birdman)

Best Actress

Julianne Moore (Still Alice)

Best Supporting Actor

J. K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)

Best Original Screenplay

Armando Bo, Alexander Dinelaris, Nicolas Giacobone and Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (Birdman)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki (Birdman)

Best Editing

Douglas Crise and Stephen Mirrione (Birdman)

Best Art Direction

Anna Pinnock and Adam Stockhausen (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Best Original Score

Mica Levi (Under the Skin)

Best Acting Ensemble

Birdman

Best Animated Feature

The LEGO Movie

Best Documentary

Life Itself

Best Foreign Language Film

Force Majeure

Best Youth Performance

Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.

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