BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS AWARDS: LA LA LAND WINS TOP AWARDS

Few saw this coming, and that wasn't even prior to announcement - that was during announcement! La La Land looked like it might rank a clear second to Manchester by the Sea for the BSFC's top prizes, but it was Kenneth Lonergan's drama that came in second three times, and Damien Chazelle's musical that won biggest of all. These awards are all over the shop, and that's precisely what I like to see from awards bodies. First and second placings in full below.t

Best Film

1. La La Land

2. Manchester by the Sea

Best Director

1. Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

2. Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Actress

1. Isabelle Huppert (Elle / Things to Come)

2. Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

2. Joel Edgerton (Loving)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)

2. Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

2. Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

Best Screenplay

1. Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

2. Jim Jarmusch (Paterson)

Best Cinematography

1. Chung Chung Hoon (The Handmaiden)

2. James Laxton (Moonlight)

Karen Schmeer Award for Best Editing

1. Tom Cross (La La Land)

2. Nels Bangerter (Cameraperson)

=  John Gilbert (Hacksaw Ridge)

Best Score

1. Mica Levi (Jackie)

2. Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

Best Ensemble

1. Moonlight

2. Certain Women

Best Animated Film

1. Tower

2. Kubo and the Two Strings

Best Documentary

1. O.J.: Made in America

2. Cameraperson

Best Foreign Film

1. The Handmaiden

2. Things to Come

David Brudnoy Award for Best New Filmmaker

1. Robert Eggers (The Witch)

2. Kirsten Johnson (Cameraperson)

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)