LA LA LAND SHOOTS FOR SIX WITH ST LOUIS CRITICS

La La Land is on a ro ro roll with the critics groups, reinforcing why it's being tipped by so many as the Oscar Best Picture frontrunner. The film wins six awards from the St. Louis Film Critics Association including Best Picture and Best Director, though the voters' choices were a little less predictable in other categories. Check out their nominations at this link, and their award winners and runners-up in full below.

Best Picture

1. La La Land

2. Hell or High Water

=  Manchester by the Sea

Best Director

1. Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

2. Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

=  Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Best Actress

1. Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

2. Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Best Actor

1. Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

2. Joel Edgerton (Loving)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Viola Davis (Fences)

2. Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

2. Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Original Screenplay

1. Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)

2. Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Whit Stillman (Love & Friendship)

2. Eric Heisserer (Arrival)

Best Cinematography

1. Linus Sandgren (La La Land)

2. James Laxton (Moonlight)

Best Film Editing

1. Sebastian Sepulveda (Jackie)

2. Hacksaw Ridge

=  La La Land

Best Production Design

1. The Handmaiden

2. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

=  Jackie

=  La La Land

Best Visual Effects

1. The Jungle Book

2. Doctor Strange

Best Score

1. Justin Hurwitz (La La Land)

2. Mica Levi (Jackie)

Best Soundtrack

1. Sing Street

2. La La Land

Best Song

1. 'Audition (The Fools Who Dream)' (La La Land)

2. 'City of Stars' (La La Land)

Best Animated Feature

1. Zootopia

2. Kubo and the Two Strings

Best Documentary

1. I Am Not Your Negro

2. Weiner

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Elle

2. The Handmaiden

Best Action Movie

1. Captain America: Civil War

2. Doctor Strange

Best Comedy

1. Hail, Caesar!

2. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Best Sci-Fi / Horror Film

1. The Witch

2. Arrival

Best Scene

1. 'Opening traffic jam 'Another Day of Sun'' (La La Land)

2. 'Would that it were so simple' (Hail, Caesar!)

Worst Film

1. Warcraft

2. The Angry Birds Movie

ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES 2016 AWARD NOMINEES

As if today couldn't get fuller for critics awards, along comes the St. Louis Film Critics Association and their lineup of 2016 nominations. You couldn't have left it 48 hours, folks? To compound my frustration, balls-deep into the wee hours of Monday morning, there's nothing much new to report here. All you need to know is that winners will be announced on the 18th of December.

Best Picture

Arrival

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Director

Damien Chazelle (La La Land)

Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

David MacKenzie (Hell or High Water)

Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)

Best Actress

Amy Adams (Arrival)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Emma Stone (La La Land)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Joel Edgerton (Loving)

Ryan Gosling (La La Land)

Tom Hanks (Sully)

Viggo Mortensen (Captain Fantastic)

Best Supporting Actress

Viola Davis (Fences)

Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women)

Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)

Naomie Harris (Moonlight)

Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)

Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

Dev Patel (Lion)

Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals)

Best Original Screenplay

Hell or High Water

La La Land

Loving

Manchester by the Sea

Moonlight

Best Adapted Screenplay

Arrival

Fences

Lion

Love & Friendship

Nocturnal Animals

Best Cinematography

Arrival

Cafe Society

Hail, Caesar!

La La Land

Moonlight

Best Film Editing

Hacksaw Ridge

Jackie

La La Land

Moonlight

Nocturnal Animals

Best Production Design

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Hail, Caesar!

The Handmaiden

Jackie

La La Land

Best Visual Effects

Arrival

Doctor Strange

The Jungle Book

La La Land

A Monster Calls

Best Score

Arrival

Jackie

La La Land

Moonlight

The Neon Demon

Best Soundtrack

Everybody Wants Some!!

La La Land

Moana

Sing Street

Trolls

Best Song

'Audition (The Fools Who Dream)' (La La Land)

'City of Stars' (La La Land)

'Drive It Like You Stole It' (Sing Street)

'How Far I'll Go' (Moana)

'You're Welcome' (Moana)

Best Animated Feature

April and the Extraordinary World

Finding Dory

Kubo and the Two Strings

Moana

Zootopia

Best Documentary

de Palma

The Eagle Huntress

Gleason

I Am Not Your Negro

Weiner

Best Foreign Language Film

Elle

The Handmaiden

A Man Called Ove

Our Little Sister

Toni Erdmann

Best Action Film

Captain America: Civil War

Deadpool

Doctor Strange

Hacksaw Ridge

Jason Bourne

Best Comedy

Deadpool

Don't Think Twice

Florence Foster Jenkins

Hail, Caesar!

Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping

Best Horror / Sci-Fi Film

10 Cloverfield Lane

Arrival

Doctor Strange

Don't Breathe

The Witch

Best Scene

'Airport fight' (Captain America: Civil War)

'Final encounter between Williams and Affleck' (Manchester by the Sea)

'Opening credits' (Deadpool)

'Opening traffic jam' (La La Land)

'Would that it were so simple' (Hail, Caesar!)

Worst Film
The 9th Life of Louis Draz
The Angry Birds Movie
Masterminds
Warcraft
Zoolander 2

ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS: SPOTLIGHT WINS BEST FILM

The St. Louis Film Critics Association has announced its award winners for the year! Tom McCarthy's Spotlight wins Best Film, Director and Original Screenplay on another potential stop on the way to Oscars in the same three categories. The Revenant makes a good showing too over a number of awards, but Pixar's Inside Out takes the runner-up slot for the top award. Have a look at St. Louis' nominations at this page, and their winners and runners-up below:

Best Film

1. Spotlight

2. Inside Out

Best Director

1. Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)

2. George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

1. Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)

2. Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes)

Best Actress

1. Brie Larson (Room)

2. Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

2. Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

2. Rooney Mara (Carol)

Best Original Screenplay

1. Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

2. Alex Garland (Ex Machina)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Drew Goddard and Andy Weir (The Martian)

2. Nick Hornby and Colm Toibin (Brooklyn)

Best Cinematography

1. Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

2. Edward Lachman (Carol)

Best Editing

1. Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)

2. Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)

Best Art Direction

1. Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

2. Judy Becker (Carol)

=  Francois Seguin (Brooklyn)

=  Eve Stewart (The Danish Girl)

Best Visual Effects

1. Mad Max: Fury Road

2. The Walk

Best Score

1. Ennio Morricone (The Hateful Eight)

2. Michael Giacchino (Inside Out)

Best Soundtrack

1. Love & Mercy

2. Straight Outta Compton

Best Song

1. 'Writing's on the Wall' (Spectre)

2. 'See You Again' (Furious 7)

Best Animated Film

1. Inside Out

2. Anomalisa

=  The Good Dinosaur

=  The Peanuts Movie

Best Documentary

1. Amy

2. The Look of Silence

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Goodnight Mommy

2. Son of Saul

Best Comedy Film

1. Trainwreck

2. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Best Scene

1. 'Hugh is mauled by a grizzly' (The Revenant)

2. 'The walk between the Two Towers' (The Walk)

Worst Film

1. Fantastic Four

2. Aloha

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)