Michael Caine finally takes a prize for YOUTH. But is it too little too late for Oscar to notice?ICYMI in Awardage
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The Online Film Critics Society jumped on Furiousa's rig to go on George Miller's wild apocalyptic ride. Mad Max Fury Road took 4 prizes, the clear winner of their annual honors. Carol won both acting awards for women because that's the world we live in... I could see this happening at Oscar too if they also embrace Rooney Mara's fraudulent "supporting" campaign (sigh). I love both of those performances so I want to be happy about it but... you know... it ain't right. Unless they actually tie for Best Actress. But that's only happened once, so...
Kudos to OFCS for breaking the critical sweep for Amy in documentary -- it seemed strange given the hundreds of documentaries released each year that only one film would win things. They went with The Look of Silence.
More on online critics and the European Film winners after the jump...
Best Picture: Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Director: George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Best Actor: Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
Best Actress: Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Best Supporting Actor: Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
Best Supporting Actress: Rooney Mara (Carol)
Best Original Screenplay: Spotlight (Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy)
Best Adapted Screenplay: Carol (Phyllis Nagy)
Best Editing: Mad Max: Fury Road (Margaret Sixel)
Best Cinematography: Mad Max: Fury Road (John Seale)
Best Animated Feature: Inside Out
Best Documentary: The Look of Silence
Best Film Not in the English Language: The Assassin (Taiwan)
They also do a top ten foreign films (not necessarily in a foreign language) that does not include the foreign language film winner. In alpha order those are...
Aferim!, Cemetery of Splendor, The Club, Dheepan, The Lobster, Mountains May Depart, Mia Madre, Rams, Right Now Wrong Then and The Sunset Song
EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
Meanwhile over at the 28th annual European Film Awards, held in Berlin this year -- it moves each year -- Paolo Sorrentino's Youth was the big winner, taking home 3 awards. They also oddly decided this was the year to honor Michael Caine and Charlotte Rampling with non competitive prizes even though they were also winning the lead acting awards, so they each were honored twice.
Denis Gamze Ergüven -- "Discovery" Award for her excellent Oscar submission MUSTANGTheir winners went like so...
Film Youth (Italy)
Director Paolo Sorrentino, Youth (Italy)
Actor Michael Caine, Youth (Italy)
Actress Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years (UK)
Comedy Film A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence (Sweden)
People's Choice Marshland (Spain)
Documentary: Amy
Discovery - Prix Fipresci Mustang (France/Turkey)
Animated Feature Song Of The Sea (Ireland)
Short Film Picnic (Croatia)
Screenwriter Yorgos Lanthimos & Efthimis Filippou for The Lobster
Sound Vasco Pimentel & Miguel Martins for Arabian Nights – Vol I-III (Portugal)
Composer Cat’s Eyes for The Duke Of Burgundy (UK/Hungary)
Costume Designer Sarah Blenkinsop for The Lobster
Production Designer Sylvie Olivé for The Brand New Testament (Belgium)
Editor Jacek Drosio for Body (Poland)
Cinematography Martin Gschlacht for Goodnight Mommy (Austria)
"You are the most important actress in my life."
-François Ozon to Charlotte receiving her Lifetime Achievement Prize
Achievement in World Cinema (Honorary) Christoph Waltz
Honorary Award Michael Caine
Lifetime Achievement Awards Charlotte Rampling
Co-Production Award Andrea Occhipinti
Other Recent Award Wins...
Washington DC Film Critics Association (Spotlight), San Francisco Film Critics Circle (Spotlight), African American Film Critics Association (Straight Outta Compton) Southeastern Film Critics (Spotlight), Detroit Film Critics (Spotlight)
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"Previously on The Precursors..." Gotham, Spirit, OFCS, NBR, NYFCC, LAFCA, BSFC, SAG Nominations, SAG Ensemble, Golden Globes, Nominee Reactions, BFCA Nominations