REFLECTIONS ON FILM CULTURE

Daily | Critics Awards | SF, KC, Houston

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Steve McQueen.

Chiwetel Ejiofor and Steve McQueen.

For critics in San Francisco, Houston, and Kansas City, Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave is the best film of the year. But Gravity‘s fared pretty well over the weekend, too.

SAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave.

Best Director: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity.

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Actress: Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine.

Best Supporting Actor: James Franco for Spring Breakers.

Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle.

Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Original Screenplay: Eric Singer and David O. Russell for American Hustle.

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity.

Best Film Editing: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger for Gravity.

Best Production Design: Andy Nicholson for Gravity.

Best Animated Film: Frozen.

Best Foreign Film: Blue Is the Warmest Color.

Best Documentary: The Act of Killing.

Marlon Riggs Award: Chris Slatton (Roxie Theater) and Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station).

Special Citation: Computer Chess.

HOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETY

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave.

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaròn for Gravity.

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for Gravity.

Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club.

Best Supporting Actress: Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Screenplay: John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Animated Film: Frozen.

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity.

Best Documentary: 20 Feet from Stardom.

Best Foreign Language Film: The Hunt.

Best Original Score: Steven Price for Gravity.

Best Original Song: “Please Mr. Kennedy” from Inside Llewyn Davis.

KANSAS CITY FILM CRITICS CIRCLE

Best Picture: 12 Years a Slave.

Best Director: It’s a tie: Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity and Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Actor: Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock for Gravity.

Best Supporting Actor: Michael Fassbender for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Supporting Actor: Lupita Nyong’o for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ridley for 12 Years a Slave.

Best Original Screenplay: Spike Jonze for Her.

Best Animated Film: It’s another tie: Despicable Me 2 and Frozen.

Best Documentary: The Act of Killing.

Best Foreign Film: Blue is the Warmest Color.

Vince Koehler Award for Best Sci-Fi/Horror Film: Her.

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