The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted the backstage drama BIRDMAN as the best film of 2014, according to the results of its 21st annual critics’ poll released today.
Rounding out the composite list of the top 10 films of the year were as follows:
2) Boyhood
3) The Imitation Game
4) The Theory of Everything
6) Whiplash
8) Selma
Best Actor
For Best Actor, the association named:
1) Michael Keaton for BIRDMAN
2) Eddie Redmayne for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
3) Benedict Cumberbatch for THE IMITATION GAME
4) Jake Gyllenhaal for NIGHTCRAWLER
5) Timothy Spall for MR. TURNER
Best Actress
1) Reese Witherspoon for WILD
2) Julianne Moore for STILL ALICE
3) Rosamund Pike for GONE GIRL
4) Felicity Jones for THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING
5) Marion Cotillard for TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT
Best Supporting Actor
1) J.K. Simmons for WHIPLASH
2) Edward Norton for BIRDMAN
3) Ethan Hawke for BOYHOOD
4) Mark Ruffalo for FOXCATCHER
5) Alfred Molina for LOVE IS STRANGE
Best Supporting Actress
1) Patricia Arquette for BOYHOOD
2) Emma Stone for BIRDMAN
3) Keira Knightley for THE IMITATION GAME
4) Jessica Chastain for A MOST VIOLENT YEAR
5) Laura Dern for WILD
Best Director
1) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu for BIRDMAN
2) Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD
3) Wes Anderson for THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL
4) David Fincher for GONE GIRL
5) Ava DuVernay for SELMA
Best Foreign Language Film
1) FORCE MAJEURE
2) IDA
3) WINTER SLEEP
4) LEVIATHAN
5) WILD TALES
Best Documentary
1) CITIZENFOUR
2) LIFE ITSELF
3) JODOROWSKY’S DUNE
4) THE OVERNIGHTERS
5) THE GREAT INVISIBLE
Best Animated Film
1) THE LEGO MOVIE
2) BIG HERO 6
Best Screenplay
1)Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo shared the Best Screenplay award for BIRDMAN
2) Richard Linklater for BOYHOOD.
Best Cinematography
1) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo shared the Best Screenplay award for BIRDMAN
2) Hoyte Van Hoytema for INTERSTELLAR
Russell Smith Award
The association voted BOYHOOD as the winner of the Russell Smith Award, named for the late Dallas Morning News film critic. The honor is given annually to the best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film.
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association consists of 30 broadcast, print and online journalists from throughout North Texas. For more information, visit www.dfwcritics.com or follow us on Facebook or Twitter @dfwfilmcritics.