As the critics’ lists keep rolling in, the consensus this year is that there’s no real consensus. Unlike 2010 where “The Social Network” seemed unstoppable and 2012 when “Zero Dark Thirty” looked like the one to beat, in 2013, at least among critics, it seems to be anyone’s game. And again, while critics and Academy voter tastes tend to differ, if there is anything to be gleaned from the wide variety of winners, it’s that no one can claim frontrunner status at this point.
And so, while Boston and Washington, D.C. critics gave “12 Years A Slave” the distinction of Best Film, in L.A. they had to award a tie between “Gravity” and “Her.” In the other categories, some more uniformity is beginning to emerge, but again, nothing decisive. In short, with just over a month to go until the Oscar nominations, the campaigning is going to continue to be fierce, as a crowded field jostles not only for recognition, but for the ultimate prize.
Washington, Boston and L.A. critics winners below.
THE WASHINGTON, D.C. FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION WINNERS 2013
Best Film:
12 Years a Slave
Best Director:
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)
Best Actor:
Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave)
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
Best Supporting Actor:
Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club)
Best Supporting Actress:
Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave)
Best Acting Ensemble:
12 Years a Slave
Best Youth Performance:
Tye Sheridan (Mud)
Best Adapted Screenplay:
John Ridley (12 Years a Slave)
Best Original Screenplay:
Spike Jonze (Her)
Best Animated Feature:
Frozen
Best Documentary:
Blackfish
Best Foreign Language Film:
The Broken Circle Breakdown
Best Art Direction:
Production Designer: Catherine Martin, Set Decorator: Beverley Dunn (The Great Gatsby)
Best Cinematography:
Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, A.M.C. (Gravity)
Best Editing:
Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger (Gravity)
Best Original Score:
Hans Zimmer (12 Years a Slave)
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:
Lee Daniels’ The Butler
BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS WINNERS 2013
Best Picture — 12 Years a Slave
Best Actor — Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave
Best Actress — Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine
Best Supporting Actor — James Gandolfini for Enough Said
Best Supporting Actress — June Squibb for Nebraska
Best Director — Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave
Best Screenplay — Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said
Best Cinematography — Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity
Best Documentary — The Act of Killing
Best Foreign-Language Film — Wadjida
Best Animated Film — The Wind Rises
Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) — Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill forRush
Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) — Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station
Best Ensemble Cast — Nebraska
Best Use of Music in a Film — Inside Llewyn Davis
L.A. FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION WINNERS 2013
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: Blue Is the Warmest Color
Runner-up: The Great Beauty
BEST PICTURE (tie): Gravity and Her
BEST ACTRESS (tie): Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine and Adèle Exarchopoulos,Blue Is the Warmest Color
BEST SCREENPLAY: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Before Midnight
Runner-up: Spike Jonze, Her
BEST ACTOR: Bruce Dern, Nebraska
Runner-up: Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave
BEST DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity
Runner-up: Spike Jonze, Her
BEST DOCUMENTARY, Stories We Tell
Runner-up: The Act of Killing
Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Award: Cabinets Of Wonder: Films and a Performance by Charlotte Pryce
BEST MUSIC SCORE, T Bone Burnett, Inside Llewyn Davis
Arcade Fire and Owen Pallett, Her
BEST ANIMATION, Ernest & Celestine
Runner-up: The Wind Rises
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR, Winner (tie): James Franco, Spring Breakers, and Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Emmanuel Lubezki, Gravity
Runner-up, Bruno Delbonnel, Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST EDITING: Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger, Gravity
Runner-up: Shane Carruth and David Lowery, Upstream Color
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave
Runner-up: June Squibb, Nebraska
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: K.K. Barrett, HER
Runner-up: Jess Gonchor, Inside Llewyn Davis
NEW GENERATION Prize: Megan Ellison
LEGACY OF CINEMA: The Criterion Collection
SPECIAL CITATION: 12 Years a Slave