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    Film Critics Name “Inside Llewyn Davis” Best Picture

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    "Inside Llewyn Davis" (Image from CBS Films)
    NEW YORK --

    The National Society of Film Critics chose Inside Llewyn Davis as Best Picture of the Year for 2013. Inside Llewyn Davis also scored Best Director distinction for Joel and Ethan Coen, Best Cinematography for Bruno Delbonnel and Best Actor for Oscar Isaac.

    The Society, made up of many of the country’s most distinguished movie critics, held its 48th annual awards voting meeting, using a weighted ballot system, at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Center as guests of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Scrolls will be sent to the winners.

    Fifty-six members are eligible to vote, though a few disqualify themselves if they haven’t seen every film. Any film that opened in the U.S. during the year 2013 was eligible for consideration. There is no nomination process; members meet, vote (using a weighted ballot), and announce all on January 4th. There is no awards party; scrolls are sent to the winners.

    Here is a list of the winners and runners-up, with vote counts from the final round.
    BEST PICTURE
    1. Inside Llewyn Davis – 23
    2. American Hustle – 17
    3. 12 Years a Slave – 16

    BEST DIRECTOR
    1. Joel and Ethan Coen (Inside Llewyn Davis) – 25
    2. Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity) – 18
    3. Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave) – 15

    BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
    1. Blue Is the Warmest Color – 27
    2. A Touch of Sin – 21
    3. The Great Beauty – 15

    BEST NON-FICTION FILM
    1. The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer) – 20
    1. At Berkeley (Frederick Wiseman) – 20
    3. Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel) – 18

    BEST SCREENPLAY
    1. Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke) – 29
    2. Inside Llewyn Davis (Joel and Ethan Coen) – 26
    3. American Hustle (Eric Singer and David O. Russell) – 18

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    1. Inside Llewyn Davis (Bruno Delbonnel) -28
    2. Gravity (Emmanuel Lubezki) – 26
    3. Nebraska (Phedon Papamichael) – 19

    BEST ACTOR
    1. Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis) – 28
    2. Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years a Slave) – 19
    3. Robert Redford (All Is Lost) – 12

    BEST ACTRESS
    1. Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine) – 57
    2. Adèle Exarchopoulos (Blue Is the Warmest Color) – 36
    3. Julie Delpy (Before Midnight) – 26

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    1. James Franco (Spring Breakers) – 24
    2. Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club) – 20
    3. Barkhad Abdi (Captain Phillips) – 14

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    1. Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) – 54
    2. Lupita Nyong’o (12 Years a Slave) – 38
    3. Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine) – 18
    3. Léa Seydoux (Blue Is the Warmest Color) – 18

    EXPERIMENTAL FILM
    Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel)

    FILM HERITAGE AWARD
    • To the Museum of Modern Art, for its wide-ranging retrospective of the films of Allan Dwan.
    • “Too Much Johnson: the surviving reels from Orson Welles’s first professional film. Discovered by Cinemazero (Pordenone) and Cineteca del Friuli; funded by the National Film Preservation Foundation; and restored by the George Eastman House.
    • British Film Institute for restorations of Alfred Hitchcock’s nine silent features.
    • To the DVD American Treasures from the New Zealand Film Archive.

    BEST FILM STILL AWAITING AMERICAN DISTRIBUTION
    • Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang)
    • Hide Your Smiling Faces (Daniel Patrick Carbone)

    DEDICATION: The meeting was dedicated to the memory of two distinguished members of the Society who died in 2013: Roger Ebert and Stanley Kauffmann.

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    Producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher To Receive Harold Lloyd Award From The Advanced Imaging Society

    Saturday, December 21, 2024

    Producers Douglas Wick and Lucy Fisher will be presented with the 2025 Harold Lloyd Award in recognition of their producing achievement in creating Gladiator II at The Advanced Imaging Society’s (AIS) 15th annual Lumiere Awards luncheon, which takes place Friday, February 7, 2025, at the Beverly Hills Hotel.

    Empowering their storytelling with groundbreaking technology and skill, Wick and Fisher have thrilled audiences and driven the film industry forward for three decades. Their steadfast dedication to the highest standards of cinematic excellence have resulted in epic films, including Memoirs of a Geisha, The Great Gatsby, the Stuart Little franchise, the Divergent Series and both Gladiator films. The first Gladiator earned Wick an Academy Award® for Best Picture. In light of their consistent and distinguished contributions over the years, as exemplified by this year’s Gladiator II, the Advanced Imaging Society wished to recognize the team with this year’s esteemed Harold Lloyd Award.

    “Doug Wick and Lucy Fisher of Red Wagon Entertainment have revolutionized modern filmmaking with their bold storytelling and ability to elevate large-scale productions to epic levels,” remarked Jim Chabin, AIS president. “Their work has not only captivated audiences but also redefined filmmaking standards, leaving an indelible mark on the art of cinema. At AIS. we deeply admire their visionary contributions and enduring influence on the film industry.”

    Suzanne Lloyd, granddaughter of the late, great Harold Lloyd, remarked, “Doug’s artistic vision and Lucy’s dynamic leadership have brought authenticity, beauty and profound emotion to some of our favorite epic films. Together, they are a... Read More

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