Boston Critics Name ‘Boyhood’ Best Picture

Boyhood nabbed five awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics on Saturday, including best picture. 

The film also won for best director (Richard Linklater), best ensemble cast and best film editing. It tied with Birdman for best screenplay. 

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Birdman took four awards, including the screenplay tie: best actor (Michael Keaton), best supporting actress (Emma Stone) and best cinematography.

Marion Cotillard was named best actress for The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night, and Whiplash‘s J.K. Simmons won best supporting actor.

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The full list of winners can be seen below. 

Best picture – Boyhood

Best actor – Michael Keaton for Birdman

Best actress – Marion Cotillard for The Immigrant and Two Days, One Night

Best supporting actor – J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

Best supporting actress – Emma Stone for Birdman

Best director – Richard Linklater for Boyhood

Best screenplay – (tie) Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris and Armando Bo for Birdman and Richard Linklater for Boyhood

Best cinematography – Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman

Best documentary – Citizenfour

Best foreign-language film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr) – Two Days, One Night

Best animated film – The Tale of The Princess Kaguya

Best film editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Sandra Adair for Boyhood

Best new filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy) – Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler

Best ensemble cast – Boyhood

Best use of music in a film – Inherent Vice

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