Toronto Film Critics Association & Chicago Film Critics Association Winners

The critics from Toronto and Chicago announced their winners today, giving a lot more love to the season's early favorite Boyhood. The winners:

Toronto Film Critics Association
Best Film: Boyhood

Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Actress: Marion Cotillard, The Immigrant

Best Actor: Tom Hardy, Locke

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Clarkson, Boyhood

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Animated Feature: The Tale of Princess Kaguya

Best Foreign Language Film: Force Majeur

Best Documentary Film: The Overnighters

Best First Feature: The Lunchbox


Chicago Film Critics Association
Best Picture: Boyhood

Best Director: Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Best Actress: Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Actor: Michael Keaton, Birdman

Best Supporting Actress: Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Best Supporting Actor: J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Adapted Screenplay: Gone Girl

Best Original Screenplay: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Animated Film: The Lego Movie

Best Documentary: Life Itself

Best Foreign Film: Force Majeur

Best Art Direction/Production Design: The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Cinematography: Birdman and The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Editing: Boyhood

Best Original Score: Under the Skin

Most Promising Performer: Jack O'Connell, Starred Up and Unbroken

Most Promising Filmmaker: Damien Chazelle, Whiplash