Retrospective 2014 – A Year in Film

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2014 has been a great year for film, from varied action blockbusters to comic-book titans to quirky comedies, in particular it’s truly been the “year of the thriller” with diverse contributions to the genre from ’71 and Fury to Gone Girl and Nightcrawler.

FilmPhonic chronicles the people, events and films that have shaped the movie world in the last 12 months, let’s hope 2015 has at least as much to offer.

January

The Oscar Scramble

Image sources: Paramount, Regency & StudioCanal

January in the UK typically means a bunch of films, previously released in the US at the end of the previous year, coming to UK screens in the lead up to the awards season and the Oscars in particular.

It means we get to see some of the best and most original films of the year in one month, this year was no exception with the likes of Steve McQueen’s powerful and beautifully brutal 12 Years a Slave and Scorcese’s anarchic masterpiece The Wolf of Wall Street as well as other films that would impact the Academy Awards.

And the award goes to…

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January brought the 71st Golden Globe Awards in California for film and television, notable winners were;

Best Motion Picture – Drama

12 Years a Slave

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

American Hustle

Best Director- Motion Picture

Alfonso Cuarón for Gravity

Best Performance by an Actor and Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama

Matthew McConaughey for Dallas Buyers Club

and

Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine

Best Performance by an Actor and Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Leonardo DiCaprio for The Wolf of Wall Street

and

Amy Adams for American Hustle

Best Performance by an Actor and Actress in supporting role in a Motion Picture

Jared Leto for Dallas Buyers Club

and

Jennifer Lawrence for American Hustle

Those We Lost

Image source: ABC

Sadly but inevitably we lose people who made an impact on the movie business, January saw the passing from Alzheimer’s of 3-time Academy Award winning producer Saul Zaentz (Amadeus, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, The English Patient) at the age of 92.