Retrospective 2015 – A Year in Film

February

All roads lead to…

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February saw a mix Oscar-contender UK releases like the powerful biographical MLK Alabama march film ‘Selma’ as well as big-budget action crime flick ‘Focus’ and Jennifer Aniston’s  contemporary human drama ‘Cake’, but the month primarily was a culmination of the awards season with 2 of the biggest nights in the industry taking place.

 

 

And the award goes to…

Next stop, London town

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The road to the Oscars continued with the British equivalent taking place in glitzy central London with the 68th edition of the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs), some notable winners were;

 

Best Film

• Boyhood

Outstanding British Film of the Year

• The Theory of Everything

David Lean Award for Achievement in Direction

• Richard Linklater for Boyhood

Best Actor and Actress

• Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything

and

• Julianne Moore for Still Alice

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

• J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

and

• Patricia Arquette for Boyhood

Best Screenplay (Original)

• Wes Anderson for The Grand Budapest Hotel

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

• Anthony McCarten for The Theory of Everything

 

 

End of the Road, The Big Kahuna

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Although awards for artistry are completely subjective, for better or worse they do matter and can make careers, not to mention celebrating achievements in filmmaking and giving publicity to films that normally wouldn’t get much. As always, the awards season culminated in the biggest night of the year for the movie industry with the 87th annual Academy Awards in Hollywood, here are some of the night’s notable winners;

Best Picture

• Birdman

Best Director

• Alejandro González Iñárritu for Birdman

Best Cinematography

• Emmanuel Lubezki for Birdman

Actor and Actress in a Leading Role

• Eddie Redmayne for The Theory of Everything

and

• Julianne Moore for Still Alice

Best Supporting Actor and Actress

• J.K. Simmons for Whiplash

and

• Patricia Arquette for Boyhood

Best Screenplay (Original)

• Alejandro González Iñárritu, NicoláS Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr. for Birdman

Best Screenplay (Adapted)

• Graham Moore for The Imitation Game

 

 

Those We Lost: Lived long and we prospered

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February meant the loss of iconic ‘Star Trek’ actor and “Geek God” Leonard Nimoy (83) from a pulmonary disease as well as French actor Louis Jordan (93) (Octopussy, Gigi).

 

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