Chicago Film Critics Association 2015 Awards Winners….

What a Lovely Day! The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their selections for the “Best” of the year in film at our annual awards dinner. There were some upsets, a few surprises and definitely some chrome celebration. I knew all of my picks wouldn’t win, but I’m quite pleased with these winners. The full rundown can be found below….

BEST PICTURE

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST DIRECTOR

George Miller–Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST ACTOR

Leonardo DiCaprio–The Revenant

BEST ACTRESS

Brie Larson–Room

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Benicio Del Toro–Sicario

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Alicia Vikander–Ex Machina

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Spotlight–Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Big Short–Adam McKay & Charles Randolph

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Mad Max: Fury Road–John Seale

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

The Hateful Eight–Ennio Morricone

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION DESIGN

Mad Max: Fury Road

BEST EDITING

Mad Max: Fury Road–Jason Ballantine & Margaret Sixel

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

Son of Saul

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Amy

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

Inside Out

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

Jacob Tremblay–Room

MOST PROMISING FILMMAKER

Alex Garland–Ex Machina

Nominations By The Numbers

5 – Mad Max: Fury Road
2 – Room, Ex Machina 
1 – Inside Out, Son of Saul, Amy, The Hateful Eight, The Big Short, Spotlight & The Revenant