St. Louis film critics announce 2015 nominations
The explosive futuristic action movie “Mad Max: Fury Road” garnered eight nominations, while the astronaut-in-peril adaptation “The Martian” and the wilderness adventure “The Revenant” both earned seven nominations, including Best Film, from the St. Louis Film Critics Association on Sunday.
The organization will announce their annual awards on Sunday, Dec. 20.
Best Film nominees also included Pixar’s animated feature “Inside Out,” which received five nominations, and “Spotlight,” the Boston pedophile priest expose, and “Room,” the harrowing mother and son drama, which both garnered four each.
Other multiple nominees included the 1952 love story between a socialite and shopgirl “Carol,” with six; the western “The Hateful Eight,” four; and “Brooklyn,” “Creed,” “The Danish Girl” and “Ex Machina,” three.
Alicia Vikander is a double nominee, for Best Actress in “The Danish Girl” and Best Supporting Actress for ‘Ex Machina.”
For more information about the awards or the association, visit www.stlfilmcritics.org or call 618-917-8175.
Here is a complete list of nominations in 20 categories:
BEST FILM
Inside Out
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Room
Spotlight
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Haynes, “Carol”
Alejandro G. Innaritu, “The Revenant”
Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”
George Miller, “Mad Max”
Ridley Scott, “The Martian”
BEST ACTOR
Abraham Attah, “Beasts of No Nation”
Matt Damon, “The Martian”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
Ian McKellen, “Mr. Holmes”
Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”
BEST ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, “Carol”
Brie Larson, “Room”
Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”
Charlize Theron, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Paul Dano, “Love and Mercy”
Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation”
Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”
Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”
Rooney Mara, “Carol”
Kristen Stewart, “Clouds of Sils Maria”
Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs”
Alicia Vikander, “Ex Machina”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Clouds of Sils Maria,” Olivier Assayas
“Ex Machina,” Alex Garland
“The Hateful Eight,” Quentin Tarantino
“Inside Out,” Pete Docter and Ronnie Del Carmen
“Spotlight,” Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Brooklyn,” Nick Hornby
“Creed,” Aaron Covington and Ryan Coogler
“The Martian,” Drew Goddard
“Room,” Emma Donoghue
“Steve Jobs,” Aaron Sorkin
BEST EDITING
The Big Short
Max Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Spotlight
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Beasts of No Nation,” Cary Joji Fukunaga
“Carol,” Edward Lachman
“The Hateful Eight,” Robert Richardson
“Max Max: Fury Road,” John Seale
“The Revenant,” Emmanuel Lubezki
BEST ART DIRECTION
Brooklyn
Carol
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Max Max: Fury Road
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
The Walk
BEST MUSIC SCORE
“Carol,” Carter Burwell
“The Hateful Eight,” Ennio Morricone
“Inside Out,” Michael Giacchino
“It Follows,” Rich Vreeland (as Disasterpeace)
“Mad Max: Fury Road,” Junkie XL
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Amy
Dope
Love and Mercy
The Martian
Straight Outta Compton
BEST SONG
“See You Again” Furious 7
“Til It Happens to You” The Hunting Ground
“Feels Like Summer” Shaun the Sheep
“Writing’s on the Wall” Spectre
“Simple Song #3” Youth
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Anomalisa
The Good Dinosaur
Inside Out
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep
BEST COMEDY
Inside Out
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Spy
Trainwreck
What We Do in the Shadows
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Amy
Best of Enemies
Cartel Land
The Hunting Ground
The Look of Silence
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Goodnight Mommy
Phoenix
Son of Saul
Wild Tales
BEST SCENE
Creed’s first fight, “Creed”
Paul Walker farewell, “Furious 7”
Bear attack, “The Revenant”
Jack’s escape and rescue, “Room”
Walk between the Twin Towers, “The Walk”
SPECIAL RECOGNITION: Stunt work in “Mad Max: Fury Road”
This story was originally published December 14, 2015 at 10:23 AM with the headline "St. Louis film critics announce 2015 nominations."