Online Film Critics Society Awards 2013
2013 has been a very good year. I was inducted into the Online Film Critics Society back in August. The OFCS is the largest, most respected organization for movie critics whose work appears primarily on the Internet. It’s been one of the greatest things to happen to me as as a blogger and more importantly as a movie lover.
The 17th Annual OFCS Awards Winners were announced on December 16, 2013. I participated in the voting process and here are the results:
Winners and nominees
Best Picture
- American Hustle
- Before Midnight
- Blue Is the Warmest Colour
- Drug War
- Gravity
- Her
- Inside Llewyn Davis
- Short Term 12
- The Wind Rises
Best Director
Alfonso Cuarón – Gravity
- Joel and Ethan Coen – Inside Llewyn Davis
- Spike Jonze – Her
- Steve McQueen – 12 Years a Slave
- Hayao Miyazaki – The Wind Rises
Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave
- Tom Hanks – Captain Phillips
- Oscar Isaac – Inside Llewyn Davis
- Mads Mikkelsen – The Hunt
- Joaquin Phoenix – Her
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine
- Amy Adams – American Hustle
- Julie Delpy – Before Midnight
- Adèle Exarchopoulos – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
- Brie Larson – Short Term 12
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender – 12 Years a Slave
- Barkhad Abdi – Captain Phillips
- Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club
- Matthew McConaughey – Mud
- Sam Rockwell – The Way, Way Back
Best Supporting Actress
Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave
- Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
- Scarlett Johansson – Her
- Jennifer Lawrence – American Hustle
- Léa Seydoux – Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Best Original Screenplay
Her – Spike Jonze
- American Hustle – Eric Warren Singer and David O. Russell
- Blue Jasmine – Woody Allen
- Inside Llewyn Davis – Joel and Ethan Coen
- Museum Hours – Jem Cohen
Best Adapted Screenplay
12 Years a Slave – John Ridley
- Before Midnight – Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, and Richard Linklater
- In the House – François Ozon
- Short Term 12 – Destin Daniel Cretton
- The Wind Rises – Hayao Miyazaki
Best Foreign Language Film
- The Great Beauty
- Drug War
- Museum Hours
- Wadjda
- The Wind Rises
Best Documentary
- 56 Up
- At Berkeley
- Blackfish
- Stories We Tell
Best Animated Feature
- Despicable Me 2
- From Up on Poppy Hill
- Frozen
- Monsters University
Best Cinematography
Gravity – Emmanuel Lubezki
- 12 Years a Slave – Sean Bobbitt
- The Grandmaster – Philippe Le Sourd
- The Great Beauty – Luca Bigazzi
- Inside Llewyn Davis – Bruno Delbonnel
Best Editing
Gravity – Alfonso Cuarón and Mark Sanger
- 12 Years a Slave – Joe Walker
- Drug War – Allen Leung
- Her – Eric Zumbrunnen and Jeff Buchanan
- Inside Llewyn Davis – Roderick Jaynes
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The announcement on the Online Film Critics Society web page can be found here.
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Fast Film Reviews 
December 28, 2013 at 11:58 pm
Congrats on your induction. 2013 had a slew of good films, but not many great ones to me. For the most part 2013 was just very forgettable. We may be discussing these films now b/c they’re so fresh, but let a few years pass and I don’t think most of these titles will be very memorable.
“Mud” for example just wasn’t that great. It was cool to watch once, but it certainly wasn’t anything grand. I liked “Man of Steel” but it was far from as strong as it could have been. I loved the first act of “The Place Beyond The Pines” but after Luke all of the characters simply fell flat in comparison; I was on such a high for the entire first act, and afterwards the intensity dropped and was never matched throughout the duration. “Gravity” was an epic movie experience on the IMAX screen in 3D – but it will not be nearly as good watching it at home. “Prisoners” was strong, but came a bit unraveled in the final act. I liked “The Conjuring” but was hoping for a stronger conclusion.
There are a lot of movies I liked in 2013, but there’s always a “but” as to explain why it wasn’t great.
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December 29, 2013 at 9:04 pm
I’m quite pleased with the way my Top 10 list for 2013 is shaping up. I thought it was a good year for film.
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December 30, 2013 at 4:43 am
Okay, looking forward to your list.
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December 29, 2013 at 12:42 am
For the record, possibly the only 2 winners on this list I agree with are Best Foreign Language Film and maybe Best Actress (though having seen AMERICAN HUSTLE a third time, I’m tempted to say it should’ve been Amy Adams)
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December 29, 2013 at 9:06 pm
The winners aren’t really my choices either. My “best of the year” will be out Wednesday.
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December 29, 2013 at 3:56 am
Congrats on your induction. Which movies did you vote for?
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December 29, 2013 at 9:08 pm
American Hustle, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Gravity, and Her were my favorites among these choices.
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December 29, 2013 at 10:44 am
So cool.
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December 29, 2013 at 5:04 pm
Congratulations Mark on your acceptance into that august body the OFCS. It is quite an honor.
I applled as well, but didn’t make the cut.
I was pleased to see that Johnnie To’s Drug War got an honorable mention in the Foreign Film Category. You haven’t reviewed it yet, so please accept my recommendation to see it.
Here’s a link to my review:
http://jmmnewaov2.wordpress.com/2013/11/21/drug-war-2012/
Again thanks for your excellent work.
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December 29, 2013 at 9:25 pm
Apparently Drug War came out July 2013 in the U.S. I must admit, the film wasn’t even on my radar. It was well represented in the OFCS nominations, so my curiosity is piqued.
Thanks for the recommendation and your kind words.
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December 29, 2013 at 6:19 pm
I don’t agree with all the choices, but I am happy with the following. Cate Blanchett for actress, “Her” for screenplay and BITWC for foreign film.
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December 29, 2013 at 9:26 pm
I concur will all of what you said.
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January 3, 2014 at 8:53 am
Congrats on making it in to the OFCS. I’m thrilled for you. They’ve been a tough nut to crack for me. Even though I’m a member of another film critics group and have technically met their criteria on both occasions that I’ve applied, they’ve rejected me for what I consider to be bogus reasons.
That drama aside, there’s a nice variety of movies represented in the nominations and wins here. I’m surprised that Gravity scored so high in many categories since reactions to it were pretty tempered in my group. Also, I don’t get all the praise for American Hustle. For me it was once of the most overrated movies of last year. I think The Wolf of Wall Street does a much better job with that particular style of storytelling.
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January 3, 2014 at 10:52 am
There seems to be an American Hustle vs. The Wolf of Wall Street debate going on. Personally I liked both but ‘Hustle’ moved at a faster clip than ‘Wolf’ which was at least 30 minutes too long.
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January 20, 2014 at 3:09 pm
2013 was a phenomenal year for black cinema with five critically acclaimed films…..
1. “12 Years A Slave”
2. “The Butler”
3. “Mandela: The Long Walk To Freedom”
4. “Fruitvale Station”
5. “42”, aka “The Jackie Robinson Story”
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