“12 Years A Slave” Chosen Best Picture by Boston Film Critics

The Boston Film Critics are the first to choose Steve McQueen’s “12 Years a Slave” as Best Picture. They also awarded McQueen Best Director and the star of that film, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Best Actor. It’s about freakin’ time. I’m not sure if they took a big lunch break, too, like the LA Film Critics. (They’ve gone for an avocado salad after a tiring morning.) But the Boston critics rock. They also named Cate Blanchett Best Actress, James Gandolfini Best Supporting Actor, and June Squibb Best Supporting Actress.

Here’s the full list:

Best Picture  – 12 Years a Slave

Best Actor –  Chiwetel Ejiofor for 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress- Cate Blanchett for Blue Jasmine



Best Supporting Actor-  James Gandolfini for Enough Said

Best Supporting Actress –  June Squibb for Nebraska



Best Director- Steve McQueen for 12 Years a Slave



Best Screenplay-  Nicole Holofcener for Enough Said



Best Cinematography- Emmanuel Lubezki for Gravity

Best Documentary – The Act of Killing



Best Foreign-Language Film – Wadjida

Best Animated Film –  The Wind Rises

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer) – Daniel P. Hanley and Mike Hill for Rush

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy)-  Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station

Best Ensemble Cast –  Nebraska



Best Use of Music in a Film  – Inside Llewyn Davis