St. Louis Film Critics Announce 2015 Awards

Here is the official press release with the list of winners:

ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ANNOUNCE 2015 AWARDS
“Spotlight,” “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” top winners

For Immediate Release

“Spotlight,” “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” were the top winners in this year’s St. Louis Film Critics Association 2015 Awards, announced Sunday.

“Spotlight,” a drama about the Boston Globe investigation of pedophile priests, won Best Film, Director – Tom McCarthy and Original Screenplay, written by Josh Singer and McCarthy.

“The Revenant,” based on Hugh Glass’s wilderness survival story, was also recognized with three — Leonardo DiCaprio – Best Actor, Emmanuel Lubezki – Cinematography and Scene – Hugh being mauled by the grizzly bear.

“Mad Max: Fury Road,” the fourth installment in the futuristic action thriller, received three — Best Editing, Visual Effects and Art Direction. The film also received a special mention for its stunt work.

Other acting honors went to Brie Larson as a captive young mother in “Room” — Best Actress, Sylvester Stallone as boxer-turned-coach Rocky Balboa in “Creed” — Best Supporting Actor, and Alicia Vikander as a life-like robot in “Ex Machina” — Best Supporting Actress.

SLFCA selects awards in 21 categories. Music honors went to “The Hateful Eight” for Ennio Morricone’s music score, “Love and Mercy,” based on Brian Wilson’s life, for Atticus Ross’ soundtrack, and “Writing’s on the Wall” from “Spectre” for Best Song.

Other honors included Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck” as Best Comedy, Pixar’s “Inside Out” as Best Animated Feature, “Amy,” a look at Amy Winehouse’s short-lived life, as Best Documentary and “Goodnight Mommy,” an Austrian horror movie, as Best Foreign Language Film. “The Martian,” an astronaut-in-peril drama, was named Best Adapted Screenplay, written by Drew Goddard, with novel by Andy Weir.

“Fantastic Four” was selected as the Worst Film of 2015.

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BEST COMEDY: “Trainwreck”
Runner-up: “Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”

BEST DOCUMENTARY: “Amy”
Runner-up: “The Look of Silence”

BEST FOREIGN FILM: “Goodnight Mommy”
Runner-up: “Son of Saul”

BEST SCENE: Hugh mauled by grizzly bear in “The Revenant”
Runner-up: The tightrope walk by Philippe Petit between the Twin Towers in “The Walk”

WORST FILM: “Fantastic Four”
Runner-up: “Aloha”

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