"But if an individual or a critic group tried to create a false litmus test through this issue, then that's wrong.
"Anomalisa," Charlie Kaufman's latest tale of existential angst, managed to wrest a few critics group prizes away from "Inside Out". Had Kaufman snagged a screenplay nomination, it might have posed a challenge.
(On top of the Golden Globe and a wealth of critics' group wins, the Los Angeles Film Critics Associationn were sufficiently impressed to promote her to Best Actress).
Rep. Ed Perlmutter (D-Colo)., a leader of the critics' group, has been shuttling proposals between Pelosi and the larger group.
Godard's cryptic 3D film essay narrowly defeated the Richard Linklater-directed Boyhood by 25 votes to 24, in a poll conducted by the critics' group that draws its membership from some of the US's most distinguished names in the field, including the New Yorker's David Denby and Richard Brody, TV Guide's Lisa Schwarzbaum and Film Comment's Amy Taubin and Michael Sragow.
The critics group approved a special posthumous award to honor the legacy of William Becker and Janus Films.
The road to the Academy Awards too often turns the ceremony into a preordained affair, with a parade of critics groups, press associations and industry guilds handing out so many prizes that the Oscar night winners come as little surprise.
Although the JC Chandor film was nominated for a Golden Globe (Jessica Chastain, supporting actress), has appeared in a smattering of critics groups' annual polls and won three prizes including best film from the US National Board of Review, it was not blessed with nominations from either Bafta or Oscar.
The trophy race that culminates in the Oscars is moving into high gear this week, with a slew of critics' groups and precursor awards, like the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globes, announcing their nominees.
Campaigning for awards for "Michael Clayton" (he has already won a slew from critics groups) is much easier than his last Oscar go-round, when he was promoting both "Syriana" and "Good Night, and Good Luck," Mr. Clooney said.
