I’ll be in Manhattan for six days starting on Sunday, and one of the things I’d like to do is catch Jake Gyllenhaal and The Affair‘s Ruth Wilson in Nick Payne‘s Constellations, which opens officially on 1.13.15. A likely Best Actor nominee (but who knows?) for his bug-eyed sociopath role in Dan Gilroy’s critically hailed Nightcrawler, Gyllenhaal will be topline three (and possibly four) 2015 films of a seemingly significant nature — Antoine Fuqua‘s Southpaw, Balthasar Kormakur‘s Everest (9.28.15) and Jean Marc Vallee‘s Demolition, a romantic drama that doesn’t involve any kind of physical demolition activity. The possible fourth is David O. Russell‘s long-absent Nailed, which will receive British theatrical distribution next year and will probably be available stateside as a VOD concurrently or soon after.
An abbreviated list of the accolades that have come in so far for Gyllenhaal and Nightcrawler:
AFI (American Film Institute) Awards — one of top films of the year.
Austin Film Critics Association: Best Actor, Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Best Original Screenplay: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler; Best First Film: Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy.
Boston Society of Film Critics: Best New Filmmaker — Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler.
Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations: Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Most Promising Filmmaker: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Critics’ Choice Movie Awards Nominations: Best Picture: Nightcrawler; Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Best Original Screenplay: Nightcrawler, Dan Gilroy.
Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association: On of Top 10 Films of the Year
Detroit Film Critics Society Nominations: Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Best Supporting Actress: Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations: Best First Feature: Nightcrawler; Best Screenplay: Dan Gilroy; Best Editing: John Gilroy; Best Male Lead: Jake Gyllenhaal; Best Supporting Male: Riz Ahmed
Florida Film Critics Circle Nominations: Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler.
Golden Globe Awards Nominations: Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler.
Houston Film Critics Society Nominations: Best Picture: Nightcrawler; Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Best Screenplay: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler; Best Cinematography: Robert Elswit, Nightcrawler.
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Nominations: Best Picture: Nightcrawler; Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Best Director: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler; Breakout Filmmaker of the Year: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler.
London Critics’ Circle Film Awards Nominations: Film of the Year: Nightcrawler; Actor of the Year: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler; Supporting Actor of the Year: Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler; Screenwriter of the Year: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Best Supporting Actress Runner-Up: Rene Russo, Nightcrawler
National Board of Review: Top 10 Films of the Year
New York Film Critics Online: Best Debut as Director: Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler
Online Film Critics Society Nominations: Best Picture: Nightcrawler; Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler.
Phoenix Critics Circle Awards: Best Mystery or Thriller Film: Nightcrawler
Phoenix Critics Circle Nominations: Best Actor: Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler.
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards: Breakthrough Performance Behind The Camera: Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler.
Rotten Tomatoes – Certified Fresh – 95%
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Award Nominations: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role: Jake Gyllenhaal / Louis Bloom – Nightcrawler.
There are dozens more but I’m running out of steam. My fingers are starting to feel numb. I have stuff to do, places to visit. It’s Saturday and I’d like to downshift a bit. Later.
