San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2014 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards 2014 The 13th San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards, honoring the best in film for 2014, were given on December 14, 2014. Boyhood Richard Linklater – "Boyhood" Michael Keaton – "Birdman" Julianne Moore – "Still Alice" Edward Norton – "Birdman" Patricia Arquette – "Boyhood" "Birdman" – Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris Jr., and Armando Bo "Inherent Vice" – Paul Thomas Anderson "Ida" – Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski "The Grand Budapest Hotel" – Adam Stockhausen "Boyhood" – Sandra Adair The Lego Movie "Ida" – Poland / Denmark Citizenfour Joel Shepard The One
Richard Linklater explored in greater detail in future projects. To this end Linklater created Detour Filmproduction (an homage to the 1945 low budget film noir by Edgar G. Ulmer), and subsequently made "Slacker" for only $23,000. It went on to gross more than $1.25 million. The film is an aimless day in the life of the city of Austin, Texas showcasing its more eccentric characters. Inspiration for Linklater's work was largely based on his experience viewing the film "Raging Bull", Linklater told Robert K. Elder in an interview for "The Film That Changed My Life". It made me see movies as a