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Here Are The 90th Oscar Nominations!
You know that I’ve had a busy Tuesday when I’m only now getting around to posting the 90th Annual Oscar nominations!
Here they are. Nominees in bold appear on both the Academy’s list and my list of the films that I would have nominated if I was the one solely in charge!
Best Picture:
Call Me By Your Name,
Darkest Hour,
Dunkirk,
Get Out,
Lady Bird,
Phantom Thread,
The Post,
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson for Phantom Thread
Guillermo Del Toro for The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan for Dunkirk
Jordan Peele for Get Out
Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet in Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis in Phantom Thread
Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
Gary Oldman in Darkest Hour
Denzel Washington in Roman Israel Esq.
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins in Shape of Water
Frances McDormand in Three Billoards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Margot Robbie in I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird
Meryl Streep in The Post
(At this point, I got tired of typing out all of the nominees myself and I did a cut and paste from the list of nominees posted at Awards Watch. Please thank Awards Watch by visiting their wonderful site.)
Actor in a Supporting Role
WILLEM DAFOE
The Florida Project
WOODY HARRELSON
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
RICHARD JENKINS
The Shape of Water
CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER
All the Money in the World
SAM ROCKWELL
Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Actress in a Supporting Role
MARY J. BLIGE
Mudbound
ALLISON JANNEY
I, Tonya
LESLEY MANVILLE
Phantom Thread
LAURIE METCALF
Lady Bird
OCTAVIA SPENCER
The Shape of Water
Writing (Original Screenplay)
THE BIG SICK
Written by Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
GET OUT
Written by Jordan Peele
LADY BIRD
Written by Greta Gerwig
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Screenplay by Guillermo del Toro & Vanessa Taylor; Story by Guillermo del Toro
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Written by Martin McDonagh
Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
Screenplay by James Ivory
THE DISASTER ARTIST
Screenplay by Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
LOGAN
Screenplay by Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green; Story by James Mangold
MOLLY’S GAME
Written for the screen by Aaron Sorkin
MUDBOUND
Screenplay by Virgil Williams and Dee Rees
Animated Feature Film
THE BOSS BABY
Tom McGrath and Ramsey Naito
THE BREADWINNER
Nora Twomey and Anthony Leo
COCO
Lee Unkrich and Darla K. Anderson
FERDINAND
Carlos Saldanha
LOVING VINCENT
Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman and Ivan Mactaggart
Foreign Language Film
A FANTASTIC WOMAN
Chile
THE INSULT
Lebanon
LOVELESS
Russia
ON BODY AND SOUL
Hungary
THE SQUARE
Sweden
Documentary Feature
ABACUS: SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL
Steve James, Mark Mitten and Julie Goldman
FACES PLACES
Agnès Varda, JR and Rosalie Varda
ICARUS
Bryan Fogel and Dan Cogan
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
Feras Fayyad, Kareem Abeed and Søren Steen Jespersen
STRONG ISLAND
Yance Ford and Joslyn Barnes
Documentary (Short Subject)
EDITH+EDDIE
Laura Checkoway and Thomas Lee Wright
HEAVEN IS A TRAFFIC JAM ON THE 405
Frank Stiefel
HEROIN(E)
Elaine McMillion Sheldon and Kerrin Sheldon
KNIFE SKILLS
Thomas Lennon
TRAFFIC STOP
Kate Davis and David Heilbroner
Music (Original Score)
DUNKIRK
Hans Zimmer
PHANTOM THREAD
Jonny Greenwood
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Alexandre Desplat
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
John Williams
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Carter Burwell
Music (Original Song)
MIGHTY RIVER
from Mudbound; Music and Lyric by Mary J. Blige, Raphael Saadiq and Taura Stinson
MYSTERY OF LOVE
from Call Me by Your Name; Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens
REMEMBER ME
from Coco; Music and Lyric by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
STAND UP FOR SOMETHING
from Marshall; Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Lonnie R. Lynn and Diane Warren
THIS IS ME
from The Greatest Showman; Music and Lyric by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Film Editing
BABY DRIVER
Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos
DUNKIRK
Lee Smith
I, TONYA
Tatiana S. Riegel
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Sidney Wolinsky
THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI
Jon Gregory
Cinematography
BLADE RUNNER 2049
Roger A. Deakins
DARKEST HOUR
Bruno Delbonnel
DUNKIRK
Hoyte van Hoytema
MUDBOUND
Rachel Morrison
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Dan Laustsen
Production Design
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
BLADE RUNNER 2049
Production Design: Dennis Gassner; Set Decoration: Alessandra Querzola
DARKEST HOUR
Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer
DUNKIRK
Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Gary Fettis
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin
Costume Design
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
Jacqueline Durran
DARKEST HOUR
Jacqueline Durran
PHANTOM THREAD
Mark Bridges
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Luis Sequeira
VICTORIA & ABDUL
Consolata Boyle
Makeup and Hairstyling
DARKEST HOUR
Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski and Lucy Sibbick
VICTORIA & ABDUL
Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
WONDER
Arjen Tuiten
Sound Mixing
BABY DRIVER
Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin and Mary H. Ellis
BLADE RUNNER 2049
Ron Bartlett, Doug Hemphill and Mac Ruth
DUNKIRK
Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker and Gary A. Rizzo
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern and Glen Gauthier
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Stuart Wilson
Sound Editing
BABY DRIVER
Julian Slater
BLADE RUNNER 2049
Mark Mangini and Theo Green
DUNKIRK
Richard King and Alex Gibson
THE SHAPE OF WATER
Nathan Robitaille and Nelson Ferreira
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
Matthew Wood and Ren Klyce
Visual Effects
BLADE RUNNER 2049
John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2
Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Jonathan Fawkner and Dan Sudick
KONG: SKULL ISLAND
Stephen Rosenbaum, Jeff White, Scott Benza and Mike Meinardus
STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI
Ben Morris, Mike Mulholland, Neal Scanlan and Chris Corbould
WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES
Joe Letteri, Daniel Barrett, Dan Lemmon and Joel Whist
Short Film (Animated)
DEAR BASKETBALL
Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant
GARDEN PARTY
Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon
LOU
Dave Mullins and Dana Murray
NEGATIVE SPACE
Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata
REVOLTING RHYMES
Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer
Short Film (Live Action)
DEKALB ELEMENTARY
Reed Van Dyk
THE ELEVEN O’CLOCK
Derin Seale and Josh Lawson
MY NEPHEW EMMETT
Kevin Wilson, Jr.
THE SILENT CHILD
Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton
WATU WOTE/ALL OF US
Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen
Congratulations to all the nominees!
What If Lisa Picked The Oscar Nominees: 2017 Edition
With the Oscar nominations due to be announced tomorrow, now is the time that the Shattered Lens indulges in a little something called, “What if Lisa had all the power.” Listed below are my personal Oscar nominations. Please note that these are not the films that I necessarily think will be nominated. The fact of the matter is that the many of them will not. Instead, these are the films that would be nominated if I was solely responsible for deciding the nominees this year. Winners are starred and listed in bold.
(You’ll also note that I’ve added four categories, all of which I believe the Academy should adopt — Best Voice-Over Performance, Best Casting, Best Stunt Work, and Best Overall Use Of Music In A Film.)
(Click on the links to see my nominations for 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010!)
Best Picture
The Disaster Artist
Kedi
Lady Bird
The Meyerowitz Stories
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Director
Greta Gerwig for Lady Bird
Patty Jenkins for Wonder Woman
*David Lowery for A Ghost Story*
Martin McDonagh for Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Andy Muschietti for It
Edgar Wright for Baby Driver
Best Actor
*Sam Elliott in The Hero*
James Franco in The Disaster Artist
Jake Gyllenhaal in Stronger
Daniel Kaluuya in Get Out
James McAvoy in Split
Robert Pattinson in Good Time
Best Actress
Gal Gadot in Wonder Woman
Sally Hawkins in Maudie
Frances McDormand in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Cynthia Nixon in A Quiet Passion
Aubrey Plaza in Ingrid Goes West
*Saoirse Ronan in Lady Bird*
Best Supporting Actor
Woody Harrelson in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sam Rockwell in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Adam Sandler in The Meyerowitz Stories
Bill Skarsgard in It
*Patrick Stewart in Logan*
Jason Sudekis in Colossal
Best Supporting Actress
Holly Hunter in The Big Sick
Catherine Keener in Get Out
Sophia Lillis in It
*Laurie Metcalf in Lady Bird*
Carey Mulligan in Mudbound
Ella Rumpf in Raw
Best Voice-Over or Stop Motion Performance
Will Arnett in The LEGO Batman Movie
Gael Garcia Bernal in Coco
Bradley Cooper in Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2
Doug Jones in The Shape of Water
*Andy Serkis in War for the Planet of the Apes*
Dan Stevens in Beauty and the Beast
Best Original Screenplay
Get Out
*Lady Bird*
The Meyerowitz Stories
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Adapted Screenplay
Before I Fall
*The Disaster Artist*
Their Finest
Best Animated Film
Cars 3
Coco
Leap!
Best Documentary Feature
Karl Marx City
*Kedi*
Risk
Step
Strong Island
32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide
Best Foreign Language Film
First They Killed My Father
Frantz
*Kedi*
Best Casting
Detroit
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
*The Meyerowitz Stories*
Best Cinematography
Dunkirk
Lost City of Z
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Best Costume Design
The Beguiled
Thor: Ragnarok
Best Editing
Before I Fall
Dunkirk
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
The Disaster Artist
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2
Lady MacBeth
Logan Lucky
My Cousin Rachel
*Thor: Ragnarok*
Best Original Score
*Good Time*
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Wind River
Best Original Song
“Buddy’s Business” from Brawl In Cell Block 99
“Evermore” from Beauty and the Beast
“Friends are Family” from The Lego Batman Movie
“How Does A Moment Last Forever” from Beauty and the Beast
“Myron/Byron” from The Meyerowitz Stories
*”The Pure and the Damned” from Good Time*
Best Overall Use Of Music
Atomic Blonde
The Disaster Artist
Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2
Thor: Ragnarok
Best Production Design
The Beguiled
Thor: Ragnarok
Best Sound Editing
*Dunkirk*
War For The Planet of the Apes
Best Sound Mixing
*Dunkirk*
War For The Planet of the Apes
Best Stuntwork
Dunkirk
Thor: Ragnarok
Best Visual Effects
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Thor: Ragnarok
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
*War For The Planet of the Apes*
Films Listed By Number of Nominations
9 Nominations — Wonder Woman
7 Nominations — Baby Driver, Dunkirk, It, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
6 Nominations — A Ghost Story, Lady Bird, Thor: Ragnarok
5 Nominations — Beauty and the Beast, The Disaster Artist, The Meyerowitz Stories
4 Nominations — The Big Sick, Blade Runner 2049, Get Out, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Logan, Spider-Man: Homecoming, War For The Planet Of The Apes
3 Nominations — Good Time, Kedi, The LEGO Batman Movie
2 Nominations — Before I Fall, The Beguiled, Coco, Kong: Skull Island, Raw, Shape of Water
1 Nominations — Atomic Blonde, Brawl in Cell Block 99, Cars 3, Colossal, Detroit, First They Killed My Father, Frantz, Free Fire, The Hero, Ingrid Goes West, It Comes At Night, Karl Marx City, Lady MacBeth, Leap!, Logan Lucky, Lost City of Z, Maudie, Mudbound, My Cousin Rachel, A Quiet Passion, Risk, Split, Step, Strong Island, Stronger, T2: Trainspotting, Their Finest, 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, Victoria & Abdul, Wind River
Films Listed By Number of Wins
3 Oscars — A Ghost Story, Lady Bird
2 Oscars — Baby Driver, Dunkirk, Good Time, Kedi, War For the Planet of the Apes, Wonder Woman
1 Oscar — Beauty and the Beast, The Disaster Artist, The Hero, The LEGO Batman Movie, Logan, The Meyerowitz Stories, Thor: Ragnarok
Will the Academy be smart enough to agree with me? Probably not. We’ll see what happens tomorrow!
2017 in Review: Lisa Marie’s Picks for the 26 Best Films Of The Year
Well, it’s time for the list that everyone’s been waiting for! Today, I finish up my look back at the previous year by listing my 26 favorite films of 2017!
(Why 26? Because Lisa doesn’t do odd numbers!)
Now, I should make clear that I haven’t seen every film that was released in 2017. Are you looking at this list and asking yourself, “What about I, Tonya? Phantom Thread? Call Me By Your Name? The Post?” The sad truth of the matter is that, largely due to bad weather and a severe cold that I’m still recovering from, I haven’t seen those films yet. (And, to be honest, everything that I’ve heard about The Post makes me suspect that it’s not going to be for me.) I’ll probably see all of those films next week but the thing is, there’s only so long that a film blogger can put off posting their best-of-the-year post. This is the end of the third week of January. I supposed I could have waited until February but, by that point, who would care?
As I see those films that I still need to see, I’ll modify this list as necessary. That said, I find it hard to believe that I’ll see any more 2017 films that I like more than the films in my current top ten.
(Unfortunately, because the previous year was a bit chaotic, I’m way behind in my reviewing. So, I haven’t posted reviews for all the films on my list. Hopefully, over the upcoming week, I’ll be able to catch up with that! And, fear not, my resolution for 2018 is not to get any further behind in my reviewing and I plan to stick to that.)
- A Ghost Story
- Lady Bird
- Wonder Woman
- Kedi
- The Big Sick
- Baby Driver
- It
- The Disaster Artist
- Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- The Meyerowitz Stories
- Logan
- Dunkirk
- Get Out
- Raw
- Maudie
- It Comes At Night
- Megan Leavey
- Beauty and the Beast
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnorak
- The LEGO Batman Movie
- Ingrid Goes West
- Before I Fall
- Colossal
- The Beguiled
- Detroit
(Want to see my previous picks? Click here for 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, and 2010!)
Previous entries in the TSL’s Look Back at 2017:
- 2017 in Review: Top Ten Single Issues by Ryan C
- 2017 in Review: Top Ten Series by Ryan C
- 2017 In Review: Top Ten Collected Edition (Contemporary) by Ryan C
- 2017 In Review: Top Ten Collected Editions (Vintage) by Ryan C
- 2017 in Review: Top Ten Graphic Novels By Ryan C
- 25 Best, Worst, and Gems I saw in 2017 by Valerie Troutman
- My Top 15 Albums of 2017 by Necromoonyeti
- 2017 In Review: Lisa Marie’s Picks For the 16 Worst Films of 2017
- 2017 In Review: Lisa Marie’s Final Post About Twin Peaks: The Return (for now)
- 2017 in Review: Lisa Marie’s 14 Favorite Songs of 2017
- 2017 in Review: The Best of SyFy by Lisa Marie Bowman
- 2017 in Review: 10 Good Things that Lisa Marie Saw On Television in 2017
- 2017 in Review: Lisa Marie’s 12 Favorite Novels of 2017
- 2017 in Review: Lisa Marie’s 10 Favorite Non-Fiction Books of 2017
- 2017 in Review: The Best of Lifetime by Lisa Marie Bowman
Here Are the 70 Songs That Are Eligible For Best Original Song of 2017!
Today, the Academy announced the 70 songs that will be eligible to be nominated for best original song! So, if you’re putting down bets and making out your predictions, here are your best song possibilities:
“U.N.I (You And I)” from “And the Winner Isn’t”
“Love And Lies” from “Band Aid”
“If I Dare” from “Battle of the Sexes”
“Evermore” from “Beauty and the Beast”
“How Does A Moment Last Forever” from “Beauty and the Beast”
“Now Or Never” from “Bloodline: Now or Never”
“She” from “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
“Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go” from “The Book of Henry”
“Buddy’s Business” from “Brawl in Cell Block 99”
“The Crown Sleeps” from “The Breadwinner”
“World Gone Mad” from “Bright”
“Mystery Of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name”
“Visions Of Gideon” from “Call Me by Your Name”
“Captain Underpants Theme Song” from “Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Ride” from “Cars 3”
“Run That Race” from “Cars 3”
“Tell Me How Long” from “Chasing Coral”
“Broken Wings” from “City of Ghosts”
“Remember Me” from “Coco”
“Prayers For This World” from “Cries from Syria”
“There’s Something Special” from “Despicable Me 3”
“It Ain’t Fair” from “Detroit”
“A Little Change In The Weather” from “Downsizing”
“Stars In My Eyes (Theme From Drawing Home)” from “Drawing Home”
“All In My Head” from “Elizabeth Blue”
“Dying For Ya” from “Elizabeth Blue”
“Green” from “Elizabeth Blue”
“Can’t Hold Out On Love” from “Father Figures”
“Home” from “Ferdinand”
“I Don’t Wanna Live Forever” from “Fifty Shades Darker”
“You Shouldn’t Look At Me That Way” from “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”
“This Is How You Walk On” from “Gifted”
“Summer Storm” from “The Glass Castle”
“The Pure And The Damned” from “Good Time”
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman”
“The Hero” from “The Hero”
“How Shall A Sparrow Fly” from “Hostiles”
“Just Getting Started” from “If You’re Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast”
“Truth To Power” from “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power”
“Next Stop, The Stars” from “Kepler’s Dream”
“The Devil & The Huntsman” from “King Arthur: Legend of the Sword”
“Have You Ever Wondered” from “Lake of Fire”
“I’ll Be Gone” from “Lake of Fire”
“We’ll Party All Night” from “Lake of Fire”
“Friends Are Family” from “The Lego Batman Movie”
“Found My Place” from “The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Stand Up For Something” from “Marshall”
“Rain” from “Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Myron/Byron” from “The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)”
“Longing For Summer” from “Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“Mighty River” from “Mudbound”
“Never Forget” from “Murder on the Orient Express”
“Hold The Light” from “Only the Brave”
“PBNJ” from “Patti Cake$”
“Tuff Love (Finale)” from “Patti Cake$”
“Lost Souls” from “The Pirates of Somalia”
“How A Heart Unbreaks” from “Pitch Perfect 3”
“The Promise” from “The Promise”
“Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe” from “Pulimurugan”
“Maanathe Maarikurumbe” from “Pulimurugan”
“Stubborn Angel” from “Same Kind of Different as Me”
“Dancing Through The Wreckage” from “Served Like a Girl”
“Keep Your Eyes On Me” from “The Shack”
“On The Music Goes” from “Slipaway”
“The Star” from “The Star”
“Jump” from “Step”
“Tickling Giants” from “Tickling Giants”
“Fly Away” from “Trafficked”
“Speak To Me” from “Voice from the Stone”
“Walk On Faith” from “Year by the Sea”
The Academy also announced that 141 films will be eligible for Best Original Score. In the interest of space, I’m not going to post them all here. You can check out the list on Awards Watch!
And, finally, here are the nominations of the St. Louis Film Critics Association!
As soon as I post this, I will be caught up on sharing all of the precursor awards here on the Shattered Lens (or, at the very least, all of the precursor awards that have been announced so far. There’s several more to come). It’s not a minute to soon either! Tomorrow, the SAG Nominations will be announced. That’s one of the biggest of the precursors.
Anyway, the St. Louis Film Critics Association announce their nominations yesterday. The winners will be announced on December 17th.
Here are the nominees!
BEST PICTURE
- “Get Out”
- “Lady Bird”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “The Post”
- “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST DIRECTOR
- Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
- Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
- Denis Villeneuve, “Blade Runner 2049”
- Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
- Steven Spielberg, “The Post”
BEST ACTRESS
- Kristen Stewart, “Personal Shopper”
- Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
- Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
- Meryl Streep, “The Post”
- Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST ACTOR
- Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
- Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
- James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”
- Tom Hanks,”The Post”
- Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Kristin Scott Thomas, “Darkest Hour”
- Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick”
- Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
- Hong Chau, “Downsizing”
- Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Michael Shannon, “The Shape of Water”
- Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
- William Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
- Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- “The Big Sick”
- “Lady Bird”
- “Get Out”
- “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- “The Shape of Water”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- “Mudbound”
- “It”
- “The Disaster Artist”
- “Molly’s Game”
- “Call Me By Your Name”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- “Dunkirk”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “Blade Runner 2049”
- “Wonder Wheel”
- “Darkest Hour”
BEST SOUNDTRACK
- “Atomic Blonde”
- “Coco”
- “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- “Baby Driver”
- “Guardians of the Galaxy: Volume 2”
BEST EDITING
- “Darkest Hour”
- “The Post”
- “Baby Driver”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “Dunkirk”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
- “Phantom Thread”
- “Dunkirk”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “Blade Runner 2049”
- “Beauty and the Beast”
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- “War for the Planet of the Apes”
- “Dunkirk”
- “Beauty and the Beast”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “Blade Runner 2049”
BEST SCORE
- “Dunkirk”
- “Phantom Thread”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “Blade Runner 2049”
- “The Post”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- “Jane”
- “Last Man in Aleppo”
- “Never Say Goodbye: The Kshe Documentary”
- “Whose Streets?”
- “City of Ghosts”
BEST ANIMATED MOVIE
- “Despicable Me 3”
- “Loving Vincent”
- “The LEGO Batman Movie”
- “Coco”
- “Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie”
BEST FOREIGN FILM
- “Frantz”
- “The Square”
- “Graduation”
- “Land of Mine”
- “First They Killed My Father”
BEST SCENE
- Harlem Shuffle Opening, “Baby Driver”
- Elio’s Dad’s Monologue, “Call Me By Your Name”
- Stairway Fight, “Atomic Blonde”
- Coach Directing The Tempest, “Lady Bird”
- ‘Oh, hi, Mark,’ “The Disaster Artist
WORST FILM
Here Are The Nominees From The Women Film Critics Circle!
The Women Film Critics Circle has announced their nominations for the best of 2017! The winners will be named next week!
BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
- “A Quiet Passion”
- “Lady Bird”
- “Sophie And The Rising Sun”
- “The Florida Project”
BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
- “Detroit”
- “First They Killed My Father”
- “Lady Bird”
- “Mudbound”
BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER [Screenwriting Award]
- Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
- Maggie Greenwald, “Sophie And The Rising Sun”
- Dee Rees, “Mudbound”
- Angela Workman, “The Zookeeper’s Wife”
BEST ACTRESS
- Sally Hawkins, “Maudie”
- Sally Hawkins, “The Shape Of Water”
- Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- Cynthia Nixon, “A Quiet Passion”
BEST ACTOR
- Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”
- Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
- Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
- Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS (Under 21)
- Seo-Hyun Ahn, “Okja”
- Mckenna Grace, “Gifted”
- Brooklynn Prince, “The Florida Project”
- Millicent Simmonds, “Wonderstruck”
BEST COMEDIC ACTRESS
- Tiffany Haddish, “Girls Trip”
- Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
- Margo Robbie, “I, Tonya”
- Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- “A Fantastic Woman”
- “First They Killed My Father”
- “In The Fade”
- “Thelma”
*ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD: For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women:
- “Maudie”
- “The Light Of The Moon”
- “The Rape Of Recy Taylor”
- “Wind River”
*JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD: For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
- “Girls Trip”
- “Mudbound”
- “Step”
- “The Rape Of Recy Taylor”
*KAREN MORLEY AWARD: For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
- “Battle Of The Sexes”
- “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
- “Mudbound”
- “The Post”
COURAGE IN ACTING [Taking on unconventional roles that radically redefine the images of women on screen]
- Sally Hawkins, “Maudie”
- Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
- Michelle Rodriguez, “The Assignment”
- Charlize Theron, “Atomic Blonde”
COURAGE IN FILMMAKING
- Amma Asante, “A United Kingdom”
- Kathryn Bigelow, “Detroit”
- Angelina Jolie, “First The Killed My Father”
- Dee Rees, “Mudbound”
THE INVISIBLE WOMAN AWARD [Supporting performance by a woman whose exceptional impact on the film dramatically, socially or historically, has been ignored]
- Jessica Chastain, “The Zookeeper’s Wife”
- Betty Gabriel, “Get Out”
- Sally Hawkins, “Maudie”
- Cynthia Nixon, “A Quiet Passion”
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
- “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
- “Faces Places”
- “Jane”
- “Step”
WOMEN’S WORK: BEST ENSEMBLE
- “A Quiet Passion”
- “Girls Trip”
- “Sophie And The Rising Sun”
- “Wonder Woman”
BEST FEMALE ACTION HERO
- “Atomic Blonde”
- “In The Fade”
- “The Shape of Water”
- “Wonder Woman”
BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
- “Atomic Blonde”
- “Battle Of The Sexes”
- “Professor Marston And The Wonder Women”
- “Wonder Woman”
BEST SCREEN COUPLE
- “Maudie”
- “Professor Marston And The Wonder Women”
- “The Big Sick”
- “The Shape Of Water”
BEST ANIMATED FEMALE(S)
- “Coco”
- “Loving Vincent”
- “The Breadwinner”
- “Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming”
BEST FAMILY FILM
- “Coco”
- “Beauty And The Beast”
- “The Breadwinner”
- “Wonder”
Here Are The Nominations From The Houston Film Critics!
This year, Houston proved once again that Texas is better than the upper 48. In the face of adversity, Texans came together and helped each other out and basically but the rest of America to shame.
Then to top it all off, The Houston Film Critics got together and came up with an intriguing list of the films and performances that they consider to be the best of 2017!
Love you, Houston!
Here are their nominations:
Picture:
The Big Sick
Call Me By Your Name
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
Logan
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Director:
Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
Steven Spielberg, “The Post”
Actor:
Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”
James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
Robert Pattinson, “Good Time”
Andy Serkis, “War for the Planet of the Apes”
Actress:
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Brooklyn Prince, “The Florida Project”
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Supporting Actor:
Willem Defoe, “The Florida Project”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Patrick Stewart, “Logan”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name”
Supporting Actress:
Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
Dafne Keen, “Logan”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”
Screenplay:
“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“The Post,” Elizabeth Hanna and Josh Singer
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh
Cinematography:
“Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins
“Call Me By Your Name,” Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
“Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema
“The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen
“Wonder Wheel,” Vittoria Storaro
Animated Film:
“The Breadwinner”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
Original Score:
“Blade Runner 2049,” Ben Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer
“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer
“The Post,” John Williams
“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat
“War for the Planet of the Apes,” Michael Giacchino
Best Original Song:
“Evermore” (“Beauty and the Beast”)
“I Get Overwhelmed” (“A Ghost Story”)
“Never Forget” (“Murder on the Orient Express”)
“Remember Me” (“Coco”)
“Visions of Gideon” (“Call Me By Your Name”)
Foreign Language Film:
“BPM”
“Blade of the Immortal”
“First They Killed My Father”
“The Square”
“Thelma”
Documentary Feature:
“Faces Places”
“Jane”
“Kedi”
“Step”
“The Work”
Visual Effects:
“Blade Runner 2049”
“The Shape of Water”
“War for the Planet of the Apes”
Poster:
“Baby Driver”
“It”
“Logan Lucky”
“Mother”
“The Shape of Water”
Texas Independent Film Award:
“A Ghost Story”
“Mr. Roosevelt”
“Mustang Island”
“The Secret Life of Lance Letscher”
“Song to Song”
Here Are The Chicago Film Critics Association Nominations!
Okay, only a few more precursors to go and we’ll be caught up.
Yesterday, The Chicago Film Critics Association announced their nominees for the best of 2017! I’m happy that they did so because it gives me an excuse to use that picture of Al Capone that I use whenever I post anything about the Chicago Film Critics.
Here are their nominees!
Best Picture
“Call Me By Your Name”
“Dunkirk”
“Lady Bird”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Best Director
Guillermo Del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
Luca Guadagnino, “Call Me By Your Name”
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
Best Actress
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Vicky Krieps, “Phantom Thread”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
Harry Dean Stanton, “Lucky”
Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Armie Hammer, “Call Me By Your Name”
Jason Mitchell, “Mudbound”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Michael Stuhlbarg, “Call Me By Your Name”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Call My By Your Name”
“The Disaster Artist”
“Logan”
“Mudbound”
Best Original Screenplay
“The Big Sick”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Best Animated Film
“The Breadwinner”
“Coco”
“The LEGO Batman Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Your Name”
Best Documentary
“Abacus: Small Enough to Jail”
“City of Ghosts”
“Ex Libris: New York Public Library”
“Faces Places”
“Jane”
“Kedi”
Best Foreign Language Film
“BPM (Beats Per Minute)”
“A Fantastic Woman”
“Loveless”
“Raw”
“The Square”
Best Art Direction
“Beauty and the Beast”
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Dunkirk”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Shape of Water”
Best Editing
“Baby Driver”
“Call Me By Your Name”
“Dunkirk”
“The Florida Project”
“Get Out”
Best Original Score
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Dunkirk”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Shape of Water”
“War For the Planet of the Apes”
Best Cinematography
“Blade Runner 2049”
“Dunkirk”
“The Florida Project”
“Mudbound”
“The Shape of Water”
Breakthrough Performer
Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me By Your Name”
Dafne Keen, “Logan”
Jessie Pinnick, “Princess Cyd”
Brooklynn Prince, “The Florida Project”
Florence Pugh, “Lady Macbeth”
Bria Vinaite, “The Florida Project”
Breakthrough Filmmaker
Kogonada, “Columbus”
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
John Carroll Lynch, “Lucky”
Julia Ducournau, “Raw”
Here Are The Seattle Film Critics Nominations!
Earlier today, the Seattle Film Critics Society announced their nominations for the best of 2017! The winners will be announced on December 18th.
The most interesting thing about Seattle’s nominations? The amount of love that they showed to Blade Runner 2049, an acclaimed film that, with the exception of Roger Deakins’s cinematography, was running the risk of being forgotten during the precursor season. They also showed some love to Logan and The Disaster Artist, which made me happy.
With a tip of the hat to AwardsWatch, here are their nominations:
BEST PICTURE OF THE YEAR:
Blade Runner 2049 (Warner Bros.)
The Disaster Artist (A24)
Dunkirk (Warner Bros.)
The Florida Project (A24)
Get Out (Universal)
Lady Bird (A24)
Logan (20th Century Fox)
Phantom Thread (Focus Features)
The Post (20th Century Fox)
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Fox Searchlight)
BEST DIRECTOR:
Sean Baker – The Florida Project
Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
Christopher Nolan – Dunkirk
Jordan Peele – Get Out
Denis Villeneuve – Blade Runner 2049
BEST ACTOR in a LEADING ROLE:
Daniel Day-Lewis – Phantom Thread
James Franco – The Disaster Artist
Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out
Gary Oldman – Darkest Hour
Robert Pattinson – Good Time
BEST ACTRESS in a LEADING ROLE:
Sally Hawkins – The Shape of Water
Frances McDormand – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie – I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird
Meryl Streep – The Post
BEST ACTOR in a SUPPORTING ROLE:
Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project
Barry Keoghan – The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Sam Rockwell – Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Michael Shannon – The Shape of Water
Patrick Stewart – Logan
BEST ACTRESS in a SUPPORTING ROLE:
Tiffany Haddish – Girls Trip
Holly Hunter – The Big Sick
Allison Janney – I, Tonya
Lesley Manville – Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf – Lady Bird
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST:
Call Me by Your Name
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
BEST SCREENPLAY:
The Big Sick – Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
The Disaster Artist – Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Get Out – Jordan Peele
Lady Bird – Greta Gerwig
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri – Martin McDonagh
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE:
The Breadwinner – Nora Twomey, director
Coco – Adrian Molina, Lee Unkrich, directors
The LEGO Batman Movie – Chris McKay, director
Loving Vincent – Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, directors
Your Name. – Makoto Shinkai, director
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
Blade of the Immortal – Takashi Miike, director
BPM (Beats Per Minute) – Robin Campillo, director
Frantz – François Ozon, director
Raw – Julia Ducournau, director
Thelma – Joachim Trier, director
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
City of Ghosts – Matthew Heineman, director
Ex Libris: The New York Public Library – Frederick Wiseman, director
Faces Places – JR, Agnès Varda, co-directors
LA 92 – Daniel Lindsay, T.J. Martin, directors
Step – Amanda Lipitz, director
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Blade Runner 2049 – Roger A. Deakins
Columbus – Elisha Christian
Dunkirk – Hoyte von Hoytema
The Florida Project – Alexis Zabé
The Shape of Water – Dan Laustsen
BEST COSTUME DESIGN:
Beauty and the Beast – Jacqueline Durran
Blade Runner 2049 – Rénee April
Darkest Hour – Jacqueline Durran
Phantom Thread – Mark Bridges
The Shape of Water – Luis Sequeira
BEST FILM EDITING:
Baby Driver – Paul Machliss, Jonathan Amos
Blade Runner 2049 – Joe Walker
Dunkirk – Lee Smith
Get Out – Gregory Plotkin
Lady Bird – Nick Houy
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE:
Blade Runner 2049 – Benjamin Wallfisch, Hans Zimmer
Dunkirk – Hans Zimmer
Phantom Thread – Jonny Greenwood
War for the Planet of the Apes – Michael Giacchino
Wonderstruck – Carter Burwell
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN:
Blade Runner 2049 – Dennis Gassner (Production Designer); Alessandra Querzola (Set Decorator)
Dunkirk – Nathan Crowley (Production Designer); Gary Fettis (Supervising Set Decorator)
Murder on the Orient Express – Jim Clay (Production Designer); Rebecca Alleway (Set Decorator)
Phantom Thread – Mark Tildesley (Production Designer); Véronique Melery (Set Decorator)
The Shape of Water – Paul Denham Austerberry (Production Designer); Shane Vieau, Jeff Melvin (Set Decorators)
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS:
Blade Runner 2049 – John Nelson, Paul Lambert, Richard R. Hoover, Gerd Nefzer
Dunkirk – Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley, Scott Fisher, Paul Corbould
The Shape of Water – Dennis Berardi, Luke Groves, Trey Harrell, Kevin Scott
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets – Scott Stokdyk, Jérome Lionard
War for the Planet of the Apes – Joe Letteri, Dan Lemmon, Daniel Barrett, Joel Whist
BEST YOUTH PERFORMANCE (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming):
Dafne Keen – Logan
Sophia Lillis – It
Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project
Millicent Simmonds – Wonderstruck
Jacob Tremblay – Wonder
VILLAIN OF THE YEAR:
Dennis and various multiple personalities – Split – portrayed by James McAvoy
Martin – The Killing of a Sacred Deer – portrayed by Barry Keoghan
Pennywise – It – portrayed by Bill Skarsgård
Philip Krauss – Detroit – portrayed by Will Poulter
Richard Strickland – The Shape of Water – portrayed by Michael Shannon
Through the Shattered Lens 