4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films is all about letting the visuals do the talking.
4 Shots From 4 Holiday Films
4 Shots From 4 Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films is all about letting the visuals do the talking.
4 Shots From 4 Holiday Films
Yesterday, the Las Vegas Critics announced their nominations for the best of 2016!
Today, they announced the winners!
And here they are, in all of their glory:
Best Picture
La La Land
Best Actor
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Best Actress
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis – Fences
Best Director
La La Land
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nocturnal Animals
Best Original Screenplay
La La Land
Best Cinematography
La La Land
Best Film Editing
Moonlight
Best Score
La La Land
Best Song
“City of Stars” – La La Land
Best Action Film
Captain America: Civil War
Best Documentary
O.J.: Made in America
Best Animated Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Foreign Language Film
The Handmaiden
Best Costumes
The Witch
Best Art Direction
La La Land
Best Visual Effects
The Jungle Book
Best Comedy
The Nice Guys
Best Horror/Sci-Fi
The Witch
Best Family Film
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Best Ensemble
Hidden Figures
Breakout Filmmaker
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Youth in Film
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
William Holden Lifetime Achievement Award
Kirk Douglas
Here’s what the Chicago Film Critics picked as being the best of 2016!
Best Picture
“Moonlight”
Best Director
Barry Jenkins – “Moonlight”
Best Actor
Casey Affleck – “Manchester By The Sea”
Best Actress
Natalie Portman – “Jackie”
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – “Moonlight”
Best Supporting Actress
Michelle Williams – “Manchester By The Sea”
Best Original Screenplay
“Manchester By The Sea”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Handmaiden”
Best Animated Film
“Kubo & The Two Strings”
Best Foreign Language Film
“The Handmaiden”
Best Documentary Film
“OJ: Made In America”
Best Cinematography
“La La Land”
Best Editing
“La La Land”
Best Art Direction
“The Handmaiden”
Best Original Score
“Jackie”
Most Promising Filmmaker
Robert Eggers – “The Witch”
Most Promising Performer
Lucas Hedges – “Manchester By The Sea”
Best Picture
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Actress
Amy Adams, Arrival
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
Best Supporting Actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best Director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
Best Screenplay
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
Best Foreign Language Film
Elle
The Handmaiden
Toni Erdmann
Best Documentary
Cameraperson
O.J. Made in America
13TH
Winners will be announced on December 20th!
The Austin Film Critics Association announced their nominees for the best of 2016 earlier today! So, let’s see what my fellow Texans selected:
Speaking of Oscar predictions and betting pools, here’s the 9 semi-finalists for Best Foreign Language Film! Obviously, I don’t know as much about these films as I do some of the other Oscar contenders. I am a bit surprised to see that Elle did not make the cut, despite starring certain Oscar nominee Isabelle Huppert.
Here are the 9:
Australia, “Tanna,” Bentley Dean, Martin Butler, directors;
Canada, “It’s Only the End of the World,” Xavier Dolan, director;
Denmark, “Land of Mine,” Martin Zandvliet, director;
Germany, “Toni Erdmann,” Maren Ade, director;
Iran, “The Salesman,” Asghar Farhadi, director;
Norway, “The King’s Choice,” Erik Poppe, director;
Russia, “Paradise,” Andrei Konchalovsky, director;
Sweden, “A Man Called Ove,” Hannes Holm, director;
Switzerland, “My Life as a Zucchini,” Claude Barras, director.
The Academy today announced the 10 semi-finalists for the Best Visual Effects Oscar! So, for all you people making predictions and taking bets, look at the list below and adjust your plans accordingly:
“Arrival”
“The BFG”
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Passengers”
Hi, Oscar watchers and predictors!
Well, the Academy has released the names of the 91 songs that have been deemed eligible for Best Original Song!
And here they are:
“Just Like Fire” from “Alice through the Looking Glass”
“Rise” from “American Wrestler: The Wizard”
“Friends” from “The Angry Birds Movie”
“Flicker” from “Audrie & Daisy”
“Seconds” from “Autumn Lights”
“A Minute To Breathe” from “Before the Flood”
“Glory (Let There Be Peace)” from “Believe”
“Mother’s Theme” from “Believe”
“Somewhere” from “Believe”
“The Only Way Out” from “Ben-Hur”
“Still Falling For You” from “Bridget Jones’s Baby”
“F That” from “The Bronze”
“Torch Pt. 2″ from “Citizen Soldier”
“Drift And Fall Again” from “Criminal”
“Take Me Down” from “Deepwater Horizon”
“Land Of All” from “Desierto”
“Sad But True (Dreamland Theme)” from “Dreamland”
“Angel By The Wings” from “The Eagle Huntress”
“Blind Pig” from “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“One Frame At A Time” from “Floyd Norman: An Animated Life”
“I’m Crying” from “Free State of Jones”
“Gold” from “Gold”
“Champion” from “Hands of Stone”
“Dance Rascal, Dance” from “Hello, My Name Is Doris”
“I See A Victory” from “Hidden Figures”
“Runnin” from “Hidden Figures”
“Sixty Charisma Scented Blackbirds” from “How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate
Can’t Change”
“My Superstar” from “Ice Age: Collision Course”
“Seeing You Around” from “Ithaca”
“The Empty Chair” from “Jim: The James Foley Story”
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” from “La La Land”
“City Of Stars” from “La La Land”
“Start A Fire” from “La La Land”
“Cateura Vamos A Soñar (We Will Dream)” from “Landfill Harmonic”
“Better Love” from “The Legend of Tarzan”
“Never Give Up” from “Lion”
“Equation” from “The Little Prince”
“Turnaround” from “The Little Prince”
“Moonshine” from “Live By Night”
“Loving” from “Loving”
“Hurry Home” from “Max Rose”
“Gone 2015″ from “Miles Ahead”
“Wish That You Were Here” from “Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children”
“I’m Still Here” from “Miss Sharon Jones!”
“How Far I’ll Go” from “Moana”
“We Know The Way” from “Moana”
“Even More Mine” from “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2″
“Waving Goodbye” from “The Neon Demon”
“I’m Back” from “Never Surrender”
“Find My Victory” from “Olympic Pride, American Prejudice”
“On Ghost Ridge” from “100 Years: One Woman’s Fight for Justice”
“Ordinary World” from “Ordinary World”
“Devil’s Girl” from “Outlaws and Angels”
“Levitate” from “Passengers”
“Ginga” from “Pelé: Birth of a Legend”
“Nobody Knows” from “Pete’s Dragon”
“Something Wild” from “Pete’s Dragon”
“Dancing With Your Shadow” from “Po”
“I’m So Humble” from “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”
“Stay Here” from “Presenting Princess Shaw”
“Celebrate Life” from “Queen Mimi”
“Back To Life” from “Queen of Katwe”
“Let The Games Begin” from “Race”
“Think About It” from “The Red Pill”
“The Rules Don’t Apply” from “Rules Don’t Apply”
“The Great Beyond” from “Sausage Party”
“Faith” from “Sing”
“Set It All Free” from “Sing”
“Drive It Like You Stole It” from “Sing Street”
“Go Now” from “Sing Street”
“The Veil” from “Snowden”
“Hymn” from “Snowtime!”
“Kiss Me Goodnight” from “Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio Four”
“Holdin’ Out” from “Storks”
“Heathens” from “Suicide Squad”
“Flying Home” from “Sully”
“Montage” from “Swiss Army Man”
“Petit Metier” from “They Will Have to Kill Us First – Malian Music in Exile”
“Letter To The Free” from “13th”
“Down With Mary” from “Too Late”
“Can’t Stop The Feeling” from “Trolls”
“Get Back Up Again” from “Trolls”
“Smile” from “The Uncondemned”
“We Will Rise” from “Veeram-Macbeth”
“LA Venus” from “We Are X”
“New Dogs, Old Tricks” from “What Happened Last Night”
“Runnin’ Runnin’” from “What Happened Last Night”
“What’s Happening Today” from “What Happened Last Night”
“Who I Am” from “What Happened Last Night”
“The Ballad Of Wiener-Dog” from “Wiener-Dog”
“Try Everything” from “Zootopia”
Let’s take a gamble with the nominees of the Las Vegas Film Critics Society!
(Ha ha — I’m so cute.)
Anyway, the winners will be announced tomorrow!
Best Picture
Moonlight
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Nocturnal Animals
Hell or High Water
Best Actor
Chris Pine – Hell or High Water
Jake Gyllenhaal – Nocturnal Animals
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea
Ryan Gosling – La La Land
Denzel Washington – Fences
Best Actress
Emma Stone – La La Land
Natalie Portman – Jackie
Taraji P. Henson – Hidden Figures
Amy Adams – Arrival
Annette Bening – 20th Century Women
Best Supporting Actor
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Michael Shannon – Nocturnal Animals
Ben Foster – Hell or High Water
Best Supporting Actress
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures
Naomie Harris – Moonlight
Viola Davis – Fences
Greta Gerwig – 20th Century Women
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea
Best Director
Garth Davis – Lion
Theodore Melfi – Hidden Figures
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
J.A. Bayona – A Monster Calls
Tom Ford – Nocturnal Animals
Best Original Screenplay
Manchester by the Sea
The Witch
Hell or High Water
Moonlight
La La Land
Best Adapted Screenplay
Hidden Figures
Lion
Nocturnal Animals
Arrival
A Monster Calls
Best Cinematography
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Arrival
La La Land
Rogue One
Best Editing
La La Land
Moonlight
Nocturnal Animals
Arrival
Hacksaw Ridge
Best Score
Jackie
Nocturnal Animals
Arrival
Lion
La La Land
Best Song
“City of Stars” (La La Land)
“How Far Will I Go” (Moana)
“I See Victory” (Hidden Figures)
“The Great Beyond” (Sausage Party)
“Finest Girl (Bin Laden Song) (Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping)
Best Action Film
Deadpool
Captain America: Civil War
Rogue One
Hacksaw Ridge
Doctor Strange
Best Documentary
8 Days a Week
Weiner
OJ: Made in America
13
The Eagle Huntress
Best Costume Design
Jackie
The Witch
Fantastic Beasts
Love & Friendship
La La Land
Best Visual Effects
Jungle Book
Doctor Strange
Fantastic Beasts
Arrival
A Monster Calls
Best Art Direction
Jackie
La La Land
Arrival
A Monster Calls
Fantastic Beasts
Best Animated Film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Sausage Party
Finding Dory
Zootopia
Moana
Best Foreign Film
Elle
Neruda
The Handmaiden
Toni Erdmann
The Salesman
Best Comedy
Deadpool
Don’t Think Twice
The Edge of Seventeen
Sausage Party
The Nice Guys
Best Horror/Sci-Fi
The Witch
The Neon Demon
Arrival
10 Cloverfield Lane
Don’t Breathe
Best Family Film
The Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Moana
Zootopia
The Jungle Book
Kubo and the Two Strings
Best Ensemble
Hidden Figures
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
Fences
Hell or High Water
Breakout Filmmaker
Barry Jenkins – Moonlight
Robert Eggers – The Witch
Kelly Fremon Craig – Edge of Seventeen
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Swiss Army Man
Nate Parker – Birth of a Nation
Youth in Film
Madina Nalwanga – Queen of Katwe
Lewis MacDougall – A Monster Calls
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea
Hailee Steinfeld – Edge of Seventeen
Alex B. Hibbert – Moonlight

The members of the Phoenix Film Critics Circle challenge their rival in the Phoenix Film Critics Society.
Here are the nominees of the Phoenix Critics Circle, who should not be mistaken for the Phoenix Film Critics Society. Do the Circle and the Society have regular rumbles, like the Sharks and the Jets? I’d like to think that they do.
The winners will be announced on the 17th!
BEST PICTURE
Arrival
Hell or High Water
La La Land
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight
BEST COMEDY FILM
Deadpool
The Edge of Seventeen
Hail, Caesar!
Hunt for the Wilderpeople
The Nice Guys
BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM
10 Cloverfield Lane
Arrival
Midnight Special
BEST HORROR FILM
The Conjouring 2
Don’t Breathe
The Witch
BEST MYSTERY OR THRILLER FILM
Green Room
Hell or High Water
Nocturnal Animals
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
Zootopia
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Handmaiden
Neruda
Things to Come
The Wailing
BEST DOCUMENTARY
13th
Gleason
O.J.: Made in America
Tickled
Weiner
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, Arrival
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Natalie Portman, Jackie
Emma Stone, La La Land
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, Fences
Greta Gerwig, 20th Century Women
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Helen Mirren, Eye in the Sky
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
BEST DIRECTOR
Damian Chazelle, La La Land
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
Denis Villeneuve, Arrival
BEST SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Efthimis Filippou, Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
BEST SCORE
Nicholas Britell, Moonlight
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Johann Johannsson, Arrival
Mica Levi, Jackie