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2/5/2020

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Oscars 2020
By Will Mavity 

Oscar voting is officially over for the 92nd Academy Awards. I spoke to a number of Academy voters about what they are voting for and why. Here is what five of them have to say.
 
As you read these, just remember, these are just a handful of ballots out of the 9,000+ people who vote. While these may give some insight into voters’ minds, they are far from the be all end all.


​Voter #1 - A Member Of The Sound Branch

Little Women 2019
Best Picture
“I have not nor will probably ever see ‘Joker’ or ‘The Irishman.’ I don’t have the time to watch them and I don’t like how those kinds of films make me feel. I don’t like Tarantino movies anyway. ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ was just weird and long. It was too fancy for its own good.”

1. “Little Women”
2. “1917”
3. “Parasite”

Best Director
“Sam Mendes. I think what he did with ‘1917’ was just beyond amazing. To even conceive of something like that…and the story was well done. The two actors were unknown and they represented the everyman so well. I did love ‘Parasite’ and thought that film was very clever, but I’m not going to vote for [Bong] because I like movies that leave me feeling good and not horrible. Greta Gerwig and Kasi Lemmons were totally overlooked. I actually put the top three women-directed movies at the top of my best picture ballot for nominations (‘Little Women,’ ‘Harriet,’ ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’). I don’t want to separate the category into best woman-directed films and best male-directed films. But the little films need a break. Like I’m upset that ‘Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound’ didn’t make Best Documentary, but they didn’t have enough money to make screeners. I think that’s a big thing. Believe me, [‘Breakthrough’] with the song by Diane Warren never would have gotten in without full-page ads and parties hosted by her and Chrissy Metz.”

Editor’s Note: DVD screeners for “Making Waves” were sent out for awards voting. One was received by NBP’s editor.

Best Actress
Renée Zellweger

Best Actor
“I’m sorry that Taron Egerton who did ‘Rocketman’ wasn’t nominated. I thought he was a shoo-in. I will never watch ‘Joker’ and I didn’t see ‘Pain and Glory’ either so I don’t know how good Antonio [Banderas] is in that. So, I guess, Adam Driver. He was good. I thought he played a very compassionate guy. A kind of everyman stuck in this drama trying to preserve his kid.”

Best Supporting Actress
“I think Florence Pugh. All of the women in that film are so good. And they don’t get that good by themselves, so you know, that’s why the director thing is so infuriating.”

Best Supporting Actor
“Tom Hanks. I thought the directing in that movie was really brave, too. That one scene in the diner where they have that one minute of silence…I thought that was something really I hadn’t seen before. I don’t understand Brad Pitt. What is this? He’s just playing himself? I worked on a film early in his career and we were all like, ‘Wow how far is this guy going to go? He’s good looking but he can’t act. How far can you go on just looks?’”

Best Sound Mixing
“Most of the academy members who are mostly actors think of sound as what’s loud. Apart from ‘Ad Astra,’ all the nominees are the same this year. And that’s why the academy is fighting to combine them. I’m not a fan of combining them, but if it means keeping it on the show, then I would take it. Everyone should go see ‘Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound.’ I took my mother-in-law to see it and after we left she said, ‘Now I understand what you do!’ We need one of those before and after things at the Oscars like they do with effects to make people understand.

[The thing with the Academy is] if something wins for Best Sound Editing it’ll probably win for Best Sound Mixing, but in this case, it’s fair with ‘1917.’ I’m voting for it in both. The effects gave you a sense of place and it really put you there. There were some moments I could tell there was foley, but I couldn’t tell if it was foley or recorded on set because it sounded too good to be foley so I guess it did its job well. I thought it was a monumental task. Although, I couldn’t understand some of the dialogue when they were in the truck, but the fact that they could even record anything live on set with that kind of setup…and I had the same problem with ‘Ford v Ferrari’ and it was worse there. I did really like the work in ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ too.

I was disappointed that ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ didn’t get nominated for anything. I went up to the director after and said, ‘I was so impressed how you recreated how movies sound in the ‘70s and he was like, ‘What?’ and I said, ‘Well, thank your sound team for that, they did something wonderful for you.’ But no 'Dolemite Is My Name' there. They go for all the big films that get the full-page ads in ‘Variety.’ Maybe it’s rigged…I don’t know.”

​Best Original Score
“Every time that ‘Joker’ ad comes on TV with that weird violin, I’m like, ‘Oh god, turn it off! Turn it off!’ But, I mean, come on, how many Oscars can John Williams and Randy Newman win? I know it’s so stupid to think like that but I’m sort of influenced by that. I might still vote for ‘Joker’ even though I can’t stand the score and haven’t seen the film because it’s the first time a woman would win.”

Editors Note: This wouldn’t be the first time a woman won an Original Score Oscar (Rachel Portman won Best Original Score Comedy/Musical in 1996 for “Emma.” But it would be the first time a solo female composer won strictly for Best Original Score.

Best Original Song
“Diane Warren, of course. I think she might win, too. She’s done a lot of press on this particular song. All the news shows are going, ‘11-time nominee, but never won.’ And the movie isn’t bad. It’s an incredible story.”

Best Original Screenplay
“‘Knives Out’ was brilliant because it kept you guessing the whole time, but I think I’ve gotta go with ‘Parasite.’ It’s too amazing to overlook. ‘Marriage Story’ was okay. I didn’t think it was that great.”

Best Adapted Screenplay
“‘Little Women,’ of course. I’m not a fan of the book. I was a tomboy and my mom kept trying to get me to read it and I was like, ‘No, it’s for girls!’ but I loved this and maybe I should give the book another chance.”

Best Production Design
“‘Parasite.’ I mean they built that house that they take over. Although, ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' was really good because they gave you a really good feeling of that era, like the cars.“

Best Costume Design
“I think I talked to Sandy Powell one time. I said, ‘I’m in the sound branch and don’t know costumes, so what’s the hardest thing to do?’ And she said modern movies. Period’s easy. For modern ones, you have to design based on the character’s personality and psychology. But there’s nothing modern here so I would say ‘Jojo Rabbit.’”

Best Makeup/Hairstyling
“I didn’t see ‘Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil’ or ‘Bombshell’ or ‘Joker.’ I can’t believe ‘The Irishman’ wasn’t here. I’ll probably vote for ‘Judy.’”

Best Visual Effects
“I did see the behind the scenes thing on ‘Avengers: Endgame.’ ‘The Irishman’ the de-aging. ‘The Lion King’ was amazing. ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ is so well done. But it’s like we know it’s well done. [I’ll probably vote] ‘1917’ because it’s holistically the best work; had to be more organic. I know they added things like him jumping off that waterfall, but most of it was so seamless.”

Best Film Editing
“Thelma [Schoonmaker]. I’m a fan of hers.”

Best Cinematography
“[Roger] Deakins. Gotta be Deakins. “

Best Documentary
“I’m not gonna vote because I didn’t see them. They’re just so heavy and I just don’t wanna sit through something sad like that.”

Best Documentary Short
“[‘In the Absence’]. I saw ‘Walk Run Cha-Cha’ and didn’t do much for me.”

Best Live Action Short
“I loved ‘The Neighbors Window.’ It was also American. So many foreign films make it through and we don’t have a lot of American ones here. I mean two of them were based in Syria I think. If they wanna do it right they should have a separate foreign short category. But I really liked the twist on Nefta Football.”

Best Animated Short
“‘Kitbull.’ I liked ‘Memorable’ a lot. It’s a very interesting animation about a serious subject, but it left me feeling so depressed. ‘Kitbull’ was so delightful plus it was two women.”

Best International Film
“Parasite”

Best Animated Film
“I tried to watch ‘I Lost My Body’ but I couldn’t get past the fact of how a severed hand can see where it’s going so I stopped watching. Don’t know why ‘Frozen II’ isn’t here. I liked the emotion of ‘How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’ so I guess that.”

Voter #2 - A Member Of The Visual Effects Branch

1917 Movie 2019
Best Picture
“I didn’t like ‘Little Women.’ I just don’t like those kinds of movies. I don’t think it’s flawed in any fundamental way. I didn’t really see anything exceptional in that film. I suffered through it as my professional duty, and my wife loved it, but it didn’t deserve a Best Picture nomination to me. There were some technical issues and character moments that pulled me out of the movie. Compare that to ‘1917’ with a bunch of wild technical choices where they never pulled me out of the story. Same with ‘The Irishman.’”

1. “
Parasite”
2. “Jojo Rabbit”  
3. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
 
Best Director
“Between being a below the line kind of technical guy, I really was most impressed with [Sam] Mendes. Between him, Guillaume Rocheron on the VFX side, and [Roger] Deakins, that was something. I heard the concept and thought, “Oh, it’s gonna be so goddamn boring,” and then I saw it and I got what I think a lot of people probably get out of Marvel movies and I don’t – kind of this thrill ride experience. I do think Bong stands a pretty good chance at taking it, and I would be happy with that too. I worked on one of Bong’s films over a decade ago. And I came up to him a few months ago and told him I’d worked with him and he just started immediately rattling off all the names of the animators and VFX supervisors and everyone who worked on the film. That’s part of the reason he’s so good. He has such care for the process. Not a lot of directors take the effort to get to know and remember everyone who they work with, and it’s something really special about him.”
 
Best Actress
“I say this having not seen ‘Harriet,’ but Charlize [Theron] just kind of became someone else. It was amazing.”
 
Best Actor
“Just like 90% of everyone I talk to – Joaquin Phoenix.”
 
Best Supporting Actor
“Brad Pitt."
 
Best Supporting Actress
“Scarlett Johansson in ‘Jojo Rabbit.’ Something about her performance really connected with me emotionally and I can’t explain why. I didn’t buy Laura Dern as much.”
 
Best Original Screenplay
“‘Knives Out.’ I think it was such a cool screenplay. I think ‘Parasite’ will win, but seeing Rian Johnson come out of the ‘Star Wars’ funk and deliver a story as well crafted as that and super entertaining was amazing.”
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Joker”

Best Film Editing
“‘Parasite.’” That movie was masterful in how it started with the pacing and story being a little ho-hum and then how it started ramping up into insanity.”
 
Best Sound Mixing
“1917”
 
Best Sound Editing
“I think it will and should be ‘1917’ in this one, too, but I think ‘Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker’ actually has a chance with the nostalgia vote.”
 
Best Makeup/Hairstyling
“‘Joker.’” It didn’t like that Joaquin [Phoenix] wasn’t easy to work with on that in that state of mind and they deserve an award for that.”
 
Best Production Design
“I’ll vote for ‘Parasite,’ but I think ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ has a chance, too. Setting the tone for various spots in the film was so immersive. ‘Knives Out’ should’ve been nominated, especially given the amount of time they had.”
 
Best Costume Design
“‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’ as a kind of pin the tail on the donkey choice. I would’ve voted for ‘Dolemite Is My Name’ if it had been here.”
 
Best Visual Effects
“I really want ‘1917’ to win. I think it’s a longshot because it’s invisible FX that people don’t really notice. People don’t know how much work was done on that film. The field this year is incredibly varied. I think “The Irishman” could take it if not enough people were bothered by some of the things that didn’t really have to do with visual effects (like those colored contact lenses), and I do think the actors will vote for something like this because it will let them think they can keep acting forever. “
 
Best Cinematography
“‘1917.’ The puzzle that [Roger] Deakins had to put together is just incredible.”
 
Best Original Score
“F*** if I know. It’s a coin toss. I’ll go with ‘1917’ because it was a key part of immersing me into the story and I didn’t really notice it, which I think is the sign of a great score.”
 
Best International Film
“Parasite”
 
Best Documentary Film
“The Edge of Democracy”
 
Best Animated Film
“‘I Lost My Body.’ So inventive.”
 
Best Animated Short
“‘Memorable’ is about Alzheimer’s and it’s a super tearjerker done in a style I’d never seen before. I liked ‘Hair Love,’ too, but it was just a little more clichéd and predictable.”

Voter #3 - A Member Of The Sound Branch

Joker Movie 2019
Best Picture
“[I would put ‘1917’] lower down but not the bottom. I think, as a movie, it failed, but the technical parts are fascinating. Like I didn’t care about the characters and every time we went into a bunker I was like, “Oh, here we go again,” but what they pulled off technically was amazing.”

1. “
Parasite”
2. “Joker”
3. “Marriage Story”
 
Best Director
“Bong Joon-ho hands down. Picture and Director have got to go together here.”
 
Best Actor
“Joaquin Phoenix, easily. Everyone else is interesting but it’s not even close.”
 
Best Actress
“I guess Renée Zellweger”
 
Best Supporting Actress
“Hands down Laura Dern.”
 
Best Supporting Actor
“Joe Pesci. I was just blown away by him.”
 
Best Original Screenplay
“I think it will go to ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,’ but I’m voting for ‘Parasite.’ Just a knockout movie.”
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Definitely ‘Jojo Rabbit.’”

​Best Film Editing
“‘Ford v Ferrari.’ And I would give it both Sounds, too. It should solidly win both. I think the sound mix in ‘1917’ is just okay. It’s not that dynamic, but [the Academy] loves war films. I think it’s probably the third best there with ‘Joker’ second.”
 
Best Original Score
“Joker. [Hildur Guðnadóttir] crushed it.”
 
Best Original Song
“Frozen II”
 
Best Visual Effects
“‘1917.’ It’s super obvious work but it works well.”
 
Best Production Design
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
 
Best Costume Design
“I know this is a little odd but ‘Joker.’”
 
Best Makeup/Hairstyling
“Easily ‘Bombshell.’”
 
Best Cinematography
“‘1917.’ I don’t know why a couple of those other ones were there. Like, ‘The Lighthouse’? That’s a waste of a nomination. ‘Ford v Ferrari’ should have been there.”
 
Best Documentary
“The Cave”
 
Best International Film
“Gotta be ‘Parasite.’”
 
Best Animated Film
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”

Voter #4 - An Oscar Nominated Member Of The Sound Branch

Once Upon A Time In Hollywood 2019 Oscar
Best Picture
“I thought ‘The Irishman’ was way too long. I’m sure you’ve heard that from everybody. That story could have been told in an hour and a half and it probably would have been terrific. It didn’t need to be three hours.”

1. “
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
2. “1917”
3. “Parasite”
 
Best Director
“Tarantino – it’s Quentin’s year. I think he’s got this. There was a real absence of women. Marielle Heller should have been there. Everyone is talking about [Greta] Gerwig and that was a perfectly fine adaptation but it didn’t really do it for me the way Heller’s movie did.”
 
Best Actress
“Renée Zellweger”
 
Best Actor
“Joaquin Phoenix. [Matthew Rhys], who played across Tom Hanks, should have been here though.” 
 
Best Supporting Actor
“I was torn between Tom Hanks and Brad Pitt. I really thought ‘A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood’ was overlooked in a lot of categories. One of my favorite pictures at TIFF this year. I don’t think Hanks will win but he should.”
 
Best Supporting Actress
“Kathy Bates. I know everyone is voting for Dern but I thought Bates was a pretty emotional performance and Laura Dern just played a sleazy lawyer.”
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
“Jojo Rabbit”
 
Best Original Screenplay
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Best Sound Mixing
“‘Ford v Ferrari.’ I liked it more than ‘1917’ and I think it’ll win mixing. It was a very dynamic track. I did like the sparseness of ‘1917,’ though. It was very atmospheric.”
 
Best Sound Editing
“‘1917.’ I’d be sort of disappointed to see them combine the sounds into one category. I understand why though because people don’t really understand sound. It’ll just go with the big-sounding films which are kind of already how it is anyway. Nothing to do with how hard it was to gain a track. Most people don’t even understand what I do.”
 
Best Film Editing
“‘Ford v Ferrari.’” Definitely not ‘The Irishman.’ I don’t even know why that was in there.” 
 
Best Production Design
“Parasite”
 
Best Original Score
“I went with ‘Joker’ on that one.”
 
Best Visual Effects
“I went with ‘The Lion King.’ The blending of real footage was pretty seamless with the CGI. I can’t believe Caleb [Deschanel] wasn’t nominated.”
 
Best Cinematography
“‘1917.’” The shot designs in that were fantastic. And from a sound recording perspective, I was thinking, ‘How did they do that?’ Amazing collaboration between the two.”
 
Best Makeup/Hairstyling
“I really liked ‘Bombshell’ but ‘Judy’…the whole period look was amazing and I’ve worked with the guy who did it before.”
 
Best Costume Design
“I went with ‘Jojo Rabbit.’”
 
Best Original Song
“Rocketman”
 
Best International Film
“‘Parasite.’” Obviously, it’s gonna win and it should. ‘Les Miserables’ was good, too, but pretty grim.”
 
Best Animated Film
“Missing Link”
 
Best Documentary
“‘The Cave.’” It’s hard to watch but very powerful.”

Voter #5 - A Member Of The Sound Branch

Parasite Oscars 2020
Best Picture
“It’s a pretty strong field this year. I wasn’t much of a fan of ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.’ I respected it. It’s well-made but the pacing was off. Ever since Sally Menke died, [Quentin] Tarantino has needed someone to say, “Let’s cut the scene now.” But the craft is incredible. I was at the producer’s guild awards where ‘1917’ won and people seemed so content about that as a winner so I think it’s taking it. It’s a very visceral experience and I really liked that. And I liked that [Sam] Mendes had this very personal connection to the material. And it’s a very personal vision of how to make a film. He’d probably be my number three among the directors because I very much respect the decisions he made. But things like the score distracted me. There’s too much of it. I think he scored it like a James Bond movie. I know a lot of people in the sound branch who say the same – that the music buried the sound. A lot of people missed hearing the sound shine.”

1. “
Parasite”
2. “Joker”
3. “Marriage Story”
 
Best Director
“I’m still a ‘Parasite’ guy.”
 
Best Actor
“Joaquin Phoenix — it’s the obvious choice. It’s just incredible what he’s doing in that film. Although, I’m very happy I’m not the boomer on some of his scenes. I also really liked Adam Driver. I wish the main actor in 'Richard Jewell' had gotten in [Paul Walter Hauser]. Adam Sandler, too.”
 
Best Actress
“I thought what Renée Zellweger did was…good. I thought this was the best work of Scarlett Johansson’s career and for me, the thing with Zellweger is that it’s an iconic pre-existing character but Johansson was a created person played with real nuance. So I’ll go with her.”
 
Best Supporting Actor
“Why are there no 'Parasite' actors nominated for any of these categories? It’s so weird. Especially when they get standing applause at the Screen Actors Guild. Do they just vote for their friends at the Academy? I really liked Joe Pesci. I was so happy to see him back. I thought Brad Pitt was really great in that film but for me, Pesci was the revelation of ‘The Irishman.’”
 
Best Supporting Actress
“I thought the one in ‘Little Women’ was really good [Florence Pugh]. And she had an incredible year, like ‘Midsommar.’ Laura Dern was also amazing. Everybody loves Laura Dern. I’m actually about to rewatch ‘Little Women’ before I make my final decision. I saw it on a screener but I need to see it on the big screen. It’s between those two for sure.”
 
Best Sound Mixing
“I’m really impressed by [Gary] Rydstrom’s work on ‘Ad Astra.’ Amazing that a guy who’s been in the business for 40 years could create something so unique. Abstract and poetic and filled with distortion and weird noises that you’d never hear in a mainstream Hollywood film. Sounded unlike anything else. It’ll never win. It’s too abstract. I miss some of the experimentation in this category. I wish ‘The Lighthouse’ had been nominated. ‘Uncut Gems’ was brilliant. ‘Waves,’ too. So inventive and experimental and emotional at the same time. I feel like the choices made for the Sound nominations this year were the safe choices. A little conservative. It’s been a really creative year for film sound and that wasn’t reflected in this year’s nominations.”
 
Best Sound Editing
“‘Ford v Ferrari’ was amazing. The sound design of that film was extremely powerful. Everything that had an engine in that film sounded awesome. It also had a wonderful interplay between sound and music. The way it used sounds almost as music was really impressive. ‘1917’’s sound design wasn’t dynamic at all. There were these specific sequences with a really interesting sound. But a lot of scenes it was all about the music and the sound was an afterthought and that made me feel a little detached from the film. Every sound editor I know is talking about the subway scene in ‘Joker.’ That sequence is a masterpiece of sound editing. But overall, ‘Ford v Ferrari’ had more of where sound effects shine.“
 
“Every year I have to explain to people what sound editing and sound mixing is and I’m okay with that and I don’t need the Oscars to kind of dumb down what sound is. I still think there’s a reason for splitting them up and showing how much work there is in doing a great sounding film. If we scale back on having one award instead of two, we as a sound community will be even more anonymous and we should be putting sound people on the posters not buried in the credits.”

​Best Original Score
“Thomas Newman’s work is great, but I just feel there’s too much of it. There’s this tradition in Hollywood movies where you just score the film wall to wall. And that’s why ‘Joker’ shines to me. Hildur [Guðnadóttir]’s music comes in at very precise times and works as a very precise storytelling device. And that’s why she’ll win and Newman won’t.”
 
Best Visual Effects
“‘The Lion King’ was impressive but the film was so boring. I’ll go for ‘1917’ because I also feel like the film works well because of the work there. I don’t see why ‘Ad Astra’ wasn’t there. I’m definitely not going for ‘The Irishman.’ That whole part of the de-aging thing was [laughs]. I really liked the film but I don’t see why Scorsese didn’t choose younger actors to play them young. It just felt weird. You see an old man with an old body and a young face.”
 
Best Production Design
“‘Parasite.’ Crazy how the architecture and design of the sets reflect the story. Really ties in together – filmmaking at its finest. 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' would be my number two. The whole lineup is incredible.”
 
Best Costume Design
“Kind of a funny lineup isn’t it? I actually liked ‘Jojo Rabbit’’s costume look. For me, that film had a lot of vibe going for it. Not sure I liked every aspect of where the story was going. There were elements that were missing in the emotional trajectory, but the texture of the whole environment including the costumes, I actually really liked that. It felt like I was back there but it was filtered through a special director’s mind. It felt personal. And the works weren’t clichéd liked a lot of WWII films. Like I believed the girl had been living inside a wall.”
  
Best Original Screenplay
“'Parasite.' I’m very predictable.”
 
Best Adapted Screenplay
“I actually really liked ‘The Two Popes.’ It was telling a complicated story in a way that felt quite simple and that’s really hard”
 
Best Documentary
“‘The Cave,’ easily. ‘Apollo 11’ should’ve been there.”
 
Best Animated Film
“‘I Lost My Body.’ It’s a very amazing artistic achievement on all levels. From sound to the music. Sometimes animation can create a bit of a distance, but this felt like you were really experiencing a human story that for me was incredibly touching. I really think that film deserves a lot of love. Doing something you hadn’t seen before.”
 
Best International Film
“Parasite”

Voter #6 - A Member Of The Sound Branch

Ford v Ferrari Oscars 2019
Best Picture
The biggest challenge for anybody – it’s the elephant in the room and nobody wants to deal with it-- is that it is physically impossible to watch everything in the time we have. So there are categories where I just pass because I haven’t seen everything. I feel guilty if I vote for something I haven’t watched. I think there were 83 films to be watched on the Academy streaming site. Just do the math. Let’s say they’re an average of 120 minutes each. You can’t possibly do that all if you work.

“Jojo Rabbit” was the only one that was hard for me to really get into. But that’s just a personal taste thing. All the other movies I thought were really great. “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” I thought was a really good movie but it wasn’t the best of the bunch.

1. “Parasite”
2. “Ford v Ferrari”
3. “1917”

Best Sound Mixing & Editing
There’s a wave in The Academy to consolidate the sounds into one category. And I don’t think it’s fair. Because it would mean that it’s only the major movies with big budgets that get in. And sometimes a really good small movie like 'Barton Fink' will get in. But if the Academy caves into pressure and merges them, then that won’t happen. The awards will all go to 'Star Wars' and 'Avengers.'"

So this year, '1917' and 'Ford v Ferrari' were just amazing sound jobs. They did such an amazing job of creating tension through sound in “Ford v Ferrari” and it wasn’t just these generic racing sounds you have in some movies. I’m an F1 fan so I was just in tears because it was so good. That scene where he takes Henry Ford for a test drive was one of the best moments of the year and a lot of that was the sound. '1917' was 'The Revenant' but in WWI. You’re tracking this lone survivor through all these different terrains. You get to appreciate the differences in sound in a single sequence, like where he’s running through the courtyard and then goes into that basement to see that woman and there’s such a striking change between the two.

With 'Joker,' I think this was an intentional choice, but I think all the individual elements were pushed too far. It distracted me. Dynamic range is the language of sound and there could have been a lot more subtlety in 'Joker.'

For the majority of the time, to have a great sound mix means you have to have a great sound edit. The material mixers have, you can’t do a great job with it, so I split my love. 'Ford v Ferrari' for Sound Mixing and '1917' for Sound Editing. But really, every one of those nominees was pretty great.

Best Actor
“Joaquin Phoenix hands down. Absolutely no way anyone could compare. And it sucks because this was a great field. It’s not fair that, like, Jonathan Pryce has to compete with a performance like Joaquin’s, but it is what it is. It was a great year.”

Best Actress
“This was a tough one for me. Mainly because I thought 'Judy' was one of those really fantastic jobs. I think Renee really owned that role. I also loved 'Harriet.' As a first-time feature actress, I think Cynthia Erivo did an amazing job. It was so physical. I ended up going with Renee.

'Bombshell' and 'Little Women' to me were kind of the same in that they were more ensemble pieces and nobody individually really stuck out the way Renee and Cynthia did.”

Best Supporting Actor
“I had to go with Hanks in 'A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood.' It’s an iconic role. It was close between him and Pacino though.”

Best Supporting Actress
“I passed on this category. I didn’t see all the movies so it didn’t feel right to vote. I didn’t catch 'Richard Jewell.'”

Best Editing
“I loved all of these. 'Parasite?' My god. 'Ford v Ferrari?' How could you not? 'The Irishman?' Thelma? Just Epic. So good. So this was really difficult. I did “Ford v Ferrari.” I definitely thought '1917' should’ve been here though for making the trick look so seamless.”

Best Cinematography
“'The Lighthouse' was really beautiful but I had to do '1917'.”

Best Visual Effects
“What they did in 'The Irishman' was really interesting even if it didn’t work for some people. I still went with '1917' but I really did respect what Marty’s team did there.”

Best Production Design
“This was another tough call. I was between '1917' and 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.' They were both epic, but I went with 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.'"

Best Costume Design
“I was split between 'Jojo Rabbit' and 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' here. I went with 'Once Upon a Time in Hollywood' because it was so authentic.”

Best Animated Feature
“I thought the most innovative thing was 'I Lost My Body.' It was a really bold way to tell a great story.”

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    Nomadland (39) - AFCC, AWFJ, BAFTA, BOFCA, BSFC, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GFCA, GG, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LEJA, LFCC, LVFCS, MFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NTFCA, OFCS, PFCS, PGA, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, TIFF, VENICE, VFCC, WAFCA, WFCC
    Promising Young Woman (10) - AACTA, COFCA, HCA, KCFCC, MCFCA, NFCS, OAFFC, SCA, SDFCS, WFCC
    Minari (7) - AFCA, NCFCA, NYFCO, OFCC, OFTA, PCC, UFCA
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (3) - BFCC, CIC, PFCC
    The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (3) - DFCS, HFCS, SAG
    Da 5 Bloods (2) - CIC, NBR
    First Cow (2) - FFCC, NYFCC
    Judas And The Black Messiah (2) - AAFCA, BRA
    Another Round - EFA
    Bad Boys For Life - NAACP
    Dwelling In The Fuchun Mountains - ICS
    Rocks - BIFA
    Small Axe - LAFCA
    The United States vs. Billie Holiday - AARP

    BEST DIRECTOR
    Chloé Zhao (50) - AACTA, AFCC, AWFJ, BAFTA, BOFCA, BFCC, BSFC, CCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, DGA, FFCC, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LEJA, LVFCS, MFCA, MSFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, VFCC, WAFCA
    Regina King (4) - AAFCA, BFCC, BRA, UFCA
    Spike Lee (3) - CIC, HFCS, NBR
    Lee Isaac Chung - AFCA
    Emerald Fennell - NFCS

    Darius Marder - SCA
    Steve McQueen - LFCC
    Andrew Patterson - GOTHAM
    Gina Prince-Bythewood - NAACP
    Kelly Reichardt - ICS
    Aaron Sorkin - AARP
    Thomas Vinterberg - EFA
    Remi Weekes - BIFA

    BEST ACTRESS
    Carey Mulligan (27) - AACTA, AFCA, AFCC, CCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GFCA, HCA, HFCS, KCFCC, LAFCA, LEJA, MCFCA, MFCA, NBR, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFTA, PCC, PFCS, SCA, SDFCS, StLFCA, WFCC
    Frances McDormand (25) - AWFJ, BAFTA, BOFCA, CFCA, DFCS, FFCC, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, LFCC, LVFCS, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, OFCC, OFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA
    Viola Davis (6) - BFCC, BRA, CIC, NAACP, PFCC, SAG
    Andra Day (2) - AAFCA, GG
    Sidney Flanigan (2) - BSFC, NYFCC
    Maria Bakalova - IPA

    Paula Beer - EFA
    Nicole Beharie - GOTHAM
    Sophia Loren - AARP
    Rosamund Pike - GG
    Wunmi Mosaku - BIFA
    Isabel Sandoval - ICS

    BEST ACTOR
    Chadwick Boseman (28) - AACTA, AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BRA, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, IFCA, LAFCA, LEJA, LFCC, MFCA, MSFCA, NAACP, OFTA, PCC, PFCS, SAG, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, VFCC, WAFCA, WFCC
    Riz Ahmed (21) - AFCA, AFCC, COFCA, GFCA, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IPA, KCFCC, LVFCS, NBR, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA
    Delroy Lindo (11) - BOFCA, DFCS, HCA, HFCS, IFJA, MFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCS, PFCC
    Anthony Hopkins (6) - AARP, BAFTA, BIFA, BSFC, FFCC, NFCS
    Sacha Baron Cohen
    (2) - GG, IPA
    Mads Mikkelsen - EFA
    Aditya Modak - ICS
    Steven Yeun - NTFCA

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
    Youn Yuh-jung (34) - AFCA, AWFJ, BAFTA, BFCC, BSFC, COFCA, DFCS, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HCA, IFCA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LEJA, MCFCA, MFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFTA, PCC, PFCS, SAG, SCA, SEFCA, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, VFCC, WAFCA
    Maria Bakalova (16) - AFCC, BOFCA, CCA, CFCA, CIC, FFCC, HFCS, IFJA, LFCC, MCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCC, OFCS, TFCA, UFCA
    Amanda Seyfried (4) - DFWFCA, IPA, LVFCS, PFCC
    Ellen Burstyn (2) - DFCS, NYFCO

    Dominque Fishback (2) - AAFCA, BRA
    Jodie Foster (2) - AARP, GG
    Kosar Ali - BIFA

    Sônia Braga - ICS
    Glenn Close - NFCS
    Olivia Colman - AACTA
    Olivia Cooke - HFCS
    Phylicia Rashad - NAACP


    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
    Daniel Kaluuya (20) - AAFCA, AFCA, BAFTA, BRA, CCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, LEJA, LVFCS, MFCA, NFCS, OAFFC, OFTA, PCC, PFCS, SAG, SFCS, TFCA, VFCC
    Paul Raci (18) - AFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, IFCA, NBR, NSFC, OFCC, SCA, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, StLFCA
    Leslie Odom Jr. (9) - AWFJ, BFCC, HFCS, IFJA, KCFCC, NYFCO, OFCS, UFCA, WAFCA
    Sacha Baron Cohen (7) - AACTA, DFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NTFCA, SEFCA
    ​Chadwick Boseman (5) - CIC, IPA, NAACP, NYFCC, PFCC
    Francisco Barreiro - ICS
    Demián Bichir - AARP
    D’angelou Osei Kissiedu - BIFA
    Shaun Parkes - LFCC
    Glynn Turman - LAFCA

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
    Nomadland (20) - AFCA, AWFJ, CCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, KCFCC, LFCC, NCFCA, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, SEFCA, USC, WAFCA
    The Father (6) - BAFTA, BIFA, IPA, NFCS, SCA, SDFCS
    One Night In Miami (6) - AAFCA, HCA, LEJA, LVFCS, PCC, PFCS
    I'm Thinking Of Ending Things (5) - BOFCA, BSFC, FFCC, StLFCA, UFCA
    First Cow (4) - DFCS, ICS, PFCC, SFBAFCC
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (2) - BFCC, CIC
    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - WGA
    News Of The World - NBR

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    Promising Young Woman (25) - AFCC, AWFJ, BAFTA, CCA, CIC, COFCA, DFWFCA, GFCA, HCA, HFCS, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, MFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA, WGA
    Minari (11) - AFCA, BFCC, DFCS, FFCC, LEJA, NBR, NCFCA, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, TFCA
    The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (10) - AACTA, AARP, CIC, DFCS, GG, HFCS, MCFCA, PFCS, UFCA, VFCC
    Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always (7) - CFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, NSFC, NYFCC, OAFFC, WFCC
    The Forty-Year-Old-Version (3) - BRA, GOTHAM, NAACP
    Another Round - EFA
    Bacurau - ICS
    Fourteen - GOTHAM
    Judas And The Black Messiah - LVFCS

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
    Nomadland (35) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BAFTA, BOFCA, BSFC, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFWFCA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, MFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, OFTA, PFCC, PFCS, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
    Mank (4) - FFCC, IPA, OFCC, SCA
    Tenet (4) - BFCC, HFCS, NFCS, NTFCA
    Small Axe (2) - LAFCA, NYFCC
    Dwelling In The Fuchun Mountains - ICS
    First Cow - SFBAFCC
    Hidden Away - EFA
    I'm Thinking Of Ending Things - PCC
    Malcolm & Marie - BRA
    Saint Maud - BIFA
    The Vast Of Night - KCFCC

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (9) - BAFTA, CCA, CDG, CIC, HFCS, LVFCS, OFTA, PFCS, SFCS
    Emma. (3) - CFCA, LEJA, SDFCS
    The Personal History Of David Copperfield (2) - HCA, IPA
    Hidden Away - EFA
    Jingle Jangle - BRA
    Misbehaviour - BIFA
    Mulan - CDG
    Promising Young Woman - CDG

    BEST FILM EDITING
    Nomadland (10) - AFCA, AWFJ, BOFCA, GWNYFCA, LEJA, NDFS, OFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA
    The Trial Of The Chicago 7 (10) - ACE, CCA, CIC, COFCA, HCA, HFCS, IPA, MCFCA, PFCS, UFCA
    Sound Of Metal (5) - BAFTA, CCA, LVFCS, MFCA, OFTA
    The Father (2) - BIFA, LAFCA
    I'm Thinking Of Ending Things (2) - BSFC, CFCA
    The Invisible Man (2) - MCFCA, SDFCS
    Once More Unto The Breach - EFA
    Palm Springs - ACE
    Tenet - WAFCA
    The Wasteland - ICS

    BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (6) - BAFTA, CCA, CIC, HCA, LEJA, MUAHS
    Birds Of Prey (2) - MUAHS, OFTA

    The Endless Trench - EFA
    Mank - HFCS
    Misbehaviour - BIFA
    Pinocchio - MUAHS

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
    Soul (33) - AFCA, AFCC, BAFTA, BOFCA, BRA, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, FFCC, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, HMMA, LAFCA, LEJA, LVFCS, MFCA, NCFCA, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, PCC, PFCS, SCL, SFBAFCC, SFCS, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
    Tenet (4) - HMMA, IFJA, MCFCA, SCA
    Mank (3) - DFWFCA, HFCS, NDFS
    David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet (2) - HMMA, IFMCA
    Minari (2) - BSFC, HMMA
    Berlin Alexanderplatz - EFA
    Blizzard Of Souls - SCL
    The Call Of The Wild - IFMCA
    Fukushima 50 - IFMCA
    The Invisible Man - HMMA
    The Midnight Sky - IPA
    News Of The World - HMMA
    Nomadland - IFCA
    The Personal History Of David Copperfield - IFMCA
    Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time - ICS
    Wolfwalkers - IFMCA
    Wonder Woman 1984 - IFMCA


    BEST ORIGINAL SONG
    One Night In Miami (12) - BRA, CCA, CIC, DFCS, GFCA, HFCS, HFCS, IFCA, LEJA, MCFCA, OFTA, PFCS
    The Life Ahead (3) - GG, HMMA, IPA
    Eurovision (2) - HCA, SCL

    Giving Voice - HMMA
    Judas And The Black Messiah - LVFCS
    The Outpost - HMMA
    Over The Moon - NDFS
    Trolls: World Tour - HMMA

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
    Mank (22) - ADG, BAFTA, CCA, CFCA, CIC, FFCC, GFCA, HCA, HFCS, IPA, LAFCA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, OFTA, PFCS, SDFCS, SDSA, SFCS, StLFCA, WAFCA
    Tenet (2) - ADG, SDSA
    Birds Of Prey - MFCA
    Da 5 Bloods - ADG
    First Cow - 
    SFBAFCC
    His House - BIFA
    Jingle Jangle - BRA
    Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - LEJA

    The Personal History Of David Copperfield - EFA
    Promising Young Woman - SDSA
    A Portuguesa - ICS
    Soul - ADG

    BEST SOUND
    Sound Of Metal (9) - BAFTA, CAS, DFCS, HFCS, ICS, IPA, LEJA, MFCA, OFTA
    Greyhound - MPSE

    Little Girl - EFA
    The Reason I Jump - BIFA

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
    Tenet (13) - BAFTA, CCA, DFCS, HFCS, HFCS, IPA, MFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA
    The Invisible Man (6) - CFCA, CIC, HCA, LEJA, LVFCS, OFTA
    Mank - VES
    The Midnight Sky - VES
    Mulan - VES
    The One And Only Ivan - VES
    The Platform - EFA
    Possessor - FFCC
    Project Power - VES
    Soul - VES

    ​BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
    Soul (38) - AAFCA, AFCC, ANNIE, AWFJ, BAFTA, BFCC, CCA, CIC, DFCS, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GFCA, GG, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, LEJA, LVFCS, MSFCA, NAACP, NBR, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, PGA, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA
    Wolfwalkers (17) - AFCA, ANNIE, BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, GWNYFCA, HCA, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, MFCA, NYFCC, OAFFC, SDFCS, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA
    Josep (2) - EFA, ICS
    The Wolf House - BSFC

    BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
    Another Round (18) - AFCC, AWFJ, BAFTA, CFCA, EFA, GFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, PFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA
    Minari (14) - AFCA, CCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, NTFCA, NYFCO, OFCS, OFTA, PCC, SFCS, VFCC
    La Llorona (6) - BSFC, HCA, IPA, LEJA, NBR, WFCC
    Night Of The Kings (4) - AAFCA, BFCC, BRA, NAACP
    Bacurau (3) - BOFCA, NYFCC, TFCA
    Collective (2) - AARP, NSFC
    The Life Ahead (2) - HFCS, SDFCS
    And Then We Danced - NDFS
    A Sun - HFCS

    Beanpole - LAFCA
    His House - CIC
    Identifying Features - GOTHAM
    Jumbo - PFCC
    Los Fuertes - FFCC
    Martin Eden - OFCC

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
    ​Time (14) - AFCC, BFCC, BRA, DFWFCA, GFCA, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NBR, NYFCC, OFTA, PFCC, SDFCS, SEFCA
    ​
    Collective (10) - BSFC, CEHA, EFA, IPA, LFCC, OAFFC, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, VFCC
    ​
    Dick Johnson Is Dead (9) - CCA, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, IFCA, IFJA, NCFCA, OFCS, UFCA
    Boys State (8) - AFCA, CIC, DFCS, LVFCS, OFCC, PCC, PFCS, WAFCA
    ​All In: The Fight For Democracy (5) - AAFCA, AWFJ, HCA, NDFS, NTFCA
    My Octopus Teacher (3) - BAFTA, HFCS, PGA
    ​
    The Dissident (2) - KCFCC, NFCS
    The Painter And The Thief (2) - AWFJ, BOFCA
    Beastie Boys Story - HFCS
    Class Action Park - HCA
    Crip Camp - IDA
    The History of the Seattle Mariners: Supercut Edition - SFCS
    Mucho Amor - LEJA
    John Lewis: Good Trouble - NAACP
    The Reason I Jump - BIFA
    A Secret Love - AARP
    The Social Dilemma - MCFCA
    Stuntwomen: The Untold Holywood Story -WFCC
    A Thousand Cuts - GOTHAM
    The Way I See It - NYFCO
    The Year Of The Discovery - ICS
    You Don't Nomi - FFCC

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        • Let Him Go
        • Let Them All Talk
        • The Life Ahead
        • Like A Boss
        • Limbo
        • Lingua Franca
        • The Lodge
        • Lost Transmissions
        • Love And Monsters
        • The Lovebirds
        • Luxor
        • Mank
        • The Man Who Sold His Skin
        • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
        • Marionette
        • Martin Eden
        • Mayor
        • The Midnight Sky
        • Military Wives
        • Minari
        • Misbehaviour
        • Miss Americana
        • Miss Juneteenth
        • Mogul Mowgli
        • The Mole Agent
        • Monster Hunter
        • Most Wanted
        • Mr. Jones
        • Mucho Mucho Amor: The Legend Of Walter Mercado
        • Mulan
        • My Little Sister
        • My Octopus Teacher
        • My Spy
        • Nasir
        • The Nest
        • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
        • The New Mutants
        • New Order
        • News Of The World
        • Night Of The Kings
        • Nomadland
        • Notturno
        • The Old Guard
        • Olympia
        • On A Magical Night
        • The One And Only Ivan
        • On The Rocks
        • One Man And His Shoes
        • One Night In Miami...
        • One Of These Days
        • Only
        • Onward
        • The Other Lamb
        • The Outpost
        • Out Stealing Horses
        • Over The Moon
        • The Painted Bird
        • The Painter And The Thief
        • Palm Springs
        • The Personal History Of David Copperfield
        • The Photograph
        • Pinocchio
        • The Platform
        • Possessor
        • Premature
        • Project Power
        • The Prom
        • Promising Young Woman
        • Proxima
        • PVT Chat
        • Quo Vadis, Aida?
        • Radioactive
        • Radium Girls
        • Random Acts Of Violence
        • Rebecca
        • Rebuilding Paradise
        • Red Penguins
        • Relic
        • The Rental
        • Rent-A-Pal
        • Residue
        • Resistance
        • Rewind
        • The Rhythm Section
        • The Roads Not Taken
        • Run
        • Safety
        • Saint Frances
        • Save Yourselves!
        • The Secret Garden
        • The Secrets We Keep
        • Selah And The Spades
        • Shadow Country
        • The Shadow Of Violence
        • A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
        • She Dies Tomorrow
        • Shirley
        • Shithouse
        • The Short History Of The Long Road
        • Sibyl
        • Skin: A History Of Nudity In Movies
        • The Social Dilemma
        • Sometimes Always Never
        • The Sonata
        • Songbird
        • Sophie Jones
        • Sorry We Missed You
        • Soul
        • Sound Of Metal
        • Spaceship Earth
        • Spree
        • Sputnik
        • Stage Mother
        • Standing Up, Falling Down
        • Still Here
        • Straight Up
        • Stray
        • Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story
        • Summerland
        • A Sun
        • The Sunlit Night
        • Swallow
        • The Swerve
        • Sylvie's Love
        • Synchronic
        • The Tax Collector
        • Tenet
        • Tesla
        • This Is My Desire
        • A Thousand Cuts
        • Tigertail
        • Time
        • To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You
        • Tommaso
        • Topside
        • Totally Under Control
        • Train To Busan Presents: Peninsula
        • The Trial Of The Chicago 7
        • The Trip To Greece
        • Troop Zero
        • The True Adventures Of Wolfboy
        • The True History Of The Kelly Gang
        • True Mothers
        • The Truth
        • The Turning
        • Two Of Us
        • Uncle Frank
        • Uncle Peckerhead
        • Underwater
        • Undine
        • The Unfamiliar
        • Unhinged
        • Valley Girl
        • The Vanished
        • The Vast Of Night
        • Villain
        • Wander Darkly
        • The War With Grandpa
        • The Water Man
        • The Wave
        • The Way Back
        • The Way I See It
        • Welcome To Chechnya
        • Wendy
        • Wild Mountain Thyme
        • The Willoughbys
        • The Witches
        • The Wolf Of Snow Hollow
        • Wolfwalkers
        • The Woman Who Ran
        • Wonder Woman 1984
        • Words On Bathroom Walls
        • Working Man
        • The Wretched
        • Yellow Rose
        • Yes, God, Yes
        • You Cannot Kill David Arquette
        • You Don't Nomi
        • You Should Have Left
        • Zappa
      • 2019 ›
        • 1917
        • 6 Underground
        • Abominable
        • Ad Astra
        • The Addams Family
        • Adopt A Highway
        • Adult Life Skills
        • The Aeronauts
        • The Aftermath
        • After The Wedding
        • Aladdin
        • Alita: Battle Angel
        • All Is True
        • Amazing Grace
        • American Factory
        • American Woman
        • An Acceptable Loss
        • And Then We Danced
        • Annabelle Comes Home
        • Apollo 11
        • Arctic
        • The Art Of Self Defense
        • Atlantics
        • Avengers: Endgame
        • Bacurau
        • The Beach Bum
        • Beanpole
        • A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood
        • The Best Of Enemies
        • The Biggest Little Farm
        • Black And Blue
        • Blinded By The Light
        • Bombshell
        • Booksmart
        • The Boy Who Harnessed The Wind
        • Brian Banks
        • Brightburn
        • Brittany Runs A Marathon
        • Burning Ghost
        • Captain Marvel
        • Captive State
        • Cats
        • The Cave
        • Charlie's Angels
        • Child's Play
        • Clemency
        • Climax
        • Cold Pursuit
        • Consequences
        • Corpus Christi
        • Crawl
        • The Curse Of La Llorona
        • Dark Phoenix
        • Dark Waters
        • The Dead Don't Die
        • Diane
        • The Dirt
        • Doctor Sleep
        • Dolemite Is My Name
        • Downton Abbey
        • Dora And The Lost City Of Gold
        • Dragged Across Concrete
        • Dumbo
        • The Edge Of Democracy
        • Escape Room
        • Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil,& Vile
        • The Eyes Of Orson Welles
        • The Farewell
        • Fast Color
        • Fighting With My Family
        • First Love
        • Five Feet Apart
        • Ford v Ferrari
        • For Sama
        • Frozen 2
        • Gemini Man
        • Giant Little Ones
        • Glass
        • Gloria Bell
        • Godzilla: King Of The Monsters
        • The Goldfinch
        • Good Boys
        • The Good Liar
        • Greta
        • Hala
        • Harriet
        • Hellboy
        • Her Smell
        • A Hidden Life
        • High Flying Bird
        • High Life
        • Hobbs & Shaw
        • The Hole In The Ground
        • Honey Boy
        • Honeyland
        • Hotel Mumbai
        • How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
        • The Hummingbird Project
        • Hustlers
        • I Am Mother
        • The Invisible Life Of Eurídice Gusmão
        • The Irishman
        • It Chapter Two
        • John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
        • Jojo Rabbit
        • Joker
        • Judy
        • Jumanji: The Next Level
        • Just Mercy
        • The Kid Who Would Be King
        • The Kill Team
        • The King
        • The Kitchen
        • Klaus
        • Knives Out
        • The Last Black Man In San Francisco
        • Last Christmas
        • Late Night
        • The Laundromat
        • The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part
        • Les Misérables
        • The Lighthouse
        • Light Of My Life
        • The Lion King
        • Little
        • Little Women
        • Little Woods
        • Long Day's Journey Into Night
        • Long Shot
        • I Lost My Body
        • Low Tide
        • Luce
        • Lucy In The Sky
        • Ma
        • Maiden
        • Maleficent: Mistress Of Evil
        • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
        • Marriage Story
        • Mary Magdalene
        • Memory: The Origins Of Alien
        • Men In Black: International
        • Midnight Family
        • Midsommar
        • Midway
        • Missing Link
        • Monos
        • Motherless Brooklyn
        • The Mustang
        • The Nightingale
        • Non-Fiction
        • Once Upon A Time In Hollywood
        • One Child Nation
        • On The President's Orders
        • Pain and Glory
        • Parasite
        • The Peanut Butter Falcon
        • Peterloo
        • Pet Sematary
        • Pokémon: Detective Pikachu
        • Portrait Of A Lady On Fire
        • The Prodigy
        • Queen & Slim
        • Rambo: Last Blood
        • Ready Or Not
        • Replicas
        • The Report
        • Richard Jewell
        • Rocketman
        • Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark
        • The Secret Life Of Pets 2
        • Serenity
        • Shazam!
        • Sister Aimee
        • The Sky Is Pink
        • The Souvenir
        • Spider-Man: Far From Home
        • Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker
        • Stuber
        • Synonyms
        • Teen Spirit
        • Terminator: Dark Fate
        • Then Came You
        • Tigers Are Not Afraid
        • To Dust
        • Tolkien
        • Them That Follow
        • The Tomorrow Man
        • Toy Story 4
        • Triple Frontier
        • The Two Popes
        • Uncut Gems
        • Under The Silver Lake
        • Unicorn Store
        • The Upside
        • Us
        • Velvet Buzzsaw
        • Villains
        • Waves
        • Weathering With You
        • The Wedding Guest
        • We Have Always Lived In A Castle
        • What Men Want
        • Where'd You Go, Bernadette
        • Where's My Roy Cohn?
        • Wild Rose
        • Write When You Get Work
        • Yardie
        • Yesterday
        • Zombieland: Double Tap
      • 2018 ›
        • 12 Strong
        • The 15:17 To Paris
        • 22 July
        • Adrift
        • After Everything
        • All About Nina
        • Alpha
        • American Animals
        • Anna And The Apocalypse
        • Annihilation
        • Ant-Man And The Wasp
        • Apostle
        • Aquaman
        • Arizona
        • Assassination Nation
        • At Eternity's Gate
        • Avengers: Infinity War
        • Ayka
        • Bad Times At The El Royale
        • The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs
        • Beast
        • Beautiful Boy
        • Beirut
        • Ben Is Back
        • Bird Box
        • Birds Of Passage
        • BlacKkKlansman
        • Black Panther
        • Blaze
        • Blindspotting
        • Blockers
        • Blue Iguana
        • Bodied
        • Bohemian Rhapsody
        • Border
        • Borg vs McEnroe
        • Boundaries
        • Boy Erased
        • Breaking In
        • Bumblebee
        • Burning
        • Can You Ever Forgive Me?
        • Capernaum
        • Cargo
        • The Catcher Was A Spy
        • Chappaquiddick
        • Christopher Robin
        • Class Rank
        • The Cloverfield Paradox
        • Cold War
        • Colette
        • Come Sunday
        • The Commuter
        • Crazy Rich Asians
        • Creed II
        • Damsel
        • Deadpool 2
        • The Death Of Stalin
        • Death Wish
        • Destroyer
        • Disobedience
        • Dogman
        • Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot
        • Early Man
        • Eighth Grade
        • The Equalizer 2
        • Everybody Knows
        • Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes Of Grindelwald
        • The Favourite
        • I Feel Pretty
        • Fifty Shades Freed
        • Finding Your Feet
        • First Man
        • First Reformed
        • Free Solo
        • The Front Runner
        • Game Night
        • Generation Wealth
        • The Girl In The Spider's Web
        • Green Book
        • The Grinch
        • Gringo
        • The Guilty
        • Half The Picture
        • Halloween
        • Happy As Lazzaro
        • The Happy Prince
        • The Happytime Murders
        • The Hate U Give
        • Hearts Beat Loud
        • Hereditary
        • Hold The Dark
        • Hotel Artemis
        • Hot Summer Nights
        • The House That Jack Built
        • The House With A Clock In Its Walls
        • Humor Me
        • If Beale Street Could Talk
        • Incredibles 2
        • Insidious: The Last Key
        • Isle Of Dogs
        • Journey's End
        • Juliet, Naked
        • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
        • Kin
        • The Kindergarten Teacher
        • Kodachrome
        • The Land Of Steady Habits
        • Lean On Pete
        • Leave No Trace
        • Life Itself
        • The Little Stranger
        • Lizzie
        • Love, Simon
        • Madeline's Madeline
        • Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
        • Mandy
        • Mary Poppins Returns
        • Mary Queen Of Scots
        • Mary Shelley
        • The Meg
        • Mid90s
        • Midnighters
        • Minding The Gap
        • Mile 22
        • Mirai
        • The Miseducation Of Cameron Post
        • Mission Impossible: Fallout
        • Mowgli: Legend Of The Jungle
        • The Mule
        • Mute
        • Never Goin' Back
        • Never Look Away
        • The Nun
        • The Nutcracker And The Four Realms
        • Ocean's 8
        • The Old Man And The Gun
        • On Chesil Beach
        • On The Basis Of Sex
        • Operation Finale
        • The Other Side Of The Wind
        • Outlaw King
        • Overlord
        • Pacific Rim Uprising
        • Paddington 2
        • Papillon
        • Peppermint
        • Permission
        • The Possession of Hannah Grace
        • A Prayer Before Dawn
        • Private Life
        • A Private War
        • Proud Mary
        • Puzzle
        • A Quiet Place
        • Ralph Breaks The Internet
        • Rampage
        • RBG
        • Ready Player One
        • Red Sparrow
        • Revenge
        • The Rider
        • Robin Hood
        • Roma
        • Science Fair
        • Scotty And The Secret History Of Hollywood
        • The Seagull
        • Searching
        • Set It Up
        • Shoplifters
        • Sicario: Day Of The Soldado
        • A Simple Favor
        • The Sisters Brothers
        • Skate Kitchen
        • Skyscraper
        • Slice
        • Smallfoot
        • Solo: A Star Wars Story
        • Sorry To Bother You
        • Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
        • Stan & Ollie
        • A Star Is Born
        • The Strange Ones
        • Submission
        • Summer Of '84
        • Super Troopers 2
        • Support The Girls
        • Suspiria
        • Tag
        • Tea With The Dames
        • Teen Titans Go! To The Movies
        • They Shall Not Grow Old
        • I Think We're Alone Now
        • Thoroughbreds
        • Three Identical Strangers
        • Thunder Road
        • To All The Boys I've Loved Before
        • Tomb Raider
        • Tully
        • Tyrel
        • Unsane
        • Upgrade
        • Venom
        • Vice
        • Vox Lux
        • Welcome To Marwen
        • We The Animals
        • Where Is Kyra?
        • White Boy Rick
        • Widows
        • The Wife
        • Wildlife
        • Winchester
        • Won't You Be My Neighbor?
        • A Wrinkle In Time
        • You Were Never Really Here
      • 2017 ›
        • Alien: Covenant
        • All Eyez On Me
        • All The Money In The World
        • American Assassin
        • American Made
        • Annabelle: Creation
        • Atomic Blonde
        • Baby Driver
        • Battle Of The Sexes
        • Baywatch
        • Beach Rats
        • Beatriz At Dinner
        • Beauty & The Beast
        • The Beguiled
        • The Belko Experiment
        • The Big Sick
        • The Blackcoat's Daughter
        • Blade Runner 2049
        • BPM (Beats Per Minute)
        • The Book Of Henry
        • The Boss Baby
        • Brad's Status
        • Brawl In Cell Block 99
        • Breathe
        • Brigsby Bear
        • Buster's Mal Heart
        • Call Me By Your Name
        • Cars 3
        • CHiPS
        • Chuck
        • The Circle
        • City Of Ghosts
        • Coco
        • Colossal
        • Columbus
        • A Cure For Wellness
        • Darkest Hour
        • The Dark Tower
        • Death Note
        • Detroit
        • The Dinner
        • The Disaster Artist
        • The Discovery
        • Downsizing
        • Dunkirk
        • Faces Places
        • A Fantastic Woman
        • The Fate Of The Furious
        • Ferdinand
        • Fifty Shades Darker
        • Film Stars Don't Die In Liverpool
        • The Final Year
        • Their Finest
        • First They Killed My Father
        • Fist Fight
        • Five Came Back
        • Flatliners
        • The Florida Project
        • The Foreigner
        • The Founder
        • Free Fire
        • Geostorm
        • Gerald's Game
        • Get Out
        • Ghost In The Shell
        • A Ghost Story
        • Gifted
        • The Girl With All The Gifts
        • Girls Trip
        • The Glass Castle
        • Going in Style
        • Gold
        • Goodbye Christopher Robin
        • Good Time
        • The Greatest Showman
        • The Great Wall
        • Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
        • The Hero
        • The Hitman's Bodyguard
        • Home Again
        • Hostiles
        • Hounds Of Love
        • I, Tonya
        • Icarus
        • An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power
        • Ingrid Goes West
        • In The Fade
        • It
        • It Comes At Night
        • Jigsaw
        • Jim And Andy: The Great Beyond Featuring A Very Special, Contractually Obligated Mention Of Tony Clifton
        • John Wick: Chapter 2
        • Jumanji: Welcome To The Jungle
        • Justice League
        • The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
        • King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword
        • Kingsman: The Golden Circle
        • Kong: Skull Island
        • Lady Bird
        • Lady Macbeth
        • Landline
        • Last Flag Flying
        • Leap!
        • The Lego Batman Movie
        • The Lego Ninjago Movie
        • Life
        • The Little Hours
        • Logan
        • Logan Lucky
        • The Lost City Of Z
        • The Lovers
        • Loving Vincent
        • Lucky
        • Marjorie Prime
        • Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down The White House
        • Maudie
        • Marshall
        • Menashe
        • The Meyerowitz Stories (New & Selected)
        • Molly's Game
        • Mother!
        • The Mountain Between Us
        • Mudbound
        • The Mummy
        • Murder On The Orient Express
        • My Cousin Rachel
        • Nobody Speak: Trials Of The Free Press
        • Norman: The Moderate Rise & Tragic Fall Of A New York Fixer
        • Novitiate
        • Okja
        • Only The Brave
        • Patti Cake$
        • Personal Shopper
        • Phantom Thread
        • Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
        • Planetarium
        • The Post
        • Power Rangers
        • Professor Marston And The Wonder Women
        • The Promise
        • A Quiet Passion
        • Raw
        • Resident Evil: The Final Chapter
        • Rings
        • Roman J. Israel, Esq.
        • Score: A Film Music Documentary
        • The Shack
        • The Shape Of Water
        • Shot Caller
        • Sleepless
        • Sleight
        • Smurfs: The Lost Village
        • The Snowman
        • Song To Song
        • The Space Between Us
        • Spider-Man: Homecoming
        • Split
        • The Square
        • Star Wars: The Last Jedi
        • Stronger
        • Suburbicon
        • Thank You For Your Service
        • Thelma
        • Thor: Ragnarok
        • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
        • To The Bone
        • T2: Trainspotting
        • Transformers: The Last Knight
        • Tulip Fever
        • Underworld: Blood Wars
        • A United Kingdom
        • Unrest
        • Valerian And The City Of A Thousand Planets
        • Victoria And Abdul
        • The Void
        • Wakefield
        • The Wall
        • War For The Planet Of The Apes
        • War Machine
        • Whose Streets?
        • Wilson
        • Wind River
        • Wonder
        • Wonderstruck
        • Wonder Wheel
        • Wonder Woman
        • xXx: Return Of Xander Cage
        • The Zookeeper's Wife
      • 2016 ›
        • 10 Cloverfield Lane
        • 13th
        • 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers Of Benghazi
        • 20th Century Women
        • The Accountant
        • Allied
        • American Honey
        • The Angry Birds Movie
        • Arrival
        • Assassin's Creed
        • Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice
        • A Bigger Splash
        • Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk
        • The Birth Of A Nation
        • The BFG
        • Blair Witch
        • Bleed For This
        • The Boss
        • Bridget Jones's Baby
        • The Brothers Grimsby
        • Cafe Society
        • Captain America: Civil War
        • Captain Fantastic
        • Central Intelligence
        • Certain Women
        • Collateral Beauty
        • The Conjuring 2
        • Criminal
        • Deadpool
        • Deepwater Horizon
        • Demolition
        • Denial
        • Dirty Grandpa
        • Doctor Strange
        • Don't Breathe
        • Don't Think Twice
        • Eddie The Eagle
        • The Edge Of Seventeen
        • Elle
        • Elvis & Nixon
        • Everybody Wants Some!!
        • Eye In The Sky
        • Fantastic Beasts & Where To Find Them
        • Fences
        • Finding Dory
        • The Finest Hours
        • The Fits
        • Florence Foster Jenkins
        • Ghostbusters
        • The Girl On The Train
        • Green Room
        • Hacksaw Ridge
        • Hail, Caesar!
        • The Handmaiden
        • Hardcore Henry
        • Hell Or High Water
        • Hello, My Name Is Doris
        • Hidden Figures
        • High-Rise
        • Hunt For The Wilderpeople
        • The Huntsman: Winter's War
        • Independence Day: Resurgence
        • Indignation
        • Inferno
        • The Infiltrator
        • The Invitation
        • I Saw The Light
        • Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
        • Jackie
        • Jason Bourne
        • The Jungle Book
        • Keanu
        • Knight Of Cups
        • Krisha
        • Kubo And The Two Strings
        • Kung Fu Panda 3
        • La La Land
        • The Legend Of Tarzan
        • The Light Between Oceans
        • Lion
        • Live By Night
        • The Lobster
        • Love & Friendship
        • Loving
        • The Magnificent Seven
        • Manchester By The Sea
        • The Meddler
        • Midnight Special
        • Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children
        • Miss Sloane
        • Moana
        • Money Monster
        • A Monster Calls
        • Moonlight
        • Morgan
        • The Neon Demon
        • The Nice Guys
        • Nocturnal Animals
        • Office Christmas Party
        • Ouija: Origin Of Evil
        • Passengers
        • Paterson
        • Patriot's Day
        • The Phenom
        • Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
        • Pride & Prejudice & Zombies
        • Queen Of Katwe
        • Risen
        • Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
        • Rules Don't Apply
        • Sausage Party
        • The Secret Life Of Pets
        • The Shallows
        • Silence
        • Sing
        • Sing Street
        • Snowden
        • Southside With You
        • Star Trek Beyond
        • Storks
        • Suicide Squad
        • Sully
        • Swiss Army Man
        • Triple 9
        • Toni Erdmann
        • Warcraft
        • War Dogs
        • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
        • Why Him?
        • The Witch
        • X-Men: Apocalypse
        • Zootopia
      • 2015 ›
        • Ant-Man
        • The Big Short
        • Brooklyn
        • Carol
        • Creed
        • Ex Machina
        • The Hateful Eight
        • Inside Out
        • Mad Max: Fury Road
        • The Martian
        • Paddington
        • The Revenant
        • Room
        • Sicario
        • Son Of Saul
        • Spotlight
        • Star Wars: The Force Awakens
        • Trainwreck
        • What We Do In The Shadows
      • 2014 ›
        • American Sniper
        • Birdman
        • Boyhood
        • Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
        • Edge Of Tomorrow
        • Force Majeure
        • Foxcatcher
        • Gone Girl
        • The Grand Budapest Hotel
        • Ida
        • The Imitation Game
        • Inherent Vice
        • Interstellar
        • The Lego Movie
        • Nightcrawler
        • Selma
        • Snowpiercer
        • The Theory Of Everything
        • Whiplash
        • Wild
      • 2013 ›
        • The Conjuring
        • Lone Survivor
        • Man Of Steel
        • Pacific Rim
        • Saving Mr. Banks
        • The Wolf Of Wall Street
      • 2012 ›
        • The Avengers
      • 2011 ›
        • Bridesmaids
        • Contagion
        • Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes
        • Take Shelter
        • Thor
        • Young Adult
      • 2010 ›
        • Insidious
        • The Social Network
        • True Grit
      • 2009 ›
        • Dogtooth
        • District 9
        • Fantastic Mr. Fox
        • Moon
        • Watchmen
      • 2008 ›
        • Revolutionary Road
      • 2007 ›
        • Zodiac
      • 2006 ›
        • Pan's Labyrinth
        • The Prestige
      • 2005 ›
        • Cinderella Man
        • Crash
        • Good Night, And Good Luck
      • 2004 ›
        • Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
        • The Incredibles
        • Saw
        • Shaun Of The Dead
      • 2003 ›
        • 28 Days Later
      • 2002 ›
        • Catch Me If You Can
      • 2001 ›
        • Moulin Rouge!
      • 2000 ›
        • Gladiator
        • Unbreakable
      • 1999 ›
        • The Sixth Sense
      • 1998 ›
        • Mulan (1998)
        • Rush Hour
      • 1996 ›
        • Jerry Maguire
        • Scream
      • 1995 ›
        • 12 Monkeys
        • Apollo 13
        • Casino
        • Outbreak
        • Toy Story
        • The Usual Suspects
      • 1992 ›
        • Malcolm X
      • 1991 ›
        • The Silence Of The Lambs
        • Terminator 2: Judgment Day
      • 1990 ›
        • Goodfellas
      • 1989 ›
        • Do The Right Thing
      • 1984 ›
        • Amadeus
        • Blood Simple
      • 1982 ›
        • Blade Runner
        • The King Of Comedy
        • The Thing
      • 1980 ›
        • The Shining
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