Films of 2017

[jakeem]

"The Shape of Things" leads the list of nominations by The San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC), an organization of Bay Area print and online critics. Guillermo del Toro's film picked up nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor.

 

Meanwhile, Andy Serkis, known for his motion capture work in films, received a Best Actor nomination for his contributions to "War for the Planet of the Apes."

 

 

 

The SFFCC will announce its winners on Sunday.

 

 

The list of nominations is as follows:

 

Best Picture

"Call Me By Your Name"

"The Florida Project"

"Get Out"

"The Shape of Water"

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Director

Sean Baker, "The Florida Project"

Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

Jordan Peete, "Get Out"

 

Best Actor 

Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me By Your Name"

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"

Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

Andy Serkis, "War for the Planet of the Apes"

 

Best Actress 

Annette Bening, "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool"

Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"

Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"

Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird" 

 

Best Supporting Actor 

Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"

Armie Hammer, "Call Me By Your Name"

Richard Jenkins, "The Shape of Water"

Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Michael Stuhlbarg, "Call Me By Your Name"

 

Best Supporting Actress

Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"

Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"

Melissa Leo, "Novitiate"

Lesley Manville, "Phantom Thread"

Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"

 

Best Foreign-Language Film

"BPM" 

"A Fantastic Woman"

"Franz"

"In the Fade"

"The Square"

 

Best Cinematography 

Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049" 

Hoyle van Hoytema, "Dunkirk"

Alexis Zabe." "The Florida Project"

Dan Laustsen, "The Shape of Water"

Vittorio Storaro, "Wonder Wheel"

 

Best Production Design 

Dennis Gassner, "Blade Runner 2049"

Nathan Crowley, "Dunkirk"

Mark Tildesley, "Phantom Thread"

Paul D. Austerberry, "The Shape of Water"

Mark Friedberg, "Wonderstruck"

 

Best Editing

Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, "Baby Driver"

Joe Walker, "Blade Runner 2049"

Lee Smith, "Dunkirk"

Michael Kahn, "The Post"

Sidney Wolinsky, "The Shape of Water" 

 

Best Original Screenplay 

Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, "The Big Sick"

Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, "The Shape of Water"

Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Adapted Screenplay 

Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "The Disaster Artist"
James Ivory, "Call Me By Your Name"

Aaron Sorkin, "Molly's Game"

Dee Rees and Virgil Williams, "Mudbound"

Brian Selznick, "Wonderstruck"

 

Best Original Score 

Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch, "Blade Runner 2049"

Hans Zimmer, "Dunkirk"

Jonny Greenwood, "Phantom Thread"

Alexandre Desplat, "The Shape of Water"

Michael Giacchino, "War for the Planet of the Apes"

 

Special Citation (for that underappreciated indie gem)

"Brimstone & Glory"

"Columbus"

"The Other Kids"

[Tikisoo]

....and I thought 2016 was dismal....

I have zero interest in any of these films, although there is a lot of talent involved. Just not interested in any of those story lines. Sigh.

[jakeem]

The Boston Online Film Critics Association today selected the contemporary horror tale "Get Out" as its Best Picture of 2017. The film, written and directed by Jordan Peele, also received honors for Best Ensemble and Best Screenplay.

 

Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams star in Jordan Peele's smash hit "Get Out" 

 

The Best Director award went to Paul Thomas Anderson for the drama "Phantom Thread." 

 

The Boston Online Film Critics Association should not be confused with the Boston Society of Film Critics, which is scheduled to reveal its 2017 awards list on Sunday.

 

The 2017 BOFCA awards are as follows:

 

 

BEST PICTURE: "Get Out" 

 

 

BEST DIRECTOR: Paul Thomas Anderson, "Phantom Thread" 

 

 

BEST ACTOR: Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me By Your Name" 

 

 

BEST ACTRESS: Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" 

 

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"

 

 

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird" 

 

 

 

BEST ENSEMBLE: "Get Out" 

 

 

 

BEST SCREENPLAY: Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

 

 

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: "First They Killed My Father"

 

Angelina Jolie directed "First They Killed My Father," set in Cambodia in 1975 

 

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY: "Faces Places"

 

 

 

BEST ANIMATED FILM: "Coco"

 

 

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049"

 

 

 

BEST EDITING: Lee Smith, "Dunkirk"

 

 

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE: (tie) Alexandre Desplat, "The Shape of Water" and Jonny Greenwood, "Phantom Thread"

 

 

 

THE TEN BEST FILMS OF THE YEAR:

• "Get Out"
• "The Florida Project"
• "Call Me By Your Name"
• "Phantom Thread"
• "Lady Bird"
• "Dunkirk"
• "The Shape of Water"
• "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
• "A Ghost Story"
• "Good Time"

[jakeem]

Sally Hawkins has received acclaim for her performance in Guillermo del Toro's 2017 film "The Shape of Water." But the San Diego Film Critics Society has drawn attention to another performance by the British actress. Hawkins has been nominated twice for Best Actress by the critics' organization. In addition to being recognized for Del Toro's film, she received a nod for her work in "Maudie" -- a 2017 biopic about the Nova Scotia artist Maud Lewis (1903-1970).

 

Hawkins in "Maudie" (left) and in Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water"

 

The list of nominations is as follows (winners will be announced Monday):

 

Best Picture

"Call Me By Your Name"

"Dunkirk"

"Get Out"

"Lady Bird"

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Director

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"

Jordan Peete, "Get Out"

Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
 

 

Best Actor 

Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

James McAvoy, "Split"

Robert Pattinson, "Good Time"

Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me By Your Name"

 

Best Actress 

Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"

Sally Hawkins, "Maudie"

Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"

Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird" 

 

Best Supporting Actor 

Ethan Hawke, "Maudie"

Oscar Isaac, "Suburbicon"

Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"

Woody Harrelson, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Supporting Actress

Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"

Bria Vinaite, "The Florida Project"

Catherine Keener, "Get Out"

Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"

Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"

 

Best Comedic Performance

Daniel Craig, "Logan Lucky"

Ezra Miller, "Justice League"

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

Lil Rel Howery, "Get Out"

Ray Romano, "The Big Sick"

 

Best Original Screenplay 

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, "The Big Sick"

Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Adapted Screenplay 

James Gray, "The Lost City of Z"

James Ivory, "Call Me By Your Name"

Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "The Disaster Artist"
Sofia Coppola, "The Beguiled"

Virgil Williams & Dee Rees, "Mudbound"

 

Best Documentary 

"Ex Libris: The New York Public Library"

"Faces Places"

"Jane"

"Last Men in Aleppo"

"The Work"

 

Best Foreign-Language Film

"BPM (Beats Per Minute)" 

"Faces Places"

"The Other Side of Hope"

"The Square"

"Thelma"

 

Best Animated Film

"Coco" 

"Loving Vincent"

"My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea"

"My Life as a Zucchini"

"The Boss Baby"

 

Best Editing

Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss, "Baby Driver"

Jon Gregory, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Lee Smith, "Dunkirk"

Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn, "The Post"

Sidney Wolinsky, "The Shape of Water" 

 

Best Cinematography 

Ben Richardson, "Wind River" 

Dan Laustsen, "The Shape of Water"

Darius Khondji, "The Lost City of Z"

Hoyle van Hoytema, "Dunkirk"

Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049" 

 

Best Production Design 

Anne Ross, "The Beguiled"

Alessandora Querzola and Dennis Gassner, "Blade Runner 2049"

Nathan Crowley, "Dunkirk"

Paul D. Austerberry, "The Shape of Water"

Sarah Greenwood, "Beauty and the Beast"

 

Best Visual Effects 

"Beauty and the Beast"

"Blade Runner 2049"

"Dunkirk"

"The Shape of Water"

"War for the Planet of the Apes"

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran, "Beauty and the Beast"

Jenny Eagan, "Hostiles"

Luis Sesqueria, "The Shape of Water"

Mark Bridges, "Phantom Thread"

Sonia Grande, "The Lost City of Z"

Stacey Battat. "The Beguiled" 

 

Best Use of Music 

"Baby Driver"

"Beauty and the Beast"

"Call Me By Your Name"

"Dunkirk"

"The Shape of Water"

 

Breakthrough Artist 

Barry Keoghan

Brooklynn Prince

Greta Gerwig

Jordan Peele

Sophia Lillis

Timothée Chalamet

 

 

Best Ensemble

"Get Out" 

"Lady Bird"

"Mudbound"

"The Post"

"Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri"

 

[jakeem]

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[jakeem]

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Box Office: #Coco stays strong with $55 million at international box office

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[jakeem]

"Phantom Thread," director Paul Thomas Anderson's drama about the fashion industry of the 1950s, was named Best Picture of 2017 by the Boston Society of Film Critics Sunday. 

 

The Best Director award went to Anderson. "Phantom Thread," which stars Sir Daniel Day-Lewis in what may be his final film, also won the BSFC award for Best Original Score.

 

The collaboration between Anderson and Day-Lewis (pictured below) is their second. They earlier teamed up for the 2007 drama "There Will Be Blood."

 

 

The overall awards list is as follows:

 

Best Picture -- "Phantom Thread"; Runner-up: "The Shape of Water"

Best Actor -- Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"; Runner-up: Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me By Your Name"

Best Actress -- Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"; Runner-up: Vicky Krieps, "Phantom Thread"

Best Supporting Actor -- Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project; Runner-up: Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Supporting Actress -- Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird"; Runner-up: Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"

Best Director -- Paul Thomas Anderson, "Phantom Thread"; Runner-up: Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"

Best Screenplay -- Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"; Runner-up: Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Best Cinematography -- Hoyle van Hoytema, "Dunkirk; Runner-up: Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049" 

Best Documentary -- "Dawson City: Frozen Time"; Runner-up: "Faces Places"

Best Foreign-Language Film (awarded in memory of the late Boston Globe critic Jay Carr) -- "The Square" (Sweden); Runner-up: "BPM (Beats Per Minute)" (France)

Best Animated Film --"Coco"; Runner-up: "Loving Vincent"

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of the late film editor Karen Schmeer, known for her collaborations with Errol Morris) -- David Lowery, "A Ghost Story"; Runner-up: Tatiana Riegel, "I, Tonya"

 

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of the late Boston radio talk show host David Brudnoy) -- Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Best Ensemble Cast  -- "The Meyerowitz Stories"; Runner-up: "BPM (Beats Per Minute)"

Best Original Score -- "Phantom Thread"; Runners-up: "Dawson City: Frozen Time" and "The Shape of Water."

[LawrenceA]

1 minute ago, jakeem said:

"Phantom Thread," director Paul Thomas Anderson's drama about the fashion industry," was named Best Picture of 2017 by the Boston Society of Film Critics Sunday. 

 

The Best Director award went to Anderson. "Phantom Thread," which stars Sir Daniel Day-Lewis in what may be his final film, also won the BSFC award for Best Original Score.

I've noticed that the film is picking up a lot of nominations and appearing on many 10-best lists, but Day-Lewis is notably absent from most of the Best Actor lists. Perhaps his "I'm retiring" melodrama irritated some people, or his performance is too subdued for many.

[jakeem]

3 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:

I've noticed that the film is picking up a lot of nominations and appearing on many 10-best lists, but Day-Lewis is notably absent from most of the Best Actor lists. Perhaps his "I'm retiring" melodrama irritated some people, or his performance is too subdued for many.

You should hold that thought. There are several other critics' organizations to be heard from today. 

[jakeem]

"The Florida Project" was named Best Picture of 2017 Sunday by the Toronto Film Critics Association. The comedy/drama, directed by the independent filmmaker Sean Baker, follows the lives of several residents of a rundown motel not far from Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Willem Dafoe, who plays a motel manager in the film, was named Best Supporting Actor.

Meanwhile, the Best Director award went to actress Greta Gerwig for "Lady Bird," her debut project as a filmmaker. Laurie Metcalf, who plays the exasperated mother of a rebellious teen daughter, was named Best Supporting Actress.

 

The Best Actor award was voted to Sir Daniel Day-Lewis for his performance in the fashion-industry tale "Phantom Thread." The veteran actor has said the film will be his last. Best Actress honors went to Frances McDormand for her work in the drama "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri."

 

Among the other winners:

 

Best Screenplay: Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Best Animated Feature: "The Breadwinner"

Best Foreign Film: "The Square" (Sweden)

Best Documentary: "Faces Places"
Best First Feature: "Get Out" (Jordan Peele, director)

[jakeem]

Score another big win for "The Florida Project," the little film from director Sean Baker -- notorious for using an iPhone to shoot his debut picture in 2015. The comedy/drama was named Best Picture of 2017 by the San Francisco Film Critics Circle (SFFCC) on Sunday. Willem Dafoe (pictured below with Brooklynn Prince) won the award as Best Supporting Actor for his performance as a motel manager in "The Florida Project." He has been cited by eight critics' organizations so far.

 

 

Britain's Andy Serkis, whose invaluable motion-capture contributions have enhanced the rebooted "Planet of the Apes" series, was named Best Actor. Serkis (pictured below in front of a photo of his character Caesar) was cited for his work in the 2017 film "War for the Planet of the Apes." 

 

 

Meanwhile, Australia's Margot Robbie was voted the Best Actress award for her portrayal of the disgraced 1990s American figure skater Tonya Harding in "I, Tonya."

 

 

 

The complete list of nominations is as follows (winners are in bold):

 

 

Best Picture

"Call Me By Your Name"

"The Florida Project" 

"Get Out"

"The Shape of Water"

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Director

Sean Baker, "The Florida Project"

Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water" 

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

Jordan Peete, "Get Out"

 

Best Actor 

Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me By Your Name"

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"

Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

Andy Serkis, "War for the Planet of the Apes" 

 

Best Actress 

Annette Bening, "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool"

Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"

Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya" 

Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird" 

 

Best Supporting Actor 

Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project" 

Armie Hammer, "Call Me By Your Name"

Richard Jenkins, "The Shape of Water"

Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Michael Stuhlbarg, "Call Me By Your Name"

 

Best Supporting Actress

Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"

Allison Janney, "I, Tonya"

Melissa Leo, "Novitiate"

Lesley Manville, "Phantom Thread"

Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird" 

 

Best Foreign-Language Film

"BPM" 

"A Fantastic Woman"

"Franz"

"In the Fade"

"The Square"

 

Best Cinematography 

Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049" 

Hoyle van Hoytema, "Dunkirk"

Alexis Zabe." "The Florida Project"

Dan Laustsen, "The Shape of Water"

Vittorio Storaro, "Wonder Wheel"

 

Best Production Design 

Dennis Gassner, "Blade Runner 2049"

Nathan Crowley, "Dunkirk"

Mark Tildesley, "Phantom Thread"

Paul D. Austerberry, "The Shape of Water" 

Mark Friedberg, "Wonderstruck"

 

Best Editing

Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos, "Baby Driver" 

Joe Walker, "Blade Runner 2049"

Lee Smith, "Dunkirk"

Michael Kahn, "The Post"

Sidney Wolinsky, "The Shape of Water" 

 

Best Original Screenplay 

Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, "The Big Sick"

Jordan Peele, "Get Out" 

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, "The Shape of Water"

Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Adapted Screenplay 

Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "The Disaster Artist"
James Ivory, "Call Me By Your Name" 

Aaron Sorkin, "Molly's Game"

Dee Rees and Virgil Williams, "Mudbound"

Brian Selznick, "Wonderstruck"

 

Best Original Score 

Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch, "Blade Runner 2049"

Hans Zimmer, "Dunkirk"

Jonny Greenwood, "Phantom Thread" 

Alexandre Desplat, "The Shape of Water"

Michael Giacchino, "War for the Planet of the Apes"

 

Special Citation (for that underappreciated indie gem)

"Brimstone & Glory"

"Columbus"

"The Other Kids"

[speedracer5]

I want to see I, Tonya, but I think I'll wait for it to hit Red Box.  Not sure I want to pay the big theater money to see it, unless I saw it at the second run theater or something.  I remember when the Tonya Harding/Nancy Kerrigan scandal happened.  The 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer were the best Olympics ever. 

[jakeem]

"The Florida Project" and "Mudbound" tied for Best Picture of 2017 during the annual selections of the New York Film Critics Online. "Mudbound," a study of racial and postwar issues in rural Mississippi during the 1940s, also won awards for Best Director (Dee Rees) and Best Ensemble. Willem Dafoe, who appears to be an awards season juggernaut, was named Best Supporting Actor for his performance in "The Florida Project."

Britain's Gary Oldman (pictured above) was named Best Actor for his portrayal of Sir Winston Churchill in the World War II drama "Darkest Hour." The Best Actress award went to Australia's Margot Robbie, who plays the controversial 1990s figure skater Tonya Harding in "I, Tonya." The seven-time Primetime Emmy winner Allison Janney was named Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Harding's mother.

The complete list of award winners is as follows:

 

PICTURE: (tie) "The Florida Project" and "Mudbound"

 

DIRECTOR: Dee Rees, "Mudbound"

 

SCREENPLAY: "Get Out," Jordan Peele

 

ACTRESS: Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"

 

ACTOR: Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour" 

 

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Allison Janney,"I, Tonya"

 

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"

 

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dan Laustsen, "The Shape of Water"

 

FOREIGN LANGUAGE PICTURE: "In the Fade" (Germany)

 

DOCUMENTARY: "Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story"

 

ANIMATED FEATURE: "Coco" (Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina)

 

ENSEMBLE CAST:  "Mudbound"

 

DEBUT AS DIRECTOR: Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

 

USE OF MUSIC: "Baby Driver"

 

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me By Your Name," "Lady Bird" and "Hostiles"

 

Top 10 Films of 2017 (in alphabetical order)

• "Call Me By Your Name" (SonyPictures Classics)
• "Dunkirk" (Warner Bros.)
• "The Florida Project" (A24)
• "Get Out" (Universal)
• "I, Tonya" (NEON)
• "Lady Bird" (A24)
• "Mudbound" (Netflix)
• "Phantom Thread" (Focus)
• "The Post" (20th Century Fox)
• The Shape of Water" (Fox Searchlight)

 

[jakeem]

The newly formed Philadelphia Film Critics lavished some brotherly love on Jordan Peele's contemporary horror tale "Get Out" on Sunday. The organization's inaugural selections recognized Peele's film for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script and Best Directorial Debut.

 

The overall winners were as follows:

 

Best Picture: "Get Out"

Best Director: Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Best Actress: Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water"

Best Actor: Sir Daniel Day-Lewis, "Phantom Thread"

Best Supporting Actress: Allison Janney, "I Tonya"

Best Supporting Actor: Woody Harrelson, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

 

Best Directorial Debut: Jordan Peele (pictured above), "Get Out" 

Best Script: Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049"

Best Soundtrack/Score: "Coco"

Best Foreign Language Film: "Graduation" (Cristian Mungiu)

Best Documentary: "Jane," directed by Brett Morgen

 

 

Best Breakthrough Performance: Brooklynn Prince (pictured above), "The Florida Project"

Elaine May Award (for a deserving person or film that brings awareness to women's issues): "Lady Bird" 

Steve Friedman Award (for the film that sparked the most discussion this year): "Wonder Woman"

 

 

 

[jakeem]

"Get Out," the critically acclaimed and commercially successful contemporary horror film by Jordan Peele, was recognized Sunday at the annual British Independent Film Awards in London. The film received BIFA's award for Best International Independent Film.

 

The award was accepted by the stars of "Get Out," Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams. Kaluuya, who was born in London, starred as Posh Kenneth in the British television series "Skins" from 2007 to 2009. Williams, who was a regular in the HBO comedy/drama series "Girls" from 2012 to 2017, is the daughter of MSNBC anchor Brian Williams. 

 

"Get Out" was the first film solely written and directed by Peele, who starred with Keegan-Michael Key in the Comedy Central comedy series "Key and Peele" from 2012 to 2015. The show won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Sketch Series in 2016.

 

 

The complete list of winners is as follows:

 

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

"God’s Own Country," Francis Lee, Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Rungano Nyoni, "I Am Not A Witch"

 

BEST ACTOR

Josh O’Connor, "God’s Own Country"

 

BEST ACTRESS

Florence Pugh, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Alice Birch, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Clarkson, "The Party"

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Simon Russell Beale, "The Death Of Stalin"

 

DEBUT SCREENWRITER

Francis Lee, "God’s Own Country"

 

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)

Rungano Nyoni, "I Am Not A Witch"
 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

"Almost Heaven," directed by Carol Salter

 

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER

Emily Morgan, "I Am Not A Witch"

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM

"Get Out," directed by Jordan Peele

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM

"Fish Story"

 

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

Naomi Ackie, "Lady Macbeth"

 

THE DISCOVERY AWARD

"In Another Life", Jason Wingard, Hannah Stevenson, Rebecca Clare Evans, Chris Bouckley

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ari Wegner, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST CASTING

Sarah Crowe, "The Death Of Stalin"

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Holly Waddington, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST EDITING

Jon Gregory, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

BEST EFFECTS

Nick Allder, Ben White, "The Ritual"
 

BEST MUSIC

Carter Burwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
 

BEST MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

Nicole Stafford, "The Death of Stalin"

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Cristina Casali, "The Death of Stalin"

 

BEST SOUND

Anna Bertmark, "God’s Own Country"

 

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On ‎12‎/‎3‎/‎2017 at 1:02 PM, jakeem said:

When I first started oddsmaking *0scar, there were mainly only a few like the G. Globes, NYFCC, LAFCA & National Board of Review, [plus of course the DGA

 

 

Laurie Metcalf, who plays the exasperated mother of the title character in "Lady Bird," was named Best Supporting Actress of 2017. She is considered a leading contender for an Academy Award. Last week, she was selected Best Supporting Actress by The National Board of Review.

 

The veteran performer is having a very good year. In June, she won a Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her role as Nora Helmer in the 2017 drama "A Doll's House, Part 2." The production was playwright Lucas Hnath's continuation of the 1879 play by Norway's Henrik Ibsen.

 

Viewers of the television series "Rosanne" will remember Metcalf as Jackie Harris. She won three consecutive Primetime Emmy Awards in the 1990s for her supporting performances as Rosanne's younger sister. The sitcom is scheduled to be revived by ABC in the spring of 2018.

 

The LA Film Critics Association's runner-up for Best Supporting Actress was the Grammy Award-winning singer Mary J. Blige for her acting turn in the drama "Mudbound."

 

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Here’s the full list of winners:

 

BEST BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM

"God’s Own Country," Francis Lee, Jack Tarling, Manon Ardisson

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Rungano Nyoni, "I Am Not A Witch"

 

BEST ACTOR

Josh O’Connor, "God’s Own Country"

 

BEST ACTRESS

Florence Pugh, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Alice Birch, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Patricia Clarkson, "The Party"

 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Simon Russell Beale, "The Death Of Stalin"

 

DEBUT SCREENWRITER

Francis Lee, "God’s Own Country"

 

THE DOUGLAS HICKOX AWARD (BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR)

Rungano Nyoni, "I Am Not A Witch"
 

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY

"Almost Heaven," directed by Carol Salter

 

BREAKTHROUGH PRODUCER

Emily Morgan, "I Am Not A Witch"

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL INDEPENDENT FILM

"Get Out," directed by Jordan Peele

 

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM

"Fish Story"

 

MOST PROMISING NEWCOMER

Naomi Ackie, "Lady Macbeth"

 

THE DISCOVERY AWARD

"In Another Life", Jason Wingard, Hannah Stevenson, Rebecca Clare Evans, Chris Bouckley

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ari Wegner, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST CASTING

Sarah Crowe, "The Death Of Stalin"

 

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Holly Waddington, "Lady Macbeth"

 

BEST EDITING

Jon Gregory, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

BEST EFFECTS

Nick Allder, Ben White, "The Ritual"
 

BEST MUSIC

Carter Burwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
 

BEST MAKE UP & HAIR DESIGN

Nicole Stafford, "The Death of Stalin"

 

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

Cristina Casali, "The Death of Stalin"

 

BEST SOUND

Anna Bertmark, "God’s Own Country"

To Jakeem, an even grater job than last year by you   Do you agree there are now far too-many of these annual pre8oscar awards though? & it's finally good to see that some place acknowledges Andy Serkis  It's obvious "Shape of water" will lead both the Globe & *Oscar noms though, with "Dunkirk' a close runner-up, only with the *AMPAS do to them not really having many technical categories, same with SAFG Awards

 

 

Willem Dafoe (pictured below with co-star Brooklynn Prince) was selected Best Supporting Actor of 2017 for his performance as Bobby Hicks, the manager of The Magic Castle Motel in "The Florida Project." He received Best Supporting Actor honors last week from The National Board of Review and The New York Film Critics Circle. 

The LA Film Critics Association's runner-up for Best Supporting Actor was Sam Rockwell of the drama "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri."

Dafoe previously won the award in this category for his performance in the 2000 film "Shadow of the Vampire," director E. Elias Merhige's fictional account of the making of German film pioneer F. W. Murnau's 1922 classic "Nosferatu." 

The LAFCA's Best Supporting Actor winner last year was Mahershala Ali of "Moonlight." He went on to win the Academy Award for his performance.

 

[jakeem]

"The Shape of Water" (starring actress Sally Hawkins, pictured below) received seven Golden Globe Award nominations today, including a nod for Best Motion Picture-Drama. "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" and Steven Spielberg's "The Post" were next with six nominations each.

 

 

The 75th Golden Globe Awards, voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be hosted by late-night host Seth Meyers on Sunday, January 7, 2018 on NBC.

Here is the list of 2018 Golden Globe nominations for motion pictures:

Best Picture – Drama:
“Call Me by Your Name”
“Dunkirk”
“The Post”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Best Picture – Comedy or Musical: 
“The Disaster Artist”
“Get Out”
“The Greatest Showman”
“I, Tonya”
“Lady Bird”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama:
Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
Tom Hanks, “The Post”
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama:

Jessica Chastain, “Molly’s Game”
Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Meryl Streep, “The Post”
Michelle Williams, “All the Money in the World”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy:
Steve Carell, “Battle of the Sexes”
Ansel Elgort, “Baby Driver”
James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”
Hugh Jackman, “The Greatest Showman”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy: 
Judi Dench, “Victoria & Abdul”
Helen Mirren, “The Leisure Seeker”
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Emma Stone, “Battle of the Sexes”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Armie Hammer, “Call Me by Your Name”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture:
Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Hong Chau, “Downsizing”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”

Best Animated Film:
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Coco”
“Ferdinand”
“Loving Vincent”

Best Director – Motion Picture:
Guillermo del Toro, “The Shape of Water”
Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Christopher Nolan, “Dunkirk”
Ridley Scott, “All The Money in the World”
Steven Spielberg, “The Post”

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture:
Guillermo Del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, “The Shape of Water”
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”
Liz Hannah, Josh Singer, “The Post”
Martin McDonagh, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Aaron Sorkin, “Molly’s Game”

Best Original Score – Motion Picture:
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“The Shape of Water”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Post”
“Dunkirk”

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Home,” Ferdinand
“Mighty River,” Mudbound
“Remember Me,” Coco
“The Star,” The Star
“This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman

Best Motion Picture – Foreign Language
“A Fantastic Woman”
“First They Killed My Father”
“In the Fade”
“Loveless”
“The Square”

[jakeem]

HBO's miniseries "Big Little Lies" (starring Shailene Woodley, Reese Witherspoon and Nicole Kidman, pictured below) earned six Golden Globe nominations on Monday, including Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television. It will compete in the category with the FX miniseries "Feud: Bette and Joan."  

Season 7 of "Game of Thrones" was ineligible for the 2016-2017 Primetime Emmy Awards because it missed the May 30 deadline. But the long-running HBO series will compete for the Golden Globe for Best Television Series -- Drama.

The 75th Golden Globe Awards, voted on by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, will be hosted by late-night host Seth Meyers on Sunday, January 7, 2018 on NBC.

Here is the list of 2018 Golden Globe nominations for television:

Best Television Series – Drama:
“The Crown”
“Game of Thrones”
“The Handmaid’s Tale”
“Stranger Things”
“This is Us”

Best Television Series – Comedy:
“Black-ish”
“The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
“Master of None”
“SMILF”
“Will & Grace”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Drama:
Jason Bateman, “Ozark”
Sterling K. Brown, “This is Us”
Freddie Highmore, “The Good Doctor”
Bob Odenkirk, “Better Call Saul”
Liev Schreiber, “Ray Donovan”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Drama:
Caitriona Balfe, “Outlander”
Claire Foy, “The Crown”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Deuce”
Katherine Langford, “13 Reasons Why”
Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:
Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
Aziz Ansari, “Master of None”
Kevin Bacon, “I Love Dick”
William H. Macy, “Shameless”
Eric McCormack, “Will and Grace”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy:
Pamela Adlon, “Better Things”
Alison Brie, “Glow”
Rachel Brosnahan, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel”
Issa Rae, “Insecure”
Frankie Shaw, “SMILF”

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
“Big Little Lies”
“Fargo”
“Feud: Bette and Joan”
“The Sinner”
“Top of the Lake: China Girl”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Robert De Niro, “The Wizard of Lies”
Jude Law, “The Young Pope”
Kyle MacLachlan, “Twin Peaks”
Ewan McGregor, “Fargo”
Geoffrey Rush, “Genius”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Jessica Biel, “The Sinner”
Nicole Kidman, “Big Little Lies”
Jessica Lange, “Feud: Bette and Joan”
Susan Sarandon, “Feud: Bette and Joan”
Reese Witherspoon, “Big Little Lies”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
David Harbour, “Stranger Things”
Alfred Molina, “Feud”
Christian Slater, “Mr. Robot”
Alexander Skarsgard, “Big Little Lies”
David Thewlis, “Fargo”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television:
Laura Dern, “Big Little Lies”
Ann Dowd, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Chrissy Metz, “This is Us”
Michelle Pfeiffer, “The Wizard of Lies”
Shailene Woodley, “Big Little Lies”

[jakeem]

 The San Diego Film Critics Society has named "Get Out" as its Best Picture of 2017 while also honoring the film's writer-director Jordan Peele (pictured below with actor Daniel Kaluuya) in the Original Screenplay category. 

 

Best Director honors were bestowed on Greta Gerwig for "Lady Bird," the actress' first effort as a filmmaker.

 

 

The Best Actor award went to James McAvoy, who played a man afflicted with 23 different personalities in "Split," a drama by director M. Night Shyamalan.

 

Sally Hawkins won two Best Actress awards. Her nominated performances in "The Shape of Water" and the film biography "Maudie" were announced as a tie. There also were two other ties: Allison Janney ("I, Tonya") and Laurie Metcalf ("Lady Bird") both won in the Best Supporting Actress category; and Disney's live-action version of "Beauty and the Beast" tied Paul Thomas Anderson's "Phantom Thread" in the Best Costume Design category.

 

Hawkins in "Maudie" (left) and in Guillermo del Toro's "The Shape of Water"

 

The list of winners is in bold:

 

Best Picture

"Call Me By Your Name"

"Dunkirk"

"Get Out" 

"Lady Bird"

"Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Director

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird" 

Guillermo del Toro, "The Shape of Water"

Jordan Peete, "Get Out"

Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
 

 

Best Actor 

Gary Oldman, "Darkest Hour"

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

James McAvoy, "Split" 

Robert Pattinson, "Good Time"

Timothée Chalamet, "Call Me By Your Name"

 

Best Actress 

Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Margot Robbie, "I, Tonya"

Sally Hawkins, "Maudie" 

Sally Hawkins, "The Shape of Water" 

Saoirse Ronan, "Lady Bird" 

 

Best Supporting Actor 

Ethan Hawke, "Maudie"

Oscar Isaac, "Suburbicon"

Sam Rockwell, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" 

Willem Dafoe, "The Florida Project"

Woody Harrelson, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Supporting Actress

Allison Janney, "I, Tonya" 

Bria Vinaite, "The Florida Project"

Catherine Keener, "Get Out"

Holly Hunter, "The Big Sick"

Laurie Metcalf, "Lady Bird" 

 

Best Comedic Performance

Daniel Craig, "Logan Lucky" 

Ezra Miller, "Justice League"

James Franco, "The Disaster Artist"

Lil Rel Howery, "Get Out"

Ray Romano, "The Big Sick"

 

Best Original Screenplay 

Christopher Nolan, "Dunkirk"

Greta Gerwig, "Lady Bird"

Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, "The Big Sick"

Jordan Peele, "Get Out" 

Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

 

Best Adapted Screenplay 

James Gray, "The Lost City of Z"

James Ivory, "Call Me By Your Name"

Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, "The Disaster Artist" 
Sofia Coppola, "The Beguiled"

Virgil Williams & Dee Rees, "Mudbound"

 

Best Documentary 

"Ex Libris: The New York Public Library"

"Faces Places"

"Jane" 

"Last Men in Aleppo"

"The Work"

 

Best Foreign-Language Film

"BPM (Beats Per Minute)" 

"Faces Places"

"The Other Side of Hope"

"The Square"

"Thelma" 

 

Best Animated Film

"Coco" 

"Loving Vincent"

"My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea"

"My Life as a Zucchini" 

"The Boss Baby"

 

Best Editing

Jonathan Amos and Paul Machliss, "Baby Driver" 

Jon Gregory, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Lee Smith, "Dunkirk"

Sarah Broshar, Michael Kahn, "The Post"

Sidney Wolinsky, "The Shape of Water" 

 

Best Cinematography 

Ben Richardson, "Wind River" 

Dan Laustsen, "The Shape of Water"

Darius Khondji, "The Lost City of Z"

Hoyle van Hoytema, "Dunkirk" 

Roger Deakins, "Blade Runner 2049" 

 

Best Production Design 

Anne Ross, "The Beguiled"

Alessandora Querzola and Dennis Gassner, "Blade Runner 2049"

Nathan Crowley, "Dunkirk"

Paul D. Austerberry, "The Shape of Water" 

Sarah Greenwood, "Beauty and the Beast"

 

Best Visual Effects 

"Beauty and the Beast"

"Blade Runner 2049"

"Dunkirk"

"The Shape of Water"

"War for the Planet of the Apes" 

Best Costume Design

Jacqueline Durran, "Beauty and the Beast" 

Jenny Eagan, "Hostiles"

Luis Sesqueria, "The Shape of Water"

Mark Bridges, "Phantom Thread" 

Sonia Grande, "The Lost City of Z"

Stacey Battat. "The Beguiled" 

 

Best Use of Music 

"Baby Driver" 

"Beauty and the Beast"

"Call Me By Your Name"

"Dunkirk"

"The Shape of Water"

 

Breakthrough Artist 

Barry Keoghan

Brooklynn Prince

Greta Gerwig

Jordan Peele

Sophia Lillis

Timothée Chalamet 

 

 

Best Ensemble

"Get Out" 

"Lady Bird"

"Mudbound" 

"The Post"

"Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri"

[jakeem]

The coming-of-age tale "Call Me By Your Name" has received eight nominations -- including Best Picture --from The Chicago Film Critics Association. Directed by Italy's Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer (pictured below) -- who both received acting nominations along with co-star Michael Stuhlbarg. 

Another Best Picture contender, Guillermo Del Toro’s “The Shape of Water” received seven nominations. The three other nominees for Best Picture are “Dunkirk” “Lady Bird,” and “Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri.”

The veteran actor Harry Dean Stanton (pictured below), who died in September at the age of 91, received a posthumous Best Actor nomination for his performance in his final film, "Lucky."

The full list of nominees is as follows:

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
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky (posthumously)

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
Timothée 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"

[jakeem]

"Get Out" (pictured below) dominated the awards selections of the ninth annual African-American Film Critics Association, winning in the categories of Best Picture, Best Director (Jordan Peele), Best Actor (Daniel Kaluuya) and Best Screenplay (Peele).

The AAFCA, a group of African-American critics that reviews overall film and television productions, focuses on stories about the black experience.

The organization will present its awards on February 7, 2018 at the Taglyan Complex in Hollywood.

The list of winners is as follows:

FILMS

Best Picture -- "Get Out" 

Best Director -- Jordan Peele, "Get Out"

Best Actor -- Daniel Kaluuya, "Get Out"

Best Actress -- Frances McDormand, "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Supporting Actor -- Laurence Fishburne, "Last Flag Flying"

Best Supporting Actress -- Tiffany Haddish, "Girls Trip"

Best Comedy -- "Girls Trip"

Best Ensemble -- The cast of "Detroit"

Breakout Performance -- Lakeith Stanfield, "Crown Heights"

Best Independent Film -- "Crown Heights" 

Best Animation Film -- "Coco"

Best Song -- "It Ain't Fair" from "Detroit" -- The Roots, featuring Bilal

Best Documentary -- "Step"

Best Foreign Film -- "The Wound"

Best Screenplay -- "Get Out"

Best New Media -- "Mudbound" (Netflix)

Top 10 Films:

• "Get Out"
• "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri" 
• "Coco"
• "Girls Trip"
• "Detroit"
• "Call Me By Your Name"
• "The Shape of Water"
• "****"
• "Crown Heights"
• "Marshall"

 

TELEVISION

Best TV Show (Drama) -- "Queen Sugar" (OWN) 

Best TV Show (Comedy) -- "black-ish" (ABC) 

Top 10 TV Programs:

• "Queen Sugar": Season 2 (OWN)
• "Underground": Season 2 (WGN)
• "Insecure": Season 2 (HBO)
• "Master of None": Season 2 (Netflix)
• "black-ish": Season 4 (ABC)
• "The Handmaid's Tale": Season 1 (Hulu)
• "Dear White People": Season 1 (Netflix)
• "She's Gotta Have It": Season 1 (Netflix)
• "The Defiant Ones" (HBO)
• "The Guerilla: Season 1 (Showtime)
• "Snowfall": Season 1(FX)

 

[jakeem]

The second-year Seattle Film Critics Society (SFCS), which includes print, online and broadcast movie critics from the Northwest city's region, has announced its awards season nominations. 

The futuristic "Blade Runner 2049" (starring Ryan Gosling and Ana de Armas, pictured above) received the most nominations with eight, followed by Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" and Greta Gerwig's "Lady Bird" with seven each.

Jordan Peele's horror tale "Get Out" was next with six nominations. "The Florida Project" received five.

The winners will be revealed on Monday, December 18, 2017.

The list of nominations is as follows:

BEST PICTURE:

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:

Sir 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

 

BEST VILLAIN:
Dennis and various multiple personalities  (portrayed by James McAvoy),  "Split" 
Martin (portrayed by Barry Keoghan), "The Killing of a Sacred Deer"
Pennywise (portrayed by Bill Skarsgård), "It"
Phikip Krauss (portrayed by Will Poulter, "Detroit"
Richard Strickland  (portrayed by Michael Shannon), "The Shape of Water"

 

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What time are the SAG noms announced?

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& anything from the Florida Film Critics yet?

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Plus the OFCS-=(online film critics society)?