2015 Awards

Now that the Academy Awards have come and gone, it is time for me to finalize my awards of 2015 and move on to 2016. I didn't get to see everything that I wanted to see (Mainly; Creed, Son of Saul and Diary of a Teenage Girl.) Looking at the calendar we are a third of the way into 2016 so it is time to leave 2015 behind. 2015 was a fairly strong year, overall much stronger than 2014 but even still I feel like the indie output and foreign output were not as strong as in the past. So this list feels a bit Hollywood heavy, but that's the way the cookie crumbled last year.

WINNERS in BOLD

Best Picture:
Brooklyn
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Room
Spotlight

Best Actor:
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Samuel L. Jackson, The Hateful Eight
Thomas Mann, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Ian McKellan, Mr. Holmes
Jacob Tremblay, Room

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Rooney Mara, Carol
Saorise Ronan, Brooklyn
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road

Best Supporting Actor:
Emory Cohen, Brooklyn
Benicio Del Toro, Sicario
Walton Goggins, The Hateful Eight
Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Jason Segel, The End of the Tour

Best Supporting Actress:
Rose Byrne, Spy
Greta Gerwig, Mistress America
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Mya Taylor, Tangerine
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs

Best Original Screenplay:
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
Irrational Man
Mistress America
Spotlight
Youth

Best Adapted Screenplay:
45 Years
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Room
Steve Jobs

Best Director:
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Sean Baker, Tangerine
John Crowley, Brooklyn
Todd Haynes, Carol
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight

Cinematography:
Carol
The Hateful Eight
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario

Score:
Brooklyn
Carol
The Hateful Eight
It Follows
The Revenant
Sicario

Editing:
Mad Max: Fury Road
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
The Revenant
Sicario
Tangerine

Best Production Design:
Mad Max: Fury Road

Award Tally:
Brooklyn 3: (Picture, Actress, Adapted Screenplay)
Mad Max: Fury Road 3: (Director, Editing, Production Design)
The Hateful Eight 2: (Score and Supporting Actor)
Room 1: (Actor)
Cinematography 1: (The Revenant)
Spotlight 1: (Original Screenplay)
Mistress America 1: (Supporting Actress)