Thursday, January 25, 2018

My 2017 Film Awards




2017 seemed to be a pretty good year in film, or else I had a better sense of avoiding the turds than I normally do. The top films of the year were hard to decide upon, where as in past years like 2014 it was hard to come up with a valid field for some categories. 

Here are my nominees for the best of film in 2017. The winners are in bold. 

Best Picture

Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Get Out
Lady Bird
mother!
Phantom Thread

Best Actress

Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner
Jennifer Lawrence, mother!
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
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Ross Lynch, My Friend Dahmer
Sebastian Stan, I, Tonya
Ben Stiller, Brad's Status

Best Supporting Actress

Hong Chau, Downsizing,
Bridget Everett, Patti Cake$
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip
Catherine Keener, Get Out
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Best Supporting Actor

Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Lucas Hedges, Lady Bird
Garrett Hedlund, Mudbound
Algee Smith, Detroit
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me by Your Name

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Darren Aronofsky, mother!
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Denis Villenueve, Blade Runner 2049

Best Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
Phantom Thread
The Post

Best Adapted Screenplay
The Beguiled
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Mudbound
My Friend Dahmer
Wonderstruck

Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
The Florida Project
Mudbound
Phantom Thread
Wonder Wheel

Best Score
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Get Out
A Ghost Story
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water

Film Editing
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
I, Tonya
The Shape of Water

Production Design
Blade Runner 2049
Call Me by Your Name
Dunkirk
Lady Bird
mother!
Phantom Thread

Original Song
"Mystery of Love" by Sufjan Stevens, Call Me by Your Name
"Tuff Love (Finale)" performed by Bridget Everett, Patti Cake$
"Visions of Gideon" by Sufjan Stevens, Call Me by Your Name

Films with most nominations:
Call Me by Your Name -12
Phantom Thread - 8
Lady Bird - 7
Blade Runner 2049 - 6
Get Out - 6
mother! - 4

Top 10 Films of the Year:
1. Call Me by Your Name
2. Lady Bird
3. mother!
4. Phantom Thread
5. Blade Runner 2049
6. Get Out
7. Brad's Status
8. Detroit
9. The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
10. The Florida Project

           












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