This morning the nominations for the Academy Awards were announced. This event always brings along excitement, mourning, annoyance and a little happiness. Anyway what it really means is that it is time for me to announce MY choices for the best of film for 2019.
Overall, I found 2019 to be a tremendous year for film. After a disappointing 2018 perhaps I was desperate for a good year, but no matter what the reason I gave seventeen different films a five-star rating. In 2018 I gave two films that same rating. With that in mind, I found it extremely difficult to narrow each category to six nominees. Best Picture, Director and Actress were the hardest to decide upon, but I think I've finally collected a solid set of nominees. Without anymore blah, blah, blah from me, here are my nominees and winners for the best in film for 2019. Please enjoy the third grade images!
*NOTE that Frankie and Portrait of a Lady on Fire was not yet available to me. When I'm able to see it, I will edit these awards if applicable.
**WINNERS ARE IN BOLD
BEST PICTURE
Climax
Greener Grass
The Irishman
Little Women
1917
Parasite
BEST DIRECTOR
***Category changed after seeing Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe, Greener Grass
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
BEST ACTRESS
Jillian Bell, Brittany Runs a Marathon
Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Lupita Nyong'o, Us
Florence Pugh, Midsommar
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
BEST ACTOR
Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory
Robert De Niro, The Irishman
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luce
Brad Pitt, Ad Astra
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
*** Category changed after seeing Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Laura Dern, Little Women
Adèle Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Marisa Tomei, Frankie
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jamie Bell, Rocketman
Timothée Chalamet, Little Women
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Skyler Gisondo, Booksmart
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Booksmart (Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, Katie Silberman)
The Farewell (Lulu Wang)
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach)
Pain & Glory (Pedro Almodóvar)
Parasite (Bong Joon-ho, Han Jin-won)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Noah Harpster, Micah Fitzerman-Blue)
Hustlers (Lorene Scafaria)
The Irishman (Steve Zaillian)
Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi)
Little Women (Greta Gerwig)
Toy Story 4 (Andrew Stanton, Stephany Folsom)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Escape Room
Greener Grass
1917
Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
Parasite
BEST SCORE
A Hidden Life
Joker
The Lighthouse
Little Women
Parasite
Us
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Climax
The Lighthouse
Little Women
Midsommar
1917
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
BEST EDITING
Ford V Ferrari
The Irishman
Little Women
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Uncut Gems
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Glasgow" from Wild Rose
"I'm Gonna Love Me Again" from Rocketman
"I Punched Keanu Reeves" from Always Be My Maybe
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Echo in the Canyon
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins
Films with multiple nominations:
10 - Little Women
6 - The Irishman, Parasite
5 - Portrait of a Lady on Fire
4 - A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
3 - Greener Grass, The Lighthouse, 1917, Rocketman
2 - Booksmart, Climax, The Farewell, Hustlers, Pain & Glory, Midsommar, Us, Wild Rose, Marriage Story
Films with wins:
Little Women - 3 (Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay)
The Irishman - 2 (Supporting Actor, Editing)
Parasite - 2 (Original Screenplay, Production Design)
Us - 2 (Actress, Score)
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - 1 (Supporting Actress)
Marriage Story - 1 (Actor)
1917 - 1 (Cinematography)
Raise Hell: The Life & Times of Molly Ivins - 1 (Documentary)
Wild Rose - 1 (Original Song)
