My Film Awards – 2017
Best Supporting Actress
Betty Gabriel, Get Out
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I Tonya
Catherine Keener, Get Out
Andrea Riseborough, Battle of the Sexes
Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Adam Driver, Logan Lucky
Gary Oldman, The Space Between Us
Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World
Elijah Wood, I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore
Best Original Song
“Evermore”, Beauty and the Beast
“Days in the Sun”, Beauty and the Beast
“The Greatest Show”, The Greatest Showman
“Remember Me”, Coco
“When We’re Together”, Olaf’s Frozen Adventure
Best Cinematography
Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Larry Fong, Kong: Skull Island
Dan Laustsen, John Wick Chapter 2
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me by Your Name
Vittorio Storaro, Wonder Wheel
Best Adapted Screenplay
Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Michael Green, Murder on the Orient Express
Liz Hannah & Josh Singer, The Post
Kumail Nanjiani & Emily V. Gordon, The Big Sick
Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game
Best Editing
Jonathan Amos & Paul Machliss, Baby Driver
Gregory Plotkin, Get Out
Evan Schiff, John Wick Chapter 2
Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Christian Wagner & Paul Rubell, The Fate of the Furious
Best Original Score
John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Clint Mansell, Loving Vincent
Mark Mothersbaugh, Thor: Ragnarok
Oneohtrix Point Never, Good Time
Best Production Design
Dan Hennah & Ra Vincent, Thor: Ragnarok
Stefan Dechant, Kong: Skull Island
Sarah Greenwood, Beauty and the Beast
Rick Heinrichs, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Hugues Tissandier, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
Best Animated Feature
Your Name.
The Breadwinner
Coco
The LEGO Batman Movie
Loving Vincent
Best Original Screenplay
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Michael McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Onur Tukel, Catfight
Nacho Vigalondo, Colossal
Edgar Wright, Baby Driver
Best Director
Darren Aronofsky, mother!
Rian Johnson, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Nacho Vigalondo, Colossal
Edgar Wright, Baby Driver
Best Actor
Robert Pattinson, Good Time
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
James McAvoy, Split
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
Jeremy Renner, Wind River
Best Actress
Michelle Williams, All the Money in the World
Vicky Krieps, Phantom Thread
Melanie Lynskey, I Don’t Feel at Home in this World Anymore
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri
Meryl Streep, The Post
Best Picture
Get Out
Colossal
The Fate of the Furious
The Post
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
My Film Awards – 2016
Best Supporting Actress
Kate McKinnon, Ghostbusters
Judy Davis, The Dressmaker
Rachel House, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Lupita Nyong’o, Queen of Katwe
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
Best Supporting Actor
Daniel Radcliffe, Swiss Army Man
Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
John Goodman, 10 Cloverfield Lane
André Holland, Moonlight
Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals
Best Original Song
“How Far I’ll Go”, Moana
“Drive it Like You Stole it”, Sing Street
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)”, La La Land
“The Great Beyond”, Sausage Party
“Montage”, Swiss Army Man
Best Cinematography
Bradford Young, Arrival
James Laxton, Moonlight
Sean Porter, Green Room
Adam Stone, Midnight Special
Vittorio Storaro, Café Society
Best Adapted Screenplay
Taika Waititi, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Joel & Ethan Coen, Hail Caesar!
Eric Heisserer, Arrival
Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely, Captain America: Civil War
Simon Pegg & Doug Jung, Star Trek Beyond
Best Editing
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Louder than Bombs
Julia Bloch, Green Room
Matt Cheese, Money Monster
Luke Haigh, Tom Eagles & Yana Gorskaya, Hunt for the Wilderpeople
Matthew Hannam, Swiss Army Man
Best Original Score
Justin Hurwitz, La La Land
Michael Giacchino, Star Trek Beyond
Daniel Hart, Pete’s Dragon
Andy Hull & Robert McDowell, Swiss Army Man
Matthew Margeson, Eddie the Eagle
Best Production Design
Stuart Craig & James Hambidge, Fantastic Beasts and where to Find them
Russell Barnes, Captain Fantastic
Doug Chiang & Neil Lamont, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Mark Tildesley, High-Rise
Charles Wood, Doctor Strange
Best Original Screenplay
Jeremy Saulnier, Green Room
Shane Black & Anthony Bagarozzi, The Nice Guys
Daniels, Swiss Army Man
Richard Linklater, Everybody Wants Some!!
Jonathan Perera, Miss Sloane
Best Director
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Daniels, Swiss Army Man
Anthony & Joe Russo, Captain America: Civil War
Oliver Stone, Snowden
Best Actor
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Paul Dano, Swiss Army Man
Robert Downey Jr., Captain America: Civil War
Ryan Gosling, The Nice Guys
Denzel Washington, Fences
Best Actress
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Amy Adams, Arrival
Emily Blunt, The Girl on the Train
Viola Davis, Fences
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Best Picture
Moana
Captain America: Civil War
Miss Sloane
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Swiss Army Man
My Film Awards – 2015
In advance of the Golden Globes ceremony, and Academy Award nominations, I present my own personalized awards for the year in film – at least of movies I’ve seen. (So if none of my winners get awards in those or other venues, they can take comfort that they’re winners to me!)
Best Supporting Actress
Sarah Snook, Predestination
Olivia Cooke, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Supporting Actor
Adam Driver, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Original Score
Tom Holkenborg, Mad Max: Fury Road
Patrick Doyle, Cinderella
Michael Giacchino, Inside Out
Daniel Pemberton, Steve Jobs
Howard Shore, Spotlight
Best Production Design
Thomas E. Sanders, Crimson Peak
Dante Ferretti, Cinderella
Colin Gibson, Mad Max: Fury Road
Arthur Max, The Martian
Gary Williamson, Paddington
Best Director
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Ryan Coogler, Creed
Steven Spielberg, Bridge of Spies
Matthew Vaughn, Kingsman: The Secret Service
Denis Villeneuve, Sicario
Best Actor
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Tom Hardy, Legend
Michael B. Jordan, Creed
Peter Sarsgaard, Experimenter
Jason Segel, The End of the Tour
Best Actress
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
Cate Blanchett, Truth
Emily Blunt, Sicario
Anna Kendrick, The Last Five Years
Daisy Ridley, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Adapted Screenplay
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Matt Charman and Ethan & Joel Coen, Bridge of Spies
Paul King, Paddington
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, Spotlight
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay
Pete Docter & Meg LeFauve & Josh Cooley, Inside Out
Michael Almereyda, Experimenter
Jemaine Clement & Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
S. Craig Zahler, Bone Tomahawk
Best Picture
Mad Max: Fury Road
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Martian
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
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