Thursday, November 30, 2017

New York Film Critics Circle Awards

I will update the winners as they come in!

Best Picture - Lady Bird

Best Director - Sean Baker "The Florida Project"

Best Actor - Timothee Chalamet "Call Me By Your Name"

Best Actress - Saoirse Ronan "Lady Bird"

Best Supporting Actor - Willem Dafoe "The Florida Project"

Best Supporting Actress - Tiffany Haddish "Girl's Trip"

Best Screenplay - Paul Thomas Anderson "Phantom Thread"

Best Animated Film - Coco

Best Nonfiction Film - Faces Places

Best Foreign Language Film - BPM (Beats Per Minute)

Best First Film - Jordan Peele "Get Out"

Best Cinematography - Rachel Morrison "Mudbound"

Special Award for Career Achievement - Molly Haskell

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

2018 Sundance Film Festival Lineup

I love that right in the thick of Oscar season, Sundance reminds us that there is always another. Here is the lineup for late January.

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
American Animals / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Bart Layton, Producers: Derrin Schlesinger, Katherine Butler, Dimitri Doganis, Mary Jane Skalski)

BLAZE /U.S.A. (Director: Ethan Hawke, Screenwriters: Ethan Hawke, Sybil Rosen, Producers: Jake Seal, John Sloss, Ryan Hawke, Ethan Hawke)

Blindspotting / U.S.A. (Director: Carlos Lopez Estrada, Screenwriters: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs, Producers: Keith Calder, Jess Calder, Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs)

Burden / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Andrew Heckler, Producers: Robbie Brenner, Jincheng, Bill Kenwright)

Eighth Grade/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Bo Burnham, Producers: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Christopher Storer, Lila Yacoub)

I Think We're Alone Now / U.S.A. (Director: Reed Morano, Screenwriter: Mike Makowsky, Producers: Fred Berger, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fernando Loureiro, Roberto Vasconcellos, Peter Dinklage, Mike Makowsky)

The Kindergarten Teacher / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sara Colangelo, Producers: Celine Rattray, Trudie Styler, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman-Keren, Talia Kleinhendler)

Lizzie / U.S.A. (Director: Craig William Macneill, Screenwriter: Bryce Kass, Producers: Naomi Despres, Liz Destro)

The Miseducation of Cameron Post / U.S.A. (Director: Desiree Akhavan, Screenwriters: Desiree Akhavan, Cecilia Frugiuele, Producers: Cecilia Frugiuele, Jonathan Montepare, Michael B. Clark, Alex Turtletaub)

Monster / U.S.A.(Director: Anthony Mandler, Screenwriters: Radha Blank, Cole Wiley, Janece Shaffer, Producers: Tonya Lewis Lee, Nikki Silver, Aaron L. Gilbert, Mike Jackson, Edward Tyler Nahem)

Monsters and Men / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Reinaldo Marcus Green, Producers: Elizabeth Lodge Stepp, Josh Penn, Eddie Vaisman, Julia Lebedev, Luca Borghese)

NANCY/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Christina Choe, Producers: Amy Lo, Michelle Cameron, Andrea Riseborough)

Sorry to Bother You / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Boots Riley, Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Forest Whitaker, Charles King, George Rush, Jonathan Duffy, Kelly Williams)

The Tale/ U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Jennifer Fox, Producers: Oren Moverman, Lawrence Inglee, Laura Rister, Mynette Louie, Sol Bondy, Simone Pero)

TYREL /U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sebastian Silva, Producers: Jacob Wasserman, Max Born)

Wildlife/ U.S.A. (Director: Paul Dano, Screenwriters: Paul Dano, Zoe Kazan, Producers: Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker)

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Bisbee '17 / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Robert Greene, Producers: Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott)

Crime + Punishment / U.S.A. (Director: Stephen Maing)

Dark Money / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Kimberly Reed, Producer: Katy Chevigny)

The Devil We Know / U.S.A. (Director: Stephanie Soechtig, Producers: Kristin Lazure, Stephanie Soechtig, Joshua Kunau, Carly Palmour)

Hal / U.S.A. (Director: Amy Scott, Producers: Christine Beebe, Jonathan Lynch, Brian Morrow) —

Hale County This Morning, This Evening / U.S.A. (Director: RaMell Ross, Screenwriter: Maya Krinsky, Producers: Joslyn Barnes, RaMell Ross, Su Kim)

Inventing Tomorrow/ U.S.A. (Director: Laura Nix, Producers: Diane Becker, Melanie Miller, Laura Nix)

Kailash / U.S.A. (Director: Derek Doneen, Producers: Davis Guggenheim, Sarah Anthony)

Kusama - Infinity / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Heather Lenz, Producers: Karen Johnson, Heather Lenz, Dan Braun, David Koh)

The Last Race/U.S.A. (Director: Michael Dweck, Producers: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw)

Minding the Gap / U.S.A. (Director: Bing Liu, Producer: Diane Quon)

On Her Shoulders / U.S.A. (Director: Alexandria Bombach, Producers: Marie Therese Guirgis, Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams, Bryn Mooser, Adam Bardach)

The Price of Everything/ U.S.A. (Director: Nathaniel Kahn, Producers: Jennifer Blei Stockman, Debi Wisch, Carla Solomon)

Seeing Allred/ U.S.A. (Directors: Sophie Sartain, Roberta Grossman, Producers: Roberta Grossman, Sophie Sartain, Marta Kauffman, Robbie Rowe Tollin, Hannah KS Canter)

The Sentence/U.S.A. (Director: Rudy Valdez, Producers: Sam Bisbee, Jackie Kelman Bisbee)

Three Identical Strangers/U.S.A. (Director: Tim Wardle, Producer: Becky Read)

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
And Breathe Normally / Iceland, Sweden, Belgium (Director and screenwriter: Ísold Uggadóttir, Producers: Skúli Malmquist, Diana Elbaum, Annika Hellström, Lilja Ósk Snorradóttir, Inga Lind Karlsdóttir)

Butterflies / Turkey (Director and screenwriter: Tolga Karaçelik, Producers: Tolga Karaçelik, Diloy Gülün, Metin Anter)

Dead Pigs / China (Director and screenwriter: Cathy Yan, Producers: Clarissa Zhang, Jane Zheng, Zhangke Jia, Mick Aniceto, Amy Aniceto)

The Guilty / Denmark (Director: Gustav Möller, Screenwriters: Gustav Möller, Emil Nygaard Albertsen, Producer: Lina Flint)

Holiday / Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden (Director: Isabella Eklöf, Screenwriters: Isabella Eklöf, Johanne Algren, Producer: David B. Sørensen)

Loveling / Brazil, Uruguay (Director: Gustavo Pizzi, Screenwriters: Gustavo Pizzi, Karine Teles, Producers: Tatiana Leite, Rodrigo Letier, Agustina Chiarino, Fernando Epstein)

Pity / Greece, Poland (Director: Babis Makridis, Screenwriters: Efthimis Filippou, Babis Makridis, Producers: Amanda Livanou, Christos V. Konstantakopoulos, Klaudia Śmieja, Beata Rzeźniczek)

The Queen of Fear / Argentina, Denmark (Directors: Valeria Bertuccelli, Fabiana Tiscornia, Screenwriter: Valeria Bertuccelli, Producers: Benjamin Domenech, Santiago Gallelli, Matias Roveda, Juan Vera, Juan Pablo Galli, Christian Faillace)

Rust / Brazil (Director: Aly Muritiba, Screenwriters: Aly Muritiba, Jessica Candal, Producer: Antônio Junior)

Time Share (Tiempo Compartido) / Mexico, Netherlands (Director: Sebastián Hofmann, Screenwriters: Julio Chavezmontes, Sebastián Hofmann, Producer: Julio Chavezmontes)

Un Traductor / Canada, Cuba (Directors: Rodrigo Barriuso, Sebastián Barriuso, Screenwriter: Lindsay Gossling, Producers: Sebastián Barriuso, Lindsay Gossling)

Yardie / United Kingdom (Director: Idris Elba, Screenwriters: Brock Norman Brock, Martin Stellman, Producers: Gina Carter, Robin Gutch)

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
A Polar Year / France (Director: Samuel Collardey, Screenwriters: Samuel Collardey, Catherine Paillé, Producer: Grégoire Debailly)

Anote's Ark / Canada (Director: Matthieu Rytz, Producers: Bob Moore, Mila Aung-Thwin, Daniel Cross, Shari Plummer, Shannon Joy)

The Cleaners / Germany, Brazil (Directors: Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block, Screenwriters: Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block, Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Producers: Christian Beetz, Georg Tschurtschenthaler, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Fernando Dias, Mauricio Dias)

Genesis 2.0 / Switzerland (Directors: Christian Frei, Maxim Arbugaev, Producer: Christian Frei)

MATANGI / MAYA / M.I.A. / Sri Lanka, United Kingdom, U.S.A. (Director: Stephen Loveridge, Producers: Lori Cheatle, Andrew Goldman, Paul Mezey)

Of Fathers and Sons / Germany, Syria, Lebanon (Director: Talal Derki, Producers: Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert, Hans Robert Eisenhauer)

The Oslo Diaries / Israel, Canada (Directors and screenwriters: Mor Loushy, Daniel Sivan, Producers: Hilla Medalia, Ina Fichman)

Our New President / Russia, U.S.A. (Director: Maxim Pozdorovkin, Producers: Maxim Pozdorovkin, Joe Bender)

Shirkers / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sandi Tan, Producers: Sandi Tan, Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph)

This is Home / U.S.A., Jordan (Director: Alexandra Shiva, Producer: Lindsey Megrue)

Westwood / United Kingdom (Director: Lorna Tucker, Producers: Eleanor Emptage, Shirine Best, Nicole Stott, John Battsek)

A Woman Captured / Hungary (Director and screenwriter: Bernadett Tuza-Ritter, Producers: Julianna Ugrin, Viki Réka Kiss, Erik Winker, Martin Roelly)

NEXT
306 Hollywood / U.S.A., Hungary (Directors: Elan Bogarín, Jonathan Bogarín, Screenwriters: Jonathan Bogarín, Elan Bogarín, Nyneve Laura Minnear, Producers: Elan Bogarín, Jonathan Bogarín, Judit Stalter)

A Boy, A Girl, A Dream. / U.S.A. (Director: Qasim Basir, Screenwriters: Qasim Basir, Samantha Tanner, Producer: Datari Turner)

An Evening With Beverly Luff Linn / United Kingdom, U.S.A. (Director: Jim Hosking, Screenwriters: Jim Hosking, David Wike, Producers: Sam Bisbee, Theodora Dunlap, Oliver Roskill, Emily Leo, Lucan Toh, Andy Starke)

Clara's Ghost / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Bridey Elliott, Producer: Sarah Winshall)

Madeline's Madeline / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Josephine Decker, Producers: Krista Parris, Elizabeth Rao)

Night Comes On / U.S.A. (Director: Jordana Spiro, Screenwriters: Jordana Spiro, Angelica Nwandu, Producers: Jonathan Montepare, Alvaro R. Valente, Danielle Renfrew Behrens)

Search / U.S.A. (Director: Aneesh Chaganty, Screenwriters: Aneesh Chaganty, Sev Ohanian, Producers: Timur Bekmambetov, Sev Ohanian, Adam Sidman, Natalie Qasabian)

Skate Kitchen / U.S.A. (Director: Crystal Moselle, Screenwriters: Crystal Moselle, Ashlihan Unaldi, Producers: Lizzie Nastro, Izabella Tzenkova, Julia Nottingham, Matthew Perniciaro, Michael Sherman, Rodrigo Teixeira)

We The Animals / U.S.A. (Director: Jeremiah Zagar, Screenwriters: Daniel Kitrosser, Jeremiah Zagar, Producers: Jeremy Yaches, Christina D. King, Andrew Goldman, Paul Mezey)

White Rabbit / U.S.A. (Director: Daryl Wein, Screenwriters: Daryl Wein, Vivian Bang, Producers: Daryl Wein, Vivian Bang)

PREMIERES
A Kid Like Jake / U.S.A. (Director: Silas Howard, Screenwriter: Daniel Pearle, Producers: Jim Parsons, Todd Spiewak, Eric Norsoph, Paul Bernon, Rachel Song)

Beirut/ U.S.A. (Director: Brad Anderson, Screenwriter: Tony Gilroy)

The Catcher Was a Spy/ U.S.A. (Director: Ben Lewin, Screenwriter: Robert Rodat, Producers: Kevin Frakes, Tatiana Kelly, Buddy Patrick, Jim Young)

Colette / United Kingdom (Director: Wash Westmoreland, Screenwriters: Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer, Producers: Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley)

Come Sunday/ U.S.A. (Director: Joshua Marston, Screenwriter: Marcus Hinchey, Producers:Ira Glass, Alissa Shipp, Julie Goldstein, James Stern,Lucas Smith, Cindy Kirven)

Damsel/ U.S.A. (Directors and screenwriters: David Zellner, Nathan Zellner, Producers: Nathan Zellner, Chris Ohlson, David Zellner)

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far On Foot / U.S.A. (Director: Gus Van Sant, Screenwriters: Gus Van Sant (screenplay), John Callahan (biography), Producers: Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddar, Steve Golin, Nicolas Lhermitte)

Futile and Stupid Gesture/ U.S.A. (Director: David Wain, Screenwriters: John Aboud, Michael Colton, Producers: Peter Principato, Jonathan Stern)

The Happy Prince / Germany, Belgium, Italy (Director and screenwriter: Rupert Everett)

Hearts Beat Loud/U.S.A. (Director: Brett Haley, Screenwriters: Brett Haley, Marc Basch, Producers: Houston King, Sam Bisbee, Sam Slater)

Juliet, Naked / United Kingdom (Director: Jesse Peretz, Screenwriters: Tamara Jenkins, Jim Taylor, Phil Alden Robinson, Evgenia Peretz, Producers: Judd Apatow, Barry Mendel, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxa)

Ophelia / United Kingdom (Director: Claire McCarthy, Screenwriter: Semi Chellas, Producers: Daniel Bobker, Sarah Curtis, Ehren Kruger, Paul Hanson)

Puzzle / U.S.A. (Director: Marc Turtletaub, Screenwriter: Oren Moverman, Producers: Peter Saraf, Wren Arthur, Guy Stodel)

Untitled Debra Granik Project/ U.S.A. (Director: Debra Granik, Screenwriters: Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini, Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini)

What They Had/U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Elizabeth Chomko)

DOCUMENTARY PREMIERES
Bad Reputation / U.S.A. (Director: Kevin Kerslake, Screenwriter: Joel Marcus, Producers: Peter Afterman, Carianne Brinkman)

Believer / U.S.A. (Director: Don Argott, Producers: Heather Parry, Sheena M. Joyce, Robert Reynolds)

Chef Flynn / U.S.A. (Director: Cameron Yates, Producer: Laura Coxson)

The Game Changers / U.S.A. (Director: Louie Psihoyos, Screenwriters: Mark Monroe, Joseph Pace, Producers: Joseph Pace, James Wilks)

Generation Wealth / U.S.A. (Director: Lauren Greenfield, Producers: Lauren Greenfield, Frank Evers)

Half The Picture/ U.S.A. (Director: Amy Adrion, Producers: Amy Adrion, David Harris)

Jane Fonda in Five Acts/ U.S.A. (Director: Susan Lacy, Producers: Susan Lacy, Jessica Levin, Emma Pildes)

King In The Wilderness / U.S.A. (Director: Peter Kunhardt, Producers: George Kunhardt, Teddy Kunhardt)

Quiet Heroes/ U.S.A. (Director: Jenny Mackenzie, Co-Directors: Jared Ruga, Amanda Stoddard, Producers: Jenny Mackenzie, Jared Ruga, Amanda Stoddard)

RBG / U.S.A. (Directors and producers: Betsy West, Julie Cohen)

Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind /U.S.A. (Director: Marina Zenovich, Producers: Alex Gibney, Shirel Kozak)

STUDIO 54 / U.S.A. (Director: Matt Tyrnauer, Producers: Matt Tyrnauer, John Battsek, Corey Reeser)

Won't You Be My Neighbor?/ U.S.A. (Director: Morgan Neville, Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma)

MIDNIGHT
Arizona / U.S.A. (Director: Jonathan Watson, Screenwriter: Luke Del Tredici, Producers: Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Ryan Friedkin, Danny McBride, Brandon James)

Assassination Nation / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Sam Levinson, Producers: David Goyer, Anita Gou, Kevin Turen, Aaron L. Gilbert, Matthew J. Malek)

Mandy / Belgium, U.S.A. (Director: Panos Cosmatos, Screenwriters: Panos Cosmatos, Aaron Stewart-Ahn, Producers: Daniel Noah, Josh Waller, Elijah Wood, Nate Bolotin, Adrian Politowski)

Never Goin' Back / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Augustine Frizzell, Producers: Toby Halbrooks, Liz Cardenas , James Johnston, David Lowery)

Piercing / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Nicolas Pesce, Producers: Josh Mond, Antonio Campos, Schuyler Weiss, Jake Wasserman)

Revenge / France (Director and screenwriter: Coralie Fargeat, Producers: Marc-Etienne Schwartz, Jean-Yves Robin, Marc Stanimirovic)

Summer of '84 / Canada, U.S.A. (Directors: Francois Simard, Anouk Whissell, Yoann Whissell, Screenwriters: Matt Leslie, Stephen J. Smith, Producers: Shawn Williamson, Jameson Parker, Matt Leslie, Van Toffler, Cody Zwieg)

SPOTLIGHT
BEAST / United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Michael Pearce, Producers: Ivana MacKinnon, Lauren Dark, Kristian Brodie )

The Death of Stalin / France, United Kingdom, Belgium (Director: Armando Iannucci, Screenwriters: Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Producers: Yann Zenou, Laurent Zeitoun, Nicolas Duval Adassovsky, Kevin Loader)

Foxtrot / Israel (Director and screenwriter: Samuel Maoz, Producers: Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, Eitan Mansuri, Cedomir Kolar, Marc Baschet, Michel Merkt)

I Am Not a Witch/ United Kingdom (Director and screenwriter: Rungano Nyoni, Producers: Juliette Grandmont, Emily Morgan)

The Rider / U.S.A. (Director and screenwriter: Chloé Zhao, Producers: Chloé Zhao, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Mollye Asher)

Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken! / U.S.A. (Director: Morgan Spurlock, Screenwriters: Jeremy Chilnick, Morgan Spurlock, Producers: Keith Calder, Jessica Calder, Spencer Silna, Nicole Barton, Jeremy Chilnick, Matthew Galkin)

KIDS
Lu Over the Wall / Japan (Director: Masaaki Yuasa, Screenwriters: Reiko Yoshida, Masaaki Yuasa, Producer: Eunyoung Choi)

Science Fair / U.S.A. (Directors: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster, Producers: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster, Jeffrey Plunkett) e

White Fang / U.S.A. (Director: Alexandre Espigares, Screenwriters: Dominique Monfery, Philippe Lioret, Serge Frydman, Producers: Jeremie Fajner, Clement Calvet, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub)

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

National Board of Review (NBR) Awards

After just premering last week, Steven Spielberg's The Post has to be flying high today after sweep many of the top categories at this years National Board of Review awards. Now this is only one step, and nothing is certain, but still, it is a good sign for a film whose early social media reaction, so far, is incredibly strong.

Best Film
The Post

Best Director
Greta Gerwig, “Lady Bird”

Best Actor
Tom Hanks, “The Post”

Best Actress
Meryl Streep, “The Post”

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”

Best Supporting Actress
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”

Best Original Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, “Phantom Thread”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Scott Neustadter and Michael H Weber, “The Disaster Artist”

Best Animated Feature
Coco

Best Breakthrough Performance
Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”

Best Directorial Debut
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”

Best Foreign Language Film
Foxtrot

Best Documentary
Jane

Best Ensemble
Get Out

Spotlight Award
Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot, “Wonder Woman”

NBR Freedom of Expression Award
“First They Killed My Father,” Angelina Jolie; and “Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992,” John Ridley

Top 10 Films
Baby Driver
Call Me by Your Name
The Disaster Artist
Downsizing
Dunkirk
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
Logan
Phantom Thread

Top 5 Foreign Language Films
A Fantastic Woman
Frantz
Loveless
Summer 1993
The Square

Top 5 Documentaries
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Brimstone and Glory
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars
Faces Places
Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS

Top 10 Independent Films
Beatriz at Dinner
Brigsby Bear
A Ghost Story
Lady Macbeth
Logan Lucky
Loving Vincent
Menashe
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
Patti Cake$
Wind River

The 60th Grammy Award Nominations

Album of the Year
Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!"
Jay-Z "4:44"
Kendrick Lamar "DAMN."
Lorde "Melodrama"
Bruno Mars "24K Magic"

Record of the Year
Childish Gambino "Redbone"
Luis Fonsi, & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber "Despacito"
Jay-Z "The Story of O.J."
Kendrick Lamar "Humble"
Bruno Mars "24K Magic"

Song of the Year
Ramón Ayala, Justin Bieber, Jason "Poo Bear" Boyd, Erika Ender, Luis Fonsi & Marty James Garton "Despacito"
Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson "4:44"
Benny Blanco, Mikkel Storleer Eriksen, Tor Erik Hermansen, Julia Michaels & Justin Drew Tranter "Issues"
Alessia Caracciolo, Sir Robert Bryson Hall II, Arjun Ivatury & Khalid Robinson "1-800-273-8255"
Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip "That's What I Like"

Best New Artist
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Lil Uzi Vert
Julia Michaels
SZA

Best Pop Vocal Album
Coldplay "Kaleidoscope EP"
Lana Del Rey "Lust for Life"
Imagine Dragons "Evolve"
Kesha "Rainbow"
Lady Gaga "Joanne"
Ed Sheeran "Divide"

Best Pop Solo Performance
Kelly Clarkson "Love So Soft"
Kesha "Praying"
Lady Gaga "Million Reasons"
P!nk "What About Us"
Ed Sheeran "Shape of You"

Best Pop Duo/Group Performance
The Chainsmokers & Coldplay "Something Just Like This"
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee Featuring Justin Bieber "Despacito"
Imagine Dragons "Thunder"
Portugal. The Man "Feel It Still"
 Zedd & Alessia Cara "Stay"

Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album
Michael Bublé "Nobody But Me (Deluxe Version)"
Bob Dylan "Triplicate"
Seth MacFarlane "In Full Swing"
Sarah McLachlan "Wonderland"
Various Artists "Tony Bennett Celebrates 90"

Best Dance/Electronic Album
Bonobo "Migration"
Kraftwerk "3-D the Catalogue"
Mura Masas "Mura Masa"
Odesza "A Moment Apart"
Sylvan Esso "What Now"

Best Dance Recording
Bonobo featuring Innov Gnawa "Bambro Koyo Ganda"
Camelphat & Elderbrook "Cola"
Gorillaz featuring Dram "Andromeda"
LCD Soundsystem "Tonite"

Odesza featuring Wynne & Mansionair "Line of Sight"

Best Rock Album
Mastodon "Emperor of Sand"
Metallica "Hardwired...to Self-Destruct"
Nothing More "The Stories We Tell Ourselves"
Queens of the Stone Age "Villains"
The War on Drugs "A Deeper Understanding"

Best Rock Performance
Leonard Cohen "You Want It Darker"
Chris Cornell "The Promise"
Foo Fighters "Run"
Kaleo "No Good"
Nothing More "Go to War"

Best Rock Song
James Hetfield & Lars Ulrich "Atlas, Rise!"
JT Daly & Kristine Flaherty "Blood in the Cut"
 Ben Anderson, Jonny Hawkins, Will Hoffman, Daniel Oliver, David Pramik & Mark Vollelunga "Go to War"
Foo Fighters "Run"

Zachary Baker, Brian Haner, Matthew Sanders, Jonathan Seward & Brooks Wackerman "The Stage"

Best Metal Performance
August Burns Red "Invisible Enemy"
Body Count "Black Hoodie"
Code Orange "Forever"
Mastodon "Sultan’s Curse"
Meshuggah "Clockworks"

Best Alternative Music Album
Arcade Fire "Everything Now"
Gorillaz "Humanz"
LCD Soundsystem "American Dream"
Father John Misty "Pure Comedy"
The National "Sleep Well Beast"

Best R&B Album
Daniel Caesar "Freudian"
Ledisi "Let Love Rule"
Bruno Mars "24K Magic"
PJ Morton "Gumbo"
Musiq Soulchild "Feel the Real" 

Best Urban Contemporary Album
6LACK "Free 6LACK"
Childish Gambino "Awaken, My Love!"
Khalid "American Teen"
SZA "Ctrl"
The Weeknd "Starboy"

Best R&B Performance
Daniel Caesar feat. Kali Uchis "Get You"
Kehlani "Distraction"
Ledisi "High"
Bruno Mars "That's What I Like"
SZA "The Weekend"

Best Traditional R&B Performance
The Baylor Project "Laugh And Move On"
Childish Gambino "Redbone"
Anthony Hamilton feat. The Hamiltones "What I'm Feelin'"
Ledisi "All the Way"
Mali Music "Still"

Best R&B Song
PJ Morton "First Began"
Alfredo Gonzalez, Olatunji Ige, Samuel David Jiminez, Christopher McClenney, Khalid Robinson & Joshua Scruggs "Location"
Donald Glover and Ludwig Goransson "Redbone"
Tyran Donaldson, Terrence Henderson, Greg Landfair Jr., Solana Rowe & Pharrell Williams "Supermodel"
Christopher Brody Brown, James Fauntleroy, Philip Lawrence, Bruno Mars, Ray Charles McCullough II, Jeremy Reeves, Ray Romulus & Jonathan Yip "That's What I Like"

Best Rap Album
Jay-Z "4:44"
Kendrick Lamar "DAMN.!"
Migos "Culture"
Rapsody "Laila's Wisdom"
Tyler the Creator "Flower Boy"

Best Rap Performance
Big Sean "Bounce Back"
Cardi B "Bodak Yellow"
Jay-Z "4:44"
Kendrick Lamar "HUMBLE"
Migos feat. Lil Uzi Vert "Bad and Boujee"

Best Rap/Sung Performance
6LACK "PRBLMS"
Goldlink Featuring Brent Faiyaz & Shy Glizzy "Crew"
Jay-Z feat. Beyonce "Family Feud"
Kendrick Lamar feat. Rihanna "LOYALTY"
SZA feat. Travis Scott "Love Galore"

Best Rap Song
Dieuson Octave, Klenord Raphael, Shaftizm, Jordan Thorpe, Washpoppin & J White "Bodak Yellow"
Judah Bauer, Brian Burton, Hector Delgado, Jaime Meline, Antwan Patton, Michael Render, Russell Simins & Jon Spencer "Chase Me"
K. Duckworth, Asheton Hogan & M. Williams II "HUMBLE"
M. Evans & E. Gabouer "Sassy"
Shawn Carter & Dion Wilson "The Story of O.J."

Best Country Album
Kenny Chesney "Cosmic Hallelujah"
Lady Antebellum "Heart Break"
Little Big Town "The Breaker"
Thomas Rhett "Life Changes"
Chris Stapleton "From a Room: Volume 1"

Best Country Solo Performance
Sam Hunt "Body Like A Back Road"
Alison Krauss "Losing You"
Miranda Lambert "Tin Man"
Maren Morris "I Could Use a Love Song"
Chris Stapleton "Either Way"

Best Country Duo/Group Performance
Brothers Osborne "It Ain't My Fault"
Zac Brown Band "My Old Man"
Lady Antebellum "You Look Good"
Little Big Town "Better Man"
Midland"Drinkin Problem"

Best Country Song
Taylor Swift "Better Man"
Zach Crowell, Sam Hunt, Shane McAnally & Josh Osborne "Body Like A Back Road"
Mike Henderson & Chris Stapleton "Broken Halos"
Jess Carson, Cameron Duddy, Shane McAnally, Josh Osborne & Mark Wystrach "Drinkin' Problem"
Jack Ingram, Miranda Lambert & Jon Randall "Tin Man"

Monday, November 27, 2017

2017 IFP Gotham Award Winners

Best Feature
Call Me By Your Name

Best Documentary
Strong Island

Best Actor
James Franco "The Disaster Artist"

Best Actress
Saoirse Ronan "Lady Bird"

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Jordan Peele "Get Out"

Breakthrough Actor
Timothée Chalamet "Call Me by Your Name"

Best Screenplay
Jordan Peele "Get Out"

Gotham Audience Award
Get Out

Breakthrough Series – Long Form
Atlanta

Breakthrough Series – Short Form
The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes

Special Gotham Jury Award
Cast of Mudbound

2018 Grammy Nomination Predictions

Before tomorrow's big announcement, here are my predictions in the general categories:

Album of the Year
Kendrick Lamar "DAMN."
Miranda Lambert "The Weight of These Wings"
Lorde "Melodrama"
Bruno Mars "24K Magic"
Ed Sheeran "Divide"

Record of the Year
Kesha "Praying"
Kendrick Lamar "Humble"
Bruno Mars "That's What I Like"
Ed Sheeran "Shape of You"
Taylor Swift "Look What You Made Me Do" 

Song of the Year
Better Man (Little Big Town)
Humble (Kendrick Lamar"
Million Reasons (Lady Gaga)
Praying (Kesha)
The Shape of You (Ed Sheeran)

Best New Artist
Alessia Clare
Khalid
Logic
Old Dominion
UPS

Friday, November 24, 2017

2017 Independent Film Spirit Award Nominations

These nominees will definitely bring much debate, but if you are the likes of Get Out, Lady Bird, and Call Me By Your Name, this was a good precursor for you!

Best Feature
Call Me by Your Name
The Florida Project
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Rider

Best Director
Jonas Carpignano, “A Ciambra”
Luca Guadagnino, “Call Me by Your Name”
Jordan Peele, “Get Out”
Sean Baker, “The Florida Project”
Benny and Josh Safdie, “Good Time”
Chloé Zhao, “The Rider

Best First Feature:
Columbus
Ingrid Goes West
Menashe
Oh Lucy
Patti Cake$

Best Female Lead
Salma Hayek, “Beatriz at Dinner”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Shinobu Terajima, “Oh Lucy”
Regina Williams, “Life and Nothing More”

Best Male Lead
Timothee Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”
Harris Dickinson, “Beach Rats”
James Franco, “The Disaster Artist”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
Robert Pattinson, “Good Time”

Best Supporting Female:
Holly Hunter, “The Big Sick”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Lois Smith, “Marjorie Prime”
Taliah Lennice Webster, “Good Time”

Best Supporting Male
Nnamdi Asomugha, “Crown Heights”
Armie Hammer, “Call Me by Your Name”
Barry Keoghan, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Bennie Safdie, “Good Time”

Best Screenplay
Lady Bird
The Lovers
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Get Out
Beatriz at Dinner

Best First Screenplay
Donald Cried
The Big Sick
Women Who Kill
Columbus
Ingrid Goes West

Best Cinematography
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Columbus
Beach Rats
Call Me by Your Name
The Rider

Best Editing
Good Time
Call Me by Your Name
The Rider
Get Out
I, Tonya

John Cassavetes Award
A Ghost Story
Dayveon
Life and Nothing More
Most Beautiful Island
The Transfiguration

Robert Altman Award
Mudbound

Best Documentary
The Departure
Faces Places
Last Men in Aleppo
Motherland
Quest

Best International Film
A Fantastic Woman
BPM
Lady Macbeth
I Am Not a Witch
Loveless

Piaget Producers Award
Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim
Ben LeClair
Summer Shelton

Annual Kiehl’s Someone to Watch Award
Amman Abassi, “Dayveon”
Justin Chon, “Gook”

Truer Than Fiction Award
Shevaun Mizrahi, “Distant Constellation”
Jonathan Olshefski, “Quest”
Jeff Unay, “Cage Figher”

Annual Bonnie Award
So Young Kim
Chloe Zhao
Lynn Shelton

2017 Producers Guild of America (PGA) Documentary Nominations

We should know soon the 15 finalists for this Oscar category, and I expect to see some of the same names as on this list:

Chasing Coral
City of Ghosts
Cries from Syria
Earth: One Amazing Day
Jane
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

Monday, November 20, 2017

The 49th Annual NAACP Image Award Nominations

Full list including more television, music, and literature at www.naacpimageawards.net/

The ceremony will be on the MLK Holiday: January 15th.

Full list on nominees:

Entertainer of the Year
Ava DuVernay
Bruno Mars
Chadwick Boseman
Chance the Rapper
Issa Rae
JAY-Z

MOVIES

Outstanding Motion Picture
Detroit
Get Out
Girls Trip
Marshall
Roman J. Israel, Esq.

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Algee Smith “Detroit”
Chadwick Boseman “Marshall”
Daniel Kaluuya “Get Out”
Denzel Washington “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”
Idris Elba “The Mountain Between Us”

Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture
Amandla Stenberg “Everything, Everything”
Danai Gurira “All Eyez on Me”
Halle Berry “Kidnap”
Natalie Paul “Crown Heights”
Octavia Spencer “Gifted”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Idris Elba “THOR: Ragnarok”
Laurence Fishburne “Last Flag Flying”
Lil Rel Howery “Get Out”
Nnamdi Asomugha “Crown Heights”
Sterling K. Brown “Marshall”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture
Audra McDonald “Beauty and the Beast”
Keesha Sharp “Marshall"
Regina Hall “Girls Trip"
Tessa Thompson “THOR: Ragnarok”
Tiffany Haddish “Girls Trip”

Outstanding Independent Motion Picture
Detroit
Last Flag Flying
Mudbound
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Wind River

Outstanding Film Documentary
I Called Him Morgan
STEP
Tell Them We Are Rising: The Story of Black Colleges and Universities
The Rape of Recy Taylor
Whose Streets?

Outstanding Writing in a Motion Picture
Dee Rees, Virgil Williams "Mudbound"
Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani “The Big Sick”
Jordan Peele “Get Out”
Kenya Barris, Tracy Oliver “Girls Trip”
Mark Boal “Detroit”

Outstanding Directing in a Motion Picture
Dee Rees “Mudbound”
Jordan Peele “Get Out”
Malcolm D. Lee “Girls Trip”
Reginald Hudlin “Marshall”
Stella Meghie “Everything, Everything”

TELEVISION

Outstanding Comedy Series
Ballers
black-ish
Dear White People
Insecure
Survivor’s Remorse

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series
Anthony Anderson "black-ish”
Aziz Ansari “Master of None”
Dwayne Johnson “Ballers”
Keegan-Michael Key “Friends from College”
RonReaco Lee “Survivor’s Remorse”

Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series
Danielle Brooks “Orange is the New Black”
Issa Rae “Insecure”
Loretta Devine “The Carmichael Show”
Niecy Nash “Claws”
Tracee Ellis Ross “black-ish ”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Ernie Hudson “Grace and Frankie”
Jay Ellis “Insecure”
John David Washington “Ballers”
Omar Miller “Ballers”
Tituss Burgess “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series
Leslie Jones “Saturday Night Live”
Marsai Martin “black-ish”
Tichina Arnold “Survivor’s Remorse”
Uzo Aduba “Orange is the New Black”
Yvonne Orji “Insecure”

Outstanding Drama Series
Greenleaf
Power
Queen Sugar
This Is Us
Underground

Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Kofi Siriboe “Queen Sugar”
Mike Colter “Marvel’s The Defenders”
Omari Hardwick “Power”
Sterling K. Brown “This Is Us ”
Terrence Howard “Empire”

Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series
Jurnee Smollett-Bell “Underground”
Kerry Washington “Scandal”
Rutina Wesley “Queen Sugar”
Taraji P. Henson “Empire”
Viola Davis "How to Get Away with Murder”

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series
Bryshere Gray "Empire”
Dondre Whitfield “Queen Sugar”
Joe Morton “Scandal”
Jussie Smollett “Empire”
Trai Byers “Empire”

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series
Lynn Whitfield "Greenleaf”
Naturi Naughton “Power”
Samira Wiley “The Handmaid’s Tale”
Susan Kelechi Watson “This Is Us”
Tina Lifford "Queen Sugar”

Outstanding Television Movie, Limited – Series or Dramatic Special
Flint
Shots Fired
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The New Edition Story
When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Bryshere Grey “The New Edition Story”
Idris Elba “Guerrilla”
Laurence Fishburne “Madiba”
Mack Wilds “Shots Fired”
Woody McClain “The New Edition Story”

Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Jill Scott “Flint”
Oprah Winfrey “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks"
Queen Latifah “Flint”
Regina King “American Crime”
Sanaa Lathan “Shots Fired”

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Anton Cropper “black-ish” – Juneteenth
Barry Jenkins “Dear White People” – Chapter 5
Justin Simien “Dear White People” – Chapter 1
Spike Lee “She’s Gotta Have It” – #NolasChoice
Ken Whittingham “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” – Kimmy Bites an Onion!

Outstanding Directing in a Dramatic Series
Carl Franklin “13 Reasons Why” – Tape 5, Side B
Ernest R. Dickerson “The Deuce” – Show and Prove
Gina Prince-Bythewood “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot
Jeffrey Byrd “Switched at Birth” – Occupy Truth
Jonathan Demme “Shots Fired” Hour Six: The Fire This Time

Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special
Allen Hughes “The Defiant Ones”
Chris Robinson "The New Edition Story” – Night 1
Codie Elaine Oliver “Black Love”
Kevin Hooks “Madiba ” – Night 2
Mark Ford “Biggie: The Life of Notorious B.I.G.”

Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series
Aziz Ansari "Master of None” – Thanksgiving
Janine Barrois “Claws” – Batsh*t
Justin Simien “Dear White People” – Chapter 1
Issa Rae “Insecure” – Hella Great
Issa Rae “Insecure” – Hella Perspective

Outstanding Writing in a Dramatic Series
Anthony Sparks "Queen Sugar” – What Do I Care for Morning
Ava DuVernay “Queen Sugar” – Dream Variations
Erica Anderson “Greenleaf” – The Bear
Gina Prince-Bythewood “Shots Fired” – Hour One: Pilot
Vera Herbert “This Is Us” – Still Here

Outstanding Writing in a Television Movie or Special
Abdul Williams “The New Edition Story” – Night Two
Alison McDonald “An American Girl Story: Summer Camp, Friends for Life”
Cas Sigers-Beedles “When Love Kills: The Falicia Blakely Story”
May Chan “An American Girl Story – Ivy & Julie 1976: A Happy Balance”
Peter Landesman, Alexander Woo, George C. Wolfe “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”

2017 American Music Award Winners

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Bruno Mars

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Niall Horan

COLLABORATION OF THE YEAR
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, “Despacito”

TOUR OF THE YEAR
Coldplay

VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Bruno Mars

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – POP/ROCK
Lady Gaga

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – POP/ROCK
Imagine Dragons

FAVORITE ALBUM – POP/ROCK
Bruno Mars, “24K Magic”

FAVORITE SONG – POP/ROCK
Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee feat. Justin Bieber, “Despacito”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Keith Urban

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – COUNTRY
Carrie Underwood

FAVORITE DUO OR GROUP – COUNTRY
Little Big Town

FAVORITE ALBUM – COUNTRY
Keith Urban, “Ripcord”

FAVORITE SONG – COUNTRY
Keith Urban, “Blue Ain’t Your Color”

FAVORITE ARTIST – RAP/HIP-HOP
Drake

FAVORITE ALBUM – RAP/HIP-HOP
Kendrick Lamar, “DAMN.”

FAVORITE SONG – RAP/HIP-HOP
DJ Khaled feat. Justin Bieber, Quavo, Chance the Rapper & Lil Wayne, “I’m The One”

FAVORITE MALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Bruno Mars

FAVORITE FEMALE ARTIST – SOUL/R&B
Beyonce

FAVORITE ALBUM – SOUL/R&B
Bruno Mars, “24K Magic”

FAVORITE SONG – SOUL/R&B
Bruno Mars, “That’s What I Like”

FAVORITE ARTIST – ALTERNATIVE ROCK
Linkin Park

FAVORITE ARTIST – ADULT CONTEMPORARY
Shawn Mendes

FAVORITE ARTIST – LATIN
Shakira

FAVORITE ARTIST – CONTEMPORARY INSPIRATIONAL
Lauren Daigle

FAVORITE ARTIST – ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC (EDM)
The Chainsmokers

TOP SOUNDTRACK
Moana

Sunday, November 19, 2017

First 2018 SAG Nomination Predictions - Film

Best Ensemble
Call Me By Your Name
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Actor
Timothee Chalamet "Call Me By Your Name"
Daniel Day-Lewis "Phantom Thread"
James Franco "The Disaster Artist"
Jake Gyllenhaal "Stronger"
Gary Oldman "Darkest Hour"

Best Actress
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 Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe "The Florida Project"
Armie Hammer "Call Me By Your Name"
Sam Rockwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Mark Rylance "Dunkirk"
Michael Stuhlbarg "Call Me By Your Name"

Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige "Mudbound"
Allison Janney "I, Tonya"
Melissa Leo "Novitiate"
Laurie Metcalf "Lady Bird"
Octavia Spencer "The Shape of Water"

Monday, November 13, 2017

First 2018 Golden Globe Film Predictions

Best Picture - Drama
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best Picture - Comedy/Musical
Battle of the Sexes
The Big Sick
Get Out
The Greatest Showman
Lady Bird

Best Actor - Drama
Timothee Chalamet "Call Me By Your Name"
Daniel Day-Lewis "Phantom Thread"
Jake Gyllenhaal "Stronger"
Tom Hanks "The Post"
Gary Oldman "Darkest Hour"

Best Actress - Drama
Annette Bening "Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool"
Jessica Chastain "Molly's Game"
Sally Hawkins "The Shape of Water"
Frances McDormand "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Meryl Streep "The Post"

Best Actor - Comedy/Musical
Steve Carell "Battle of the Sexes"
James Franco "The Disaster Artist"
Hugh Jackman "The Greatest Showman"
Daniel Kaluuya "Get Out"
Kumail Nanjiani "The Big Sick" 

Best Actress - Comedy/Musical
Judi Dench "Victoria and Abdul"
Margot Robbie "I, Tonya"
Saoirse Ronan "Lady Bird"
Emma Stone "Battle of the Sexes"
Emma Watson "Beauty and the Beast"

Best Director
Luca Guadagnino "Call Me By Your Name"
Joe Wright "Darkest Hour"
Christopher Nolan "Dunkirk"
Guillermo Del Toro "The Shape of Water"
Martin McDonagh "Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri"

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe "The Florida Project"
Armie Hammer "Call Me By Your Name"
Sam Rockwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Mark Rylance "Dunkirk"
Michael Stuhlberg "Call Me By Your Name"

Best Supporting Actress
Mary J. Blige "Mudbound"
Allison Janney "I, Tonya"
Laurie Metcalf "Lady Bird"
Octavia Spencer "The Shape of Water"
Kristin Scott Thomas "Darkest Hour"

Saturday, November 11, 2017

First 2018 Grammy Nomination Predictions

Album of the Year
Kendrick Lamar "DAMN."
Miranda Lambert "The Weight of These Wings"
Lorde "Melodrama"
Bruno Mars "24K"
Ed Sheeran "Divide"

Record of the Year
Kesha "Praying"
Kendrick Lamar "Humble"
Bruno Mars "That's What I Like"
Ed Sheeran "The Shape of You"
Taylor Swift "Look What You Made Me It"

Song of the Year
Taylor Swift "Better Man"
Kendrick Lamar and Michael Len Williams "Humble"
Lady Gaga, Hillary Lindsey, and Mark Ronson "Million Reasons"
Kesha, Ben Abraham, Andrew Joslyn, and Ryan Lewis "Praying"
Ed Sheeran, Steve Mac, Johnny McDaid, Kandi Burruss, Tameka Cottle, and Kevin Briggs "The Shape of You"

Best New Artist
Alessia Cara
Khalid
Logic
Old Dominion
SZA

Friday, November 10, 2017

Academy Announces 26 Animated Feature Submissions

“The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales”
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie”
“Cars 3”
“Cinderella the Cat”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“The Emoji Movie”
“Ethel & Ernest”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl without Hands”
“In This Corner of the World”
“The Lego Batman Movie”
“The Lego Ninjago Movie”
“Loving Vincent”
“Mary and the Witch’s Flower”
“Moomins and the Winter Wonderland”
“My Entire High School Sinking into the Sea”
“Napping Princess”
“A Silent Voice”
“Smurfs: The Lost Village”
“The Star”
“Sword Art Online: The Movie – Ordinal Scale”
“Window Horses The Poetic Persian Epiphany of Rosie Ming”

With this group, my current and first predictions in this category are:

The Breadwinner
Coco
In This Corner of the World
The Lego Batman Movie
Loving Vincent

Sunday, November 5, 2017

The 30th European Film Award Nominations

Winners will be announced December 9th!

Best European Film
BPM (Beats per Minute)
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Other Side of Hope
The Square

Best European Director
Ildiko Enyedi, "On Body and Soul”
Aki Kaurismaki, “The Other Side of Hope”
Yorgos Lanthimos, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”
Ruben Ostlund, “The Square”
Andrey Zvyagintsev, “Loveless”

Best European Actor
Claes Bang, “The Square”
Colin Farrell, "The Killing of a Sacred Deer”
Josef Hader, “Farewell to Europe”
Nahuel Pérez Biscayart, “BPM (Beats per Minute)”
Jean-Louis Trintignant, “Happy End”

Best European Actress
Paula Beer, “Frantz”
Juliette Binoche, “Bright Sunshine In”
Alexandra Borbely, “On Body and Soul”
Isabelle Huppert, “Happy End”
Florence Pugh, “Lady Macbeth”

Best European Documentary
Austerlitz
Communion
La Chana
Stranger in Paradise
The Good Postman

Best European Animated Feature
Ethel & Ernest
Louise by the Shore
Loving Vincent
Zombillenium

Best European Comedy
King of The Belgians
The Square
Vincent and The End of The World
Welcome to Germany

Best European Screenwriter
Ildiko Enyedi, “On Body and Soul”
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthymis Filippou, “The Killing of a Sacred Deer”
Ruben Ostlund, “The Square”
Oleg Negin and Andrey Zvyagintsev, “Loveless”
François Ozon, “Frantz”

Friday, November 3, 2017

2nd Critics Choice Documentary Awards

Best Documentary
Jane

Best Director 
(TIE) Evgeny Afineevsky (Cries from Syria) and Frederick Wiseman (Ex Libris: The New York Public Library)

Best First Documentary
Kedi

Best Political Documentary
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail

Best Sports Documentary
Icarus

Best Music Documentary
Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives

Best Song in a Documentary
“Jump” (Step) – written by Raphael Saadiq, Taura Stinson and Laura Karpman, performed by Cynthia Erivo

Best Documentary Series
The Vietnam War

Best Ongoing Documentary Series
American Masters

Most Innovative Documentary
(TIE) Dawson City: Frozen Time and Last Men in Aleppo

Thursday, November 2, 2017

International Documentary Association (IDA) Award Nominations

Best Feature
City of Ghosts
Dina
Faces Places
LA 92
Strong Island 

Best Short
Edith+Eddie
The Fight
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Long Shot
Mr. Connolly has ALS
The Rabbit Hunt

Pare Lorentz Award
Watani: My Homeland
Intent to Destroy

ABC News VideoSource Award
Blood On The Mountain
Elián
Icarus
LA 92
Obit

Best Curated Series Award
American Experience
Dokumania
Independent Lens
POV
Reel South

Best Limited Series Award
Daughters of Destiny
The Defiant Ones
The Keepers
The Vietnam War
TIME: The Kalief Browder Story

Best Episodic Series Award
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Chef’s Table
Leah Remini: Scientology and the Aftermath
MARS
Planet Earth II

Best Short Form Series Award
Field of Vision
Shorts on Time
The Guardian documentaries
The New York Times Op-Docs
The Secret Life of Muslims

David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award
Believers (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Chomo (National Film and Television School – United Kingdom)
How To Make A Pearl (UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism)
Man on Fire (University of Texas, Austin)
Room 140 (Stanford University)

Creative Recognition Award Winners

Best Cinematography
Machines

Best Editing
Dawson City: Frozen Time

Best Music
Brimstone and Glory

Best Writing
Donkeyote

2017 British Independent Film Award Nominations

Best British Independent Film
The Death of Stalin
God's Own Country
I Am Not a Witch
Lady Macbeth
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Best International Independent Film
The Florida Project
Get Out
I Am Not Your Negro
Loveless
The Square

Best Director
Armando Iannucci "The Death of Stalin"
Francis Lee "God’s Own Country"
Martin McDonagh "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Runago Nyoni "I Am Not a Witch"
William Oldroyd "Lady Macbeth"

Best Screenplay
Alice Birth "Lady Macbeth"
Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, and Ian Martin "The Death of Stalin"
Francis Lee "God's Own Country"
Martin McDonagh "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Rungano Nyoni "I Am Not a Witch"

Best Actress
Emily Beecham "Daphne"
Frances McDormand "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Margaret Mulubwa "I Am Not a Witch"
Florence Pugh "Lady Macbeth"
Ruth Wilson "Dark River"

Best Actor
Jamie Bell "Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool"
Paddy Considine "Journeyman"
Johnny Harris "Jawbone"
Josh O'Connor "God's Own Country"
Alec Secareanu "God's Own Country"

Best Supporting Actress
Naomi Ackie "Lady Macbeth"
Patricia Clarkson "The Party"
Kelly MacDonald "Goodbye Christopher Robin"
Andrea Riseborough "The Death of Stalin"
Julie Walters "Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool"

Best Supporting Actor
Simon Russell Beale "The Death of Stalin"
Steve Buscemi "The Death of Stalin"
Woody Harrelson "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"
Ian Hart "God’s Own Country"
Sam Rockwell "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri"

Most Promising Newcomer
Naomi Ackie "Lady Macbeth"
Harry Gilby "Just Charlie"
Cosmo Jarvis "Lady Macbeth"
Harry Michell "Chubby Funny
Lily Newmark "Pin Cushion"

Best Debut Director
Deborah Haywood "Pin Cushion"
Francis Lee "God's Own Country"
Thomas Napper "Jawbone"
Rungano Nyoni "I Am Not a Witch"
William Oldroyd "Lady Macbeth"

Debut Screenwriter
Alice Birch "Lady Macbeth"
Gaby Chiappe "Their Finest"
Johnny Harris "Jawbone"
Francis Lee "God’s Own Country"
Rungano Nyoni "I Am Not a Witch"

Breakthrough Producer
Gavin Humphries "Pin Cushion"
Emily Morgan "I Am Not a Witch"
Brendan Mullin and Katy Jackson "Bad Day for the Cut"
Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly "Lady Macbeth"
Jack Tarling and Manon Ardisson "God’s Own Country"

The Discovery Award
Even When I Fall
Halfway
In Another Life
Isolani R
My Pure Land

Best Documentary
Almost Heaven
Half Way
Kingdom of Us
Uncle Howard
Williams

Best British Short Film
1745
The Entertainer
Fish Story
Work
Wren Boys

Best Cinematography
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
I Am Not a Witch
Jawbone
Leaning Into the Wind
Lady Macbeth

Best Casting
Lady Macbeth
God’s Own Country
The Death of Stalin
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Best Costume Design
My Cousin Rachel
The Death of Stalin
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
I Am Not a Witch
Lady Macbeth

Best Editing
Williams
Jawbone
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
The Death of Stalin
Us and Them

Best Effects
The Ritual
Journeyman
The Death of Stalin
Double Date
Their Finest

Best Make Up & Hair Design
I Am Not a Witch
Breathe
Journeyman
The Death of Stalin
Lady Macbeth

Best Music
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Leaning into the Wind
I Am Not a Witch
Jawbone
The Death of Stalin

Best Production Design
Lady Macbeth
The Death of Stalin
Final Portrait
I Am Not a Witch
Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool

Best Sound
God’s Own Country
I Am Not a Witch
Jawbone
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Breathe