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The three stars stand awkwardly close while grinning on this uncomfortable poster for Steve Kloves' The Fabulous Baker Boys
Two piano-playing brothers in Seattle are forced to reinvent their jazz act and decide to add a sexy escort as a singer, SPOILER who naturally embarks on a relationship with one of them, and there's the trouble.
The Fabulous Baker Boys is written and directed by debuting Steve Kloves (Wonder Boys (2000), screenplay). For me it is a tedious downer; though it was highly praised by critics at its release. It feels pseudo-sophisticated and is filled with mellow jazz. Michelle Pfeiffer (Grease 2 (1982)) plays the sexpot singer, and she was practically worshiped for her sexual radiance, which to me, - although I like her as an actress, - is not earth-shattering here, (she is way sexier in Tim Burton's masterpiece Batman Returns (1992) in my opinion.) Kloves' script is not believable and not thought through on more than one occasion here. The story is driven by some torpid characters, especially Jeff Bridges' (Pablo (2012)) Jack. The trio seem like they are slumbering through quite a few scenes, and not many scenes stand out for good, but those that do are: SPOILER Bridges going amuck at a charity show; the brothers starting a fight; and Bridges and Pfeiffer reconnecting in the end. The Fabulous Baker Boys is way overrated; it is overall a poor film.
Cost: 11.5 mil. $ Box office: 18.4 mil. $ (North America only) = Uncertain [The Fabulous Baker Boys was released 13 October (USA) and runs 114 minutes. Only 3 years after Kloves' script was acquired was the film green-lit. Pfeiffer trained voraciously to be able to do her own singing in the film. Shooting took place from December 1988 - March 1989 in Seattle, Washington and in California, including Los Angeles. The film opened #6 to a 3.3 mil. $ first weekend in North America, where it declined from then. The film's international gross numbers are not made public. If it made 25 mil. $ total, it would rate as a flop, but if it made 30 mil. $, it would count as a box office success; both scenarios are possible. The film was nominated for 4 Oscars, winning none: It lost Best Actress to Jessica Tandy in Driving Miss Daisy, Cinematography (Michael Ballhaus) to Freddie Francis for Glory, Editing to Born on the Fourth of July and Score (Dave Grusin) to Alan Menken for The Little Mermaid. The film won 1/2 Golden Globe nominations, 1/3 BAFTA noms, a Grammy, 2 National Board of Review awards and many other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 3.5/4 star review, translating to 3 notches higher than this review. Kloves returned with Flesh and Bone (1993). J. Bridges returned in Texasville (1990); his co-star big brother Beau Bridges (Stargate SG-1 (2005-07)) in Just Another Secret (1989, TV movie) and theatrically in The Wizard (1989); Pfeiffer in The Russia House (1990). The Fabulous Baker Boys is fresh at 96 % with a 7.41/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.] What do you think of The Fabulous Baker Boys?
+ Best Connecticut Movie of the Year + Best Melodrama of the Year + Best Period Movie of the Year + Best Screen Couple of the Year: Julianne Moore & Dennis Haysbert
Julianne Moore in neat 1950s attire makes up the majority of this simple poster for Todd Haynes' Far from Heaven
The Whitakers are viewed as societal pillars in their plush suburban community of Hartford, Connecticut in the 1950s, - but that image of them is about to crack: There are troubles in paradise.
Far from Heaven is written and directed by Californian master filmmaker Todd Haynes (Carol (2015)) as his 4th feature. Featuring both homosexual and racial themes of suppression, racism and bigotry, Far from Heaven is also a celebration of - and an entry in - the melodrama genre, which rides ahead here in sumptuously beautiful images, (cinematography by Edward Lachman (Life during Wartime (2009)).) The costumes and sets are also top notch, adding to the intense satisfaction of watching the film. It has superb performances from Dennis Quaid (The Alamo (2004)), Dennis Haysbert (Mr. Baseball (1992)) and particularly Julianne Moore (Bel Canto (2018)), who is also divinely beautiful as the really good housewife protagonist. Elmer Bernstein's (Frankie Starlight (1995)) score is a truly great one, a booming and piercing work of brilliance. SPOILER Far from Heaven doesn't go the last mile with a kiss at the railway station between the miserable, wronged wife and her secret love the colored gardener (Haysbert), which is a shame. Nevertheless this film is a precious treasure that can be seen again and again.
Cost: 13.5 mil. $ Box office: 29 mil. $ = Flop (returned 2.14 times its cost) [Far from Heaven premiered 2 September (Venice Film Festival, Italy) and runs 107 minutes. Haynes was inspired by the 1950s melodramas of Douglas Sirk as well as Rainer Werner Fassbinder's melodrama masterpiece Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974) in determining the film's style and narrative. Shooting took place in New Jersey in and around October 2001. The film opened #30 to a 211k $ first weekend in 6 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #11 and in 286 theaters, grossing 15.9 mil. $ (54.8 % of the total gross). The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets were Italy with 2.6 mil. $ (9 %) and the UK with 2 mil. $ (6.9 %). The film was nominated for 4 Oscars, winning none: It lost Best Actress to Nicole Kidman in The Hours, Original Screenplay to Pedro Almodóvar for Talk to Her, Cinematography to Conrad L. Hall for Road to Perdition and Score to Elliot Goldenthal for Frida. It was also nominated for 4 Golden Globes, a European Film award, won 5/5 nominations for Independent Spirit awards, 2 National Board of Review awards, 4 awards in Venice and several other honors. Roger Ebert gave it a 4/4 star review, translating to a notch higher than this one. Haynes returned with music video Sonic Youth: Disappearer (2004) and theatrically with I'm Not There (2007). Moore returned in masterpiece The Hours (2002), Haysbert in 8 short, video, video game, TV and animated projects before he returned physically in a feature in Jarhead (2005), Quaid in Cold Creek Manor (2003). Far from Heaven is certified fresh at 88 % with an 8.11/1o critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.] What do you think of Far from Heaven?
Commanding stars Viggo Mortensen and Mahershala Ali are caught in a beautiful and striking picture on this iconic poster for Peter Farrelly's Green Book
In 1962, New York's Copacabana nightclub's renovation cuts its chief bouncer Tony 'Lip' from his job for a couple of months, and without financial security for his family, he looks out an opportunity to work as a chauffeur for a genius pianist of color, who is determined to go on a concert tour in the segregated deep south. Green Book is written by Nick Vallelonga (Choker (2005)), Brian Hayes Currie (Two Tickets to Paradise (2006)) and its great Pennsylvanian co-writer/co-producer/director Peter Farrelly (The Heartbreak Kid (2007)). It is based on the true story of Doctor Don Shirley's tour to the south and his friendship with his driver/bodyguard Tony Vallelonga in 1962. The title refers to a special green handbook sold to black travelers at the time, which denoted hotels and restaurants in the American south, which were allowed for colored patrons. The film is a joy to watch from start to end; it strikes a particular, crowd-pleasing balance between light-hearted, cultural-centered fun and universal human issues seriousness. Farrelly's grasp on comedy has been proven through his straight comedies for decades, (with his brother Bobby Farrelly he has regaled comedy fans with such classics as Dumb and Dumber (1994), Kingpin (1996) and There's Something about Mary (1998)), and this proves a golden ingredient here in what could have otherwise been a didactic race-tension drama. A couple of world class actors are up to the task in a major way, and Viggo Mortensen (A Perfect Murder (1998)) and Mahershala Ali (The Wronged Man (2010, TV movie)) both bring humanity, lightness and very dedicated performances to the film, making it a complete standout. Linda Cardellini (New Girl (2014, TV-series)) is also a joy as Tony's knowing, precious wife. The film has a wealth of strong source music and is elegant filmmaking without a touch of pretense. It honors its story of friendship and human improvement through interaction and friendship, overcoming racism and bigotry, and it dares to be uplifting and plant a seed of optimism in its audiences. For this reason crowds across the globe are embracing and loving Green Book, - and bitter pundits are throwing demeaning white savior puns and other petty trash at this fine film, which is likely to outlive all of their animosity. Green Book has a simple, decent power that people seek at any given time. And it is also the most auspicious Best Picture Oscar winner since Steve McQueen's masterpiece 12 Years a Slave (2012).
Cost: 23 mil. $ Box office: 240.4 mil. $ and counting = Mega-hit (has returned 10.45 times its cost by now) [Green Book premiered 11 September (Toronto International Film Festival, Ontario) and runs 130 minutes. Tony Vallelonga's son Nick Vallelonga co-wrote the script and did interviews with Shirley before his passing in 2013. Mortensen gained 40-50 pounds for his performance. Shooting took place in New York and Louisiana, including New Orleans. The film opened #22 to a 320k $ first weekend in 25 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #6 and in 2,648 cinemas and has grossed 78.3 mil. $ to date. The 2nd and 3rd biggest markets to date are China with 17.2 mil. $ and France with 10.2 mil. $. The film has one market yet to open: Bulgaria on 15 March. Shirley's family have objected to the film, but Vallelonga has said that Shirley approved what he put in the screenplay. The film won 3 Oscars, for Best Picture, Supporting Actor (Ali) and Original Screenplay, losing Actor (Mortensen) to Rami Malek for Bohemian Rhapsody and Editing also to Bohemian Rhapsody. It also won 3/5 Golden Globe nominations, 1/4 BAFTAs, an AFI award, 2 National Board of Review awards and several other honors. IMDb's users have voted the film in at #126 on its Top 250, sitting between Ikiru (1952) and Raging Bull (1980). Farrelly has returned with Loudermilk (2017-18, TV-series), and doesn't have a theatrical followup announced yet. Mortensen returns in Unabomb and Falling, Ali in Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) with a voice performance and in the flesh in Room 104 (2018, TV-series) and theatrically in Alita: Battle Angel (2019). Green Book is certified fresh at 78 % with a 7.24/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.] What do you think of Green Book?
An eerie, feature-filled, handcrafted poster for James Whale's Frankenstein, which is beautiful and distinctly from a bygone era
The people around Dr. Frankenstein worry about him, but his greatest experiment is almost done; he is daring to reanimate life! Frankenstein, directed by great English filmmaker James Whale (Show Boat (1936)), has a complex list of authorship: Based most directly on the same-titled 1818 novel by Mary Shelley (Mathilda (1819)), it also is inspired by the same-titled play by Peggy Webling (Verses to Men (1920, novel)) and a composition by John L. Balderston (Gaslight (1944, screenplay)). It is written by Garrett Fort (Private Scandal (1934)) and Francis Edward Faragoh (Too Young to Marry (1931)), with uncredited contributions by John Russell (Dangerous Money (1924)) and Robert Florey (A Study in Scarlet (1933)) and editing writer's work by Richard Schayer (Apache Rifles (1964, story)). The film is fascinating right off the bat; its staging is accomplished, featuring unforgettable photography (by cinematographers Arthur Edeson (The Fighting O'Flynn (1949)) and Paul Ivano (The Lawless Years (1959-61))), production design and iconographic makeup. The acting is seamless; in particular Boris Karloff (The Mummy (1932)) as the kind monster and Colin Clive (Jane Eyre (1934)) as its tormented creator stand out, but also Frederick Kerr (The Lifeguardsman (1916)) as Frankenstein Sr., who is hilarious and breathes life into the film's luminous character. Frankenstein is ripe with heavy themes; life, death, the sanctity of life, - and God. I only grasp without luck for some music in this distinguished classic, as well as for a bit longer running time, - since the story and execution could no doubt support it.
Cost: 262k $ Box office: 1.4 mil. $ (1932, rentals, likely just North America) = Uncertain, but at least a big hit (returned in excess of 5.34 times its cost) [Frankenstein was released 21 November (USA) and runs 71 minutes. Following the success of Dracula (1931), Universal were eager to make more lucrative horror pictures, and Whale was reportedly offered his choice of 30 adaptations, of which he chose Frankenstein. Shooting took place in California, including Los Angeles, and mainly in Universal's studio, from August - October 1931. The film was subject to censorship; the drowning girl scene was cut in half in some regions, and blasphemy objections were also levied against the film. It has been restored to its full length since. The film's full box office gross is not known for sure; one dubious Internet outlet lists it at 12 mil. $, (without anything to back it up.) Frankenstein returned in Bride of Frankenstein (1935), also by Whale and with Karloff. Whale returned first with The Impatient Maiden (1932). Mae Clarke (Broken Arrow (1957, TV-series)) returned in Three Wise Girls (1932), John Boles (Road to Happiness (1941)) in Good Sport (1931), Karloff in Tonight or Never (1931) and Clive in The Stronger Sex (1931). Frankenstein is certified fresh at 100 % with an 8.67/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.] What do you think of Frankenstein?
+ Best Returning TV-series of the Year + Best Sitcom of the Year
All the regular cast members return - and look glamorous in matching dark outfits on this photo for David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee's Frasier season 5
We have come to the 5th season of my sitcom favorite by creators David Angell, Peter Casey and David Lee (Wings (1990-97), all). The season feels a lot like 'business-as-usual' in Frasier-land. The following contains SPOILERS:
The big news in the 24 episode-long batch is that Seattle therapist radio host Frasier's (Kelsey Grammer (Cheers (1984-93))) brother, another eminent although regularly practicing psychologist in the rainy city, Niles Crane (David Hyde Pierce (The Powers That Be (1992-93))), finally does break up with his ever-talked-about-but-never-seen nightmare of a society wife Maris (in the epic episode 13: The Maris Counselor). Frasier's ex-wife Lilith visits (in episode 15: Room Service), and has a short affair with Niles. Later Niles' infatuation with his father's live-in English physical therapist Daphne (Jane Leeves (Mr. Belvedere (1989, TV-series))), which have gone on for several seasons now, starts to get a bit painful to watch. Frasier's producing partner Roz Doyle also sees progress, though, as she becomes pregnant in the season, (but stays characteristically single.) This gives Peri Gilpin (Only Humans (2018)) a welcome opportunity to show some more range in the part of Roz, like when Frasier, - himself a father to son Frederick, who lives with his mother far away, - decides to give some touching parenting advice (in episode 4: The Kid.) Roz gives birth in connection to an ill-lucked singles' party that Niles throws (in episode 22: The Life of the Party), and gives birth to a beautiful girl, Alice. The show finds its way out into the actual Seattle (the only time it happens in the series' run, except for through setting shots of Seattle landmarks) (in episode 5: 1000th Show), in which Frasier is kept from participating in his own Crane day and helps a chauffeur with his personal problems instead, (a bit far-fetched.) The brothers' retired cop father Martin (John Mahoney (Say Anything... (1989))) also sees some development: He makes a decision to leave his girlfriend Sherry (in episode 11: Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do), and in a really good moment, Frasier, just on the verge of articulating another advice for his dear father, decides to shut up instead. Frasier himself doesn't go through anything dramatically altering in season 5: He sponsors a crane in the zoo and switches agent a few times (in episode 12: The Zoo Story), and desperately tries to leave his building on his birthday to go out on another date (in funny episode 23: Party, Party).
As the long list of best episodes below testifies to, Frasier still is a comedic knockout. Grammer and especially Pierce here are eminent in its mix of intellectual and physical comedy. It is still a wonderful sitcom with wonderful characters. Best episodes:
1: Frasier's Imaginary Friend - Written by Rob Greenberg (Bad Haircut (2001, TV movie)); directed by Lee
Begins right where season 4 ended on a trip to Mexico. Full of energy, it concerns Frasier's unexpected scoring of a top model/geologist. 3: Halloween - Written by Suzanne Martin (Will & Grace (2017-18)); directed by Pamela Fryman (Two and a Half Men (2004-05))
An entanglement episode in which the season's second big event is revealed: Roz is pregnant with the child of a very young man, - and she means to keep it.
6: Voyage of the Damned - Written by Jeffrey Richman (Stacked (2005-06)); directed by Fryman
Maris commits adultery on a commercial cruise that Frasier has been booked on. Hilarious episode.
7: My Fair Frasier - Written by Jay Kogen (Henry Danger (2015-16)); directed by Jeff Melman (Ugly Betty (2007, TV-series))
Frasier is the subjugated in a relationship to a businesswoman. A cleverly written and very funny episode.
9. Perspectives on Christmas - Written by Christopher Lloyd (Flushed Away (2006)); directed by Lee
Another wildly successful Christmas episode: Everyone complains about their horrid holiday experiences to a masseuse. - A lot better than it sounds!
10: Where Every Bloke Knows Your Name - Written by Rob Hanning (Hawaii Five-O (2016-19)); directed by Melman
Frasier offends England; a very funny episode about Daphne's regular pub hangout. 14: The Ski Lodge - Written by Joe Keenan (Out of Practice (2005-06)); directed by Lee
A fantastically funny comedy of customs episode, in which everyone falls for the wrong persons. 18: Bad Dog - Written by Martin; directed by Fryman
One of the season's very best: At a robbery at the Crane's hangout Café Nervosa, another of the radio station's personalities, Bulldog Briscoe acts highly selfishly, and is saluted for it due to a misunderstanding, at the following radio awards show, - but his true behavior is then revealed.
24: Sweet Dreams - Written by Kogen; directed by Sheldon Epps (George Lopez (2006-07))
Daphne is arrested at a demonstration. Through a mass of missteps, Frasier manages to get every one at his workplace radio station KACL fired and the station turned into a latino themed outlet instead. A very funny episode. Related posts:
Watch a video here that visits the Frasier set and centers on the animal trainer of the show's regular dog Moose who plays Eddie
Cost: Unknown
Box office: None - TV series
= Uncertain - but certainly a TV hit
[Frasier season 5 was first shown from 23 September 1997 - 19 May 1998 on NBC, and it
spans 24 episodes of an average 22 minutes, totaling approximately 528
minutes. Shooting
took place in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with establishing shots from
Seattle, Washington, and one episode with parts shot in Seattle. The series' cost grew during its run, and the cost
per episode at its closure after 11 seasons was reportedly 5.2 mil. $
(124.8 mil. $ for the 24 episodes), of which 60 % went to its regular
stars, of which Grammer commanded an impressive 1.6 mil. $
(amounting to 38.4 mil. $ for the season). Still, with syndication,
foreign sales, home video etc., the series was likely a great asset for
NBC. The season's rating's lowest (episode 22: The Life of the Party) was 15.6 mil. US viewers and its highest (episode 1: Frasier's Imaginary Friend)
was 21.5 mil..
The season rose in its Nielsen ratings ranking from season 4's #16 ranking to #10, tied with Home Improvement. The
season won 4/11 Emmy noms, was nominated for 2 Golden Globes and many other honors. The 6th season started showing in
September 1998. Grammer at the time also starred in The Pentagon Wars (1998, TV movie), The Real Howard Spitz (1998) and Just Shoot Me (1998, TV-series). 65,699 IMDb users have given Frasier an 8.1/10 average rating.]
+ Best Movie of the Year + Best Colombian Movie of the Year + Best Drug Movie of the Year + Best Poster of the Year + Most Under-Appreciated Movie of the Year
As if fronting a tapestry of mystery, spirituality, greed and death, this warm, depth-filled poster for Cristina Gallego and Ciro Guerra's Birds of Passage is a standout
In 1960s Colombia, a traditional Indian Wayuu people embark on a radical change, as a new husband to a young woman of the tribe endeavors on a lucrative trade of Marijuana with some visiting Yankees. Birds of Passage is written by Maria Camila Arias (Candelaria (2017)) and Jacques Toulemonde Vidal (Anna (2015)) based on an idea from its directors, debuting co-producer/director Cristina Gallego (Cecilia (2012), producer) and Colombian master filmmaker Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent/El Abrazo de la Serpiente (2015)), whose 4th film it is. Like Guerra's previous film Embrace of the Serpent, which Gallego also produced, Birds of Passage narrows in on the radical changes that Colombian people and culture have undergone in the 20th century, dictated by the onslaught of foreigners, finding of natural resources, namely drugs, human greed and violence. Whereas Serpent looked at the early part of the century along the Amazon river's rubber plantations and indigenous tribes, Birds of Passage begins around 1960 and trails the burgeoning drug industry's effect on another indigenous Indian people. It is, unlike the B/W of Serpent, shot in rich colors by David Gallego (I Am Not a Witch (2017)), and it also doesn't go down the spiritual, psychedelic route of that film. Birds of Passage is a remarkable epos of the human condition; it is structured and plotted like an excellent gangster or western film, but it seems to transcend these genres and make something that is more comparable to a Greek myth: ancient and forever fresh, the filmmakers succeed in getting us intimately involved with their characters, while also zooming out from their portrait to such a degree where their existence as human 'birds of passage' (like us) becomes striking and profound, fickle and fateful at the same time. Miguel Schverdfinger's (Cesar Chavez (2014)) editing is perfect. And from the uniformly strong performances in the film, two should be singled out: Debuting film actor José Acosta's turn as the story's protagonist Rapayet, the local leader in the increasing Marijuana trade, but a leader who makes unsound and weak decisions at key moments, - yet who remains sympathetic through Acosta's great performance. And Carmiña Martínez (Dirty Habits/Hábitos Sucios (2003)) as Rapayet's forceful, decisive mother-in-law Úrsula, who can hear what is to be done, spoken by birds conveniently arriving in her vicinity. When a film arrives from very far away and deals with old, strange and unfamiliar culture and traditions yet tells a story, which remains perfectly intelligible and somehow logical on every level throughout, it can be an immense joy to experience, especially if that film also has depth and something intelligent to say. Such a film is Birds of Passage.
Cost: Unknown Box office: In excess of 1 mil. $ and counting = Uncertain (but likely a mega-flop) [Birds of Passage premiered 9 May (Cannes Film Festival, Quinzane section) and runs 125 minutes. It was shot in Colombia. The film opened #56 to a 23k $ first weekend in 2 theaters in North America, where it peaked at #51 and in 10 theaters and grossed disappointing 101k $. So far North America is the 2nd biggest market for the film as made public yet. Biggest is its main production country Colombia with 831k $, followed as 3rd biggest by Norway with 35k $. It is poise to open in 4 more markets: Luxembourg, the Netherlands (7 March) and Romania (15 March) and France (10 April). Gallego doesn't have an upcoming directing project; Guerra returns with his first English-language project, Waiting for the Barbarians (2020), starring Johnny Depp and Robert Pattinson. Birds of Passage is certified fresh at 93 % with a 7.86/10 critical average at Rotten Tomatoes.] What do you think of Birds of Passage?
The 91st Academy Awards are over, and what a night. Adam Lambert and Queen opened with a rock performance followed by comedic trio Maya Rudolph, Tina Fey and Amy Pohler, who cracked a few jokes about not being hosts. The hostless part of the event, - the first time it has happened since some time in the 1980s, - turned out fine, as presenters, orchestra and announcers made the evening flow seamlessly, (and who doesn't remember the many duds in the hosting department of just the last decade? (Neil Patrick Harris, James Franco/Anne Hathaway, Seth McFarlane ...)) The night's biggest moment was undoubtedly Olivia Colman's surprise win for Best Actress, - winning over long due favorite Glenn Close, - and particularly Colman's hilarious, absolutely flabbergasted acceptance speech, (check it out on Youtube if you didn't see the awards.) Other great moments include Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper's duet performance of Shallow from A Star Is Born, the song's win and Lady Gaga's emotional speech, Regina King's emotional acceptance speech, and Spike Lee finally receiving an Oscar, for co-writing BlacKkKlansman. - Although he was still able to sour to the academy and show a remarkable lack of tact and grace at protesting Green Book's Best Picture win over his own film. - Not every moment is about you, Lee! Bohemian Rhapsody made most gold with 4 Oscars; Green Book, Black Panther and Roma followed with 3 each.
My predictions proved unimpressive this year, as I had only 11/21 correct (52 %), (I don't predict in the 3 short film categories), which is down from 14 last year. Here is my record in this field: 2014
(7 correct/33 % - worst prediction), 2015 (13 correct/62 %), 2016 (16
correct/76 % - best prediction), 2017 (11 correct/52 %) and 2018 (14
correct/66 %). Here is how the awards fell out: Red marks the film or performer/s that I predicted would win the Oscar, while Film Excess favorite marks my personal favorite in each category. Winner marks the actual winner/s of the Oscar. Best Visual Effects: Avengers: Infinity War Christopher Robin First Man Film Excess favoriteWinner Ready Player One Solo: A Star Wars Story
Best Film Editing: BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody Winner The Favourite Green BookFilm Excess favorite Vice
Bost Costume Design The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Black Panther Winner The Favourite Film Excess favorite Mary Poppins Returns Mary Queen of Scots
Best Makeup and Hairstyling Border Mary Queen of Scots ViceFilm Excess favorite Winner
Best Cinematography Cold War - Lukasz Zal Film Excess favorite The Favourite - Robbie Ryan Never Look Away - Caleb Deschanel Roma - Alfonso Cuarón Winner A Star Is Born - Matthew Libatique
Best Production Design Black Panther Winner The Favourite First Man Film Excess favorite Mary Poppins Returns Roma
Best Sound Mixing Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody Winner First Man Roma A Star Is Born Film Excess favorite
Best Sound Editing Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody Winner First Man A Quiet Place Film Excess favorite Roma
Best Original Song All the Stars - Black Panther I'll Fight - RBG The Place Where Lost Things Go - Marry Poppins Returns Shallow - A Star Is Born Film Excess favorite Winner When a Cowboy Trades His Spurs for Wings - The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Best Original Score Black Panther - Ludwig Göransson Winner BlacKkKlansman - Terence Blanchard If Beale Street Could Talk - Nicholas BritellFilm Excess favorite Isle of Dogs - Alexandre Desplat Mary Poppins Returns - Marc Shaiman
Best Documentary - Feature Free Solo Film Excess favorite Winner Hale Country This Morning, This Evening Minding the Gap Of Fathers and Sons RBG Best Foreign Language Film Capernaum (Lebanon) - Ladine Labaki Film Excess favorite Cold War (Poland) - Pawel Pawlikowski Never Look Away (Germany) - Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Roma (Mexico) - Alfonso Cuarón Winner Shoplifters (Japan) - Hirokazu Kore-eda
Best Animated Feature Film Incredibles 2 Isle of Dogs Mirai Ralph Breaks the Internet Spider-Man: Into the Spider-VerseFilm Excess favorite Winner Best Adapted Screenplay The Ballad of Buster Scruggs - Joel and Ethan Coen BlacKkKlansman - Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott, Spike Lee Winner Can You Ever Forgive Me? - Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty If Beale Street Could Talk - Barry Jenkins Film Excess favorite A Star Is Born - Eric Roth, Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters
Best Original Screenplay The Favourite - Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara First Reformed - Paul Shrader Film Excess favorite Green Book - Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie, Peter Farrelly Winner Roma - Alfonso Cuarón Vice - Adam McKay Best Supporting Actress Amy Adams - Vice Film Excess favorite Marina de Tavira - Roma Regina King - If Beale Street Could Talk Winner Emma Stone - The Favourite Rachel Weisz - The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor Mahershala Ali - Green BookFilm Excess favorite Winner Adam Driver - BlacKkKlansman Sam Elliott - A Star Is Born Richard E. Grant - Can You Ever Forgive Me? Sam Rockwell - Vice Best Actress Yalitza Aparicio - Roma Glenn Close - The Wife Olivia Colman - The Favourite Film Excess favorite Winner Lady Gaga - A Star Is Born Melissa McCarty - Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Best Actor Christian Bale - Vice Bradley Cooper - A Star Is Born Film Excess favorite Willem Dafoe - At Eternity's Gate Rami Malek - Bohemian Rhapsody Winner Viggo Mortensen - Green Book Best Director Spike Lee - BlacKkKlansman Film Excess favorite Pawel Pawlikowski - Cold War Yorgos Lanthimos - The Favourite Alfonso Cuarón - Roma Winner Adam McKay - Vice
Best Picture Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Bohemian Rhapsody The Favourite Green Book Winner Roma A Star Is Born Film Excess favorite Vice
