OSCAR NOMINATIONS
(Last Update: 1/24/12)
BEST PICTURE
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
- The Help
- Hugo
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- The Tree of Life
- War Horse
BEST DIRECTOR
- Woody Allen (Midnight in Paris)
- Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
- Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
- Alexander Payne (The Descendants)
- Martin Scorsese (Hugo)
BEST ACTOR
- Demián Bichir (A Better Life)
- George Clooney (The Descendants)
- Jean Dujardin (The Artist)
- Gary Oldman (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy)
- Brad Pitt (Moneyball)
BEST ACTRESS
- Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs)
- Viola Davis (The Help)
- Rooney Mara (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo)
- Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
- Michelle Williams (My Week with Marilyn)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Kenneth Branagh (My Week with Marilyn)
- Jonah Hill (Moneyball)
- Nick Nolte (Warrior)
- Christopher Plummer (Beginners)
- Max von Sydow (Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Bérénice Bejo (The Artist)
- Jessica Chastain (The Help)
- Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
- Janet McTeer (Albert Nobbs)
- Octavia Spencer (The Help)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Descendants (Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash)
- The Ides of March (George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon)
- Hugo (John Logan)
- Moneyball (Stan Chervin, Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian)
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughan)
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
- Bridesmaids (Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig)
- Margin Call (J.C. Chandor)
- Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
- A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
BEST ART DIRECTION
- The Artist
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Hugo
- Midnight in Paris
- War Horse
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- The Artist (Guillame Schiffman)
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Jeff Cronenweth)
- Hugo (Robert Richardson)
- The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
- War Horse (Janusz Kaminski)
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
- Anonymous
- The Artist
- Hugo
- Jane Eyre
- W.E.
BEST FILM EDITING
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Hugo
- Moneyball
BEST MAKEUP
- Albert Nobbs
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- The Iron Lady
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- The Adventures of Tintin
- The Artist
- Hugo
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
- War Horse
BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- "Star Spangled Man" (Captain America: The First Avenger)
- "Real in Rio" (Rio)
BEST SOUND EDITING
- Drive
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Hugo
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- War Horse
BEST SOUND MIXING
- The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
- Hugo
- Moneyball
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
- War Horse
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
- Hugo
- Real Steel
- Rise of the Planet of the Apes
- Transformers: Dark of the Moon
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- A Cat in Paris
- Chico & Rita
- Kung Fu Panda 2
- Puss in Boots
- Rango
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- Hell and Back Again
- If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front
- Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- Pina
- Undefeated
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
- Bullhead
- Footnote
- In Darkness
- Monsieur Lazhar
- A Separation
BEST DOCUMENTARY -- SHORT SUBJECT
- The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement
- God is the Bigger Elvis
- Incident in New Baghdad
- Saving Face
- The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom
BEST SHORT FILM -- ANIMATED
- Dimanche/Sunday
- The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
- La Luna
- A Morning Stroll
- Wild Life
BEST SHORT FILM -- LIVE ACTION
- Pentecost
- Raju
- The Shore
- Time Freak
- Tuba Atlantic
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Tag Archives: The Artist
Hazanavicius Wins DGA, ‘The Help’ Dominates SAG Awards
Over the past few days, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) and the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) have both voiced their opinion on the year in film, yet each organization has added so little to the conversation that they hardly … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, Beginners, Christopher Plummer, Directors Guild of America, George Clooney, James Marsh, Jean Dujardin, Michel Hazanavicius, Nick Nolte, Octavia Spencer, Project Nim, Screen Actors Guild, Shailene Woodley, The Artist, The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Viola Davis, Warrior
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PGA Awards ‘Artist,’ ‘Beats,’ ‘Tintin’
The Producers Guild of America (PGA) announced their three winners today and, in the biggest category of them all, The Artist banked another key victory en route to its all-but-sealed Best Picture Oscar. I still think there’s the slimmest chance … Continue reading
Costume Designers Guild Nominates ‘The Artist,’ ‘Jane Eyre,’ ‘Melacholia’
The Costume Designers Guild has also announced their 2011 nominees today, and this is another example of a guild that divides their recognition into three clusters: Contemporary, Period, and Fantasy. Considering the craft field in question, the reasons behind those … Continue reading
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Tagged Awards, Cary Fukunaga, Costume Designers Guild, Jane Eyre, Melancholia, Red Riding Hood, The Artist
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BAFTA Nominations Announced: ‘The Artist,’ ‘Tinker, Tailor’ Make a Splash
The official nominees for this year’s BAFTAs have been announced, and, as expected, they mostly align with the chapter-endorsed selections that were revealed in the longlist a couple of weeks ago. It’s a gladdening sight to see that they followed … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Brooks, Awards, BAFTAs, Bridesmaids, Drive, Eddie Marsan, Jim Broadbent, Judi Dench, Lynne Ramsay, Melissa McCarthy, My Week with Marilyn, Nicolas Winding Refn, The Artist, The Iron Lady, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tomas Alfredson, Tyrannosaur, We Need to Talk About Kevin
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‘Moneyball,’ ‘The Descendants’ Receive ACE Eddie Award Nominations
The nominees for the 62nd Annual ACE Eddie Awards have been revealed, and I’m delighted to report that Christopher Tellefsen edged his way into the field for his rich cutting of Bennett Miller’s Moneyball. His decisions not only accurately reflect … Continue reading
Recapping the Largely Uneventful Golden Globes: A Toned-Down Gervais Still the Highlight
When Ricky Gervais is on auto-pilot mode and he’s still the most watchable element of the Golden Globes, then you know it was a rocky broadcast. (“Rocky” meaning, well, boring.) Alright, maybe he wasn’t the absolute best part. Sidney Poitier’s … Continue reading
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Tagged A Separation, Angelina Jolie, Awards, Cecil B. DeMille, George Clooney, Golden Globes, Helen Mirren, Hugo, In the Land of Blood and Honey, Jean Dujardin, John Hughes, Madonna, Martin Scorsese, Meryl Streep, Michel Hazanavicius, Midnight in Paris, Morgan Freeman, Rango, Ricky Gervais, Sidney Poitier, The Adventures of Tintin, The Artist, The Descendants, The Help, The Iron Lady, Tilda Swinton, Viola Davis, W.E., We Need to Talk About Kevin, Woody Allen
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Hoyte van Hoytema’s ‘Tinker, Tailor’ Lensing Among the Crop of ASC Nominees
The American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) announced their five feature-film nominees this morning, and the rewarded crop marked another bullet to the chest for War Horse, as Janusz Kaminski’s photography of Steven Spielberg’s critically divisive stage adaptation was merely the … Continue reading
Miscellaneous Awards 2011
This list of Miscellaneous Awards for 2011 will probably wrap up my year-in-review stuff here on the site. I don’t want to close the envelope completely, because an idea may pop into my head somewhere down the line, but, considering … Continue reading
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Tagged 2011 in Review, Albert Nobbs, Bridesmaids, Bryan Cranston, Carnage, Chris Evans, Drive, Hanna, Margaret, Melissa McCarthy, Moneyball, Puncture, Source Code, The Artist, The Help, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Tower Heist, Viola Davis, We Need to Talk About Kevin
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Academy Cuts Best Makeup Field to Seven: ‘Iron Lady’ in, ‘J. Edgar’ Out
The Academy has recently been hard at work shaving the field of contenders over in the Best Visual Effects category — you’ll recall that the crop was initially cut to 15, and then, just last week, snipped even further to … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Nobbs, Anonymous, Armie Hammer, Awards, Best Makeup, Clint Eastwood, Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life, Green Lantern, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2, Hugo, J. Edgar, Meryl Streep, Peter Sarsgaard, Phyllida Lloyd, Roland Emmerich, The Artist, The Iron Lady
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DGA Surprises, Nominates Allen, Fincher
Well, at least Tate Taylor didn’t get in. I’ll take David Fincher — even so-so Fincher, like The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo — over the soap-brand flavoring of The Help any day of the week. That said, there were … Continue reading