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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- Matt Damon
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Tag Archives: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Predicting Tomorrow’s Golden Globes
George Clooney’s The Ides of March turned out to be quite the spoiler when it swept up a surprising total of four nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. (In many ways, the resultant … Continue reading
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
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
BAFTA Longlist Reveals Adoration for ‘Iron Lady,’ ‘Marilyn,’ and ‘Tinker, Tailor’
As is their yearly custom, BAFTA members have settled on the first step of their strangely convoluted voting process — the longlist, which functions to narrow each category to 15 select contenders. (Note: 285 films were entered, and considered, this … Continue reading
‘Dragon Tattoo,’ ‘Young Adult’ Slide in with the WGA
In the wake of the PGA nominations announced yesterday, the Writers Guild of America has spoken up with their correlation of Original, Adapted, and Documentary Screenplay nominees. The flood of ineligibilities — The Artist, a conceivable Best Original Screenplay frontrunner … Continue reading
‘Bridesmaids,’ ‘Dragon Tattoo,’ and ‘Ides of March’ Among PGA’s Ten Motion Picture Nominees
The Producers Guild of America spoke up this morning and announced their ten nominees for the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures. Bridesmaids, which has sillily become a force on the precursor circuit, made the … Continue reading
Fincher’s ‘Dragon Tattoo’ Included in AFI’s Top Ten of 2011
The American Film Institute has announced their list of 2011′s top ten films. The Bridesmaids train continues to steamroll, and I have no idea why. It’s somewhat reassuring, meanwhile, to see David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo on … Continue reading
National Board of Review Gives a Big Hug to Martin Scorsese’s ‘Hugo’
The National Board of Review has a thing for Clint Eastwood. Each one of the director’s films since 2002′s Blood Work has been included in the NBR’s compilation of the year’s top ten films — and now, with the inclusion … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Payne, Awards, Blood Work, Clint Eastwood, George Clooney, Hugo, J. Edgar, Jacques Tati, Jim Rash, Martin Scorsese, Michael Fassbender, Nat Faxon, National Board of Review, Rooney Mara, Shailene Woodley, Sylvain Chomet, The Descendants, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Illusionist
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Extended Trailer for David Fincher’s ‘The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo’
My anticipation for David Fincher’s The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo has already hit a fever pitch, largely because I consider the director’s earlier work in the crime genre — namely Seven and Zodiac — to be two of the … Continue reading
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Tagged David Fincher, Jeff Cronenweth, Seven, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Trailers, Zodiac
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Trailer for Bennett Miller’s ‘Moneyball’
Yahoo has debuted the trailer for Moneyball, which, based on its stunning cast of contributors, is likely to be one of the year’s major Oscar contenders. Bennett Miller, who hasn’t directed a film since Capote, is working here from an … Continue reading