2016 awards season

[Chris Knipp]

2016 Awards Season: early results.

New York Film Critics Circle Awards:

Best Picture: La La Land
Best Director: Barry Jenkins MOONLIGHT
Best Screenplay: Kenneth Lonergan MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert ELLE & THE THINGS TO COME
Best ActorCasey Affleck MANCHESTER BY THE SEA
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams MANCHESTER BY THE SEA & CERTAIN WOMEN
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali MOONLIGHT
Best Cinematographer: James Laxton MOONLIGHT
Best Animated Film: Zootopia
Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): O.J.: Made in America
Best Foreign Language Film: Toni Erdmann
Best First Film: Kelly Fremon Craig THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
Best First Film: Trey Edward Shults KRISHA
Special Award: Thelma Schoonmaker & Julie Dash

Los Angeles Film Critics Association awards:

Best picture Moonlight
Best director Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Best actor Adam Driver (Paterson)
Best actress Isabelle Huppert (Elle, Things to Come)
Best supporting actor Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Best supporting actress Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)
Best animation Your Name
Best foreign language film The Handmaiden
Best documentary I Am Not Your Negro
Best screenplay The Lobster
Best editing OJ: Made in America
Best production design The Handmaiden
Best music score La La Land
Best cinematography Moonlight
New generation award Trey Edward Shults and Krisha Fairchild (Krisha)
Independent/experimental film/video Deborah Stratman (The Illinois Parables)
Career achievement Shirley Maclaine

La La Land takes an early lead with Critics Choice Awards (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2016/12/12/critics-choice-awards-complete-list-of-winners-and-five-takeaways-from-the-show/?utm_term=.996aba61df90) Dec. 11. Moonlight sweeps NY and LA Critics Circle Awards.
La La Land, a musical love story of two struggling artists set in Los Angeles, swept the top prizes at the Critics’ Choice awards on 11 December, taking best picture and best director for Damien Chazelle.he film won in eight of the 11 categories in which it was nominated, cementing its status as an early front-runner in the Hollywood awards season. Casey Affleck was named best actor for his role as the reluctant guardian of a 16-year-old nephew in Manchester by the Sea. Best actress went to Natalie Portman for her portrayal of former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy in Jackie, which blends factual events with fiction in depicting the week after the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy.Viola Davis’ reprisal of her Broadway role as a concerned mother and wife in the film adaptation of August Wilson’s play Fences garnered her the best supporting actress award. Mahershala Ali won best supporting actor for his depiction of a crack dealer in the drama Moonlight.-- GUARDIAN.

[Chris Knipp]

Golden Globes 2017: film nominations.

Best film drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best film comedy/musical
20th Century Women
Deadpool
La La Land
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best actor (drama)
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best actress (drama)
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie

Best actor (comedy/musical)
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Best actress (comedy/musical)
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best film supporting actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best film supporting actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best film director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Best screenplay
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Hell or High Water

Best animated film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

Best foreign language film
Divines
Elle
Neruda
The Salesman
Toni Erdmann

Best film score
Moonlight
La La Land
Arrival
Lion
Hidden Figures

Best film song
Can’t Stop the Feeling, Trolls
City of Stars, La La Land
Faith, Sing
Gold, Gold
How Far I’ll Go, Moana

[Chris Knipp]

Golden Globe winners. Sun. 9 Jan. 2017

I'm pleased about some of the nominations that you might not have expected. I'm not so pleased about many of the winners, the heavy emphasis on[I]La La Land[ beyond the best musical category/I]

Golden Globes 2017: film winners.

Best film drama
Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
Moonlight

Best film comedy/musical
20th Century Women
Deadpool
La La Land
Florence Foster Jenkins
Sing Street

Best actor (drama)
Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
Joel Edgerton, Loving
Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
Denzel Washington, Fences

Best actress (drama)
Amy Adams, Arrival
Jessica Chastain, Miss Sloane
Isabelle Huppert, Elle
Ruth Negga, Loving
Natalie Portman, Jackie

Best actor (comedy/musical)
Colin Farrell, The Lobster
Ryan Gosling, La La Land
Hugh Grant, Florence Foster Jenkins
Jonah Hill, War Dogs
Ryan Reynolds, Deadpool

Best actress (comedy/musical)
Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
Lily Collins, Rules Don’t Apply
Hailee Steinfeld, The Edge of Seventeen
Emma Stone, La La Land
Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

Best film supporting actor
Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
Simon Helberg, Florence Foster Jenkins
Dev Patel, Lion
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nocturnal Animals

Best film supporting actress
Viola Davis, Fences
Naomie Harris, Moonlight
Nicole Kidman, Lion
Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea

Best film director
Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Tom Ford, Nocturnal Animals
Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea

Best screenplay
La La Land
Nocturnal Animals
Moonlight
Manchester by the Sea
Hell or High Water

Best animated film
Kubo and the Two Strings
Moana
My Life as a Zucchini
Sing
Zootopia

Best foreign language film
Divines
Elle
Neruda
The Salesman
Toni Erdmann

Best film score
Moonlight
La La Land
Arrival
Lion
Hidden Figures

Best film song
Can’t Stop the Feeling, Trolls
City of Stars, La La Land
Faith, Sing
Gold, Gold
How Far I’ll Go, Moana

[Chris Knipp]

Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards.

Mostly seem fair, though one might have wished for Casey Affleck and Lucas Hedges to get more recognition


Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Denzel Washington – Fences as Troy Maxson
Casey Affleck – Manchester by the Sea as Lee Chandler
Andrew Garfield – Hacksaw Ridge as Desmond T. Doss
Ryan Gosling – La La Land as Sebastian Wilder
Viggo Mortensen – Captain Fantastic as Ben Cash

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Emma Stone – La La Land as Mia Dolan
Amy Adams – Arrival as Dr. Louise Banks
Emily Blunt – The Girl on the Train as Rachel Watson
Natalie Portman – Jackie as Jackie Kennedy
Meryl Streep – Florence Foster Jenkins as Florence Foster Jenkins

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali – Moonlight as Juan
Jeff Bridges – Hell or High Water as Marcus Hamilton
Hugh Grant – Florence Foster Jenkins as St. Clair Bayfield
Lucas Hedges – Manchester by the Sea as Patrick Chandler
Dev Patel – Lion as Saroo Brierley

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Viola Davis – Fences as Rose Maxson
Naomie Harris – Moonlight as Paula
Nicole Kidman – Lion as Sue Brierley
Octavia Spencer – Hidden Figures as Dorothy Vaughan
Michelle Williams – Manchester by the Sea as Randi Chandler

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Hidden Figures – Mahershala Ali, Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Taraji P. Henson, Aldis Hodge, Janelle Monáe, Jim Parsons, Glen Powell and Octavia Spencer
Captain Fantastic – Annalise Basso, Shree Crooks, Ann Dowd, Kathryn Hahn, Nicholas Hamilton, Samantha Isler, Frank Langella, George MacKay, Erin Moriarty, Viggo Mortensen, Missi Pyle, Charlie Shotwell and Steve Zahn
Fences – Jovan Adepo, Viola Davis, Stephen Henderson, Russell Hornsby, Saniyya Sidney, Denzel Washington and Mykelti Williamson
Manchester by the Sea – Casey Affleck, Kyle Chandler, Lucas Hedges, Gretchen Mol, Matthew Broderick and Michelle Williams
Moonlight – Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders

Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
Hacksaw Ridge
Captain America: Civil War
Doctor Strange
Jason Bourne
Nocturnal Animals