Best Picture:
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Collective
Da 5 Bloods
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Historias Lamentables (Unfortunate Stories)
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Soul
Best Director:
Javier Fesser, Historias Lamentables
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Best Actress:
Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Wunmi Musaku, His House
Best Actor:
Javier Bardem, The Roads not Taken
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Ivan Massagué, The Platform (El Hoyo)
Gary Oldman, Mank
(note: it was not easy to leave out Delroy Lindo and Riz Ahmed)
Best Supporting Actress:
Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Father
Laura Gómez-Lacueva, Historias Lamentables
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Best Supporting Actor:
Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Arliss Howard, Mank
Alfred Molina, Promising Young Woman (despite being almost a cameo)
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Mark Rylance, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night in Miami
The White Tiger
Best Original Screenplay:
Da 5 Bloods
Collective
Historias Lamentables
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Best Score:
Historias Lamentables
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Soul
Best Song:
Double Trouble – Eurovision Song Contest: the story of Fire Saga
Husavik (My Hometown) – Eurovision Song Contest: the story of Fire Saga
Jaja Ding Dong – Eurovision Song Contest: the story of Fire Saga
Lion of Love – Eurovision Song Contest: the story of Fire Saga
Wuhan Flu Song – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Best Film Editing:
Da 5 Bloods
Historias Lamentables
Mank
Promising Young Woman
Tenet
Best Cinematography:
Da 5 Bloods
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Historias Lamentables
Mank
Nomadland
Best Production Design:
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Onward
The Platform (El Hoyo)
Soul
Best Costume Design:
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Promising Young Woman
Best Sound:
Da 5 Bloods
The Invisible Man
Soul
Sound of Metal
Tenet
Best Visual Effects:
Greenland
The Invisible Man
Mulan
Sonic: The Hedgehog
Tenet
Best Make Up and Hairstyle:
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
I’m thinking of ending things
Mank
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Animated:
Onward
Over the Moon
Shaun the Sheep: Farmageddom
Soul
The Sponge Bob Movie: Sponge on the Run
Best Documentary:
Collective
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen
The Yorkshire Ripper
(note: streaming Miniseries under 4 hours long, are rated as films)
Nomadland ***** / A+
Promising Young Woman ***** / A+
Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm ***** / A+
Historias Lamentables (Unfortunate Stories) ***** / A+
Out (Short film, Pixar) ***** / A+
David Byrne’s American Utopia ***** / A+
Da 5 Bloods ***** / A+
Mank ***** / A+
Collective (Doc) ***** / A+
The Godfather’s Coda: The Death of Michael Corleone ***** / A+ (as it is a new cut of The Godfather Part III, not ellegible for this year’s “awards”… the original cut was my #1 of 1990, anyways)
Soul ***** / A+
Dick Johnson is Dead ***** / A+
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen (Doc) ***** / A+
The Platform (El Hoyo) ***** / A
His House ***** / A
Tenet ***** / A
The Father ***** / A-
Palm Springs ***** / A-
Circus of Books (Doc) ***** / A-
The Yorkshire Ripper (Doc, miniseries) ***** / A-
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ***** / A-
One Night in Miami ***** 1/2 / B+
The Trial of the Chicago 7 **** 1/2 / B+
The Invisible Man **** / B
La Vita Davanti a Sé (The Life Ahead) **** / B
Uncle Frank **** / B
The White Tiger **** / B
Judas and the Black Messiah **** / B
Shaun the Sheep: Farmaggeddom **** / B
The Roads Not Taken **** / B
Vento Seco (Dry Wind) **** / B
The Boys in the Band **** / B
American Murder: The Family Next Door **** / B
The Social Dilemma **** / B
Onward **** / B-
The New Mutants **** / B-
Home (Hogar) **** / B-
Valley Girl **** / B-
I’m thinking on ending things *** 1/2 / C+
The Vast of Night *** 1/2 / C+
7500 *** 1/2 / C+
Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga *** 1/2 / C+
Tudo Bem no Natal que Bem (Just another Christmas) *** 1/2 / C+
Greenland *** 1/2 / C+
#Alive *** / C
Kadaver *** / C
Crip Camp (Doc) *** / C
Over the Moon *** / C
Fatman *** / C
The Sponge Bob Movie: Sponge on the Run *** / C
Hillbilly Elegy *** / C
An American Pickle *** / C
My Octopus Teacher *** / C
Wasp Network *** / C
Have a Good Trip: Adventures in Psychedelics (Doc) *** / C
The Babysitter: Killer Queen *** / C-
The Willoughbys *** / C-
The Block Island Sound *** / C-
Bad Education ** 1/2 / D
Sonic The Hedgehog ** 1/2 / D
Love and Monsters ** / D
Borning 3 ** / D
Superintelligence ** / D
Midnight Sky ** / D
Birds of Prey ** / D
The Prom ** / D
Mulan ** / D
Explota Explota ** / D
Artemis Fowl ** / D
Salir del Ropero (So my Grandma’s a Lesbian) ** / D
Modo Aviao (Flight Mode, Netflix) * 1/2 / E
Ni de Coña * / E
Wonder Woman 1984 * / E
Orígenes Secretos * / E
Vampyres vs. the Bronx 1/2 * / F
Hubie’s Halloween 1/2 * / F
Get Duked! 1/2 * / F
Minari 0 / F
Let's wait here for a while... see what happens. 