Tuesday, January 24, 2017

The Wallys: Best in Film 2016

TOP TWENTY FILMS
1. MOONLIGHT (U.S., Barry Jenkins)
2. JACKIE (U.S., Pablo Larraín)
3. ARRIVAL (U.S., Denis Villeneuve)
4. THE LOBSTER (Ireland, Yorgos Lanthimos)
5. EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT (Colombia, Ciro Guerra)
6. AMERICAN HONEY (U.S., Andrea Arnold)
7. KUBO AND THE TWO STRINGS (U.S., Travis Knight)
8. HUNT FOR THE WILDERPEOPLE (New Zealand, Taika Waititi)
9. SON OF SAUL (Hungary, László Nemes)
10. FENCES (U.S., Denzel Washington)
11. KRISHA (U.S., Trey Edward Shults)
12. TAXI (Iran, Jafar Panahi)
13. THE FITS (U.S., Anna Rose Holmer)
14. LA LA LAND (U.S., Damien Chazelle)
15. A BIGGER SPLASH (Italy, Luca Guadagnino)
16. HELL OR HIGH WATER (U.S., David Mackenzie)
17. THE SALESMAN (Iran, Asghar Farhadi)
18. ELLE (France, Paul Verhoeven)
19. 20th CENTURY WOMEN (U.S., Mike Mills)
20. GREEN ROOM (U.S., Jeremy Saulnier)


BEST PICTURE
Arrival
Embrace of the Serpent
Jackie
The Lobster
Moonlight
BEST DIRECTOR
Ciro Guerra (Embrace of the Serpent)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Yorgos Lanthimos (The Lobster)
Pablo Larraín (Jackie)
Denis Villeneuve (Arrival)
Honorable Mention: Andrea Arnold (American Honey), Damien Chazelle (La La Land), László Nemes (Son of Saul)
BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)
Colin Farrell (The Lobster)
Ryan Gosling (La La Land)
Géza Röhrig (Son of Saul)
Denzel Washington (Fences)
HM: Julian Dennison (Hunt for the Wilderpeople), Joel Edgerton (Loving), Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight)
BEST ACTRESS
Annette Bening (20th Century Women)
Viola Davis (Fences)
Isabelle Huppert (Elle)
Krisha Fairchild (Krisha)
Natalie Portman (Jackie)
HM: Amy Adams (Arrival), Kate Beckinsale (Love & Friendship), Ruth Negga (Loving), Sarah Paulson (Blue Jay), Zhao Tao (Mountains May Depart)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali (Moonlight)
Tom Bennett (Love & Friendship)
Alden Ehrenreich (Hail, Caesar!)
Ralph Fiennes (A Bigger Splash)
Ogata Issei (Silence)
HM: Gil Birmingham (Hell or High Water), Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences), Tracey Letts (Indignation)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Sylvia Chang (Mountains May Depart)
Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)
Naomie Harris (Moonlight)
Riley Keough (American Honey)
Antonia Zegers (The Club)
HM: Olivia Colman (The Lobster), Paulina García (Little Men), Greta Gerwig (20th Century Women), Molly Shannon (Other People), Michelle Williams (Manchester by the Sea)


BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Embrace of the Serpent
The Fits
Hidden Figures
Moonlight
The Salesman
HM: 20th Century Women, Green Room, The Witch
BEST BODY OF WORK
Charlie Brooker (“Black Mirror”)
Olivia Colman (“Broadchurch,” The Lobster and “The Night Manager”)
Tom Hanks (A Hologram for the King, “Saturday Night Live” and Sully)
Sarah Paulson (“American Horror Story,” Blue Jay and “The People v. O.J. Simpson”)
Rachel Weisz (Complete Unknown, Denial, The Light Between Oceans, The Lobster and Youth)


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Marc Haimes and Chris Butler (Kubo and the Two Strings)
Yorgos Lanthimos and Efthimis Filippou (The Lobster)
Noah Oppenheim (Jackie)
Jeremy Saulnier (Green Room)
Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Eric Heisserer (Arrival)
Barry Jenkins (Moonlight)
Whit Stillman (Love & Friendship)
Taika Waititi (Hunt for the Wilderpeople)
August Wilson (Fences)


BEST ANIMATED FILM
Anomalisa
April and the Extraordinary World
Finding Dory
Kubo and the Two Strings
Zootopia


BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
13th
The Look of Silence
O.J.: Made in America
Taxi
The Witness


BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Elle
Embrace of the Serpent
Mountains May Depart
The Salesman
Son of Saul
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Mátyás Erdély (Son of Saul)
James Laxton (Moonlight)
Robbie Ryan (American Honey)
Linus Sandgren (La La Land)
Bradford Young (Arrival)
HM: Adam Arkapaw (The Light Between Oceans), Stéphane Fontaine (Jackie), David Gallego (Embrace of the Serpent), Sturla Brandth Grøvlen (Victoria), Vittorio Storaro (Café Society)
BEST EDITING
Saela Davis (The Fits)
Yorgos Mavropsaridis (The Lobster)
Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders (Moonlight)
Sebastián Sepúlveda (Jackie)
Joe Walker (Arrival)
HM: Joe Bini (American Honey), Julia Bloch (Green Room), Megan Gill (Eye in the Sky)
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Jess Gonchor, Dawn Swiderski and Nancy Haigh (Hail, Caesar!)
Craig Lathrop and Mary Kirkland (The Witch)
Nelson Lowry (Kubo and the Two Strings)
Ryu Seong-hie (The Handmaiden)
David Wasco, Austin Gorg and Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (La La Land)
HM: Green Room, High-Rise, Love & Friendship


BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Suzy Benzinger (Café Society)
Jo Sang-gyeong (The Handmaiden)
Eimer Ni Mhaoldomhnaigh (Love & Friendship)
Giulia Persanti and Raf Simons (A Bigger Splash)
Mary Zophres (Hail, Caesar!)
HM: Erin Benach (Loving), Pierre-Jean Larroque (Marguerite), Arianne Phillips (Nocturnal Animals)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Nicholas Britell (Moonlight)
Jo Yeong-wook (The Handmaiden)
Jóhann Jóhannsson (Arrival)
Mica Levi (Jackie)
Dario Marianelli (Kubo and the Two Strings)


BEST SONG SCORE
Becky Bentham, John Carney and Gary Clark (Sing Street)
Earworm Music (American Honey)
Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul and Steven Gizicki (La La Land)
Lauren Marie Mikus (Green Room)
Robin Urdang (A Bigger Splash)


BEST SONG
“Audition (The Fools Who Dream)” (La La Land)
“City of Stars” (La La Land)
“Letter to the Free” (13th)
“No Dames” (Hail, Caesar!)
“Runnin’” (Hidden Figures)
BEST SOUND DESIGN
Arrival
Embrace of the Serpent
The Fits
Green Room
The Witch
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Arrival
Doctor Strange
Hidden Figures
Kubo and the Two Strings
Midnight Special

1 comment:

  1. Great picks. Loved so many of the films in your top 20. And I was thrilled to see Robbie Ryan win best cinematography. He definitely should've been nominated for his work on that film.

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