Third Annual Tommen Awards (WINNERS)

Nominees to be announced Feb 10th, the day after the Oscars. My nominees will be much better than theirs, I promise.

Have to say...I wasn't crazy about 2019. This time last year I was so hyped because 2018 inspired so much awe from the unlikeliest places (and I hadn't even seen Birds of Passage or Shoplifters yet). Last year I was only working with 83 films and I was in love with like 25 of them. This year I'm working with 106 (making this my most-viewed year to date) and I love like 9 of them. That's not a great ratio. All that whining aside, there were a few diamonds in the rough and this year did give us two of my favorite films of the whole decade, and even with the films I wasn't crazy about there are plenty of silver linings (unlike the Academy, I'm going to seriously spread the love). And yes, feel free to treat these as overbearing FYCs for the AMARAs because that's basically what they are. Once again, six nominees for the acting categories and screenplay categories because it's just a thing we do now, and five nominees for the rest.

As I said this year I'm working with 106 films so I've seen most everything I wanted to, minus the pesky foreign films. Here's what I'm still missing:
About Endlessness
And Then We Danced
Clemency
Invisible Life
Les Misérables
The Painted Bird
Proxima
System Crasher
Truth and Justice

there's no telling how many if any of those would affect my lineups but I also have no idea when I'll get to see them--maybe two weeks from now, maybe five years. If I see any of them before the AMARAs and they affect my lineups, I'll be sure to shout 'em out

But let's leave it there, shall we. I'm still finalizing my picks for some of the categories but I can say that's it's going to be a wild ride full of twists, turns and snubs, so pop the campaign and get ready because the Third Annual Tommen Awards are about to go down!!

as promised, the nominees!!

BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Her Smell
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

BEST DIRECTOR
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse
Sam Mendes, 1917
Josh & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose
Scarlet Johansson, Marriage Story
Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Elizabeth Moss, Her Smell
Valerie Pachner, A Hidden Life
Florence Pugh, Midsommar

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Jonas Dassler, The Golden Glove
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Jake Gyllenhaal, Velvet Buzzsaw
Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite Is My Name
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Cho Yeo-jeong, Parasite
Adèle Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Virginia Newcomb, The Death of Dick Long
Taylor Russell, Waves
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Tom Burke, The Souvenir
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Song Kang-ho, Parasite

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Her Smell - Alex Ross Perry
High Flying Bird - Tarell Alvin McCraney
Knives Out - Rian Johnson
Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach
Parasite - Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Céline Sciamma

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Dark Waters - Mario Correa & Matthew Michael Carnahan
Gloria Bell - Alice Johnson Boher & Sebastián Lelio
Hustlers - Lorene Scafaria
The Irishman - Steven Zaillian
Just Mercy - Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham
Little Women - Greta Gerwig

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE CAST
Dolemite Is My Name
The Farewell
The Irishman
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Parasite

a short break!


the techs and the rest!

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ad Astra - Hoyte van Hoytema
The Last Black Man in San Francisco - Adam Newport-Berra
The Lighthouse - Jarin Blaschke
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Claire Mathon
The Wild Goose Lake - Dong Jingsong

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1917 - Thomas Newman
A Hidden Life - James Newton Howard
I Lost My Body - Dan Levy
In Fabric - Cavern of Anti-Matter
The Last Black Man in San Francisco - Emile Mosseri

BEST FILM EDITING
Knives Out - Bob Ducsay
The Lighthouse - Louise Ford
Marriage Story - Jennifer Lame
Parasite - Yang Jin-mo
Uncut Gems - Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1917 - Dennis Gassner
Aladdin - Gemma Jackson
The Lighthouse - Craig Lathrop
Little Women - Jess Gonchor
Parasite - Ha-jun Lee

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Dolemite Is My Name - Ruth E. Carter
Jojo Rabbit - Mayes C. Rubeo
Little Women - Jacqueline Durran
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Dorothée Guiraud
Rocketman - Julian Day

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
Bombshell
Dirty God
The Golden Glove
Joker
Midsommar

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY
1917
Aladdin
Anna
Ford v Ferrari
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

BEST SOUND DESIGN
1917
The Aeronauts
Ford v Ferrari
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
The Lighthouse

BEST SOUND MIXING
Apollo 11
In Fabric
The Lighthouse
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Uncut Gems

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1917
Ad Astra
The Aeronauts
Alita: Battle Angel
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
"Beautiful Ghosts" - Cats
"Daily Battles" - Motherless Brooklyn
"Glasgow (No Place Like Home)" - Wild Rose
"La Jeune Fille en Feu" - Portrait of a Lady on Fire
"Stand Up" - Harriet

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
For Sama
Fyre
Knock Down the House
Love, Antosha
Maiden

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Bacurau
The Golden Glove
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Booksmart - Olivia Wilde
The Chambermaid - Lila Avilés
I Lost My Body - Jérémy Clapin
The Last Black Man in San Francisco - Joe Talbot
Little Woods - Nia DaCosta

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statistics
-- Portrait of a Lady on Fire and Parasite lead with nine nominations each, followed by The Lighthouse with seven and 1917 and Marriage Story both with six.

-- The Lighthouse and 1917 are the most-nominated films to not receive BP nods, and they both received nods for directing. Let Neptune strike me dead!

-- A whopping total of 58 films a recognized, up seven from last year's 51 and up 21 from the Academy's 37 (excluding shorts). I didn't have a directorial debut category last year but I nominated more documentaries, so it kind of evens out.

-- Her Smell is the least-nominated film in the BP category, following a similar trajectory to last year's The Rider. It was in the mix for sound mixing, directing and ensemble but didn't make the cut. Knives Out only received four nominations itself despite also being nominated for BP.

-- Apollo 11 is the first documentary film to receive a nomination outside the documentary category, earning a well-earned nod for sound mixing.

--My lowest-ranked film to receive a nomination is Harriet for Original Song. My highest-ranked film to not receive any nominations is The Beach Bum at #16.

-- Deepest apologies to Barbara Ling. Once Upon a Time came soooo close for production design. It was a stacked year! Midsommar missed out too.

-- Of the Academy's BP lineup, OUATIH is the only one not to receive a single nomination. **ducks**

winners will be announced next week on Sunday the 16th

well I can promise that Rebel Wilson and James Corden will not be invited to the ceremony 

LOVE the Her Smell love!

I could tell from the feedback that it was one of those films where you either love it or hate it, and I wasn't expecting to love it but it really sneaked up on me and walloped me over the head. I love how the first half is so hyper-stylized and the second so agonizingly human. Felt sweeping and intimate at the same time. I was expecting the runtime to be a chore but it wasn't at all. I was down for the ride.

ACHIEVEMENT IN CHOREOGRAPHY
1917
Aladdin
Anna
Ford v Ferrari
John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum

AND THE WINNER IS


ACHIEVEMENT IN FILM EDITING
Knives Out
The Lighthouse
Marriage Story
Parasite
Uncut Gems

AND THE WINNER IS


ACHIEVEMENT IN VISUAL EFFECTS
1917
Ad Astra
The Aeronauts
Alita: Battle Angel
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

AND THE WINNER IS


ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ad Astra - Hoyte van Hoytema
The Last Black Man in San Francisco - Adam Newport-Berra
The Lighthouse - Jarin Blaschke
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Claire Mathon
The Wild Goose Lake - Dong Jingsong

AND THE WINNER IS

on to the above-the-line categories!

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Her Smell - Alex Ross Perry
High Flying Bird - Tarell Alvin McCraney
Knives Out - Rian Johnson
Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach
Parasite - Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won
Portrait of a Lady on Fire - Céline Sciamma

AND THE WINNER IS


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Dark Waters - Mario Correa & Matthew Michael Carnahan
Gloria Bell - Alice Johnson Boher & Sebastián Lelio
Hustlers - Lorene Scafaria
The Irishman - Steven Zaillian
Just Mercy - Destin Daniel Cretton & Andrew Lanham
Little Women - Greta Gerwig

AND THE WINNER IS


BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Dolemite Is My Name
The Farewell
The Irishman
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Parasite

AND THE WINNER IS

ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse
Sam Mendes, 1917
Josh & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire

AND THE WINNER IS


BEST MOTION PICTURE OF THE YEAR
Her Smell
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

AND THE WINNER IS

Well those are two fine co-leads for your supporting choices, a fine choice for lead actor, and an abomination against mankind for actress, but to each their own.