For the last piece of the puzzle in completing this year's Best Of lists, I've written up my dream Oscar ballot for 2015. The Academy announces its nominees this Thursday and, while they always get plenty wrong, this year threatens to be particularly egregious. Two of the most beloved and clear masterpieces of the year, Mad Max and Carol, could be honored or mostly left in the dust in favor of some of the year's most generic prestige fare. But not at the Patty's (patent pending) where they and a number of other movies are justly celebrated! Oh, what a lovely day!
As usual, I've extended each category to six rather than five contenders (I'm sure I watch more films than the Academy does) and added a few of my own personal superlatives at the end of the list. The winners are bolded and runners-up italicized. Read below and agree or disagree as desired. Enjoy!
45 Years
Amy
Brooklyn
Carol
Ex Machina
Inside Out
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
Son of Saul
Tangerine
BEST DIRECTOR
Andrew Haigh, 45 Years
Duke Johnson & Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa
Todd Haynes, Carol
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
David Robert Mitchell, It Follows
László Nemes, Son of Saul
BEST LEADING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Nina Hoss, Phoenix
Rinko Kikuchi, Kumiko the Treasure Hunter
Brie Larson, Room
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Brie Larson, Room
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
BEST LEADING ACTOR
Tom Courtenay, 45 Years
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Andrew Garfield, 99 Homes
Géza Röhrig, Son of Saul
Jason Segel, The End of the Tour
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Rose Byrne, Spy
Rooney Mara, Carol
Phyllis Smith, Inside Out
Kristen Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Mya Taylor, Tangerine
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Pierre-Yves Caridnal, Tom at the Farm
Emory Cohen, Brooklyn
Benicio Del Toro, Sicario
Nicholas Hoult, Mad Max: Fury Road
Oscar Isaac, Ex Machina
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
About Elly
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Mistress America
Phoenix
Spotlight
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
45 Years
Anomalisa
Brooklyn
Carol
Diary of a Teenage Girl
The End of the Tour
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Assassin
Carol
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Tangerine
Victoria
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Anomalisa
Carol
Crimson Peak
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
The Assassin
Brooklyn
Carol
Crimson Peak
Diary of a Teenage Girl
Far From the Madding Crowd
BEST EDITING
Amy
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Spotlight
Tangerine
BEST SOUND
Ex Machina
Inside Out
It Follows
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Sicario
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
(links provided for your listening pleasure!)
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
The Assassin
Girlhood
Phoenix
Son of Saul
Tom at the Farm
White God
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Amy
Cartel Land
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
About Elly
Brooklyn
Inside Out
Mistress America
Spotlight
Spy
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Teyonah Parris, Chi-Raq
Bel Powley, Diary of a Teenage Girl
Géza Röhrig, Son of Saul
Mya Taylor, Tangerine
Karidja Touré, Girlhood
Jacob Tremblay, Room
BEST FIRST FILM
'71
Bone Tomahawk
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Ex Machina
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Son of Saul
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