I have seen a bunch, but I don't claim to have gotten to every film this year. I failed at getting to most of the documentaries for instance. I can't wait to catch up on them, but as a result I've eliminated that category this year. I also have six nominees for Cinematography because I couldn't decide, and it's my awards so I'll do what I please. I made up for it by only nominating 4 Animated Features...because I couldn't really come up with a fifth that I loved.
The year ultimately came down to three films for me, which tower above the rest in my mind.
Logan is one of the most satisfying superhero films I've experienced. How ironic that it really bares no resemblance to any conventional superhero flick. Featuring career best performances from Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart, the touching script takes cues from classic westerns to explore the concepts of death, legacy, and self worth via characters who are something of a dying species in the world. Wolverine and Xavier couldn't have asked for a more beautiful send off.
There are a thousand ways Blade Runner 2049 could and should have failed. How do you make a proper sequel to one of the greatest films of all time? A film with such distinct style and dangling open-ended questions that kept viewers mind's occupied for decades? Somehow Denis Villeneuve succeeded in his task. 2049 captures the essence of the original while building upon the questions it posed and creating some new ones. You don't watch it so much as give yourself over to it, letting it wash over you like a wave. People complained about the run-time, but I thought the deliberate pacing was perfect and I can't wait to submerge myself in the world many more times.
And then there's Call me by Your Name. Andre Aciman's novel was a huge moment for me as a teen. I've returned to passages over and over again. I was worried that a film adaptation could never capture the experience and live up to the book. But I shouldn't have been worried. Different, sure. But Luca Guadagnino's film made me feel like no other film has before (just like the book). It gloriously captures that feeling of first love. The sensuality, the longing, the way that it infects and takes over every molecule of your body and mind. And for young queer people, that specific sort of secrecy: That you and this other person have a whole private world together. writing about it makes me want to dive back into that idyllic summer again.
On with it then. Here are The Sammys!
Best Picture
10. Coco
9. The Shape of Water
8. BPM (Beats Per Minute)
7. Dunkirk
6. Get Out
5. The Florida Project
4. Lady Bird
3. Logan
2. Blade Runner 2049 (runner-up)
1. Call me by Your Name (winner)
Best Director
Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Luca Guadagnino, Call me by Your Name (runner-up)
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Denis Villeneuve, Blade Runner 2049 (winner)
Best Actor
Jamie Bell, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Nahuel Perez Biscayart, BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Timothee Chalamet, Call me by Your Name (winner)
Hugh Jackman, Logan (runner-up)
Josh O'Connor, God's Own Country
Best Actress
Annette Bening, Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Jessica Chastain, Molly's Game
Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project (runner-up)
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird (winner)
Best Supporting Actor
Harrison Ford, Blade Runner 2049
Armie Hammer, Call me by Your Name
Patrick Stewart, Logan (winner)
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call me by Your Name (runner-up)
Arnaud Valois, BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Best Supporting Actress
Hong Chau, Downsizing
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip (runner-up)
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird (winner)
Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
Ensemble
BPM (Beats Per Minute)
Lady Bird (runner-up)
The Meyerowitz Stories
Mudbound (winner)
The Post
Adapted Screenplay
Blade Runner 2049
Call me by Your Name (winner)
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
Logan (runner-up)
Molly's Game
Original Screenplay
The Big Sick
The Florida Project
Get Out (winner)
Lady Bird (runner-up)
The Shape of Water
Film Editing
Baby Driver (winner)
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk (runner-up)
Get Out
Molly's Game
Cinematography
Blade Runner 2049 (winner)
Call me by Your Name
Dunkirk
God's Own Country
The Florida Project
Mudbound (runner-up)
Production Design
Blade Runner 2049 (winner)
Dunkirk
It
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water (runner-up)
Costume Design
The Greatest Showman
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water (winner)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Wonder Woman (runner-up)
Makeup/Hair
Darkest Hour (runner-up)
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
It
I, Tonya
Logan (winner)
Sound Editing
Baby Driver (runner-up)
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk (winner)
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Wonder Woman
Sound Mixing
Baby Driver (winner)
Blade Runner 2049 (runner-up)
Dunkirk
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes
Score
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
Good Time (runner-up)
Phantom Thread
Wind River (winner)
Original Song
"Mystery of Love" from Call me by Your Name (written by: Sufjan Stevens) (winner)
"Visions of Gideon" from Call me by Your Name (written by : Sufjan Stevens)
"Remember Me" from Coco (written by: Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez)
"Beyond the Moon" from Hello Again (written by: Michael John Lachiusa)
"This is Me" from The Greatest Showman (written by Pasek and Paul) (runner-up)
Visual Effects
Blade Runner 2049 (runner-up)
Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Thor: Ragnarok
War for the Planet of the Apes (winner)
Animated Feature
Coco (winner)
The LEGO Batman Movie
Loving Vincent (runner-up)
Mary and the Witch's Flower
Foreign Language Feature
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (winner)
A Fantastic Woman (runner-up)
First They Killed my Father
On Body and Soul
Thelma
WINS
4 - Call me by Your Name
3 - Blade Runner 2049
2 - Baby Driver
2 - Lady Bird
2 - Logan
1 - BPM (Beats Per Minute)
1 - Coco
1 - Dunkirk
1 - Get Out
1 - Mudbound
1 - War for the Planet of the Apes
1 - Wind River
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