Oscars 2018

I meant to do this earlier in the week, but never had a chance. So in a rush, here’s my Oscar ballot (not predictions). In other words, these are what I’d vote for.

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET, Call Me by Your Name

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

SAM ROCKWELL, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

FRANCES MCDORMAND, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

LAURIE METCALF, Lady Bird

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

—No Vote—

CINEMATOGRAPHY

BLADE RUNNER 2049, Roger A. Deakins

COSTUME DESIGN

PHANTOM THREAD, Mark Bridges

DIRECTING

PHANTOM THREAD, Paul Thomas Anderson

DOCUMENTARY (FEATURE)

—No Vote—

DOCUMENTARY (SHORT SUBJECT)

—No Vote—

FILM EDITING

BABY DRIVER, Paul Machliss and Jonathan Amos

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

THE SQUARE, Sweden

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

—No Vote—

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

PHANTOM THREAD, Jonny Greenwood

MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

MYSTERY OF LOVE, from Call Me by Your Name; Music and Lyric by Sufjan Stevens

BEST PICTURE

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges and Marco Morabito, Producers

PRODUCTION DESIGN

THE SHAPE OF WATER, Production Design: Paul Denham Austerberry; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau and Jeff Melvin

SHORT FILM (ANIMATED)

—No Vote—

SHORT FILM (LIVE ACTION)

—No Vote—

SOUND EDITING

—No Vote—

SOUND MIXING

—No Vote—

VISUAL EFFECTS

BLADE RUNNER 2049, John Nelson, Gerd Nefzer, Paul Lambert and Richard R. Hoover

WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, Screenplay by James Ivory

WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

LADY BIRD, Written by Greta Gerwig