This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2018

I keep thinking the first image on this thread is an animation of someone milking a cow, which I guess would be kinda appropriate for the topic.

Independent Spirit Award Nominations -- We the Animals leads with 5 nods; Eighth Grade and First Reformed each get 4

BEST FEATURE

Eight Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
You Were Never Really Here

BEST DIRECTOR

Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE
Barry Jenkins, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE
Lynne Ramsay, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Glenn Close, THE WIFE
Toni Collette, HEREDITARY
Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE
Regina Hall, SUPPORT THE GIRLS
Helena Howard, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Carey Mulligan, WILDLIFE

BEST MALE LEAD

John Cho, SEARCHING
Daveed Diggs, BLINDSPOTTING
Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED
Christian Malheiros, SÓCRATES
Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Raúl Castillo, WE THE ANIMALS
Adam Driver, BLACKKKLANSMAN
Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Josh Hamilton, EIGHTH GRADE
John David Washington, MONSTERS AND MEN

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Kayli Carter, PRIVATE LIFE
Tyne Daly, A BREAD FACTORY
Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE
J. Smith-Cameron, NANCY

BEST SCREENPLAY

Richard Glatzer (Writer/Story By), Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland, COLETTE
Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE
Boots Riley, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
Paul Schrader FIRST REFORMED

BEST DOCUMENTARY

HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
MINDING THE GAP
OF FATHERS AND SONS
ON HER SHOULDERS
SHIRKERS
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

BURNING (South Korea)
THE FAVOURITE (United Kingdom)
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Italy)
ROMA (Mexico)
SHOPLIFTERS (Japan)

BEST FIRST FEATURE

HEREDITARY
SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
THE TALE
WE THE ANIMALS
WILDLIFE

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE
Christina Choe, NANCY
Cory Finley, THOROUGHBREDS
Jennifer Fox, THE TALE
Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By) and Laurie Shephard (Story By), BLAME

BEST EDITING

Joe Bini, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates & Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS
Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart, AMERICAN ANIMALS
Anne Fabini, Alex Hall and Gary Levy, THE TALE
Nick Houy, MID90S

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Ashley Connor, MADELINE’S MADELINE
Diego Garcia, WILDLIFE
Benjamin Loeb, MANDY
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, SUSPIRIA
Zak Mulligan, WE THE ANIMALS

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

A BREAD FACTORY
EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA
NEVER GOIN’ BACK
SÓCRATES
THUNDER ROAD

BONNIE AWARD

Debra Granik
Tamara Jenkins
Karyn Kusama

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

SUSPIRIA

McCarthy didn't get mentioned eh

She should've.

On the other hand, what is so special about Support the Girls? sure, Regina Hall was fine, but there was nothing there. fwiw I hated that guy's last movie Computer Chess

Madeline's Madeline got robbed :(

Loved Computer Chess and not much else he's done.

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Raúl Castillo

Rowr.

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

BURNING (South Korea)
THE FAVOURITE (United Kingdom)
HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Italy)
ROMA (Mexico)
SHOPLIFTERS (Japan)

Pretty hard to argue against this lineup, overall.

Neither Elephant nor Bear in that lineup, though

no Transit, La Flor or Ash makes me sad

I'm glad you liked Transit as much as well. One of the best films I saw at Berlin. Felt a bit tired at Ash, even though it's probably the best of the three recent big Jia Zhangke films. I miss the scrappiness a bit, though :(

http://gothamist.com/2018/11/16/snow_storm_1.php#photo-1

I would think none of these are eligible, as they all will be released in '19.

also Frederik stfu

sorry, i meant neither Transit, La Flor nor Ash are 2018 releases

the IFP isn't yet rarified enough to laud films invisible to the public

Uh, isn't that essentially the only thing that they do?

blow me

Have not seen HAPPY AS LAZZARO or SHOPLIFTERS

Look forward to hating Roma all season.

nobody outside of a few festivals has seen ELEPHANT in this country, you clown

xp

Look forward to hating Roma all season.

Of course it's funny - this is all
too laughable to be anything else.
You know what I think about this -
this ROMA obsession of yours - and
now this ridiculous attempt to whip
yourself up into an angry froth

It is possible - even conceivable - that you've confused me with that gang of backward ILXers you've been playing tricks on - that you have the same contempt for me that you have for them?

Very effective. But why take it out on me?

oh the boys are doing their routine again

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Raúl Castillo
Adam Driver

I would willingly make my directorial debut with these two on a closed set.

https://c8.alamy.com/comp/BPHRW9/laura-harring-justin-theroux-mulholland-dr-2002-BPHRW9.jpg

ACTION!

"An Elephant Sitting Still" wins Best Film at the @Golden_Horse awards. Even more so than normal, I haven't and won't see everything of importance this year; but of those I have, Hu's is definitely the standout, a major masterpiece that should be discussed among the decade's best

— Michael J. Anderson (@Tativille_MJA) November 17, 2018

He doesn't even have a blue check mark.

I'm planning on turning him into the Dick Nixon of ilx film threads.

loved him in the red room

Gothams: best film to The Rider; Hawke, Collette

https://variety.com/2018/film/news/gotham-awards-winners-list-2018-new-york-1203037073/

Hawke and Schrader's writing noms the likeliest to keep appearing this semester.

Not sure how, but The Rider already had its shot at the IFP indie awards last year.

I hope First Reformed doesn't get swept aside for Bohemian Rhapsody/A Star is Born. Hawke and Schrader have never won Oscars in their respective categories right?

Schrader has never even been nominated.

for writing?

Hawke, we should note, has two supporting noms for acting and one for co-writing (Before Sunset).

Just saw an assembly cut of VICE.

Wait, that was the finished film? Oy gevalt.

— Jordan Hoffman (@jhoffman) November 26, 2018

we dont do Oscars in November in this fuckin' thread

even tho it's ALL THAT MATTERS NOD NOD NOD

This thread isn't even spelled right, what kind of rules do you expect for a thread like that anyway?

Cider House

https://media1.tenor.com/images/83e9f264560cb0f7347e86610d9fb318/tenor.gif?itemid=4268615

A thread like this the doesn't nod toward Oscars is like a thread about gin that doesn't mention martinis.

eff 'em and all AA scholarship

this is about the GOOD stuff

you and yer gotdamn nodz

eff 'em and all AA scholarship

this is about the GOOD stuff

As if on cue, here are this year's National Board of Review results ...

Best Film
GREEN BOOK

Best Director
Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN

Best Actor
Viggo Mortensen, GREEN BOOK

Best Actress
Lady Gaga, A STAR IS BORN

Best Supporting Actor
Sam Elliott, A STAR IS BORN

Best Supporting Actress
Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Best Original Screenplay
Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED

Best Adapted Screenplay
Barry Jenkins, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK

Best Animated Feature
THE INCREDIBLES 2

Breakthrough Performance
Thomasin McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE

Best Directorial Debut
Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE

Best Foreign Language Film
COLD WAR

Best Documentary
RBG

Best Ensemble
CRAZY RICH ASIANS

William K. Everson Film History Award
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WIND and THEY’LL LOVE ME WHEN I’M DEAD

NBR Freedom of Expression Award
22 JULY

NBR Freedom of Expression Award
ON HER SHOULDERS

Top Films (in alphabetical order)

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Black Panther
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mary Poppins Returns
A Quiet Place
Roma
A Star Is Born

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)

Burning
Custody
The Guilty
Happy as Lazzaro
Shoplifters

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

Crime + Punishment
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
Three Identical Strangers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

The Death of Stalin
Lean on Pete
Leave No Trace
Mid90s
The Old Man & the Gun
The Rider
Searching
Sorry to Bother You
We the Animals
You Were Never Really Here

Best Foreign Language Film
COLD WAR

Best Documentary
RBG

Best Ensemble
CRAZY RICH ASIANS

hell of a hat trick

Best Film
GREEN BOOK

hell of a shat brick

I didn't know there was a word for such happiness!

damn i meant to predict that

Jeffwey Wells will cream himself, if that's still possible

I daren't admit that I prefer Green Book to A Star is Born.