This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2017

i.e. the group that actually DID give La La Land best picture last year

The voting has begun #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

Maybe Oscar will do us all the favor of giving all 5 best actor slots to actresses instead this year:

https://www.thedailybeast.com/gary-oldman-the-oscar-frontrunner-with-a-dark-past

Not online yet, so the commentary that's so crucial isn't available yet, but here's John Waters' essential list for the year:

1. Baby Driver (Edgar Wright)
2. I, Olga Hepnarová (Petr Kazda, Tomáš Weinreb)
3. The Strange Ones (Christopher Radcliff, Lauren Wolkstein)
4. Nocturama (Bertrand Bonello)
5. Wonderstruck (Todd Haynes)
6. Graduation (Christian Mungiu)
7. The Wizard of Lies (Barry Levinson)
8. Lady Macbeth (William Oldroyd)
9. Wonder Wheel (Woody Allen)
10. Tom of Finland (Dome Karukoski)

Welp, so much for Get Out's best film hopes, probably:

BEST FIRST FILM: GET OUT (JORDAN PEELE)

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: PBM (BEATS PER MINUTE) / ROBIN CAMPILLO #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

In case they end up deleting that typo tweet, best foreign film was BPM

did Lady Macbeth get a US release?

Get Out's guaranteed an Oscar slot, I reckon.

BEST NONFICTION FILM: FACES PLACES (AGNES VARDA) #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

Mild surprise over BPM.

What would you have expected over it at this point? Doesn't seem like there's any Toni Erdmanns in the mix this year to dominate over all.

Well, speaking of categories that seem a little thin on competition this year:

BEST ANIMATED FILM: COCO (LEE UNKRICH, ADRIAN MOLINA) #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

yes jed, Lady Macbeth was in theaters for about a minute

What would you have expected over it at this point? Doesn't seem like there's any Toni Erdmanns in the mix this year to dominate over all.

― Fred Klinkenberg (Eric H.),

The Square or Thelma?

or Nocturama (which was better reviewed in NY than The Square i think)

have no idea what the critical standing of this year's imminent Haneke is.

BPM would be my choice for best film right now

thinking Call Me By Your Name is a good guess for NY's top choice, unless there's a Dunkirk faction.

The former is far more divisive than BPM. The latter is much less in the conversation.

xps yeah, Nocturama would be that candidate if it weren't so controversial.

They've invited 8 new members, and only one of them has what I'd consider Dunkirkian tastes.

no one liked the haneke much iirc

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: MUDBOUND / RACHEL MORRISON #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

Yew-hew, Lord Soto:

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: WILLEM DAFOE / THE FLORIDA PROJECT #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

fuck-yew

Somewhere, Michael Stuhlbarg weeps and wishes he'd gotten more than one scene.

BOOM

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: TIFFANY HADDISH / GIRLS TRIP #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

i guess Dafoe might be the inevitable one down the line this year

ah, the Young Turks dig deep for some unwatchable comedy?

xp Possibly. His category is the least stacked with alternatives.

i have no idea who Tiffany Haddish is. This an all-out broadly comic role?

I did like Malcolm Lee's Undercover Brother, but damn that was a long time ago.

hoping my beloved Cynthia Nixon takes it

(watch they pull some Kate Winslet bullshit)

the Winslet sizzle of October seems to have cooled some

Yep, to put it far too reductively, she's the Melissa McCarthy Bridesmaids force in Girls Trip. Very broad, very unsubtle, very funny.

BEST ACTOR: TIMOTHEE CHALAMET / CALL ME BY YOUR NAME #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

No issues with that choice either tbh. These are going well enough that I can't wait for them to top the last-minute La La Land win in sheer eleventh-hour awfulness.

BEST PICTURE: DARKEST HOUR #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

BEST PICTURE: DUNKIRK and DARKEST HOUR (tie) #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

nice try, you naughty boy

It's all fun and games until The Same Kind of Different As Me takes it

I already know K3ith Uhl1ch is going to vote for The Snowman in all categories.

BEST ACTRESS: SAOIRSE RONAN / LADY BIRD #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

oh yeah, LB is the only alternative i see to CMBYN

I have $5 down on Lady Bird also winning director and picture.

must be the youngest pair of lead acting winners

I'm cool with them.

Oh crap, I forgot about the last-minute groundswell on this one ... I rescind my $5

BEST SCREENPLAY: PHANTOM THREAD / PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

oh snap

SPECIAL AWARD FOR CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: MOLLY HASKELL #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

Frederick B was right after all!

BEST DIRECTOR: SEAN BAKER / THE FLORIDA PROJECT #NYFCC

— Sidney Falco (@Sidney_Falco) November 30, 2017

yay Molly