The hellscape that was 2018 may be over, but we’re not done with it quite yet. We finally have the nominations for the 91st Academy Awards!
Best Picture
“Black Panther”
“A Star Is Born”
“Roma”
“The Favourite”
“Vice”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“Green Book”
“BlacKkKlansman”
Best Director
Spike Lee – “BlacKkKlansman”
Pawel Pawlikowski – “Cold War”
Yorgos Lanthimos – “The Favourite”
Alfonso Cuarón – “Roma”
Adam McKay – “Vice”
Best Actress
Glenn Close – “The Wife”
Lady Gaga – “A Star Is Born”
Yalitza Aparicio – “Roma”
Olivia Colman – “The Favourite”
Melissa McCarthy – “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Best Actor
Christian Bale – “Vice”
Bradley Cooper – “A Star Is Born”
Viggo Mortensen – “Green Book”
Willem Dafoe – “At Eternity’s Gate”
Rami Malek – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams – “Vice”
Emma Stone – “The Favourite”
Marina De Tavira – “Roma”
Regina King – “If Beale Street Could Talk”
Rachel Weisz – “The Favourite”
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali – “The Green Book”
Adam Driver – “BlacKkKlansman”
Sam Elliott – “A Star Is Born”
Richard E. Grant – “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
Sam Rockwell – “Vice”
Best Adapted Screenplay
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“A Star Is Born”
Best Original Screenplay
“The Favourite”
“First Reformed”
“Green Book”
“Roma”
“Vice”
Best Cinematography
“Cold War”
“The Favourite”
“Never Look Away”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
Best Documentary Feature
“Free Solo”
“Hale County This Morning, This Meaning”
“Minding The Gap”
“Of Fathers And Sons”
“RBG”
Best Animated Feature
“Incredibles 2”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mirai”
“Ralph Breaks The Internet”
“Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse”
Best Foreign Language Film
“Capernaum”
“Roma”
“Cold War”
“Never Look Away”
“Shoplifters”
Best Film Editing
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“The Favourite”
“Green Book”
“Vice”
Best Animated Short Film
“Animal Behaviour”
“Bao”
“Late Afternoon”
“One Small Step”
“Weekends”
Best Live Action Short Film
“Detainment”
“Fauve”
“Marguerite”
“Mother”
“Skin”
Best Documentary Short
“Black Sheep”
“Endgame”
“Lifeboat”
“A Night At The Garden”
“Period. End of Sentence”
Best Production Design
“Black Panther”
“The Favourite”
“First Man”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Roma”
Best Costume Design
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
“Black Panther”
“The Favourite”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
“Mary Queen of Scots”
Best Makeup And Hairstyling
“Border”
“Mary Queen of Scotts”
“Vice”
Best Visual Effects
“Avengers: Infinity War”
“Christopher Robin”
“First Man”
“Ready Player One”
“Solo: A Star Wars Story”
Best Sound Mixing
“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“First Man”
“Roma”
“A Star Is Born”
Sound Editing
“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”
“First Man”
“A Quiet Place”
“Roma”
Best Original Score
“Black Panther”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
“Isle of Dogs”
“Mary Poppins Returns”
Original Song
“All The Stars” -“Black Panther”
“I’ll Fight” – “RBG”
“The Place Where Lost Things Go” – “Mary Poppins Returns”
“Shallow” – “A Star Is Born”
“When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” – “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
It’s too early for me to do any real analysis of the nominees, but honestly, I don’t think there is much need from one. There are practically zero big surprises here, with the only one being Marina de Tavira as Best Supporting Actress for Roma because she hasn’t been in the overall awards conversation at all up until this point. There are definitely some disappointments, both in what is nominated *cough Bohemian Rhapsody, Green Book cough* and what isn’t like Boots Riley’s screenplay for Sorry To Bother You, the score for First Man, nothing for Widows, among others that I’m sure you’ll probably have.
So, what do you think about these nominations? Feel free to sound off in the comments!