Andrew's ballot:
Best Feature-Length Film
1. Children of Men
2. The Fountain
3. The Departed
4. Inland Empire
5. Pan's Labyrinth
6. United 93
7. Shortbus
8. The Proposition
9. Superman Returns
10. Little Children
Best Lead Performance, Male
1. Hugh Jackman, The Fountain
2. Matt Damon, The Departed
3. Clive Owen, Children of Men
4. Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America For Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
5. Leonardo DiCaprio, The Departed
Best Lead Performance, Female
1. Laura Dern, Inland Empire
2. Rachel Weisz, The Fountain
3. Kate Winslet, Little Children
4. Ivana Baquero, Pan's Labyrinth
5. Ellen Page, Hard Candy
Best Supporting Performance, Male
1. Jack Nicholson, The Departed
2. Michael Caine, Children of Men
3. Jackie Earl Haley, Little Children
4. Robert Downey Jr., A Scanner Darkly
5. John C. Reilly, Talladega Nights
Best Supporting Performance, Female
1. Fiona Shaw, The Black Dahlia
2. Julianne Moore, Children of Men
3. Virginia Madsen, A Prairie Home Companion
4. Asia Argento, Marie-Antoinette
5. Maribel Verdu, Pan's Labyrinth
Best Direction
(I've never seen the point of differentiating from one's top 5 here; they just seem to go hand in hand.)
1. Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men
2. Darren Aronofsky, The Fountain
3. Martin Scorsese, The Departed
4. David Lynch, Inland Empire
5. Guillermo del Toro, Pan's Labyrinth
Best Screenplay
1. The Departed
2. Children of Men
3. Pan's Labyrinth
4. The Proposition
5. Little Children
Best Cinematic Moment
1. Long take: battle and cease-fire in immigrant camp (Children of Men)
2. The first abrupt cut from Tomas the conquistador to Tommy floating quietly through the vastness of space. (The Fountain)
3. The pale man - creepy! (Pan's Labyrinth)
4. The all-male threeway featuring one participant singing "The Star Spangled Banner" into another's bum. (Shortbus)
5. "Alright." "BLAM!" Rat. (The Departed)
Best Breakthrough Performance
1. Ivana Baquero, Pan's Labyrinth
2. Sook-Yin Lee, Shortbus
3. Debbie Doebreiner, Bubble
Best First Feature by a Director
1. Little Miss Sunshine
2. V For Vendetta
3. Slither
Best Ensemble Performance
1. The Departed
2. United 93
3. Shortbus
Best Cinematography
1. Children of Men
2. The Proposition
3. Superman Returns
Best new DVD Release
1. Dazed and Confused: Criterion Collection
2. The Texas Chain Saw Massacre: Ultimate Edition
3. Amarcord: Criterion Collection
|
|
|