10th Goresy Awards
Arriving just ahead of the Oscar nominations, here are the tenth annual Goresies, a personal selection of the best in 2019 cinema. It was a great year for performances, so I included more honorable mentions than usual. Eligibility requirement: a commercial U.S. release date between January 1, 2019, and December 31, 2019.
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FILM
Parasite
Click here to read more on 2019’s best films.
Honorable Mentions: Portrait of a Lady on Fire | The Irishman | Uncut Gems
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DIRECTOR
Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Honorable Mentions: Bong Joon-ho, Parasite | Josh Safdie & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems | Martin Scorsese, The Irishman | James Gray, Ad Astra | László Nemes, Sunset
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ACTRESS
Zhao Tao, Ash Is Purest White
Honorable Mentions: Lupita Nyong’o, Us | Adèle Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Alfre Woodard, Clemency | Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell | Sienna Miller, American Woman | Awkwafina, The Farewell | Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story | Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose | Mary Kay Place, Diane
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ACTOR
Paul Walter Hauser, Richard Jewell
Honorable Mentions: Adam Driver, Marriage Story | Robert De Niro, The Irishman | Brad Pitt, Ad Astra | Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems | Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory | André Holland, High Flying Bird | Gonzalo Delgado, Belmonte | Matthew McConaughey, The Beach Bum | Tom Mercier, Synonyms | Andrew Garfield, Under the Silver Lake
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SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Honorable Mentions: Julianne Nicholson, Monos | Lee Jung-eun, Parasite | Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell | Florence Pugh, Little Women | Margot Robbie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Cho Yeo-jeong, Parasite | Julia Fox, Uncut Gems | Lauren ‘Lolo’ Spencer, Give Me Liberty
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SUPPORTING ACTOR
Song Kang-ho, Parasite
Honorable Mentions: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Joe Pesci, The Irishman | Alan Alda, Marriage Story | Al Pacino, The Irishman | Ray Liotta, Marriage Story | Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | Aldis Hodge, Clemency | Eric Bogosian, Uncut Gems | Alessandro Nivola, The Art of Self-Defense
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ENSEMBLE
Uncut Gems
Honorable Mentions: Marriage Story | Parasite | The Irishman | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Her Smell | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | A Hidden Life | Richard Jewell
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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won, Parasite
Honorable Mentions: Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story | Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems | David Robert Mitchell, Under the Silver Lake | Lulu Wang, The Farewell
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ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Steven Zaillian, The Irishman
Honorable Mentions: Greta Gerwig, Little Women | Ryūsuke Hamaguchi & Sachiko Tanaka, Asako I & II | Christian Petzold, Transit | Mario Correa & Matthew Michael Carnahan, Dark Waters | Andrew Stanton & Stephany Folsom, Toy Story 4
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EDITING
Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Honorable Mentions: Yang Jin-mo, Parasite | Thelma Schoonmaker, The Irishman | Todd Douglas Miller, Apollo 11 | Nick Houy, Little Women | Bob Ducsay, Knives Out
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
Claire Mathon, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Honorable Mentions: Mátyás Erdély, Sunset | Hoyte van Hoytema, Ad Astra | Jörg Widmer, A Hidden Life | Hong Kyung-pyo, Parasite | David Raedeker, The Souvenir
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PRODUCTION DESIGN
László Rajk, Sunset
Honorable Mentions: Craig Lathrop, The Lighthouse | Lee Ha-jun, Parasite | Barbara Ling, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood | Kevin Thompson, Ad Astra | Leigh Poindexter, Greener Grass
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EFFECTS/STUNTS
Ad Astra
Honorable Mentions: Shadow | The Lighthouse | Ford v. Ferrari | Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker | John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum
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COSTUMES/HAIR/MAKEUP
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Honorable Mentions: Sunset | The Irishman | Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Knife + Heart
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SOUND DESIGN
The Lighthouse
Honorable Mentions: Sunset | Ad Astra | Ford v. Ferrari | Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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ORIGINAL SCORE
Fatima Al Qadiri, Atlantics
Honorable Mentions: Matt Morton, Apollo 11 | Marcelo Zarvos, Dark Waters | Daniel Lopatin, Uncut Gems | Nicholas Britell, The King | Max Richter & Lorne Balfe, Ad Astra | Mica Levi, Monos | Emile Mosseri, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
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ORIGINAL SONG
“Moonfog” - Jimmy Buffett, The Beach Bum
Honorable Mentions: “Willow” - Tindersticks, High Life | “La Jeune Fille en Feu” - Para One & Arthur Simonini, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
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DOCUMENTARY
Apollo 11
Honorable Mentions: For Sama | One Child Nation | American Factory
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ANIMATED FEATURE
Toy Story 4
Honorable Mentions: Missing Link
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