By Susan Granger
Special to WestportNow
At the end of the year, it’s time for evaluations. Here’s my list – in alphabetical order:
PICTURE
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Mudbound”
“The Post”
“The Shape Of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
“Wind River”
“Wonderstruck”
“Wonder Woman”
LEADING ACTOR:
Timothee Chalamet for “Call Me By Your Name”
Steve Carell for “Battle Of The Sexes”
Daniel Day-Lewis for “Phantom Thread”
Sam Elliott for “The Hero”
Jake Gyllenhaal for “Stronger”
Tom Hanks for “The Post”
Kumail Nanjiani for “The Big Sick”
Daniel Kaluuya for “Get Out”
Gary Oldman in “Darkest Hour”
Jeremy Renner in “Wind River”
LEADING ACTRESS:
Annette Bening for “Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool”
Jessica Chastain for “Molly’s Game”
Judi Dench for “Victoria & Abdul”
Sally Hawkins for “The Shape Of Water” and “Maudie”
Frances McDormand for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Carey Mulligan for “Mudbound”
Margot Robbie for “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan for “Lady Bird”
Emma Stone for “Battle of the Sexes”
Meryl Streep for “The Post”
SUPPORTING ACTOR:
Jamie Bell for “Film Stars Don’t Die In Liverpool”
Willem Dafoe for “The Florida Project”
Armie Hammer for “Call Me By Your Name”
Woody Harrelson in “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins for “The Shape Of Water”
Ben Mendelsohn for “Darkest Hour”
Sam Rockwell for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Mark Rylance for “Dunkirk”
Michael Shannon for “The Shape Of Water”
Michael Stuhlbarg for “Call Me By Your Name”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS:
Mary J. Blige for “Mudbound”
Hong Chau for “Downsizing”
Lindsay Duncan for “Gifted”
Holly Hunter for “The Big Sick”
Allison Janney for “I, Tonya”
Jennifer Jason Leigh for “LBJ”
Melissa Leo for “Novitiate”
Laurie Metcalf for “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer for “The Shape Of Water”
Juno Temple in “Wonder Wheel”
DIRECTOR:
Guillermo del Toro for “The Shape Of Water”
Greta Gerwig for “Lady Bird”
Todd Haynes for “Wonderstruck”
Patty Jenkins for “Wonder Woman”
Christopher Nolan for “Dunkirk”
Martin McDonagh for “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Jordan Peale for “Get Out”
Dee Rees for “Mudbound”
Taylor Sheridan for “Wind River”
Steven Spielberg for “The Post”
DOCUMENTARY:
“Abacus: Small Enough To Jail”
“Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
“Chasing Coral”
“City Of Ghosts”
“Faces Places”
“Icarus”
“An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth To Power”
“Jane”
“Last Men In Aleppo”
“Strong Island”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:
“BPM (Beats Per Minute)”
“A Fantastic Woman”
“First They Killed My Father”
“Foxtrot”
“Franz”
“In The Fade”
“Loveless”
“Menache”
“The Square”
“Thelma”
ANIMATED FILM:
“Birdboy: The Forgotten Children”
“The Boss Baby”
“The Breadwinner”
“Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie”
“Coco”
“Despicable Me 3”
“Ferdinand”
“The Girl Without Hands”
“Loving Vincent”
“Window Horses: The Poetic Persian Epiphany Of Rosie Ming”
(Editor’s Note: Westport resident Susan Granger grew up in Hollywood, studied journalism with Pierre Salinger at Mills College, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with highest honors in journalism. In addition to writing for newspapers and magazines, she has been on radio/television as an anchorwoman and movie/drama critic for many years. See her reviews at www.susangranger.com.)
