2010 Pretentious Film Awards - The Winners

Here is my list of winners for the 3rd Annual Pretentious Film Awards. Here's hoping 2011 is another great year for movies!

*Denotes Winner
**Denotes Runner-Up
***Denotes Second Runner-Up

Best Picture

Black Swan
Blue Valentine**
Dogtooth***
The Social Network*
Winter's Bone

Best Director

Darren Aronofsky - Black Swan
Derek Cianfrance - Blue Valentine**
Yorgos Lanthimos - Dogtooth
David O. Russell - The Fighter***
David Fincher - The Social Network*

Best Actor in a Leading Role

Aaron Eckhart - Rabbit Hole
Jesse Eisenberg - The Social Network**
James Franco - 127 Hours
Ryan Gosling - Blue Valentine*
Tahar Rahim - A Prophet***

Best Actress in a Leading Role

Nicole Kidman - Rabbit Hole***
Jennifer Lawrence - Winter's Bone
Lesley Manville - Another Year*
Tilda Swinton - I Am Love
Michelle Williams - Blue Valentine**

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

Christian Bale - The Fighter*
Andrew Garfield - Never Let Me Go**
John Hawkes - Winter's Bone
Mark Ruffalo - The Kids Are All Right***
Miles Teller - Rabbit Hole

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Dale Dickey - Winter's Bone
Melissa Leo - The Fighter***
Mia Wasikowska - The Kids Are All Right
Jacki Weaver - Animal Kingdom*
Dianne Wiest - Rabbit Hole**

Best Original Screenplay

Animal Kingdom - David Michôd***
Another Year - Mike Leigh**
The Fighter - Keith Dorrington, Eric Johnson, Scott Silver and Paul Tamasy
Blue Valentine - Derek Cianfrance*
Toy Story 3 - Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich

Best Adapted Screenplay

Never Let Me Go - Alex Garland
Rabbit Hole - David Lindsay-Abaire**
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - Michael Bacall and Edgar Wright
The Social Network - Aaron Sorkin*
Winter's Bone - Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini***

Best Editing

127 Hours - Jon Harris
Black Swan - Andrew Weisbaum**
Blue Valentine - Jim Helton and Ron Patane***
Inception - Lee Smith
The Social Network - Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall*

Best Cinematography

127 Hours - Enrique Chediak and Anthony Dod Mantle**
Black Swan - Matthew Libatique*
Enter the Void - Benoît Debie
The Social Network - Jeff Cronenweth***
True Grit - Roger Deakins

Best Original Score

Inception - Hans Zimmer***
The Illusionist - Sylvain Chomet
The King's Speech - Alexandre Desplat
Never Let Me Go - Rachel Portman**
The Social Network - Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross*

Best Original Song

For Colored Girls - "La Donna in Viola" (Performed by Andrea Jones-Sojola and Karen Slack)
The Illusionist - "Chanson Illusionist" (Performed by Sylvain Chomet)*
Never Let Me Go - "Never Let Me Go" (Performed by Rachel Portman)**
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - "Threshold" (Performed by Sex Bob-Omb)
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World - "We Are Sex Bob-Omb" (Performed by Sex Bob-Omb)***

Best Costume Design

Black Swan - Amy Westcott**
The Fighter - Mark Bridges
I Am Love - Antonella Cannarozzi*
Inception - Jeffrey Curland
True Grit - Mary Zophres***

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Black Swan - Tora Peterson and David Stein**
Dogtooth - Elli Papageorgakopoulou
I Am Love - Nadine Herrmann*
Inception - Guy Hendrix Diaz, Larry Dias and Doug Mowat
The King's Speech - Judy Farr and Eve Stewart***

Best Visual Effects

Black Swan**
Inception*
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World***

Best Makeup/Hair

Black Swan*
A Prophet**
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World***

Best Sound Mixing

127 Hours**
The Fighter
The Illusionist
Inception***
The Social Network*

Best Sound Editing

Black Swan*
Inception
Toy Story 3**
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World
The Social Network**

Top Ten Films of 2010

1. The Social Network
2. Blue Valentine
3. Dogtooth
4. Winter's Bone
5. Black Swan
6. The Fighter
7. Another Year
8. Animal Kingdom
9. The Illusionist
10. Never Let Me Go

Pretentious Film Awards 2009--The Winners!

*Denotes winner
**Denotes second runner up
***Denotes third runner up

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Hunger*
The Hurt Locker**
Inglourious Basterds***
The Messenger
Precious

Best Achievement in Directing

Jane Campion - Bright Star
Steve McQueen - Hunger**
Kathryn Bigelow - The Hurt Locker*
Quentin Tarantino - Inglourious Basterds***
John Hillcoat - The Road

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Jeff Bridges - Crazy Heart**
Michael Fassbender - Hunger*
Joseph Gordon-Levitt - (500) Days of Summer
Jeremy Renner - The Hurt Locker***
Sam Rockwell - Moon

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Abbie Cornish - Bright Star***
Paulina Gaitan - Sin Nombre
Carey Mulligan - An Education
Gabourey Sidibe - Precious**
Tilda Swinton - Julia*

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

Woody Harrelson - The Messenger
Anthony Mackie - The Hurt Locker***
Fred Melamed - A Serious Man
Paul Schneider - Bright Star**
Christoph Waltz - Inglourious Basterds*

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Jennifer Coolidge - Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Vera Farmiga - Up in the Air***
Anna Kendrick - Up in the Air
Mo'Nique - Precious*
Samantha Morton - The Messenger**

Best Original Screenplay

(500) Days of Summer - Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Webb
Hunger - Steve McQueen and Enda Walsh
The Hurt Locker - Mark Boal
Inglourious Basterds - Quentin Tarantino*
The Messenger - Alessandro Camon and Oren Moverman

Best Adapted Screenplay

District 9 - Neil Blomkamp and Terri Tatchell
An Education - Lynn Barber and Nick Hornby
Precious - Geoffrey Fletcher*
The Road - Joe Penhall**
Where the Wild Things Are - David Eggers and Spike Jonze***


Best Achivement in Costume Design

Bright Star - Janet Patterson*
An Education - Odile Dicks-Mireaux
Inglourious Basterds - Anna B. Sheppard**
A Serious Man - Mary Zophres
A Single Man - Arianne Phillips***

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Bright Star - Greg Fraser**
Hunger - Sean Bobbit
The Hurt Locker - Barry Ackroyd
Inglourious Basterds - Robert Richardson***
The Road - Javier Aguirresarobe*

Best Achievement in Art Direction

Avatar - Nick Bassett**
Bright Star - Christian Huband

Inglourious Basterds - Sandy Reynolds-Wasco (sets), Marco Bittner Rosser, Stephan O. Gessler, Sebastian Krawinkel, David Scheunemann, Steve Summersgill, Bettina von den Steinen*

Precious - Matteo De Cosmo
The Road - Gershon Ginsburg***

Best Achievement in Editing

(500) Days of Summer - Alan Edward Bell
Avatar - James Cameron, John Refoua and Stephen E. Rivkin***
The Hurt Locker - Chris Innis and Bob Murawski*
Hunger - Joe Walker
Inglourious Basterds - Sally Menke**

Best Visual Effects

Avatar*
District 9
Star Trek

Best Makeup/Hair

Drag Me to Hell - Luisa Abel
Hunger - Alison Rainey and Sian Wilson
The Road - Mandi Crane, Deborah Patino and Sherri Simmons*

Best Original Score

Bright Star - Mark Bradshaw
Drag Me to Hell - Christopher Young
The Road - Nick Cave and Warren Ellis**
Up - Michael Giacchino*
Where the Wild Things Are - Carter Burwell and Karen O.***

Best Original Song

Crazy Heart - "The Weary Kind"
Nine - "Take It All"
Where the Wild Things Are - "All is Love"*

Awards Tally

Inglourious Basterds - 3
Hunger - 2
The Hurt Locker - 2
The Road - 2
Bright Star - 1
Julia - 1
Precious - 1
Where the Wild Things Are - 1

Full Top Ten of 2009

1. Hunger (dir. Steve McQueen)
2. The Hurt Locker (dir. Kathryn Bigelow)
3. Inglourious Basterds (dir. Quentin Tarantino)
4. Precious (dir. Lee Daniels)
5. The Messenger (dir. Oren Moverman)
6. Bright Star (dir. Jane Campion)
7. The Road (dir. John Hillcoat)
8. Sin Nombre (dir. Cary Fukunaga)
9. Up (dir. Pete Docter and Bob Peterson)
10. Where the Wild Things Are (dir. Spike Jonze)

Pretentious Film Awards--Winners!

*Denotes Winner
**Denotes First Runner-Up
***Denotes Second Runner-Up

Best Motion Picture of the Year

Let the Right One In***
Milk
Rachel Getting Married*
WALL-E
The Wrestler**

Best Achievement in Direction

Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson**
Milk - Gus Van Sant
Rachel Getting Married - Jonathan Demme*
WALL-E - Andrew Stanton
The Wrestler - Darren Aronofsky***

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

Josh Brolin - W.***
Richard Jenkins - The Visitor
David Kross - The Reader
Sean Penn - Milk*
Mickey Rourke - The Wrestler**
(This was an extremely tight race for me between Sean Penn and Mickey Rourke. They are very evenly matched, in my estimation.)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

Anne Hathaway - Rachel Getting Married*
Sally Hawkins - Happy-Go-Lucky**
Melissa Leo - Frozen River***
Michelle Williams - Wendy and Lucy
Kate Winslet - The Reader

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

James Franco - Milk
Bill Irwin - Rachel Getting Married**
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight*
Eddie Marsan - Happy-Go-Lucky***
Michael Shannon - Revolutionary Road

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

Hiam Abbas - The Visitor
Penelope Cruz - Vicky Cristina Barcelona***
Viola Davis - Doubt**
Rosemarie Dewitt - Rachel Getting Married*
Lena Olin - The Reader

Best Original Screenplay

Mike Leigh - Happy-Go-Lucky
Dustin Lance Black - Milk***
Jenny Lumet - Rachel Getting Married*
Charlie Kaufman - Synecdoche, New York
Andrew Stanton - WALL-E**

Best Adapted Screenplay

Christopher Nolan and Jonathan Nolan - The Dark Knight
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
John Ajvide Lindqvist - Let the Right One In*
David Hare - The Reader***
Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond - Wendy and Lucy**


Best Acting by an Ensemble Cast

Burn After Reading
George Clooney, Richard Jenkins, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances McDormand, JK Simmons, Tilda Swinton

Milk***
Josh Brolin, Joseph Cross, Victor Garber, Lucas Grabeel, James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Sean Penn, Allison Pill

Rachel Getting Married* Tunde Adebimpe, Anna Deveare Smith, Rosemarie Dewitt, Anisa George, Anne Hathaway, Bill Irwin, Debra Winger, Mather Zickel

Synecdoche, New York**
Hope Davis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Catherine Keener, Samantha Morton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Dianne Wiest, Michelle Williams

The Visitor
Hiam Abbas, Danai Jekesai Gurira, Richard Jenkins, Haaz Sleiman

Technical Awards (I don't reward any sound categories, except Best Original Song/Score. I don't feel qualified to judge sound editing/mixing, etc.)

Best Achievement in Cinematography

Australia - Mandy Walker
The Dark Knight - Wally Pfister***
Rachel Getting Married - Declan Quinn**
Stop Loss - Chris Menges
The Wrestler - Maryse Alberti*

Best Achievement in Editing

Burn After Reading - Emmanuel Lubezki
Let the Right One In - Tomas Alfredson and Dino Jonsäter*
Rachel Getting Married - Tim Squyres
WALL-E - Stephen Schaffer*
The Wrestler - Andrew Weisblum**

Best Art Direction

Australia - Ian Gracie and Karen Murphy***
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Kelly Curley and Tom Reta
Revolutionary Road - Kristi Zea and Debra Schutt
Synecdoche, New York - Adam Stockhausen*
WALL-E - Zoe Boxer, Anthony B. Christov and Jason Deamer**

Best Costume Design

Australia - Catherine Martin*
Burn After Reading - Mary Zophres
Milk - Danny Glicker**
Rachel Getting Married - Susan Lyall
Revolutionary Road - Albert Wolsky***

Best Original Score

The Dark Knight - Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard
Milk - Danny Elfman***
The Reader - Nico Muhly**
Slumdog Millionaire - A.R. Rahman
WALL-E - Thomas Newman*

Best Original Song

Forgetting Sarah Marshall - "Dracula's Lament"
Slumdog Millionaire - "Jai Ho"**
The Wrestler - "The Wreslter"*


Awards Tally

Rachel Getting Married - 6 Wins
The Wrestler - 2 Wins
Australia - 1 Win
The Dark Knight - 1 Win
Let the Right One In - 1 Win
Milk - 1 Win
WALL-E - 1 Win

Full Top Ten List of 2008

1. Rachel Getting Married (dir. Jonathan Demme)
2. The Wrestler (dir. Darren Aronofsky)
3. Let the Right One In (dir. Tomas Alfredson)
4. Milk (dir. Gus Van Sant)
5. WALL-E (dir. Andrew Stanton)
6. Synecdoche, New York (dir. Charlie Kaufman)
7. Happy-Go-Lucky (dir. Mike Leigh)
8. The Reader (dir. Stephen Daldry)
9. Wendy and Lucy (dir. Kelly Reichardt)
10. The Visitor (dir. Thomas McCarthy)