Saturday, November 25, 2023

JWD Award winners - 2021 & 2022

Continuing to be... very... late.... on... these... 

But getting it done before anything for 2023. And combining both in one post, because why not?

Best films of 2021 here, Best films of 2022 here. 

2021 JWD Awards
Best Film:
Power of the Dog
Tick Tick Boom
Worst Person in the World
Green Knight
Souvenir pt 2
Bergman Island
Spencer
Flee
Passing
Luzzu


Best Popcorn Flick:
CODA
Licorice Pizza
Matrix Resurrections
I'm Your Man
Sparks Brothers
In the Heights
Zola
French Dispatch

Film I'm Most Looking Forward To That I Missed:
Oh god so many
Drive My Car
The Rescue
Petite Maman
Riders of Justice
Red Rocket
Pig
Moffie
Cow
Lost Daughter
Bitterbrush
Card Counter (especially since I just learned it uses William Tell's Overture)
Quiet Part pt 2

Best Debut Film:
Passing
Shiva Baby (I have somehow included Shiva Baby on both my 2020 and 2021 lists??? What is time in the pandemic?? (I think it's because NBR, the Indie Spirits, and Sight & Sound have all listed it as a 2021 film, but I saw it in 2020. But I forgot to put it up for best debut and poster, so here I go in 2021. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)  
Censor
Wild Indian
Nine Days
Tick Tick Boom
Luzzu
Land

Best Actress:
Tessa Thompson - Passing
Katherine Waterson - The World to Come
Kristen Stewart - Spencer
Honor Swinton Byrne - Souvenir pt 2
Renate Reinsve - Worst Person in the World
Taylour Paige - Zola
Vicky Krieps - Bergman Island
Maren Eggert - I'm Your Man
Michelle Pfeiffer - French Exit

Best Actor:
Benedict Cumberbatch - Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield - Tick Tick Boom
Dev Patel - Green Knight
Michael Greyeyes - Wild Indian
Demián Bichir - Land
Peter Dinklage - Cyrano


Best Supporting Actress:
Mia Wasikowska - Bergman Island
Ruth Negga - Passing
Vanessa Kirby - the World to Come
Caitíona Balfe - Belfast
Kirsten Dunst - Power of the Dog
Marlee Matlin - CODA
Tilda - Souvenir pt 2
Riley Keough - Zola
Ariana DeBose - West Side Story
Valerie Mahaffey - French Exit

Best Supporting Actor:
Troy Kotsur - CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee - Power of the Dog
Jesse Plemons - Power of the Dog
Anders Danielsen Lie - Worst Person in the World
Andre Holland - Passing
Casey Affleck - the World to Come
Colman Domingo - Zola
Mike Faist - West Side Story
Anders Danielsen Lie - Bergman Island
Tim Roth - Bergman Island
Richard Ayoade - Souvenir pt 2

Best Ensemble:
Power of the Dog
Passing
Bergman Island
Worst Person in the World
Souvenir pt 2
Licorice Pizza
Zola
In the Heights
World to Come
Hmmm... tricky to say Harder They Fall at this point, but for Idris, Zazie, Regina, Delroy & Lakeith (among others), let's still include it...

Best Documentary:
Flee
The Sparks Brothers
All Light Everywhere
After Antarctica
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Searchers
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street

Best Animated Film:
Flee
Encanto
...

Best Foreign Film:
Worst Person in the World
Luzzu 
Flee
I'm Your Man

Best Director:
Rebecca Hall - Passing
Jane Campion - Power of the Dog
Mia Hansen-Love - Bergman Island
Steven Spielberg - WSS
David Lowery - Green Knight
Joanna Hogg - Souvenir pt 2
Janicza Bravo - Zola
Lin Manuel Miranda - Tick Tick Boom

Best Screenplay - Original:
Worst Person in the World
Bergman Island
Last Night in Soho
Licorice Pizza

Best Screenplay - Adapted:
Power of the Dog
Green Knight
Passing
Tick Tick Boom
Zola
Souvenir pt 2
I'm Your Man
Coda

Best Editing:
Power of the Dog
tick tick boom
souvenir pt 2
Zola
WSS

Best Cinematography:
Power of the Dog
Censor
Passing
Zola
Green Knight
WSS
Dune

Best Costumes:
Passing

Best Makeup:
In the Heights
Dune
Last Night in Soho
French dispatch
WSS

Best Production Design:
Passing
Dune
Power of the Dog
West Side Story
In the Heights
Souvenir pt II
Censor
French Dispatch
Cyrano

Best Visual Effects:
Dune
Matrix Resurrections
Last Night in Soho

Best Score:
Passing (as I recall, the score weaves in bits by Emahoy Tsegue-Maryam Guebrou, whose work was also used in Time (2020))
Zola (I loved that in the theater I went... 'this is Mica Levi')
... I mean the Sparks Brothers?


Best Song/Musical Moment:
What a GREAT year for musical moments:
This Town ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us - The Sparks Brothers (Here's just the performance)
I guess the Jets from WSS for featuring Mike Faist and not Ansel Elgort? the mixer? I feel pretty? Rita singing Somewhere?
        (Why not America? Here's the issue - I LOVE the version of America from the broadway revival (here's the full audio), so as much as I love the costumes and choreography, I hate the movie version. The changes don't make sense narratively (why does Anita start the song???). The mix makes the girls sound tinny. Honestly, the intro to In the Heights ends up being the better big street dance, even without the yellow dance.)

Best Sound - both Editing & Mixing:
Passing
Power of the Dog
Coda
World to Come
Dune
tick tick boom
Matrix Resurrections
In the heights

Best Short - Doc:

Best Short - Live Action:
Yoruga

Best Short - Animated [Ed: this one is so hard! I do think it's a rare case of the right film both being nominated and winning the oscar, but Ghost Dogs, Swallow the Universe and Opera are all really close runners up.]
KKUM
the animated section in French Dispatch

Best poster:
Censor

Best Trailer:
WSS teaser 

Best Quote:
"Honestly, I don't want to see this movie. I don't want to learn too much about them. I'll watch it... because I'm in it." - The Sparks Brothers
"What is the point of money, if you're not gonna spend it on the people that you love?" - Tick Tick Boom
"I'm sure you can understand why our beloved parent company, Warner Bros., has decided to make a sequel to the trilogy." - Matrix Resurrections
"That’s the problem with guns. They give insecure men the illusion of power." - On the Count of Three
"Do it." - Zola
"Send us niggas with good credit. 840!" - Zola
"I use too much teeth when I suck dick." - Zola

Unforgettable Moment (Arr. There be spoilers here:)
The drive in neutral - Licorice Pizza
the last scene with Askel (or time freezing) - Worst Person in the World
Stefani's perspective - Zola
Flash-forward - Green Knight

2022 JWD Awards

Best Film:

TÁR
Eight Mountains (this is such a close runner up. I keep going back and forth.)
Bones & All
Decision to Leave
Aftersun
Memoria
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Banshees of Inisherin
After Yang
Eternal Daughter
Benediction

Best Popcorn Flick:
RRR
Top Gun Maverick
Nope
The Menu
Glass Onion
Men
Bob's Burgers
Marcel the Shell

Film I'm Most Looking Forward To That I Missed:
Corsage
the Wonder
Three Thousand Years
Crimes of the Future
The Northman
Zero Fucks Given
The House
the Card Counter
Pleasure

Best Debut Film:
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Aftersun
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Barbarian
On the Count of Three

Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett - TÁR
Tang Wei - Decision to Leave
Taylor Russell - Bones & All
Tilda - Memoria, Eternal Daughter
Keke Palmer - Nope
Michelle Yeoh - EEAAO
Lily McInerny - Palm Trees and Power Lines
Odessa Young - Mothering Sunday

Best Actor:
Rory Kinnear - Men
Jonathan Tucker - Palm Trees & Power Lines
Luca Marinelli - Eight Mountains
Timothee Chalamet - Bones & All
Park Hae-il - Decision to Leave
Paul Mescal - Aftersun
Colin Farrell - Banshees
Colin Farrell - After Yang
Jack Lowden - Benediction
Cooper Raiff - Cha Cha Real Smooth

Best Supporting Actress:
Kerry Condon - Banshees
Stephanie Hsu - EEAAO
Nina Hoss - TÁR
Noémi Merlant - TÁR
Sophie Kauer - TÁR
Haley Lu Richardson - After Yang
Tilda - Eternal Daughter ;)

Best Supporting Actor:
Ben Daniels/Matthew Tennyson/Peter Capaldi - Benediction
Barry Keoghan - Banshees
Brendan Gleeson - Banshees
Ke Huy Quan - EEAAO
Ralph Fiennes - the Menu
Mark Rylance - Bones & All
Alessandro Borghi - Eight Mountains

Best Ensemble:
Banshees
After Yang
Everything Everywhere
Top Gun Maverick
TÁR
Bones & All
Decision to Leave
Nope
Eight Mountains
Benediction
Mothering Sunday

Twofers:
Aftersun
Men
Good Luck to You Leo Grande
Palm Trees & Power Lines

Best Documentary:
All That Breathes
Moonage Daydream
32 Sounds
Jeanette

...I didn't see shit last year apparently

Best Animated Film:
Marcel the Shell
Wendell & Wild
Bob's Burgers

Best Foreign Film:
Decision to Leave
RRR
Memoria
Eight Mountains
All That Breathes
Intregalde

Best Director:
Todd Field - TÁR
Charlotte Wells - Aftersun
Martin McDonagh - Banshees
Joseph Kosinski - Top Gun
S.S. Rajamouli - RRR
Park Chan-Wook - Decision to Leave
Luca Guadaggnino - Bones & All
Kogonada - After Yang
Felix van Groeningen & Charlotte Vandermeersch - Eight Mountains
Jamie Dack - Palm Trees & Power Lines
Apichatpong Weerasethakul - Memoria
Joanna Hogg - Eternal Daughter

Best Screenplay - Original:
TÁR
Banshees
Aftersun
Decision to Leave
Cha Cha Real Smooth
Palm Trees & Power Lines
EEAAO
Nope

Best Screenplay - Adapted:
Marcel the Shell
After Yang
Bones & All
Eternal Daughter
Mothering Sunday

Best Editing:
Top Gun
EEAAO
TÁR
Moonage Daydream
Bones & All
Marcel the Shell
Aftersun

Best Cinematography:
TÁR
Top Gun
Men
Decision to Leave
Bones & All
All That Breathes
Banshees
Aftersun
Memoria

Best Costumes:
EEAAO

Best Makeup:
Bones & All
EEAAO
Men
the Menu
Thor Love & Thunder

Best Production Design:
TÁR
Neptune Frost
Bones & All
Nope
Banshees

Best Visual Effects:
Top Gun
Nope
RRR
Men
EEAAO

Best Score:
Banshees
Bones & All (I LOVE IT SO MUCH)

Best Song/Musical Moment:
I mean, it's obviously this:

but I do also really love You Made it Feel Like Home.

Best Sound - both Editing & Mixing:
Top Gun
EEAAO
Moonage Daydream
Men
Aftersun
Nope
TÁR
After Yang
Memoria
32 Sounds

Best Short - Animated:

Special Pandemic Section - Best Older Short Seen This Year
575 Castro St.

Best poster:
Tár (this variation is good, too)
Pearl (or this variant) (the one for X was pretty great, too)
Pinnocchio

Best Trailer:

Best Quote:
"Student Loans?" - The Menu
“You want to be people? Let’s be people.” - Bones & All
“Oh it's so dumb, it's brilliant." "No! It's just dumb!” - Glass Onion
"I have body dysmorphia." - Bodies Bodies Bodies
"I wasn't trying to be nice. I was trying to be accurate." - Banshees
"But sometimes you just have to disregard those rules and think, "well, actually, the rule is that I want to be having a good life, and stay alive, and not just survive, but have a good life." - Marcel
"Sometimes, people say that my head is too big for my body. And then I say, "compared to what?"" - Marcel
"Whale jetski" - Marcel
“guess why i smile a lot.” “why?” “because it’s worth it.” - Marcel

Unforgettable Moment (Arr. There be spoilers here:)
When the type of horror Barbarian is reveals itself
Memoria one-er
The rocks - EEAAO
Ram's introduction - RRR
Gordy's rampage - Nope
Under Pressure - Aftersun
the Julliard class - TÁR
the car ride - Marcel
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