Hollywood Award season (Oscars, Globes, and so on)

[JasonEvans]

My ballot for the Atlanta Film Critics Circle is due on Sunday and I am really torn for the #1 film of the year... 4 contenders that I really am having trouble distinguishing among (and I just got my awards screeners for Little Women and Parasite, which could easily enter the fray from what I have heard): Knives Out, 1917, Endgame, and The Irishman. Could not be 4 more different films. Hmmmmm.

So, here is the ballot I submitted earlier today:

BEST PICTURE
1. Knives Out
2. 1917
3. Avengers: Endgame
4. Parasite
5. The Irishman
(Ford v Ferrari was my #6)

BEST LEAD ACTOR
1. Joaquin Phoenix - Joker
2. George MacKay - 1917
3. Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

BEST LEAD ACTRESS
1. Rene Zellwegger - Judy
2. Lupita Nyongo - Us
3. Saoirse Ronan – Little Women

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1. Tom Hanks - Neighborhood
2. Joe Pesci - The Irishman
3. Chris Evans – Knives Out

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1. Park So-dam - Parasite
2. Maggie Smith – Downton Abby
3. Margot Robbie – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
1. Knives Out
2. Parasite
3. 1917

BEST DIRECTOR
1. Sam Mendes - 1917
2. Bong Joon-ho - Parasite
3. Rian Johnson – Knives Out

BEST SCREENPLAY
1. Rian Johnson – Knives Out
2. James Mangold and others – Ford v Ferrari
3. Bong Joon-ho - Parasite

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM
1. Apollo 11
2. The Amazing Johnathan
3. Tell Me Who I Am

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
1. Parasite
2. Incitement

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
1. Toy Story 4
2. (intentionally left blank)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Roger Deakins - 1917
2. Phedon Papamichael – Ford v Ferrari
3. Steve Yedlin – Knives Out

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Thomas Newman - 1917
2. Hildur Guðnadóttir - Joker
3. Alan Silverstri – Avengers: Endgame

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Kelvin Harrison Jr - Luce and Waves

BEST FIRST FILM
Josh Cooley - Toy Story 4

-Jason "we are one of the first critic groups to announce awards and will announce tomorrow... most of my picks did quite well" Evans