Since the Academy has a habit of not even nominating the right people, here’s a look at whom I’d nominate if I had an Oscar ballot.
Best Picture
Boyhood
Selma
National Gallery
Pride
Charlie’s Country
Best Director
Richard Linklater, Boyhood
Ava DuVernay, Selma
Wes Anderson, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Frederick Wiseman, National Gallery
Jennifer Kent, The Babadook
Best Actor
Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel
David Oyelowo, Selma
Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosewater
Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
Jack O’Connell, Starred Up
David Gulpilil, Charlie’s Country
Best Actress
Marion Cotillard, Two Days One Night
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights
Rosamund Pike, Gone Girl
Lindsay Duncan, Le Week-End
Kristin Stewart, Camp X-Ray
Julianne Moore, Still Alice
Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars
Kristin Stewart, Clouds of Sils Maria
Tilda Swinton, Snowpiercer
Tessa Thompson, Dear White People
Laura Dern, Wild
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Fassbender, Frank
Tyler James Williams, Dear White People
Jake Lacey, Obvious Child
Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler
Best Original Screenplay
Wes Anderson and Hugo Guinness, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Justin Simien, Dear White People
Gillian Robespierre, Obvious Child
Jim Jarmusch, Only Lovers Left Alive
Jermaine Clement and Taika Waititi, What We Do in the Shadows
Best Adapted Screenplay
Nick Hornby, Wild
Lukas Moodysson, We Are the Best!
Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl
Paul Thomas Anderson, Inherent Vice
Bong Joon Ho, Snowpiercer
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki, Birdman
Bradford Young, Selma
Dick Pope, Mr Turner
Dariush Khondji, The Immigrant
Andre Turpin, Mommy
Best Animated Feature
Tale of Princess Kaguya
Song of the Sea
Big Hero 6
Best Editing
Boyhood
Birdman
Selma
Wild
National Gallery
Best Documentary
Life Itself
Cathedrals of Culture
The Salt of the Earth
We Come As Friends
National Gallery
Best Foreign Language Film
Charlie’s Country, Australia
Mommy, Canada
Behavior, Cuba
Force Majeure, Sweden
Ida, Poland
Best Original Song
“Hate the sport!”, We Are the Best!
“Split the Difference”, Boyhood
“Hal”, Only Lovers Left Alive
“Yellow Flicker Beat”, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
“Glory”, Selma
Best Score
Alexandre Desplat, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Alexandre Desplat, The Imitation Game
Trent Reznor, Gone Girl
Squrl, Only Lovers Left Alive
Hans Zimmer, Interstellar
Best Costume Design
Moa Li Lemhagen Schalin, We Are the Best!
Bina Daigeler, Only Lovers Left Alive
Lucy McLay and Samantha Morley, What We Do in the Shadows
Steven Noble, The Two Faces of January
Denise Coombes, God Help the Girl
Best Production Design
Nathan Crowley, Interstellar
Adam Stockhausen, The Grand Budapest Hotel
Ondřej Nekvasil, Snowpiercer
Marco Bittner Rosser, Only Lovers Left Alive
David Crank, Inherent Vice
*Note: This post was edited on January 18 to reflect changes to my nominations, after having seen “Still Alice” or “A Most Violent Year.” I’ve crossed out the nominees I’m replacing, and bolded the nominees that I’ve just inserted.
