The biggest snubs, in my book, which do not include people who had their fans but were never considered leading contenders (Toni Colette) in order from BIGGEST to STILL BIG, BUT LEAST BIG ON THIS LIST:
No Bradley Cooper for directing A Star is Born. This is a head-scratcher. The film underperformed in nominations, but still snagged 8 (including Best Actress, natch) — he is an Academy fave, an actor achieving a huge hit with his first directorial effort ... mind-boggling. Note: Normally, I'd think if a film didn't get a Best Director nom, it wouldn't be in the running to win Best Picture, but Cold War wasn't even nominated for Best Picture yet edged people out for Best Director, so while I don't see A Star Is Born winning, it ain't outta the running.
No Won't You Be My Neighbor? Sorry, but the doc category is voted on by A-holes. They routinely snub amazing documentaries that garnered mainstream attention (remember Salesman, Grey Gardens, Roger & Me, The Thin Blue Line, Paris Is Burning, Truth or Dare, Hoop Dreams, The Celluloid Closet, Crumb, This Film Is Not Yet Rated?). But this is a true insult to our intelligence. Fuck totally off.
No Ethan Hawke for his acting in First Reformed. Honestly thought this movie was garbage, but he was a lock for a nomination in what was clearly a career-high performance. What's he gotta do? Self-flagella — oh, wait, he did that.
No Justin Hurwitz for the First Man score. I'm not a fan of this dull movie, but this was a gimme nom. I now hope this clears a path for Mary Poppins Returns.
No Three Identical Strangers for doc. Again, a widely-seen, commercially viable doc on a popular, easy-to-digest subject. Why?
No Peter Farrelly for directing Green Book. I think Green Book, along with Roma, has a great shot at winning Best Picture, but its director was snubbed. The only reason this isn't higher on the list is the fact that Farrelly is not respected as a director overall, having turned in crowd-pleasing, low-brow stuff in the past, and was accussed of long-ago sexual misconduct during the voting period.
No Timothée Chalamet for his beautiful Beautiful Boy work. I do love him, but he was honestly gut-wrenchingly good in a just-okay movie. It's embarrassing to argue that Sam Elliot (who was fine) or Sam Rockwell (who turned in an SNL-caliber caricature of W) are more deserving. Even Ali is wildly overpraised in this category, and yet no room for Chalamet. Are the voters high?
No Emily Blunt ... anywhere. She and many other realistic dark horses (Foy, Cardellini, Debicki) were passed over for Best Supporting Actress in the also-ignored A Quiet Place, fine. But she campaigned hard for Best Actress in Mary Poppins Returns, too, and I would've thought that could have helped her nab a supporting nom.
All the nominees:
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
- Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”)
- Richard E. Grant (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
- Sam Elliott (“A Star Is Born”)
- Adam Driver (“BlacKkKlansman”)
- Sam Rockwell (“Vice”)
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
- Amy Adams ("Vice")
- Marina de Tavira ("Roma")
- Regina King (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
- Emma Stone (“The Favourite”)
- Rachel Weisz (“The Favourite”)
Best Costume Design
- “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
- “Black Panther”
- “The Favourite”
- “Mary Poppins Returns”
- “Mary Queen of Scots”
Best Film Editing
- “BlacKkKlansman”
- “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- “Green Book”
- “The Favourite”
- “Vice”
Best Original Score
- “Black Panther”
- “BlacKkKlansman”
- “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- “Isle of Dogs”
- “Mary Poppins Returns”
Best Animated Short Film
- “Animal Behaviour”
- “Bao”
- “Late Afternoon”
- “One Small Step”
- “Weekends”
Best Live Action Short Film
- “Detainment”
- “Fauve”
- “Marguerite”
- “Mother”
- “Skin”
Best Sound Editing
- “A Quiet Place”
- “Black Panther”
- “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- “First Man”
- “Roma”
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Best Sound Mixing
- “Black Panther”
- “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- “First Man”
- “Roma”
- “A Star Is Born”
Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Christian Bale (“Vice”)
- Bradley Cooper (“A Star Is Born”)
- Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”)
- Viggo Mortensen (“Green Book”)
- Williem Dafoe (“At Eternity's Gate”)
Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Glenn Close (“The Wife”)
- Lady Gaga (“A Star Is Born”)
- Olivia Colman (“The Favourite”)
- Melissa McCarthy (“Can You Ever Forgive Me?”)
- Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”)
Best Animated Feature Film
- “Incredibles 2”
- “Isle of Dogs”
- “Mirai”
- “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
- “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
Best Cinematography
- “Cold War”
- “The Favourite”
- “Never Look Away”
- “Roma”
- “A Star Is Born”
Best Directing
- Spike Lee (“BlacKkKlansman”)
- Pawel Pawlikowski ("Cold War")
- Yorgos Lanthimos (“The Favourite”)
- Alfonso Cuarón (“Roma”)
- Adam McKay ("Vice")
Best Documentary Feature
- “Free Solo”
- “Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
- “Minding the Gap”
- “Of Fathers and Sons”
- “RBG”
Best Documentary Short Subject
- “Black Sheep”
- “End Game”
- “Lifeboat”
- “A Night at the Garden”
- “Period. End of Sentence.”
Best Foreign Language Film
- “Capernaum”
- “Cold War”
- “Never Look Away”
- “Roma”
- “Shoplifters”
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- “Border”
- “Mary Queen of Scots”
- “Vice”
Best Picture
- “A Star Is Born”
- “Roma”
- “Green Book”
- “The Favourite”
- “BlacKkKlansman”
- “Black Panther”
- “Vice”
- “Bohemian Rhapsody”
Best Visual Effects
- “Avengers: Infinity War”
- “Christopher Robin”
- “First Man”
- “Ready Player One”
- “Solo: A Star Wars Story”
Best Adapted Screenplay
- “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
- “BlacKkKlansman”
- “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
- “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- “A Star Is Born”
Best Original Screenplay
- “First Reformed”
- “Green Book”
- “Roma”
- “The Favourite”
- “Vice”
Best Original Song
- “All The Stars” - “Black Panther”
- “I’ll Fight” - “RBG”
- “Shallow” - “A Star Is Born”
- “The Place Where Lost Things Go” - “Mary Poppins Returns”
- “When A Cowboy Trades His Spurs For Wings” - “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Best Production Design
- “Black Panther”
- “The Favourite”
- “First Man”
- “Mary Poppins Returns”
- “Roma”
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