The Movie Room

Saw 13 new movies from 2024 this month (up to a total now of 83). Most of them made an impact here (Anora, Emilia Peréz, Gladiator II, Laapataa Ladies, Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger, The Piano Lesson, A Real Pain, and Wicked), though some didn’t (The Apprentice, Blitz, Despicable Me 4, Heretic, and Joker: Folie à Deux). It was a big month for Oscar-bait, with some surprises (how much I loved Wicked), some disappointments (how much I did not love Blitz) and some on the cusp (with The Apprentice being in my sixth slot for almost every acting category). Official nominations getting closer, and there are less and less movies that I have to see! As with before, a lot of the songs, animated films, international films, and others won’t be eligible, but until the shortlists are released on December 17 I am keeping them in this one last time.

Best Visual Effects

• WINNER: Dune: Part Two
• Alien: Romulus
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• In A Violent Nature
• Wicked

Best Film Editing

• WINNER: Monkey Man
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Evil Does Not Exist
• I Saw the TV Glow

Best Costume Design

• WINNER: Wicked
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Emilia Peréz
• Gladiator II
• The Substance

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• WINNER: The Substance
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Dune: Part Two
• Longlegs
• Wicked

Best Cinematography

• WINNER: Conclave
• Challengers
• Dune: Part Two
• Evil Does Not Exist
• Monkey Man

Best Production Design

• WINNER: Wicked
• Alien: Romulus
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• The Substance

Best Sound

• WINNER: In a Violent Nature
• Alien: Romulus
• Dune: Part Two
• Love Lies Bleeding
• Wicked

Best Original Score

• WINNER: Love Lies Bleeding
• Challengers
• Conclave
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Saturday Night

Best Original Song

• WINNER: “Starburned and Unkissed” by Caroline Polachek (I Saw the TV Glow)
• “Blood on White Satin” by Idarose (Smile 2)
• “Grieved You” by Tate McRae (Smile 2)
• “Harper and Will Go West” by Kristen Wiig (Will & Harper)
• “Riding Around in the Dark” by Florist (I Saw the TV Glow)

Best Animated Feature

• WINNER: The Wild Robot
• Inside Out 2
• Orion and the Dark

Best International Film

• WINNER: Evil Does Not Exist (Japan)
• The Beast (France)
• Emilia Peréz (France)
• Exhuma (South Korea)
• Laapataa Ladies (India)

Best Documentary

• WINNER: Daughters
• Girls State
• Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger
• Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
• Will & Harper

Best Adapted Screenplay

• WINNER: Conclave
• The Beast
• The Bikeriders
• Dune: Part Two
• The Wild Robot

Best Original Screenplay

• WINNER: I Saw the TV Glow
• Anora
• Civil War
• Dìdi (弟弟)
• The Substance

Best Supporting Actress

• WINNER: Zoe Saldaña as Mora Castro (Emilia Peréz)
• Joan Chen as Chungsing Wang (Dìdi (弟弟))
• Danielle Deadwyler as Berniece Charles (The Piano Lesson)
• Ariana Grande as Galinda/Glinda Upland (Wicked)
• Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth (Problemista)

Best Supporting Actor

• WINNER: Stephen McKinley Henderson as Sammy (Civil War)
• Yura Borisov as Igor (Anora)
• Kieran Culkin as Benji Kaplan (A Real Pain)
• Richard Roundtree as Ben (Thelma)
• Stanley Tucci as Bellini (Conclave)

Best Actress

• WINNER: Mikey Madison as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva (Anora)
• Kirsten Dunst as Lee Smith (Civil War)
• Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle (The Substance)
• June Squibb as Thelma Post (Thelma)
• Zendaya as Tashi Duncan (Challengers)

Best Actor

• WINNER: Justice Smith as Owen (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Austin Butler as Benny Cross (The Bikeriders)
• Ralph Fiennes as Lawrence (Conclave)
• Josh Hartnett as Cooper Adams (Trap)
• Jesse Plemons as Robert/Daniel/Andrew (Kinds of Kindness)

Best Director

• WINNER: Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Edward Berger (Conclave)
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Evil Does Not Exist)
• Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part II)

Best Picture

• WINNER: Anora
• The Bikeriders
• Civil War
• Conclave
• Dìdi (弟弟)
• Dune: Part Two
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Longlegs
• Wicked
• The Wild Robot

FILM	NOMS	WINS
I SAW THE TV GLOW	8	4
CONCLAVE	8	2
DUNE: PART TWO	8	1
WICKED	7	2
ANORA	5	2
THE SUBSTANCE	5	1
CIVIL WAR	4	1
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST	4	1
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE	4	0
EMILIA PERÉZ	3	1
THE WILD ROBOT	3	1
ALIEN: ROMULUS	3	0
THE BIKERIDERS	3	0
CHALLENGERS	3	0
DÌDI (弟弟)	3	0
IN A VIOLENT NATURE	2	1
LOVE LIES BLEEDING	2	1
MONKEY MAN	2	1
THE BEAST	2	0
LONGLEGS	2	0
SMILE 2	2	0
THELMA	2	0
WILL & HARPER	2	0
DAUGHTERS	1	1
EXHUMA	1	0
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA	1	0
GIRLS STATE	1	0
GLADIATOR II	1	0
INSIDE OUT 2	1	0
KINDS OF KINDNESS	1	0
LAAPATAA LADIES	1	0
MADE IN ENGLAND: THE FILMS OF POWELL AND PRESSBURGER	1	0
ORION AND THE DARK	1	0
THE PIANO LESSON	1	0
PROBLEMISTA	1	0
A REAL PAIN	1	0
SATURDAY NIGHT	1	0
SUPER/MAN: THE CHRISTOPHER REEVE STORY	1	0
TRAP	1	0