Denver Film Critics Society Nominations are in
Trashwire is a member of the Denver Film Critics Society, which means we get to vote for our favorite films every year. Here are the nominations. Which movies deserve to win? Let us know what your favorites were on Facebook and Twitter.
Best Picture:
Room
Spotlight
Mad Max: Fury Road
Inside Out
The Revenant
Best Director:
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Ridley Scott, The Martian
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Best Actor:
Matt Damon, The Martian
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Will Smith, Concussion
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Best Actress:
Brie Larson, Room
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Charlize Theron, Mad Max: Fury Road
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Best Supporting Actor:
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress:
Alicia Vikander, Ex Machina
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Elizabeth Banks, Love and Mercy
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Best Animated Film:
Inside Out
Anomalisa
The Peanuts Movie
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Good Dinosaur
Best Science Fiction/Horror Film:
Ex Machina
The Martian
It Follows
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Comedy:
Joy
What We Do in the Shadows
The Big Short
Trainwreck
Inside Out
Best Original Screenplay:
Pete Docter, Josh Cooley and Meg LeFauve, Inside Out
Alex Garland, Ex Machina
Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight
Quentin Tarantino, The Hateful Eight
Amy Schumer, Trainwreck
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Emma Donoghue, Room
Nick Hornby, Brooklyn
Adam McKay, Charles Randolph, The Big Short
Aaron Sorkin, Steve Jobs
Drew Goddard, The Martian
Best Documentary:
Listen to Me Marlon
Cartel Land
Amy
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
The Look of Silence
Best Visual Effects:
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Walk
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ex Machina
The Martian
Best Original Song:
Wiz Khalifa, “See You Again,” Furious 7
Sam Smith, “Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre
Lady Gaga, “Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
Tim Wheeler, “Feels Like Summer,” Shaun the Sheep Movie
Sumi Jo, “Simple Song #3,” Youth
Best Score:
Ennio Morricone, The Hateful Eight
John Williams, Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Bryce Dessner, Carsten Nicolai and Ryuichi Sakamoto, The Revenant
Howard Shore, Spotlight
Tom Holkenborg AKA Junkie XL, Mad Max: Fury Road
Best Foreign Language Film:
Son of Saul
The Fencer
The Assassin
Taxi
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night