'La La Land' Wins the PGA

Well, no big surprise here. The Producers Guild held a politically charged show, as presenters and winners were understandably outraged by current events happening outside the ceremony, but La La Land prevailed as the winner for feature film, along with Zootopia in animated and OJ: Made in America in documentary, once more cementing all three as the Oscar frontrunners in their respective categories. The SAG awards are held tomorrow night, but with that PGA win under its belt, the race for Best Picture is pretty much over at this point. It's not nominated for the SAG ensemble, so that's going to go to something else (my guess is Hidden Figures), but expect Damian Chazelle to win the DGA easily in a couple weeks.

John Hurt 1940-2017

The great John Hurt has passed away at the age of 77, after a two year battle with pancreatic cancer. A longtime character actor who appeared in hundreds of films over the years, there's a good chance you've seen in him in at least a handful of films you may not have even realized. Here's a partial list of all the movies he'd been in since his breakout supporting role in A Man for All Seasons in 1966: Midnight Express, Alien, The Elephant Man, Rob Roy, Contact, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Hellboy, The Proposition, V for Vendetta, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Only Lovers Left Alive, Snowpiercer, Jackie, and four films still to be released this year. He was nominated for Oscars for his roles in Midnight Express and The Elephant Man, and of course has one of cinema's all time great death scenes in Alien. I personally think his role as the eccentric billionaire in Contact is one of his most underrated. He was knighted by the Queen in 2015 and was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2004.

ACE Eddie Awards Go to 'Arrival,' 'La La Land,' 'Zootopia'

The first of the guild awards announced its winners for editing and they are as follows:

• Best Editing in a Feature Film (Drama): Arrival
• Best Editing in a Feature Film (Comedy): La La Land
• Best Editing in Feature Film (Animated): Zootopia
• Best Editing in a Documentary Feature: OJ: Made in America

No real surprises there, although maybe Arrival was the most unexpected, since Drama Feature seemed wide open. But otherwise, La La Land, Zootopia and OJ are all looking like the frontrunners on their way to winning Best Picture, Animated and Documentary at the Oscars.

'La La Land' Gets 14 Oscar Nominations, Ties All Time Record

Here we go, guys. La La Land tied All About Eve and Titanic this morning by scoring 14 Oscar nominations, the most of all time. I cannot believe the overpraise this movie is receiving, but after this haul, I believe this race is essentially over. It will likely win 8 or 9 Oscars, including Picture and Director, so there you go. Does it deserve it? NO. But in other news, it was a record breaking year for black actors and filmmakers, as there was at least one person of color in every acting category, and Fences, Moonlight and Hidden Figures were all nominated in Best Picture, which is great. Not to mention that four out of the five documentary nominees were from black filmmakers, and many other nominations behind the camera in the tech categories as well. No need for the OscarSoWhite hashtag this year, but hopefully this year is not an anomaly. I think it speaks more to the kinds of films that were released and in the Academy's wheelhouse as well- this was always an industry problem, rather than the Academy itself. When the films are there, receive attention and receive campaigns, the voters will respond. 

BEST PICTURE

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• Hidden Figures
• La La Land
• Lion
• Manchester By the Sea
• Moonlight

BEST DIRECTOR

• Damien Chazelle, La La Land
• Mel Gibson, Hacksaw Ridge
• Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
• Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
• Denis Villenueve, Arrival

BEST ACTOR

• Casey Affleck, Manchester By the Sea
• Andrew Garfield, Hacksaw Ridge
• Ryan Gosling, La La Land
• Viggo Mortenson, Captain Fantastic
• Denzel Washington, Fences

BEST ACTRESS

• Isabelle Huppert, Elle
• Ruth Negga, Loving
• Natalie Portman, Jackie
• Emma Stone, La La Land
• Meryl Streep, Florence Foster Jenkins

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
• Jeff Bridges, Hell or High Water
• Lucas Hedges, Manchester By the Sea
• Dev Patel, Lion
• Michael Shannon, Nocturnal Animals

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Viola Davis, Fences
• Naomie Harris, Moonlight
• Nicole Kidman, Lion
• Octavia Spencer, Hidden Figures
• Michelle Williams, Manchester By the Sea

Ruth Negga scores a Best Actress nomination for 'Loving'

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• 20th Century Women
• Hell or High Water
• La La Land
• The Lobster
• Manchester By the Sea

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Arrival
• Fences
• Hidden Figures
• Lion
• Moonlight

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Moana
• My Life as a Courgette
• The Red Turtle
• Zootopia

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Land of Mine (Denmark)
• A Man Called Ove (Sweden)
• The Salesman (Iran)
• Tanna (Australia)
• Toni Erdmann (Germany)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• 13th
• Fire at Sea
• I Am Not Your Negro
• Life, Animated
• OJ: Made in America

BEST EDITING

• Arrival
• La La Land
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• Moonlight

'Moonlight' gets 8 Oscar nominations total

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Arrival
• Hail, Caesar!
• La La Land
• Moonlight
• Silence

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

• Jackie
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Passengers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

• "The Empty Chair," Jim: The James Foley Story
• "Audition," La La Land
• "City of Stars," La La Land
• "How Far I'll Go," Moana
• "Can't Stop the Feeling," Trolls

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

• Arrival
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Hail, Caesar!
• La La Land
• Passengers

BEST COSTUMES

• Allied
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Jackie
• La La Land

BEST HAIRSTYLING & MAKEUP

• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Suicide Squad

Meryl Streep gets her 20th acting nomination

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

• Deepwater Horizon
• Doctor Strange
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• The Jungle Book
• Rogue One: A Star Wars story

BEST SOUND EDITING

• Arrival
• Deepwater Horizon
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Sully

BEST SOUND MIXING

• 13 Hours
• Arrival
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Rogue One

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

• EXTREMIS
• 4.1 MILES
• JOE'S VIOLIN
• WATANI: MY HOMELAND
• THE WHITE HELMETS

BEST ANIMATED SHORT

• BLIND VAYSHA
• BORROWED TIME
• PEAR CIDER AND CIGARETTES
• PEARL
• PIPER

BEST LIVE-ACTION SHORT

• ENNEMIS INTÉRIEURS
• LA FEMME ET LE TGV
• SILENT NIGHTS
• SING
• TIMECODE

So, as for any egregious snubs, I have to say I'm shocked that Amy Adams missed out on a nod for Arrival, despite the movie landing 8 nominations, including Picture and Director. Looks like they had to make room for Meryl Streep's 20th (which I think may have been secured after her Golden Globes speech), or maybe it was the surprise nom for Ruth Negga, whose film seems to have faded in buzz, as she got a lone Best Actress nomination for it. Mel Gibson actually got in for Best Director, surprisingly, although in the year of Trump, I guess it's fitting that Hollywood has decided now's the time to forgive him. Pfft. Michael Shannon also pushed Hugh Grant (still never nominated) out of contention, as he got the sole nod for Nocturnal Animals in supporting. But overall, these nominations were pretty predictable this year. I mean, the nine films nominated for Picture is the entire PGA list minus Deadpool. They weren't daring enough to go for Deadpool anywhere, it seems. On the bright side, I think I may be able to nail my predictions for winners this time, since it looks like we're in for a much bigger sweep year, the biggest since Slumdog Millionaire won eight.

'Arrival' gets 8 nominations but Amy Adams is snubbed in Best Actress

REVIEW: "Hidden Figures" (2016) Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer. Dir. Theodore Melfi

The world is in desperate need of inspirational stories right now. And it never hurts when these are true, either. The title for this film based on the book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly could not be more appropriate. How many of us knew that there were a significant number of female African-American mathematicians working at NASA in the 1960’s who helped send our astronauts into space? We know one side of the story- the more famous side, the one involving John Glenn and the other six pilots who became the first American men in space. That story was told in the 1980 classic The Right Stuff, but this one? This one is new precisely because it’s been hidden for so long.

Taraji P. Henson plays Katherine Johnson, the mathematical genius who overcame poverty in early 20th century West Virginia to make her way to Langley by 1961, one of many female “computers,” whose job was, as you might be able to deduce, to compute the numbers before we had those little machines to do it for us. Katherine was a widow with three children who worked long hours at NASA, along with her friends and colleagues Dorothy Vaughn (Octavia Spencer) and Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae), in the computing and engineering departments. Finally, Katherine is pulled out of the segregated computing section and placed in a high level position to calculate flight trajectories in the all white, all male Space Task Group, headed by director Al Harrison (played with natural grit and no nonsense gruffness by Kevin Costner). 

Faced with overcoming the prevalent and institutionalized racism and sexism of the time and place (Virginia had routinely ignored such civil rights decisions as Brown v. Board of Education), Katherine fought her way into the halls of power through her sheer brilliance, simply by being better with the numbers than everyone else. Hidden Figures tells this underknown story through conventional but highly entertaining filmmaking that highlights the remarkable accomplishments and intelligence of these women at a time when their undoubted ability wasn’t enough to break anyone in who wasn’t white and male. The three leads share a chemistry and charisma that pop off the screen (especially from singer Janelle Monae, a newcomer in films this year) and sell us these characters in a way that’s impossible to root against.

Or for some, maybe not. Watching this film recreate the segregation and tumultuousness of the early 60’s, it’s hard not to think how relevant stories like this have become once again. Senseless discrimination based on gender and race (or sexual orientation) serves to deprive societies of reaching heretofore unimagined heights, as this film and this story clearly shows. These women were necessary for the goal of sending humans into space, a feat which may very well have never been achieved had we not reached into the parts of our population for whom opportunity was and IS routinely denied. This movie is also a celebration of science, of scientific achievement the likes of which are under attack from those who see a film like this and long to go back to this time. A time when discrimination allowed only one segment of the populace, the one that has always been in power and never been denied, their unchallenged rule over those deemed unlike them, and therefore unworthy. It’s appalling that there even exists at all a “nostalgia” for days like this. The only people who would want to go back to this are the ones who see the systematic oppression of others as a benefit to themselves. We must continue to shine a light on the achievements of those who’ve worked steadily, out of the spotlight, unseen, and uncelebrated for far too long.

* * * 1/2

Costume Designers Guild Nominates 'Fantastic Beasts,' 'Jackie' 'Hail, Caesar!'

The costume guild has announced its noms today, and I can't believe neither the costume designers nor production designers paid any attention to The Handmaiden this year, which was overflowing with all the lavish, colorful, fancy set trappings these guys usually like. Is there any hope for The Academy? Maybe. There is some precedent with a movie like The Grandmaster being overlooked by the guilds and then recognized in the tech categories by AMPAS, so here's hoping for that. Otherwise, these are expected, and for the ones that make it through, I'd say it's probably La La Land, Florence Foster Jenkins, Jackie, Hail, Caesar!, and my hope is Handmaiden sneaks in- but if not, I guess probably Doctor Strange or Fantastic Beasts.

CONTEMPORARY

• Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie
• Captain Fantastic
• La La Land
• Lion
• Nocturnal Animals

PERIOD

• The Dressmaker
• Florence Foster Jenkins
• Hail, Caesar!
• Hidden Figures
• Jackie

FANTASY

• Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• Kubo and the Two Strings
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

'Moonlight,' 'La La Land,' 'Arrival' Get DGA Nominations

The Directors Guild has spoken! The only surprise in this list of five is the inclusion of Garth Davis, who helmed Lion, the movie I was just yesterday noting looked like it was gaining steam. Well, turns out it's a LOT stronger than that. A DGA nomination means Lion is a slam dunk for a Best Picture nomination, not just on the edge of receiving one. Who knew? But yes, apparently that movie is very strong in the industry, so now I would expect it in Picture, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, and likely Adapted Screenplay as well. Possibly even director. The DGA doesn't always go 5 for 5, so perhaps someone like Martin Scorsese, Jackie's Pablo Larrain or Hell or High Water's David MacKenzie comes in, since the director's branch of AMPAS is much smaller, more exclusive and less American in its membership. Garth Davis may have been helped by this 15,000 member organization due to his TV background (most DGA members work in television). Then again, this may well be our final five at the Oscars too, if these are indeed the top five movies in the race for Best Picture. I certainly can't see any other member of this group getting snubbed that day.

• Damian Chazelle, La La Land
• Garth Davis, Lion
• Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
• Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By the Sea
• Denis Villeneuve, Arrival

Also nominated today were the first time feature directors, which included Davis again, but also Tim Miller for Deadpool, Kelly Fremon Craig for The Edge of Seventeen, Dan Trachtenberg for 10 Cloverfield Lane and Nate Parker for Birth of a Nation (that film's only acknowledgment all season long).

'Lion' Nominated for USC Scripter Award

The USC Scripter award for adapted screenplay, which honors both the original work and the script based on it, has revealed their five honored films today. This is usually a really good harbinger for adapted screenplay at the Oscars in recent years. The fact that Lion was included here should point to the fact that this Weinstein film is actually doing really well in the guilds, having been just named as one of the PGA top ten, recognized by BAFTA, included in the ASC nominations and now this. I suppose this film has to be considered a real contender for the Best Picture nomination too, so...I guess I should see it! I have to admit that was a movie that escaped my attention since it came out, but it looks like I need to catch up.

• Arrival (adapted from the novella Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang)
• Fences (from the play "Fences" by August Wilson)
• Hidden Figures (based on the non-fiction book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly)
• Lion (adapted from the non-fiction book A Long Way Home by Saroo Brierley)
• Moonlight (adapted from the play "In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue" by Tarell Alvin McCraney)

There are some other possibilities for this category at the Oscars, including Nocturnal Animals, Loving, and a longshot for Deadpool (which I still think could happen), so I think that if anything else gets in here, it would take out Lion or Fences, or even Hidden Figures. Moonlight and Arrival, as secure Best Picture nominees, seem locked for sure.

Audio, Visual Effects, and Cinematography Guild Nominees Revealed

More guild news here, as the sound mixers, visual effects artists, and cinematographers chime in. First we have the VFX nominees, and since they have a ton of technical categories for visual effects, I'll just list the nominees for their equivalent of Best Picture here:

Visual Effects in a Feature Motion Picture:

• Doctor Strange
• Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
• The Jungle Book
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Most people expect that at least four of these will sail on through to the Oscar category for visual effects, minus Miss Peregrine, which isn't even eligible on the shortlist. I think it will be replaced by Arrival, but I don't know what beats The Jungle Book for the actual award. Meanwhile, The Cinema Audio Society is the guild for sound mixing, and their nominees today were the following:

• Doctor Strange
• Hacksaw Ridge
• La La Land
• Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
• Sully

La La Land is the frontrunner for the sound awards, as all musicals are, but for the Oscar nominees I think Sully will be replaced by Arrival- and maybe Doctor Strange gets replaced by something else too. Finally, the ASC (American Society of Cinematographers) has revealed their five honorees and Martin Scorsese's Silence has finally received some guild recognition. Also in the mix is Lion, which may be replaced at the Oscars with something else- perhaps Hail, Caesar!, since its Roger Deakins, or even Nocturnal Animals if the BAFTA love for the movie crosses over somewhere. Otherwise, these look pretty good.

• Arrival
• La La Land
• Lion
• Moonlight
• Silence

'Silence' gets honored for its photography by the ASC

'La La Land' Leads the BAFTA Nominations with 11; 'Arrival' and 'Nocturnal Animals' Tie for 9

The British Academy Award nominations are out, and as expected, La La Land leads the field with 11 nods. Right behind it are Arrival and Nocturnal Animals though, with 9 each, which kinda throws a wrench into the proceedings. Or maybe not. These nominations overall are a bit strange, with odd omissions (like Denzel Washington, a soon to be 7-time Oscar nominee who has apparently NEVER been nominated by BAFTA- what the hell is wrong with them?), and an overwhelming love for Nocturnal Animals, which I really can't imagine being duplicated by AMPAS. Also, Emily Blunt? She gets a SAG and a BAFTA nom for that horribly reviewed movie? Usually that combo translates to an Oscar nod, but again, I can't see that happening there. I assume Isabelle Huppert must be taking her spot (or possibly Annette Bening, although she hasn't gotten in many other places). Another weird nomination is Aaron Taylor-Johnson, who just unexpectedly WON the Globe for supporting actor and is also nominated here, which again, usually translates to Oscar. That category is particularly weak, so I suppose that's possible, but it's kinda nuts how these random nods happened for people who were in badly reviewed movies and didn't even receive standout notices for their own performances in them. Weird. The Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake got a lot of love here, but that seems like a BAFTA-only thing, so maybe the BAFTAS are starting to drift back into specialty taste rather than trying overly hard to predict the Oscars. We still look at them because there is overlap with BAFTA and Academy membership, but some of this stuff just doesn't seem likely to cross over this time.

BEST PICTURE
“Arrival”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Moonlight”

BEST DIRECTOR
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Tom Ford, “Nocturnal Animals”
Ken Loach, “I, Daniel Blake”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Denis Villeneuve,  “Arrival”

BEST ACTOR
Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Andrew Garfield, “Hacksaw Ridge”
Ryan Gosling, “La La Land”
Jake Gyllenhaal, “Nocturnal Animals”
Viggo Mortensen, “Captain Fantastic”

BEST ACTRESS
Amy Adams, “Arrival”
Emily Blunt, “The Girl on the Train”
Natalie Portman, “Jackie”
Emma Stone, “La La Land”
Meryl Streep, “Florence Foster Jenkins”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Jeff Bridges, “Hell or High Water”
Hugh Grant, “Florence Foster Jenkins”
Dev Patel, “Lion”
Aaron Taylor-Johnson, “Nocturnal Animals”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Viola Davis, “Fences”
Naomie Harris, “Moonlight”
Nicole Kidman, “Lion”
Hayley Squires, “I, Daniel Blake”
Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Paul Laverty, “I, Daniel Blake”
Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
Taylor Sheridan, “Hell or High Water”

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Luke Davies, “Lion”
Tom Ford, “Nocturnal Animals”
Eric Heisserer, “Arrival”
Theodore Melfi and Allison Schroeder, “Hidden Figures”
Robert Schenkkan and Andrew Knight, “Hacksaw Ridge”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Arrival”
“Hell or High Water”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Nocturnal Animals”

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Allied”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”

BEST FILM EDITING
“Arrival”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”
“Manchester by the Sea”
“Nocturnal Animals”

'Nocturnal Animals' gets a lot of BAFTA love

BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING
“Doctor Strange”
“Florence Foster Jenkins”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“Nocturnal Animals”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Doctor Strange”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hail, Caesar”
“La La Land”
“Nocturnal Animals”

BEST SCORE
“Arrival”
“Jackie”
“La La Land”
“Lion”
“Nocturnal Animals”

BEST SOUND
“Arrival”
“Deepwater Horizon”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“Hacksaw Ridge”
“La La Land”

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
“Arrival”
“Doctor Strange”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“The Jungle Book”
“Rogue One: A Star Wars Story”

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“Dheepan”
“Julieta”
“Mustang”
“Son of Saul”
“Toni Erdmann”

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“13th”
“The Beatles: Eight Days a Week – The Touring Years”
“The Eagle Huntress”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Weiner”

BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Finding Dory”
“Kubo and the Two Strings”
“Moana”
“Zootopia”

BEST BRITISH FILM
“American Honey”
“Denial”
“Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them”
“I, Daniel Blake”
“Notes on Blindness”
“Under the Shadow”

BEST BRITISH ANIMATED SHORT
“The Alan Dimension”
“A Love Story”
“Tough”

BEST BRITISH SHORT FILM
“Consumed”
“Home”
“Mouth of Hell”
“The Party”
“Standby”

BEST DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“The Girl With All the Gifts”
“The Hard Stop”
“Notes on Blindness”
“The Pass”
“Under the Shadow”

EE RISING STAR AWARD (voted for by the public)
Anya Taylor-Joy
Laia Costa
Lucas Hedges
Ruth Negga
Tom Holland

PGA Nominations Include 'Deadpool'

The PGA has announced its annual list of the ten best movies of the year, and the only real surprise on the list is Deadpool, which after having landed first an ACE and then a WGA nom, maybe shouldn't have been all that surprising after all. The question now is whether Deadpool can turn all this guild success into an Oscar nomination...but I still think the only chance for it is a surprise nod in adapted screenplay. I'd be shocked if it showed up as a Best Picture nominee- delighted, but shocked. The Producers Guild nominates a flat ten, while AMPAS goes between five and ten, and whatever number it ends up is calculated from a ranked ballot where voters only pick five. That leaves the nomination chances for Deadpool unlikely (it's probably not in most voters' top five), but it'd still be cool to see it there. As for the rest, the PGA usually predicts 6-7 of the 8 or 9 Best Picture nominees, so the question is what gets left off. I'd say Deadpool and then the ones on the outside are Lion, Hidden Figures and maybe Hacksaw Ridge. Minus one of those, perhaps (and I really don't know which one, since all three are equally strong in the guilds). The rest look pretty safe. 

• Arrival
• Deadpool
• Fences
• Hacksaw Ridge
• Hell or High Water
• Hidden Figures
• La La Land
• Lion
• Manchester By the Sea
• Moonlight

National Society of Film Critics Picks 'Moonlight' as Year's Best

Finally, the NSFC, the fourth of the big four critics groups (with NY, LA and NBR) has come down with their results and this time around they're pretty underwhelming. The NSFC often times picks crazy, out there choices, partly because they go last and they don't appear to like lining up with what everyone else has already chosen as consensus, but that doesn't seem to be a problem this year. No, it was all Moonlight and the usual contenders in the acting categories (aside from Michelle Williams, but she's clearly the runner-up behind frontrunner Viola Davis in supporting). Still nice to see Isabelle Huppert hanging in there as the critics fave for Actress, a hair ahead of Natalie Portman, although I should mention that may have been the one change in trajectory from the Golden Globes last night. They really liked Elle, awarding it in Foreign Film and for Best Actress, which was something of a surprise, since Portman had been considered the favorite there. But with that upset, it appears to give Emma Stone the leg up in the Best Actress race after all. SAG is the most important precursor for that award now, for sure. If Emma wins there then yeah, that race is over.

Best Picture: “Moonlight”
Best Actor: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
Best Actress: Isabelle Huppert, “Elle” and “Things to Come”
Best Supporting Actor: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Best Supporting Actress: Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
Best Director: Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Best Screenplay: “Manchester by the Sea”
Best Cinematography: “Moonlight”
Best Foreign Film: “Toni Erdmann”
Film Heritage Award: Kino Lorber’s five-disc collection “Pioneers of African-American Cinema”