Marriage Story starts its awards season journey (but no nod for Scarlett Johansson)
It begins. The Gotham Award nominations kick off 2019 Oscar season, as the little brother of the Independent Spirit Awards. Their awards are handed out by New York critics, some of whom comprise the New York Film Critics circle, so this is a critics award, but most of their picks don’t end up getting Oscar nominations. Some do though, and usually one or two of their Best Feature noms get Best Picture nods. I’m guessing the one from this year will be Marriage Story, although the outright snub of Scarlett Johansson is funny (and maybe prophetic?). I’m glad they remembered The Farewell. I haven’t seen Uncut Gems, Hustlers or Waves yet, but I will eventually.
2019 GOTHAM AWARD NOMINATIONS
Best Feature
“The Farewell”
“Uncut Gems”
“Waves”
“Marriage Story”
“Hustlers”
Best Documentary
“American Factory”
“Apollo 11”
“The Edge of Democracy”
“Midnight Traveler”
“One Child Nation”
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Laure De Clermont-Tonnerre, “The Mustang”
Kent Jones, “Diane”
Joe Talbot, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
Olivia Wilde, “Booksmart”
Phillip Youmans, “Burning Cane”
Best Screenplay
Lulu Wang, “The Farewell”
Tarell Alvin McCraney, “High Flying Bird”
Jimmie Fails, Joe Talbot, and Rob Richert, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
Ari Aster, “Midsommar”
Best Actor
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Aldis Hodge, “Clemency”
Adam Sandler, “Uncut Gems”
Willem Dafoe, “The Lighthouse”
Andre Holland, “High Flying Bird”
Best Actress
Florence Pugh, “Midsommar”
Awkwafina, “The Farewell”
Mary Kay Place, “Diane”
Alfre Woodard, “Clemency”
Elisabeth Moss, “Her Smell”
Breakthrough Actor
Taylor Russell, “Waves”
Julia Fox, “Uncut Gems”
Aisling Franciosi, “The Nightingale”
Jonathan Majors, “The Last Black Man in San Francisco”
Noah Jupe, “Honey Boy”
Chris Galust, “Give Me Liberty”
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
“Chernobyl”
“David Makes Man”
“My Brilliant Friend”
“Unbelievable”
“When They See Us”
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
“Pen15”
“Ramy”
“Russian Doll”
“Tuca & Bertie”
“Undone”
The Gothams love Awkwafina and The Farewell
