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WAFCA Winners Announced
WAFCA Winners Announced
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As you may or may not know, I am a member of the world’s most important and influential collection of critics, the Washington Area Film Critics Association. Each year we are tasked with deciding which movies are, objectively speaking, the best. It’s a solemn duty, and one I take very seriously.

You can see the whole list of nominees and winners here. For the purposes of this post, I’m going to note who I nominated, who I voted for among the finalists, and who won. I may add a comment or two. Please feel free to yell at me about any of this on Twitter; we at Sonny Bunch, Inc. take all of your comments and concerns extremely seriously and will respond to them in the order they are received.

As you may or may not know, I am a member of the worlds most important and influential collection of critics, the Washington Area Film Critics Association. Each year we are tasked with deciding which movies are, objectively speaking, the best. Its a solemn duty, and one I take very seriously. You can see the whole list of nominees and winners here. For the purposes of this post, Im going to note who I nominated, who I voted for among the finalists, and who won. I may add a comment or two. Please feel free to yell at me about any of this on Twitter; we at Sonny Bunch, Inc. take all of your comments and concerns extremely seriously and will respond to them in the order they are received. Best Film: Dunkirk Blade Runner 2049 Wonderstruck The Florida Project Wind River My vote: Dunkirk WAFCA Winner: Get Out Dunkirk is the best picture of the year and nothing else has come particularly close, but Get Out is a solid choice and will make the back end of my top ten, so I dont really have any complaints here. Best Director: Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) Denis Villeneuve (Blade Runner 2049) Sean Baker (The Florida Project) Taylor Sheridan (Wind River) Angelina Jolie (First They Killed My Father) My vote: Christopher Nolan WAFCA Winner: Christopher Nolan If he doesnt win best director at the Oscars, we riot. Best Actor: Gary Oldman (Darkest Hour) Jake Gyllenhaal (Stronger) James Franco (The Disaster Artist) Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) Daniel Day-Lewis (Phantom Thread) My vote: Gary Oldman WAFCA Winner: Gary Oldman I made my "Case for Oldman" at the Washington Post. As an aside, that piece represents one of the few times that Ive ever been a bit tongue-tied while interviewing an actor. Gary Oldman has been one of my favorites for so long that it took a lot of effort not to go full Chris-Farley-interviewing-Paul-McCartney. Im just glad the essay came out mostly okay. Best Actress Frances McDormand (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Jessica Chastain (Mollys Game) Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) Brooklynn Prince (The Florida Project) Sreymoch Sareum (First They Killed My Father) My vote: Frances McDormand WAFCA Winner: Frances McDormand Best Supporting Actor Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project) Woody Harrelson (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) Dave Bautista (Blade Runner 2049) Mark Rylance (Dunkirk) Dustin Hoffman (The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)) My vote: Willem Dafoe WAFCA Winner: Sam Rockwell I take issue with this because Rockwell doesnt even give the best supporting performance in his own movie; Woody Harrelson is light years better and more believable and the whole movie falls apart after he exits the stage. Whatever. Best Supporting Actress Ana de Armas (Blade Runner 2049) Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) Sylvia Hoeks (Blade Runner 2049) Allison Williams (Get Out) Catherine Keener (Get Out) My vote: Laurie Metcalf WAFCA Winner: Laurie Metcalf Do you remember stupid people stupidly complaining that Blade Runner 2049  had no good roles for women? I do. Those people are stupidheads. Best Acting Ensemble Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri The Disaster Artist The Florida Project Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk My vote: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri WAFCA Winner: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Best Voice Performance Will Arnett (The Lego Batman Movie) Anthony Gonzalez (Coco) My vote: Will Arnett WAFCA Winner: Anthony Gonzalez Best Motion Capture Performance Andy Serkis (War for the Planet of the Apes) Steve Zahn (War for the Planet of the Apes) Taika Waititi (Thor: Ragnarok) Mark Ruffalo (Thor: Ragnarok) My vote: Steve Zahn WAFCA Winner: Andy Serkis This is a weird category that I kind of hate. It might as well be titled the Andy Serkis Consolation Prize, since it only exists because hes never going to win a real award. Best Youth Performance Brooklyn Prince (The Florida Project) Sreymoch Sareum (First They Killed My Father) Finn Wolfhard (It) Jaden Michael (Wonderstruck) Sophia Lillis (It) My vote: Brooklynn Prince WAFCA Winner: Brooklynn Prince Best Original Screenplay Get Out The Big Sick The Florida Project Dunkirk The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) My vote: Get Out WAFCA Winner: Jordan Peele, Get Out Best Adapted Screenplay Blade Runner 2049 Wonderstruck Logan The Disaster Artist Mollys Game My vote: Blade Runner 2049 WAFCA Winner: Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, Mudbound Best Animated Feature Coco Loving Vincent My vote: Coco Winner: Coco I literally saw three animated movies this year, and one of them I hated so much I didnt even nominate. You suck, The Lego Batman Movie. Dont let anyone tell you otherwise. Best Documentary n/a My vote: n/a WAFCA Winner: Jane I, uh, didnt see a documentary this year. So, congrats, Jane! I guess? Best Foreign Language Film First They Killed My Father The Square My vote: First They Killed My Father WAFCA Winner: BPM (Beats Per Minute) I have to say: I was shocked by how good First They Killed My Father was. I wasnt expecting too much, in part because it was directed by Angelina Jolie whose previous directorial efforts have underwhelmed me. But man. This is a haunting, chilling movie about life in a totalitarian regime from the POV of a child. Its just confidently done from start to finish, entirely sure of itself. Its a shame that this isnt getting more buzz. Best Production Design Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Darkest Hour John Wick 2 My vote: The Shape of Water WAFCA Winner: Blade Runner 2049 Best Cinematography Blade Runner 2049 Dunkirk The Shape of Water Phantom Thread Atomic Blonde My vote: Blade Runner 2049 WAFCA Winner: Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049 By God, if he doesnt win the Oscar this year they should just shut the whole thing down. Best Editing Dunkirk Wonderstruck Baby Driver Lady Bird Get Out My vote: Dunkirk WAFCA Winner: Paul Machliss, Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver Each of the films I chose was brilliantly cut in its own way: Dunkirk for stitching together its three time spans; Wonderstruck for coherently bringing together its two timelines and picking just the right moments, just the right looks to jump back and forth; Baby Driver for making the music match the action; Lady Bird for guiding us cleanly and clearly through a year or so in the life of its protagonist without ever having to tell us when and where we were; and Get Out for knowing just how long to linger on faces in a way that heightens the horror. Really great work to choose from this year and I have no complaints whatsoever about Baby Driver winning. Best Score Dunkirk Wonderstruck Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Wind River Good Time My vote: Dunkirk WAFCA Winner: Blade Runner 2049 I wouldve voted for Carter Burwells Wonderstruck soundtrack if it had been nominated; alas, it wasnt. The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C. The Post Spider-Man: Homecoming Last Flag Flying My vote: The Post WAFCA Winner: The Post
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2018 WAFCA Winners
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As a film critic of medium-low importance, one of my most sacred duties is participating in the Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) year-end awards extravaganza. During this hallowed time of year, I watch dozens of movies and mine my own recollection of the good, the bad, and the ugly to determine what, precisely, the best films of the year were. At the end of this grueling process—this death march through endless stacks of DVDs, searching for the rarest pearl in an ever-increasing sea of muck—we WAFCA members nominate up to five films/people in each category. The five films/people who earn the most votes in every category are then voted upon by the whole of the membership, the winners are chosen, the press release is sent out, and blessed, blessed relief descends upon us as we put the exercise to rest for 11 months.

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