The 2018 Academy Award Nominations Have Arrived

It’s that time of year, the 2018 Academy Award nominations have arrived. Do with this information what you will. Commence bickering about who should win what, who was snubbed, what film is overrated, and so on and so forth.

I watch the Oscars, but that’s as much attention as I give them. I agree with some of these choices; I disagree wholeheartedly with others. But in the end, I don’t really care, the Academy Awards don’t really relate to me and my tastes. While some of my favorites appear on this list, most of what really blew me away in the past year is conspicuously absent. Then again, I've vote for two different awards, and I've seen how this process goes firsthand. 

There are a few nice surprises, like Get Out with four noms. (I’ve loved Daniel Kaluuya since The Fades!) Rachel Morrison makes history by being the first woman to be nominated for Cinematography for Mudbound. Only one omission that bums me out, which is The Florida Project for Best Picture. Vicky Krieps should have a nom for acting circles around DDL in Phantom Thread, though so does Leslie Manville, so good on her. I admit to being a bit startled by the lack of Spielberg in Best Director—I just expect Uncle Steve to always be in the the picture. Don’t worry, there will be plenty of righteous outrage on the internet over the sheer injustice of these nominations, even though there’s nothing terribly shocking to see.

That said, the nominees are:

(Oh yeah, you can also watch the ceremony on Sunday, March 4.)

BEST PICTURE
Call Me By Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Phantom Thread
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
The Shape of Water
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

DIRECTING
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
Jordan Peele, Get Out

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel,  Esq
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Meryl Streep, The Post

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
Christopher Plummer, All The Money In The World
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water

EDITING
Paul Machliss, Jonathan Amos, Baby Driver
Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya
John Gregory, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Sidney Wolinsky, The Shape of Water

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour
Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY
Abacus: Small Enough To Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Strong Island
Last Man in Aleppo

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
A Fantastic Woman
On Body And Soul
Loveless
The Insult
The Square

ORIGINAL SCORE
Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Carter Burwell, Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri
John Williams, Star Wars: The Last Jedi
Hans Zimmer, Dunkirk

ORIGINAL SONG
“Mighty River” from Mudbound, Mary J. Blige
“Mystery of Love” from Call Me by Your Name, Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from Coco, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Stand Up for Something” from Marshall, Diane Warren, Common
“This Is Me” from The Greatest Showman, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Blade Runner 2049
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Beauty And The Beast

COSTUME
Beauty and the Beast
Darkest Hour
Phantom Thread
The Shape of Water
Victoria and Abdul

VISUAL EFFECTS
Blade Runner 2049
Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2
Kong: Skull Island
Star Wars: The Last Jedi
War for the Planet of the Apes

SOUND MIXING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

SOUND EDITING
Baby Driver
Blade Runner 2049
Dunkirk
The Shape of Water
Star Wars: The Last Jedi

MAKEUP AND HAIR
Darkest Hour
Victoria And Abdul
Wonder

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjani, The Big Sick
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele, Get Out

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Call Me by Your Name, James Ivory
The Disaster Artist, Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
Logan, Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
Molly’s Game, Aaron Sorkin
Mudbound, Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
The Breadwinner
Coco
The Boss Baby
Loving Vincent
Ferdinand

ANIMATED SHORT:
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O’Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us

BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
Edith+Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop

BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT:
Dear Basketball
Garden Party
Lou
Negative Space
Revolting Rhymes