Saturday, February 20, 2010

Once more unto the breach!


Presenting...the 2009 Golden Steve Awards.

Always six nominees, no connection to Oscars, bla bla bla...

And now, the worthy honorees:


Best Picture
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Secret in Their Eyes
A Serious Man
Summer Hours
The White Ribbon

Best Director
Olivier Assayas, Summer Hours
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Juan Jose Campanella, The Secret in Their Eyes
Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, A Serious Man
Michael Haneke, The White Ribbon
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds

Best Actor
Nicolas Cage, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans
Colin Firth, A Single Man
John Malkovich, Disgrace
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Toni Servillo, Il Divo
Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

Best Actress
Kim Hye-ja, Mother
Yolande Moreau, Seraphine
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Tilda Swinton, Julia

Best Supporting Actor
Niels Arestrup, A Prophet
Guillermo Francella, The Secret in Their Eyes
Woody Harrelson, The Messenger
Christian McKay, Me and Orson Welles
Jeremie Renier, Lorna's Silence
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds

Best Supporting Actress
Vera Farmiga, Up in the Air
Jessica Haines, Disgrace
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Alice Krige, Skin
Melanie Laurent, Inglourious Basterds
Mo'Nique, Precious

Best Screenplay--Adapted
Disgrace (Anna Maria Monticelli)
An Education (Nick Hornby)
In the Loop (Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci, Tony Roche)
The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella)
Up in the Air (Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner)
Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, Dave Eggers)

Best Screenplay--Original
The Hurt Locker (Mark Boal)
Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino)
Mother (Bong Joon-ho, Park Eun-kyo)
A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas)
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)

Best Animated Feature
Coraline (Henry Selick)
Mary and Max (Adam Elliot)
Ponyo (Hayao Miyazaki)
The Princess and the Frog (Ron Clements, John Musker)
Sita Sings the Blues (Nina Paley)
Up (Pete Docter)

Best Non-Fiction Film
Anvil! The Story of Anvil (Sacha Gervasi)
The Beaches of Agnes (Agnes Varda)
October Country (Donal Mosher, Michael Palmieri)
Of Time and the City (Terence Davies)
Tyson (James Toback)
The Way We Get By (Aron Gaudet)

Best Foreign Language Film
Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
Mother (Bong Joon-ho)
A Prophet (Jacques Audiard)
The Secret in Their Eyes (Juan Jose Campanella)
Summer Hours (Olivier Assayas)
The White Ribbon (Michael Haneke)

Best Original Song
"Almost There," The Princess and the Frog (Randy Newman)
"Ayayayay," The Maid (Pedro Piedra)
"Friends on the Other Side," The Princess and the Frog (Randy Newman)
"Hideaway," Where the Wild Things Are (Karen O)
"Smoke Without Fire," An Education (Duffy, Bernard Butler)
"The Weary Kind," Crazy Heart
(Ryan Bingham, T-Bone Burnett)