Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Les Steves d'Or


Presenting...the 2011 Golden Steve Awards.

See prior pontification...

And now, the worthy honorees:

Best Picture
The Artist
Certified Copy
Margaret
Mysteries of Lisbon
A Separation
The Tree of Life

Best Director
Asghar Farhadi, A Separation
Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Abbas Kiarostami, Certified Copy
Kenneth Lonergan, Margaret
Terrence Malick, The Tree of Life
Raoul Ruiz, Mysteries of Lisbon

Best Actor
Jean Dujardin, The Artist
Michael Fassbender, Shame
Brendan Gleeson, The Guard
Woody Harrelson, Rampart
Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Michael Shannon, Take Shelter

Best Actress
Juliette Binoche, Certified Copy
Kristen Dunst, Melancholia
Brit Marling, Another Earth
Elizabeth Olsen, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Anna Paquin, Margaret
Yun Jeong-hie, Poetry

Best Supporting Actor
Adriano Luz, Mysteries of Lisbon
Patton Oswalt, Young Adult
Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life
Christopher Plummer, Beginners
John C. Reilly, Terri
David Wenham, Oranges and Sunshine

Best Supporting Actress
Alice Barnole, House of Tolerance
Berenice Bejo, The Artist
Jeannie Berlin, Margaret
Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs
Vanessa Redgrave, Coriolanus
J. Smith-Cameron, Margaret

Best Screenplay--Adapted
The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash)
Moneyball (Aaron Sorkin, Steve Zaillian, Stan Chervin)
Mysteries of Lisbon (Carlos Saboga)
The Princess of Montpensier (Jean Cosmos, Francois-Olivier Rousseau, Bertrand Tavernier)
The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan)

Best Screenplay--Original
The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius)
Beginners (Mike Mills)
Certified Copy (Abbas Kiarostami)
Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan)
Poetry (Lee Chang-dong)
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)

Best Animated Feature
The Adventures of Tintin (Steven Spielberg)
Arthur Christmas (Sarah Smith, Barry Cook)
A Cat in Paris (Jean-Loup Felicioli, Alain Gagnol)
Chico and Rita (Tono Errando, Javier Mariscal, Fernando Trueba)
Rango (Gore Verbinski)
Winnie the Pooh (Stephen J. Anderson, Don Hall)

Best Non-Fiction Film
The Arbor (Clio Barnard)
Bill Cunningham New York (Richard Press)
Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog)
The Interrupters (Steve James)
Nostalgia for the Light (Patricio Guzman)
We Were Here (David Weissman, Bill Weber)

Best Foreign Language Film
House of Tolerance (Bertrand Bonello)
Mysteries of Lisbon (Raoul Ruiz)
Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)
Poetry (Lee Chang-dong)
A Separation (Asghar Farhadi)
The Turin Horse (Bela Tarr)

Best Original Song
"Coeur Volant," Hugo
(Elizabeth Cotnoir, Isabelle Geffroy, Howard Shore)
"Lay Your Head Down," Albert Nobbs
(Brian Byrne, Glenn Close)
"Life's a Happy Song," The Muppets
(Bret McKenzie)
"Pictures in My Head," The Muppets
(Jeannie Lurie, Aris Archontis, Chen Neeman)
"Think You Can Wait," Win Win
(The National)
"Walk Lightly on the World," Jane's Journey
(Katie Melua)