Presenting...the 2023 Golden Steve Awards.
Far and away the most coveted of motion picture accolades, Golden Steves are frequently described as the Oscars without the politics. Impervious to bribery, immune to ballyhoo, unswayed by sentiment, and riddled with integrity, this committee of one might be termed in all accuracy "fair-mindedness incarnate." Over 200 of the year's most acclaimed features were screened prior to the compilation of this ballot. First, some caveats:
1) Owing to a lifelong suspicion of prime numbers, each category comprises six nominees, not five.
2) A film can be nominated in only one of the following categories: Best Animated Feature, Best Non-Fiction Film, Best Foreign Language Film. Placement is determined by the Board of Governors. Said film remains eligible in all other fields.
3) This list is in no way connected with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—a fact that should be apparent from its acumen. Please look elsewhere for Oscar analysis.
3) This list is in no way connected with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences—a fact that should be apparent from its acumen. Please look elsewhere for Oscar analysis.
And now, the worthy honorees:
Best Picture
Afire
All of Us Strangers
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
Killers of the Flower Moon
May December
Trenque Lauquen
Best Director
Laura Citarella, Trenque Lauquen
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Todd Haynes, May December
Radu Jude, Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the
World
Christian Petzold, Afire
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Actor
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Benoit Magimel, Pacifiction
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Franz Rogowski, Passages
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Michael Thomas, Rimini
Best Actress
Jodie Comer, The End We Start From
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall
Natalie Portman, May December
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
Best Supporting Actor
Jamie Bell, All of Us Strangers
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Charles Melton, May December
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Ferrari
Merve Dizdar, About Dry Grasses
Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers
Anne Hathaway, Eileen
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Screenplay--Adapted
All of Us Strangers (Andrew Haigh)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Kelly Fremon Craig)
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (Kelly Fremon Craig)
BlackBerry (Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese)
Poor Things (Tony McNamara)
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
Best Screenplay--Original
Afire (Christian Petzold)
Anatomy of a Fall (Arthur Harari, Justine Triet)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
(Radu Jude)
The Holdovers (David Hemingson)
May December (Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik)
Trenque Lauquen (Laura Citarella, Laura Peredes)
Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki)
My Love Affair with Marriage (Signe Baumane)
Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane)
Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger)
Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Joaquim Dos Santos,
Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson)
They Shot the Piano Player (Javier Mariscal,
Fernando Trueba)
Best Non-Fiction Film
Apolonia, Apolonia (Lea Glob)
Beyond Utopia (Madeleine Gavin)
Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros (Frederick Wiseman)
Orlando, My Political Biography (Paul B. Preciado)
Our Body (Claire Simon)
To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja)
Best Foreign Language Film
Afire (Christian Petzold)
Anatomy of a Fall (Justine Triet)
Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World
(Radu Jude)
Fallen Leaves (Aki Kaurismaki)
Trenque Lauquen (Laura Citarella)
The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer)
Best Original Song
"Ace Up My Sleeve," The Starling Girl
(Ben Schneider)
"Drunk AF," They Cloned Tyrone
(Michael "DZL" Holmes, Paris Jones, Luke Maurizio Mauti)
"Live That Way Forever," The Iron Claw
(Richard Reed Parry, Laurel Sprengelmeyer)
"My Sweet Baby," Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
(John Crocker, Josh Crocker, Charlotte Jane)
"Remember Me," The Road Dog
"Remember Me," The Road Dog
(Greg Glienna)
