Trophy Time

Presenting...the 2014 Golden Steve Awards.

Whys and wherefores on prior page...

And now, the worthy honorees:

Best Picture

Boyhood

Goodbye to Language

Ida

Mr. Turner

Under the Skin

Whiplash

Best Director

Damien Chazelle, Whiplash

Jonathan Glazer, Under the Skin

Jean-Luc Godard, Goodbye to Language

Mike Leigh, Mr. Turner

Richard Linklater, Boyhood

Pawel Powlikowski, Ida

Best Actor

Haluk Bilginer, Winter Sleep

Nicolas Cage, Joe

Ralph Fiennes, The Grand Budapest Hotel

Jake Gyllenhaal, Nightcrawler

Tom Hardy, Locke

Timothy Spall, Mr. Turner

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard, Two Days, One Night

Anne Dorval, Mommy

Charlotte Gainsbourg, Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin

Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Agata Trzebuchowska, Ida

Best Supporting Actor

Josh Brolin, Inherent Vice

Ethan Hawke, Boyhood

Ben Mendelsohn, Starred Up

Gary Poulter, Joe

Jonathan Pryce, Listen Up Philip

J.K. Simmons, Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette, Boyhood

Lisa Joyce, A Master Builder

Agata Kulesza, Ida

Julianne Moore, Maps to the Stars

Uma Thurman, Nymphomaniac: Vol. I

Katherine Waterston, Inherent Vice

Best Screenplay--Adapted

The Dance of Reality (Alejandro Jodorowsky)

Inherent Vice (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Joe (Gary Hawkins)

Under the Skin (Walter Campbell, Jonathan Glazer)

Wetlands (Chris Falkenberg, David Wnendt)

Whiplash (Damien Chazelle)

Best Screenplay--Original

Boyhood (Richard Linklater)

Calvary (John Michael McDonagh)

Force Majeure (Ruben Ostlund)

The Grand Budapest Hotel (Wes Anderson, Hugo Guinness)

Listen Up Philip (Alex Ross Perry)

Mr. Turner (Mike Leigh)

Best Animated Feature

Big Hero 6 (Don Hall, Chris Williams)

The Book of Life (Jorge G. Gutierrez)

How to Train Your Dragon 2 (Dean DeBlois)

The Lego Movie (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller)

Song of the Sea (Tomm Moore)

The Tale of the Princess Kaguya (Isao Takahata)

Best Non-Fiction Film

Citizenfour (Laura Poitras)

Jodorowsky's Dune (Frank Pavich)

The Last of the Unjust (Claude Lanzmann)

Life Itself (Steve James)

The Overnighters (Jesse Moss)

Virunga (Orlando von Einsiedel)

Best Foreign Language Film

The Dance of Reality (Alejandro Jodorowsky)

Force Majeure (Ruben Ostlund)

Goodbye to Language (Jean-Luc Godard)

Ida (Pawel Powlikowski)

Leviathan (Andrey Zvyagintsev)

Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan)

Best Original Song

"Glory," Selma

(Common, John Legend)

"I Can Fly," Big Eyes

(Lana Del Rey)

"I Love You All," Frank

(Lenny Abrahamson, Stephen Rennicks)

"I Love You Too Much," The Book of Life

(Gustavo Santaolalla, Paul Williams)

"I'm Not Gonna Miss You," Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me

(Glen Campbell, Julian Raymond)

"A Step You Can't Take Back," Begin Again

(Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisbois, John Carney)

Golden "I"

Presenting...the 2013 Golden Steve Awards.

See bloviation above...

And now, the worthy honorees:

Best Picture

The Act of Killing

Before Midnight

Her

Inside Llewyn Davis

Museum Hours

The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Director

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Jem Cohen, Museum Hours

Spike Jonze, Her

Richard Linklater, Before Midnight

Joshua Oppenheimer, The Act of Killing

Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Actor

Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street

Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave

Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis

Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club

Robert Redford, All Is Lost

Best Actress

Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine

Suzanne Clement, Laurence Anyways

Julie Delpy, Before Midnight

Judi Dench, Philomena

Adele Exarchopoulos, Blue is the Warmest Color

Brie Larson, Short Term 12

Best Supporting Actor

Andrew Dice Clay, Blue Jasmine

James Gandolfini, Enough Said

Rutger Hauer, Il Futuro

Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street

Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club

Sam Rockwell, The Way Way Back

Best Supporting Actress

Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine

Scarlett Johansson, Her

Lupita Nyong'o, 12 Years a Slave

Vanessa Redgrave, Unfinished Song

Lea Seydoux, Blue is the Warmest Color

June Squibb, Nebraska

Best Screenplay--Adapted

Before Midnight (Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater)

Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche, Ghalya Lacroix)

Captain Phillips (Billy Ray)

Short Term 12 (Destin Daniel Cretton)

12 Years a Slave (John Ridley)

The Wolf of Wall Street (Terence Winter)

Best Screenplay--Original

Blue Jasmine (Woody Allen)

Her (Spike Jonze)

Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)

Museum Hours (Jem Cohen)

Nebraska (Bob Nelson)

The Past (Asghar Farhadi)

Best Animated Feature

Despicable Me 2 (Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud)

Ernest & Celestine (Stephane Aubier, Vincent Patar, Benjamin Renner)

Frozen (Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee)

A Letter to Momo (Hiroyuki Okiura)

The Suicide Shop (Patrice Leconte)

The Wind Rises (Hayao Miyazaki)

Best Non-Fiction Film

The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer)

56 Up (Michael Apted)

Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor, Verena Paravel)

The Missing Picture (Rithy Panh)

The Square (Jehane Noujaim)

Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley)

Best Foreign Language Film

Blue is the Warmest Color (Abdellatif Kechiche)

The Hunt (Thomas Vinterberg)

Like Someone in Love (Abbas Kiarostami)

Neighboring Sounds (Kleber Mendonca Filho)

Night Across the Street (Raoul Ruiz)

The Past (Asghar Farhadi)

Best Original Song

"Amen," All Is Lost

(Alex Ebert)

"Let It Go," Frozen

(Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez)

"The Moon Song," Her

(Karen O)

"Please Mr. Kennedy," Inside Llewyn Davis

(T-Bone Burnett, Ethan Coen, Joel Coen, George Cromarty, Ed Rush, Justin Timberlake)

"You and I Ain't Nothin' No More," Lee Daniels' The Butler

(Lenny Kravitz)

"Young and Beautiful," The Great Gatsby

(Lana Del Ray, Rick Nowels)

A Golden Ticket

Presenting...the 2012 Golden Steve Awards.

See above rules and regs.

And now, the worthy honorees:

Best Picture

Amour

The Deep Blue Sea

Holy Motors

In the Family

The Master

Tabu

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, The Master

Leos Carax, Holy Motors

Terence Davies, The Deep Blue Sea

Miguel Gomes, Tabu

Michael Haneke, Amour

Patrick Wang, In the Family

Best Actor

Daniel Day-Lewis, Lincoln

John Hawkes, The Sessions

Denis Lavant, Holy Motors

Joaquin Phoenix, The Master

Jean-Louis Trintignant, Amour

Denzel Washington, Flight

Best Actress

Marion Cotillard, Rust and Bone

Nina Hoss, Barbara

Emmanuelle Riva, Amour

Quvenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

Rachel Weisz, The Deep Blue Sea

Michelle Williams, Take This Waltz

Best Supporting Actor

Garrett Hedlund, On the Road

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master

Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln

Clarke Peters, Red Hook Summer

Christopher Walken, A Late Quartet

Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams, The Master

Ann Dowd, Compliance

Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables

Rinko Kikuchi, Norwegian Wood

Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice

Donna Murphy, Dark Horse

Best Screenplay--Adapted

Beasts of the Southern Wild (Lucy Alibar, Benh Zeitlin)

Bernie (Richard Linklater, Skip Hollandsworth)

The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies)

Life of Pi (David Magee)

Lincoln (Tony Kushner)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (Stephen Chbosky)

Best Screenplay--Original

Amour (Michael Haneke)

Flight (John Gatins)

Holy Motors (Leos Carax)

In the Family (Patrick Wang)

The Master (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Ruby Sparks (Zoe Kazan)

Best Animated Feature

Consuming Spirits (Chris Sullivan)

From Up on Poppy Hill (Goro Miyazaki)

The Painting (Jean-Francois Laguionie)

The Pirates! Band of Misfits (Peter Lord, Jeff Newittt)

The Rabbi's Cat (Antoine Delesvaux, Joann Sfar)

Wreck-It Ralph (Rich Moore)

Best Non-Fiction Film

The Central Park Five (Ken Burns, Sarah Burns,

  David McMahon)

The Gatekeepers (Dror Moreh)

The Invisible War (Kirby Dick)

The Queen of Versailles (Lauren Greenfield)

Searching for Sugar Man (Malik Bendjelloul)

This Is Not a Film (Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, Jafar Panahi)

Best Foreign Language Film

Amour (Michael Haneke)

Barbara (Christian Petzold)

Holy Motors (Leos Carax)

Oslo, August 31st (Joachim Trier)

Sister (Ursula Meier)

Tabu (Miguel Gomes)

Best Original Song

"Ancora Qui," Django Unchained

(Ennio Morricone, Elisa Toffoli)

"Big Machine," Safety Not Guaranteed

(Ryan Miller)

"California Solo," California Solo

(Adam Franklin)

"Cosmonaut," Lawless

(Nick Cave, Warren Ellis)

"Skyfall," Skyfall

(Adele, Paul Epworth)

"Who Were We?," Holy Motors

(Leos Carax, Neil Hannon)

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)

It's that time again!

Presenting...the 2010 Golden Steve Awards.

Same pontification as before...

And now, the worthy honorees:

Best Picture

Another Year

The Ghost Writer

Of Gods and Men

The Social Network

Toy Story 3

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Best Director

Xavier Beauvois, Of Gods and Men

Ethan Coen and Joel Coen, True Grit

David Fincher, The Social Network

Mike Leigh, Another Year

Roman Polanski, The Ghost Writer

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives

Best Actor

Javier Bardem, Biutiful

Robert Duvall, Get Low

Jesse Eisenberg, The Social Network

Colin Firth, The King's Speech

Paul Giamatti, Barney's Version

Luis Tosar, Cell 211

Best Actress

Katie Jarvis, Fish Tank

Jennifer Lawrence, Winter's Bone

Noomi Rapace, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Paprika Steen, Applause

Hailee Steinfeld, True Grit

Michelle Williams, Blue Valentine

Best Supporting Actor

Christian Bale, The Fighter

Pierce Brosnan, The Ghost Writer

Michael Fassbender, Fish Tank

John Hawkes, Winter's Bone

Michael Lonsdale, Of Gods and Men

Bill Murray, Get Low

Best Supporting Actress

Anne-Marie Duff, Nowhere Boy

Mila Kunis, Black Swan

Lesley Manville, Another Year

Rosamund Pike, Barney's Version

Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Olivia Williams, The Ghost Writer

Best Screenplay--Adapted

The Ghost Writer (Robert Harris, Roman Polanski)

Never Let Me Go (Alex Garland)

The Social Network (Aaron Sorkin)

Toy Story 3 (Michael Arndt, John Lasseter, Andrew Stanton, Lee Unkrich)

True Grit (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)

Winter's Bone (Debra Granik, Anne Rosellini)

Best Screenplay--Original

Animal Kingdom (David Michod)

Another Year (Mike Leigh)

The Fighter (Eric Johnson, Scott Silver, Paul Tamasy)

Greenberg (Noah Baumbach)

The King's Speech (David Seidler)

Please Give (Nicole Holofcener)

Best Animated Feature

Despicable Me (Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud)

How to Train Your Dragon (Dean DeBlois, Chris Sanders)

The Illusionist (Sylvain Chomet)

My Dog Tulip (Paul Fierlinger, Sandra Fierlinger)

Tangled (Nathan Greno, Byron Howard)

Toy Story 3 (Lee Unkrich)

Best Non-Fiction Film

Exit Through the Gift Shop (Banksy)

Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould (M. Hozer, P. Raymont)

Inside Job (Charles Ferguson)

Last Train Home (Lixin Fan)

Marwencol (Jeff Malmberg)

Prodigal Sons (Kimberly Reed)

Best Foreign Language Film

Dogtooth (Giorgos Lanthimos)

Everyone Else (Maren Ade)

I Am Love (Luca Guadagnino)

Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois)

The Strange Case of Angelica (Manoel de Oliveira)

Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)

Best Original Song

"Darkness Before the Dawn," Holy Rollers (M.J. Mynarski, Paul Comaskey)

"I See the Light," Tangled (Alan Menken, Glenn Slater)

"Life During Wartime," Life During Wartime (Marc Shaiman, Todd Solondz)

"Le Refuge," Hideaway (Louis-Ronan Choisy)

"We Belong Together," Toy Story 3 (Randy Newman)

"When Will My Life Begin?," Tangled (Alan Menken, Glenn Slater)

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)

Just what civilization needs...

Another weigh-in on the best films of the decade.

20 Honorable mentions, listed alphabetically:

Adaptation (Spike Jonze); Almost Famous (Cameron Crowe); Amores Perros (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu); Before Sunset (Richard Linklater); City of God (Fernando Meirelles); The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Piui); A History of Violence (David Cronenberg); The Hurt Locker (Kathryn Bigelow); Inglourious Basterds (Quentin Tarantino); Junebug (Phil Morrison); Kings & Queen (Arnaud Desplechin); Little Children (Todd Field); Once (John Carney); Pan's Labyrinth (Guillermo del Toro); Ratatouille (Brad Bird); Safe Conduct (Bertrand Tavernier); A Serious Man (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen); United 93 (Paul Greengrass); Vera Drake (Mike Leigh); Wonder Boys (Curtis Hanson)

25. The Squid and the Whale (Noah Baumbach)
24. The Fog of War (Errol Morris)
23. 25th Hour (Spike Lee)
22. Downfall (Oliver Hirschbiegel)
21. My Winnipeg (Guy Maddin)
20. The Best of Youth (Marco Tullio Giordana)
19. Capturing the Friedmans (Andrew Jarecki)
18. You Can Count on Me (Kenneth Lonergan)
17. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Julian Schnabel)
16. No Country for Old Men (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
15. The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)
14. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)
13. Y Tu Mama Tambien (Alfonso Cuaron)
12. Sideways (Alexander Payne)
11. Yi Yi (Edward Yang)
10. Brokeback Mountain (Ang Lee)
9. 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Cristian Mungiu)
8. Spirited Away (Hayao Miyazaki)
7. Far from Heaven (Todd Haynes)
6. Zodiac (David Fincher)
5. Talk to Her (Pedro Almodovar)
4. In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar Wai)
3. There Will Be Blood (Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
1. Mulholland Dr. (David Lynch)