The Longlists: Narrowing the Field

It's long been a tradition to do a Longlist, the kind BAFTA does, with the semi-finalists in each category. Having yet to catch up with the other 2011 releases, I have decided -- not through impatience, but through honesty -- to keep the eligible films to those I saw during the year. I had ample time to see a lot of films, and not everything can be seen. Besides, these are the Hollmann Awards, which means two things. First, it means that they do not represent all of 2011 cinema, but my own cinematic year. Second, it means I can basically make up the rules as I go along.


With the notable exception of Best Picture (for I've already revealed the unranked Top Ten) and Best Original Song (for choices were few), the categories are narrowed down to fifteen contenders. Interestingly, the most difficult categories to pare down were Director and Supporting Actor. Doesn't Chris O'Dowd's contribution to Bridesmaids warrant recognition? How could I ignore the greatness of Steven Spielberg, especially since War Horse made it to my Top 25? Wasn't Wyatt McCallum fantastic in The Myth of the American Sleepover? I could always make up a new rule, but if you're not going to kill your darlings, you may as well not do your own awards. And for heaven's sake, who wants that?!?

You will also see actors who are currently being campaigned for supporting in the leading categories. This is because I feel that their roles are large enough to warrant a category change. Peppy Miller and Alice Dainard are more than just the love interests who help their guy make it through to the end. They have their own fully-developed arcs. The movie just couldn't exist without them.


Eighteen categories. It's a lot of text, but I always like the conversations these can spark. Shall we?

BEST PICTURE:

Anonymous

Beginners

Contagion

Drive

The Ides of March

Midnight in Paris

Super 8

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

We Need to Talk About Kevin

Young Adult

BEST DIRECTOR:

JJ Abrams, Super 8

Tomas Alfredson, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Woody Allen, Midnight in Paris

George Clooney, The Ides of March

Roland Emmerich, Anonymous
David Fincher, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist

Lee Chang-dong, Poetry

Steve McQueen, Shame

Mike Mills, Beginners

Lynne Ramsay, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Jason Reitman, Young Adult
Nicolas Winding Refn, Drive

Steven Soderbergh, Contagion

Joe Wright, Hanna

BEST ACTRESS:

Elena Anaya, The Skin I Live In

Berenice Bejo, The Artist

Glenn Close, Albert Nobbs

Viola Davis, The Help

Elle Fanning, Super 8

Jodie Foster, Carnage

Keira Knightley, A Dangerous Method

Rooney Mara, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Saoirse Ronan, Hanna

Meryl Streep, The Iron Lady

Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About Kevin

Charlize Theron, Young Adult

Kristen Wiig, Bridesmaids

Kate Winslet, Carnage

Yun Joon-hee, Poetry

BEST ACTOR:

Michael Angarano, Ceremony

Joel Courtney, Super 8

Jean Dujardin, The Artist

Michael Fassbender, Shame

Michael Fassbender, X-Men: First Class

Brendan Gleeson, The Guard

Ryan Gosling, Drive

Craig Gregory, Submarine

Chris Hemsworth, Thor

Rhys Ifans, Anonymous

Matthew McConaughey, The Lincoln Lawyer

Ewan McGregor, Beginners

Gary Oldman, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Brad Pitt, Moneyball

Christoph Waltz, Carnage

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:

Amanda Bauer, The Myth of the American Sleepover

Cate Blanchett, Hanna

Rose Byrne, Bridesmaids

Jessica Chastain, The Help

Marion Cotillard, Midnight in Paris

Jennifer Ehle, Contagion

Anne Heche, Cedar Rapids

Rachel McAdams, Midnight in Paris

Helen McCrory, Hugo

Janet McTeer, Albert Nobbs

Carey Mulligan, Drive

Carey Mulligan, Shame

Yasmin Page, Submarine

Zoe Wanamaker, My Week with Marilyn

Evan Rachel Wood, The Ides of March

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:

Albert Brooks, Drive

Bryan Cranston, Drive

Benedict Cumberbatch, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Colin Firth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Laurence Fishburne, Contagion

Paul Giamatti, The Ides of March

Tom Hiddleston, Thor

Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Ides of March

Edward Hogg, Anonymous

John Hurt, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Patton Oswalt, Young Adult

Brad Pitt, The Tree of Life

Christopher Plummer, Beginners

Mark Strong, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Noah Taylor, Submarine

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:

50/50 - Will Reiser

Anonymous - John Orloff

The Artist - Michel Hazanavicius

Attack the Block - Joe Cornish

Beginners - Mike Mills

Bridesmaids - Kristen Wiig/Annie Mumolo
Ceremony - Max Winkler
Contagion - Scott Z. Burns
The Iron Lady - Abi Morgan
Midnight in Paris - Woody Allen
The Myth of the American Sleepover - David Robert Mitchell
Poetry - Lee Chang-dong
Shame - Steve McQueen/Abi Morgan
Super 8 - J.J. Abrams
Young Adult - Diablo Cody


BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Albert Nobbs - John Banville/Glenn Close/Gabriella Prekop
A Dangerous Method - Christopher Hampton
Drive - Hossein Amini
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - Steven Zaillian
The Help - Tate Taylor
Hugo - John Logan
The Ides of March - George Clooney/Grant Heslov
Moneyball - Steven Zaillian/Aaron Sorkin, story by Stan Chervin
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - Rick Jaffa/Amanda Silver
The Rum Diary - Bruce Robinson
The Skin I Live In - Pedro Almodovar
Submarine - Richard Ayoade
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Bridget O'Connor/Peter Straughn
We Need to Talk About Kevin - Lynne Ramsay/Rory Kinnear
X-Men: First Class - Jane Goldman/Ashley Miller/Zack Stentz/Matthew Vaughn, story by Bryan Singer/Sheldon Turner


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Sean Bobbitt, Shame
Jeff Cronenweth, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Anna Foerster, Anonymous
Janusz Kaminski, War Horse
Darius Khondji, Midnight in Paris
Hyun Seok Kim, Poetry
 Alwin Kuchler, Hanna
Emmanuel Lubezki, The Tree of Life
Seamus McGarvey, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Robert Richardson, Hugo
Guillaume Schiffman, The Artist
Eduardo Serra, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Newton Thomas Sigel, Drive
Steven Soderbergh, Contagion
Hoyte von Hoytema, Tinker, Sailor, Soldier, Spy


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Basement Jaxx, Attack the Block
The Chemical Brothers, Hanna
Alexandre Desplat, The Ides of March
Michael Giacchino, Super 8
Alberto Iglesias, The Skin I Live In
Alberto Iglesias, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Steve Jablonsky, Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Henry Jackman, X-Men: First Class
Eric D. Johnson, Ceremony
Abel Korzeniowski, W.E.
Cliff Martinez, Contagion
Cliff Martinez, Drive
Thomas Newman, The Iron Lady
Howard Shore, A Dangerous Method
Howard Shore, Hugo


BEST ORIGINAL SONG
Albert Nobbs - Lay Your Head Down
Footloose - Fake I.D.
Gnomeo & Juliet - Hello, Hello
Hugo - Coeur, Mon Volant
The Muppets - Life's a Happy Song
The Muppets - Man or Muppet
The Muppets - Pictures in My Head
Red Riding Hood - The Wolf
Submarine - Piledriver Waltz
W.E. - Masterpiece


BEST EDITING
Joe Bini, We Need to Talk About Kevin
Anne-Sophie Bion/Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist
Maryann Brandon/Mary Jo Markey, Super 8
Herve de Luze, Carnage
Chris Dickens/Nick Fenton, Submarine
Chris Gill, The Guard
Dino Jonsater, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
William Hoy, Sucker Punch
Kim Hyun, Poetry
Jeff McEvoy, The Lincoln Lawyer
Stephen Mirrione, Contagion
Mat Newman, Drive
Zachary Stuart-Pontier, Martha Marcy May Marlene
Paul Tothill, Hanna
Joe Walker, Shame


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Albert Nobbs
Anonymous
The Artist
Ceremony
Drive
The Help
Hugo
The Iron Lady
Midnight in Paris
Potiche
Shame
Submarine
Thor
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
W.E.


BEST ART DIRECTION

Anonymous
Ceremony
Drive
Gnomeo & Juliet
Hanna
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Midnight in Paris
The Muppets
Potiche
The Skin I Live In
Submarine
Sucker Punch
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
X-Men: First Class


BEST MAKEUP

Albert Nobbs
Anonymous
A Dangerous Method
The Debt
Drive
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Hanna
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
The Skin I Live In
Sucker Punch
Super 8
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
W.E.
X-Men: First Class


BEST SOUND
The Adventures of Tintin
Anonymous
Attack the Block
The Debt
Drive
The Guard
Hanna
Immortals
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Sucker Punch
Super 8
Take Shelter
Thor
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
War Horse


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Anonymous
Attack the Block
Final Destination 5
Fright Night
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
Hugo
Immortals
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Sucker Punch
Super 8
Take Shelter
Thor
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The Tree of Life
X-Men: First Class


BEST ENSEMBLE

The Artist
Attack the Block
Beginners
Bridesmaids
Carnage
Ceremony
Contagion
The Help
The Ides of March
Midnight in Paris
The Myth of the American Sleepover
Submarine
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
Tower Heist