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Sunday, April 10 (extending into Monday morning).
You don't have to vote in every category, but there's also no need to abstain just because you haven't seen a key nominee or two. Part I of the ballot lets me know which films you haven't yet seen, and that's taken into account in tabulating the results. That way, your vote for the best nominee you've seen doesn't hurt the nominees you haven't seen.
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PART I: Which of the nominated films have you
NOT yet seen? (Delete the ones you
have seen from the list below.)
Amy
Anomalisa
The Assassin
Avengers: Age of Ultron
The Big Short
Blind
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Carol
Clouds of Sils Maria
Creed
Crimson Peak
The End of the Tour
Ex Machina
Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
God Help the Girl
Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief
The Guest
The Hateful Eight
Inside Out
It Follows
Jauja
Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck
The Look of Silence
Love & Mercy
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Mistress America
Mommy
The Overnighters
The Peanuts Movie
Phoenix
The Revenant
Room
Selma
Shaun the Sheep Movie
Sicario
Slow West
Son of Saul
Song of the Sea
Spotlight
Spy
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Steve Jobs
Tangerine
Trainwreck
What We Do in the Shadows
White God
World of Tomorrow
PART II: Select your favorite nominee in each category. It's best for me if you leave only the nominee you're voting for and delete the other four.
Best Picture Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road Room Spotlight TangerineBest Director Alex Garland,
Ex Machina Quentin Tarantino,
The Hateful Eight George Miller,
Mad Max: Fury Road Alejandro González Ińárritu,
The Revenant Sean Baker,
TangerineBest Original Screenplay Alex Garland.
Ex Machina Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley,
Inside Out Josh Singer and Tom McCarthy,
Spotlight Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement,
What We Do in the Shadows Don Hertzfeldt,
World of TomorrowBest Adapted Screenplay Charles Randolph and Adam McKay,
The Big Short (based on the book by Michael Lewis)
Phyllis Nagy,
Carol (based on the novel
The Price of Salt by Patricia Highsmith)
Drew Goddard,
The Martian (based on the novel by Andy Weir)
Christian Petzold and Harun Farocki,
Phoenix (based on the novel
Le retour des cendres by Hubert Monteilhet)
Aaron Sorkin,
Steve Jobs (based on the book by Walter Isaacson)
Best Actor Michael B. Jordan,
Creed Samuel L. Jackson,
The Hateful Eight Matt Damon,
The Martian David Oyelowo,
Selma Michael Fassbender,
Steve JobsBest Actress Saoirse Ronan,
Brooklyn Alicia Vikander,
Ex Machina Charlize Theron,
Mad Max: Fury Road Nina Hoss,
Phoenix Brie Larson,
RoomBest Supporting Actor Mark Rylance,
Bridge of Spies Sylvester Stallone,
Creed Oscar Isaac,
Ex Machina Walton Goggins,
The Hateful Eight Jason Statham,
SpyBest Supporting Actress Jennifer Jason Leigh,
Anomalisa Kristen Stewart,
Clouds of Sils Maria Jennifer Jason Leigh,
The Hateful Eight Rebecca Ferguson,
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Mya Taylor,
TangerineBest Ensemble Cast The Big Short The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian SpotlightBest Non-English Language Film The Assassin Blind Mommy Phoenix White GodBest Animated Film Anomalisa Inside Out Shaun the Sheep Movie Song of the Sea World of TomorrowBest Documentary Amy Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck The Look of Silence The OvernightersBest Editing Hank Corwin,
The Big Short Claudia Castello and Michael P. Shawver,
Creed Mark Day,
Ex Machina Margaret Sixel,
Mad Max: Fury Road Sean Baker,
TangerineBest Sound Ex Machina The Hateful Eight Mad Max: Fury Road The Revenant Star Wars: The Force AwakensBest Score Carter Burwell,
Carol Ennio Morricone,
The Hateful Eight Disasterpeace,
It Follows Jóhann Jóhannsson,
Sicario John Williams,
Star Wars: The Force AwakensBest Soundtrack Amy Creed Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck Love & Mercy MommyBest Cinematography Edward Lachman,
Carol Robert Richardson,
The Hateful Eight John Seale,
Mad Max: Fury Road Emmanuel Lubezki,
The Revenant Sean Baker and Radium Cheung,
TangerineBest Art Direction Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler,
Carol Thomas E. Sanders, Jeffrey A. Melvin, and Shane Vieau,
Crimson Peak Mark Digby and Michelle Day,
Ex Machina Yohei Taneda and Rosemary Brandenburg,
The Hateful Eight Colin Gibson and Lisa Thompson,
Mad Max: Fury RoadBest Visual Effects Crimson Peak Ex Machina Mad Max: Fury Road The Martian Star Wars: The Force AwakensBest Surprise Creed The Guest It Follows The Peanuts Movie SpyBest Debut Feature Blind (directed by Eskil Vogt)
Ex Machina (directed by Alex Garland)
God Help the Girl (directed by Stuart Murdoch)
Slow West (directed by John Maclean)
Son of Saul (directed by László Nemes)
Best Overlooked Film A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night The End of the Tour Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem Jauja Mistress AmericaBest Scene (Dramatic) Bookends,
Carol Wonderwall,
Mommy Final,
Phoenix Ending of Grizzly Man,
The Revenant Border Crossing Traffic,
SicarioBest Scene (Comedic) Thor's Hammer,
Avengers: Age of Ultron Get Down Saturday Night,
Ex Machina Abstract Thought,
Inside Out "I was on fire",
Spy Dirty Talk with Cena,
TrainwreckBest Shot Maloja Snake,
Clouds of Sils Maria Donnie vs. Leo,
Creed Opening Shot,
It Follows Pole Vault in Front of a Fireball,
Mad Max: Fury Road Descending into Darkness (pre-night vision),
SicarioBest Line "It's zoo sized.",
Anomalisa "How did you lose your coat?" / "You know, spy stuff.",
Bridge of Spies "Prove what? "That I'm not a mistake.",
Creed "I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this.",
The Martian "I think of it like this... if you were going to eat a sandwich, you would just enjoy it more if you knew no one had f—ked it.",
What We Do in the Shadows