The Films of 2015. The 16th annual FiLM BiTCH Awards
PICTURE | ACTING | VISUALS | AURALS | EXTRAS | SPECIAL | SCENES
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Best Picture
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| CAROL Todd Haynes (Weinstein Co) Nov 20th |
EX-MACHINA Alex Garland (A24) April 24th |
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD |
ROOM Lenny Abrahamson (A24) Oct 16th |
TANGERINE Sean Baker (Magnolia) July 10th |
 A gloriously precise lesbian romantic drama |
And erotic noir and sci-fi chamber drama |  Adrenaline and estrogen fueled action masterwork |
 The spaces we fill, and the worlds we discover. |
One of a kind streetwalking comedy |
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| If you'd like the Oscar equivalency (8 this year) add: Phoenix, Brooklyn, and Inside Out Top Fifteen List Write-up Here |
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Best Director
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Sean Baker |
Denis Gamze Erguven MUSTANG |
Alex Garland EX MACHINA |
Todd Haynes CAROL |
George Miller
MAD MAX: FURY ROAD |
| For his prolific ingenuity. For guiding novice actors through resonant arcs and landing big laughs. His movies don't feel like anyone's elses. Can't wait for the next one. |
Even at Mustang's most confined and politically pointed, this debut is brimming over with passion, ideas and non-competitive but disparate tones. Can't wait for her next one. | Danny Boyle's frequent screenwriter moves over into the director's chair and should stay there. It's minimalist but he's got razor sharp visual instincts. Can't wait for the next one. | After a long drought, Haynes delivered yet another masterwork with this perfectly executed, continually rewarding and densely imagined romantic drama. Don't make us wait so long for the next one! |
Immediate bracing proof that the action genre is as capable of masterworks as any other. If you're doing it right. Thrilling, inventive, original, and just plain nuts There's no use begging for the next one so take a fucking bow, man. |
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Finalists: Christian Petzold provides Phoenix with such a mysterious rich noir vibe, it continues resonating and haunting despite its perfect and very final ending; Lenny Abrahamson nails both halves of Room's mother/son drama, guiding incredible performances and audience catharsis; Denis Villeneuve is in such total control of all the crafts at his disposal in Sicario that I'm almost (almost) wondering if he can pull off Blade Runner 2 despite it being a terrible idea as sequelizations go. He's on fire right now; don't put him out. |
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Best Original Screenplay
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| Ex Machina | Grandma | I'll See You In My Dreams | Inside Out | Spotlight |
| Alex Garland gave his actors a lot to work with in his Turing test riffing sci-fi noir |
Bless Paul Weitz for gifting Lily Tomlin a whole new biting hilarious star vehicle | Marc Basch and Brett Haley crafted a beautiful twilight years awakening. | Peter Docter, Ronnie Del Carmen, Meg LeFauve, and Josh Cooley a dream team for Pixar |
It's fitting that Tom McCarthy, who usually writes alone, collaborated with Josh Singer on a film that so rest on teamwork |
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Finalists Girlhood, Sicario, Mustang, Tangerine, Clouds of Sils Maria |
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Best Adapted Screenplay
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Carol
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The Martian
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Phoenix
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Room |
Steve Jobs
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| Phyllis Nagy wrestled Patricia Highsmith's novel "The Price of Salt" away from Therese alone into a whole new point of view |
This sci-fi romp, based on the Andy Weir novel, owes much of its success to Drew Goddard's pop sensibility and light touch skill |
Christian Petzold and Harun Farocki's haunted interpretation of the novel "Le Retour des cendres" (Return of the Ashes) by Hubert Monteilhet | As with Gone Girl last year, a bestselling novelist proves just as adept in a new medium. Emma Donogue reworks her own book to grand affect |
Who is the author of Steve Jobs? Is it the auteur Danny Boyle or Aaron Sorkin, wordsmith, adapting the non-fiction book by Walter Isaacson |
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