by Nathaniel R
the oldest and youngest nominee flanking the big winner: Lois Smith, Jordan Peele, and Brooklynn Prince
Get Out (with 3 wins) and Call Me By Your Name (with 2 including Best Feature) dominated the Gotham Awards last night taking the bulk of the prizes. That didn't leave much for other contenders though A24 movies The Disaster Artist and Lady Bird scored both leading acting awards. Entirely shut out despite multiple nominations: The Florida Project, Good Time, and I Tonya. More after the jump...
Eternally boyish awesome 54 year old auteur John Cameron Mitchell hosted the event -- look at that sharp suit! Now can they please release his latest film How To Talk to Girls at Parties? Everything he's made to date has been brilliant (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, Rabbit Hole) so why make us wait?!
You can watch the whole ceremony on the IFP's facebook page
THE WINNERS WERE
BEST FEATURE
- Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classic) ★
- The Florida Project (A24)
- Get Out (Universal Pictures)
- Good Time (A24)
- I, Tonya (NEON)
BEST ACTOR
- James Franco, The Disaster Artist ★
- Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
- Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
- Robert Pattinson, Good Time
- Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky
- Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
The first of many prizes for Saoirse and Timothée this season... or the first of just a few? Time will tell.
BEST ACTRESS
- Haley Lu Richardson, Columbus
- Melanie Lynskey, I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore.
- Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird ★
- Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
- Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
- Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name ★
- Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats
- Kelvin Harrison, Jr., It Comes at Night
- Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
JURY AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
- Mudbound (Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks) ★
BEST SCREENPLAY
- The Big Sick (Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani)
- Brad's Status (Mike White)
- Call Me By Your Name (James Ivory)
- Columbus (Kogonada)
- Get Out (Jordan Peele) ★
- Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
- Maggie Betts, Novitiate
- Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
- Kogonada, Columbus
- Jordan Peele, Get Out ★
- Joshua Z Weinstein, Menashe
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Ex Libris - The New York Public Library (Zipporah Films)
- Rat Film (MEMORY and Cinema Guild)
- Strong Island (Netflix) ★
- Whose Streets? (Magnolia Pictures)
- The Work (The Orchard and First Look Media)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES - LONG FORM
- Atlanta (FX) ★
- Better Things (FX)
- Dear White People (Netflix)
- Fleabag (Amazon Studios)
- Search Party (TBS)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES - SHORT FORM
- 555 (Vimeo)
- Inconceivable (YouTube)
- Junior (Blackpills, VICE)
- Let Me Die a Nun (Vimeo)
- The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes (YouTube) ★
The night also included tributes to Al Gore, Sofia Coppola, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Blum, Ed Lachmann, and Nicole Kidman which might explain why it ran longer than some Oscar ceremonies at 3 hours plus. During the Kidman tribute Reese Witherspoon reportedly called the event "the independent spirits" from the podium, getting the event wrong. West Coast vs East Coast, hee! But that also is a long show, come to think of it.
What do you make of these prizes? Meaningless in the grand scheme of things or a sign of things to come on Oscar night?