The Films of 2019. The 20th annual FiLM BiTCH Awards
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and the nominees are...
Best Musical Scene in a Musical
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"Lost in the Woods" Jonathan Groff FROZEN II |
"Heaven" Elisabeth Moss HER SMELL |
"I Want Love" Kit Connor and cast ROCKETMAN |
"Rocketman" Taron Egerton ROCKETMAN |
Audition Jessie Buckley WILD ROSE |
Finalists: "Into the Unknown" from Frozen II has such a jaw-drop/time-stop finale with those ice jewels; "Crocodile Rock" at the Troubador as Elton lifts off thanks to Taron Egerton's totally winning performance (and the classic hit) in Rocketman; "Another Girl, Another Planet" in Her Smell is the first time you see Becky Something perform and for the movie to work at all, you have to believe that Elisabeth Moss is a rock star (you do) Semi Finalists: Singing while laundering in Pain and Glory; improvising (not really) "The Long and Winding Road" on the spot (Himesh Patel) in Yesterday; "Outlaw State of Mind" - Wild Rose; That "Your Song" breakthrough in Rocketman Note: If a musical number opens or closes a film it is part of the opening or ending category. |
Best Musical Scene in a Non-Musical
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Theme Song Extras & Cast A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD |
"Total Eclipse of the Heart" Julianne Moore GLORIA BELL |
"Criminal" Jennifer Lopez HUSTLERS |
Twin Sondheims Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Merrrit Wever, Julie Hagerty MARRIAGE STORY |
Beach Chorus Extras and cast PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE |
Runners Up | ||||
Finalists: A broken radio leads to a tender singing moment from Franz Rogowski in Transit Semi Finalists: "Love in this Club" feat. Usher at the club in Hustlers; "Behind the Green Door" on Hullabaloo in Once Upon a Time in Hollywood; "Don't You Wanna Dance?" - Isn't it Romantic; a Nureyev performance recreated for The White Crow; bad karaoke in The Farewell; "Rock and Roll Part 2" in Joker Note: * If a musical number opens or closes a film it is part of the opening or ending category. |
Best Action Sequence
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1917 | AVENGERS ENDGAME |
AVENGERS ENDGAME | SHADOW | SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME |
That wing fighter crash and subsequent tragic chaos. Wow. | Captain America vs Captain America. "That's America's ass." | "Avengers Assemble" The Portals / Final Thanos battle | Final group battle with ying yang masculine / feminine throughline. | Mysterio vs Spider-Man with those whip-quick deadly illusions and betrayals |
Finalists: Alita Battle Angel (Alita temporarily down in pieces); Us (escaping the house / separating); Furie (train fight Veronic Ngo vs. Hoa Thanh) Semi Finalists: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (that fateful night); Woman at War (explosion and escape), Frozen II (Elsa vs the waves); Captain Marvel (in the subway) Please note: I did not see John Wick Chapter 3 as I hadn't seen the others and their fame slowly built and as I was late to the party when installment 3 arrived and finally broke through to mass recognition, I was way behind. |
Best Kiss
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Mama Sane & Traoré & Amadou Mbow ATLANTICS |
Antonio Banderas and Leonardo Sbaraglia PAIN & GLORY |
Adele Haenel & Noemie Merlant PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE |
Chao Deng & Sun Li SHADOW |
Tom Holland & Zendaya SPIDER-MAN FAR FROM HOME |
a ghostly reunion | lover's reunion | two ladies on fire | an indiscretion | awkward first kisses |
Runners Up |
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Finalists: Caitronia Balfe & Christian Bale Ford V Ferrari; Franz Rogowski & Paula Beer in Transit; Rosa Salazar and Keean Johnson in Alita Semi Finalists: Taylor Russell & Lucas Hedges in Waves; Oabnithi Wiwattanawarang and Phantira Pipityakorn in Inhuman KissAnna Paquin & Holiday Grainger in Tell it to the Bees,Robert James Collier and Max Brown in Downton Abbey |
Best Sex Scene
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Julianne Moore and John Turturro GLORIA BELL |
Juliette Binoche & the Fuck Box HIGH LIFE |
Jack Reynor & Isabelle Grill MIDSOMMAR |
Cho Yeo Jeong & Lee Sun Kyun PARASITE |
Taylor Russell and Lucas Hedges WAVES |
Lonely hearts club | The Fuck Box | Ritual... with audience | Married nookie | First love |
Runners Up | ||||
Finalists: Carol Duarte discovers that sex is ridiculous on her wedding night in Invisible Life; "give it to me, Dolemite / put your weight on it!" Eddie Murphy and cast and crew within Dolemite is My Name Semi Finalists: Taron Egerton is really excited about bedding Richard Madden in Rocketman; Kaitlyn Dever and Diana Silvers experiment in the bathroom in Booksmart; Robert Pattinson gets into fishy sex in The Lighthouse. Adele Haenel and Noemi Merlant mostly just kiss in Portrait of a Lady on Fire but it feels like fucking. Especially when plants and armpits are involved |
Best Opening Scene
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CLIMAX | DIAMANTINO | LITTLE WOMEN | MARRIAGE STORY | WOMAN AT WAR |
"Supernature" *this isn't technically the opening but then nothing is quite in the right order but the actual opening / the ending is brilliant, too. | Diamantino's visions disrupting a generic sports scene. Fluffy puppies in a misty field of dreams | Jo breathing heavily preparing to enter the male (publishing) space, like our lead actress backstage at her own show, waiting for curtains to open. | "What I love about Charlie / Nicole" love letters at the end of a marriage / beginning of film | The first eco-terrorist act we see from Halla and her escape with good samaritan and his dog's assistance. |
Runners Up | ||||
Finalists: Missing Link (Lochness monster)... "hmmm, carnivore"; A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood... meet my friend Lloyd (an episode begins) Semi Finalists: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (tv interview); Pain & Glory (laundry); Synonyms (the theft); Parasite (the holy wi-fi) |
Best Ending
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A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NIGHBORHOOD | THE FAREWELL | KNIVES OUT | LITTLE WOMEN | PAIN AND GLORY |
The grace of this thing, completing the episode with a perfect dischordant reminder that goodness is a choice. | Saying goodbye to NaiNai and her memory across the ocean. "Hah!" | That beautifully tart kiss off in coffee cup form "my house my rules" | The radiance of a female artist watching her creation come to life. | In a gloriously gentle camera retreat, Almodóvar reminds us that he is the movies. |
Runners Up | ||||
Finalists: The last times she saw her in Portrait of a Lady on Fire; "Glasgow" provides melodic character arc closure in Wild Rose; "Gloria" provides dancefloor release as Gloria Bell 's life goes on, our heroine still spinning; The waterfront and a chapter closing in The Last Black Man in San Francisco. Semi Finalists: Rocketman, Parasite
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Best Credit Sequence
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BOOKSMART (end credits) |
CLIMAX (mid-film credits) |
THE HUSTLE (opening credits) |
PAIN & GLORY (opening credits) |
THE REPORT (closing credits) |
slomo water balloon attacks. funny and festive. | Everything is a jumble during this in-your-face trip including the title cards 45 minutes in x | cartoon rivalry in reds and black | The swirling hypnotic color | elegant and stylish reminder of the coverup with redacted type |
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Finalists: Knives Out reveals that it's practically already a board game with its painted character cards; Missing Link's explorer's paraphenalia Semi Finalists: Captain Marvel (end), Rocketman (end), Godzilla King of Monsters (end), Honey Boy (end) |
Best Scenes (excluding aforementioned categories)
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ATLANTICS | BOOKSMART | BOOKSMART | DIANE | MARRIAGE STORY |
haunted women gather | dolls | the swimming pool | drinking alone | the knife |
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD | PAIN AND GLORY | PARASITE | PARASITE | PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE |
Spahn Ranch | anniversary screening | ram-don | The flood | First walk |
Finalists: Portrait of a Lady on Fire - role switching with the maid; Marriage Story - Nicole's divorce monologue; The Farewell - the grave-site Semi-Finalists: Last Black Man in San Francisco - the play; that tragic phone call in The Irishman; A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood - a minute of silence; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood -on set with Trudi; A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood -Lloyd inside the episode; Pain & Glory - the first desire; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood - Sharon watches herself; Dolemite - His altar ego debut; Sauvage/Wild - a doctor's visit; ice-cream in jail in The Irishman |
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UNDER THE SILVER LAKE | US | |||
the owl woman | the tethered arrive |
NOMINATIONS AND WINS IN ALL CATEGORIES
(OSCAR PARALLEL & OTHERWISE)
(40 categories | 59 films honored with nominations)
14 nominations
ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD (1 gold. 4 silver. 2 bronze)
PARASITE (8 gold. 1 silver. 1 bronze)
13 nominations
MARRIAGE STORY (1 gold. 8 silver)
11 nominations
PAIN AND GLORY (2 gold. 4 silver. 1 bronze)
9 nominations
1917 (2 gold. 3 silver. 2 bronze)
US (4 gold. 1 silver. 2 bronze)
8 nominations
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (1 gold. 1 silver. 1 bronze)
ROCKETMAN (3 gold. 2 silver)
7 nominations
A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (2 gold. 3 bronze)
BOOKSMART (1 gold. 1 bronze)
6 nominations
HUSTLERS (2 gold. 1 silver. 1 bronze)
LITTLE WOMEN (1 gold. 1 silver.1 bronze)
4 nominations
THE FAREWELL (2 bronze)
SHADOW (1 silver. 1 bronze)
SPIDERMAN FAR FROM HOME (1 silver. 1 bronze)
WILD ROSE (1 gold. 2 silver. 1 bronze)
3 nominations
AD ASTRA (1 gold. 1 bronze)
ATLANTICS (2 bronze)
AVENGERS ENDGAME (2 gold. 1 silver)
CLEMENCY (2 gold)
DIANE (1 bronze)
THE IRISHMAN (1 silver. 1 bronze)
MIDSOMMAR (1 gold)
THE REPORT
TRANSIT (1 silver. 1 bronze)
WAVES (1 silver)
2 nominations
BOMBSHELL (1 gold)
CLIMAX (1 silver.1 bronze)
DIAMANTINO (1 bronze)
FROZEN II (2 bronze)
GLORIA BELL (1 silver)
GODZILLA KING OF MONSTERS
HER SMELL
JOKER
KNIVES OUT (1 bronze)
LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO (1 silver. 1 bronze)
LUCE (1 gold)
SYNONYMS (1 silver)
UNCUT GEMS
1 nomination
ALITA BATTLE ANGEL
CATS
DOLEMITE IS MY NAME (1 bronze)
A FAITHFUL MAN
FORD V FERRARI
HARRIET
HIGH LIFE (1 bronze)
HONEY BOY (1 gold)
THE HUSTLE (1 silver)
I LOST MY BODY
INVISIBLE LIFE
JOJO RABBIT (1 bronze)
KLAUS (1 silver)
THE LIGHTHOUSE (1 gold)
MALEFICENT MISTRESS OF EVIL (1 bronze)
MISSING LINK (1 gold)
SAUVAGE/WILD (1 bronze)
TOY STORY 4 (1 bronze)
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE
WOMAN AT WAR (1 bronze)