It was a banner year for Oakland film, but you wouldn’t know it from the Golden Globe nominations, announced this morning.
Boots Riley’s much-heralded Sorry to Bother You and Daveed Diggs and Rafael Casal’s incisive Blindspotting are nowhere to be found on the list. Black Panther, the smash box-office hit with scenes set in but not filmed in Oakland, is up for three awards, including Best Motion Picture: Drama.
It’s probably not surprising that Sorry To Bother You was just a little too weird, or politically radical, to make the list. But to see five nominations for The Green Book, a let’s-solve-racism movie directed by the There’s Something About Mary guy and repeatedly criticized for its white perspective, is to start wading into Crash territory.
The complete list of nominations is below. And, after you’re done puzzling over the Dick Cheney biopic Vice in the “Musical or Comedy” category (War crimes! Hilarious!) while the full-of-songs Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody lands over in “Drama,” watch Sorry to Bother You and Blindspotting if you haven’t already, and be proud of Oakland’s incredible talent.
Best Television Series – Musical or ComedyBarry (HBO)The Good Place (NBC)Kidding (Showtime)The Kominsky Method (Netflix)The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon)
Best Motion Picture – Foreign LanguageCapernaumGirlNever Look AwayRomaShoplifters
Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAntonia BanderasDaniel BrulDarren CrissBenedict CumberbatchHugh Grant
Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAmy Adams (Sharp Objects)Patricia Arquette (Escape at Dannemora)Connie Britton (Dirty John)Laura Dern (The Tale)Regina King (Seven Seconds)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAlex Borstein (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)Patricia Clarkson (Sharp Objects)Penelope Cruz (The Assassination of Gianni Versace)Thandie Newton (Westworld)Yvonne Strahovski (The Handmaid’s Tale)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionAlan ArkinKieran CulkinEdgar RamirezBen WishawHenry Winkler
Best Original Score – Motion PictureMarco Beltrami (A Quiet Place)Alexandre Desplat (Isle of Dogs)Ludwig Göransson (Black Panther)Justin Hurwitz (First Man)Marc Shaiman (Mary Poppins Returns)
Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for TelevisionThe Alienist (TNT)The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (FX)Escape at Dannemora (Showtime)Sharp Objects (HBO)A Very English Scandal (Amazon)
Best Screenplay – Motion PictureAlfonso Cuaron (Roma)Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (The Favourite)Barry Jenkins (If Beale Street Could Talk)Adam McKay (Vice)Peter Farrelly, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie (Green Book)
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or ComedyKristen BellCandice BergenAlison BrieRachel BrosnahanDebra Messing
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or ComedySasha Baron Cohen (Who Is America?)Jim Carrey (Kidding)Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method)Donald Glover (Atlanta)Bill Hader (Barry)
Best Motion Picture – AnimatedIncredibles 2Isle of DogsMiraiRalph Breaks the InternetSpider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – DramaCaitriona Balfe (Outlander)Elisabeth Moss (Handmaid’s Tale)Sandra Oh (Killing Eve)Julia Roberts (Homecoming)Keri Russell (The Americans)
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyChristian Bale (Vice)Lin-Manuel Miranda (Mary Poppins Returns)Viggo Mortensen (Green Book)Robert Redford (The Old Man & the Gun)John C. Reilly (Stan & Ollie)
Best Director – Motion PictureBradley CooperAlfonso CuaronPeter FarrellySpike LeeAdam McKay
Best Television Series – DramaThe AmericansBodyguardHomecomingKilling EvePose
Best Actress in a Supporting Role in any Motion PictureAmy AdamsClaire FoyRegina KingEmma StoneRachel Weisz
Best Original Song – Motion Picture“All the Stars” (Black Panther)“Girl in the Movies” (Dumplin’)“Requiem For A Private War” (A Private War)“Revelation’ (Boy Erased)“Shallow” (A Star Is Born)
Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – DramaJason BatemanStephan JamesRichard MaddenBilly PorterMatthew Rhys
Best Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion PictureMahershala AliTimothee ChalametAdam DriverRichard E. GrantSam Rockwell
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – DramaGlenn Close (The Wife)Lady Gaga (A Star Is Born)Nicole Kidman (Destroyer)Melissa McCarthy (Can You Ever Forgive Me?)Rosamund Pike (A Private War)
Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyEmily BluntOlivia ColmanElsie FisherCharlize TheronConstance Wu
Best Actor in a Motion Picture – DramaBradley CooperWillem DafoeLucas HedgesRami MalekJohn David Washington
Best Motion Picture – Musical or ComedyCrazy Rich AsiansThe FavouriteGreen BookMary Poppins ReturnsVice
Best Motion Picture – DramaBlack PantherBlacKkKlansmanBohemian RhapsodyIf Beale Street Could TalkA Star Is Born
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