Nominate!

[Jeremy Blackman]

Attention fellow Xixaxers! On this, their twelfth year, the Xixax Awards are entering a new era! One of modesty, of restraint, and indeed, of unprecedented simplicity.

Here's how this will work:

• In this very thread, members will suggest nominations. (More on that below.)
• Admins will decide final nominees in an authoritarian yet benevolent fashion, greatly drawing on this thread.
• We'll post polls for each category, and that will be the final vote.

Past Xixax Awards have involved a long, drawn-out process, and frankly a lot of work from everyone involved. This should make participation virtually effortless, optimized for your fast-paced 21st century lifestyle.

Now there's no reason to be left out. If you care at all about any 2013 movies you've seen, speak up!

[Jeremy Blackman]

So let's get started!

Post your nominations here, in any format or quantity you choose. Doesn't matter. This is an informal process. Make several posts if you want to; post what you can think of now, and come back for more later.

Is there an underrated film you're especially passionate about, or an incredible performance that no one is discussing? We're especially interested in those unusual choices to fill out categories.

If there's something you'd like to nominate that's embarrassing or shameful, PM me.

These are the categories. Obviously, suggest nominations for whatever you want. One, two, or all of them. If you're not sure which category a performance belongs in, don't worry about it.


Best Film
Best Director
Best Female Performance
Best Male Performance
Best Supporting Female Performance
Best Supporting Male Performance
Best Screenplay
Best Cinematography
Best Original Music
Best Visual Effects
Best Debut Film
Best Documentary
Best Animated Feature
Best Trailer
Best Film Poster
Best TV Show
Worst Film
Best Film of 2012 (Redux)


If you're not sure whether something is from 2013, consult this list.

[polkablues]

JB does not speak for me when he promises benevolence.

Also, Llewyn Davis for everything.

[Lottery]

Best Film - Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Director - Inside Llewyn Davis
Best Female Performance -
Best Male Performance - Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)/Joaquin Phoenix (Her)/Bruce Dern (Nebraska)/ Reece Shearsmith (A Field in England)/Leonidas DiCaprio (The Wolf of Wall Street)/Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty)
Best Supporting Female Performance - June Squibb (Nebraska)/ Carey Mulligan (Inside Llewyn Davis)/Amy Adams (Her)/Scarlett Johansson (Her)/Sally Hawkins (Blue Jasmine)
Best Supporting Male Performance - Will Forte (Nebraska)/Jake Gyllenhaal (Prisoners)/Jeremy Renner (American Hustle)
Best Screenplay - Inside Llewyn Davis/Her/Nebraska
Best Cinematography - Inside Llewyn Davis/Her/Nebraska/Only God Forgives
Best Original Music - Upstream Color/Only God Forgives
Best Visual Effects - Pacific Rim
Best Debut Film - Fruitvale Station
Best Documentary - The Act of Killing
Best Animated Feature - Monsters University/Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2/(Will I ever get to watch The Wind Rises?)
Best Trailer -  Upstream Color/Only God Forgives/Pacific Rim
Best Film Poster - The Act of Killing (the one with the fish)/Pacific Rim by Yokji Shinkawa/Only God Forgives
Best TV Show - Breaking Bad
Worst Film -
Best Film of 2012 (Redux) - The Master

[Alexandro]

Best Film
The Great Beauty
The Wolf of Wall Street
Blue is the Warmest Color
All is Lost
Her
Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Director
Paolo Sorrentino – The Great Beauty
J.C. Chandler – All is Lost
Coen Brothers – Inside Llewyn Davis
Martin Scorsese – The Wolf of Wall Street
Abdellatif Kechiche – Blue is the Warmest Color
Spike Jonze - Her

Best Female Performance
Greta Gerwig - Frances Ha
Meryl Streep – August: Osage County
Adele Exarchopolous – Blue is the Warmest Color
Lea Seydoux – Blue is the Warmest Color
Cate Blanchett – Blue Jasmine

Best Male Performance
Robert Redford – All is Lost
Mads Mikkelsen – The Hunt
Leonardo di Caprio – The Wolf of Wall Street
Joaquin Phoenix - Her
Toni Servillo – The Great Beauty

Best Supporting Female Performance
Sally Hawkins – Blue Jasmine
Scarlett Johanson – Her
Julia Roberts – August: Osage County
Amy Adams – Her
June Squibb – Nebraska

Best Supporting Male Performance
James Franco – Springbreakers
Jonah Hill – The Wolf of Wall Street
Jeremy Renner – American Hustle
Keith Carradine – Ain't them Bodies Saints
Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Cluba

Best Screenplay
Nebraska
Computer Chess
Her
The Great Beauty
The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Cinematography
Her
The Great Beauty
Springbreakers
Prisoners
Gravity

Best Original Music
Nebraska
The Great Beauty
Upstream Color
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Samsara

Best Visual Effects
Gravity
Pacific Rim

Best Debut Film
Escape from Tomorrow

Best Documentary
The Act of Killing
Blackfish
Stories we Tell

Best Animated Feature
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2

Best Trailer
Gravity

Best Film Poster
-

Best TV Show
Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United states
Breaking Bad
Game of Thrones
Boardwalk Empire
True Detective

Worst Film
-

Best Film of 2012 (Redux)
The Master

[Brando]

Best Film Posters

Only God Forgives

Blood Brother

Ain't Them Bodies Saints

[Punch]

Best Film:
Omar
Inside Llewyn Davis
The Great Beauty
Mother of George
Post Tenebras Lux

Best Director:
Omar (Hany Abu-Assad)
Mother of George (Andrew Dosunmu)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
The Great Beauty (Paolo Sorrentino)
Post Tenebras Lux (Carlos Reygadas)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (David Lowery)

Best Female Performance:
Mother of George (Danai Gurira)
The Past (Bérénice Bejo)
Blue Is the Warmest Color (Adèle Exarchopoulos)
Blue Jasmine (Cate Blanchett)

Best Male Performance:
Her (Joaquin Phoenix)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Oscar Isaac)
Omar (Adam Bakri)
Fruitvale Station (Michael B. Jordan)
The Hunt (Mads Mikkelsen)

Best Supporting Female Performance:
12 Years a Slave (Lupita Nyong'o)
Her (Amy Adams)

Best Supporting Male Performance:
Prisoners (Jake Gyllenhaal)
The Wolf of Wall Street (Jonah Hill)
12 Years a Slave (Michael Fassbender)

Best Screenplay:
Omar (Hany Abu-Assad)
Her (Spike Jonze)
Inside Llewyn Davis (Ethan Coen, Joel Coen)
No (Pedro Peirano)
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty (Terrence Nance)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (David Lowery)

Best Cinematography:
The Great Beauty (Luca Bigazzi)
Prisoners (Roger Deakins)
Post Tenebras Lux (Alexis Zabe)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (Bradford Young)
Mother of George (Bradford Young)

Best Original Music:
Inside Llewyn Davis
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Prisoners

Best Debut Film:
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Fruitvale Station

Best Documentary:
The Act of Killing
The Missing Picture

Best Trailer:
The Great Beauty
Post Tenebras Lux
Ain't Them Bodies Saints
Mother of George
Omar

Best Film Poster:
Omar
Post Tenebras Lux
Ain't Them Bodies Saints

Best TV Show:
Top of the Lake
Breaking Bad
Boardwalk Empire (Best acted, photographed, directed & written season of the series)
Rectify
True Detective

Worst Film: (hated these movies with a passion)
The Place Beyond the Pines
Spring Breakers
Sightseers
A Single Shot
The World's End
Drinking Buddies
The Way Way Back
Blue Caprice
12 O'Clock Boys
Blue Jasmine

Best Film of 2012 (Redux)
The Master

[Alexandro]

I didn't know Post Tenebras Lux was up. I mean I saw it so long ago...
but yeah, I'll support that for best pic, director and cinematography.

[xerxes]

Short Term 12 for best film.

[classical gas]

Adèle Exarchopoulos for best actress.

Act of Killing is eligible, right?  The internets credit it as a 2012 release.   

[matt35mm]

BEST FILM
The Wind Rises
The Act of Killing (can go in BEST DOC if that makes more sense)
Before Midnight
Frances Ha
Inside Llewyn Davis

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE
Mark Wahlberg (Pain & Gain)

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE
Julie Delpy (Before Midnight)
Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha)


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Only God Forgives
Post Tenebras Lux

[polkablues]

Act of Killing is eligible, right?  The internets credit it as a 2012 release.

Act of Killing was so barely available in 2012 that it definitely counts as a 2013 nominee.

Also, Punch's worst film nominees reminded me that Drinking Buddies definitely deserves a Best Female Perfomance for Olivia Wilde. I never gave her much thought as an actress before, but she was so, so good in that movie. I would also nominate Jake Johnson as a dark horse for Best Male Perfomance.

EDIT: Definitley definitely.

[Lottery]

Have been updating my original post, but a mention for Toni Servillo for best leading dude.

And let's give a VFX nom for A Field in England. Rather sparse category this year.

[Jeremy Blackman]

The internets credit it as a 2012 release.

As Polka was getting at, don't go by the imdb release dates, because they usually include festivals. Usually look for at least a NY/LA limited theatrical release. Or just use the Academy list.

[Drenk]

Best film : Blue Is the Warmest Color, Inside Llewyn Davis, Her, 12 Years a Slave, Short Term 12

Best female performance: Adèle Exarchopoulos

Best male performance: Joaquin Phoenix

Best TV Show: The Good Wife, Mad Men, Breaking Bad