2023

Here's the first ballot of my new awards, which I like to think of as a mix of the Oscars, MTV movie awards, and critics awards. As I see new films and update these in the future, I'll update my alternate Oscar ballots to match.

* = winner

BEST MOVIE:

Anatomy of a Fall

Fallen Leaves*

Godzilla Minus One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Perfect Days

BEST DIRECTOR:

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves*

Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

Wim Wenders, Perfect Days

Takashi Yamazaki, Godzilla Minus One

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE:

Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Thomas Schubert, Afire

Jussi Vatanen, Fallen Leaves

Koji Yakusho, Perfect Days*

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE:

Paula Beer, Afire

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Anne Hathaway, Eileen

Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall*

Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves

BEST SCREENPLAY:

Afire

Anatomy of a Fall

Fallen Leaves*

Mountains

Perfect Days

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:

Ferrari

Godzilla Minus One

Oppenheimer

Perfect Days*

Saltburn

BEST EDITING:

Godzilla Minus One

The Killer

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Oppenheimer*

Society of the Snow

BEST MUSIC:

The Boy and the Heron

Eileen

Godzilla Minus One

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning*

Oppenheimer

BEST SONG:

“Evening Mirror” from The Sweet East

“Live That Way Forever” from The Iron Claw*

“Meet in the Middle” from Flora and Son

“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie

“Wild Uncharted Waters” from The Little Mermaid

BEST PRODUCTION:

Godzilla Minus One*

John Wick: Chapter 4

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

BEST STUNTS:

Fast X

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny

John Wick: Chapter 4*

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Polite Society

BEST CAST:

Air*

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

The Iron Claw

Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning

Scream VI

BEST COLLABORATION:

Carrie Coon, Natasha Lyonne, and Elizabeth Olsen, His Three Daughters

Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John “Divine G” Whitfield, Sing Sing

Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie, Barbie

Greta Lee and Teo Yoo, Past Lives

Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen, Fallen Leaves*

BEST ARTIST:

Wes Anderson, Asteroid City and his Roald Dahl short films

Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest*

Aki Kaurismäki, Fallen Leaves

Tina Satter, Reality

Wim Wenders, Perfect Days