‘The Revenant’ leads the 88th Academy Award Nominations

We finally know who and what has been nominated this year by Oscar. Ladies and gentlemen, just a few moments ago this morning the 88th Academy Award nominations were handed out, with The Revenant leading the way. 12 nominations went to that film, with Mad Max: Fury Road next in line with ten citations. Things like Spotlight managed to do as well or better than expected, while the only huge shockers to me were Ridley Scott missing in Best Director (essentially replaced by Lenny Abrahamson for Room) and Tom Hardy getting in for The Revenant. Straight Outta Compton missing in Best Picture was also surprising, but less so. I’ll have more to say in tomorrow’s piece on exactly what went down, along with updated predictions, but at the moment, let’s get straight to the actual nominations…
Analysis is coming tomorrow. For now, here are the nominees for the 88th Academy Awards:
Best Picture

• “The Big Short”
• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Brooklyn”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Room”
• “Spotlight”

Best Actress in a Leading Role

• Cate Blanchett, “Carol”
• Brie Larson, “Room”
• Jennifer Lawrence, “Joy”
• Charlotte Rampling, “45 Years”
• Saoirse Ronan, “Brooklyn”

Best Actor in a Leading Role

• Bryan Cranston, “Trumbo”
• Matt Damon, “The Martian”
• Leonardo DiCaprio, “The Revenant”
• Michael Fassbender, “Steve Jobs“
• Eddie Redmayne, “The Danish Girl”

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

• Jennifer Jason Leigh, “The Hateful Eight”
• Rooney Mara, “Carol”
• Rachel McAdams, “Spotlight”
• Alicia Vikander, “The Danish Girl”
• Kate Winslet, “Steve Jobs“

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

• Christian Bale, “The Big Short”
• Tom Hardy, “The Revenant”
• Mark Ruffalo, “Spotlight”
• Mark Rylance, “Bridge of Spies”
• Sylvester Stallone, “Creed”

Best Director

• Adam McKay, “The Big Short”
• George Miller, “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• Alejandro G. Inarritu, “The Revenant”
• Lenny Abrahamson, “Room”
• Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight”

Best Adapted Screenplay

• “The Big Short”
• “Brooklyn”
• “Carol”
• “The Martian”
• “Room”

Best Original Screenplay

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Ex Machina”
• “Inside Out”
• “Spotlight”
• “Straight Outta Compton”

Best Film Editing

• “The Big Short”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Revenant”
• “Spotlight”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Best Cinematography

• “Carol”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Hateful Eight”
• “The Revenant”
• “Sicario”

Best Visual Effects

• “Ex Machina”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Best Documentary

• “Amy”
• “Cartel Land”
• “The Look of Silence”
• “What Happened, Miss Simone?”
• “Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom”

Best Documentary Short Subject

• “Body Team 12”
• “Chau, Beyond the Lines”
• “Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah”
• “A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness”
• “Last Day of Freedom”

Best Production Design

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “The Danish Girl”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”

Best Original Score

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Carol”
• “The Hateful Eight”
• “Sicario”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Best Foreign Language Film

• “Embrace of the Serpent,” Colombia
• “Mustang,” France
• “Son of Saul,” Hungary
• “Theeb,” Jordan
• “A War,” Denmark

Best Original Song

• “Earned It” from “Fifty Shades of Grey”
• “Manta Ray” from “Racing Extinction”
• “Simple Song No. 3” from “Youth”
• “Til It Happens To You” from “The Hunting Ground”
• “Writing’s on the Wall” from “Spectre”

Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling

• “Mad Max Fury Road”
• “The 100-Year Old Men Who Climbed Out The Window and Disappeared”
• “The Revenant”

Best Animated Feature

• “Anomalisa”
• “Boy and the World”
• “Inside Out”
• “Shaun The Sheep”
• “When Marnie Was There”

Best Animated Short Film

• “Bear Story”
• “Prologue”
• “Sanjay’s Super Team”
• “We Can’t Live Without Cosmos”
• “World of Tomorrow”

Achievement in Sound Mixing

• “Bridge of Spies”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Achievement in Sound Editing

• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Martian”
• “The Revenant”
• “Sicario”
• “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”

Best Costume Design

• “Carol”
• “Cinderella”
• “The Danish Girl”
• “Mad Max: Fury Road”
• “The Revenant”

Best Live Action Short Film

• “Ave Maria”
• “Day One”
• “Everything Will Be Okay (Alles Wird Gut)”
• “Shok”
• “Stutterer”