by Allan Fish
Best Picture Dogville, Denmark & Los Angeles Plays Itself, US (3 votes each, TIE!)
Best Director Lars Von Trier, Dogville (5 votes)
Best Actor Bill Murray, Lost in Translation (4 votes)
Best Actress Nicole Kidman, Dogville (6 votes)
Best Supp Actor Tim Robbins, Mystic River (6 votes)
Best Supp Actress Hope Davis, American Splendor (4 votes)
Best Cinematography Harris Savides, Elephant (6 votes)
Best Score Kevin Shields, Lost in Translation & Howard Shore, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (4 votes each, TIE!)
Best Short 7:35 in the Morning, Spain, Nacho Vigalondo (2 votes)
—
2004
—
Best Picture/Director
—
À Toute de Suite (France…Benoït Jacquot)
Aftermath (Denmark…Paprika Steen)
Agnes and His Brothers (Germany…Oskar Roehler)
Anatomy of Hell (France…Catherine Breillat)
Antares (Austria…Götz Spielmann)
The Aviator (US…Martin Scorsese)
Before Sunset (US…Richard Linklater)
Birth (US…Jonathan Glazer)
Blackpool (UK…Julie Anne Robinson, Coky Giedroyc)
The Bourne Supremacy (US…Paul Greengrass)
Breaking News (Hong Kong…Johnnie To)
Brotherhood (South Korea…Kang Ge-Gyu)
Brothers (Denmark…Susanne Bier)
Closer (US/UK…Mike Nichols)
Collateral (US…Michael Mann)
The Consequences of Love (Italy…Paolo Sorrentino)
Crash (US…Paul Haggis)
Delamu (Taiwan…Tian Zhuangzhuang)
Don’t Move (Italy…Sergio Castellito)
Downfall (Germany…Oliver Hirschbiegel)
Elfen Lied (Japan…Lynn Okamoto)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (US…Michel Gondry)
Evolution of a Filipino Family (Philippines…Lav Diaz)
Exiles (France…Tony Gatlif)
Fahrenheit 9/11 (US…Michael Moore)
Finding Neverland (UK…Marc Forster)
Five (Iran…Abbas Kiarostami)
Four Shades of Brown (Sweden…Tomas Alfredson)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (US…Alfonso Cuaron)
Head-On (Germany…Fatih Akin)
Heimat 3 (Germany…Edgar Reitz)
A Hole in My Heart (Sweden…Lukas Moodysson)
Hotel Rwanda (US…Terry George)
The House of Flying Daggers (China…Zhang Yimou)
Howl’s Moving Castle (Japan…Hayao Miyazaki)
The Incredibles (US…Brad Bird)
I ♥ Huckabees (US…David O. Russell)
Innocence (France…Lucile Hadzihalilovic)
Intimate Strangers (France…Patrice Leconte)
The Intruder (France…Claire Denis)
The Ister (Australia…David Barison, Daniel Ross)
Keane (US…Lodge Kerrigan)
Kill Bill Vol 2 (US…Quentin Tarantino)
Kinsey (US…Bill Condon)
Kontroll (Hungary…Nimrod Antal)
Kung-Fu Hustle (Hong Kong…Stephen Chow)
Last Days (US…Gus Van Sant)
The Libertine (UK…Lawrence Dunmore)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (US…Wes Anderson)
Look at Me (France…Agnès Jaoui)
Maria Full of Grace (US/Colombia…Joshua Marston)
Mila from Mars (Bulgaria…Sophia Zornitsa)
Million Dollar Baby (US…Clint Eastwood)
Millions (UK…Danny Boyle)
Moolaadé (Senegal…Ousmane Sembene)
The Motorcycle Diaries (Brazil…Walter Salles)
My Summer of Love (UK…Pawel Pawlikowski)
Napoleon Dynamite (US…Jared Hess)
La Nina Santa (Argentina…Lucrecia Martel)
Nobody Knows (Japan…Hirokazu Kore-Eda)
North & South (UK…Brian Percival)
Notre Musique (France…Jean-Luc Godard)
Off the Map (US…Campbell Scott)
Paranoia Agent (Japan…Satoshi Kon)
The Passion of the Christ (US…Mel Gibson)
Le Porte du Soleil (France…Yousry Nasrallah)
The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (UK…Adam Curtis)
Primer (US…Shane Carruth)
Raincoat (India…Rituparno Ghosh)
Rois et Reine (France…Arnaud Desplechin)
The Sea Inside (Spain…Alejandro Aménabar)
Sex Traffic (UK…David Yates)
Shaun of the Dead (UK…Edgar Wright)
Shrek 2 (US…Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, Conrad Vernon)
Sideways (US…Alexander Payne)
Spider Man 2 (US…Sam Raimi)
Stage Beauty (UK…Richard Eyre)
Tarnation (US…Jonathan Caouette)
The Taste of Tea (Japan…Katsuhito Ishii)
Three Rooms of Melancholia (Finland/Russia…Pirko Honkasalo)
Tropical Malady (Thailand…Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
Troy: director’s cut (US (2007)…Wolfgang Petersen)
The Tuner (Russia/Ukraine…Kira G.Muratova)
Turtles Can Fly (Iran…Bahman Ghobadi)
2046 (Hong Kong…Wong Kar-Wai)
Vera Drake (UK…Mike Leigh)
A Very Long Engagement (France…Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
Une visite au Louvre (France…Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet)
A Way of Life (UK…Amma Asante)
Woman is the Future of Man (South Korea…Hong Sang-soo)
The World (China…Zhang-Ke Jia)
—
Best Actor
—
Mathieu Amalric Rois et Reine
Richard Armitage North & South TV
Henry Arnold Heimat 3
Christian Bale The Machinist
Javier Bardem The Sea Inside
Gael Garcia Bernal The Motorcycle Diaries
Michel Bouquet The Last Mitterand
Jim Carrey Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Don Cheadle Hotel Rwanda
Tom Cruise Collateral
Johnny Depp Finding Neverland
Johnny Depp The Libertine
Leonardo DiCaprio The Aviator
Romain Duris The Beat That My Heart Skipped
Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Jamie Foxx Ray
Bruno Ganz Downfall
Paul Giamatti Sideways
Jon Heder Napoleon Dynamite
Jude Law Closer
Tony Leung 2046
Damian Lewis Keane
Fabrice Luchini Intimate Strangers
Malcolm McDowell Evilenko
David Morrissey Blackpool TV
Liam Neeson Kinsey
Simon Pegg Shaun of the Dead
Sean Penn The Assassination of Richard Nixon
Geoffrey Rush The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
John Simm Sex Traffic TV
Tom Wilkinson Separate Lies
Yuyu Yagira Nobody Knows
—
Best Actress
—
Annette Bening Being Julia
Sandrine Bonnaire Intimate Strangers
Valeria Bruno-Tadeschi 5 x 2
Maggie Cheung Clean
Abbie Cornish Somersault
Claire Danes Stage Beauty
Daniela Denby-Ashe North & South TV
Emmanuelle Devos Rois et Reine
Sofie Grabol Aftermath
Stephanie James A Way of Life
Nicole Kidman Birth
Sibel Kikelli Head On
Anamaria Marinca Sex Traffic TV
Connie Nielsen Brothers
Julia Roberts Closer
Catalina Sandino Moreno Maria Full of Grace
Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Audrey Tautou A Very Long Engagement
Kate Winslet Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Reese Witherspoon Vanity Fair
Ziyi Zhang The House of Flying Daggers
—
Best Supporting Actor
—
Alan Alda The Aviator
Gael Garcia Bernal Bad Education
Cameron Bright Birth
David Carradine Kill Bill Vol 2
Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Rodrigo de la Serna The Motorcycle Diaries
Matt Dillon Crash
Jamie Foxx Collateral
Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby
Nick Frost Shaun of the Dead
Richard Graham Vera Drake
Jon Gries Napoleon Dynamite
John Malkovich The Libertine
Ulrich Matthes Downfall
Peter O’Toole Troy
Clive Owen Closer
Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey
David Tennant Blackpool TV
Mark Wahlberg I ♥ Huckabees
Peter Wight Vera Drake
Tom Wilkinson Stage Beauty
Michael Wincott The Assassination of Richard Nixon
—
Best Supporting Actress
—
Cate Blanchett The Aviator
Sandra Bullock Crash
Laura Fraser He Knew He Was Right TV
Corinna Harfouch Downfall
Irma P. Hall The Ladykillers
Anne Heche Birth
Laura Linney Kinsey
Virginia Madsen Sideways
Samantha Morton The Libertine
Thandie Newton Crash
Sophie Okoneda Hotel Rwanda
Rosamund Pike The Libertine
Natalie Portman Closer
Lily Tomlin I ♥ Huckabees
Ziyi Zhang 2046
—
Best Cinematographjy
—
Dion Beebe, Paul Cameron Collateral
Benoit Debie Innocence
Bruno Delbonnel A Very Long Engagement
Caleb Deschanel The Passion of the Christ
Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung 2046
Eric Gautier The Motorcycle Diaries
Slawomir Idziak King Arthur
Rainer Klausmann Downfall
Ellen Kuras Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ryszard Lenczewski My Summer of Love
Alexander Melman The Libertine
J.Michael Muro Crash
Munn Powell Napoleon Dynamite
Roger Pratt Troy
Robert Richardson The Aviator
Harris Savides Birth
Zhao Xiaoding The House of Flying Daggers
Robert Yeoman The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
—
Best Score
—
Jon Brion Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
John Debney The Passion of the Christ
Alexander Desplat Birth
George Fenton Stage Beauty
Michael Giacchino The Incredibles
James Horner Troy
James Newton Howard The Village
Mark Isham Crash
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek, Finding Neverland
Michael Nyman The Libertine
Jon Swihart Napoleon Dynamite
Shigeru Umebayashi The House of Flying Daggers
Shigeru Umebayashi 2046
John Williams Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Stephan Zacharias Downfall
—
Best Short
—
Two Cars, One Night (New Zealand…Taika Waititi)
Click on names for archives
Writers/Founders
Wonders in the Dark 
Best Picture: Tropical Malady
Best Director: Ousmene Sembene (Moolaade)
Best Actor: Bruno Ganz (Downfall) and Johnny Depp (The Libertine)
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake)
Best Supporting Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal (Bad Education)
Best Supporting Actress: Ziyi Zhang (2046)
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, et al (2046)
Best Score: James Newton Howard (The Village)
The 2004 Hall of Fame: Tropical Malady; Kings and Queen; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Downfall; Moolaade; Sideways; 2046; Bad Education; The Libertine; Nobody Knows; Heimat 3; Vera Drake; The Village; Finding Neverland; House of the Flying Daggers
Short: Ryan (Chris Landreth)
Feature: 2046
2. The World
3. Moolaade
4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
5. The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Short: I’ll vote later.
Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady
Actor: Geoffrey Rush, The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
Actress: Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Supp. Actor: Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Supp. Actress: Ziyi Zhang, 2046
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung, 2046
Score: The World
Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Editing: Fahrenheit 9/11
Short: Ryan
PICTURE: THE INCREDIBLES (d. Brad Bird)
Top 5: The Incredibles (d. Brad Bird), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (d. Michel Gondry), Downfall (d. Oliver Hirschbeigler), Closer (d. Mike Nichols), Sideways (d. Alexander Payne)
DIRECTION: Brad BIRD (The Incredibles)
Runner ups: Michel Gondrhy (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby), Mike Nichols (Closer), Martin Scorsese (The Aviator), Oliver Hirschbeigler (Downfall)
LEAD ACTOR: Bruno GANZ (Downfall)
LEAD ACTRESS: Kate WINSLET (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
SUPP. ACTOR: Clive OWEN (Closer)
SUPP. ACTRESS: Natalie PORTMAN (Closer)
PHOTO: Eric GAUTIER (The Motorcycle Diaries)
MUSIC: Michael GIACCHINO (The Incredibles)
PICTURE: BIRTH, Nobody Knows, Sideways, Napoleon Dynamite, Million Dollar Baby, Vera Drake, Downfall, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Incredibles, Before Sunset, In The Realms of the Unreal, Normal, 2046, Primer, Shaun of the Dead, Team America: World Police, The Aviator, I Heart Huckabees, Moolaade, Head-On, Spiderman 2, Kung Fu Hustle, The Assassination of Richard Nixon, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Keane, Maria Full of Grace, Ray, Teacher’s Pet, The Bourne Supremacy, Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession, The Girl Next Door, C.S.A.: The Confederate States of America, Moog, Born Into Brothels, Millions, The Machinist, Howl’s Moving Castle, In Good Company, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood, Fahrenheit 9/11, Being Julia, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, The Village
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Glazer, BIRTH (2nd: Michel Gondry, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, followed by: Hirokazu Koreeda, Nobody Knows; Alexander Payne, Sideways; Mike Leigh, Vera Drake; Oliver Hirchbiegel, Downfall; Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby; Jared Hess, Napoleon Dynamite; Brad Bird, The Incredibles)
ACTOR: Bruno Ganz, DOWNFALL (2nd: Jamie Foxx, Ray, followed by: Sean Penn, The Assassination of Richard Nixon; Christian Bale, The Machinist; Paul Giamatti, Sideways; Tom Wilkinson, Normal; Clint Eastwood, Million Dollar Baby; Leonardo DiCaprio, The Aviator)
ACTRESS: Imelda Staunton, VERA DRAKE (2nd: Nicole Kidman, Birth, followed by: Hillary Swank, Million Dollar Baby; Kate Winslet, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Jessica Lange, Normal; Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace; Annette Bening, Being Julia)
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Thomas Hayden Church, SIDEWAYS (2nd: Cameron Bright, Birth, followed by: Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby; Mark Wahlberg, I Heart Huckabees; Richard Graham, Vera Drake; Jon Gries, Napoleon Dynamite; Jamie Foxx, Collateral; Aaron Ruell, Napoleon Dynamite)
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Virginia Madsen, SIDEWAYS (2nd: Cate Blanchett, The Aviator, followed by; Anne Heche, Birth; Irma P. Hall, The Ladykillers; Natalie Portman, Closer; Lily Tomlin, I Heart Huckabees; Laura Linney, Kinsey; Hayden Pantierre, Normal)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Harris Savides, BIRTH (2nd: Robert Richardson, The Aviator, followed by: Robert Yeoman, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou; Ellen Kuras, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Caleb Deschanel, The Passion of the Christ; Christopher Doyle and Pung-Leung Kwan, 2046; Munn Powell, Napoleon Dynamite)
ORIGINAL SCORE: Alexander Desplat, BIRTH (2nd: Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles, followed by: Jon Brion, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind; Jon Swihart, Napoleon Dynamite; James Newton Howard, The Village; John Debney, The Passion of the Christ)
SHORT FILM: RYAN (Chris Landreth) (2nd: Two Cars, One Night (Takeita Waititi))
FURTHER:
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Charlie Kaufman and Michel Gondry, ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2nd: Mike Leigh, Vera Drake, followed by: Jared Hess and Jarucha Hess, Napoleon Dynamite; Jean-Claude Carriere, Jonathan Glazer and Milo Addica, Birth; Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, Before Sunset; Brad Bird, The Incredibles; Shane Carruth, Primer)
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, SIDEWAYS (2nd: Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, and Ethan Hawke, Before Sunset, followed by: Jane Anderson, Normal; Paul Haggis, Million Dollar Baby; Bernd Eichinger, Downfall)
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: IN THE REALMS OF THE UNREAL (Jessica Yu) (2nd: Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession (Xan Cassavetes), followed by: Born Into Brothels (Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman); Moog (Hans Fjellestad); Fahrenheit 9/11 (Michael Moore))
NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM: NOBODY KNOWS (Japan, Hirokazo Koreeda); 2046 (Hong Kong, Wong Kar-Wei); Howl’s Moving Castle (Japan, Hayao Miyakazi), Head-On (Germany/Turkey, Faith Akin); Kung Fu Hustle (Hong Kong/China, Stephen Chow); Moolaade (Burkina Faso/France, Ousmene Sembene)
ART DIRECTION: THE AVIATOR, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, Birth, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, 2046
COSTUME DESIGN: LEMONY SNICKET‘S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS, The Aviator, Napoleon Dynamite, Troy, Finding Neverland, Ray
FILM EDITING: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, The Aviator, Birth, Million Dollar Baby, Napoleon Dynamite, Sideways
SOUND: THE AVIATOR, The Incredibles, Kung Fu Hustle, Ray, Spiderman 2, Downfall
ORIGINAL SONG: “Je T’Aime Tant” from BEFORE SUNSET (music and lyrics by Julie Delpy) (2nd: “A Waltz for a Night” from Before Sunset, followed by: “Ocean Man” from The Spongebob Squarepants Movie (music and lyrics by Gene and Dean Ween)
SPECIAL EFFECTS: ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, I Robot
MAKEUP: THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST, Hellboy, Jiminy Glick in Lalawood
ANIMATED FEATURE: THE INCREDIBLES (Brad Bird) (2nd: Howl’s Moving Castle (Hayao Miyakazi), followed by: Teacher’s Pet (Timothy Bjorklund))
Picture – Primer
Director – Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Tropical Malady)
Actor – Damian Lewis (Keane)
Actress – Nicole Kidman (Birth)
Supporting Actor – Gregoire Colin (L’Intrus)
Supporting Actress – Yekaterina Golubeva (L’Intrus)
Cinematography – Siu-keung Cheng (Breaking News)
Best picture: The Intruder
Best director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Tropical Malady
Best Actor: Romain Duris, The Beat that my Heart Skipped
Best actress: Valeria Bruno-Tadeschi, 5×2
Best supp Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal, Bad Education
Best supp Actress: Natalie Portman, Closer
Best cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung, 2046
Interesting year, nothing HUH-MAZING but some solid interesting, and playful flicks. Why has Glazer not made another film yet? And how far Gondry has fallen – looking at his output since Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind one has to wonder how they hell he pulled this one off (I credit Kaufman – which brings to mind, why do we never vote for Best Screenplays in these polls? Do we think these films wrote themselves? Kaufman would be my pick here)
Best Picture: Birth
Best Director: Jonathan Glazer for Birth
Best Actor: Bruno Ganz for Downfall
Best Actress: Nicole Kidman for Birth
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church for Sideways
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen for Sideways
Best Cinematography: Harris Savides for Birth
Best Score: Alexandre Desplat for Birth (seriously, this is one of the most evocative pieces of music composed for any medium this century)
Best Screenplay (let’s add this category!) – Charlie Kaufman for Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Worst Movie: The Libertine
Most Overrated Move: 2046
Gondry does require a tight screenplay to discipline him when it comes to feature filmmaking, but in the music video form he has no master. Some of his videos are among the best short films ever made.
Best Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
2. Downfall
3. 2046
4. Before Sunset
5. Vera Drake
Best Director:
Best Actor: Bruno Ganz (Downfall)
Best Actress: Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Best Supporting Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal (Bad Education)
Best Supporting Actress: Ziyi Zhang (2046)
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung (2046)
Best Score: Michael Nyman (The Libertine)
Missed Best Director: Wong Kar-Wai (2046)
This is another very good year.
PICTURE: Kings and Queen
DIRECTOR: Zhang Yimou, House of Flying Daggers
LEAD ACTOR: Jim Carrey, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
LEAD ACTRESS: Emmanuelle Devos, Kings and Queen
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Owen Wilson, Life Aquatic
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lily Tomlin, I ♥ Huckabees
SHORT: Sombre Dolorosa, Guy Maddin
CINEMATOGRAPHY: 2046, Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung
Plus bonus picks:
Script: Charlie Kaufman, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sound: Tropical Malady
Editing: Notre Musique
Documentary: Darwin’s Nightmare
Scene: The grocery store robbery in Kings and Queen.
Best Picture: Moolaade
(runners-up: Life Aquatic, Downfall, Sean of the Dead, Sideways)
Best Director: Sembene
Best Actor: Ganz, Downfall
Best Actress: Swank, Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Frost, Sean of the Dead
Supporting Actress: Madsen, Sideways
(Sideways also deserves a Best Ensemble award)
Cinematography: Yeoman, The Life Aquatic
Score: PASS. Nothing on the list really rings familiar to me.
Pic – Downfall (Germany…Oliver Hirschbiegel)
Director – Million Dollar Baby (US…Clint Eastwood)
Actor – Bruno Ganz Downfall
Actress – Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Supp Actor – Nick Frost Shaun of the Dead
Supp Actress – Virginia Madsen Sideways
Score – Michael Giacchino The Incredibles
Best Picture: 2046
Best Director: Wong Kar-Wai (2046)
Best Actor: Bruno Ganz (Downfall) & Birol Unel (Head-On)
Best Actress: Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) & Julie Delpy (Before Sunset)
Best Supporting Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal (Bad Education)
Best Supporting Actress: Ziyi Zhang (2046)
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle (2046)
Best Score: Shigeru Umebayashi (2046) & Debojyoti Mishra (Raincoat)
Top 10:
1. 2046
2. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
3. Before Sunset
4. Head-On
5. Kill Bill: Vol 2
6. Bad Education
7. Antares
8. Raincoat
9. Downfall
10. Motorcycle Diaries
Just Missed: 3-Iron, Kings & Queen
Picture: Sideways
Director: Alexander Payne (Sideways)
Actor: Bruno Ganz (Downfall)
Actress: Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Supporting Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal (Bad Education)
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen (Sideways)
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle (2046)
Score: James Newton Howard (The Village)
Short: Ryan
Picture: 2046 (Sideways – Runner Up)
Director: Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine
Supp Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supp Actress: Kirsten Dunst – Eternal Sunshine
Cinematography: 2046
Score: 2046
Best Film: Kill Bill Vol.2
Best Director: Quentin Tarantino – Kill Bill Vol. 2
Best Actor: Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
Best Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor: Nick Frost – Shaun of the Dead
Best Supporting Actress: Ziyi Yang – 2046
Best Cinematography: 2046
Best Score: 2046
Best Short: Legend of the Blue Hole – James Rolfe
Top 5 of 2004:
1. Kill Bill Vol.2
2. Eternal Sunshine of a Spotless Mind
3. Howl’s Moving Castle
4. 2046
5. Fahrenheit 9/11
Best Film: The Edukators (Weingartner). Best Director: Hayao Miyazaki. (Howl’s Moving Castle). Best Actor: Romain Duris. (The Beat That My Heart Skipped). Best Actress: Valeria Bruni Tedeshi. (5 x 2). Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church. (Sideways). Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett. (The Aviator).
would like to change my vote for best supporting actor to Burghart Klaussner in the The Edukators (Weingartner). thank you.
My top ten for 2004:
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Michel Gondry
2. Before Sunset – Richard Linklater
3. Birth – Jonathan Glazer
4. 2046 – Wong Kar-Wai
5. Rois et Reine – Arnaud Desplechin
6. Closer – Mike Nichols
7. Kill Bill Vol 2 – Quentin Tarantino
8. L’Intrus – Claire Denis
9. Notre Musique – Jean-Luc Godard
10. Stage Beauty – Richard Eyre
Best Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Best Director: Michel Gondry (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Best Actor: Jim Carrey (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Best Actress: Kate Winslet (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Best supporting actor: Clive Owen (Closer)
Best supporting actress: Natalie Portman (Closer)
Best Cinematography: Christopher Doyle, Lai Yiu Fai, Kwan Pun Leung (2046)
Best Score: Alexandre Desplat (Birth)
Kinda surprised at the lack of love COLLATERAL is getting. If I was voting (and I am definitely NOT) that would be my top pick. Also am I the only one who was underwhelmed by ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND? I totally fail to see what’s great in it, sure it’s interesting and playful but Kaufman has made both funnier and more ambitious films.
Pic – Moolade
Dir – Sembene
Actor – Cheadle
Actress – Winslet
Supp actor – Bernal
Supp actress – Blanchett
Score – Debney
Cinematography – Kuras