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B E S T   F I L M
 A Separation

A SEPARATION
(Asghar Farhadi)
I saw this film in May and it knocked me out: a combination of expert writing, directing and acting that held me tightly in its grip, even as it drew on a culture I knew nothing about. Essential.
2. WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN (Lynne Ramsay)
3. THE ARTIST (Michel Hazanavicius)
4. POETRY (Lee Chang-dong)
5. WEEKEND (Andrew Haigh)
6. CAVE OF FORGOTTEN DREAMS (Werner Herzog)
8. DRIVE (Nicolas Winding Refn)
9. THIS IS NOT A FILM (Jafar Panahi, Mojtaba Mirtahmasb)
7. THE TREE OF LIFE (Terrence Malick)
10. JANE EYRE (Cary Joji Fukunaga)
11. Margaret (Kenneth Lonergan)
12. Calvet (Dominic Allen)
13. In a Better World (Susanne Bier)
14. Tomboy (Celine Sciamma)
15. The Skin I Live In (Pedro Almodovar)
16. Dreams of a Life (Carol Morley)
17. Kill List (Ben Wheatley)
18. Into the Abyss (Werner Herzog)
19. Melancholia (Lars von Trier)
20. Snowtown (Justin Kurzel)
21. The Descendants (Alexander Payne)
22. Little White Lies (Guillaume Canet)
22. Armadillo (Janus Metz)
24. August (Eldar Rapaport)
25. Bridesmaids (Paul Feig)
26. Arrietty (Hiromasa Yonebayashi)
27. I Saw the Devil (Kim Jee-woon)
28. Alps (Giorgios Lanthimos)
29. Wuthering Heights (Andrea Arnold)
30. Beauty (Oliver Hermanus)
31. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Tomas Alfredson)
32. Shame (Steve McQueen)
33. Las Acacias (Pablo Giorgelli)
34. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (David Fincher)
35. Carnage (Roman Polanski)
36. We Were Here (David Weissman)
37. Young Adult (Jason Reitman)
38. Life, Above All (Oliver Schmitz)
39. The Kid With a Bike (Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne)
40. Julia's Eyes (Guillem Morales)
41. Potiche (Francois Ozon)
42. Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen)
43. Tyrannosaur (Paddy Considine)
44. Villain (Lee Sang-il)
45. Incendies (Denis Villeneuve)
46. Hell and Back Again (Danfung Dennis)
47. The Deep Blue Sea (Terence Davies)
48. Buck (Cindy Meehl)
49. The Green Wave (Ali Samadi Ahadi)
50. TrollHunter (Andre Ovredal)
NB. I saw 507 films in 2011
SHADOWS HALL OF FAME
2010   <   SHADOWS AWARDS   >   2012

director: hazanavicius D I R E C T O R

Michel Hazanavicius
(The Artist)
2. Asghar Farhadi (A Separation)
3. Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
4. Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
5. Kim Jee-woon (I Saw the Devil)
6. Pedro Almodovar (The Skin I Live In)
7. Tomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy)
8. Lars von Trier (Melancholia)
9. Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)
10. Oliver Hermanus (Beauty)

screenplay: a separation W R I T E R

Asghar Farhadi
(A Separation)
2. Lee Chang-dong (Poetry)
3. Kenneth Lonergan (Margaret)
4. Kristen Wiig, Annie Mulolo (Bridesmaids)
5. Andrew Haigh (Weekend)
6. Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist)
7. Ben Wheatley (Kill List)
8. Diablo Cody (Young Adult)
9. Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash (The Descendants)
10. Guillaume Canet (Little White Lies)

actress: paquin A C T R E S S

Anna Paquin
(Margaret)
2. Olivia Colman (Tyrannosaur, The Iron Lady)
3. Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
4. Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
5. Zoe Heran (Tomboy)
6. Yun Jung-hee (Poetry)
7. Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
8. Leila Hatami (A Separation)
9. Charlize Theron (Young Adult)
10. Khomotso Manyaka (Life Above All)

actor: cooper A C T O R

Dominic Cooper
(The Devil's Double, My Week With Marilyn, Captain America)
2. Jean Dujardin (The Artist, Little White Lies)
3. Peyman Moaadi (A Separation)
4. Lee Byun-hun (I Saw the Devil)
5. Michael Fassbender (Shame, A Dangerous Method, Jane Eyre, X-men: First Class)
6. Michael Shannon (Take Shelter, Machine Gun Preacher)
7. Joseph Gordon-Levitt (50/50)
8. Thomas Doret (The Kid With a Bike)
9. Deon Lotz (Beauty)
10. George Clooney (The Descendants, The Ides of March)

supporting: bayat S U P P O R T I N G
A C T R E S S

Sareh Bayat
(A Separation)
2. Carey Mulligan (Shame, Drive)
3. Jessica Chastain (Take Shelter, The Help, The Tree of Life, The Debt, Coriolanus)
4. J Smith-Cameron (Margaret)
5. Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
6. Sarina Farhadi (A Separation)
7. Malonn Levana (Tomboy)
8. Viola Davis (The Help, Trust, Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close)
9. Vanessa Redgrave (Coriolanus, Anonymous)
10. Bryce Dallas Howard (The Help, 50/50)

supporting: serkis S U P P O R T I N G
A C T O R

Andy Serkis
(Rise of the Planet of the Apes, The Adventures of Tintin)
2. Shahab Hosseini (A Separation)
3. Tom Hardy (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Warrior)
4. Patton Oswalt (Young Adult)
5. Christopher Plummer (Beginners, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
6. Paddy Considine (Submarine, Blitz)
7. Benoit Magimel (Little White Lies)
8. Brian Cox (Coriolanus, The Veteran, Ironclad)
9. Tom Hiddleston (The Deep Blue Sea, Midnight in Paris, War Horse, Thor)
10. Oscar Isaac (Drive, W.E., Sucker Punch)

H A L L   O F   S H A M E

worst: new years eve WORST FILM
New Year's Eve (Garry Marshall)
2. Sucker Punch (Zack Snyder)
3. Reuniting the Rubins (Yoav Factor)
4. Horrid Henry (Nick Moore)
5. The Art of Getting By (Gavin Wiesen)
6. I Don't Know How She Does It (Doug McGrath)
7. Spy Kids: All the Time in the World (Robert Rodriguez)
8. Your Highness (David Gordon Green)
9. The Hangover Part II (Todd Phillips)
10. Prom (Joe Nussbaum)
11. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son (John Whitesell)
12. Like Crazy (Drake Doremus)
13. Larry Crowne (Tom Hanks)
14. Bad Teacher (Jake Kasdan)
15. Priest (Scott Stewart)
16. Dream House (Jim Sheridan)
17. Tower Heist (Brett Ratner)
18. Just Go With It (Dennis Dugan)
19. Season of the Witch (Dominic Sena)
20. The Thing (Matthijs van Heijningen Jr)
disappointment: anonymous BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENT: Anonymous
The Tempest. Your Highness. The Hangover Part II. Perfect Sense.
MOST PRETENTIOUS: W.E.
Perfect Sense. Immortals.
MOST INDULGENT: Larry Crowne
Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Like Crazy. Sucker Punch. The Three Musketeers.
MOST DERIVATIVE: Warrior
I Don't Know How She Does It. The Thing.
MOST OVERBLOWN (THE MICHAEL BAY AWARD): Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Drive Angry. Sucker Punch. Battle Los Angeles. The Three Musketeers.
MOST ANTI-CLIMACTIC REUNION: New Year's Eve.
WORST MESSAGE: Sucker Punch
The Divide. Colombiana. I Don't Know How She Does It.
WORST TITLE: The Thing
Tower Heist. Hugo. The Lady. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn.
MOST ANNOYING VOICEOVER (THE MORGAN FREEMAN AWARD): Perfect Sense
I Don't Know How She Does It. Conan the Barbarian. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.
MOST WASTEFUL DIRECTOR: Roland Emmerich (Anonymous)
Garry Marshall (New Year's Eve). Tarsem (Immortals).
MOST WASTED DIRECTOR: Michel Gondry (The Green Hornet)
Jim Sheridan (Dream House). Mikael Hafstrom (The Rite). Nicole Kassell (A Little Bit of Heaven).
SHOULD RETIRE: Martin Lawrence
Garry Marshall. Brett Ratner. Kate Hudson. Adam Sandler.
WORST MANAGEMENT: Christoph Waltz (The Green Hornet, The Three Musketeers)
Danny Glover (Age of the Dragons). Gael Garcia Bernal (A Little Bit of Heaven).

N O N - F I L M   P I C K S

tv: mildred pierce TV SERIES
Mildred Pierce (HBO)
2. Dexter (FX)
3. Episodes (BBC)
4. 30 Rock (NBC)
5. Parks and Recreation (NBC)
6. Downton Abbey (ITV)
7. Black Mirror (C4)
8. The Walking Dead (FX)
9. Modern Family (Sky)
10. True Blood (FX)
11. United States of Tara (Showtime)
12. Glee (C4)
13. Nurse Jackie (BBC)
14. Game of Thrones (Sky)
15. The Hour (BBC)
16. Torchwood (BBC)
17. Desperate Housewives (C4)
18. Life's Too Short (BBC)
19. The Crimson Petal and the White (BBC)
20. The Big C (Showtime)
single: adele SINGLE
Rolling in the Deep (Adele)
2. Rope (Foo Fighters)
3. Cheers (Drink to That) (Rihanna)
4. Price Tag (Jesse J & BoB)
5. Bounce (Calvin Harris & Kelis)
6. Shake it Out (Florence + the Machine)
7. Writing's on the Wall (Plan B)
8. Born This Way (Lady Gaga)
9. Grenade (Bruno Mars)
10. Lonely Boy (The Black Keys)
11. Otis (Jay-Z & Kanye West)
12. Heart Skips a Beat (Olly Murs & Rizzle Kicks)
13. Coming Home (Diddy & Dirty Money)
14. Someone Like You (Adele)
15. Walk (Foo Fighters)
16. I Need a Dollar (Aloe Blacc)
17. Under Cover of Darkness (The Strokes)
18. Pumped Up Kicks (Foster the People)
19. Helplessness Blues (Fleet Foxes)
20. Nothing's Real but Love (Rebecca Ferguson)
21. Heart on My Sleeve (Olly Murs)
22. L.i.f.e.g.o.e.s.o.n. (Noah and the Whale)
23. Arlandria (Foo Fighters)
24. We Found Love (Rihanna & Calvin Harris)
25. The Adventures of Raindance Maggie (Red Hot Chilli Peppers)
26. Kidz (Take That)
27. Anti-D (Wombats)
28. This Old Dark Machine (James Vincent McMorrow)
29. Bright Lights Bigger City (Cee Lo Green)
30. What Makes You Beautiful (One Direction)

S P E C I A L   A W A R D S

ensemble: kids are all right ENSEMBLE: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
2. Bridesmaids
3. A Separation
4. Contagion
5. Crazy, Stupid, Love
BREAKOUT FILMMAKER: Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)
2. Carol Morley (Dreams of a Life)
3. Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
4. Andrew Haigh (Weekend)
5. Andre Ovredal (Troll Hunter).
BREAKOUT ACTOR: Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, et al)
2. Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
3. Liana Liberato (Trust)
4. Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
5. Jeremy Irvine (War Horse)
music: 127 hours MUSIC: Drive (Cliff Martinez)
2. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
3. Hanna (Chemical Brothers)
4. The Artist (Ludovic Bource)
5. The Skin I Live In (Alberto Iglesias)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Jeff Cronenweth)
2. The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki)
3. The Skin I Live (Jose Luis Alcaine)
4. Drive (Newton Thomas Sigel)
5. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Hoyte Van Hoytema).
EDITING: Drive (Mat Newman)
2. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Dino Jonsater)
3. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall)
4. We Need to Talk About Kevin (Joe Bini)
5. Shame (Joe Walker)
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (Marina Djurkovic)
2. The Skin I Live In (Antxon Gomez)
3. Potiche (Katia Wyszkop)
4. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Donald Graham Burt)
5. The Artist (Laurence Bennett)
EFFECTS: Rise of the Planet of the Apes
2. X-men: First Class
3. Melancholia
4. The Devil's Double
5. War Horse
STUNTS: Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
Hanna. I Saw the Devil. 13 Assassins. Point Blank
casting: tilda-ezra BEST CASTING: Tilda Swinton & Ezra Miller (We Need to Talk About Kevin)
Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady). Jean Dujardin (The Artist). Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs). Zoe Heran (Tomboy)
WORST CASTING: Ciaran Hinds isn't Marton Csokas (The Debt)
BEST ANIMAL PERFORMANCE: Uggy (The Artist)
Igi (This Is Not a Film). Arthur (Beginners). Winter (Dolphin Tale). Cat (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
BEST HAIR: Nicolas Cage (Season of the Witch, Drive Angry)
Sean Penn (This Must Be the Place). Romain Duris (The Big Picture). Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady). Justin Bieber (Never Say Never)
WORST HAIR: Robert De Niro (Killer Elite)
Logan Lerman (The Three Musketeers)
LEAST CONVINCING MAKE-UP: Just Go With It. J Edgar
babe: mara BABE OF THE YEAR: Rooney Mara (The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley (Transformers: Dark of the Moon). Felicity Jones (Like Crazy, Albatross, The Tempest, Chalet Girl). Louise Bourgoin (Adele Blanc-Sec). Astrid Berges-Frisbey (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Well-digger's Daughter)
HUNK OF THE YEAR: Ryan Gosling (Crazy Stupid Love, Drive)
 Oliver Jackson-Cohen (Faster). Gaspard Ulliel (The Princess of Montpensier). Ser'Darius William Blain (Footloose). Oscar Isaac (W.E., Drive)
BABY OF THE YEAR: Nayra Calle Mamani (Las Acacias)
BEST CHEMISTRY: Channing Tatum & Jamie Bell (The Eagle)
Jean Dujardin & Berenice Bejo (The Artist). Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone (Crazy, Stupid, Love). James Franco & Andy Serkis (Rise of the Planet of the Apes)
WORST CHEMISTRY: Tom Hanks & Julia Roberts (Larry Crowne)
Adam Sandler & Brooklyn Decker (Just Go With It)
BEST VILLAIN: Roger (Rubber)
Choi Min-Sik (I Saw the Devil). Kevin Bacon (X-men: First Class, Super). Albert Brooks (Drive). Chris Cooper (The Muppets)
MOST LUDICROUS VILLAIN: Hank Azaria (The Smurfs)
Marton Csokas (Dream House). David Thewlis & Edward Hogg (Anonymous)
scene stealer: mccarthy BEST SCENE-STEALING: Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids)
William Fichtner (Drive Angry). Jon Hamm (Bridesmaids). Lucy Punch (You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger). Olivia Munn (I Don't Know How She Does It)
BEST SCENE-CHEWING: Paul Giamatti (Ironclad)
Colin Farrell (Horrible Bosses). Keira Knightley (A Dangerous Method). Ciaran Hinds (The Rite). Tom Hollander (Hanna)
WORST SCENE-CHOMPING: Kevin Kline (The Conspirator)
Rebecca DeMornay (Mother's Day). Kim Wayans (Pariah). David Hasselhoff (Hop)
BEST COSTAR-CHEWING (THE ALIVE AWARD): Stake Land
BEST SHOW-STOPPER: Cluck You (The Muppets)
The tap dance (The Artist). The Christmas number (A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas). Selma Blair's "I might as well just get married and have children" speech (Dark Horse).
BIGGEST HAM: Nicolas Cage (Season of the Witch)
Russell Brand (The Tempest). Jason Segel (The Muppets)
BEST ACCENT: Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady)
WORST ACCENT: Anne Hathaway (One Day)
BEST PHONED-IN PERFORMANCE: Tom Wilkinson (The Green Hornet)
Anthony Hopkins (Thor, The Rite, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, 360)
cameo: franco & kunis BEST CAMEO: Sigourney Weaver (Paul)
Rebecca Romijn & Hugh Jackman (X-men: First Class). Allison Janney (Margaret). Dave Grohl (The Muppets). Michael Sheen (Breaking Dawn: Part 1)
MOST POINTLESS CAMEO: Jeremy Renner (Thor)
Rita Wilson (Larry Crowne). Jo Brand (Horrid Henry). Mickey Rooney (The Muppets)
WORST CAMEO: Whoopi Goldberg (A Little Bit of Heaven)
Matthew Broderick (New Year's Eve)
EWAN McGREGOR GOLDEN LIGHT SABER AWARD: Michael Fassbender (Shame)
Tom Cullen & Chris New (Weekend). Vincent Cassel (The Monk). Giorgos Lanthimos (Attenberg). Thaddeus Rahming (Hall Pass)
 underrated: shutter island MOST UNDERRATED: Margaret
2. Jane Eyre
3. Carnage
4. Rubber
5. Natural Selection
MOST OVERRATED: War Horse
2. Rango
3. Hugo
4. J Edgar
5. The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn
MOST IMPORTANT FILM: Margaret
2. Tomboy
3. Pariah
4. Into the Abyss
5. Armadillo/Hell and Back Again
MOST INVENTIVE: Kill List
Le Quattro Volte. Wuthering Heights. Snowtown. The Artist
CLEVER APPROACH TO A COMPLEX ISSUE: Margaret
A Separation. Poetry. Win Win. Villain. Red State. Tomboy
guilty pleasure: burlesque GUILTY PLEASURE: Fast Five
2. Headhunters
3. TrollHunter
4. Paul
5. Gnomeo & Juliet. Rubber
NICEST SURPRISE: Midnight in Paris
Rise of the Planet of the Apes. The Muppets. Jane Eyre
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL SEQUEL: Fast Five
Scre4m. Breaking Dawn: Part 1
MOST SURPRISINGLY NOT-AWFUL REMAKE: Footloose
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Jane Eyre. Wuthering Heights
MOST ORIGINAL TAKE ON A TIRED GENRE: Wuthering Heights
TrollHunter. Tucker and Dale vs Evil. Contagion
BEST USE OF 3D: Cave of Forgotten Dreams
Pina. Hugo. A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas
WORST USE OF 3D: Immortals
Horrid Henry. The Lovers' Guide: Igniting Desire
WORST USE OF 4D: Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
MOST HARROWING CAMERAWORK: Hell and Back Again (Danfung Dennis) and Armadillo (Lars Skree)
funniest: bridesmaids FUNNIEST MOVIE: Bridesmaids
The Muppets. Headhunters. Tucker and Dale vs Evil. Crazy, Stupid, Love
LEAST FUNNY COMEDY: Your Highness
Horrid Henry. The Dilemma. Anuvahood. Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
SCARIEST MOVIE: Snowtown
Margin Call. I Saw the Devil. Julia's Eyes. Hors Satan. Take Shelter
LEAST SCARY THRILLER: Season of the Witch
Dream House. The Awakening. The Rite
SEXIEST MOVIE: Weekend
Shame. Friends With Benefits
LEAST ROMANTIC LOVE STORY: Larry Crowne
New Year's Eve. Like Crazy. A Little Bit of Heaven
GIRLIEST MOVIE: Bridesmaids
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan. Mother and Child
MANLIEST MOVIE: Warrior
Coriolanus. Immortals. Killer Elite
MOPIEST MOVIE (THE TWILIGHT AWARD): The Art of Getting By
Like Crazy. Red Riding Hood. One Day
YUCKIEST MOVIE: The Human Centipede II
Snowtown. Stake Land. The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
depressing: countdown to zero MOST DEPRESSING DOC: Countdown to Zero
Dreams of a Life. The Green Wave. Client-9
THE FAMILY VALUES AWARD: The Descendants.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. Win Win. The Beaver
STRAIGHTEST GAY MOVIE (THE BROKEBACK AWARD): J Edgar
Coriolanus. Immortals. The Eagle
GAYEST STRAIGHT MOVIE (THE BROMANCE AWARD): Tucker and Dale vs Evil
A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas. Fast Five. The Mechanic
book-to-film: arrietty BEST BOOK-TO-FILM: Arrietty
Jane Eyre. We Need to Talk About Kevin. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Wuthering Heights
WORST BOOK-TO-FILM: Mars Needs Moms
The Three Musketeers. One Day
BEST COMIC-TO-FILM: The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec
WORST COMIC-TO-FILM: The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn
BEST TV-TO-FILM: Yogi Bear
WORST TV-TO-FILM: Horrid Henry
BEST STAGE-TO-FILM: Potiche
The Deep Blue Sea. Carnage. The Ides of March. A Dangerous Method
WORST STAGE-TO-FILM: The Tempest
biopic: the devil's double BEST BIOPIC: The Devil's Double
The Lady. Oranges and Sunshine
WORST BIOPIC: Sanctum
Machine Gun Preacher. The Bang Bang Club
BEST REMAKE: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo. The Well-digger's Daughter. The Deep Blue Sea
WORST REMAKE: The Three Musketeers
The Mechanic. The Awakening. Mother's Day
BEST SEQUEL: The Muppets
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2. Scre4m
WORST SEQUEL: Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World. The Hangover Part II
BEST PREQUEL: X-men: First Class
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
WORST PREQUEL: The Thing
hardest workin: chastain THE HARDEST WORKING PERSON IN MOVIES: Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, Coriolanus, Texas Killing Fields)
Felicity Jones (Chalet Girl, The Tempest, Albatross, Page Eight, Like Crazy). Tom Wilkinson (The Green Hornet, The Conspirator, The Debt, Burke & Hare, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol)
BEST NEW TREND: 3D docs (Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Pina, TT3D: Closer to the Edge, Cane Toads: The Conquest)
WORST NEW TREND: marketing tools masquerading as 3D backstage tour docs (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never, Glee: The 3D Concert Movie)
MOST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2012: The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. Skyfall. Django Unchained. Dark Shadows. Prometheus
LEAST ANTICIPATED FILM OF 2012: GI Joe: Retaliation
American Pie Reunion. Breaking Dawn Part 2. Project X. 21 Jump Street

S H A D O W S   S W E E P S T A K E S   2 0 1 2
The final standings on 10.Mar.12 with 201 awards tabulated...

F I L M
933 The Artist **++
 865 A Separation **
664 The Tree of Life *
606 The Descendants *+
495 Drive
475 Hugo *
438 Rango **++
340 The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of The Unicorn ++
314 Moneyball *+
302 The Help *+
D I R E C T O R
479 Michel Hazanavicius (The Artist) **++
 322 Martin Scorsese (Hugo) *+
289 Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life) *
247 Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive)
169 Alexander Payne (The Descendants) *+
W R I T E R
407 The Descendants (Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash) **++
 347 Midnight in Paris (Woody Allen). **++
333 Moneyball (Aaron Sorkin, Seven Zaillian) *+
238 The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius). *
206 A Separation (Asghar Farhadi) *
A C T R E S S
415 Meryl Streep (The Iron Lady) **+
366 Michelle Williams (My Week With Marilyn*+, Take This Waltz)
321 Viola Davis (The Help) *++
318 Tilda Swinton (We Need to Talk About Kevin) +
174 Kirsten Dunst (Melancholia)
A C T O R
485 Jean Dujardin (The Artist) **++
417 Michael Fassbender (Shame, Jane Eyre, A Dangerous Method)
350 Brad Pitt (Moneyball *+, The Tree of Life)
348 George Clooney (The Descendants *+, The Ides of March)
220 Gary Oldman (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) *
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T R E S S
437 Jessica Chastain (The Help *+, The Tree of Life, Take Shelter)
322 Octavia Spencer (The Help) **++
223 Berenice Bejo (The Artist) *+
217 Melissa McCarthy (Bridesmaids) *+
207 Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
S U P P O R T I N G   A C T O R
472 Christopher Plummer (Beginners **++, The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo)
353 Albert Brooks (Drive)
202 Kenneth Branagh (My Week With Marilyn) *+
121 Nick Nolte (Warrior) *+
108 Jonah Hill (Moneyball) *+
E N S E M B L E
172 The Help ++
108 Bridesmaids +
87 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
82 Margin Call
72 The Descendants +
B R E A K T H R O U G H   A C T O R
108 Jessica Chastain (The Tree of Life, Take Shelter, The Help)
66 Shailene Woodley (The Descendants)
64 Elizabeth Olsen (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
50 Craig Roberts (Submarine)
45 Asa Butterfield (Hugo)
B R E A K T H R O U G H   F I L M M A K E R
119 Paddy Considine (Tyrannosaur)
80 JC Chandor (Margin Call)
70 Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene)
67 Andrew Haigh (Weekend)
60 Joe Cornish (Attack the Block)
S C O R E
314 The Artist (Ludovic Bource) **
 143 Hugo (Howard Shore) *
140 Drive (Cliff Martinez)
113 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross)
112 War Horse (John Williams) *
C I N E M A T O G R A P H Y
424 The Tree of Life (Emmanuel Lubezki) *++
 232 Hugo (Robert Richardson) **+
224 The Artist (Guillaume Schiffman) *+
134 War Horse (Janusz Kaminski) *
105 Drive (Newton Thomas Sigel)
E D I T I N G
157 The Artist (Anne-Sophie Bion, Michel Hazanavicius) *++
 146 Hugo (Thelma Schoonmaker) *+
116 The Tree of Life (Hank Corwin, Jay Rabinowitz, et al)
113 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall) **+
83 The Descendants (Kevin Tent) *++
W O R S T   F I L M
152 Sucker Punch
136 Jack and Jill
127 New Year's Eve
122 Breaking Dawn: Part 1
114 Transformers: Dark of the Moon
90 The Hangover Part II
83 Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star
74 The Dilemma
70 Love's Kitchen
63 Horrid Henry
Oscar *nominees **winners           guild +nominees ++winners.
Numbers are cumulative points based on Shadows' complex, highly secret scoring system,
combining year-end awards, Oscarwatchers, top-ten lists and much more.
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