As you might have noticed (or guessed if you didn’t watch), Chris Rock came out swinging at the 88th Academy Awards® this evening, ‘Welcome to the 88th Academy Awards, or as I call them, the White People’s choice Awards.’
The biggest news – above and beyond Rock’s subtle and unsubtle (and mostly very funny) raking of the Academy over the coals – was that Mad Max: Fury Road won six technical awards (shutting out Star Wars: The Force Awakens but losing Visual Effects to Ex Machina). That and Chivo (Emmanuel Lubeski) scoring the natural hat trick for his third consecutive Cinematography Oscar® for The Revenant – and Alejandro G. Iñárritu earning his second consecutive Oscar® as director for The Revenant.
Or maybe it was Mark Rylance winning Supporting Actor over the sentimental favorite Sylvester Stallone – or possibly Spotlight snatching Best Film from the slavering jaws of The Revenant’s Judy (yup, the CG bear is called Judy!).
Despite only three of the five nominated songs being performed live – and no weird, lengthy, puzzling song and dance routines, this year’s Oscars® still blew its tentative thee hour running time by a half an hour. (The more things change, the more they remain the same…). For a complete list of winners, follow the jump.
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Spotlight
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Big Short
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
COSTUME DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Mad Max: Fury Road
MAKEUP AND HAIR STYLING
Mad Max: Fury Road
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Revenant
FILM EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
SOUND EDITING
Mad Max: Fury Road
SOUND MIXING
Mad Max: Fury Road
VISUAL EFFECTS
Ex Machina
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
Bear Story
ANIMATED FEATURED FILM
Inside Out
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
DOCUMENTARY – SHORT SUBJECT
A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness
DOCUMENTARY – FEATURE
Amy
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
Stutterer
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Son of Saul, Hungary
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Hateful Eight
ORIGINAL SONG
“Writing’s On The Wall,” Spectre
BEST DIRECTOR
Alejandro Inarritu, The Revenant
BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson, Room
BEST ACTOR
BEST PICTURE
Spotlight