1. Wonder Woman received exactly ZERO nominations.Possibly this is to be expected, especially in the major categories, given the tough competition this year. But to shut it out of all technical categories, including Costumes and Effects… that seems to communicate some kind of Voter message. What it is, I don’t know. But a lot people will be asking. The filmmakers, the fans, and the producers of this year’s Oscars, who won’t have one of the biggest movies of the year to bring into their telecast.
2. Greta Gerwig is now the fifth woman ever nominated for Best Director, for Lady Bird. Congratulations to Gerwig, and a continual Fie! Fie! on the Academy for ONLY NOMINATING 5 WOMEN IN 90 YEARS. The lack of women nominees in this category is an embarrassment for everyone involve in the Academy. Even more incredible, the Oscars added their first women nominee EVER in Best Cinematography, Rachel Morrison for Mudbound.
3. Timothée Chalamet earned a Best Actor nomination for his work in Call Me By Your Name. The 22-year old is the youngest Best Actor nomination in three-quarters of a century; while James Ivory is now the oldest nominee in any category. The 89-year old writer is nominated in Best Adapted Screenplay. Call Me By Your Name earned five nominations overall, a strong showing for a fantastic queer film at the Oscars.
4. James Franco is nowhere to be found. The Disaster Artist had ambitions for this year’s awards, including a possible Best Actor nod. I don’t know why he wasn’t given one, but let’s be glad he wasn’t. The awards ceremony is likely to highlight the revolution underway against sexual abuse, harassment and rape in the industry, with Time’s Up and #MeToo likely to be a significant part of the winner’s speeches. With multiple sexual abuse allegations against Franco, we should not be recognizing his work on the same stage.
5. The Big Sick only got one nomination, for Best Screenplay. There was some thinking that Holly Hunter would earn a Best Supporting nod, if not Kumail Nanjiani finding his way into the acting roster. Longshot, to be sure, but it still proves that no matter how good your romantic comedy is, you should really expect nothing but a screenplay award, at best.

1. Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out. A powerful, terrifying, performance in the best movie of the year. I hope it gets lots of love, but if it only gets one, I hope it’s for Kaluuya. (Sorry Chalamet. I hope you both win)
2. Guillermo Del Toro, The Shape of Water. Del Toro is my favorite director. He’s such a gifted director of strange and beautiful movies, of which The Shape of Water is one. No one did more, directorialy, in my opinion.
3. James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name. HE’S 89! And he wrote one of the best queer movies in years. Give him the statue.
4. Sally Hawkins. The Shape of Water. Hawkins does great work, and I’m rooting for anything but Billboards across the board (McDormand, you’re a treasure and an icon, it ain’t you, it’s them).
5. I honestly don’t know what I want to win in Best Picture. My favorite movie of the year, Raw, didn’t get a Foreign nod, and my other favorites, Get Out, The Shape of Water are both nominated. So I’m going to say I hope that Call Me By Your Name wins. Great movies abound.

There’s so much more to garner from the list of nominees. The full list is below. The Oscars are on March 4, on ABC.

Best Picture:

“Call Me by Your Name”
“Darkest Hour”
“Dunkirk”
“Get Out”
“Lady Bird”
“Phantom Thread”
“The Post”
“The Shape of Water”
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Lead Actor:

Timothée Chalamet, “Call Me by Your Name”
Daniel Day-Lewis, “Phantom Thread”
Daniel Kaluuya, “Get Out”
Gary Oldman, “Darkest Hour”
Denzel Washington, “Roman J. Israel, Esq.”

Lead Actress:

Sally Hawkins, “The Shape of Water”
Frances McDormand, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Margot Robbie, “I, Tonya”
Saoirse Ronan, “Lady Bird”
Meryl Streep, “The Post”

Supporting Actor:

Willem Dafoe, “The Florida Project”
Woody Harrelson, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”
Richard Jenkins, “The Shape of Water”
Christopher Plummer, “All the Money in the World”
Sam Rockwell, “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri”

Supporting Actress:

Mary J. Blige, “Mudbound”
Allison Janney, “I, Tonya”
Lesley Manville, “Phantom Thread”
Laurie Metcalf, “Lady Bird”
Octavia Spencer, “The Shape of Water”

Director:

“Dunkirk,” Christopher Nolan
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro

Animated Feature:

“The Boss Baby,” Tom McGrath, Ramsey Ann Naito
“The Breadwinner,” Nora Twomey, Anthony Leo
“Coco,” Lee Unkrich, Darla K. Anderson
“Ferdinand,” Carlos Saldanha
“Loving Vincent,” Dorota Kobiela, Hugh Welchman, Sean Bobbitt, Ivan Mactaggart, Hugh Welchman

Animated Short:

“Dear Basketball,” Glen Keane, Kobe Bryant
“Garden Party,” Victor Caire, Gabriel Grapperon
“Lou,” Dave Mullins, Dana Murray
“Negative Space,” Max Porter, Ru Kuwahata
“Revolting Rhymes,” Jakob Schuh, Jan Lachauer

Adapted Screenplay:

“Call Me by Your Name,” James Ivory
“The Disaster Artist,” Scott Neustadter & Michael H. Weber
“Logan,” Scott Frank & James Mangold and Michael Green
“Molly’s Game,” Aaron Sorkin
“Mudbound,” Virgil Williams and Dee Rees

Original Screenplay:

“The Big Sick,” Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani
“Get Out,” Jordan Peele
“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig
“The Shape of Water,” Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Martin McDonagh

Cinematography:

“Blade Runner 2049,” Roger Deakins
“Darkest Hour,” Bruno Delbonnel
“Dunkirk,” Hoyte van Hoytema
“Mudbound,” Rachel Morrison
“The Shape of Water,” Dan Laustsen

Best Documentary Feature:

Best Documentary Short Subject:

“Edith+Eddie,” Laura Checkoway, Thomas Lee Wright
“Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405,” Frank Stiefel
“Heroin(e),” Elaine McMillion Sheldon, Kerrin Sheldon
“Knife Skills,” Thomas Lennon
“Traffic Stop,” Kate Davis, David Heilbroner

Best Live Action Short Film:

“DeKalb Elementary,” Reed Van Dyk
“The Eleven O’Clock,” Derin Seale, Josh Lawson
“My Nephew Emmett,” Kevin Wilson, Jr.
“The Silent Child,” Chris Overton, Rachel Shenton
“Watu Wote/All of Us,” Katja Benrath, Tobias Rosen

Best Foreign Language Film:

“A Fantastic Woman” (Chile)
“The Insult” (Lebanon)
“Loveless” (Russia)
“On Body and Soul (Hungary)
“The Square” (Sweden)

Film Editing:

“Baby Driver,” Jonathan Amos, Paul Machliss
“Dunkirk,” Lee Smith
“I, Tonya,” Tatiana S. Riegel
“The Shape of Water,” Sidney Wolinsky
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Jon Gregory

Sound Editing:

“Baby Driver,” Julian Slater
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mark Mangini, Theo Green
“Dunkirk,” Alex Gibson, Richard King
“The Shape of Water,” Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Ren Klyce, Matthew Wood

Sound Mixing:

“Baby Driver,” Mary H. Ellis, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin
“Blade Runner 2049,” Mac Ruth, Ron Bartlett, Doug Hephill
“Dunkirk,” Mark Weingarten, Gregg Landaker, Gary A. Rizzo
“The Shape of Water,” Glen Gauthier, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” Stuart Wilson, Ren Klyce, David Parker, Michael Semanick

Production Design:

“Beauty and the Beast,” Sarah Greenwood; Katie Spencer
“Blade Runner 2049,” Dennis Gassner, Alessandra Querzola
“Darkest Hour,” Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
“Dunkirk,” Nathan Crowley, Gary Fettis
“The Shape of Water,” Paul D. Austerberry, Jeffrey A. Melvin, Shane Vieau

Original Score:

“Dunkirk,” Hans Zimmer
“Phantom Thread,” Jonny Greenwood
“The Shape of Water,” Alexandre Desplat
“Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” John Williams
“Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Carter Burwell

Original Song:

“Mighty River” from “Mudbound,” Mary J. Blige
“Mystery of Love” from “Call Me by Your Name,” Sufjan Stevens
“Remember Me” from “Coco,” Kristen Anderson-Lopez, Robert Lopez
“Stand Up for Something” from “Marshall,” Diane Warren, Common
“This Is Me” from “The Greatest Showman,” Benj Pasek, Justin Paul

Makeup and Hair:

“Darkest Hour,” Kazuhiro Tsuji, David Malinowski, Lucy Sibbick
“Victoria and Abdul,” Daniel Phillips and Lou Sheppard
“Wonder,” Arjen Tuiten

Costume Design:

“Beauty and the Beast,” Jacqueline Durran
“Darkest Hour,” Jacqueline Durran
“Phantom Thread,” Mark Bridges
“The Shape of Water,” Luis Sequeira
“Victoria and Abdul,” Consolata Boyle

Visual Effects: