Gurus o’ Gold Go Best Picture, Director, Cinematographer
Post-Thanksgiving, the Gurus shake up the Best Picture field on a couple of pictures that have just opened, reflecting critical and financial reception, as well as bright-and-sunny early previews for Mary Poppins Returns.
The Gurus also look upon best director and best cinematographer for the first time in 2018, with much love for one big black-and-white picture: Alfonso Cuarón’s cinematography on Roma makes a rare Gurus sweep.
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Pic Post-Thanksgiving | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Laffly | Morales | Patterson | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |
A Star Is Born |
1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 136 | |||
| 2 | 3 |
Roma |
3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 130 | |||
| 3 | 1 |
Green Book |
2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 127 | |||
| 4 | 4 |
The Favourite |
4 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 99 | |||
| 5 | 5 |
Black Panther |
7 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 76 | |||
| 6 | 6 |
If Beale Street Could Talk |
10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 71 | ||||
| 7 | 9 |
Vice |
5 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 65 | ||||
| 8 | 7 |
BlacKkKlansman |
6 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 59 | |||||
| 9 | 8 |
First Man |
8 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 48 | ||||
| 10 |
Can You Ever Forgive Me? |
9 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 26 | |||||||
|
Mary Poppins Returns |
10 | 9 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 23 | ||||||||||
| 10 |
Widows |
12 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 17 | |||||||||
|
On the Basis of Sex |
10 | 7 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||||||
|
First Reformed |
12 | 7 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
|
The Front Runner |
8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
|
Eighth Grade |
8 | 12 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
|
Boy Erased |
12 | 8 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
|
Cold War |
11 | 11 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
|
Crazy Rich Asians |
12 | 11 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Bohemian Rhapsody |
9 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||
|
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs |
10 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
|
The Mule |
10 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
|
A Quiet Place |
10 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Director | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Laffly | Morales | Patterson | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alfonso Cuarón Roma |
2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 73 | |||||
| 2 |
Bradley Cooper A Star is Born |
1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 63 | |||||
| 3 |
Yorgos Lanthimos The Favourite |
3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 44 | |||||
| 4 |
Spike Lee BlacKkKlansman |
5 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 40 | ||||||
| 5 |
Barry Jenkins If Beale Street Could Talk |
5 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 26 | |||||||
|
Peter Farrelly Green Book |
6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 24 | |||||||||
|
Damien Chazelle First Man |
7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||||
|
Ryan Coogler Black Panther |
6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |||||||||||
|
Adam McKay Vice |
4 | 5 | 2 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
|
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0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Marielle Heller |
7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Pawel Pawlikowski Cold War |
7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Last Chart | Best Cinematographer | Adams | Bahr | Ellwood | Howell | Johnson | Karger | Laffly | Morales | Patterson | Pond | Rogers | Sneider | Stone | Votes | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Alfonso Cuarón Roma |
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 84 | ||||
| 2 |
James Laxton If Beale Street Could Talk |
4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 57 | ||||
| 3 |
Robbie Ryan The Favourite |
5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 51 | ||||
| 4 |
Matthew Libatique A Star is Born |
2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 50 | ||||
| 5 |
Linus Sandgren First Man |
3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 43 | ||||
|
Cold War Lukasz Zal |
5 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 24 | |||||||
|
Rachel Morrison Black Panther |
5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 17 | |||||||||
| One Vote Wonders | |||||||||||||||||||
|
A Quiet Place Charlotte Bruus Christensen |
5 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Mary Queen Of Scots John Mathieson |
6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Suspiria Sayombhu Mukdeeprom |
7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
|
Widows Sean Bobbitt |
7 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
The Gurus, At Your Service
Thelma Adams: Author, Critic, Oscar Expert
Robyn Bahr: Freelance (Hollywood Reporter, Vanity Fair, Guardian)
Gregory Ellwood: The Playlist
Peter Howell: Toronto Star
Mark Johnson: Awards Circuit
Dave Karger: TCM, IMDb
Tomris Laffly: Freelance (RogerEbert.com, Time Out New York, Film Journal International)
Wilson Morales: BlackFilm.com
Michael Patterson: Michael’s Telluride Film Blog
Steve Pond: The Wrap
NathanielR: The Film Experience
Sasha Stone: Awards Daily
Jeff Sneider: Collider
