Lots of “Should Have Been Nominated” notes this year.
Best Picture
Roma
Should Have Been Nominated: If Beale Street Could Talk
Should Have Been Nominated: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Should Have Been Nominated: Private Life
Should Have Been Nominated: First Man
Best Actor
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Should Win: Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate
Should Have Been Nominated: Steve Carell, Beautiful Boy
Best Actress
Glenn Close, The Wife
Should Win: Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Best Supporting Actor
Mahershala Ali, Green Book
Honorable Mention: Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Best Supporting Actress
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Should Have Been Nominated: Claire Foy, First Man
Should Have Been Nominated: Maura Tierney, Beautiful Boy
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Should Have Been Nominated: Ryan Coogler, Black Panther
Best Cinematography
Roma
Should Have Been Nominated: First Man
Best Costume Design
The Favourite
Honorable Mention: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Vice
Best Film Editing
Bohemian Rhapsody
Should Win: BlacKkKlansman
Best Production Design
Roma
Best Original Score
BlacKkKlansman
Honorable Mention: Black Panther
Best Original Song
“Shallow” from A Star is Born
Best Sound Editing
First Man
Should Have Been Nominated: Mission Impossible: Fallout
Best Sound Mixing
Bohemian Rhapsody
Should Have Been Nominated: Mission Impossible: Fallout
Best Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War
Should Win: Ready Player One
Best Adapted Screenplay
BlacKkKlansman
Best Original Screenplay
The Favourite
Should Have Been Nominated: Eighth Grade
Best Animated Feature Film
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Honorable Mention: Ralph Breaks the Internet
Best Documentary
Free Solo
Should Have Been Nominated: Roll Red Roll
Best Foreign Film
Roma
Best Costume Design
The Favourite
~ Big B