The Golden Globe Award nominations for 2016 were announced yesterday. I ran the list here, though I didn’t say anything about it at the time. I don’t have much to say now, since award-season handicapping isn’t remotely what this site is about. However, these nominations this year are in fact interesting, since they’re generally, noticeably more tasteful than we usually get from the Golden Globes, a ceremony normally notorious for nominating the most famous people regardless of what movies they made that year (i.e. Johnny Depp for THE TOURIST.) The Golden Globes are considered a useful predictor of the Oscar nominations, which don’t land until January. The big news here is that MAD MAX: FURY ROAD and George Miller have been nominated for Best Motion Picture and Best Director, which feels like the kind of justice rarely seen around this time of year. But maybe it’s inescapable: Water’s wet, sky’s blue, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD is one of the best movies of the year, if not the single best. Sometimes even high-falutin’ critics and over-the-top award shows can’t argue with the forces of nature.

That said, the Golden Globes are still very silly, and the reason I say they’re silly is because there’s such little rhyme or reason to the categories. The Best Picture nominations and all the acting awards are split across the lines of “Drama” and “Comedy,” yet there’s only one field for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Score, and so on– as if the specialized skill set a George Miller or a Ridley Scott brings to a film should be in direct competition with the talents of a Judd Apatow, an Adam McKay, or a Paul Feig. Arguably the Oscars’ biggest flaw is their thorough oversight of the art of comedy, but at least the Oscars ignores comedy altogether — the Golden Globes muddy the waters with this half-assed approach. And where are the awards for Cinematography or Editing or Costuming or Set Design? Sometimes the people giving the big awards to movies seem to know the least about them. I love actors too, but none of these movies would be as good as they are without all the below-the-line craftsmen who elevate cinema to the unique art form it is. This is film, not theater. And then of course TV is mixed in randomly, but without any recognition of the writers. Does TV write itself? Pretty sure the Foreign Press Association thinks actors do every job on set.

Anyway, why am I complaining? This isn’t the list I would have come up with, but of course it isn’t, and you’ll get to read mine soon enough, and at least FURY ROAD is getting some of its due. There’s your bright side.

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

CAROL

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

THE REVENANT

ROOM

SPOTLIGHT

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

CATE BLANCHETT, CAROL

BRIE LARSON, ROOM

ROONEY MARA, CAROL

SAOIRSE RONAN, BROOKLYN

ALICIA VIKANDER, THE DANISH GIRL

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA

BRYAN CRANSTON, TRUMBO

LEONARDO DICAPRIO, THE REVENANT

MICHAEL FASSBENDER, STEVE JOBS

EDDIE REDMAYNE, THE DANISH GIRL

WILL SMITH, CONCUSSION

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

THE BIG SHORT

JOY

THE MARTIAN

SPY

TRAINWRECK

 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

JENNIFER LAWRENCE, JOY

MELISSA MCCARTHY, SPY

AMY SCHUMER, TRAINWRECK

MAGGIE SMITH, THE LADY IN THE VAN

LILY TOMLIN, GRANDMA

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

CHRISTIAN BALE, THE BIG SHORT

STEVE CARELL, THE BIG SHORT

MATT DAMON, THE MARTIAN

AL PACINO, DANNY COLLINS

MARK RUFFALO, INFINITELY POLAR BEAR

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED

ANOMALISA, Starburns Industries; Paramount Pictures

THE GOOD DINOSAUR, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

INSIDE OUT, Pixar Animation Studios; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

THE PEANUTS MOVIE, Blue Sky Studios; Twentieth Century Fox

SHAUN THE SHEEP MOVIE

 

BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE

THE BRAND NEW TESTAMENT (BELGIUM / FRANCE)

THE CLUB (CHILE)

THE FENCER (FINLAND / GERMANY / ESTONIA)

MUSTANG (FRANCE)

SON OF SAUL (HUNGARY)

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

JANE FONDA, YOUTH

JENNIFER JASON LEIGH, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

HELEN MIRREN, TRUMBO

ALICIA VIKANDER, EX MACHINA

KATE WINSLET, STEVE JOBS

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE

PAUL DANO, LOVE & MERCY

IDRIS ELBA, BEASTS OF NO NATION

MARK RYLANCE, BRIDGE OF SPIES

MICHAEL SHANNON, 99 HOMES

SYLVESTER STALLONE, CREED

 

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE

TODD HAYNES, CAROL

ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU, THE REVENANT

TOM MCCARTHY, SPOTLIGHT

GEORGE MILLER, MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

RIDLEY SCOTT, THE MARTIAN

 

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE

EMMA DONOGHUE, ROOM

TOM MCCARTHY, JOSH SINGER, SPOTLIGHT

CHARLES RANDOLPH, ADAM MCKAY, THE BIG SHORT

AARON SORKIN, STEVE JOBS

QUENTIN TARANTINO, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

 

 

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE

CARTER BURWELL, CAROL

ALEXANDRE DESPLAT, THE DANISH GIRL

ENNIO MORRICONE, THE HATEFUL EIGHT

DANIEL PEMBERTON, STEVE JOBS

RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, ALVA NOTO, THE REVENANT

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE

“LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO” — FIFTY SHADES OF GREY

“ONE KIND OF LOVE” — LOVE & MERCY

“SEE YOU AGAIN” — FURIOUS 7

“SIMPLE SONG #3” — YOUTH

“WRITING’S ON THE WALL” — SPECTRE

 

 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

EMPIRE

GAME OF THRONES

MR. ROBOT

NARCOS

OUTLANDER 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

CAITRIONA BALFE, OUTLANDER

VIOLA DAVIS, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

EVA GREEN, PENNY DREADFUL

TARAJI P. HENSON, EMPIRE 

ROBIN WRIGHT, HOUSE OF CARDS

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA

JON HAMM, MAD MEN

RAMI MALEK, MR. ROBOT

WAGNER MOURA, NARCOS

BOB ODENKIRK, BETTER CALL SAUL

LIEV SCHREIBER, RAY DONOVAN

 

 

BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

CASUAL

MOZART IN THE JUNGLE

ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

SILICON VALLEY

TRANSPARENT

VEEP 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

RACHEL BLOOM, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND

JAMIE LEE CURTIS, SCREAM QUEENS

JULIA LOUIS-DREYFUS, VEEP

GINA RODRIGUEZ, JANE THE VIRGIN

LILY TOMLIN, GRACE AND FRANKIE

 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY

AZIZ ANSARI, MASTER OF NONE

GAEL GARCÍA BERNAL, MOZART IN THE JUNGLE

ROB LOWE, THE GRINDER

PATRICK STEWART, BLUNT TALK

JEFFREY TAMBOR, TRANSPARENT

 

 

BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

AMERICAN CRIME

AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL

FARGO

FLESH & BONE

WOLF HALL

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

KIRSTEN DUNST, FARGO

LADY GAGA, AMERICAN HORROR STORY: HOTEL

SARAH HAY, FLESH & BONE

FELICITY HUFFMAN, AMERICAN CRIME

QUEEN LATIFAH, BESSIE

 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

IDRIS ELBA, LUTHER

OSCAR ISAAC, SHOW ME A HERO

DAVID OYELOWO, NIGHTINGALE

MARK RYLANCE, WOLF HALL

PATRICK WILSON, FARGO

 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

UZO ADUBA, ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK

JOANNE FROGGATT, DOWNTON ABBEY

REGINA KING, AMERICAN CRIME

JUDITH LIGHT, TRANSPARENT

MAURA TIERNEY, THE AFFAIR

 

 

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN A SERIES, LIMITED SERIES OR MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION

ALAN CUMMING, THE GOOD WIFE

DAMIAN LEWIS, WOLF HALL

BEN MENDELSOHN, BLOODLINE

TOBIAS MENZIES, OUTLANDER

CHRISTIAN SLATER, MR. ROBOT

 

 

The winners will be announced on January 10th, 2016.

 

 

 

— JON ABRAMS.

 

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