Wednesday, January 10, 2018

2017 GALECA Awards: Call Me Dorian



The picturesque gay coming-of-age romance Call Me By Your Name leads with nine nominations in the 9th Annual Dorian Awards, announced earlier today by GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics*. Guillermo del Toro's aquatic love story The Shape of Water and Jordan Peele's satirical thriller Get Out followed with seven and six nominations, respectively. In the top category, Film of the Year, they are joined by the French AIDS drama BPM (Beats Per Minute) and Greta Gerwig's quirky comedy Lady Bird.


The Shape of Water and Lady Bird leading ladies Sally Hawkins and Saoirse Ronan face off with Frances McDormand (as a grieving mother in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Margot Robbie (as disgraced Olympic figure skater Tonya Harding in I, Tonya) and Chilean actress Daniela Vega (as the transgender title character of A Fantastic Woman) in the Film Performance of the Year - Actress category. Meanwhile, in Film Performance of the Year - Actor, newcomers Nahuel Perez Biscayart (BPM), Timothée Chalamet (Call Me By Your Name) and Daniel Kaluuya (Get Out) are up against two old pros in two wildly different biopics: James Franco as cult icon Tommy Wiseau in The Disaster Artist and Gary Oldman as the legendary Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour.


GALECA has added two new film categories this year to honor supporting performances. The first nominees for Supporting Film Performance of the Year - Actress are Mary J. Blige (Mudbound), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip), Allison Janney (I, Tonya), Laurie Metcalf (Lady Bird) and Michelle Pfeiffer (mother!), while the first nominees for Supporting Film Performance of the Year - Actor are Willem Dafoe (The Florida Project), Richard Jenkins (The Shape of Water), Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) and both Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg from Call Me By Your Name.

In addition to del Toro, Peele, Gerwig and Call Me By Your Name's Luca Guadagnino, Christopher Nolan (for the war epic Dunkirk) and Sean Baker (for the low budget The Florida Project) will vie for Director of the Year honors. Peele, Gerwig and del Toro (with co-writer Vanessa Taylor) are also nominated for Screenplay of the Year, along with James Ivory for Call Me By Your Name and Martin McDonagh for the polarizing drama Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.


BPM (Beats Per Minute) and A Fantastic Woman are also nominated in both the Foreign Language Film of the Year and LGBTQ Film of the Year categories. In the former they are up against Angelina Jolie's First They Killed My Father, the Swedish Palme d'Or winner The Square and the Norwegian lesbian thriller Thelma, while in the latter they are joined by the Billie Jean King biopic Battle of the Sexes, the British romantic drama God's Own Country and Call Me By Your Name.

Women's stories dominate the nominees for Documentary of the Year with Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, Agnès Varda's Faces Places and Jane (as in famed primatologist Jane Goodall), along with feline fave Kedi. Dorian's Unsung Films of the Year include BPM (egregiously overlooked for Oscar's Foreign Language Film finalists), Todd Haynes' wonderful Wonderstruck and queer indies Beach Rats, God’s Own Country and Professor Marston and the Wonder Women.


Two unique Dorian Award categories add some glitz and (tacky) glitter to the nominations, with the Visually Striking Film of the Year nominees Blade Runner 2049, Call Me By Your Name, Dunkirk, The Shape of Water and Wonderstruck and the Campy Film of the Year nominees Baywatch, The Disaster Artist, The Greatest Showman, I, Tonya and mother!.

On the TV side, such Movie Dearest faves as Big Little Lies, Feud: Bette and Joan and Will & Grace received multiple nominations. See the comments section below for a complete list of all the Dorian Award nominations.


The Dorian Awards are named after the classic character Dorian Gray, created by GALECA's "patron saint" Oscar Wilde. The winners will be announced on January 31.

* Movie Dearest critics Chris Carpenter and Kirby Holt are members of GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics.

2 comments:

Kirby Holt said...

GALECA 2017 DORIAN AWARDS NOMINEES:

FILM OF THE YEAR
BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard
Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics
Get Out - Universal
Lady Bird - A24
The Shape of Water - Fox Searchlight

DIRECTOR OF THE YEAR (FILM OR TELEVISION)
Sean Baker, The Florida Project – A24
Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics
Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk – Warner Bros.
Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal

BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTRESS
Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya - Neon
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird - A24
Daniela Vega, A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics

BEST PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTOR
Nahuel Perez Biscayart, BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics
James Franco, The Disaster Artist – A24
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out - Universal
Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour – Focus Features

SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTRESS
Mary J. Blige, Mudbound - Netflix
Tiffany Haddish, Girls Trip - Universal
Allison Janney, I, Tonya - Neon
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird - A24
Michelle Pfeiffer, mother! - Paramount

SUPPORTING FILM PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTOR
Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project – A24
Armie Hammer, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics
Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight
Michael Stuhlbarg, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics

LGBTQ FILM OF THE YEAR
BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard
Battle of the Sexes - Fox Searchlight
Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics
A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics
God's Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM OF THE YEAR
BPM (Beats Per Minute) — The Orchard
A Fantastic Woman - Sony Pictures Classics
First They Killed My Father - Netflix
The Square – Magnolia Pictures
Thelma – The Orchard

SCREENPLAY OF THE YEAR (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED)
James Ivory, Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics
Jordan Peele, Get Out - Universal
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird - A24
Guillermo del Toro, Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - Fox Searchlight

DOCUMENTARY OF THE YEAR
(theatrical release, TV airing or DVD release)
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story – Zeitgeist/Kino Lorber
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson - Netflix
Faces Places – Cohen Media Group
Jane ­– National Geographic/Abramorama
Kedi - Oscilloscope

VISUALLY STRIKING FILM OF THE YEAR
(honoring a production of stunning beauty, from art direction to cinematography)
Blade Runner 2049 – Warner Bros.
Call Me By Your Name - Sony Pictures Classics
Dunkirk – Warner Bros.
The Shape of Water – Fox Searchlight
Wonderstruck - Amazon

UNSUNG FILM OF THE YEAR
BPM (Beats Per Minute) - The Orchard
Beach Rats
God's Own Country – Samuel Goldwyn Films
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
Wonderstruck - Amazon

CAMPY FLICK OF THE YEAR
Baywatch - Paramount
The Disaster Artist – A24
The Greatest Showman – 20th Century Fox
I, Tonya - Neon
mother! - Paramount

Kirby Holt said...

TV DRAMA OF THE YEAR
Big Little Lies - HBO
The Crown - Netflix
Feud: Bette and Joan - FX
The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu
Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime

TV COMEDY OF THE YEAR
Better Things - FX
GLOW - Netflix
The Good Place - NBC
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel - Amazon
Will & Grace - NBC

TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR – ACTRESS
Clare Foy, The Crown - Netflix
Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies - HBO
Jessica Lange, Feud: Bette and Joan - FX
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale - Hulu
Reese Witherspoon, Big Little Lies - HBO

TV PEFORMANCE OF THE YEAR -- ACTOR
Aziz Ansari, Master of None – Netflix
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us - NBC
Jonathan Groff, Mindhunter - Netflix
Kyle MacLachlan, Twin Peaks: The Return - Showtime
Alexander Skaarsgård, Big Little Lies - HBO

TV CURRENT AFFAIRS SHOW OF THE YEAR
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee – Comedy Central
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - HBO
Late Night with Seth Meyers - NBC
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert - CBS
The Rachel Maddow Show - MSNBC

TV MUSICAL PERFORMANCE OF THE YEAR
Lady Gaga, “God Bless America,” “Born This Way,” etc., Super Bowl LI - Fox
Kate McKinnon, “(Kellyanne) Conway!” Saturday Night Live - NBC
Brendan McCreary, John Mulaney, “I’m Gay,” Big Mouth – Netflix
Pink, “Beautiful Trauma,” American Music Awards - ABC
Sasha Velour, “So Emotional,” RuPaul's Drag Race – VH1

LGBTQ SHOW OF THE YEAR
Difficult People - Hulu
RuPaul's Drag Race – VH1
Sense8 - Netflix
Transparent – Amazon
Will & Grace - NBC

UNSUNG TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
American Gods - Starz
Dear White People - Netflix
Difficult People - Hulu
At Home with Amy Sedaris - TruTV
The Leftovers - HBO

CAMPY TV SHOW OF THE YEAR
Dynasty
Feud: Betty and Joan
Riverdale
RuPaul's Drag Race
Will & Grace

‘WE’RE WILDE ABOUT YOU!’ RISING STAR AWARD
Timothée Chalamet
Harris Dickinson
Tiffany Haddish
Daniel Kaluuya
Daniela Vega

WILDE WIT OF THE YEAR AWARD
(honoring a performer, writer or commentator whose observations both challenge and amuse)
Samantha Bee
Stephen Colbert
Kate McKinnon
John Oliver
Jordan Peele

WILDE ARTIST OF THE YEAR
(honoring a truly groundbreaking force in the fields of film, theater and/or television)
Guillermo del Toro
Greta Gerwig
Patty Jenkins
David Lynch
Jordan Peele