A Tale of Two Cities: San Francisco vs. San Diego critics nominations

(Thanks to Paddy @screenonscreen for staying voraciously on top of these tips)

Think the citizens in various areas of California are any more in agreement about anything than the citizens in various areas all across America? Of course you don’t. And here’s some uplifting vs garish evidence.

San Francisco Film Critics Nominations

Best Picture

• Brooklyn
• Carol
• Love & Mercy
• Mad Max: Fury Road
• Spotlight

Best Director

• John Crowley (Brooklyn)
• Todd Haynes (Carol)
• Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)
• Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
• George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Actor

• Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
• Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
• Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
• Michael Fassbender (Steve Jobs)
• Ian McKellen (Mr. Holmes)

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett (Carol)
• Brie Larson (Room)
• Rooney Mara (Carol)
• Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
• Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)

Best Supporting Actor

• Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
• Benicio del Toro (Sicario)
• Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
• Michael Shannon (99 Homes)
• Sylvester Stallone (Creed)

Best Supporting Actress

• Elizabeth Banks (Love & Mercy)
• Helen Mirren (Trumbo)
• Mya Taylor (Tangerine)
• Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
• Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Screenplay, Original

• Sean Baker and Chris Bergoch (Tangerine)
• Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
• Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman (Love & Mercy)
• Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
• Taylor Sheridan (Sicario)

Best Screenplay, Adapted

• Emma Donoghue (Room)
• Drew Goddard (The Martian)
• Andrew Haigh (45 Years)
• Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
• Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
• Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Best Cinematography

• Roger Deakins (Sicario)
• Edward Lachman (Carol)
• Lee Ping Bin (The Assassin)
• Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)
• John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Film Editing

• Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
• Hank Corwin (The Big Short)
• Dino Jonsater (Love & Mercy)
• Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant)
• Joe Walker (Sicario)

Best Production Design

• Judy Becker and Heather Loeffler (Carol)
• Suzanne Cloutier and Francois Seguin (Brooklyn)
• Rena DeAngelo, Bernard Henrich and Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)
• Jack Fisk and Hamish Purdy (The Revenant)
• Colin Gibson, Katie Sherrock and Lisa Thompson (Mad Max: Fury Road)

Best Animated Feature

• Anomalisa
• The Boy and the World
• Inside Out
• The Peanuts Movie
• Shaun the Sheep Movie

Best Documentary

• Amy
• Best of Enemies
• Listen to Me Marlon
• The Look of Silence
• Meru

Best Foreign Language Picture

• The Assassin
• Goodnight Mommy
• A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
• Son of Saul
• Timbuktu

Meanwhile, 450 miles south on the very same West Coast:

San Diego Film Critics Society

(note: the San Diego critics seem to be presenting their nominees in order of preference or actual vote tally.  Imagine the fun if the Oscars did that!)

Best Picture

Ex Machina
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
Room
Spotlight

Best Director

George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road)
John Crowley (Brooklyn)
Lenny Abrahamson (Room)
Tom McCarthy (Spotlight)
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu (The Revenant)

Best Actor, Male

Leonardo DiCaprio (The Revenant)
Jason Segel (The End of the Tour)
Matt Damon (The Martian)
Bryan Cranston (Trumbo)
Jacob Tremblay (Room)

Best Actor, Female

Saoirse Ronan (Brooklyn)
Brie Larson (Room)
Charlotte Rampling (45 Years)
Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Alicia Vikander (Ex Machina)

Best Supporting Actor, Male

Mark Rylance (Bridge of Spies)
Tom Noonan (Anomalisa)
Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina)
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
R. J. Cyler (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)

Best Supporting Actor, Female

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl)
Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight)
Helen Mirren (Trumbo)
Kristen Stewart (Clouds of Sils Maria)
Olivia Cooke (Me and Earl and the Dying Girl)

Best Original Screenplay

Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig (Mistress America)
Alex Garland (Ex Machina)
Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi (What We Do in the Shadows)
Quentin Tarantino (The Hateful Eight)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nick Hornby (Brooklyn)
Emma Donoghue (Room)
Charlie Kaufman (Anomalisa)
Donald Margulies (The End of the Tour)
Drew Goddard and Andy Weir (The Martian)

Best Cinematography

Roger Deakins (Sicario)
Yves Belanger (Brooklyn)
Dariusz Wolski (The Martian)
John Seale (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Emmanuel Lubezki (The Revenant)

Best Editing

Margaret Sixel (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Joe Walker (Sicario)
Pietro Scalia (The Martian)
Michael Kahn (Bridge of Spies)
Nathan Nugent (Room)
Stephen Mirrione (The Revenant

Best Production Design

Colin Gibson (Mad Max: Fury Road)
Mark Digby (Ex Machina)
Arthur Max (The Martian)
Francois Seguin (Brooklyn)
Adam Stockhausen (Bridge of Spies)

Best Sound Design

The Martian
Mad Max: Fury Road
Ex Machina
Sicario
Love & Mercy

Best Visual Effects

The Martian
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Walk
Jurassic World

Best Use of Music in a Film

The Hateful Eight
Love & Mercy
Mad Max: Fury Road
Sicario
Straight Outta Compton

Best Ensemble

Spotlight
The Hateful Eight
Straight Outta Compton
Inside Out
The Big Short
What We Do in the Shadows

Best Animated Film

Inside Out
Anomalisa
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The Good Dinosaur
The Peanuts Movie

Best Documentary

Amy
He Named Me Malala
Cartel Land
Meru
The Wrecking Crew

Best Foreign Language Film

Phoenix
Taxi
White God
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Goodnight Mommy

Best Breakthrough Artist

Alicia Vikander (The Danish Girl / Ex Machina)
Jacob Tremblay (Room)
Emory Cohen (Brooklyn)
Abraham Attah (Beasts of No Nation)
Sean Baker (Tangerine)

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Based on this snapshot of metropolitan taste…

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