And My Heart Nearly Burst Right Outta My Chest


Kathleen Edwards, Alix Goolden Hall, Victoria, 1-17-09

The JLT/JLT Ballot: '08

Where consensus is the order of the day. "Winners" bolded (and pictured).

FILM

A Christmas Tale
Cloverfield
The Edge of Heaven
Perfect Life
Silent Light

DIRECTOR

Fatih Akin - The Edge of Heaven
Olivier Assayas - Boarding Gate/Summer Hours
Arnaud Desplechin - A Christmas Tale
Emily Tang - Perfect Life
Gus Van Sant - Milk/Paranoid Park

ACTRESS

Asia Argento - Boarding Gate
Juliette Binoche - Flight of the Red Balloon
Angelina Jolie - Changeling
Anamaria Marinca - 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days
Yao Qianyu - Perfect Life

ACTOR

Charles Berling - Summer Hours
Josh Brolin - W.
Clint Eastwood - Gran Torino
James Franco - Pineapple Express
Sean Penn - Milk

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Catherine Deneuve - A Christmas Tale
Chiara Mastroianni - A Christmas Tale
Frances McDormand - Burn After Reading
Hanna Schygulla - The Edge of Heaven
Mary Steenburgen - Step Brothers

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mathieu Almaric - A Christmas Tale
Richard Dreyfuss - W.
Heath Ledger - The Dark Knight
Richard Jenkins - Burn After Reading/Step Brothers
Michael Madsen - Boarding Gate

SCREENPLAY

Olivier Assyas - Summer Hours
Emmanuel Bourdieu & Arnaud Desplechin - A Christmas Tale
Ethan Coen & Joel Coen - Burn After Reading
Eric Rohmer - The Romance of Astrea and Celadon
Gus Van Sant - Paranoid Park

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Yorick Le Saux - Boarding Gate
Christopher Doyle & Rain Li - Paranoid Park
Mark Li Ping-bing - Flight of the Red Balloon
Wally Pfister - The Dark Knight
Alexis Zabe - Silent Light

ENSEMBLE

Burn After Reading
A Christmas Tale
The Edge of Heaven
Milk
W.

One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This

Some year-end film and music features I contributed to, over at PopMatters.