
In their 20th year, The Bobby James Awards for film continue! I’ll spare you the paragraphs and just get on with it. My Top 10 of 2023 appear at the bottom.
Feature Film of the Year:
Oppenheimer
The Lumiere Award for Direction:
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan
Actor in a Leading Role:
Cillian Murphy as “J. Robert Oppenheimer” – Oppenheimer
Actress in a Leading Role:
Fantasia Barrino as “Celie” – The Color Purple
Actor in a Supporting Role:
Ryan Gosling as “Ken” – Barbie
Actress in a Supporting Role:
Da’Vine Joy Randolph as “Mary Lamb” – The Holdovers
Actor in a Leading Voice-Over Role:
Riz Ahmed as “Ballister Boldheart” – Nimona
Actress in a Leading Voice-Over Role:
Leah Lewis as “Ember” – Elemental
Actor in a Supporting Voice-Over Role:
Mamoudou Athie as “Wade” – Elemental
Actress in a Supporting Voice-Over Role:
Frances Conroy as “The Director” – Nimona
Animated Feature Film of the Year:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Original Song for Made for a Motion Picture:
“I’m Just Ken” – performed by Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Original Score for a Motion Picture:
Naoki Sato for Godzilla Minus One
Best Recorded Soundtrack for a Motion Picture:
The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Featuring: Rachel Zegler, Flatland Cavalry, and Olivia Rodrigo
Ensemble Cast for a Motion Picture:
The Color Purple
Starring: Fantasia Barrino, Taraji P. Henson, Danielle Brooks, Colman Domingo
Achievement in Cinematography:
Hoyte van Hoytema for Oppenheimer
Achievement in Editing:
Greg Levitan for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Achievement in Special & Visual Effects:
Takashi Yamazaki for Godzilla Minus One
Best Promotional Poster:
Barbie
Achievement in Art Direction:
Clara Gomez del Moral for Barbie
Achievement in Costume Design:
Trish Summerville for The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Best Original Screenplay:
Godzilla Minus One by Takashi Yamazaki
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan
Emerging/Foreign Actor or Actress:
Calah Lane as “Noodle in Wonka
Animated Short Film:
Carl’s Date directed by Bob Peterson
Finally, My TOP 10 FEATURE FILMS OF 2023 are:
- Oppenheimer
- Godzilla Minus One
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
- Saltburn
- The Color Purple
- Wonka
- The Holdovers
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Part 1
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Nimona
let’s see how it turns out.