Episode 075: THE 2nd ANNUAL NOSCAR AWARDS
The NOSCAR AWARDS celebrate the best films and film artists that are NOT nominated for Academy Awards. If a film is nominated in any category, it is ineligible in all NOSCAR categories. TV shows are eligible for Noscar Awards.
This year’s NONminators are: Andras Jones, Bryan Connolly, AJ Gonzalez of The Directors Wall podcast, and Jen Brown of Genre Graveyard on Roku TV.
We don’t proclaim winners. We do share our list of NONminees so that you may decide for yourself which, if any, you think are the best.
This year’s NONminees are:
BRYAN CONNOLLY’s NONminees
14. Lucky Doug
13. Ultimate World
12. Night on 6th
11. Why Am I Doing This?
10. Woodland Dark & Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror
09. Old
08. The Suicide Squad
07. Boss Level
06. Malignant
05. Dinner In America
04. Zola
03. Inside #9
02. Bad Trip
01. Annette
ANDRAS JONES’ NONminees
Noscarest Films – Annette, Get Back, Pig, The Guilty, Wild Indian & Old Henry
Directorial Shout-Outs – Leos Carax (Annette), Potsy Ponciroli (Old Henry), Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr (Wild Indian) Michael Sarnoski (Pig)
Noscarest Screenwriter: Nicole Holofcener (with Damon & Affleck) for “The Last Duel”
Noscarest Show – Dopesick
Created by Danny Strong
Starring: Michael Keaton, Rosario Dawson, Peter Sarsgaard, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jamie Ray Newman, Will Poulter & Kaitlyn Dever
Noscarest Supporting Actress – Abbey Lee as Chrystal (Old) & Jamie Ray Newman as Kathe Sackler (Dopesick), Kaitlyn Dever (Dopesick)
Noscarest Supporting Actor – David Knell as Chef Finway (Pig) & Chaske Spencer as Teddo (Wild Indian)
Most Supporting Actor - Billy Preston (Get Back)
Least Supporting Actor – George Harrison (Get Back)
Noscarest Actor – Jake Gyllenhaal (The Guilty), Nicolas Cage (Pig), Tim Blake Nelson (Old Henry), Oscar Isaacs (The Card Counter)
Noscarest Actress – Jodie Cormier (The Last Duel)
Most Actor – Adam Driver (The Last Duel, House of Gucci & Annette)
Most Actress – Tiffany Haddish (Bad Trip, Here Today & The Card Counter)
JEN BROWN’s NONminees
Best TV - We Are Ladyparts
Best Comedy – Plan B
Unexpected Horror – Jacob’s Wife
Best Documentary – Adrienne
Best Non-Sexual Nudity & Greatest Accidental performances – Bad Trip
Best Overall Visual Direction – Last Night In Soho
Shout-Outs – Pig
Best Film - Candyman
AJ GONZALEZ’s NONminees
Best Picture: In the Heights
Best Director: M. Night Shyamalan for Old
Best Actor: Anthony Ramos for In the Heights
Best Actress: Rebecca Hall for The Night House
Best Supporting Actor: Jeffrey Wright for The French Dispatch
Best Supporting Actress: Olga Merediz for In the Heights
Best Adapted Screenplay: M. Night Shyamalan for Old (based on the graphic novel “Sandcastle” by Pierre-Oscar Levy and Frederik Peeters)
Best Editing: The Beatles: Get Back (Editors: Graham Gilding, Peter Hollywood, Tony Lenny, Jabez Olssen)
Best Documentary: The Beatles Get Back
Best Film Not in the English Language: Benedetta
Best Stunts: Gunpowder Milkshake