Hello one and all, and welcome to the inaugural Errant Indication…ies where, along with your help, we pick the best movies of the year because the Academy has no idea what they’re doing. If you’re interested on our thoughts on that, we did just put out a couple of episodes — The Morganaissance: A Conversation with Morgan Goldin and The MOTScars: Our Annual pre-Oscars Roundup
And now, without further adieu, here are your 2019 Errant Indication winners:
Best Narrative Structure:
The Nominees:
BlacKkKlansman 
Roma Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk The Favourite A Star is Born Bohemian Rhapsody Eighth Grade Annihilation Black Panther
One of our two bigger categories, there were some real heavy weights in the Narrative Structure category this year, but only one reigned supreme. And the winner is:
Strongest Themes:
The Nominees:
Black Panther BlacKkKlansman If Beale Street Could Talk The Favourite A Star is Born Sorry to Bother You
In a year of some incredibly poignant films, there were many and varied powerful themes. However, according to our poll, one film (that the Academy didn’t even deign to nominate for a single award, ahem) went above and beyond. And the winner is:
Most Antagonizing Element or Character
The Nominees:
Sarah Churchill played by Rachel Weisz (“The Favourite”) Thanos played by Josh Brolin (“Avengers: Infinity War”) Institutionalized Racism (“If Beale Street Could Talk”) Michael Myers/”The Shape” played by James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle (“Halloween (2018)”) Alien Monster Things (“A Quiet Place”) David Duke played by Topher Grace (“BlacKkKlansman”)
I wouldn’t want to go up against any of these formidable foes, but you voted that the only intangible nominee in this list was the worst. And the votes went to:
Institutionalized Racism (“If Beale Street Could Talk”)
Best Protagonist
The Nominees:
Cleo played by Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”) Reverend Toller played by Ethan Hawke (“First Reformed”) Ally played by Lady Gaga (“A Star is Born”) Freddy Mercury played by Rami Malek (“Bohemian Rhapsody”) Queen Anne played by Olivia Coleman (“The Favourite”) Dick Cheney played by Christian Bale (“Vice”)
The ladies cleaned up this year in our poll, and for good reason. So many incredible performances, and you couldn’t decide on just one. With our first tie of the night are:
Cleo played by Yalitza Aparicio (“Roma”) || Queen Anne played by Olivia Coleman (“The Favourite”)
Favorite Supporting Character
The Nominees:
Detroit played by Tessa Thompson (“Sorry to Bother You”) Flip Zimmerman played by Adam Driver (“BlacKkKlansman”) Shuri played by Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”) Dr. Don Shirley played by Mahershala Ali (“Green Book”) Domino played by Zazie Beetz (“Deadpool 2”) Gwen Stacy played by Hailee Steinfeld (“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”)
This category started as a landslide and ended with the ultimate winner just edging out the runner up. And the winner is:
Shuri played by Letitia Wright (“Black Panther”)
Best Dialogue
The Nominees:
The Favourite (screenplay by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara) Sorry to Bother You (screenplay by Boots Riley) Isle of Dogs (screenplay by Wes Anderson) The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (screenplay by Joel and Ethan Coen) Eighth Grade (screenplay by Bo Burnham) If Beale Street Could Talk (based on the book by James Baldwin, adapted for the screen by Barry Jenkins)
In an incredibly strong category this year, people could not decide which film’s dialogue was the best. We ended up with a four-way tie! And the FOUR winners are:
The Favourite (screenplay by Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara) ||
If Beale Street Could Talk (based on the book by James Baldwin, adapted for the screen by Barry Jenkins) ||
Eighth Grade (screenplay by Bo Burnham) ||
Sorry to Bother You (screenplay by Boots Riley)
Most Impressive Style
The Nominees:
“Roma” dir. by Alfonso Cuaron “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” dir. by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey “If Beale Street Could Talk” dir. by Barry Jenkins “Sorry to Bother You” dir. by Boots Rilly “Black Panther” dir. by Ryan Coogler “The Favourite” dir. by Yorgos Lanthimos
There were some truly beautiful films this year, even ones that were left off this list, but as for what the people voted on, it was one more tie, and it goes to:
“Black Panther” dir. by Ryan Coogler ||
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” dir. by Bob Persichetti and Peter Ramsey (no TLS review yet)
Highest Recommendation
The Nominees:
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs Black Panther BlacKkKlansman Roma Green Book If Beale Street Could Talk The Favourite A Star is Born Eighth Grade Sorry to Bother You
We always like to leave off with our recommendation. What was your favorite film of the year? For the majority of voters in our poll, it was:
A few final thoughts:
– Looking back on these choices, this list was bad in terms of female directed films and we could have included some great ones such as Can You Ever Forgive Me, Leave No Trace, and You Were Never Really Here, among others. Something I absolutely need to keep in mind next year.
– How the hell did the Oscars snub If Beale Street Could Talk? It was pretty easily one of the best movies of 2018 and I’m glad it took a couple of categories here.
– I think Spike Lee would’ve been alright with this one.
We’d like to thank you, the fan(s), for playing. It’s been a rush. We’ll see you next year!
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