2013 Muriels: Best Body of Work

I realized something kinda funny about this year's winner as I was putting this post together. I'll get to that in a minute... but first! Runners-up!

Third place:



Amy Adams (actor: American Hustle, Her, Man of Steel) [101 points / 18 votes]

Second place:



Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematographer: To the Wonder, Gravity) [108 points / 16 votes]

And your winner...

2013 Muriels: Best Editing

Surprised to see our second-place finisher up as high as it was. I don't know why - our voters always have such fine taste... :-)

Third place:



Alfonso Cuarton and Mark Sanger, Gravity [116 points / 18 votes]

Second place:



David Lowery and Shane Carruth, Upstream Color [117 points / 17 votes]

And your winner...

2013 Muriels: 25th Anniversary Award for Best Film of 1988

I like our winner a lot, but I'll admit disappointment that our third-place winner didn't get more support. Alas! To it we go!

Third place:



My Neighbor Totoro (Hayao Miyazaki) [82 points / 13 votes]

Second place:



Dead Ringers (David Cronenberg) [123 points / 18 votes]

And your winner...

2013 Muriels: Best Cinematic Breakthrough

Our second-place finisher has already been lauded around these parts. Clearly, we like her quite a lot. Musta taken someone real special to trump her and, in doing so, scoring the second-highest point total we've ever seen in this category. But, who, pray tell, could it be? Let's run it down...

Third place:



Oscar Isaac (actor - Inside Llewyn Davis) [68 points / 10 votes]

Second place:



Lupita Nyong’o (actor - 12 Years a Slave) [104 points / 16 votes]

And your winner...

2013 Muriels: Best Music (Original, Adapted or Compiled)

We generally have a couple of landslides every year. The Music category isn't usually one of them. But then, we also don't usually have a notable film about music in competition.

Oh, did I just spoil this? Erp...

Third place:



Spring Breakers (original music by Cliff Martinez and Skrillex; music supervisor Randall Poster) [93 points / 15 votes]

Second place:



Her (score by Owen Pallett; additional music by Will Collins; music supervisor Ren Klyce) [113 points / 19 votes]

And your winner...

2013 Muriels: 50th Anniversary Award for Best Film of 1963

Tight race on this one. The only caveat? It was for second place -- the winner of this took it by a healthy margin.

Third place:



Contempt (Jean-Luc Godard) [152 points / 25 votes]

Second place:



The Birds (Alfred Hitchcock) [159 points / 27 votes]

And your winner...

2013 Muriels: Best Supporting Actress

This category's historically been a hodgepodge of a dogfight, with a lot of close races and offbeat down-ballot choices. Last year was the first year we had would could be called a consensus winner. This year's the first we've seen a candidate break 200 points. So, yeah. Consensus!

Third place:



Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine [85 points / 15 votes]

Second place:



Scarlett Johansson, Her [134 points / 22 votes]

And your winner...

2013 Muriels: Best Supporting Actor

Another year, another round of Muriel Awards! This year's actually a bit odd for me, as it's the first year I'm serving solely as an overseer rather than an active voter. What does that mean you reading this? Not a goddamn thing. Let's just jump on in, then!

Third place:



Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street [111 points / 19 votes]

Second place:



Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave [124 points / 20 votes]

And your winner...