Albahary’s Selection of the Best from the 86th Oscar Awards Nominees List

Best Film: “American Hustle"

Matthew McConaughey

Meryl Streep

Best Director: Alfonso Cuaron “Gravity”

Best Actor: Matthew McConaughey “Dallas Buyers Club”

Best Actress: Meryl Streep “August: Osage County”

Jared Leto

 Jennifer Lawrence

Best Sup Actor: Jared Leto “Dallas Buyers Club”

Best Sup Actress: Jennifer Lawrence “American Hustle”

Best Original Screenplay: “American Hustle”

Best Adapted Screenplay: “Philomena”

Best Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki “Gravity”

Best Editing: Jay Cassidy “American Hustle”

Best Production Design: “12 Years a Slave”

Best Costume Design: Catherine Martin “The Great Gatsby”

Best Visual Effects: “Gravity”

Best Makeup: “Dallas Buyers Club”

Best Music Score: John Williams “The Book Thief”

Best Song: Ordinary Love “Mandela”

Best Animated Film: “Frozen”

Best Foreign Film: “The Great Beauty”

 Main Absentees deserving a nomination:

Film: “Saving Mr Banks”, “Frances Ha”, “Last Love”

Actress: Emma Thompson “Saving Mr Banks”,

Greta Gerwig “Frances Ha”

Sup Actress: Amy Adams “Her”,  Naomie Harris “Mandela”

Sup Actor: Matthew McConaughey “The Wolf of WallStreet”

Adapted Screenplay: Sandra Nettelbeck “Last Love”

By Daniel Tanielian 

Alexandrian fan of cinema and arts