AwardsWatch’s 50 Favorite Performances of 2016
“I cry so much sometimes. I think one day I’m gone just turn into drops”
10. Ashton Sanders, Moonlight
250 points / 27 mentions / 1 #1 spot
“People like to believe in fairy tales.”
9. Natalie Portman, Jackie
273 points / 29 mentions / 6 #1 spots
“You’re the only man who’s ever touched me. The only one. I haven’t really touched anyone, since.”
8. Trevante Rhodes, Moonlight
277 points / 39 mentions
“When you love something it’s vintage. When you don’t, it’s old.”
7. Sonia Braga, Aquarius
296 points / 28 mentions / 5 #1 spots
“No reason to pity me. I’m lucky to be fulfilled intellectually.”
6. Isabelle Huppert, Things To Come
333 points / 35 mentions / 4 #1 spots
Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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