The Covie Awards are as bogus as climate change is real. They were created during the pandemic to honor cinematic achievement in an ever-shifting variety of categories. If there were actual awards to hand out, and anybody cared who they got handed out to, the Movie Buzzard would recognize the following:
Picture: "Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga" (2024)
Actor: Ralph Fiennes in "Conclave" (2024
Actress: Leonie Benesch in "Teacher's Lounge" (2023)
Supporting Actor: Ed Harris in "Love Lies Bleeding" (2024)
Supporting Actress: Isabella Rossellini in "La Chimera" (2023) and "Conclave" (2024)
Ensemble: "Sing Sing" (2023)
Cameo: Dwight Frye in "Sinners In Paradise" (1938)
Couple: Line Renaud and Dany Boon in "Driving Madeleine" (2022)
Juvenile Performance: Helena Zengel in "News of the World" (2020)
Short Film: "Incident By a Bank" (2010)
Revival: "Time of the Heathen" (1961)
Director: Steve McQueen. "Blitz" (2024)
Musical Score: Armando Ortega Jr. and Mel Elias,
"Murder At Yellowstone City" (2022)
Set Design: "Bad Times At the El Royale" (2018)
Costume Design: "Times Square" (1980)
Title Sequence: "Strait-Jacket" (1964)
Blood and Bikinis: "Bikini Bloodbath" (2006)
Worst Haircut: Christian Friedel in "The Zone of Interest" (2024)
Best Villain: Colin Farrell in "The North Water" (2021)
Best Mad Scene: Jennifer Jason Leigh in "Kill Your Darlings" (2013)
Heads or Tails: "The Seventh Coin" (1993)
Life Is a Carnival: "She Freak" (1967)
Flipping the Switch: "High Maintenance" (2006)
Going Electric: Timothée Chalomet as Bob Dylan
in "A Complete Unknown" (2024)
Looking Lost: Derek Jacobi in "Gladiator II" (2024)
Made In Milwaukee: "Lake Michigan Monster" (2018)
Ambition, Glitz and Chaos: "Megalopolis" (2024)
On and Off the Wagon: Saoirse Ronan in "The Outrun" (2024)
Disappearing Act: Adrien Brody in "Giallo" (2009)
Canadian, Eh?: Donald Sutherland in "Alien Thunder" (1974)
Once Upon a Time In Mexico: "They Came To Cordura" (1959)
Wickedest Lipstick: Courtney Love in "Beat" (2000)
Out With a Bang: Don McKellar in "The Event" (2003)
You Mean There's Really a Movie With a Title Like That?: "Jesus Christ: Serial Rapist" (2004)
Fly That Flag: "Alam" (2022)
MASH Before "M*A*S*H": "Battle Circus" (1953)
Dance Performance: Emma Stone in "Kinds of Kindness" (2024)
War Is Hell: "Merrill's Marauders: (1962)
That Face Looks Familiar: Strother Martin in "The Asphalt Jungle" (1950)
It's Not Easy Being Green: Cynthia Erivo in "Wicked" (2024)
Waiting For a Miracle: Sylvie Testud in "Lourdes" (2009)
Hell Is a Middle School: "Teacher's Lounge" (2023)
How To Dress For a Day In the Jungle: The Amazons
in "Gold of the Amazon Women" (2010)
Lost In Paris: Omar Sy in "Samba" (2014)
Chewing the Scenery: Anne Bancroft in "'Night, Mother" (1986)
Dancing For Dollars: The cast of "Dancing At the Blue Iguana" (2000)
On the Road: "Gasoline Rainbow" (2023)
Best Frank Sinatra Impression: Jeff Bridges in "Starman" (1984)
He Had To Start Somewhere: Paul Newman in "Ice From Space" (1952)
The West Was Never Like This: "Lucky Luke" (2009)
Most Eye-Catching Nude Scene: Marion Cotillard in "Ismael's Ghosts" (2017)
Most Discreet Nude Scene: Julia Swayne Gordon
in "Lady Godiva" (1911)
Most Colorful Nude Scene: Dulcamara in "Yellow & Blue" (2022)
Nudes In Wartime: "Mrs. Henderson Presents" (2005)
Most Unconventional Nude Couple: Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley in " The Substance" (2024)
Worst Casting: Robert Evans as a matador in "The Sun Also Rises" (1957)
Best Animal Performance: Balto the dog in "The Rodeo" (1929)
Best Title For a Film Noir: "Kiss the Blood Off My Hands" (1948)
Best Performance In a Lost Cause: Linnea Quigley in "Spring Break Massacre" (2008)
Best Performance By an Actor Playing a Character Pretending To Be Buster Keaton: Zachary Mooren in "MaXXXine" (2024)
Best Performance By an Actress Playing a Woman Turning Into a Horse: Simone Bucio in "Piaffe" (2022)
Best Movie To Watch Stoned: "The 400 Tricks of the Devil" (1906)
Weirdest Nicolas Cage Movie: "Longlegs" (2024)
Cutest Drag Performance: Marion Davies in "Beverly of Graustark" (1926)
Lost Generation: "The Moderns" (1988)
Dog Days: "Away To Me" (2012)
Done Too Soon: Robert Williams in "Platinum Blonde" (1931)
How To Be a Diva: Isabelle Huppert in "The Crime Is Mine" (2023)
The Kids Are All Right: "Empire Records" (1995)
Herman Scobie Award For Career Achievement: Karen Allen
