Oscar season draws to a close this Sunday night when the 91st Annual Academy Awards finalize the cluster of, in my opinion, crazy nominations that have composed this year’s ballots. “Green Book”, “A Star Is Born”, and “Roma” have been the “best picture” talk of the season while films like “First Reformed”, “Burning”, “Blindspotting”, and “If Beale Street Could Talk” missed the top award nomination. There was controversy for cutting the nominations for two critical elements of the filmmaking process from televised recognition, enough people complained and they brought them back. There was controversy about the early announced host for the Oscars, enough people complained and the host has been eliminated from the show. It’s been a crazy season.

Since everything seems a little off kilter this year, I’ve decided to embrace it. Every year I’ll make two ballots for Oscar nominations, one list designated from my “head” and another ballot designated from my “heart”. It is much more difficult than it should be trying to figure out which film deserves recognition. So, here is a list detailing both of the choices for a few of the categories for the Academy Awards.

Picture

“Roma” – The Head Pick
“A Star Is Born”
“BlacKkKlansman”
“Black Panther”
“Bohemian Rhapsody”

“The Favourite” – The Heart Pick
“Green Book”
“Vice”

Actress

Glenn Close “The Wife” – The Head and The Heart Pick

Yalitza Aparicio “Roma”
Olivia Colman “The Favourite”
Lady Gaga “A Star Is Born”
Melissa McCarthy “Can You Ever Forgive Me”

Actor

Rami Malek “Bohemian Rhapsody” – The Head Pick
Christian Bale “Vice”

Bradley Cooper “A Star Is Born” – The Heart Pick
Willem Dafoe “At Eternity’s Gate”
Viggo Mortensen “Green Book”

Supporting Actress

Regina King “If Beale Street Could Talk - The Head and The Heart Pick
Amy Adams “Vice”
Emma Stone “The Favourite”
Marina de Tavira “Roma”
Rachel Weisz “The Favourite”