Forget the Academy. Our Nominees Are…
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Each year the magazine’s culture critic, Wesley Morris, celebrates the best overall performances in film. For 2024, we decided to go in a different, deeper, slightly weirder direction by identifying a specific aspect of a piece of acting (a gesture, a facial expression, a back; how good somebody’s performance was in a car, on a phone, in a group). On its own, that one element might be a singular achievement, but it also helps explain why the rest of a performance is so impossible to forget. The design of the award categories, using typeface Ruder Plakat and Ruder Plakat Maxi, gives a dynamic energy on the page and to each category, paired with the carefully selected stills from the scenes showcasing the unique nature of the categories and the nuance of each performance.
