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Reel life: Larson, DiCaprio give year's best performances

The best of 2015 films

My top 10 movies of 2015 will be published in Sunday's Time out! section. Meanwhile, here are other selected bests of the year in films:

Best actress: Brie Larson in "Room." Runner-up: Cate Blanchett in "Carol."

Best actor: Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant." Runner-up: Michael Fassbender in "Steve Jobs."

Best supporting actress: Jennifer Jason Leigh in "The Hateful Eight." Runner-up: Cynthia Nixon in "James White."

Best supporting actor: Sylvester Stallone in "Creed." Runner-up: Steve Carell in "The Big Short."

Best cinematography: "The Revenant" (Emmanuel Lubezki). Runner-up: "Mad Max: Fury Road" (John Seale).

Best score: "The Hateful Eight" (Ennio Morricone). Runner-up: "It Follows" (Disasterpeace).

Best animated film: "Inside Out." Runner-up: "Shaun the Sheep Movie."

Best documentary: "The Hunting Ground." Runner-up: "Where to Invade Next."

Best original screenplay: "Spotlight" (Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer). Runner-up: "Inside Out" (Pete Docter, Meg LeFauve and Josh Cooley)

Best adapted screenplay: "The Big Short" (Adam McKay and Charles Randolph). Runner-up: "Room" (Emma Donoghue)

Best editing: "Mad Max: Fury Road" (Jason Ballantine and Margaret Sixel). Runner-up: "The Revenant" (Stephen Mirrione).

Where to see 'Hateful'

Here are area theaters where you can see Quentin Tarantino's "The Hateful Eight" in glorious 70 mm. film stock: South Barrington 30, the Evanston Century 12/CineArts 6, Crestwood 18 and in Chicago at the River East 21, Music Box and Showplace ICON.

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