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  • Critics Choice Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Triumphs, Angela Bassett Wins Once Again

    Critics Choice Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Triumphs, Angela Bassett Wins Once Again

    With a trifecta sweep (Picture, Director, and Screenplay) at the Critics Choice Awards, Everything Everywhere All at Once has bounced back after underperforming at the Golden Globes. The CCA have predicted the Oscar Best Director winner in all of the last six years and to me, it makes sense if The Banshees of Inisherin wins Best Original Screenplay and EEAAO wins Director. I really don’t see ‘Banshees’ getting shut out (unless it misses out on a Director nod) and that’s the category where it is most competitive. Speaking of ‘Banshees’, Colin Farrell, as the leader at the critics’ awards, should’ve probably won here yet was beaten out by Brendan Fraser, who further cements his argument as the Best Actor frontrunner.

    The winners in the other acting categories were expected, except Angela Bassett continues to surprise, winning here after her triumph at the Golden Globes. Could she sweep? While I do think she will take SAG and BAFTA will go with Condon, she has a likely shot at winning the Oscar now, what would be the first nomination and win for a Marvel movie performance. Now Condon (or whoever wins BAFTA) could Mark Rylance their way to Oscar glory on just a BAFTA win, but things will become more clear once the British Academy releases their nominations on the 19th.

    Here are the winners:

    Best Picture

    “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Actress

    Cate Blanchett – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    • Viola Davis – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • Danielle Deadwyler – “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
    • Margot Robbie – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    Best Actor

    Brendan Fraser – “The Whale” (A24)

    • Austin Butler – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Paul Mescal – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Bill Nighy – “Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)

    Best Director

    Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Damien Chazelle – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Todd Field – “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • Baz Luhrmann – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
    • Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • S.S. Rajamouli – “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    Best Limited Series

    “The Dropout” (Hulu)

    • “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • “The Girl from Plainville” (Hulu)
    • “The Offer” (Paramount+)
    • “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • “Station Eleven” (HBO Max)
    • “This Is Going to Hurt” (AMC+)
    • “Under the Banner of Heaven” (FX)

    Best Drama Series

    “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • “Andor” (Disney+)
    • “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)
    • “The Crown” (Netflix)
    • “Euphoria” (HBO)
    • “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • “House of the Dragon” (HBO)
    • “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)

    Best Young Actor/Actress

    Gabriel LaBelle – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    • Frankie Corio – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Jalyn Hall – “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
    • Bella Ramsey – “Catherine Called Birdy” (Amazon Studios)
    • Banks Repeta – “Armageddon Time” (Focus Features)
    • Sadie Sink – “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Comedy

    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Bros” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “Triangle of Sadness” (Neon)
    • “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent” (Lionsgate)

    Best Acting Ensemble

    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Talk Show

    “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)

    • “The Amber Ruffin Show” (Peacock)
    • “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” (TBS)
    • “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (Syndicated)
    • “Late Night with Seth Meyers” (NBC)
    • “Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen” (Bravo)

    Best Comedy Special

    “Norm Macdonald: Nothing Special” (Netflix)

    • “Fortune Feimster: Good Fortune” (Netflix)
    • “Jerrod Carmichael: Rothaniel” (HBO)
    • “Joel Kim Booster: Psychosexual” (Netflix)
    • “Nikki Glaser: Good Clean Filth” (HBO)
    • “Would It Kill You to Laugh? Starring Kate Berlant & John Early” (Peacock)

    Best Foreign Language Series

    “Pachinko” (Apple TV+)

    • “1899” (Netflix)
    • “Borgen” (Netflix)
    • “Extraordinary Attorney Woo” (Netflix)
    • “Garcia!” (HBO Max)
    • “The Kingdom Exodus” (MUBI)
    • “Kleo” (Netflix)
    • “My Brilliant Friend” (HBO)
    • “Tehran” (Apple TV+)

    Best Animated Series

    “Harley Quinn” (HBO Max)

    • “Bluey” (Disney+)
    • “Bob’s Burgers” (Fox)
    • “Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal” (Adult Swim)
    • “Star Trek: Lower Decks” (Paramount+)
    • “Undone” (Prime Video)

    Best Movie Made for Television

    “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    • “Fresh” (Hulu)
    • “Prey” (Hulu)
    • “Ray Donovan: The Movie” (Showtime)
    • “The Survivor” (HBO)
    • “Three Months” (Paramount+)

    Best Actress in a Drama Series

    Zendaya – “Euphoria” (HBO)

    • Christine Baranski – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Sharon Horgan – “Bad Sisters” (Apple TV+)
    • Laura Linney – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • Mandy Moore – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    • Kelly Reilly – “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network)

    Best Actor in a Drama Series

    Bob Odenkirk – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • Jeff Bridges – “The Old Man” (FX)
    • Sterling K. Brown – “This Is Us” (NBC)
    • Diego Luna – “Andor” (Disney+)
    • Adam Scott – “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • Antony Starr – “The Boys” (Prime Video)

    Best Hair and Makeup

    “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)

    • “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Visual Effects

    “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)

    • “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “RRR” (Variance Films)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    Best Editing

    Paul Rogers – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Tom Cross – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Monika Willi – “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • Eddie Hamilton – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    Best Production Design 

    Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)

    • Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

    Best Cinematography

    Claudio Miranda – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

    • Russell Carpenter – “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • Linus Sandgren – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Roger Deakins – “Empire of Light” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Janusz Kaminski – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Florian Hoffmeister – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    Best Comedy Series

    “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    • “Barry” (HBO)
    • “The Bear” (FX)
    • “Better Things” (FX)
    • “Ghosts” (CBS)
    • “Hacks” (HBO Max)
    • “Reboot” (Hulu)
    • “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    Best Actress in a Comedy Series

    Jean Smart – “Hacks” (HBO Max)

    • Christina Applegate – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
    • Quinta Brunson – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Kaley Cuoco – “The Flight Attendant” (HBO Max)
    • Renée Elise Goldsberry – “Girls5eva” (Peacock)
    • Devery Jacobs – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    Best Actor in a Comedy Series

    Jeremy Allen White – “The Bear” (FX)

    • Matt Berry – “What We Do in the Shadows” (FX)
    • Bill Hader – “Barry” (HBO)
    • Keegan-Michael Key – “Reboot” (Hulu)
    • Steve Martin – “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)
    • D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)

    #SeeHer Award

    Janelle Monáe

    Lifetime Achievement Award

    Jeff Bridges

    Best Animated Feature

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)

    • “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
    • “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
    • “Turning Red” (Pixar)
    • “Wendell & Wild” (Netflix)

    Best Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Daniel Radcliffe – “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    • Ben Foster – “The Survivor” (HBO)
    • Andrew Garfield – “Under the Banner of Heaven” (FX)
    • Samuel L. Jackson – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)
    • Sebastian Stan – “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • Ben Whishaw – “This is Going to Hurt” (AMC+)

    Best Costume Design

    Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    • Mary Zophres – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • Catherine Martin – “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • Shirley Kurata – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Jenny Eagan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • Gersha Phillips – “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)

    Best Song

    “Naatu Naatu” – “RRR” (Variance Films)

    • “Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Ciao Papa” – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • “Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing” (Sony Pictures)
    • “New Body Rhumba” – “White Noise” (Netflix)

    Best Score

    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    • Michael Giacchino – “The Batman” (Warner Bros.)
    • Justin Hurwitz – “Babylon” (Paramount Pictures)
    • John Williams – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Alexandre Desplat – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    Best Original Screenplay

    Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun” (A24)
    • Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Todd Field – “Tár” (Focus Features)

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    Sarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    • Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • Kazuo Ishiguro – “Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)
    • Rebecca Lenkiewicz – “She Said” (Universal Pictures)
    • Samuel D. Hunter – “The Whale” (A24)

    Best Supporting Actress

    Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)

    • Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
    • Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

    Best Supporting Actor

    Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

    • Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Judd Hirsch – “The Fabelmans” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway” (A24/Apple Original Films)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

    Henry Winkler – “Barry” (HBO)

    • Brandon Scott Jones – “Ghosts” (CBS)
    • Leslie Jordan – “Call Me Kat” (Fox)
    • James Marsden – “Dead to Me” (Netflix)
    • Chris Perfetti – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Tyler James Williams – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

    Sheryl Lee Ralph – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)

    • Paulina Alexis – “Reservation Dogs” (FX)
    • Ayo Edebiri – “The Bear” (FX)
    • Marcia Gay Harden – “Uncoupled” (Netflix)
    • Janelle James – “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • Annie Potts – “Young Sheldon” (CBS)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Paul Walter Hauser – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)

    • Murray Bartlett – “Welcome to Chippendales” (Hulu)
    • Domhnall Gleeson – “The Patient” (FX)
    • Matthew Goode – “The Offer” (Paramount+)
    • Ray Liotta – “Black Bird” (Apple TV+)
    • Shea Whigham – “Gaslit” (Starz)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made for Television

    Niecy Nash-Betts – “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)

    • Claire Danes – “Fleishman Is in Trouble” (FX)
    • Dominique Fishback – “The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey” (Apple TV+)
    • Betty Gilpin – “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • Melanie Lynskey – “Candy” (Hulu)
    • Juno Temple – “The Offer” (Paramount+)

    Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

    Giancarlo Esposito – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    • Andre Braugher – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Ismael Cruz Córdova – “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” (Prime Video)
    • Michael Emerson – “Evil” (Paramount+)
    • John Lithgow – “The Old Man” (FX)
    • Matt Smith – “House of the Dragon” (HBO)

    Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

    Jennifer Coolidge – “The White Lotus” (HBO)

    • Milly Alcock – “House of the Dragon” (HBO)
    • Carol Burnett – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    • Julia Garner – “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • Audra McDonald – “The Good Fight” (Paramount+)
    • Rhea Seehorn – “Better Call Saul” (AMC)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    “RRR” (Variance Films)

    • “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)
    • “Argentina, 1985” (Amazon Studios)
    • “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths” (Netflix)
    • “Close” (A24)
    • “Decision to Leave” (Mubi)

    Best Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Made For Television

    Amanda Seyfried – The Dropout (Hulu)

    • Julia Garner – “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
    • Lily James – “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)
    • Amber Midthunder – “Prey” (Hulu)
    • Julia Roberts – “Gaslit” (Starz)
    • Michelle Pfeiffer – “The First Lady” (Showtime)

    Source: Variety

  • PGA 2023 Nominees Announced: Massive Snubs, Four Sequels Nominated

    PGA 2023 Nominees Announced: Massive Snubs, Four Sequels Nominated

    Now that the PGA has released their nominations, six films have received nods from the CCA, Golden Globes, and the PGA: Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Tar, Top Gun: Maverick, and Elvis. These films can be confidently said to be locked for a Best Picture nomination. Top Gun: Maverick wasn’t the only blockbuster sequel among the PGA’s picks, “Avatar: The Way of the Water”, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”, and “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Story” were also nominated.

    Darren Aronofsky’s “The Whale” was also a surprise nominee in this category, giving me more confidence that the industry is a fan of the film and that Brendan Fraser is the frontrunner to win Best Actor.

    In the last six years, an average of eight films nominated at PGA ended up getting nominated for Best Picture as well. With this year’s expansion to 10 slots for BP nominees, I think anywhere from 7-9 of the PGA 10 will make Picture at the Oscars. I am leaning towards 7 or 8 at this stage but we shall see.

    Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures

    • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
    • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
    • “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Whale” (A24)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

    • “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” (Netflix)
    • “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” (A24)
    • “Minions: The Rise of Gru” (Illumination)
    • “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish” (DreamWorks Animation)
    • “Turning Red” (Pixar)

    Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

    • “Andor” (Disney+)
    • “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    • “Ozark” (Netflix)
    • “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • “The White Lotus” (HBO)

    Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

    • “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • “Barry” (HBO)
    • “The Bear” (FX)
    • “Hacks” (HBO Max)
    • “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)

    David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited or Anthology Series Television

    • “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” (Netflix)
    • “The Dropout” (Hulu)
    • “Inventing Anna” (Netflix)
    • “Obi-Wan Kenobi” (Disney+)
    • “Pam & Tommy” (Hulu)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

    • “Fire Island” (Hulu)
    • “Hocus Pocus 2” (Disney+)
    • “Pinocchio” (Disney+)
    • “Prey” (Hulu)
    • “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (The Roku Channel)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

    • “30 for 30” (ESPN)
    • “60 Minutes” (CBS)
    • “George Carlin’s American Dream” (HBO)
    • “Lucy and Desi” (Amazon Prime Video)
    • “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (CNN)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment, Variety, Sketch, Standup & Talk Television

    • “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” (Comedy Central)
    • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” (ABC)
    • “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (HBO)
    • “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” (CBS)
    • “Saturday Night Live” (NBC)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

    • “The Amazing Race” (CBS)
    • “Lizzo’s Watch Out for the Big Grrrls” (Amazon Prime Video)
    • “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars” (VH1)
    • “Top Chef” (Bravo)
    • “The Voice” (NBC)

    Source: Variety

  • SAG 2023 Nominees Announced: ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Banshees’ Lead Pack With 5 Each

    SAG 2023 Nominees Announced: ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Banshees’ Lead Pack With 5 Each

    Both Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Banshees of Inisherin cemented their place as the top two contenders of this year’s race with record-tying hauls at SAG. Both received 5 nods apiece which only three films, Shakespeare in Love, Chicago, and Doubt, have done before. The former two went on to win Best Picture.

    MOVIES

    Outstanding performance by a cast in a motion picture

    Babylon
    The Banshees of Inisherin
    Everything Everywhere All at Once
    The Fabelmans
    Women Talking

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a leading role

    Cate Blanchett (Tar)
    Viola Davis (The Woman King)
    Ana de Armas (Blonde)
    Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
    Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a leading role

    Austin Butler (Elvis)
    Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
    Bill Nighy (Living)
    Adam Sandler (Hustle)

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a supporting role

    Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
    Hong Chau (The Whale)
    Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a supporting role

    Paul Dano (The Fabelmans)
    Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)

    TELEVISION

    Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a comedy series

    Abbott Elementary
    Barry
    The Bear
    Hacks
    Only Murders in the Building

    Outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series

    Better Call Saul
    The Crown
    Ozark
    Severance
    The White Lotus

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a miniseries or television movie

    Emily Blunt (The English)
    Jessica Chastain (George & Tammy)
    Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)
    Niecy Nash-Betts (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a miniseries or television movie

    Steve Carell (The Patient)
    Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
    Sam Elliott (1883)
    Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
    Evan Peters (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a comedy series

    Christina Applegate (Dead to Me)
    Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
    Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
    Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
    Jean Smart (Hacks)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a comedy series

    Anthony Carrigan (Barry)
    Bill Hader (Barry)
    Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
    Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
    Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

    Outstanding performance by a male actor in a drama series

    Jonathan Banks (Better Call Saul)
    Jason Bateman (Ozark)
    Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
    Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
    Adam Scott (Severance)

    Outstanding performance by a female actor in a drama series

    Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
    Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
    Julia Garner (Ozark)
    Laura Linney (Ozark)
    Zendaya (Euphoria)

    STUNTS

    Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a comedy or drama television series

    Andor
    The Boys
    House of the Dragon
    Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
    Stranger Things

    Outstanding action performance by a stunt ensemble in a motion picture

    Avatar: The Way of Water
    The Batman
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
    Top Gun: Maverick
    The Woman King

    Source: People

  • Golden Globes 2023: ‘Banshees’ Shocks ‘EEAAO’, ‘Abbott’ Has a Great Night

    Golden Globes 2023: ‘Banshees’ Shocks ‘EEAAO’, ‘Abbott’ Has a Great Night

    The biggest news when it comes to the Oscar race is the Banshees of Inisherin prevailing over Everything Everywhere All at Once in the Best Comedy/Musical category. While I think Everything Everywhere All at Once will still win Picture, I now doubt it will take the Picture, Director, Screenplay trifecta. The Fabelmans took Drama and Director cementing it as a top three Picture contender.

    On the TV side, it was a big day for Abbott Elementary (Tyler James Williams surprised for a win in Supporting Actor!) and The White Lotus

    Here are the winners:

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
    The Fabelmans, Universal Pictures

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    The Banshees of Inisherin, Searchlight Pictures

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
    House of the Dragon, HBO Max

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Abbott Elementary, ABC

    BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
    Kevin Costner, Yellowstone

    BEST TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES OR TELEVISION MOTION PICTURE
    The White Lotus, HBO Max

    BEST ACTOR IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
    Evan Peters, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

    BEST ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES, ANTHOLOGY SERIES, OR A MOTION PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
    Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES/MOTION PICTURE
    Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION LIMITED SERIES/ANTHOLOGY/TV MOVIE
    Paul Walter Houser, Black Bird

    BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
    Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

    BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
    Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
    Argentina, 1985 (Argentina), Amazon Prime Video

    BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
    Cate Blanchett, Tár

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION SERIES
    Julia Garner, Ozark

    BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
    Zendaya, Euphoria

    BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
    Austin Butler, Elvis

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Netflix

    BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    BEST ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

    BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

    BEST ACTOR IN A TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
    “Naatu Naatu”, RRR
    Music by: M.M. Keeravani; Lyrics by: Kala Bhairava, Rahul Sipligunj

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
    Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR – TELEVISION SERIES
    Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

    BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
    Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
    Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Source: Deadline

  • Critics Choice Nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Leads With 14, ‘She Said’ Misses in All but Screenplay

    Critics Choice Nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ Leads With 14, ‘She Said’ Misses in All but Screenplay

    With the Critics Choice Awards coming through with their nominations this morning, we now have the penultimate piece of the puzzle (other than the Producers Guild Awards which will release on January 12th) when it comes to the Best Picture nomination slate. At this point, ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’, ‘The Fabelmans’, ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Tar’, ‘Babylon’, ‘Women Talking’, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’, and ‘Elvis’ are all essentially locked for nominations. ‘Glass Onion’, ‘Avatar’, and ‘RRR’ were also given nods, while other films on the cusp like ‘She Said, ‘The Woman King’, ‘Till’, ‘The Whale’ and ‘Triangle of Sadness’ missed the cut. In my eyes, ‘She Said’, a film that I had predicted for a Best Picture nod up to this point, now needs a PGA nod to stay in the slate. At this point, my picks for which films will fill the remaining two slots in Best Picture are ‘Avatar: The Way of the Water’ and ‘RRR’ (though Aftersun also has a pretty good chance of taking this tenth slot).

    Here are Critics Choice’s nominees:

    BEST PICTURE

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    “Babylon”
    “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    “Elvis”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “The Fabelmans”
    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    “RRR”
    “Tár”
    “Top Gun: Maverick”
    “Women Talking”

    BEST ACTOR

    Austin Butler – “Elvis”
    Tom Cruise – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    Colin Farrell – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Brendan Fraser – “The Whale”
    Paul Mescal – “Aftersun”
    Bill Nighy – “Living”

    BEST ACTRESS

    Cate Blanchett – “Tár”
    Viola Davis – “The Woman King”
    Danielle Deadwyler – “Till”
    Margot Robbie – “Babylon”
    Michelle Williams – “The Fabelmans”
    Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Paul Dano – “The Fabelmans”
    Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Judd Hirsch – “The Fabelmans”
    Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway”

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    Jessie Buckley – “Women Talking”
    Kerry Condon – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Janelle Monáe – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”

    BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS

    Frankie Corio – “Aftersun”
    Jalyn Hall – “Till”
    Gabriel LaBelle – “The Fabelmans”
    Bella Ramsey – “Catherine Called Birdy”
    Banks Repeta – “Armageddon Time”
    Sadie Sink – “The Whale”

    BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE

    “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “The Fabelmans”
    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    “The Woman King”
    “Women Talking”

    BEST DIRECTOR

    James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Damien Chazelle – “Babylon”
    Todd Field – “Tár”
    Baz Luhrmann – “Elvis”
    Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Sarah Polley – “Women Talking”
    Gina Prince-Bythewood – “The Woman King”
    S. S. Rajamouli – “RRR”
    Steven Spielberg – “The Fabelmans”

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Todd Field – “Tár”
    Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Martin McDonagh – “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – “The Fabelmans”
    Charlotte Wells – “Aftersun”

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Samuel D. Hunter – “The Whale”
    Kazuo Ishiguro – “Living”
    Rian Johnson – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    Rebecca Lenkiewicz – “She Said”
    Sarah Polley – “Women Talking”

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Russell Carpenter – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Roger Deakins – “Empire of Light”
    Florian Hoffmeister – “Tár”
    Janusz Kaminski – “The Fabelmans”
    Claudio Miranda – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    Linus Sandgren – “Babylon”

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Hannah Beachler, Lisa K. Sessions – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    Rick Carter, Karen O’Hara – “The Fabelmans”
    Dylan Cole, Ben Procter, Vanessa Cole – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Jason Kisvarday, Kelsi Ephraim – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn – “Elvis”
    Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino – “Babylon”

    BEST EDITING

    Tom Cross – “Babylon”
    Eddie Hamilton – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    Stephen Rivkin, David Brenner, John Refoua, James Cameron – “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    Paul Rogers – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Matt Villa, Jonathan Redmond – “Elvis”
    Monika Willi – “Tár”

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Ruth E. Carter – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    Jenny Eagan – “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    Shirley Kurata – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    Catherine Martin – “Elvis”
    Gersha Phillips – “The Woman King”
    Mary Zophres – “Babylon”

    BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP

    “Babylon”
    “The Batman”
    “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    “Elvis”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “The Whale”

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    “The Batman”
    “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “RRR”
    “Top Gun: Maverick”

    BEST COMEDY

    “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    “Bros”
    “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
    “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    “Triangle of Sadness”
    “The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent”

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
    “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
    “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
    “Turning Red”
    “Wendell & Wild”

    BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

    “All Quiet on the Western Front”
    “Argentina, 1985”
    “Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths”
    “Close”
    “Decision to Leave”
    “RRR”

    BEST SONG

    “Carolina” – “Where the Crawdads Sing”
    “Ciao Papa” – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
    “Hold My Hand” – “Top Gun: Maverick”
    “Lift Me Up” – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    “Naatu Naatu” – “RRR”
    “New Body Rhumba” – “White Noise”

    BEST SCORE

    Alexandre Desplat – “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
    Michael Giacchino – “The Batman”
    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Tár”
    Hildur Guðnadóttir – “Women Talking”
    Justin Hurwitz – “Babylon”
    John Williams – “The Fabelmans”

  • Golden Globes Nominations 2023: ‘Banshees’ Leads With 8, ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Fabelmans’ Cement Themselves as the Frontrunners

    Golden Globes Nominations 2023: ‘Banshees’ Leads With 8, ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘Fabelmans’ Cement Themselves as the Frontrunners

    The Golden Globes released their slate of nominees this morning, shedding further light on what to expect this awards season. One thing I always mention when the Golden Globe noms are released is the stat that in the last 10 years (in all years except the most recent), the eventual Best Picture winner was nominated for a Best Film, Director, and Screenplay award at the Globes before going on to win Oscar’s biggest prize.

    This year, Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Fabelmans, and Banshees of Inisherin received that nomination trifecta, cementing those films as the three biggest players of the season. The former pair will likely be the two biggest frontrunners and I predict EEAAO will end up winning it all in the end.

    Another stat I want to mention is that in the last ten years, at least four of the five nominees in Best Film – Drama went on to earn Best Picture nominations later on in their respective years. That means that at most one of Avatar 2, Elvis, The Fabelmans, Tar, and Top Gun: Maverick won’t make the slate. I think that film is most likely to be Avatar 2 (my current BP slate being EEAAO, The Fabelmans, ‘Banshees’, Tar, Women Talking, Babylon, Top Gun: Maverick, Elvis, She Said). However, there is also a pretty good chance that all the films nominated here will make it in, hopefully the CCA nominations coming out on Wednesday will provide another piece of the puzzle.

    Here are the 2023 Golden Globe nominees:

    Film

    Best Picture (Drama)

    • Avatar: The Way of Water
    • Elvis
    • The Fabelmans
    • Tar
    • Top Gun: Maverick

    Best Picture (Musical or Comedy)

    • Babylon
    • The Banshees of Inisherin
    • Everything Everywhere All at Once
    • Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
    • Triangle of Sadness

    Best Animated Film

    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
    • Inu-Oh
    • Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
    • Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
    • Turning Red

    Best Picture (Non-English Language)

    • All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany)
    • Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)
    • Close (Belgium)
    • Decision to Leave (South Korea)
    • RRR (India)

    Best Actress (Drama)

    • Cate Blanchett (Tar)
    • Olivia Colman (Empire of Light)
    • Viola Davis (The Woman King)
    • Ana de Armas (Blonde)
    • Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)

    Best Actor (Drama)

    • Austin Butler (Elvis)
    • Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
    • Hugh Jackman (The Son)
    • Bill Nighy (Living)
    • Jeremy Pope (The Inspection)

    Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

    • Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris)
    • Margot Robbie (Babylon)
    • Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu)
    • Emma Thompson (Good Luck to You, Leo Grande)
    • Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

    Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

    • Diego Calva (Babylon)
    • Daniel Craig (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
    • Adam Driver (White Noise)
    • Colin Farrell (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
    • Kerry Condon (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    • Dolly De Leon (Triangle of Sadness)
    • Carey Mulligan (She Said)

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Barry Keoghan (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Brad Pitt (Babylon)
    • Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    • Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)

    Best Director

    • James Cameron (Avatar: The Way of Water)
    • Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
    • Baz Luhrmann (Elvis)
    • Martin McDonagh (The Banshees of Inisherin)
    • Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)

    Best Screenplay

    • The Banshees of Inisherin, Martin McDonagh
    • Everything Everywhere All at Once, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
    • The Fabelmans, Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner
    • Tar, Todd Field
    • Women Talking, Sarah Polley

    Best Original Score

    • Babylon, Justin Hurwitz
    • The Banshees of Inisherin, Carter Burwell
    • The Fabelmans, John Williams
    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, Alexandre Desplat
    • Women Talking, Hildur Guðnadóttir

    Best Original Song

    • Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, “Lift Me Up” by Tems, Ludwig Göransson, Rihanna and Ryan Coogler
    • Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio, “Ciao Papa” by Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro
    • RRR, “Naatu Naatu” by Kala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj
    • Top Gun: Maverick, “Hold My Hand” by Lady Gaga, Bloodpop, Benjamin Rice
    • Where the Crawdads Sing, “Carolina” by Taylor Swift

    TV

    Best Drama Series

    • Better Call Saul
    • The Crown
    • House of the Dragon
    • Ozark
    • Severance

    Best Musical or Comedy Series

    • Abbott Elementary
    • The Bear
    • Hacks
    • Only Murders in the Building
    • Wednesday

    Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie

    • Black Bird
    • Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story
    • The Dropout
    • Pam and Tommy
    • The White Lotus

    Best Actress (Drama)

    • Emma D’Arcy (House of the Dragon)
    • Laura Linney (Ozark)
    • Imelda Staunton (The Crown)
    • Hilary Swank (Alaska Daily)
    • Zendaya (Euphoria)

    Best Actor (Drama)

    • Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)
    • Kevin Costner (Yellowstone)
    • Diego Luna (Andor)
    • Bob Odenkirk (Better Call Saul)
    • Adam Scott (Severance)

    Best Actress (Musical or Comedy)

    • Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary)
    • Kaley Cuoco (The Flight Attendant)
    • Selena Gomez (Only Murders in the Building)
    • Jenna Ortega (Wednesday)
    • Jean Smart (Hacks)

    Best Actor (Musical or Comedy)

    • Donald Glover (Atlanta)
    • Bill Hader (Barry)
    • Steve Martin (Only Murders in the Building)
    • Martin Short (Only Murders in the Building)
    • Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

    Best Supporting Actress (Musical, Comedy or Drama)

    • Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)
    • Hannah Einbinder (Hacks)
    • Julia Garner (Ozark)
    • Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
    • Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)

    Best Supporting Actor (Musical, Comedy or Drama)

    • John Lithgow (The Old Man)
    • Jonathan Pryce (The Crown)
    • John Turturro (Severance)
    • Tyler James Williams (Abbott Elementary)
    • Henry Winkler (Barry)

    Best Actress (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • Jessica Chastain (George and Tammy)
    • Julia Garner (Inventing Anna)
    • Lily James (Pam and Tommy)
    • Julia Roberts (Gaslit)
    • Amanda Seyfried (The Dropout)

    Best Actor (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • Taron Egerton (Black Bird)
    • Colin Firth (The Staircase)
    • Andrew Garfield (Under the Banner of Heaven)
    • Evan Peters (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    • Sebastian Stan (Pam and Tommy)

    Best Supporting Actress (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
    • Claire Danes (Fleishman Is in Trouble)
    • Daisy Edgar-Jones (Under the Banner of Heaven)
    • Niecy Nash (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    • Aubrey Plaza (The White Lotus)

    Best Supporting Actor (Limited Series, Anthology Series or TV Movie)

    • F. Murray Abraham (The White Lotus)
    • Domhnall Gleeson (The Patient)
    • Paul Walter Hauser (Black Bird)
    • Richard Jenkins (Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story)
    • Seth Rogen (Pam and Tommy)

    Source: CNET

  • AFI Top 10 Announced: No Major Misses as This Year’s Contenders Become Much Clearer

    AFI Top 10 Announced: No Major Misses as This Year’s Contenders Become Much Clearer

    The AFI awards are announced over a month before nominations are released yet are consistently one of the most consistently strong predictors of the Best Picture slate. Last year, Drive My Car was the only Best Picture nominee that didn’t appear in AFI’s slate and in the last seven years, in a single year, a max of two films have made Best Picture without hitting AFI. That trend shows no signs of stopping and with that, here is AFI’s slate.

    AFI Movies of the Year

    • “Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
    • “Elvis” (Warner Bros.)
    • “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
    • “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Nope” (Universal Pictures)
    • “She Said” (Universal Pictures)
    • “Tár” (Focus Features)
    • “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)
    • “The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
    • “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

    AFI Television Programs of the Year

    • “Abbott Elementary” (ABC)
    • “The Bear” (FX)
    • “Better Call Saul” (AMC)
    • “Hacks” (HBO Max)
    • “Mo” (Netflix)
    • “Pachinko” (Apple TV+)
    • “Reservation Dogs” (FX)
    • “Severance” (Apple TV+)
    • “Somebody Somewhere” (HBO)
    • “The White Lotus” (HBO)

    AFI Special Award

    • “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)

    Source: Variety

    In past years, AFI has one of the best track records when it comes to predicting the Oscar nomination slate.

    • 2022 – 9 of the 10 Oscar nominees received a nod from the AFI (Missed: Drive My Car)
    • 2021 – 6 of 8 (Missed: Promising Young Woman and The Father)
    • 2020 – 8 of 9 (Missed: Ford v Ferrari)
    • 2019 – 6 of 8 (Missed: Vice and Bohemian Rhapsody)
    • 2018 – 7 of 9 (Missed: Phantom Thread and Darkest Hour)
    • 2017: 7 of 9 (Missed: Lion and Hidden Figures)
    • 2016: 6 of 8 (Missed: The Revenant and Brooklyn)

    (Note: The AFI Top 10 can only include American films but in 2020 and 2019, Parasite and Roma, respectively, won AFI Special Awards)

    Here’s every film that did not make the AFI cut but received either a Golden Globe, SAG, Critics Choice, BAFTA, or National Board of Review nod on their way to becoming a Best Picture nominee.

    • Drive My Car – none
    • The Father – Nominated at BAFTA and at the Golden Globes
    • Promising Young Woman – Nominated for Best Picture at Critics Choice. Also nominated by the Golden Globes, BAFTA, and the National Board of Review.
    • Ford v Ferrari – Nominated for Best Picture at the Critics Choice Awards and by the National Board of Review
    • Vice – Nominated at both Golden Globes and Critics Choice
    • Bohemian Rhapsody – Nominated at Golden Globes (won as well) and SAG
    • Phantom Thread – Nominated by National Board of Review
    • Darkest Hour – Nominated at BAFTA and at Critics Choice
    • Lion – Nominated at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice
    • Hidden Figures – Nominated at SAG (won as well) and picked by the NBR
    • The Revenant – Nominated by Golden Globes (won as well), BAFTAs (won as well), and the Critics Choice Awards
    • Brooklyn – Nominated at the Critics Choice Awards

    It seems likely that around 2 to 4 of the 11 films chosen by AFI (including The Banshees of Inisherin’s Special Award), and if four films do miss my picks for what those will be are (in order from most to least likely to miss): Nope, Avatar: The Way of the Water, The Woman King, and She Said.

  • National Board of Review Releases Their Top 10; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Named Best Film

    National Board of Review Releases Their Top 10; ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Named Best Film

    ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ won its first major award and the second major critics award of the year (after Tar won NYFCC on December 2nd). Claudio Miranda also picked up his second major cinematography prize after starting the season by triumphing at NYFCC. Both my top frontrunners (Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Fabelmans) both made the cut, cementing their place as the top of this year’s contenders.

    The Banshees of Inisherin also performed well, winning for both its stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson (in Best Actor and Supporting Actor respectively) and in Original Screenplay. ‘Banshees’, along with Women Talking and NYFCC winner Tar (which did not make the cut here) round out the top five strongest players.

    NBR is our first semi-strong predictor of the Best Picture nominee slate, here is its track record in the past 10 years:

    2012 — 7/9
    2013 — 5/9
    2014 — 4/8
    2015 — 5/8
    2016 — 7/9
    2017 — 6/9 (The Shape of Water was not picked by the NBR)
    2018 — 4/8
    2019 — 6/9 (Parasite won Best Foreign Language Film)
    2020 — 5/8                                                                                                                                                                                       2021 – 7/10

    Also, in the last 10 years every eventual Best Picture winner except for The Shape of Water in 2017 was a member of the NBR’s Top 10 Films, which makes it seem very likely that the eventual Best Picture winner from this year will one of the 10 films chosen by the NBR.

    Here are the National Board of Review’s 2022 honorees:

    Best Film
    Top Gun: Maverick

    Best Director
    Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

    Best Actor
    Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Best Actress
    Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Best Supporting Actor
    Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Best Supporting Actress
    Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    Best Original Screenplay
    Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Best Adapted Screenplay
    Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, All Quiet on the Western Front

    Breakthrough Performance
    Danielle Deadwyler, Till

    Breakthrough Performance
    Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans

    Best Directorial Debut
    Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

    Best Animated Feature
    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    Best International Film
    Close

    Best Documentary
    Sr.

    Best Ensemble
    Women Talking

    Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
    Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

    NBR Freedom of Expression Awards

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    Argentina, 1985

    Top Films (in alphabetical order):

    Aftersun

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    The Fabelmans

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    RRR

    Till

    The Woman King

    Women Talking

    Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order)

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Argentina, 1985

    Decision to Leave

    EO

    Saint Omer

    Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    All That Breathes

    Descendant

    Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

    Wildcat

    Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

    Armageddon Time

    Emily the Criminal

    The Eternal Daughter

    Funny Pages

    The Inspection

    Living

    A Love Song

    Nanny

    The Wonder

    To Leslie

    Source: Deadline

     

    Based on NBR’s track record, we can assume that it’s pretty likely that at least 6 of the 11 films picked by NBR will go on to become Best Picture nominees. In my mind, this is the list of NBR’s top eleven films in order of their likelihood to get a BP nomination: Everything Everywhere All at Once (my predicted winner at this stage), The Fabelmans, The Banshees of Inisherin, Women Talking, Top Gun: Maverick, Glass Onion, Till, Aftersun, The Woman King, Avatar: The Way of the Water, RRR.

    With AFI coming out with its list tomorrow, Oscar season is truly coming into full swing!

  • Venice 2022 Lineup Announced: Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’ To Open Festival

    Venice 2022 Lineup Announced: Baumbach’s ‘White Noise’ To Open Festival

    The lineup for this year’s Venice Film Festival was just announced. This is the first major festival lineup announcement of the Oscar season and it gives us our first introductory look at this year’s possible contenders. In five of the past six years, a top two Picture contender has played at Venice and this trend shows no signs of stopping.

    In my predictions from last month, I have three of the films that have shown up in the Venice lineup in the top 10: The Son, Bardo, and White Noise. While I’m not confident that any of these films will become a top 2 Best Picture contender this season, I’m essentially guaranteeing that one of them will end up being a top 5 contender (The Whale could end up being the Venice top 5 Picture contender as well).

    Anyways, here is the Venice slate:

    Opening Night

    “White Noise,” Noah Baumbach (in competition)

    Competition/Venezia 79

    “Il Signore delle Formiche,” Gianni Amelio

    “The Whale,” Darren Aronofsky

    “L’Immensita,” Emanuele Crialese

    “Saint Omer,” Alice Diop

    “Blonde,” Andrew Dominik

    “TÁR,” Todd Field

    “Love Life,” Koji Fukada

    “Bardo,” Alejandro González Iñárritu

    “Athena,” Romain Gavras

    “Bones and All,” Luca Guadagnino

    “The Eternal Daughter,” Joanna Hogg

    “Beyond the Wall,” Vahid Jalilvand

    “The Banshees of Inisherin,” Martin McDonagh

    “Argentina, 1985,” Santiago Mitre

    “Chiara,” Susanna Nicchiarelli

    “Monica,” Andrea Pallaoro

    “No Bears,” Jafar Panahi

    “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed,” Laura Poitras

    “A Couple,” Frederick Wiseman

    “The Son,” Florian Zeller

    “Our Ties,” Roschdy Zem

    “Other People’s Children,” Rebecca Zlotowski

    Out of Competition (Fiction)

    Closing Film: “The Hanging Sun,” Francesco Carrozzini

    “When the Waves Are Gone,” Lav Diaz

    “Living,” Oliver Hermanus

    “Dead for a Dollar,” Walter Hill

    “Call of God,” Kim Ki-duk

    “Dreamin’ Wild,” Bill Pohlad

    “Master Gardener,” Paul Schrader

    “Siccita,” Paolo Virzi

    “Pearl,” Ti West

    “Don’t Worry Darling,” Olivia Wilde

    Here are the Best Picture nominees that went to Venice from the past 6 years:

    2021 – In Competition: The Power of the Dog; Out of Competition: Dune

    2020 – In Competition: Nomadland (Golden Lion winner)

    2019 – In Competition: Joker (Golden Lion winner), Marriage Story

    2018 – In Competition: The Favourite, Roma (Golden Lion winner); Out of Competition: A Star is Born

    2017 – In Competition: The Shape of Water (Golden Lion winner), Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri

    2016 – In Competition: Arrival, La La Land; Out of Competition: Hacksaw Ridge

    Based on this, it would be reasonable to suspect that at least two fiction films from this year’s in competition and out of competition slates will make it in Best Picture.

    In order of likelihood that will probably be Bardo, The Son, White Noise, The Whale, Don’t Worry Darling, and then The Banshees of Inisherin. Bardo and The Son are my current picks to become Best Picture nominees and I fear that White Noise might suffer the same fate that many other Venice openers have since La La Land in 2016 where they come from big auteurs yet aren’t met with the expected praise (Downsizing, First Man, and The Truth all fit this mold).

    Here is the rest of the slate:

    Out of Competition (Non Fiction)

    “Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom,” Evgeny Afineevsky

    “The Matchmaker,” Benedetta Argentieri

    “Gli Ultima Giorni Dell’Umanita,” Enrico Ghezzi, Alessandro Gagliardo

    “A Compassionate Spy,” Steve James

    “Music for Black Pigeons,” Jorgen Leth and Andreas Koefoed

    “The Kiev Trial,” Sergei Loznitsa

    “In Viaggio,” Gianfranco Rosi

    “Bobby White Ghetto President,” Christopher Sharp and Moses Bwayo

    “Nuclear,” Oliver Stone

    Out of Competition (Series)

    “The Kingdom Exodus,” Lars von Trier

    “Copenhagen Cowboy,” Nicolas Winding Refn

    Horizons/Orizzonti

    “Princess,” Roberto de Paolis

    “Victim,” Michal Blanko

    “On the Fringe,” Juan Diego Botto

    “Trenque Lauquen,” Laura Citarella

    “Vera,” Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel

    “Innocence,” Guy Davidi

    “Blanquita,” Fernando Guzzoni

    “Pour La France (For My Country,” Rachid Hami

    “A Man,” Kei Ishikawa

    “Bread and Salt,” Damian Kocur

    “Luxembourg, Luxembourg,” Antonio Lukich

    “Ti Mangio IL Cuore,” Pippo Mezzapesa

    “To the North,” Mihai Mincan

    “Autobiography,” Makbul Mubarak

    “La Syndicaliste (The Sitting Duck),” Jean-Paul Salomé

    “World War III,” Houman Seyedi

    “The Happiest Man in the World,” Teona Strugar Mitevska

    “The Bride,” Sérgio Tréfaut

    Horizons/Orizzonti Extra

    “Origin of Evil,” Sébastien Marnier

    “Hanging Gardens,” Ahmed Yassin Al Daradji

    “Amanda,” Carolina Cavalli

    “Red Shoes,” Carlos Eichelmann Kaiser

    “Nezouh,” Soudade Kaadan

    “Notte Fantasma,” Fulvio Risuleo

    “Without Her,” Arian Vazirdaftari

    “Valeria Is Getting Married,” Michal Vinik

    “Goliath,” Adilkhan Yerzhanov

    Source: IndieWire

  • Oscars 2022: ‘CODA’ Wins Best Picture

    Oscars 2022: ‘CODA’ Wins Best Picture

    It was a simultaneously crazy and unsurprising night. Will Smith punched Chris Rock live on television yet the favorite won in any every category except for Best Animated Short (where The Windshield Wiper beat out Robin Robin and Bestia). Anyway, this was the end of an exciting season that will definitely significantly affect the way I personally pick Best Picture. Also, my predictions were 15/9498 on GoldDerby’s rankings so I’m pretty proud of that as well.

    Well, when one season ends another one begins so look out for my first 2023 predictions next month!

    Here were tonight’s winners:

    BEST PICTURE

    Belfast (Focus Features) Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

    CODA (Apple Original Films) Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

    Don’t Look Up (Netflix) Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

    Drive My Car (Sideshow/Janus Films)Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

    Dune (Warner Bros) Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

    King Richard (Warner Bros) Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

    Licorice Pizza (MGM/UAR) Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

    Nightmare Alley (Searchlight Pictures) Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

    The Power of the Dog (Netflix) Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

    West Side Story (20th Century Studios) Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Belfast – Kenneth Branagh

    Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi

    Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson

    The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion – WINNER

    West Side Story – Steven Spielberg

    ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

    Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos

    Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog

    Andrew Garfield in tick, tick…BOOM!

    Will Smith in King Richard – WINNER

    Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth

    ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE

    Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye – WINNER

    Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter

    Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers

    Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos

    Kristen Stewart in Spencer

    ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Ciarán Hinds in Belfast

    Troy Kotsur in CODA – WINNER

    Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog

    J.K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos

    Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog

    ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter

    Ariana DeBose in West Side Story – WINNER

    Judi Dench in Belfast

    Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog

    Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard

    WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)

    CODA – Screenplay by Siân Heder – WINNER

    Drive My Car – Screenplay by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe

    Dune – Screenplay by Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth

    The Lost Daughter – Written by Maggie Gyllenhaal

    The Power of the Dog – Written by Jane Campion

    WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)

    Belfast – Written by Kenneth Branagh – WINNER

    Don’t Look Up – Screenplay by Adam McKay; Story by Adam McKay & David Sirota

    King Richard – Written by Zach Baylin

    Licorice Pizza – Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

    The Worst Person in the World – Written by Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier

    FILM EDITING

    Don’t Look Up – Hank Corwin

    Dune – Joe Walker – WINNER

    King Richard – Pamela Martin

    The Power of the Dog – Peter Sciberras

    tick, tick…BOOM! – Myron Kerstein and Andrew Weisblum

    CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Dune – Greig Fraser – WINNER

    Nightmare Alley – Dan Laustsen

    The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner

    The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel

    West Side Story – Janusz Kaminski

    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Dune – Production Design: Patrice Vermette; Set Decoration: Zsuzsanna Sipos – WINNER

    Nightmare Alley – Production Design: Tamara Deverell; Set Decoration: Shane Vieau

    The Power of the Dog – Production Design: Grant Major; Set Decoration: Amber Richards

    The Tragedy of Macbeth – Production Design: Stefan Dechant; Set Decoration: Nancy Haigh

    West Side Story – Production Design: Adam Stockhausen; Set Decoration: Rena DeAngelo

    COSTUME DESIGN

    Cruella – Jenny Beavan – WINNER

    Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini and Jacqueline Durran

    Dune – Jacqueline West and Robert Morgan

    Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira

    West Side Story – Paul Tazewell

    MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)

    Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell

    Dune – Hans Zimmer – WINNER

    Encanto – Germaine Franco

    Parallel Mothers – Alberto Iglesias

    The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood

    MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)

    “Be Alive” from King Richard
    Music and Lyric by DIXSON and Beyoncé Knowles-Carter

    “Dos Oruguitas” from Encanto
    Music and Lyric by Lin-Manuel Miranda

    “Down To Joy” from Belfast
    Music and Lyric by Van Morrison

    “No Time To Die” from No Time to Die – WINNER
    Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell

    “Somehow You Do” from Four Good Days
    Music and Lyric by Diane Warren

    SOUND

    Belfast – Denise Yarde, Simon Chase, James Mather and Niv Adiri

    Dune – Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett – WINNER

    No Time to Die – Simon Hayes, Oliver Tarney, James Harrison, Paul Massey and Mark Taylor

    The Power of the Dog – Richard Flynn, Robert Mackenzie and Tara Webb

    West Side Story – Tod A. Maitland, Gary Rydstrom, Brian Chumney, Andy Nelson and Shawn Murphy

    MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

    Coming 2 America – Mike Marino, Stacey Morris and Carla Farmer

    Cruella – Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne and Julia Vernon

    Dune – Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram and Justin Raleigh – WINNER

    House of Gucci – Göran Lundström, Anna Carin Lock and Frederic Aspiras

    VISUAL EFFECTS

    Dune – Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer – WINNER

    Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis and Dan Sudick

    No Time to Die – Charlie Noble, Joel Green, Jonathan Fawkner and Chris Corbould

    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings – Christopher Townsend, Joe Farrell, Sean Noel Walker and Dan Oliver

    Spider-Man: No Way Home – Kelly Port, Chris Waegner, Scott Edelstein and Dan Sudick

    ANIMATED FEATURE FILM

    Encanto – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino and Clark Spencer – WINNER

    Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

    Luca – Enrico Casarosa and Andrea Warren

    The Mitchells vs. the Machines – Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Kurt Albrecht

    Raya and the Last Dragon – Don Hall, Carlos López Estrada, Osnat Shurer and Peter Del Vecho

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    Ascension – Jessica Kingdon, Kira Simon-Kennedy and Nathan Truesdell

    Attica – Stanley Nelson and Traci A. Curry

    Flee – Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen and Charlotte De La Gournerie

    Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Joseph Patel, Robert Fyvolent and David Dinerstein – WINNER

    Writing with Fire – Rintu Thomas and Sushmit Ghosh

    INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

    Drive My Car (Japan)

    Flee (Denmark)

    The Hand of God (Italy)

    Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan)

    The Worst Person in the World (Norway)

    ANIMATED SHORT

    Affairs of the Art – Joanna Quinn and Les Mills

    Bestia – Hugo Covarrubias and Tevo Díaz

    Boxballet – Anton Dyakov

    Robin Robin – Dan Ojari and Mikey Please

    The Windshield Wiper – Alberto Mielgo and Leo Sanchez – WINNER

    DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

    Audible – Matt Ogens and Geoff McLean

    Lead Me Home – Pedro Kos and Jon Shenk

    The Queen of Basketball – Ben Proudfoot – WINNER

    Three Songs for Benazir – Elizabeth Mirzaei and Gulistan Mirzaei

    When We Were Bullies – Jay Rosenblatt

    LIVE ACTION SHORT

    Ala Kachuu – Take and Run Maria Brendle and Nadine Lüchinger

    The Dress – Tadeusz Łysiak and Maciej Ślesicki

    The Long Goodbye – Aneil Karia and Riz Ahmed – WINNER

    On My Mind – Martin Strange-Hansen and Kim Magnusson

    Please Hold – K.D. Dávila and Levin Menekse

     

    Source: AwardsWatch