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  • Telluride Film Festival Lineup Released

    Telluride Film Festival Lineup Released

    The Telluride Film Festival starts tomorrow and per the usual, the festival’s lineup was released one day before the films started screening.

    Telluride has a great track record and seven of the last ten Best Picture winners (the exceptions being 12 Years a Slave, Argo, and Green Book) screened at Telluride.

    Jane Campion, Riz Ahmed, and Peter Dinklage are receiving Silver Medallions this year. In the last 5 years Casey Affleck, Alfonso Cuaron, Renee Zellweger, Chloe Zhao, and Anthony Hopkins all received Silver Medallions at Telluride and won Oscars a few months later so watch out for these three (especially Campion).

    Here’s the Telluride 2021 lineup:

    THE AUTOMAT (d. Lisa Hurwitz, U.S., 2021) In person: Lisa Hurwitz 

    BECOMING COUSTEAU (d. Liz Garbus, U.S., 2021) In person: Liz Garbus

    BELFAST (d. Kenneth Branagh, U.K., 2021) In person: Kenneth Branagh, Jamie Dornan

    BERGMAN ISLAND (d. Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany/Sweden, 2021) In person: Mia Hansen-Løve

    BITTERBRUSH (d. Emelie Mahdavian, U.S., 2021) In person: Emelie Mahdavian, Colie Moline

    C’MON C’MON (d. Mike Mills, U.S., 2021) In person: Mike Mills, Gaby Hoffman, Molly Webster

    CITIZEN ASHE (d. Sam Pollard, Rex Miller, U.S./U.K., 2021) In person: Sam Pollard, Rex Miller

    COW (d. Andrea Arnold, U.K., 2021) In person: Andrea Arnold

    CYRANO (d. Joe Wright, U.K., 2021) In person: Joe Wright, Peter Dinklage, Haley Bennett, Erica Schmidt, Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner

    THE DUKE (d. Roger Michell, U.K., 2021) In person: Roger Michell, Helen Mirren

    THE ELECTRICAL LIFE OF LOUIS WAIN (d. Will Sharpe, U.K., 2021) In person: Will Sharpe, Benedict Cumberbatch

    ENCOUNTER (d. Michael Pearce, U.S., 2021) In person: Michael Pearce

    FAUCI (d. John Hoffman, Janet Tobias, U.S., 2021) In person: John Hoffman, Janet Tobias, Steven Wakefield, Peter Staley

    FLEE (d. Jonas Poher Rasmussen, Denmark, 2021) In person: Jonas Poher Rasmussen

    HALLELUJAH: LEONARD COHEN, A JOURNEY, A SONG (d. Dayna Goldfine, Dan Geller, U.S., 2021) In person: Dan Geller, Dayna Goldfine, Sharon Robinson,

    THE HAND OF GOD (d. Paolo Sorrentino, Italy, 2021) In person: Paolo Sorrentino, Teresa Saponangelo, Luisa Ranieri, Filippo Scotti

    A HERO (d. Asghar Farhadi, Iran/France, 2021) In person: Asghar Farhadi

    JULIA (d. Julie Cohen, Betsy West, U.S., 2021) In person: Julie Cohen, Betsy West

    KING RICHARD (d. Reinaldo Marcus Green, U.S., 2021) In person: Reinaldo Marcus Green

    THE LOST DAUGHTER (d. Maggie Gyllenhaal, Greece/U.S./U.K./Israel, 2021) In person: Maggie Gyllenhaal, Dakota Johnson, Peter Sarsgaard, Ed Harris

    MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON (d. Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate, U.S, 2021) In person: Dean Fleischer-Camp, Jenny Slate

    MUHAMMAD ALI (d. Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon, U.S., 2021) In person: Sarah Burns, David McMahon, Rasheda Ali, Michael Bentt 

    NUCLEAR FAMILY (d. Ry Russo-Young, U.S., 2021) In person: Ry Russo-Young, Sandra Russo, Robin Young

    PETITE MAMAN (d. Céline Sciamma, France, 2021) In person: Céline Sciamma

    THE POWER OF THE DOG (d. Jane Campion, Australia/New Zealand, 2021) In person: Jane Campion, Benedict Cumberbatch, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons

    PROCESSION (d. Robert Greene, U.S., 2021) In person: Robert Greene, Dan Laurine, Ed Gavagan, Mike Foreman, Michael Sandridge, Joe Eldred, Tom Viviano, Terrick Trobough

    THE REAL CHARLIE CHAPLIN (d. James Spinney, Peter Middleton, U.S., 2021) In person: James Spinney, Peter Middleton

    RED ROCKET (d. Sean Baker, U.S., 2021) In person: Sean Baker, Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, Ethan Darbone, Brittney Rodriguez, Suzanna Son

    THE RESCUE (d. Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, U.S./U.K., 2021) In person: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Mitch Torrel, Thanet Natisri

    RIVER (d. Jennifer Peedom, Australia, 2021)

    THE SAME STORM (d. Peter Hedges, U.S., 2021) In person: Peter Hedges, Noma Dumezweni, Mary-Louise Parker

    SPEER GOES TO HOLLYWOOD (d. Vanessa Lapa, Israel/Austria/Germany, 2021) In person: Vanessa Lapa

    SPENCER (d. Pablo Larraín, U.K./Germany/Chile, 2021) In person: Pablo Larraín, Kristen Stewart

    TORN (d. Max Lowe, U.S., 2021) In person: Max Lowe, Conrad Anker, Jennifer Lowe-Anker, Isaac Lowe-Anker, Sam Lowe-Anker

    UNCLENCHING THE FISTS (d. Kira Kovalenko, Russia, 2021) In person: Kira Kovalenko

    THE VELVET UNDERGROUND (d. Todd Haynes, U.S., 2021) In person: Todd Haynes, Ed Lachman

    Source: The Film Stage

  • Venice Announces Their 2021 Lineup

    Venice Announces Their 2021 Lineup

    Venice, after Toronto of course, is the most important festival when it comes to the Oscar race. The last four winners there (The Shape of Water, Roma, Joker, and Nomadland) have all been top 4 Best Picture contenders in their respective years and this seems to be a streak that shows no sign of stopping. As a result, the winner at Venice (unless it’s a very out-there pick) will likely become the first movie that can legitimately claim frontrunner status in the Oscar race.

    At Venice, there are essentially two categories that can possibly hold a prospective Best Picture contender: In Competition and Out of Competition (Fiction).

    These are the films in those two categories:

    Opening Night

    “Parallel Mothers,” Pedro Almodóvar (in competition)

    Competition/Venezia 78

    “Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon,” Ana Lily Amirpour

    “Un Autre Monde,” Stephanie Brize

    “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion

    “America Latina,” Damiano D’Innocenzo and Fabio D’Innocenzo

    “L’Evenement,” Audrey Diwan

    “Official Competition,” Gaston Duprat and Mariana Cohn

    “Il Buco,” Michelangelo Frammartino

    “Sundown,” Michel Franco

    “Illusions Perdues,” Xavier Giannoli

    “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal

    “Spencer,” Pablo Larrain

    “Freaks Out,” Gabrielle Mainetti

    “Qui Rido Io,” Mario Martone

    “On the Job: The Missing 8,” Erik Matti

    “Leave No Traces,” Jan P. Matuszynski

    “Captain Volkonogov Escaped,” Natasha Merkulova and Aleksey Chupov

    “The Card Counter,” Paul Schrader

    “The Hand of God,” Paolo Sorrentino

    “Reflection,” Valentyn Vasyanovych

    “La Caja,” Lorenzo Vigas

    Out of Competition (Fiction)

    “Il Bambino Nascosto,” Roberto Ando (closing film of the festival)

    “Les Choses Humaines,” Yvan Attal

    “Ariaferma,” Leonardo di Costanzo

    “Halloween Kills,” David Gordon Green

    “La Scoula Cattolica,” Stefano Mordini

    “Old Henry,” Potsy Ponciroli

    “The Last Duel,” Ridley Scott

    “Dune,” Denis Villeneuve

    “Last Night in Soho,” Edgar Wright

    “Scenes From a Marriage” (Episodes 1-5), Hagai Levi

     

    Here are the Best Picture nominees that went to Venice from the past 5 years:

    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

    So, according to this, I believe that there will probably be two films from Venice’s In Competition group and one from their Out of Competition group that will end up as Best Picture nominees.

    From the films in competition, I think those with the best chances at the Oscar are (in order of probability): The Power of the Dog, Parallel Mothers, The Hand of God, The Card Counter, Spencer, and The Lost Daughter.

    From the films out of competition, those with the best odds in my opinion for attaining a Best Picture nom are (in order of probability): Dune, The Last Duel, and Last Night in Soho.

    Here is the rest of Venice’s slate:

    Out of Competition (Non Fiction)

    “Life of Crime 1984-2020,” Jon Alpert

    “Tranchees,” Loup Bureau

    “Viaggio Nel Crepuscolo,” Augusto Contento

    “Republic of Silence,” Diana el Jeiroudi

    “Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, A Journey, A Song,” Daniel Geller and Dayna Goldfine

    “Deandre#Deandre Storia Di Un Impiegato,” Roberta Lena

    “Django and Django,” Luca Rea

    “Ezio Bosso. Le Cose Che Restano,” Giorgio Verdelli

    Out of Competition (Special Screenings)

    “Le 7 Giornate di Bergamo,” Simona Ventura

    “Il Cinema Al Tempo del Covid,” Andrea Segre

    Out of Competition (Short Films)

    “Plastic Semiotic,” Radu Jude

    “The Night,” Tsai Ming-Liang

    “Sad Film,” Vasili (Pseudonym)

    Horizons/Orizzonti

    “Les Promesses,” Thomas Kruithof

    “Atlantide,” Yuri Ancarani

    “Miracle,” Bogdan George Apetri

    “Pilgrims,” Laurynas Bareisa

    “Il Paradiso Del Pavone,” Laura Bispuri

    “The Falls,” Chung Mong-Hong

    “El Hoyo en la Cerca,” Joaquin Del Paso

    “Amira,” Mohamed Diab

    “A Plein Temps,” Eric Gravel

    “107 Mothers,” Peter Kerekes

    “Vera Dreams of the Sea,” Kaltrina Krasniqi

    “White Building,” Kavich Neang

    “Anatomy of Time,” Jakrawal Nilthamrong

    “El Otro Tom,” Rodrigo Pla and Laura Santullo

    “El Gran Movimiento,” Kiro Russo

    “Once Upon a Time in Calcutta,” Aditya Vikram Sengupta

    “Rhino,” Oleg Sentsov

    “True Things,” Harry Wootliff

    “Inu-Oh,” Yuasa Masaaki

    Horizons/Orizzonti Extra

    “Land of Dreams,” Sherin Neshat and Shoja Azari

    “Costa Brava,” Mounia Akl

    “Mama, I’m Home,” Vladimir Bitokov

    “Ma Nuit,” Antoinette Boulat

    “La Ragazza Ha Volato,” Wilma Labate

    “7 Prisoners,” Alexandre Moratto

    “The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic,” Teemu Nikki

    “La Macchina Delle Immagini di Alfredo C.,” Roland Sejko

    Source: IndieWire

  • ‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Picture; Hopkins and McDormand Triumph

    ‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Picture; Hopkins and McDormand Triumph

    Nomadland (unsurprisingly) won Best Picture after starting its winning spree with a victory at TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) in September.

    Chloe Zhao became the second woman ever, and first woman of color to win Best Director.

    Anthony Hopkins had an upset win over Chadwick Boseman and now two Oscar wins on six nominations

    Frances McDormand also added to her total with her third acting Oscar win (she also won her fourth overall Oscar today for producing Nomadland) and she joins Meryl Streep and Ingrid Bergman as the actresses with the second-most acting wins after Katharine Hepburn.

    Anyway here are the winners:

    BEST PICTURE

    • The Father – David Parfitt, Jean-Louis Livi and Philippe Carcassonne, Producers
    • Judas and the Black Messiah – Shaka King, Charles D. King and Ryan Coogler, Producers
    • Mank – Ceán Chaffin, Eric Roth and Douglas Urbanski, Producers
    • Minari – Christina Oh, Producer
    • Nomadland – Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao, Producers [WINNER]
    • Promising Young Woman – Ben Browning, Ashley Fox, Emerald Fennell and Josey McNamara, Producers
    • Sound of Metal – Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, Producers
    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Marc Platt and Stuart Besser, Producers

    BEST DIRECTOR

    • Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
    • Mank – David Fincher
    • Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
    • Nomadland – Chloé Zhao [WINNER]
    • Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell

    BEST ACTOR

    • Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal
    • Chadwick Boseman in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    • Anthony Hopkins in The Father [WINNER]
    • Gary Oldman in Mank
    • Steven Yeun in Minari

    SUPPORTING ACTOR

    • Sacha Baron Cohen in The Trial of the Chicago 7
    • Daniel Kaluuya in Judas and the Black Messiah [WINNER]
    • Leslie Odom, Jr. in One Night in Miami…
    • Paul Raci in Sound of Metal
    • LaKeith Stanfield in Judas and the Black Messiah

    BEST ACTRESS

    • Viola Davis in Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    • Andra Day in The United States vs. Billie Holiday
    • Vanessa Kirby in Pieces of a Woman
    • Frances McDormand in Nomadland [WINNER]
    • Carey Mulligan in Promising Young Woman

    SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    • Maria Bakalova in Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
    • Glenn Close in Hillbilly Elegy
    • Olivia Colman in The Father
    • Amanda Seyfried in Mank
    • Yuh-Jung Youn in Minari [WINNER]

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    • Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern; Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad
    • The Father – Screenplay by Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller [WINNER]
    • Nomadland – Written for the screen by Chloé Zhao
    • One Night in Miami… – Screenplay by Kemp Powers
    • The White Tiger – Written for the screen by Ramin Bahrani

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    • Judas and the Black Messiah – Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King; Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
    • Minari – Written by Lee Isaac Chung
    • Promising Young Woman – Written by Emerald Fennell [WINNER]
    • Sound of Metal – Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder; Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Written by Aaron Sorkin

    FILM EDITING

    • The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
    • Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
    • Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
    • Sound of Metal – Mikkel E. G. Nielsen [WINNER]
    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

    CINEMATOGRAPHY

    • Judas and the Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
    • Mank – Erik Messerschmidt [WINNER]
    • News of the World – Dariusz Wolski
    • Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
    • The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Phedon Papamichael

    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    • The Father – Production Design: Peter Francis; Set Decoration: Cathy Featherstone
    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Production Design: Mark Ricker; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara and Diana Stoughton
    • Mank – Production Design: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Jan Pascale [WINNER]
    • News of the World – Production Design: David Crank; Set Decoration: Elizabeth Keenan
    • Tenet – Production Design: Nathan Crowley; Set Decoration: Kathy Lucas

    COSTUME DESIGN

    • Emma – Alexandra Byrne
    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Ann Roth [WINNER]
    • Mank – Trish Summerville
    • Mulan – Bina Daigeler
    • Pinocchio – Massimo Cantini Parrini

    MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING

    • Emma – Marese Langan, Laura Allen and Claudia Stolze
    • Hillbilly Elegy – Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle and Patricia Dehaney
    • Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson [WINNER]
    • Mank – Gigi Williams, Kimberley Spiteri and Colleen LaBaff
    • Pinocchio – Mark Coulier, Dalia Colli and Francesco Pegoretti

    ORIGINAL SCORE

    • Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
    • Mank – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
    • Minari – Emile Mosseri
    • News of the World – James Newton Howard
    • Soul – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste [WINNER]

    ORIGINAL SONG

    • “Fight For You” from Judas and the Black Messiah [WINNER]
      Music by H.E.R. and Dernst Emile II; Lyric by H.E.R. and Tiara Thomas
    • “Hear My Voice” from The Trial of the Chicago 7
      Music by Daniel Pemberton; Lyric by Daniel Pemberton and Celeste Waite
    • “Husavik” from Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
      Music and Lyric by Savan Kotecha, Fat Max Gsus and Rickard Göransson
    • “Io Sì (Seen)” from The Life Ahead (La Vita Davanti a Se)
      Music by Diane Warren; Lyric by Diane Warren and Laura Pausini
    • “Speak Now” from One Night in Miami…
      Music and Lyric by Leslie Odom, Jr. and Sam Ashworth

    SOUND

    • Greyhound – Warren Shaw, Michael Minkler, Beau Borders and David Wyman
    • Mank – Ren Klyce, Jeremy Molod, David Parker, Nathan Nance and Drew Kunin
    • News of the World – Oliver Tarney, Mike Prestwood Smith, William Miller and John Pritchett
    • Soul – Ren Klyce, Coya Elliott and David Parker
    • Sound of Metal – Nicolas Becker, Jaime Baksht, Michelle Couttolenc, Carlos Cortés and Phillip Bladh [WINNER]

    VISUAL EFFECTS

    • Love and Monsters – Matt Sloan, Genevieve Camilleri, Matt Everitt and Brian Cox
    • The Midnight Sky – Matthew Kasmir, Christopher Lawrence, Max Solomon and David Watkins
    • Mulan – Sean Faden, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury and Steve Ingram
    • The One and Only Ivan – Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones and Santiago Colomo Martinez
    • Tenet – Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley and Scott Fisher [WINNER]

    ANIMATED FEATURE

    • Onward – Dan Scanlon and Kori Rae
    • Over the Moon – Glen Keane, Gennie Rim and Peilin Chou
    • A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon – Richard Phelan, Will Becher and Paul Kewley
    • Soul – Pete Docter and Dana Murray [WINNER]
    • Wolfwalkers – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, Paul Young and Stéphan Roelants

    DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    • Collective – Alexander Nanau and Bianca Oana
    • Crip Camp – Nicole Newnham, Jim LeBrecht and Sara Bolder
    • The Mole Agent – Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibáñez
    • My Octopus Teacher – Pippa Ehrlich, James Reed and Craig Foster [WINNER]
    • Time – Garrett Bradley, Lauren Domino and Kellen Quinn

    INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM

    • Another Round (Denmark) [WINNER]
    • Better Days (Hong Kong)
    • Collective (Romania)
    • The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia)
    • Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

    ANIMATED SHORT

    • Burrow – Madeline Sharafian and Michael Capbarat
    • Genius Loci – Adrien Mérigeau and Amaury Ovise
    • If Anything Happens I Love You – Will McCormack and Michael Govier [WINNER]
    • Opera – Erick Oh
    • Yes-People – Gísli Darri Halldórsson and Arnar Gunnarsson

    DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT

    • Colette – Anthony Giacchino and Alice Doyard [WINNER]
    • A Concerto Is a Conversation – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers
    • Do Not Split – Anders Hammer and Charlotte Cook
    • Hunger Ward – Skye Fitzgerald and Michael Scheuerman
    • A Love Song for Latasha – Sophia Nahli Allison and Janice Duncan

    LIVE ACTION SHORT

    • Feeling Through – Doug Roland and Susan Ruzenski
    • The Letter Room – Elvira Lind and Sofia Sondervan
    • The Present – Farah Nabulsi
    • Two Distant Strangers – Travon Free and Martin Desmond Roe [WINNER]
    • White Eye – Tomer Shushan and Shira Hochman
  • Film Independent Spirit Awards: ‘Nomadland’ Wins and Mulligan Rebounds

    Film Independent Spirit Awards: ‘Nomadland’ Wins and Mulligan Rebounds

    The Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last night and while there were not many surprises (“Nomadland” won for example), Chadwick Boseman lost to Riz Ahmed in Best Male Lead while Carey Mulligan prevailed in Best Female Lead. The stats surrounding Best Actress and the Spirit awards tell me that only Mulligan and Andra Day now have a chance to win Best Actress since the rule is that if a Best Actress winner is nominated at the Spirits she will win there. Therefore, the race is between Mulligan (the Spirit winner) and Day (who was not nominated at the Spirits). The same rule does not hold as powerfully in Best Actor so don’t count out Boseman yet but I do see a greater opportunity for some one like Hopkins to upset.

     

    BEST FEATURE
    (Award given to the producer)

    NOMADLAND (WINNER)
    Producers: Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao

    FIRST COW
    Producers: Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani

    MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
    Producers: Todd Black, Denzel Washington, Dany Wolf

    MINARI
    Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Christina Oh

    NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
    Producers: Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski

    BEST FIRST FEATURE
    (Award given to director and producer)

    SOUND OF METAL (WINNER)
    Director: Darius Marder
    Producers: Bill Benz, Kathy Benz, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche 

    I CARRY YOU WITH ME
    Director/Producer: Heidi Ewing
    Producers: Edher Campos, Mynette Louie, Gabriela Maire

    THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
    Director/Producer: Radha Blank
    Producers: Inuka Bacote-Capiga, Jordan Fudge, Rishi Rajani, Jennifer Semler, Lena Waithe

    MISS JUNETEENTH
    Director: Channing Godfrey Peoples
    Producers: Toby Halbrooks, Tim Headington, Jeanie Igoe, James M. Johnston, Theresa Steele Page, Neil Creque Williams

    NINE DAYS
    Director: Edson Oda
    Producers: Jason Michael Berman, Mette-Marie Kongsved, Matthew Linder, Laura Tunstall, Datari Turner

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (WINNER)

    Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

    Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

    Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

    BEST SCREENPLAY

    Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (WINNER)

    Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

    Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Mike Makowsky, Bad Education

    Alice Wu, The Half of It

    BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

    Andy Siara, Palm Springs (WINNER)

    Kitty Green, The Assistant

    Noah Hutton, Lapsis

    Channing Godfrey Peoples, Juneteenth

    James Sweeney, Straight Up

    JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
    (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; Award given to the writer, director and producer)

    RESIDUE (WINNER)
    Writer/Director: Merawi Gerima

    THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS
    Writer/Director/Producer: Robert Machoian
    Producers: Scott Christopherson, Clayne Crawford

    LA LEYENDA NEGRA
    Writer/Director: Patricia Vidal Delgado
    Producers: Alicia Herder, Marcel Perez

    LINGUA FRANCA
    Writer/Director/Producer: Isabel Sandoval
    Producers: Darlene Catly Malimas, Jhett Tolentino, Carlo Velayo

    SAINT FRANCES
    Director/Producer: Alex Thompson
    Writer: Kelly O’Sullivan
    Producers: James Choi, Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Eddie Linker, Raphael Nash, Roger Welp

    BEST MALE LEAD

    Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal (WINNER)

    Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger

    Rob Morgan, Bull

    Steven Yeun, Minari

    BEST FEMALE LEAD

    Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (WINNER) 

    Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth

    Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Julia Garner, The Assistant

    Frances McDormand, Nomadland

    BEST SUPPORTING MALE

    Paul Raci, Sound of Metal (WINNER) 

    Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Orion Lee, First Cow

    Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

    Benedict Wong, Nine Days

    BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

    Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari (WINNER)

    Alexis Chikaeze, Miss Juneteenth

    Yeri Han, Minari

    Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit

    Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

     Joshua James Richards, Nomadland (WINNER)

    Jay Keitel, She Dies Tomorrow

    Shabier Kirchner, Bull

    Michael Latham, The Assistant

    Hélène Louvart, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    BEST EDITING

    Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (WINNER) 

    Andy Canny, The Invisible Man

    Scott Cummings, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Merawi Gerima, Residue

    Enat Sidi, I Carry You With Me

    BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
    (Award given to the director)

    QUO VADIS, AIDA? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) (WINNER)
    Director: Jasmila Zbanic

    BACURAU (Brazil)
    Director: Juliano Dornelles, Kleber Mendonça Filho

    THE DISCIPLE (India)
    Director: Chaitanya Tamahane

    NIGHT OF THE KINGS (Ivory Coast)
    Director: Philippe Lacôte

    PREPARATIONS TO BE TOGETHER FOR AN UNKNOWN PERIOD OF TIME (Hungary)
    Director: Lili Horvát

    BEST DOCUMENTARY
    (Award given to the director and producer)

    CRIP CAMP (WINNER)
    Directors/Producers: Jim LeBrecht, Nicole Newnham
    Producer: Sara Bolder

    COLLECTIVE
    Director/Producer: Alexander Nanau
    Producers: Hanka Kastelicová, Bernard Michaux, Bianca Oana

    DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD
    Director/Producer: Kirsten Johnson
    Producers: Katy Chevigny, Marilyn Ness

    THE MOLE AGENT
    Director: Maite Alberdi
    Producer: Marcela Santibáñez

    TIME
    Director/Producer: Garrett Bradley
    Producers: Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn

    ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
    (Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

    ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI
    Director: Regina King
    Casting Directors: Kimberly R. Hardin
    Ensemble Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.

    PRODUCERS AWARD
    (The Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films)

    Gerry Kim (WINNER) 

    Lucas Joaquin

    Kara Durrett

    SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
    (The Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition)

    EKWA MSANGI (WINNER)
    Director of Farewell Amor

    DAVID MIDELL
    Director of The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

    ANNIE SILVERSTEIN
    Director of Bull

    TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
    (The 26th Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition)

    ELEGANCE BRATTON (WINNER)
    Director of Pier Kids

    CECILIA ALDARONDO
    Director of Landfall

    ELIZABETH LO
    Director of Stray

    BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
    (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

    IMMIGRATION NATION (WINNER)
    Executive Producers: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill, Christian Thompson
    Co-Executive Producers: Andrey Alistratov, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, Lauren Haber 

    ATLANTA’S MISSING AND MURDERED: THE LOST CHILDREN
    Executive Producers: Jeff Dupre, Joshua Bennett, Sam Pollard, Maro Chermayeff, John Legend, Mike Jackson, Ty Stiklorius

    CITY SO REAL
    Produced by: Zak Piper, Steve James
    Executive Producers: Jeff Skoll, Diane Weyermann, Alex Kotlowitz, Gordon Quinn, Betsy Steinberg, Jolene Pinder

    LOVE FRAUD
    Executive Producers: Rachel Grady, Heidi Ewing, Amy Goodman Kass, Vinnie Malhotra, Jihan Robinson, Michael Bloom, Maria Zuckerman

    WE’RE HERE
    Creators/Executive Producers: Stephen Warren, Johnnie Ingram
    Executive Producers: Eli Holzman, Aaron Saidman, Peter LoGreco
    Co-Executive Producers: Erin Haglund, Sabrina Mar

    BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
    (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

    I MAY DESTROY YOU (WINNER)
    Creator/Executive Producer: Michaela Coel
    Executive Producers: Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni

    A TEACHER
    Creator/Executive Producer: Hanna Fidell
    Executive Producers: Michael Costigan, Kate Mara, Louise Shore, Jason Bateman, Danny Brocklehurst
    Co-Executive Producer: Daniel Pipski

    LITTLE AMERICA
    Executive Producers: Lee Eisenberg, Joshuah Bearman, Joshua Davis, Arthur Spector, Alan Yang, Siân Heder, Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. Gordon

    SMALL AXE
    Executive Producers: Tracey Scoffield, David Tanner, Steve McQueen

    UNORTHODOX
    Creator/Executive Producer: Anna Winger
    Creator: Alexa Karolinski
    Executive Producer: Henning Kamm

    BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

    Shira Haas, Unorthodox (WINNER) 

    Elle Fanning, The Great

    Abby McEnany, Work in Progress

    Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Never Have I Ever

    Jordan Kristine Seamón, We Are Who We Are

    BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

    Amit Rahav, Unorthodox (WINNER) 

    Conphidance, Little America

    Adam Ali, Little America

    Nicco Annan, P-Valley

    Harold Torres, ZeroZeroZero

  • BAFTA Day 2: ‘Nomadland’ takes Best Film, Hopkins and McDormand Get First Major Wins

    BAFTA Day 2: ‘Nomadland’ takes Best Film, Hopkins and McDormand Get First Major Wins

    Nomadland and Chloe Zhao continued their onslaught of the major precursors with BAFTA wins and this time they brought Frances McDormand along with them. The Best Actress winners have been split, with four different women taking the four major acting award precursors (Andra Day – Golden Globe, Carey Mulligan – Critics Choice, Viola Davis – SAG, Frances McDormand – BAFTA). This will undoubtedly be seen as one of the most unpredictable Best Actress races in a very long time. However, I still don’t see McDormand winning the Oscar and, to me, it’s between Day, Mulligan, and Davis, with the lattermost actress being my pick to win it as of right now.

    Anthony Hopkins also surprised with a win over Chadwick Boseman. While this win was a surprise, I don’t think it really hurts Boseman’s chances of winning the Oscar as Hopkins’ win was likely the result of it being at the British BAFTAs.

    Due to that win, Daniel Kaluuya is the only actor left this season that has swept all the major precursors and he is essentially guaranteed (and entirely deserves) a win for Best Supporting Actor.

    The juries obviously changed things up this year in the directing and acting categories but I believe that all of the same winners would have prevailed in all of the categories even without the juries, except for Best Actress, which I think would have gone to Carey Mulligan as her performance in the Best British Film winner Promising Young Woman (it also won Best Original Screenplay) would have had a lot of support. Speaking of that screenplay win, with its win here, Promising Young Woman is far and away the favorite to win Best Original Screenplay unless The Trial of the Chicago 7 somehow finds itself winning Best Picture, in which case it will win Original Screenplay as well.

    Anyway, here are today’s winners:

    Best Film
    The Father
    The Mauritanian
    Nomadland – [WINNER]
    Promising Young Woman
    The Trial Of The Chicago 7

    Director
    Another Round – Thomas Vinterberg
    Babyteeth – Shannon Murphy
    Minari – Lee Isaac Chung
    Nomadland – Chloé Zhao [WINNER]
    Quo Vadis, Aida? – Jasmila Žbanić
    Rocks – Sarah Gavron

    Leading Actress
    Bukky Bakray – Rocks
    Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
    Vanessa Kirby – Pieces Of A Woman
    Frances McDormand – Nomadland [WINNER]
    Wunmi Mosaku – His House
    Alfre Woodard – Clemency

    Leading Actor
    Riz Ahmed – Sound Of Metal
    Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    Adarsh Gourav – The White Tiger
    Anthony Hopkins – The Father [WINNER]
    Mads Mikkelsen – Another Round
    Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian

    Supporting Actress
    Niamh Algar – Calm With Horses
    Kosar Ali – Rocks
    Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    Dominique Fishback – Judas And The Black Messiah
    Ashley Madekwe – County Lines
    Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari [WINNER]

    Supporting Actor
    Daniel Kaluuya – Judas And The Black Messiah [WINNER]
    Barry Keoghan – Calm With Horses
    Alan Kim – Minari
    Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night In Miami…
    Clarke Peters – Da 5 Bloods
    Paul Raci – Sound Of Metal

    Original Screenplay
    Another Round – Tobias Lindholm, Thomas Vinterberg
    Mank – Jack Fincher
    Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell [WINNER]
    Rocks – Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
    The Trial Of The Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

    Adapted Screenplay
    The Dig – Moira Buffini
    The Father – Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller [WINNER]
    The Mauritanian – Rory Haines, Sohrab Noshirvani, M.B. Traven
    Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
    The White Tiger – Ramin Bahrani

    Outstanding British Film
    Calm With Horses
    The Dig
    The Father
    His House
    Limbo
    The Mauritanian
    Mogul Mowgli
    Promising Young Woman [WINNER]
    Rocks
    Saint Maud

    Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
    His House – Remi Weekes (Writer/Director) [WINNER]
    Limbo – Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer) [Also Produced By Angus Lamont]
    Moffie – Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer) [Also Written By Oliver Hermanus And Produced By Eric Abraham]
    Rocks – Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)
    Saint Maud – Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [Also Produced By Andrea Cornwell]

    Film Not In The English Language
    Another Round [WINNER]
    Dear Comrades!
    Les Misérables
    Minari
    Quo Vadis, Aida?

    Documentary
    Collective
    David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet
    The Dissident
    My Octopus Teacher [WINNER]
    The Social Dilemma

    Animated Film
    Onward
    Soul [WINNER]
    Wolfwalkers

    Original Score
    Mank – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross
    Minari – Emile Mosseri
    News Of The World – James Newton Howard
    Promising Young Woman – Anthony Willis
    Soul – Jon Batiste, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross [WINNER]

    Cinematography
    Judas And The Black Messiah – Sean Bobbitt
    Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
    The Mauritanian – Alwin H. Küchler
    News Of The World – Dariusz Wolski
    Nomadland – Joshua James Richards [WINNER]

    Editing
    The Father – Yorgos Lamprinos
    Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
    Promising Young Woman – Frédéric Thoraval
    Sound Of Metal – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen [WINNER]
    The Trial Of The Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

    EE Rising Star Award
    Bukky Bakray [WINNER]
    Conrad Khan
    Kingsley Ben-Adir
    Morfydd Clark
    Ṣọpẹ Dìrísù

  • BAFTA Day 1: No Real Surprises Among the Techs

    BAFTA Day 1: No Real Surprises Among the Techs

    There were no big surprises in the below-the-line technical categories and most of them should correspond with the Oscars.

    Here are the winners:

    CASTING:

    CALM WITH HORSES Shaheen Baig

    JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH Alexa L. Fogel

    MINARI Julia Kim

    PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu

    ROCKS Lucy Pardee

    COSTUME DESIGN:

    AMMONITE Michael O’Connor

    THE DIG Alice Babidge

    EMMA. Alexandra Byrne

    MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Ann Roth

    MANK Trish Summerville

    MAKE UP & HAIR:

    THE DIG Jenny Shircore

    HILLBILLY ELEGY Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle

    MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal

    MANK Colleen LaBaff, Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams

    PINOCCHIO Dalia Colli, Mark Coulier, Francesco Pegoretti

    PRODUCTION DESIGN:

    THE DIG Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald

    THE FATHER Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone

    MANK Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale

    NEWS OF THE WORLD David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan

    REBECCA Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

    BRITISH SHORT FILM:

    EYELASH Jesse Lewis Reece, Ike Newman

    LIZARD Akinola Davies, Rachel Dargavel, Wale Davies

    LUCKY BREAK John Addis, Rami Sarras Pantoja

    MISS CURVY Ghada Eldemellawy

    THE PRESENT Farah Nabulsi

    BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION:

    THE FIRE NEXT TIME Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe

    THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf

    THE SONG OF A LOST BOY Daniel Quirke, Jamie MacDonald, Brid Arnstein

    SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS:

    GREYHOUND Pete Bebb, Nathan McGuinness, Sebastian von Overheidt, Whitney Richman

    THE MIDNIGHT SKY Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, David Watkins

    MULAN Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury

    THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher, Ben Jones

    TENET Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley

    SOUND:

    GREYHOUND Beau Borders, Christian P. Minkler, Michael Minkler, Warren Shaw, David Wyman

    NEWS OF THE WORLD Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney

    NOMADLAND Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder

    SOUL Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker

    SOUND OF METAL Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc

    Outstanding Contribution To Cinema:

    NOEL CLARKE

  • DGA Essentially Confirms That Zhao Will Win Best Director

    DGA Essentially Confirms That Zhao Will Win Best Director

    Chloe Zhao continued her sweep of all the major directing precursors with a win at DGA. If anybody somehow thought she could lose Best Director before DGA, they shouldn’t now.

    It was more interesting that My Octopus Teacher lost in the Documentary category to The Truffle Hunters as the latter film is not even nominated at the Oscars.

    Anyway, here’s the full list of winners:

    Outstanding Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2020:

    CHLOÉ ZHAO | Nomadland (Searchlight Pictures) (WINNER)

    LEE ISAAC CHUNG | Minari (A24)

    EMERALD FENNELL | Promising Young Woman (Focus Features)

    DAVID FINCHER | Mank (Netflix)

    AARON SORKIN | The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix; DreamWorks Pictures)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement of a First-Time Feature Film Director:

    DARIUS MARDER | Sound of Metal (Amazon Studios) (WINNER)

    RADHA BLANK | The Forty-Year-Old Version (Netflix)

    FERNANDO FRÍAS DE LA PARRA | I’m No Longer Here (Netflix)

    REGINA KING | One Night in Miami (Amazon Studios)

    FLORIAN ZELLER | The Father (Sony Pictures Classics)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Series

    LESLI LINKA GLATTER | Homeland, “Prisoners of War” (Showtime) (WINNER)

    JASON BATEMAN | Ozark, “Wartime” (Netflix)

    JON FAVREAU | The Mandalorian, “Chapter 9: The Marshal” (Disney+)

    VINCE GILLIGAN | Better Call Saul, “Bagman” (AMC)

    JULIE ANNE ROBINSON | Bridgerton, “Diamond of the First Water” (Netflix)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Comedy Series

    SUSANNA FOGEL | The Flight Attendant, “In Case of Emergency” (HBO Max) (WINNER)

    ZACH BRAFF | Ted Lasso, “Biscuits” (Apple TV+)

    MJ DELANEY | Ted Lasso, “The Hope that Kills You” (Apple TV+)

    ERIN O’MALLEY | Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Surprise Party” (HBO)

    JEFF SCHAFFER | Curb Your Enthusiasm, “The Spite Store” (HBO)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television and Limited Series

    SCOTT FRANK | The Queen’s Gambit (Netflix) (WINNER)

    SUSANNE BIER | The Undoing (HBO)

    THOMAS KAIL | Hamilton (Disney+)

    MATT SHAKMAN | WandaVision (Disney +)

    LYNN SHELTON | Little Fires Everywhere, “Find a Way” (Hulu)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming

    DON ROY KING | Saturday Night Live, “Dave Chappelle; Foo Fighters” (NBC) (WINNER)

    PAUL G. CASEY | Real Time With Bill Maher, “Episode 1835” (HBO)

    JIM HOSKINSON | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “#1025 Live Show Following Capitol Insurrection” (CBS)

    DAVID PAUL MEYER | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, “President Obama: Inspiring Future Leaders” & “A Promised Land” (Comedy Central)

    CHRISTOPHER WERNER | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Trump & Election Results” (HBO)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials

    THOMAS SCHLAMME | A West Wing Special to Benefit When We All Vote (HBO Max) (WINNER)

    STACEY ANGELES | The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents “Remembering RBG: A Nation Ugly Cried with Desi Lydic (Comedy Central)

    MARIELLE HELLER | What the Constitution Means to Me (Amazon)

    JIM HOSKINSON | The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Stephen Colbert’s Election Night 2020: Democracy’s Last Stand: Building Back America Great Again Better 2020” (Showtime)

    SPIKE LEE | American Utopia (HBO)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Reality Programs

    JOSEPH GUIDRY | Full Bloom, “Petal to the Metal” (HBO Max) (WINNER)

    DAVID CHARLES | Eco Challenge, “3,2,1…Go!” (Amazon)

    JON FAVREAU | The Chef Show, “Tartine” (Netflix)

    KEN FUCHS | Shark Tank, “1211” (ABC)

    RICH KIM | Lego Masters, “Mega City Block” (FOX)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children’s Programs

    AMY SCHATZ | We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (HBO) (WINNER)

    KABIR AKHTAR | High School Musical: The Musical ‑ The Series, “Opening Night” (Disney+)

    LARISSA BILLS | On Pointe, “Showtime!” (Disney+)

    DEAN ISRAELITE | The Astronauts, “Countdown” (Nickelodeon)

    RICHIE KEEN | The Healing Powers of Dude, “Second Step: Homeroom” (Netflix)

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Commercials

    MELINA MATSOUKAS (Prettybird) | You Love Me, Beats by Dr. Dre ‑ Translation (WINNER)

    STEVE AYSON (MJZ) | The Great Chase, Nike ‑ Wieden + Kennedy Shanghai

    NISHA GANATRA (Chelsea Pictures) | #wombstories, Bodyform/Libresse – AMVBBDO

    NICLAS LARSSON (MJZ) | See the Unseen, VW Touareg ‑ adam&eveDDB; The Parents, Volvo XC60 ‑ Forsman & Bodenfors

    TAIKA WAITITI (Hungry Man) | The Letter, Coca‑Cola ‑ Wieden & Kennedy London

    Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary

    MICHAEL DWECK & GREGORY KERSHAW | The Truffle Hunters (Sony Pictures Classics) (WINNER)

    PIPPA EHRLICH & JAMES REED | My Octopus Teacher (Netflix)

    DAVID FRANCE | Welcome to Chechnya (HBO Max)

    AMANDA McBAINE & JESSE MOSS | Boys State (Apple/A24)

    BENJAMIN REE | The Painter and the Thief (Elevation Pictures)

  • SAG Awards: Trouble for Mulligan and ‘Trial’ has Re-entered the Top-3

    SAG Awards: Trouble for Mulligan and ‘Trial’ has Re-entered the Top-3

    MOVIES

    Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

    Female actor: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

    Supporting actor: Daniel Kaluuya, “Judas and the Black Messiah”

    Supporting female actor: Youn Yuh-jung, “Minari”

    Cast: “The Trial of the Chicago 7”

    Stunt Ensemble: “Wonder Woman 1984”

    TELEVISION

    Actor in a TV movie or miniseries: Mark Ruffalo, “I Know This Much is True.”

    Female actor in a TV movie or miniseries: Anya Taylor-Joy, “The Queen’s Gambit”

    Actor in a drama series: Jason Bateman, “Ozark”

    Female actor in a drama series: Gillian Anderson, “The Crown”

    Actor in a comedy series: Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso”

    Female actor in a comedy series: Catherine O’Hara, “Schitt’s Creek.”

    Ensemble in a drama series: “The Crown”

    Ensemble in a comedy series: “Schitt’s Creek”

    Television stunt ensemble: “The Mandalorian”

    Film stunt ensemble: “Wonder Woman 1984”

     

    Source: Associated Press

     

    So these awards show a few things

    1. Chadwick Boseman and Daniel Kaluuya will almost certainly win in their categories
    2. Carey Mulligan, the Critics’ Choice winner, looks very vulnerable in Best Actress and someone like Andra Day or Viola Davis, the Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild winner respectively, could definitely swoop up and take this. Since none of these three actresses are nominated at BAFTA, this Best Actress race will be one of the most unpredictable in years as 4 different actresses will win the four major precursors.
    3. Youn Yuh-Jung has now won at SAG, Bakalova has won at CCA and this will be a close contest between the two until the very last moment. They both were nominated at BAFTA so lets see what happens when they face off there.
    4. Minari’s chances of winning Best Picture are essentially zero now as the film did not win here, at WGA (it was ineligible), or at PGA. It was also surprising how this year of all years, the SAG chose a film with all-male nominees as their winner. Anyway, The Trial of the Chicago 7, along with Promising Young Woman and Nomadland, are the top-3 frontrunners and ‘Trial’ may even be in a better place than ‘Promising’.
  • PGA Awards Announced: ‘Nomadland’ Racks Up Another Major Win On the Way to Oscar

    PGA Awards Announced: ‘Nomadland’ Racks Up Another Major Win On the Way to Oscar

    After a win here, it seems highly improbable that anything other than Nomadland can win Best Picture. The last major precursors for Picture are DGA, BAFTA, and SAG. Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao is all but guaranteed a win at the DGA, the film will likely clean up at BAFTA, and while Nomadland is not nominated at SAG a win there for The Trial of the Chicago 7 or Minari (my bet’s on the latter) will most likely not give either film enough steam to win Best Picture. This is looking to be one of the more predictable Best Picture races in recent memory.

    The Documentary race is a lot more interesting. My Octopus Teacher has been nominated for all the major precursors that usually link to contention for the Best Documentary Oscar and its win here over Time shows that there is a good chance that the fan-favorite film might win at the Oscars. However, PGA is not as predictive of this award as DGA, ACE, and BAFTA are so keep that in mind.

    Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures
    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
    Judas and the Black Messiah
    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
    Mank
    Minari
    Nomadland (WINNER)
    One Night In Miami
    Promising Young Woman
    Sound Of Metal
    The Trial of the Chicago 7

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures
    The Croods: A New Age
    Onward
    Over the Moon
    Soul (WINNER)
    Wolfwalkers

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Pictures
    David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet
    Dick Johnson Is Dead
    My Octopus Teacher (WINNER)
    Softie
    A Thousand Cuts
    Time
    The Truffle Hunters

    Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama
    Better Call Saul (Season 5)
    Bridgerton (Season 1)
    The Crown (Season 4) (WINNER)
    The Mandalorian (Season 2)
    Ozark (Season 3)

    Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy
    Schitt’s Creek (Season 6) (WINNER)
    Curb Your Enthusiasm (Season 10)
    The Flight Attendant (Season 1)
    Ted Lasso (Season 1)
    What We Do in the Shadows (Season 2)

    David L. Wolper Award for Outstanding Producer of Limited Series Television
    I May Destroy You
    Normal People
    The Queen’s Gambit (WINNER)
    The Undoing
    Unorthodox

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures
    Bad Education
    Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square
    Hamilton (WINNER)
    Jane Goodall: The Hope
    What the Constitution Means To Me

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television
    60 Minutes (Season 53)
    The Last Dance (Season 1) (WINNER)
    Laurel Canyon
    McMillion$ (Season 1)
    Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment & Talk Television
    8:46 – Dave Chappelle (Special)
    The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 26)
    Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 7) (WINNER)
    The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 6)
    Saturday Night Live (Season 46)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television
    The Amazing Race (Season 32)
    The Masked Singer (Season 3, Season 4)
    Nailed It! (Season 4)
    RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 12) (WINNER)
    The Voice (Season 18, Season 19)

  • WGA Winners Announced: ‘Promising Young Woman’ triumphs over ‘Trial’

    WGA Winners Announced: ‘Promising Young Woman’ triumphs over ‘Trial’

    A win here was important for The Trial of the Chicago 7 since I believed that it needed at least this and SAG under its belt to be a top-2 contender for Best Picture. However, it did not prevail and its chances at winning at SAG are growing increasingly dim as Minari’s stock is quickly rising. So, unless Promising Young Woman, The Trial of the Chicago 7 or Minari take PGA from the hands of Nomadland, Zhao’s film will have a relatively painless path to Best Picture.

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm won in Adapted Screenplay but since both Nomadland and The Father, the only two realistic contenders for that award at the Oscars, were ineligible, I think it will end up being inconsequential. If anything, Borat’s surprise win here shows that there is a lot of support in the industry for the film which could propel Maria Bakalova to a win in Best Supporting Actress.

    Anyway, here are the winners:

    FILM

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Judas and the Black Messiah, Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas; Warner Bros.

    Palm Springs, Screenplay by Andy Siara, Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow; Hulu

    Promising Young Woman, Written by Emerald Fennell; Focus Features [WINNER]

    Sound of Metal, Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance; Amazon Studios

    The Trial of the Chicago 7, Written by Aaron Sorkin; Netflix

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern, Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad, Based on Characters Created by Sacha Baron Cohen; Amazon Studios [WINNER]

    Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Based on the Play Written by August Wilson; Netflix

    News of the World, Screenplay by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies, Based upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles; Universal Pictures

    One Night in Miami, Screenplay by Kemp Powers, Based on the Stage Play “One Night in Miami” by Kemp Powers; Amazon Studios

    The White Tiger, Screenplay by Ramin Bahrani, Based on the Book “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga; Netflix

    DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY

    All In: The Fight for Democracy, Written by Jack Youngelson; Amazon Studios

    The Dissident, Written by Mark Monroe and Bryan Fogel; Briarcliff Entertainment [WINNER]

    Herb Alpert Is…, Written by John Scheinfeld; Abramorama

    Red Penguins, Written by Gabe Polsky; Universal Pictures

    Totally Under Control, Written by Alex Gibney; Neon

    TELEVISION, NEW MEDIA, AND NEWS NOMINEES

    DRAMA SERIES

    Better Call Saul, Written by Ann Cherkis, Vince Gilligan, Peter Gould, Ariel Levine, Heather Marion, Thomas Schnauz, Gordon Smith, Alison Tatlock; AMC

    The Boys, Written by Eric Kripke, Ellie Monahan, Anslem Richardson, Craig Rosenberg, Michael Saltzman, Rebecca Sonnenshine; Amazon Prime Video

    The Crown, Written by Peter Morgan, Jonathan Wilson; Netflix [WINNER]

    The Mandalorian, Written by Rick Famuyiwa, Jon Favreau, Dave Filoni; Disney Plus

    Ozark, Written by Laura Deeley, Bill Dubuque, Paul Kolsby, Miki Johnson, Chris Mundy, John Shiban, Ning Zhou, Martin Zimmerman; Netflix

    COMEDY SERIES

    Curb Your Enthusiasm, Written by Larry David, Justin Hurwitz, Steve Leff, Carol Leifer, Jeff Schaffer; HBO

    The Great, Written by Vanessa Alexander, Tony McNamara, Tess Morris, Amelia Roper, Gretel Vella, James Wood; Hulu

    PEN15, Written by; Alyssa DiMari, Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, Josh Levine, Gabe Liedman, Rachele Lynn, Vera Santamaria, Diana Tay, Sam Zvibleman; Hulu

    Ted Lasso, Written by Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+ [WINNER]

    What We Do in the Shadows, Written by Jake Bender, Jemaine Clement, Zach Dunn, Joseph Furey, Shana Gohd, Sam Johnson, Chris Marcil, William Meny, Sarah Naftalis, Stefani Robinson, Marika Sawyer, Paul Simms; FX Networks

    NEW SERIES

    Dave, Written by Dave Burd, Vanessa McGee, Saladin Patterson, Luvh Rakhe, Alex Russell, Jeff Schaffer, Max Searle, Yamara Taylor; FX Networks

    The Flight Attendant, Written by Kara Lee Corthron, Michael Foley, Ryan Jennifer Jones, Ticona S. Joy, Meredith Lavender, Jess Meyer, Daniele Nathanson, Marcie Ulin, Ian Weinreich, Steve Yockey; HBO Max

    The Great, Written by Vanessa Alexander, Tony McNamara, Tess Morris, Amelia Roper, Gretel Vella, James Wood; Hulu

    Lovecraft Country, Written by Misha Green, Shannon Houston, Jonathan Kidd, Kevin Lau, Ihuoma Ofordire, Wes Taylor, Sonya Winton; HBO

    Ted Lasso, Written by Jane Becker, Leann Bowen, Brett Goldstein, Brendan Hunt, Joe Kelly, Bill Lawrence, Jamie Lee, Jason Sudeikis, Phoebe Walsh, Bill Wrubel; Apple TV+ [WINNER]

    ORIGINAL LONG FORM

    Dirty John: The Betty Broderick Story, Written by Aaron Carew, Alexandra Cunningham, Lex Edness, Kevin J. Hynes, Juliet Lashinsky-Revene, Stacy A. Littlejohn, Katherine B. McKenna; USA

    Hollywood, Written by Ian Brennan, Janet Mock, Ryan Murphy, Reilly Smith; Netflix

    Mrs. America, Written by Tanya Barfield, Joshua Griffith, Sharon Hoffman, Boo Killebrew, Micah Schraft, April Shih, Dahvi Waller; FX Networks [WINNER]

    Safety, Written by Nick Santora; Disney Plus

    Uncle Frank, Written by Alan Ball; Amazon Prime Video

    ADAPTED LONG FORM

    Bad Education, Written by Mike Makowsky, Based on the New York Magazine article ” The Bad Superintendent” by Robert Kolker; HBO

    Clouds, Screenplay by Kara Holden; Story by Casey La Scala & Patrick Kopka and Kara Holden, Based on the book entitled “Fly A Little Higher’ by Laura Sobiech; Disney Plus

    The Good Lord Bird, Written by Jeff Augustin, Ethan Hawke, Erika L. Johnson, Mark Richard, Kristen SaBerre, Lauren Signorino, Based on the Novel by James McBride; Showtime

    Little Fires Everywhere, Written by Harris Danow, Rosa Handelman, Shannon Houston, Attica Locke, Raamla Mohamed, Amy Talkington, Liz Tigelaar, Nancy Won, Based on the book by Celeste Ng; Hulu

    The Queen’s Gambit, Written by Scott Frank, Allan Scott, Based on the novel by Walter Tevis; Netflix [WINNER]

    Source: AwardsWatch