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  • BAFTA Awards: The Power of the Dog, Will Smith, and Others Win Big

    BAFTA Awards: The Power of the Dog, Will Smith, and Others Win Big

    The recipients of this year’s BAFTAs were announced today. The most surprising moment, though inconsequential for the Oscar race, was veteran British actress Joanna Scanlan’s win for After Love. Other than that Will Smith, Troy Kotsur, and Ariana DeBose picked up more gold on their paths to the Oscars.

    The Power of the Dog won both Picture and Director, further cementing its place as the BP frontrunner. However, it did also lose Adapted Screenplay to CODA which will also most likely win at WGA. This means that The Power of the Dog will have a max of a win at CCA under its belt, while CODA will most likely have BAFTA and WGA. I could see CODA winning Adapted Screenplay, especially since Campion is essentially guaranteed in Director and voters may want to spread the wealth.

    I’ll expound more on the implication of these results soon, but, for now, here are the BAFTA winners:

    Best Film

    • Winner: The Power of the Dog
    • Belfast
    • Don’t Look Up
    • Dune
    • Licorice Pizza

    Outstanding British film

    • Winner: Belfast
    • After Love
    • Ali & Ava
    • Boiling Point
    • Cyrano
    • Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
    • House of Gucci
    • Last Night in Soho
    • No Time to Die
    • Passing

    Leading actress

    • Winner: Joanna Scanlan – After Love
    • Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
    • Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
    • Emilia Jones – Coda
    • Renate Reinsve- The Worst Person in the World
    • Tessa Thompson – Passing

    Leading actor

    • Winner: Will Smith – King Richard
    • Adeel Akhtar – Ali & Ava
    • Mahershala Ali – Swan Song
    • Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog
    • Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up
    • Stephen Graham – Boiling Point

    Supporting actress

    • Winner: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
    • Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
    • Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter
    • Ann Dowd – Mass
    • Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
    • Ruth Negga – Passing

    Supporting actor

    • Winner: Troy Kotsur – Coda
    • Mike Faist – West Side Story
    • Ciaran Hinds – Belfast
    • Woody Norman – C’mon C’mon
    • Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
    • Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog

    Director

    • Winner: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
    • Aleem Khan – After Love
    • Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
    • Audrey Diwan – Happening
    • Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
    • Julia Ducournau – Titane

    EE Rising Star Award

    • Winner: Lashana Lynch
    • Ariana DeBose
    • Harris Dickinson
    • Millicent Simmonds
    • Kodi Smit-McPhee

    Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

    • Winner: The Harder They Fall – Jeymes Samuel (writer/director)
    • After Love – Aleem Khan (writer/director)
    • Boiling Point – James Cummings (writer), Hester Ruoff (producer)
    • Keyboard Fantasies – Posy Dixon (writer/director), Liv Proctor (producer)
    • Passing – Rebecca Hall (writer/director)

    Film not in the English language

    • Winner: Drive My Car
    • The Hand of God
    • Parallel Mothers
    • Petite Maman
    • The Worst Person in the World

    Documentary

    • Winner: Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    • Becoming Cousteau
    • Cow
    • Flee
    • The Rescue

    Animated film

    • Winner: Encanto
    • Flee
    • Luca
    • The Mitchells vs The Machines

    Original screenplay

    • Winner: Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
    • Being The Ricardos – Aaron Sorkin
    • Belfast – Sir Kenneth Branagh
    • Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay
    • King Richard – Zach Baylin

    Adapted screenplay

    • Winner: Coda – Sian Heder
    • Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguchi
    • Dune – Denis Villeneuve
    • The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal
    • The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion

    Original score

    • Winner: Dune – Hans Zimmer
    • Being the Ricardos – Daniel Pemberton
    • Don’t Look Up – Nicholas Britell
    • The French Dispatch – Alexandre Desplat
    • The Power of the Dog – Jonny Greenwood

    Casting

    • Winner: West Side Story – Cindy Tolan
    • Boiling Point – Carolyn McLeod
    • Dune – Francine Maisler
    • The Hand of God – Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco
    • King Richard – Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman

    Cinematography

    • Winner: Dune – Greig Fraser
    • Nightmare Alley – Dan Laustsen
    • No Time To Die – Linus Sandgren
    • The Power of the Dog – Ari Wegner
    • The Tragedy of Macbeth – Bruno Delbonnel

    Costume design

    • Winner: Cruella – Jenny Beavan
    • Cyrano – Massimo Cantini Parrini
    • Dune – Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West
    • The French Dispatch – Milena Canonero
    • Nightmare Alley – Luis Sequeira

    Editing

    • Winner: No Time To Die – Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
    • Belfast – Una Ni Dhonghaile
    • Dune – Joe Walker
    • Licorice Pizza – Andy Jurgensen
    • Summer Of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) – Joshua L Pearson

    Production design

    • Winner: Dune – Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos
    • Cyrano – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
    • The French Dispatch – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo
    • Nightmare Alley – Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
    • West Side Story – Adam Stockhausen, Rena DeAngelo

    Make-up and hair

    • Winner: The Eyes of Tammy Faye – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh
    • Cruella – Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne
    • Cyrano – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Sian Miller
    • Dune – Love Larson, Donald Mowat
    • House of Gucci – Frederic Aspiras, Jana Carboni, Giuliano Mariano, Sarah Nicole Tanno

    Sound

    • Winner: Dune – Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett
    • Last Night In Soho – Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan
    • No Time To Die – James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
    • A Quiet Place Part II – Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van Der Ryn
    • West Side Story – Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom

    Special visual effects

    • Winner: Dune – Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer
    • Free Guy – Swen Gillberg, Bryan Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick
    • Ghostbusters: Afterlife – Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro
    • The Matrix Resurrections – Tom Debenham, Huw J Evans, Dan Glass, JD Schwaim
    • No Time To Die – Mark Bakowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble

    British short film

    • Winner: The Black Cop
    • Femme
    • The Palace
    • Stuffed
    • Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee

    British short animation

    • Winner: Do Not Feed the Pigeons
    • Affairs of the Art
    • Night of the Living Dread

    Source: Yahoo

  • DGA Awards: Campion Wins Another Major Precursor En Route to Oscar

    DGA Awards: Campion Wins Another Major Precursor En Route to Oscar

    Of all the above-the-line categories, Best Director is the closest to being locked as Campion will likely sweep the precursors on her way to Oscar glory.

    This precursor is also an important one for the Doc race. Stanley Nelson won for Attica and though I’m not saying that Summer of Soul missing here will move it from frontrunner status, I do think it’s vulnerable for a film like Flee to take the prize at the last second.

    Here are the DGA results:

    Theatrical Feature Film
    Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
    Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
    **WINNER Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
    Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
    Denis Villeneuve, “Dune”

    First-Time Feature Film Director
    **WINNER Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
    Rebecca Hall, “Passing”
    Tatiana Huezo, “Prayers for the Stolen”
    Lin-Manuel Miranda, “tick, tick…BOOM!”
    Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”
    Emma Seligman, “Shiva Baby”

    Documentary
    Jessica Kingdon, “Ascension”
    **WINNER Stanley Nelson, “Attica”
    Raoul Peck, “Exterminate All the Brutes”
    Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”
    Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi & Jimmy Chin, “The Rescue”

    Drama Series
    Kevin Bray, “Succession”: “Retired Janitors of Idaho”
    **WINNER Mark Mylod, “Succession”: “All the Bells Say”
    Andrij Parekh, “Succession”: “What It Takes”
    Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman, “Succession”: “Lion in the Meadow”
    Lorene Scafaria, “Succession”: “Too Much Birthday”

    Comedy Series
    **WINNER Lucia Aniello, “Hacks”: “There Is No Line”
    MJ Delaney, “Ted Lasso”: “No Weddings and a Funeral”
    Erica Dunton, “Ted Lasso”: “Rainbow”
    Sam Jones, “Ted Lasso”: “Beard After Hours”
    Mike White, “The White Lotus”: “Mysterious Monkeys”

    Movies for Television and Limited Series
    **WINNER Barry Jenkins, “The Underground Railroad”
    Barry Levinson, “Dopesick”: “First Bottle”
    Hiro Murai, “Station Eleven”: “Wheel of Fire”
    Danny Strong: “Dopesick”: “The People vs. Purdue Pharma”
    Craig Zobel, “Mare of Easttown”

    Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Regularly Scheduled Programming
    Paul G. Casey, “Real Time With Bill Maher”: “Episode 1935: Fareed Zakaria, Chris Christie, Eric Adams”
    Jim Hoskinson, “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”: “Episode 1105”
    **WINNER Don Roy King, “Saturday Night Live”: “Keegan-Michael Key; Olivia Rodrigo”
    David Paul Meyer, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”: “Episode 26112”
    Paul Pennolino & Christopher Werner, “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver”: “Episode 830 – Season Finale”

    Variety/Talk/News/Sports – Specials
    Ian Berger, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse – Into the Magaverse”
    Bo Burnham, “Bo Burnham: Inside”
    **WINNER Paul Dugdale, “Adele: One Night Only”
    Stan Lathan, “Dave Chappelle: The Closer”
    Glenn P. Weiss, “The 43rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors”

    Reality Programs
    Joseph Guidry, “Full Bloom”: “Final Floral Face Off”
    Patrick McManus, “American Ninja Warrior”: “1304: Qualifiers 4”
    Ramy Romany, “Making the Cut”: “Brand Statement”
    Ben Simms, “Running Wild with Bear Grylls”: “Gina Carano In The Dolomites”
    **WINNER Adam Vetri, “Getaway Driver”: “Electric Shock”

    Children’s Programs
    James Bobin, “The Mysterious Benedict Society”: “A Bunch of Smart Orphans”
    Michael Lembeck, “The J Team”
    Phill Lewis, “Head of the Class”: “Three More Years”
    **WINNER Smriti Mundhra, “Through Our Eyes”: “Shelter”
    Jeff Wadlow, “Are You Afraid of the Dark?”: “The Tale of the Darkhouse”

    Commercials
    Steve Ayson (MJZ), Anthem, Mattress Firm – Droga5
    Kathryn Bigelow (Smuggler), Hollywood In Your Pocket, iPhone 13 – Media Arts Lab
    Ian Pons Jewell (Reset), ECG, Apple Watch – Apple; Sleep, Apple Watch – Apple; Time, Squarespace – Squarespace; Your Mom’s Short Ribs, Instacart – Goodby Silverstein
    Henry-Alex Rubin (Smuggler), Teenage Dream, Sandy Hook Promise – BBDO – New York
    **WINNER Bradford Young (Serial Pictures x Somesuch), Super. Human., Channel 4 Paralympics – 4Creative

    Source: The Wrap

  • Post-Oscar Nominations Analysis

    Post-Oscar Nominations Analysis

    BEST PICTURE

    A stat that I want to mention is that no Best Picture winner in at least the last 10 years has won the award without being at least nominated for a Picture award, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at the Golden Globes.

    The only two films that received those nominations were The Power of the Dog and Belfast.

    Another notable stat is that in the preferential era, only one Best Picture-winning film (Birdman which was made to look like it was filmed in one shot) was not nominated in Best Editing as well. Of The Power of the Dog and Belfast, only the former film has been nominated for Best Editing. What this tells me is that I am even more confident about having The Power of the Dog as my Best Picture winner.

    Nominations snubs and surprises:

    Drive My Car!!! It’s fantastic that we live in a world where a 3-hour Japanese film can get nominated for Best Picture (in addition to Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay). Many were predicting it but it’s still great to see.

    Tick, tick, BOOM! misses and Nightmare Alley makes it in. Though tick, tick, BOOM! had CCA and PGA, it apparently did not have the level of support that Nightmare Alley had. I think this inclusion shows how powerful of a campaigning machine Searchlight is. They almost always get at least one of their films in, even when they don’t seem like they have very much support. I don’t think any other distributor could’ve pushed Nightmare Alley into Best Picture.

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Denis Villeneuve’s snub here was pretty shocking and I’m still surprised as I thought someone like Branagh was more likely to miss for Hamaguchi. Well, Campion still has this win secured and I can easily see her sweeping all the major directing precursors on the way to the Oscars.

    BEST ACTOR

    What’s interesting to me is that Being the Ricardos received three acting nominations (Javier Bardem, Nicole Kidman, and J.K. Simmons) yet didn’t hit Original Screenplay and ended up not making Picture. I had a feeling that Sorkin wasn’t going to get a Screenplay nod since the writers branch historically aligns more with critics than other branches, but the fact that the film got the acting nods it did shows to me how much the Academy is infatuated with biopic performances and specifically, portrayals of Hollywood figures.

    Anyways other than Bardem, the other four men (Cumberbatch, Smith, Garfield, and Washington) have been locked in for a while and all of them got in. My winner prediction at this point is Cumberbatch.

    BEST ACTRESS

    Lady Gaga missing and Penelope Cruz getting in were definitely big surprises. Gaga was the only actress to get nods from all of the major precursors and they still didn’t nominate her, showing to me that they really were not too keen on House of Gucci, which didn’t even get a Costume Design nomination (it only received a nod in Makeup & Hairstyling).

    In other news, Kristen Stewart. who missed at both SAG and at BAFTA (which went 0 for 5 with the Oscar Best Actress field this year), got in at the Oscars and was the sole nomination for Spencer. Now that she has been nominated, she definitely has a chance to win though I still think Kidman has the best chance though Stewart or Colman are close behind.

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Plemons’ inclusion here is indicative of the broad support The Power of the Dog has. For a chamber drama like The Power of the Dog to be the nomination leader (12) is really an achievement and it makes me even more confident about predicting it for the win. And it’s great to see Plemons finally receive an Oscar nomination after being in six Best Picture nominees in the last seven years. As I mentioned previously JK Simmons was a surprise inclusion here, and slightly less surprisingly, Bradley Cooper missed.

    Cooper was in Licorice Pizza for less than ten minutes but was seen in the predictions of many. The fact that both Alana Haim and Cooper missed as well as Andy Jurgensen in Editing shows that Licorice Pizza is most definitely not a top-3 Best Picture contender and might even miss an Original Screenplay win (which would be maddening as Paul Thomas Anderson needs an Oscar ASAP).

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    This was the first-announced award of the presentation and when I saw it, I knew we were in for a very interesting slate of nominees. Jessie Buckley and Judi Dench got in while Caitriona Balfe and Ruth Negga missed. Balfe’s omission is especially surprising as she, like Lady Gaga in Best Actress, hit all the major precursors and was included by many to be the best part of Belfast. To me, her exclusion is even more surprising than Gaga’s since her film is a top-tier Best Picture contender. Dench was instead this category’s representation for Branagh’s film and has now received eight nominations in twenty-four years.

    Jessie Buckley’s inclusion was a welcome surprise and I think it really exemplifies the main theme of this year’s nominees as a whole. The Oscars are not going to lean in to calls to become more populist. With Buckley’s nod here, the three above-the-line nominations for Drive My Car, and the nomination for Penelope Cruz, among other inspired picks (including The Worst Person in the World’s inclusion over Being the Ricardos in Original Screenplay), the Academy seems to be defiantly ignoring requests to become more aligned with the tastes of the general population (such as the movement to try to get Spider-Man: No Way Home a Best Picture nomination). While this is probably good news for lovers of international and more daring cinema, the Oscars do run the risk of alienating people, though it seems that the Academy could not care less, and that mindset could show up in who they choose as their winners in March.

  • 2022 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog’ Leads With 12

    2022 Oscar Nominations: ‘The Power of the Dog’ Leads With 12

    The day we’ve all been waiting for is finally here. The 2022 Oscar nominations were announced this morning and featured many snubs and surprises. I’ll get into those in a post coming soon so here are the nominations.

    Here are the Academy Award nominations, in the order they were announced this morning:

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
    Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
    Judi Dench (Belfast)
    Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)
    Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Cruella (Jenny Beavan)
    Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parrini)
    Dune (Jacqueline West)
    Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira)
    West Side Story (Paul Tazewell)

    BEST SOUND

    Belfast
    Dune
    No Time to Die
    The Power of the Dog
    West Side Story

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell)
    Dune (Hans Zimmer)
    Encanto (Germaine Franco)
    Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias)
    The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    CODA (Sian Heder)
    Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe)
    Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve)
    The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
    The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Belfast (Kenneth Branagh)
    Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay & David Sirota)
    Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)
    King Richard
    The Worst Person in the World

    BEST ANIMATED SHORT

    Affairs of the Art
    Bestia
    Boxballet
    Robin Robin
    The Windshield Wiper

    BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT

    Ala Kachuu — Take and Run
    The Dress
    The Long Goodbye
    On My Mind
    Please Hold

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)
    Troy Kotsur (CODA)
    Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
    J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
    Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

    BEST FILM EDITING

    Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin)
    Dune (Joe Walker)
    King Richard (Pamela Martin)
    The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras)
    Tick, Tick… Boom! (Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum)

    BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    House of Gucci
    Coming 2 America
    Cruella
    Dune

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Encanto
    Flee
    Luca
    The Mitchells vs. The Machines
    Raya and the Last Dragon

    BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

    Ascension
    Attica
    Flee
    Summer of Soul
    Writing With Fire

    BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT

    Audible
    Lead Me Home
    The Queen of Basketball
    Three Songs for Benazir
    When We Were Bullies

    BEST ORIGINAL SONG

    “Be Alive” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard)
    “Dos Oruguitas” — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
    “Down to Joy” — Van Morrison (Belfast)
    “No Time to Die” — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die)
    “Somehow You Do” — Diane Warren (Four Good Days)

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Dune (Greig Fraser)
    Nightmare Alley (Dan Lausten)
    The Power of the Dog (Ari Wegner)
    The Tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonnel)
    West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski)

    BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

    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)

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Dune (Zsuzsanna Sipos & Patrice Vermette)
    Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau)
    The Power of the Dog (Grant Major & Amber Richards)
    The Tragedy of Macbeth (Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh)
    West Side Story (Rena DeAngelo & Adam Stockhausen)

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Dune
    Free Guy
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    No Time to Die
    Spider-Man: No Way Home

    BEST ACTRESS

    Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
    Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
    Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers)
    Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
    Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

    BEST ACTOR

    Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos)
    Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
    Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)
    Will Smith (King Richard)
    Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
    Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)
    Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
    Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
    Drive My Car (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi)

    BEST PICTURE

    Belfast
    CODA
    Don’t Look Up
    Drive My Car
    Dune
    King Richard
    Licorice Pizza
    Nightmare Alley
    The Power of the Dog
    West Side Story

    Source: AwardsRadar

  • BAFTA Nominations Released: ‘Dune’ Leads With 11, Best Actress Becomes Even More Wide-Open

    BAFTA Nominations Released: ‘Dune’ Leads With 11, Best Actress Becomes Even More Wide-Open

    The BAFTA nominations were released this morning and provided the final piece of the puzzle for my Oscar nomination predictions, though what that puzzle ends up depicting isn’t clear to me. Dune performed well and was the nominations leader with 11 nods (though director Denis Villeneuve wasn’t one of them).

    In the acting categories, two people were picked by the whole academy while the other four nominees were selected by a jury. The eventual nominees in these categories were, with this knowledge, relatively unsurprising, with the exception of Best Actress. Nicole Kidman, Olivia Colman, Kristen Stewart, and Jessica Chastain were all snubbed and Lady Gaga was the only actress in my personal top 5 Best Actress predictions that made it in. She was likely the top pick in the academy vote, but who was second place? My guess is Licorice Pizza’s Alana Haim and if that is the case, her chances of receiving a nomination have dramatically increased.

    2022 BAFTA Film Award nominees are below:

    Best Film

    “Belfast”
    “Don’t Look Up”
    “Dune”
    “Licorice Pizza”
    “The Power of the Dog”

    Outstanding British Film

    “After Love”
    “Ali & Ava”
    “Belfast”
    “Boiling Point”
    “Cyrano”
    “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie”
    “House of Gucci”
    “Last Night in Soho”
    “No Time to Die”
    “Passing”

    Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

    “After Love” – Aleem Khan (Writer/Director)
    “Boiling Point” – James Cummings (Writer), Hester Ruoff (Producer) [also written by Philip Barantini and Produced by Bart Ruspoli]
    “The Harder They Fall” – Jeymes Samuel (Writer/director) [also written by Boaz Yakin]
    “Keyboard Fantasies” – Posy Dixon (Writer/Director), Liv Proctor (Producer)
    “Passing” – Rebecca Hall (Writer/Director)

    Film Not in the English Language

    “Drive My Car” – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, Teruhisa Yamamoto
    “The Hand of God” – Paolo Sorrentino, Lorenzo Mieli
    “Parallel Mothers” – Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar
    “Petite Maman” – Céline Sciamma, Bénédicte Couvreur
    “The Worst Person in the World” – Joachim Trier, Thomas Robsahm

    Documentary

    “Becoming Cousteau” – Liz Garbus, Dan Cogan
    “Cow” – Andrea Arnold, Kat Mansoor
    “Flee” – Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Monica Hellström
    “The Rescue” – Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, John Battsek, P. J. Van Sandwijk
    “Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel

    Animated Film

    “Encanto” – Jared Bush, Byron Howard, Yvett Merino, Clarke Spencer
    “Flee” – Jonas Poher Rasmussen. Monica Hellström
    “Luca” – Enrico Casarosa, Andrea Warren
    “The Mitchells Vs the Machines” – Mike Rianda, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

    Director

    “After Love” – Aleem Khan
    “Drive My Car” – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
    “Happening” – Audrey Diwan
    “Licorice Pizza” – Paul Thomas Anderson
    “The Power of the Dog” – Jane Campion
    “Titane” – Julia Ducournau

    Original Screenplay

    “Being the Ricardos” – Aaron Sorkin
    “Belfast” – Kenneth Branagh
    “Don’t Look Up” – Adam Mckay
    “King Richard” – Zach Baylin
    “Licorice Pizza” – Paul Thomas Anderson

    Adapted Screenplay

    “Coda” – Siân Heder
    “Drive My Car” – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi
    “Dune” – Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve
    “The Lost Daughter” – Maggie Gyllenhaal
    “The Power of the Dog” – Jane Campion

    Leading Actress

    Lady Gaga – “House of Gucci”
    Alana Haim – “Licorice Pizza”
    Emilia Jones – “Coda”
    Renate Reinsve – “The Worst Person in the World”
    Joanna Scanlan – “After Love”
    Tessa Thompson – “Passing”

    Leading Actor

    Adeel Akhtar – “Ali & Ava”
    Mahershala Ali – “Swan Song”
    Benedict Cumberbatch – “The Power of the Dog”
    Leonardo DiCaprio – “Don’t Look Up”
    Stephen Graham – “Boiling Point”
    Will Smith – “King Richard”

    Supporting Actress

    Caitríona Balfe – “Belfast”
    Jessie Buckley – “The Lost Daughter”
    Ariana Debose – “West Side Story”
    Ann Dowd – “Mass”
    Aunjanue Ellis – “King Richard”
    Ruth Negga – “Passing”

    Supporting Actor

    Mike Faist – “West Side Story”
    Ciarán Hinds – “Belfast”
    Troy Kotsur – “Coda”
    Woody Norman – “C’mon C’mon”
    Jesse Plemons – “The Power of the Dog”
    Kodi Smit-McPhee – “The Power of the Dog”

    Original Score

    “Being the Ricardos” – Daniel Pemberton
    “Don’t Look Up” – Nicholas Britell
    “Dune” – Hans Zimmer
    “The French Dispatch” – Alexandre Desplat
    “The Power of the Dog” – Jonny Greenwood

    Casting

    “Boiling Point” – Carolyn Mcleod
    “Dune” – Francine Maisler
    “The Hand of God” – Massimo Appolloni, Annamaria Sambucco
    “King Richard” – Rich Delia, Avy Kaufman
    “West Side Story” – Cindy Tolan

    Cinematography

    “Dune” – Greig Fraser
    “Nightmare Alley” – Dan Laustsen
    “No Time to Die” – Linus Sandgren
    “The Power of the Dog” – Ari Wegner
    “The Tragedy of Macbeth” – Bruno Delbonnel

    Editing

    “Belfast” – Úna Ní Dhonghaíle
    “Dune” – Joe Walker
    “Licorice Pizza” – Andy Jurgensen
    “No Time to Die” – Tom Cross, Elliot Graham
    “Summer of Soul (or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” – Joshua L. Pearson

    Production Design

    “Cyrano” – Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
    “Dune” – Patrice Vermette, Zsuzsanna Sipos
    “The French Dispatch” – Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo
    “Nightmare Alley” – Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
    “West Side Story” – Adam Stockhausen, Rena Deangelo

    Costume Design

    “Cruella” – Jenny Beavan
    “Cyrano” – Massimo Cantini Parrini
    “Dune” – Robert Morgan, Jacqueline West
    “The French Dispatch” – Milena Canonero
    “Nightmare Alley” – Luis Sequeira

    Make Up & Hair

    “Cruella” – Nadia Stacey, Naomi Donne
    “Cyrano” – Alessandro Bertolazzi, Siân Miller
    “Dune” – Love Larson, Donald Mowat
    “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” – Linda Dowds, Stephanie Ingram, Justin Raleigh
    “House of Gucci” – Frederic Aspiras, Jane Carboni, Giuliano Mariana, Sarah Nicole Tanno

    Sound

    “Dune” – Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Doug Hemphill, Theo Green, Ron Bartlett
    “Last Night in Soho” – Colin Nicolson, Julian Slater, Tim Cavagin, Dan Morgan
    “No Time to Die” – James Harrison, Simon Hayes, Paul Massey, Oliver Tarney, Mark Taylor
    “A Quiet Place Part II” – Erik Aadahl, Michael Barosky, Brandon Proctor, Ethan Van Der Ryn
    “West Side Story” – Brian Chumney, Tod Maitland, Andy Nelson, Gary Rydstrom

    Special Visual Effects

    “Dune” – Brian Connor, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Gerd Nefzer
    “Free Guy” – Swen Gillberg, Brian Grill, Nikos Kalaitzidis, Daniel Sudick
    “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” – Aharon Bourland, Sheena Duggal, Pier Lefebvre, Alessandro Ongaro
    “The Matrix Resurrections” – Tom Debenham, Hew J Evans, Dan Glass, J. D. Schwaim
    “No Time to Die” – Mark Bokowski, Chris Corbould, Joel Green, Charlie Noble

    British Short Animation

    “Affairs of the Art” – Joanna Quinn, Les Mills
    “Do Not Feed the Pigeons” – Jordi Morera
    “Night of the Living Dread” – Ida Melum, Danielle Goff, Laura Jayne Tunbridge, Hannah Kelso

    British Short Film

    “The Black Cop” – Cherish Oteka
    “Femme” – Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams
    “The Palace” – Jo Prichard
    “Stuffed” – Theo Rhys, Joss Holden-rea
    “Three Meetings of the Extraordinary Committee” – Michael Woodward, Max Barron, Daniel Wheldon

    EE Rising Star Award (Voted for by the Public)

    Ariana Debose
    Harris Dickinson
    Lashana Lynch
    Millicent Simmonds
    Kodi Smit-McPhee

    Source: Variety

  • PGA Nominees Released: ‘Being the Ricardos’ and ‘Tick, Tick…BOOM!’ Round Out the Last Two Slots

    PGA Nominees Released: ‘Being the Ricardos’ and ‘Tick, Tick…BOOM!’ Round Out the Last Two Slots

    In the last five 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 either eight or nine of the PGA 10 will et into Picture at the Oscars.

    The top eight (The Power of the Dog, Belfast, West Side Story, Dune, Licorice Pizza, Don’t Look Up, CODA, and King Richard) all made it into the PGA lineup and will most likely replicate that success at the Oscars. The question is who will the other two picks be? Well that’s a question for another post.

    Here are the PGA nominees:

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

    • “Being the Ricardos” (Amazon Studios)
      Producer: Todd Black, p.g.a.
    • “Belfast” (Focus Features)
      Producers: Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, Tamar Thomas
    • “CODA” (Apple Original Films)
      Producers: Philippe Rousselet, p.g.a., Fabrice Gianfermi, p.g.a., Patrick Wachsberger, p.g.a.
    • “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix)
      Producers: Adam McKay, p.g.a., Kevin Messick, p.g.a.
    • “Dune” (Warner Bros)
      Producers: Mary Parent, p.g.a., Cale Boyter, p.g.a., Denis Villeneuve, p.g.a.
    • “King Richard” (Warner Bros)
      Producers: Tim White, p.g.a., Trevor White, p.g.a., Will Smith, p.g.a.
    • “Licorice Pizza” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
      Producers: Sara Murphy, Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner
    • “The Power of the Dog” (Netflix)
      Producers: Jane Campion, p.g.a., Tanya Seghatchian, p.g.a., Emile Sherman, p.g.a. & Iain Canning, p.g.a., Roger Frappier, p.g.a.
    • “Tick, Tick … Boom!” (Netflix)
      Producers: Julie Oh, p.g.a., Lin-Manuel Miranda, p.g.a.
    • “West Side Story” (20th Century Studios)
      Producers: Steven Spielberg, p.g.a., Kristie Macosko Krieger, p.g.a.

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

    • “Encanto” (Walt Disney Pictures)
      Producers: Yvett Merino, p.g.a., Clark Spencer, p.g.a.
    • “Luca” (Pixar)
      Producers: Andrea Warren, p.g.a.
    • “The Mitchells vs. The Machines” (Netflix)
      Producers: Phil Lord, p.g.a. & Christopher Miller, p.g.a., Kurt Albrecht, p.g.a.
    • “Raya and the Last Dragon” (Walt Disney Pictures)
      Producers: Osnat Shurer, p.g.a., Peter Del Vecho, p.g.a.
    • “Sing 2” (Illumination/Universal Pictures)
      Producers: Chris Meledandri, p.g.a., Janet Healy, p.g.a.

    Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

    • “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Season 4)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “The Morning Show” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 2
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “Squid Game” (Netflix) – Season 1
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “Succession” (HBO) – Season 3
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network) – Season 4
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*

    Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

    • “Cobra Kai” (Netflix) – Seasons 3 and 4
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “Curb Your Enthusiasm” (HBO) – Season 11
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “Hacks” (HBO Max) – Season 1
      Producers: Jen Statsky, Paul W. Downs, Lucia Aniello, Michael Schur, David Miner, Morgan Sackett, Joanna Calo, Andrew Law, David Hyman, Joe Mande, Jessica Chaffin
    • “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu) – Season 1
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) – Season 2
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*

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

    • “Dopesick” (Hulu)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “Mare of Easttown” (HBO)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • ​​”The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Prime Video)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “WandaVision” (Disney Plus)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • “The White Lotus” (HBO)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

    • 8-Bit Christmas
      Producers: Tim White, p.g.a. & Trevor White, p.g.a., Allan Mandelbaum, p.g.a.
    • Come From Away
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Oslo
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Robin Roberts Presents: Mahalia
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Single All The Way
      Producer: Joel S. Rice, p.g.a.
    • Tom Petty, Somewhere You Feel Free: The Making of Wildflowers
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

    • 60 Minutes (Season 54)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Allen v. Farrow (Season 1)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • The Beatles: Get Back (Season 1)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Queer Eye (Season 6)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy (Season 1)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*

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

    • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah (Season 27)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Dave Chappelle: The Closer
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Season 8)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (Season 7)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Saturday Night Live (Season 47)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

    • America’s Got Talent (Season 16)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Nailed It! (Seasons 5 & 6)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • RuPaul’s Drag Race (Season 13)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • Top Chef (Season 18)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*
    • The Voice (Season 20)
      *Eligibility Determination Pending*

    Source: Yahoo

  • DGA Nominees Released: PTA, Branagh, Campion, Spielberg, and Villeneuve All Make It In

    DGA Nominees Released: PTA, Branagh, Campion, Spielberg, and Villeneuve All Make It In

    The last time the eventual Best Picture winner missed DGA was in 1990 when Driving Miss Daisy’s Bruce Beresford missed directing nods at both the DGA and the Oscars yet his film still ended up winning the top prize. So it seems highly unlikely that any film outside of this group will triumph in the end. Of course, ‘The Power of the Dog’, with ‘Belfast’ following closely behind, are still the two frontrunners.

    With these five getting nominations, someone like Adam McKay’s chances of getting nominated for Best Director are now essentially non-existent. Usually, four out of the five DGA nominees translate to Oscar nominations and that usually happens when they see a DGA-nominated film as more of a screenwriting achievement than a directorial achievement. I think Branagh is the best bet to fall, as a result of this trend, and someone like Ryusuke Hamaguchi or Joel Coen could take his or PTA’s place.

    Feature

    Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”

    Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”

    Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”

    Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

    Denis Villeneuve, “Dune”

    First-Time Feature

    Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”

    Rebecca Hall, “Passing”

    Tatiana Huezo, “Prayers for the Stolen”

    Lin-Manuel Miranda, “Tick, Tick … Boom!”

    Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”

    Emma Seligman, “Shiva Baby”

    Documentary

    “Ascension,” Jessica Kingdon

    “Attica,” Stanley Nelson

    “Exterminate All the Brutes,” Raoul Peck

    “Summer of Soul,” Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson

    “The Rescue,” Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin

    Source: New York Times

  • SAG Nominations: Kristen Stewart Misses and ‘House of Gucci’ Overperforms

    SAG Nominations: Kristen Stewart Misses and ‘House of Gucci’ Overperforms

    The SAG nods were released a few hours ago and with them in our possession only the BAFTA noms are left in terms of major acting precursors. As usual, there were some surprises. Biggest of all being Kristen Stewart, who was marked as the frontrunner for a Best Actress nomination by many (including me) missed a SAG nomination. In her place was Jennifer Hudson who many thought, for all intents and purpose, was out of the race.

    House of Gucci overperformed and other than its expected inclusion for Lady Gaga in Best Actress it was also nominated for Best Cast Ensemble and Best Supporting Actor for Jared Leto (nominated by SAG for the second time in the row as he was picked last year for The Little Things). There were other surprises in Supporting Actor as Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza) and Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar) were nominated, Cooper receiving his first major precursor nod. Also, both Jamie Dornan and Ciaran Hinds of Belfast missed as well.

    Anyways, here are the SAG nominations:

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

    Murray Bartlett (“The White Lotus”)  

    Oscar Isaac (“Scenes From a Marriage”)  

    Michael Keaton (“Dopesick”) 

    Ewan McGregor (“Halston”)  

    Evan Peters (“Mare of Easttown”) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series

    Jennifer Coolidge (“The White Lotus”)  

    Cynthia Erivo (“Genius: Aretha”)  

    Margaret Qualley (“Maid”)  

    Jean Smart (“Mare of Easttown”)  

    Kate Winslet (“Mare of Easttown”)  

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series

    Michael Douglas (“The Kominsky Method”)  

    Brett Goldstein (“Ted Lasso”) 

    Steve Martin (“Only Murders in the Building”)  

    Martin Short (“Only Murders in the Building”)  

    Jason Sudeikis (“Ted Lasso”)  

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series

    Elle Fanning (“The Great”)

    Sandra Oh (“The Chair”)

    Jean Smart (“Hacks”

    Juno Temple (“Ted Lasso”)

    Hannah Waddingham (“Ted Lasso”)

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series

    “The Great” (Hulu)  

    “Hacks” (HBO Max)  

    “The Kominsky Method” (Netflix)

    “Only Murders in the Building” (Hulu)  

    “Ted Lasso” (Apple TV Plus) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series

    Brian Cox (“Succession”) 

    Billy Crudup (“The Morning Show”) 

    Kieran Culkin (“Succession”)  

    Lee Jung-Jae (“Squid Game”)  

    Jeremy Strong (“Succession”)  

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series

    Jennifer Aniston (“The Morning Show”) 

    Jung Ho-yeon (“Squid Game”)

    Elizabeth Moss (“The Handmaid’s Tale”)  

    Sarah Snook (“Succession”) 

    Reese Witherspoon (“The Morning Show”) 

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series

    “The Handmaid’s Tale” (Hulu) 

    “The Morning Show” (Apple TV Plus) 

    “Squid Game” (Netflix) 

    “Succession” (HBO) 

    “Yellowstone” (Paramount Network) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role

    Caitríona Balfe (“Belfast”)  

    Cate Blanchett (“Nightmare Alley”)  

    Ariana DeBose (“West Side Story”)

    Kirsten Dunst (“The Power of the Dog”)  

    Ruth Negga (“Passing) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role

    Ben Affleck (“The Tender Bar”)  

    Bradley Cooper (“Licorice Pizza”)  

    Troy Kotsur (“CODA”)  

    Jared Leto (“House of Gucci”)  

    Kodi Smit-McPhee (“The Power of the Dog”) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role

    Jessica Chastain (“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”)  

    Olivia Colman (“The Lost Daughter”)  

    Lady Gaga (“House of Gucci”) 

    Jennifer Hudson (“Respect”)  

    Nicole Kidman (“Being the Ricardos”)  

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role

    Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”)  

    Benedict Cumberbatch (“The Power of the Dog”) 

    Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick … Boom!”) 

    Will Smith (“King Richard”)  

    Denzel Washington (“The Tragedy of Macbeth”) 

    Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture

    “Belfast” (Focus Features)  

    “CODA” (Apple Original Films) 

    “Don’t Look Up” (Netflix)  

    “House of Gucci” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)  

    “King Richard” (Warner Bros)  

    Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture

    “Black Widow”

    “Dune”

    “The Matrix Resurrections”

    “No Time to Die”

    “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”

    Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Television Series

    “Cobra Kai”

    “The Falcon and the Winter Soldier”

    “Loki”

    “Mare of Easttown”

    “Squid Game”

  • BAFTA Longlists Announced: ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’ Lead

    BAFTA Longlists Announced: ‘West Side Story’ and ‘Don’t Look Up’ Lead

    The BAFTAs announced their longlists today with West Side Story and Don’t Look Up leading with 15 appearances each. The Power of the Dog and Belfast were close seconds with 14 nods each. I’ll dive into the ramifications of these longlists in my January predictions so here are the BAFTA picks.

    Best Film

    15 films go through to the Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. This is the only category voted for by all film voting members in all voting rounds. 217 films were submitted for consideration.

    Being The Ricardos
    Belfast
    CODA
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    House of Gucci
    King Richard
    Licorice Pizza
    No Time To Die
    The French Dispatch
    The Lost Daughter
    The Power of the Dog
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    tick tick…BOOM!
    West Side Story

    Outstanding British Film

    20 films will go through to round two of voting. The top five films from the opt-in chapter vote in round one automatically receive a nomination. The next ranking 15 films will be considered by a jury, who will vote for five nominations. 10 films will be nominated in this category. In round three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 64 films were submitted for consideration, all of which passed the BFI Diversity Standards.

    After Love
    Ali & Ava
    Belfast
    Benediction
    Boiling Point
    The Colour Room
    Cruella
    Cyrano
    The Duke
    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
    Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
    House of Gucci
    The King’s Man
    Last Night in Soho
    Mothering Sunday
    Munich- The Edge of War
    No Time To Die
    Operation Mincemeat
    Passing
    Spencer

    Outstanding Debut By a British Writer, Director or Producer

    10 films have been longlisted, and five will be nominated. The longlist, nominees and winner in this category are voted on by a jury. 37 films were submitted for consideration.

    After Love
    Boiling Point
    Censor
    Dying to Divorce
    The Harder They Fall
    Hostile
    Keyboard Fantasies
    Passing
    The Power
    Sweetheart

    Film Not in English Language

    15 films will progress to round 2 of voting, and five will be nominated. This category is voted for in all three rounds by an opt-in chapter. 50 films were submitted for consideration.

    A Hero
    Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
    Compartment No. 6
    Drive My Car
    Flee
    The Hand of God
    I’m Your Man
    Lamb
    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
    Parallel Mothers
    Paris, 13th District
    Petite Maman
    Riders of Justice
    Titane
    The Worst Person in the World

    Documentary

    15 films will progress to round 2 of voting. The top two films from the opt-in chapter vote in round 1 automatically receive a nomination. The next ranking 13 films will be considered by a jury, who will vote for three nominations.  Five films will be nominated in this category. In round 3, the documentary opt-in chapter will select the winner in this category.

    14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible
    Becoming Cousteau
    Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry
    Cow
    Flee
    JFK Revisited: Through The Looking Glass
    Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins Story
    The Lost Leonardo
    The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
    The Real Charlie Chaplin
    The Rescue
    The Sparks Brothers
    Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    Tina
    The Velvet Underground

    Animated Film

    Seven films will progress to round 2 of voting, and four will be nominated. This category is voted for in all three rounds by an opt-in chapter. 14 films were submitted for consideration.

    Encanto
    Flee
    Luca
    The Mitchells vs the Machines
    Raya and the Last Dragon
    Ron’s Gone Wrong
    Sing 2

    Director

    20 films will progress to round 2 of voting, and six will be nominated. Round 1 is a chapter vote, round 2 is voted on by a jury (nominations) and round 3 is voted on by the general membership (winner). To determine this longlist, in round 1, the directing chapter voted; the top seven female and top seven male directed films were automatically longlisted. The remaining 3 female and 3 male directors were voted for by a longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 ranking female and male directed films. A nominating jury will vote for the six nominations. In round 3, the general voting membership will select the winner. 184 films were submitted for consideration.

    After Love
    Belfast
    CODA
    Don’t Look Up
    Drive My Car
    Dune
    First Cow
    The Hand of God
    Happening
    King Richard
    Licorice Pizza
    The Lost Daughter
    Passing
    Petite Maman
    The Power of the Dog
    The Souvenir Part II
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Titane
    West Side Story
    Zola

    Original Screenplay

    15 films will progress to round 2, and five will be nominated. Round 1 is a chapter vote, round 2 is a chapter vote (nominations) and in round 3, the general voting membership will select the winner. 78 films were submitted for consideration.

    After Love
    Being The Ricardos
    Belfast
    The Card Counter
    C’mon C’mon
    Don’t Look Up
    The Duke
    The French Dispatch
    The Hand of God
    King Richard
    Last Night in Soho
    Licorice Pizza
    Parallel Mothers
    Petite Maman
    The Worst Person in the World

    Adapted Screenplay

    15 films will progress to round 2, and five will be nominated. Round 1 is a chapter vote, round 2 is a chapter vote (nominations) and in round 3, the general voting membership will select the winner. 62 films were submitted for consideration.

    CODA
    Cyrano
    Drive My Car
    Dune
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    The Green Knight
    House of Gucci
    The Last Duel
    The Lost Daughter
    No Time To Die
    Passing
    The Power of the Dog
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    tick tick…BOOM!
    West Side Story

    Leading Actress

    15 performances will progress to round 2 of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in round 1 the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round 2 is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In round 3, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 82 performances were submitted for consideration.

    Jessica Chastain The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    Olivia Colman The Lost Daughter
    Lady Gaga House of Gucci
    Alana Haim Licorice Pizza
    Jennifer Hudson Respect
    Emilia Jones CODA
    Nicole Kidman Being The Ricardos
    Jennifer Lawrence Don’t Look Up
    Frances McDormand The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Renate Reinsve The Worst Person in the World
    Claire Rushbrook Ali & Ava
    Joanna Scanlan After Love
    Kristen Stewart Spencer
    Tessa Thompson Passing
    Rachel Zegler West Side Story

    Leading Actor

    15 performances will progress to Round 2 of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in round 1 the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round 2 is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round 3, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 102 performances were submitted for consideration.

    Riz Ahmed Encounter
    Adeel Akhtar Ali & Ava
    Mahershala Ali Swan Song
    Javier Bardem Being The Ricardos
    Daniel Craig No Time To Die
    Benedict Cumberbatch The Power of the Dog
    Leonardo DiCaprio Don’t Look Up
    Peter Dinklage Cyrano
    Adam Driver House of Gucci
    Andrew Garfield tick tick…BOOM!
    Stephen Graham Boiling Point
    Cooper Hoffman Licorice Pizza
    Joaquin Phoenix C’mon C’mon
    Will Smith King Richard
    Denzel Washington The Tragedy of Macbeth

    Supporting Actress

    15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 202 performances were submitted for consideration.

    Caitriona Balfe Belfast
    Cate Blanchett Don’t Look Up
    Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter
    Ana de Armas No Time To Die
    Ariana DeBose West Side Story
    Ann Dowd Mass
    Judi Dench Belfast
    Kirsten Dunst The Power of the Dog
    Aunjanue Ellis King Richard
    Kathryn Hunter The Tragedy of Macbeth
    Rita Moreno West Side Story
    Ruth Negga Passing
    Vinette Robinson Boiling Point
    Meryl Streep Don’t Look Up
    Anya Taylor-Joy Last Night in Soho

    Supporting Actor

    15 performances will progress to Round Two of voting, and six will be nominated. To determine this longlist, in Round One the acting chapter voted; the top 12 were automatically longlisted. The remaining three places have been voted on by the Longlisting jury, who have considered the next 10 placed performances from the chapter vote. Round Two is voted on by a jury who will vote for the six nominations. In Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner in this category. 283 performances were submitted for consideration.

    David Alvarez West Side Story
    Bradley Cooper Licorice Pizza
    Benicio del Toro The French Dispatch
    Jamie Dornan Belfast
    Ciarán Hinds Belfast
    Mike Faist West Side Story
    Andrew Garfield The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    Troy Kotsur CODA
    Jared Leto House of Gucci
    Woody Norman C’mon C’mon
    Al Pacino House of Gucci
    Jesse Plemons The Power of the Dog
    Mark Rylance Don’t Look Up
    J.K. Simmons Being The Ricardos
    Kodi Smit-McPhee The Power of the Dog

    Casting

    15 films will progress to Round Two of voting, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is voted on by a jury (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 89 films were submitted in this category. Casting Statements, written by the Casting Directors about the casting process, are provided by the entrants and shared with the jury in Round Two and published on BAFTA View.

    After Love
    Belfast
    Boiling Point
    CODA
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    The Hand of God
    House of Gucci
    King Richard
    Licorice Pizza
    The Lost Daughter
    Passing
    The Power of the Dog
    tick tick…BOOM!
    West Side Story

    Cinematography

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 126 films were submitted for consideration.

    Belfast
    C’mon C’mon
    Cyrano
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    The French Dispatch
    House of Gucci
    The Last Duel
    Last Night in Soho
    Licorice Pizza
    Nightmare Alley
    No Time To Die
    The Power of the Dog
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    West Side Story

    Costume Design

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 86 films were submitted for consideration.

    Being The Ricardos
    Being the Ricardos
    Belfast
    Cruella
    Cyrano
    Dune
    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    The French Dispatch
    House of Gucci
    Last Night in Soho
    Licorice Pizza
    Nightmare Alley
    The Power of the Dog
    Spencer
    West Side Story

    Editing

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 154 films were submitted for consideration.

    Belfast
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    The French Dispatch
    The Hand of God
    House of Gucci
    Last Night in Soho
    Licorice Pizza
    The Lost Daughter
    No Time To Die
    The Power of the Dog
    Summer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
    tick tick…BOOM!
    Titane
    West Side Story

    MAKE UP & HAIR

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 77 films were submitted for consideration.

    Being the Ricardos
    Coming 2 America
    Cruella
    Cyrano
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
    The Eyes of Tammy Faye
    The French Dispatch
    House of Gucci
    The King’s Man
    The Last Duel
    Last Night in Soho
    No Time To Die
    West Side Story

    ORIGINAL SCORE

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 101 films were submitted for consideration. Music cue sheets are provided by the entrants and published on BAFTA View for the music chapter in Rounds One and Two, and for all voting members in Round Three.

    Being the Ricardos
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
    The French Dispatch
    The Green Knight
    The Harder They Fall
    King Richard
    The Last Duel
    Last Night in Soho
    The Lost Daughter
    Nightmare Alley
    No Time To Die
    The Power of the Dog
    Spencer

    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 99 films were submitted for consideration.

    Being the Ricardos
    Belfast
    Cruella
    Cyrano
    Dune
    The Electrical Life of Louis Wain
    The French Dispatch
    House of Gucci
    The Last Duel
    Licorice Pizza
    Nightmare Alley
    No Time To Die
    The Power of the Dog
    The Tragedy of Macbeth
    West Side Story

    SPECIAL VISUAL EFFECTS

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 56 films were submitted for consideration. Entrants can submit a supporting Statement and a show-reel of the SVFX work (up to five minutes in duration); this will be published on BAFTA View for the general voting membership in Round Three.

    Black Widow
    Cruella
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    Eternals
    Free Guy
    The French Dispatch
    Ghostbusters: Afterlife
    The King’s Man
    Last Night in Soho
    The Matrix Resurrections
    No Time To Die
    Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
    The Suicide Squad
    Venom: Let There Be Carnage

    SOUND

    15 films will progress to Round Two, and five will be nominated. Round One is a chapter vote, Round Two is a chapter vote (nominations) and in Round Three, the general voting membership will select the winner. 126 films were submitted for consideration.

    A Quiet Place Part II
    Belfast
    CODA
    Don’t Look Up
    Dune
    The French Dispatch
    Ghostbusters: Afterlife
    The Harder They Fall
    The Last Duel
    Last Night in Soho
    The Matrix Resurrections
    No Time To Die
    The Power of the Dog
    tick tick…BOOM!
    West Side Story

    BRITISH SHORT ANIMATION

    Six films have been longlisted, and three will be nominated. Rounds One and Two (longlist and nominations) are a jury vote, and an opt in chapter will select the winner in Round Three.

    Affairs of the Art
    Do Not Feed The Pigeons
    A Film About A Pudding
    Homebird
    Night of the Living Dread
    Robin Robin

    BRITISH SHORT FILM

    10 films have been longlisted, and five will be nominated. In Round One, members of the opt-in shorts chapter vote to form a preliminary longlist, and from the highest ranking films a jury vote for the longlist of 10 films. In Round Two, the jury vote on the nominations. In Round Three, an opt in chapter will select the winner.

    The Black Cop
    Three Meetings Of The Extraordinary Committee
    Femme
    The Palace
    Play It Safe
    Rough
    Roy
    Stuffed
    Punch-Drunk
    The Tunnel

    The BAFTA nominations will be announced on Thursday 3 February 2022.

    The BAFTA ceremony takes place on Sunday 13 March 2022.

    Source: Yahoo

  • Golden Globes 2022: ‘West Side Story’ Wins 3, ‘The Power of the Dog’ Wins Best Drama

    Golden Globes 2022: ‘West Side Story’ Wins 3, ‘The Power of the Dog’ Wins Best Drama

    Though the Golden Globes likely won’t have the weight they usually do as they weren’t televised and are being willfully ignored by the majority of the industry, they are still a major Oscar precursor. The Power of the Dog and West Side Story won 3 Globes a piece and though I’ve always had The Power of the Dog as my predicted Best Picture winner, the Globes are truly the first major precursor to release its picks so far and their selection of The Power of the Dog over Belfast (when I thought the award was surely going the latter) was a surprise that gave me more confidence about having the film as my #1 pick.

    Anyway, here are the winners:

    Film

    Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
    “Cyrano”
    “Don’t Look Up”
    “Licorice Pizza”
    “Tick, Tick … Boom!”
    “West Side Story” *WINNER
    Best Motion Picture — Drama
    “Belfast,”
    “CODA”
    “Dune”
    “King Richard”
    “The Power of the Dog” *WINNER
    Best Motion Picture — Foreign Language
    “Compartment No. 6”
    “Drive My Car” *WINNER
    “The Hand of God”
    “A Hero”
    “Parallel Mothers”
    Best Screenplay — Motion Picture
    Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
    Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast” *WINNER
    Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
    Adam McKay, “Don’t Look Up”
    Aaron Sorkin , “Being the Ricardos”
    Best Original Song — Motion Picture
    “Be Alive” from “King Richard” – Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Dixson
    “Dos Orugitas” from “Encanto” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
    “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” – Van Morrison
    “Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from “Respect” – Jamie Alexander Hartman, Jennifer Hudson, Carole King
    “No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die” – Billie Eilish, Finneas O’Connell *WINNER
    Best Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
    Ben Affleck, “The Tender Bar”
    Jamie Dornan, “Belfast”
    Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast”
    Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
    Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog” *WINNER
    Best Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
    Caitríona Balfe, “Belfast”
    Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” *WINNER
    Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog”
    Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
    Ruth Negga, “Passing
    Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
    Leonardo DiCaprio, “Don’t Look Up”
    Peter Dinklage, “Cyrano”
    Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick … Boom!” *WINNER
    Cooper Hoffman, “Licorice Pizza”
    Anthony Ramos, “In the Heights”
    Best Motion Picture — Animated
    “Encanto” *WINNER
    “Flee”
    “Luca”
    “My Sunny Maad”
    “Raya and the Last Dragon”
    Best Actor in a Motion Picture — Drama
    Mahershala Ali, “Swan Song”
    Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos”
    Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
    Will Smith, “King Richard” *WINNER
    Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”
    Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Drama
    Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye”
    Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter”
    Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos” *WINNER
    Lady Gaga, “House of Gucci”
    Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”
    Best Actress in a Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy
    Marion Cotillard, “Annette”
    Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
    Jennifer Lawrence, “Don’t Look Up”
    Emma Stone, “Cruella”
    Rachel Zegler, “West Side Story” *WINNER
    Best Director — Motion Picture
    Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast”
    Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” *WINNER
    Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
    Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
    Denis Villeneuve, “Dune”
    Best Original Score
    “The French Dispatch”
    “Encanto”
    “The Power of the Dog”
    “Parallel Mothers”
    “Dune” *WINNER

    Television

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
    Anthony Anderson, “Black-ish”
    Nicholas Hoult, “The Great”
    Steve Martin, “Only Murders in the Building”
    Martin Short, “Only Murders in the Building”
    Jason Sudeikis, “Ted Lasso” *WINNER
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Musical or Comedy
    Hannah Einbender, “Hacks”
    Elle Fanning, “The Great”
    Issa Rae, “Insecure”
    Tracee Ellis Ross, “black-ish”
    Jean Smart, “Hacks” *WINNER
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series — Drama
    Brian Cox, “Succession”
    Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”
    Billy Porter, “Pose”
    Jeremy Strong, “Succession” *WINNER
    Omar Sy, “Lupin”
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series — Drama
    Uzo Aduba, “In Treatment”
    Jennifer Aniston, “The Morning Show”
    Christine Baranski, “The Good Fight”
    Elisabeth Moss, “The Handmaid’s Tale”
    Mj Rodriguez, “Pose” *WINNER
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Paul Bettany, “WandaVision”
    Oscar Isaac, “Scenes From a Marriage”
    Michael Keaton, “Dopesick” *WINNER
    Ewan McGregor, “Halston”
    Tahar Rahim, “The Serpent”
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Jessica Chastain, “Scenes From a Marriage”
    Cynthia Erivo, “Genius: Aretha”
    Elizabeth Olsen, “WandaVision”
    Margaret Qualley, “Maid”
    Kate Winslet, “Mare of Easttown” *WINNER
    Best Television Series Drama
    “Lupin”
    “The Morning Show”
    “Pose”
    “Squid Game”
    “Succession” *WINNER
    Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    “Dopesick”
    “Impeachment: American Crime Story”
    “Maid”
    “Mare of Easttown”
    “The Underground Railroad” *WINNER
    Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Jennifer Coolidge, “White Lotus”
    Kaitlyn Dever, “Dopesick”
    Andie MacDowell, “Maid”
    Sarah Snook, “Succession” *WINNER
    Hannah Waddingham, “Ted Lasso”
    Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
    Billy Crudup, “The Morning Show”
    Kieran Culkin, “Succession”
    Mark Duplass, “The Morning Show”
    Brett Goldstein, “Ted Lasso”
    Oh Yeong-su, “Squid Game” *WINNER
    Best Television Series — Musical or Comedy
    “The Great”
    “Hacks” *WINNER
    “Only Murders in the Building”
    “Reservation Dogs”
    “Ted Lasso”
    Source: CNN