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  • AFI Establishes the Top Contenders of This Season

    AFI Establishes the Top Contenders of This Season

    The American Film Institute released their list of the top 10 films and TV shows of the year. As always, AFI is the first major predictor of what the Best Picture slate is going to look like. Here are their picks:

    AFI MOTION PICTURES OF THE YEAR

    “Anora”

    “The Brutalist”

    “A Complete Unknown”

    “Conclave”

    “Dune: Part Two”

    “Emilia Perez”

    “Nickel Boys”

    “A Real Pain”

    “Sing Sing”

    “Wicked”

    AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR

    “Abbott Elementary”

    “The Bear”

    “Hacks”

    “A Man on the Inside”

    “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”

    “Nobody Wants This”

    “The Penguin”

    “Shogun”

    “Shrinking”

    “True Detective: Night Country”

    AFI SPECIAL AWARD

    “Baby Reindeer”

    Source: The Wrap

     

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

    • 2024 – 8 of the 10 Oscar nominees received a nod from the AFI (Missed: Anatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest
    • 2023 – 8 of 10 (Missed: Triangle of Sadness and All Quiet on the Western Front)
    • 2022 – 9 of 10 (Missed: Drive My Car)
    • 2021 – 6 of 8 (Missed: Promising Young Woman and The Father)
    • 2020 – 8 of 9 (Missed: Ford v Ferrari)
    • 2019 – 6 of 8 (Missed: Vice and Bohemian Rhapsody)
    • 2018 – 7 of 9 (Missed: Phantom Thread and Darkest Hour)
    • 2017: 7 of 9 (Missed: Lion and Hidden Figures)
    • 2016: 6 of 8 (Missed: The Revenant and Brooklyn)

    (Note: The AFI Top 10 can only include American films but in 2022, 2020 and 2019, The Banshees of Inisherin, Parasite and Roma, respectively, won AFI Special Awards)

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

    • Anatomy of a Fall – Nominated at BAFTA and Golden Globes
    • The Zone of Interest – Nominated at the Golden Globes
    • All Quiet on The Western Front – Nominated at BAFTA (won as well)
    • Triangle of Sadness – Nominated at the Golden Globes
    • Drive My Car – none (won LAFCA, NYFCC, NSFC trifecta though)
    • The Father – Nominated at BAFTA and at the Golden Globes
    • Promising Young Woman – Nominated for Best Picture at Critics Choice. Also nominated by the Golden Globes, BAFTA, and the National Board of Review.
    • Ford v Ferrari – Nominated for Best Picture at the Critics Choice Awards and by the National Board of Review
    • Vice – Nominated at both Golden Globes and Critics Choice
    • Bohemian Rhapsody – Nominated at Golden Globes (won as well) and SAG
    • Phantom Thread – Nominated by National Board of Review
    • Darkest Hour – Nominated at BAFTA and at Critics Choice
    • Lion – Nominated at the Golden Globes and Critics Choice
    • Hidden Figures – Nominated at SAG (won as well) and picked by the NBR
    • The Revenant – Nominated by Golden Globes (won as well), BAFTAs (won as well), and the Critics Choice Awards
    • Brooklyn – Nominated at the Critics Choice Awards

    It seems likely that around 1 to 3 of the 10 films chosen by AFI will miss, and if three films do miss my picks for what those will be are (in order from most to least likely to miss): Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, and A Complete Unknown.

  • Golden Globes 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 5, ‘Succession’ 4

    Golden Globes 2024: ‘Oppenheimer’ Wins 5, ‘Succession’ 4

    The Golden Globes saw big success for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer. The Universal film won Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Director, Best Original Score, and Best Drama. Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr., Nolan, and composer Ludwig Goransson will all most likely repeat their Globe success with Academy success.

    Barbie showed itself to be a lot weaker at the Globes than many thought it would be. While the film was the nominations leader, it lost Best Comedy/Musical to Poor Things and Best Screenplay to Anatomy of a Fall. Interestingly enough, Anatomy of a Fall was the only nominee in that category that wasn’t also nominated in Best Director.

    On the TV side, Succession, The Bear, and Beef swept the categories specific to their genre. As a result, there wasn’t much variety here.

    Here is the full list of winners:

    Best Motion Picture – Drama

    Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
    Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple Original Films)
    Maestro (Netflix)
    Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures) (WINNER)
    Past Lives (A24)
    The Zone of Interest (A24)

    Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Air (Amazon MGM Studios)
    American Fiction (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
    Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)
    The Holdovers (Focus Features)
    May December (Netflix)
    Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures) (WINNER)

    Best Motion Picture – Animated

    The Boy and the Heron (GKids) (WINNER)
    Elemental (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
    Suzume (Crunchyroll / Sony Pictures Entertainment)
    Wish (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

    Cinematic and Box Office Achievement

    Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures) (WINNER)
    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
    John Wick: Chapter 4 (Lionsgate)
    Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (Paramount Pictures)
    Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony Pictures Releasing)
    The Super Mario Bros. Movie (Universal Pictures)
    Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (AMC Theatres Distribution)

    Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language

    Anatomy of a Fall, France (Neon) (WINNER)
    Fallen Leaves, Finland (Mubi)
    Io Capitano, Italy (Pathe Distribution)
    Past Lives, United States (A24)
    Society of the Snow, Spain (Netflix)
    The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom/USA (A24)

    Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

    Bradley Cooper, Maestro
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Colman Domingo, Rustin
    Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
    Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
    Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

    Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama

    Annette Bening, Nyad
    Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (WINNER)
    Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
    Greta Lee, Past Lives
    Carey Mulligan, Maestro
    Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla

    Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
    Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
    Natalie Portman, May December
    Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
    Margot Robbie, Barbie
    Emma Stone, Poor Things (WINNER)

    Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

    Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
    Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
    Matt Damon, Air
    Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (WINNER)
    Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid
    Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

    Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

    Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
    Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer (WINNER)
    Ryan Gosling, Barbie
    Charles Melton, May December
    Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

    Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture

    Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
    Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
    Jodie Foster, Nyad
    Julianne Moore, May December
    Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
    Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (WINNER)

    Best Director — Motion Picture

    Bradley Cooper, Maestro
    Greta Gerwig, Barbie
    Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
    Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
    Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Celine Song, Past Lives

    Best Screenplay – Motion Picture

    Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Barbie
    Tony McNamara, Poor Things
    Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
    Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
    Celine Song, Past Lives
    Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall (WINNER)

    Best Original Song – Motion Picture

    “Addicted to Romance,” She Came to Me, Music and lyrics by Bruce Springsteen
    “Dance the Night,” Barbie, Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Dua Lipa, Caroline Ailin
    “I’m Just Ken,” Barbie, Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt
    “Peaches,” The Super Mario Bros. Move, Music and lyrics by Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond, John Spiker
    “Road to Freedom,” Rustin, Music and lyrics by Lenny Kravitz
    “What Was I Made For?” Barbie, Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell (WINNER)

    Best Original Score – Motion Picture

    Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
    Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
    Joe Hisaishi, The Boy and the Heron
    Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest
    Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
    Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

    Best Television Series – Drama

    1923 (Paramount+)
    The Crown (Netflix)
    The Diplomat (Netflix)
    The Last of Us (HBO/Max)
    The Morning Show (Apple TV+)
    Succession (HBO/Max) (WINNER)

    Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Abbott Elementary (ABC)
    Barry (HBO/Max)
    The Bear (FX) (WINNER)
    Jury Duty (Amazon Freevee)
    Only Murders in the Building (Hulu)
    Ted Lasso (Apple TV+)

    Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television

    All the Light We Cannot See (Netflix)
    Beef (Netflix) (WINNER)
    Daisy Jones & the Six (Prime Video)
    Fargo (FX)
    Fellow Travelers (Showtime)
    Lessons in Chemistry (Apple TV+)

    Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama

    Helen Mirren, 1923
    Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
    Keri Russell, The Diplomat
    Sarah Snook, Succession (WINNER)
    Imelda Staunton, The Crown
    Emma Stone, The Curse

    Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama

    Brian Cox, Succession
    Kieran Culkin, Succession (WINNER)
    Gary Oldman, Slow Horses
    Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us
    Jeremy Strong, Succession
    Dominic West, The Crown

    Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
    Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
    Ayo Edebiri, The Bear (WINNER)
    Elle Fanning, The Great
    Selena Gomez, Only Murders in the Building
    Natasha Lyonne, Poker Face

    Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy

    Bill Hader, Barry
    Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building
    Jason Segel, Shrinking
    Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building
    Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
    Jeremy Allen White, The Bear (WINNER)

    Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Riley Keough, Daisy Jones & the Six
    Brie Larson, Lessons in Chemistry
    Elizabeth Olsen, Love & Death
    Juno Temple, Fargo
    Rachel Weisz, Dead Ringers
    Ali Wong, Beef (WINNER)

    Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television

    Matt Bomer, Fellow Travelers
    Sam Claflin, Daisy Jones & the Six
    Jon Hamm, Fargo
    Woody Harrelson, White House Plumbers
    David Oyelowo, Lawmen: Bass Reeves
    Steven Yeun, Beef (WINNER)

    Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

    Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown (WINNER)
    Abby Elliott, The Bear
    Christina Ricci, Yellowjackets
    J. Smith-Cameron, Succession
    Meryl Streep, Only Murders in the Building
    Hannah Waddingham, Ted Lasso

    Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television

    Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
    Matthew Macfadyen, Succession (WINNER)
    James Marsden, Jury Duty
    Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
    Alan Ruck, Succession
    Alexander Skarsgard, Succession

    Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television

    Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais: Armageddon (WINNER)
    Trevor Noah, Trevor Noah: Where Was I
    Chris Rock, Chris Rock: Selective Outrage
    Amy Schumer, Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact
    Sarah Silverman, Sarah Silverman: Someone You Love
    Wanda Sykes, Wanda Sykes: I’m an Entertainer

    Source: The Hollywood Reporter

  • Cannes 2023: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Takes Palme, ‘The Zone of Interest’ and ‘Fallen Leaves’ Take Other Prizes

    Cannes 2023: ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Takes Palme, ‘The Zone of Interest’ and ‘Fallen Leaves’ Take Other Prizes

    Justine Triet became just the third female director to win the Palme D’Or with ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ taking Cannes’ top prize. Critical darling ‘The Zone of Interest’ was awarded with the second prize and we will very likely be seeing both films pop up again and again later in the year when awards season kicks into full gear. Alice Rohrwacher’s ‘La Chimera’ and Todd Haynes’ ‘May December’ left the Croisette without prizes while Aki Kaurismaki’s ‘Fallen Leaves’ won the Cannes Jury Prize.

    Here are the awards and their winners:

    Palme d’Or
    Anatomy of a Fall, dir: Justine Triet

    Grand Prize
    The Zone of Interest, dir: Jonathan Glazer

    Best Director
    Tranh Anh Hung, The Pot-au-Feu

    Jury Prize
    Fallen Leaves, dir: Aki Kaurismaki

    Best Screenplay
    Yuji Sakamato, Monster

    Best Actress
    Merve Dizdar, About Dry Grasses

    Best Actor
    Koji Yakusho, Perfect Days

    Camera d’Or
    Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, dir: Thien An Pham

    Short Film Palme d’Or
    27, dir: Flóra Anna Buda

    Special Mention:
    Far, dir: Gunnur Martinsdottir Schluter

  • Oscars 2023: EEAAO Wins 7; Fraser, ‘All Quiet’ Surprise

    Oscars 2023: EEAAO Wins 7; Fraser, ‘All Quiet’ Surprise

    The biggest story of the night is Everything Everywhere All at Once’s absolute dominance. It won seven Oscars including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress (a controversial win for Jamie Lee Curtis), Original Screenplay, and Editing. From its SXSW release to now, the film has been steadily gathering steam to become the Oscar-crushing behemoth that it did. Its seven Oscars is the most any film has won in a single year since Gravity won seven in 2014.

    Brendan Fraser won Best Actor! The fan-favorite star from The Whale triumphed in Best Actor, winning over presumed favorite Austin Butler. In other news, Netflix’s All Quiet on the Western Front won four of its nine nominations (surprising Babylon in Production Design), while The Banshees of Insiherin, The Fabelmans, Elvis and Tar were all completely snubbed. So much for sharing the wealth.

    After an electrifying performance, RRR’s “Naatu Naatu” won Best Original Song, becoming the first Indian film to have its song win (Slumdog Millionaire was not an Indian film). Everything Everywhere All at Once and Top Gun: Maverick won in Best Editing and Sound respectively, breaking the stat tying those two categories together for ten years.

    Anyways, here are the winners:

    Best Picture

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Malte Grunert, Producer
    Avatar: The Way of Water — James Cameron and Jon Landau, Producers
    The Banshees of Inisherin — Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin and Martin McDonagh, Producers
    Elvis — Baz Luhrmann, Catherine Martin, Gail Berman, Patrick McCormick and Schuyler Weiss, Producers
    Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert and Jonathan Wang, Producers
    The Fabelmans — Kristie Macosko Krieger, Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner, Producers
    Tár — Todd Field, Alexandra Milchan and Scott Lambert, Producers
    Top Gun: Maverick — Tom Cruise, Christopher McQuarrie, David Ellison and Jerry Bruckheimer, Producers
    Triangle of Sadness — Erik Hemmendorff and Philippe Bober, Producers
    Women Talking — Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Frances McDormand, Producers

    Best Directing

    The Banshees of Inisherin — Martin McDonagh
    Everything Everywhere All at Once — Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
    The Fabelmans — Steven Spielberg
    Tár — Todd Field
    Triangle of Sadness — Ruben Östlund

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    Austin Butler in Elvis
    Colin Farrell in The Banshees of Inisherin
    Brendan Fraser in The Whale
    Paul Mescal in Aftersun
    Bill Nighy in Living

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    Cate Blanchett in Tár
    Ana de Armas in Blonde
    Andrea Riseborough in To Leslie
    Michelle Williams in The Fabelmans
    Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role

    Brendan Gleeson in The Banshees of Inisherin
    Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway
    Judd Hirsch in The Fabelmans
    Barry Keoghan in The Banshees of Inisherin
    Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role

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

    Best Costume Design

    Babylon — Mary Zophres
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Ruth Carter
    Elvis — Catherine Martin
    Everything Everywhere All at Once — Shirley Kurata
    Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris — Jenny Beavan

    Best Sound

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Viktor Prásil, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Lars Ginzel and Stefan Korte
    Avatar: The Way of Water — Julian Howarth, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Dick Bernstein, Christopher Boyes, Gary Summers and Michael Hedges
    The Batman — Stuart Wilson, William Files, Douglas Murray and Andy Nelson
    Elvis — David Lee, Wayne Pashley, Andy Nelson and Michael Keller
    Top Gun: Maverick — Mark Weingarten, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor

    Best Original Score

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Volker Bertelmann
    Babylon — Justin Hurwitz
    The Banshees of Inisherin — Carter Burwell
    Everything Everywhere All at Once — Son Lux
    The Fabelmans — John Williams

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Screenplay by Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson and Ian Stokell
    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Written by Rian Johnson
    Living — Written by Kazuo Ishiguro
    Top Gun: Maverick — Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie; Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks
    Women Talking — Screenplay by Sarah Polley

    Best Original Screenplay

    The Banshees of Inisherin — Written by Martin McDonagh
    Everything Everywhere All at Once — Written by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
    The Fabelmans — Written by Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner
    Tár — Written by Todd Field
    Triangle of Sadness — Written by Ruben Östlund

    Best Live-Action Short Film

    “An Irish Goodbye” — Tom Berkeley and Ross White
    “Ivalu” — Anders Walter and Rebecca Pruzan
    “Le Pupille” — Alice Rohrwacher and Alfonso Cuarón
    “Night Ride” — Eirik Tveiten and Gaute Lid Larssen
    “The Red Suitcase” — Cyrus Neshvad

    Best Animated Short Film

    “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” — Charlie Mackesy and Matthew Freud
    “The Flying Sailor” — Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby
    “Ice Merchants” — João Gonzalez and Bruno Caetano
    “My Year of Dicks” — Sara Gunnarsdóttir and Pamela Ribon
    “An Ostrich Told Me the World Is Fake and I Think I Believe It” — Lachlan Pendragon

    Best Animated Film

    Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio — Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson, Gary Ungar and Alex Bulkley
    Marcel the Shell With Shoes On — Dean Fleischer Camp, Elisabeth Holm, Andrew Goldman, Caroline Kaplan and Paul Mezey
    Puss in Boots: The Last Wish — Joel Crawford and Mark Swift
    The Sea Beast — Chris Williams and Jed Schlanger
    Turning Red — Domee Shi and Lindsey Collins

    Best Original Song

    “Applause” from Tell It Like a Woman; Music and Lyric by Diane Warren
    “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick; Music and Lyric by Lady Gaga and BloodPop
    “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever; Music by Tems, Rihanna, Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Goransson; Lyric by Tems and Ryan Coogler
    “Naatu Naatu” from RRR; Music by M.M. Keeravaani; Lyric by Chandrabose
    “This Is a Life” from Everything Everywhere All at Once; Music by Ryan Lott, David Byrne and Mitski; Lyric by Ryan Lott and David Byrne

    Best International Feature Film

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Germany
    Argentina, 1985 — Argentina
    Close — Belgium
    EO — Poland
    The Quiet Girl — Ireland

    Best Makeup and Hairstyling

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Heike Merker and Linda Eisenhamerová
    The Batman — Naomi Donne, Mike Marino and Mike Fontaine
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Camille Friend and Joel Harlow
    Elvis — Mark Coulier, Jason Baird and Aldo Signoretti
    The Whale — Adrien Morot, Judy Chin and Anne Marie Bradley

    Best Production Design

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Production Design: Christian M. Goldbeck; Set Decoration: Ernestine Hipper
    Avatar: The Way of Water — Production Design: Dylan Cole and Ben Procter; Set Decoration: Vanessa Cole
    Babylon — Production Design: Florencia Martin; Set Decoration: Anthony Carlino
    Elvis — Production Design: Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy; Set Decoration: Bev Dunn
    The Fabelmans — Production Design: Rick Carter; Set Decoration: Karen O’Hara

    Best Cinematography

    All Quiet on the Western Front — James Friend
    Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths — Darius Khondji
    Elvis — Mandy Walker
    Empire of Light — Roger Deakins
    Tár — Florian Hoffmeister

    Best Visual Effects

    All Quiet on the Western Front — Frank Petzold, Viktor Müller, Markus Frank and Kamil Jafar
    Avatar: The Way of Water — Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett
    The Batman — Dan Lemmon, Russell Earl, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy
    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever — Geoffrey Baumann, Craig Hammack, R. Christopher White and Dan Sudick
    Top Gun: Maverick — Ryan Tudhope, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson and Scott R. Fisher

    Best Documentary Feature

    All That Breathes — Shaunak Sen, Aman Mann and Teddy Leifer
    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed — Laura Poitras, Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin and Yoni Golijov
    Fire of Love — Sara Dosa, Shane Boris and Ina Fichman
    A House Made of Splinters — Simon Lereng Wilmont and Monica Hellström
    Navalny — Daniel Roher, Odessa Rae, Diane Becker, Melanie Miller and Shane Boris

    Best Documentary Short Subject

    “The Elephant Whisperers” — Kartiki Gonsalves and Guneet Monga
    “Haulout” — Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev
    “How Do You Measure a Year?” — Jay Rosenblatt
    “The Martha Mitchell Effect” — Anne Alvergue and Beth Levison
    “Stranger at the Gate” — Joshua Seftel and Conall Jones

    Best Film Editing

    The Banshees of Inisherin — Mikkel E.G. Nielsen
    Elvis — Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond
    Everything Everywhere All at Once — Paul Rogers
    Tár — Monika Willi
    Top Gun: Maverick — Eddie Hamilton

  • SAG Awards 2023: Fraser Triumphs; EEAAO Completes PGA, DGA, SAG Trifecta

    SAG Awards 2023: Fraser Triumphs; EEAAO Completes PGA, DGA, SAG Trifecta

    Everything Everywhere All at Once has now won the guild trifecta of PGA, DGA, and SAG, something no film has done since 2015’s Best Picture winner Birdman. It also took three of the four acting awards, showing the massive amount of love that SAG had for the film. With Michelle Yeoh’s win, no contender has won all four major acting precursors, making this year one of the most up in the air in a while.

    Brendan Fraser’s SAG-winning speech was incredible, powerful, and rousing. It’s exactly the kind of speech that turns Academy members heads and his performance is the kind of transformational, head-turning work that receives Oscars. While Austin Butler triumphed at the Globes and at BAFTA, those two awards bodies award young actors in the major acting categories more often than the Academy usually does. I think Fraser has this.

    While Barry Keoghan won at BAFTA, that was a one-off and Ke Huy Quan will easily take the Oscar. Now, the other supporting category isn’t as clear cut. While Jamie Lee Curtis surprised with a win here, that is an incredibly predictable SAG pick (they have a preference for big stars). So the question is will the Academy will go with Angela Bassett (who has GG and CCA like 2019 winner Regina King) or will they go with Kerry Condon (who has just BAFTA like Mark Rylance in 2016)? At this stage, I am leaning towards Condon since I think Bassett would have been a no-brainer prediction if she had won SAG but my thoughts on this have been like a yo-yo.

    While Michelle Yeoh is the lead from the film that has unquestionably captured the zeitgeist, Tar clearly has love from the academy being the only film with Picture, Directing, Editing, acting, and Cinematography nominations. I think Blanchett will take this, though like with my Supporting Actress prediction this is subject to change.

    Here are the winners and nominees:

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A CAST IN A MOTION PICTURE

    WINNER: Everything Everywhere All At Once

    Babylon

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    The Fabelmans

    Women Talking

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

    WINNER: Brendan Fraser, The Whale

    Austin Butler, Elvis

    Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Bill Nighy, Living

    Adam Sandler, Hustle

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE

    WINNER: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Cate Blanchett, Tár

    Viola Davis, The Woman King

    Ana de Armas, Blonde

    Danielle Deadwyler, Till

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    WINNER: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Paul Dano, The Fabelmans

    Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    WINNER: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Hong Chau, The Whale

    Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A DRAMA SERIES

    WINNER: The White Lotus

    Better Call Saul

    The Crown

    Ozark

    Severance

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

    WINNER: Jason Bateman, Ozark

    Jonathan Banks, Better Call Saul

    Jeff Bridges, The Old Man

    Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul

    Adam Scott, Severance

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

    WINNER: Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

    Elizabeth Debicki, The Crown

    Julia Garner, Ozark

    Laura Linney, Ozark

    Zendaya, Euphoria

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY AN ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY SERIES

    WINNER: Abbott Elementary

    Barry

    The Bear

    Hacks

    Only Murders in the Building

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

    WINNER: Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

    Anthony Carrigan, Barry

    Bill Hader, Barry

    Steve Martin, Only Murders in the Building

    Martin Short, Only Murders in the Building

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES

    WINNER: Jean Smart, Hacks

    Christina Applegate, Dead to Me

    Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

    Jenna Ortega, Wednesday

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

    WINNER: Sam Elliott, 1883

    Steve Carell, The Patient

    Taron Egerton, Black Bird

    Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird

    Evan Peters, Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A TELEVISION MOVIE OR LIMITED SERIES

    WINNER: Jessica Chastain, George and Tammy

    Emily Blunt, The English

    Julia Garner, Inventing Anna

    Niecy Nash-Betts, Dahmer- Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

    Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A MOTION PICTURE

    WINNER: Top Gun: Maverick

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    The Batman

    Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    The Woman King

    OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE BY A STUNT ENSEMBLE IN A COMEDY OR DRAMA SERIES

    WINNER: Stranger Things

    Andor

    The Boys

    House of the Dragon

    Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power

    Source: Vanity Fair

  • PGA Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Wins Another; ‘Navalny’ Cements Itself as Doc Frontrunner

    PGA Awards 2023: ‘EEAAO’ Wins Another; ‘Navalny’ Cements Itself as Doc Frontrunner

    Everything Everywhere All at Once is going to win Best Picture. There are no ifs and or buts about it. PGA is the most important precursor and with EEAAO’s win here and at DGA and Critics Choice, it has all it needs to truly truly cement it as the Best Picture frontrunner. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio which has now won at PGA, CCA, the Golden Globes, and the Annies will be winning Animated Feature with essentially complete certainty as well.

    Navalny winning here at PGA was huge. While consensus frontrunner Fire of Love won DGA, Navalny now has both BAFTA and PGA, a combo that the last two winners in this category had (My Octopus Teacher and Summer of Soul). I’ve had as my winner for a month now because of its strong showing at guild nominations and since the political documentaries that win are like this (ones that are almost completely non-controversial to the general liberal Hollywood population).

    Here’s the full list of nominees and winners.

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

    • “Avatar: The Way of Water”
    • “The Banshees of Inisherin”
    • “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
    • “Elvis”
    • “Everything Everywhere All At Once” (WINNER)
    • “The Fabelmans”
    • “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
    • “TÁR”
    • “Top Gun: Maverick”
    • “The Whale”

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures

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

    Norman Felton Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Drama

    • “Andor”
    • “Better Call Saul”
    • “Ozark”
    • “Severance”
    • “The White Lotus” (WINNER)

    Danny Thomas Award for Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television – Comedy

    • “Abbott Elementary”
    • “Barry”
    • “The Bear” (WINNER)
    • “Hacks”
    • “Only Murders in the Building”

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

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

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Televised or Streamed Motion Pictures

    • “Fire Island”
    • “Hocus Pocus 2”
    • “Pinocchio”
    • “Prey”
    • “Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” (WINNER)

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Non-Fiction Television

    • “30 for 30”
    • “60 Minutes”
    • “George Carlin’s American Dream”
    • “Lucy and Desi”
    • “Stanley Tucci: Searching for Italy” (WINNER)

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

    • “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah”
    • “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
    • “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” (WINNER)
    • “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert”
    • “Saturday Night Live”

    Award for Outstanding Producer of Game & Competition Television

    • “The Amazing Race”
    • “Lizzo’s Watch Out For The Big Grrrls” (WINNER)
    • “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars”
    • “Top Chef”
    • “The Voice”

    The Award for Outstanding Producer of Documentary Motion Picture

    • “All That Breathes”
    • “Descendant”
    • “Fire of Love”
    • “Navalny” (WINNER)
    • “Nothing Compares”
    • “Retrograde”
    • “The Territory”

    The Award for Outstanding Sports Program

    • “Formula 1: Drive to Survive”
    • “Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Detroit Lions”
    • “Legacy: The True Story of the LA Lakers”
    • “McEnroe”
    • “Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Come Off” (WINNER)

    The Award for Outstanding Children’s Program

    • “Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock”
    • “Green Eggs and Ham”
    • “Sesame Street” (WINNER)
    • “Snoopy Presents: It’s the Small Things, Charlie Brown”
    • “Waffles + Mochi’s Restaurant”

    The Award for Outstanding Short-Form Program

    • “Better Call Saul: Filmmaker Training”
    • “Love, Death + Robots”
    • “Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question” (WINNER)
    • “Sesame Street’s #ComingTogether Word of the Day Series”
    • “Tales of the Jedi”

    Source: IndieWire

  • BAFTA 2023: ‘All Quiet’ Surprises With 7, Including Best Film

    BAFTA 2023: ‘All Quiet’ Surprises With 7, Including Best Film

    All Quiet on the Western Front won 7 awards at this year’s BAFTA Awards including Best Film, Director, Adapted Screenplay, and Cinematography. How many of these will the film win at the Oscars? at this point it has Best International Film in the bag and is a possible winner for Cinematography, but I doubt it expands past that.

    Oscar frontrunner Everything Everywhere All at Once was held to just Best Editing while its main challenger The Banshees of Inisherin came out with four, Best British Film, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress, and a surprising Supporting Actor win for Barry Keoghan. With these wins, and Austin Butler and Cate Blanchett’s wins in Best Actor and Best Actress respectively, none of the acting races have a clear frontrunner, making this. Though if Blanchett ends up winning at SAG that will change. Since Eddie Redmayne in 2015, every BAFTA winner in Best Actor has also won at the Oscars and if Butler wins at SAG he will have the same three major precursors (GG, BAFTA, and SAG) that fellow biopic winners Redmayne and Malek did in 2015 and 2019 respectively.

    My pick for Best Documentary, Navalny won at BAFTA, making me even more confident that it will triumph over All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Fire of Love with the Academy as well. It’s exactly the kind of political film they like, not too extreme, highly watchable, and relevant but not at the top of the current news cycle.

    Here are the BAFTA winners:

    Best film

    “All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

    “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    “Elvis”

    “‘TÁR”

    Outstanding British film

    “Aftersun”

    “The Banshees of Inisherin” *WINNER

    “Brian and Charles”

    “Empire of Light”

    “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

    “Living”

    “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical”

    “See How They Run”

    “The Swimmers”

    “The Wonder”

    Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer

    “Aftersun” Charlotte Wells (writer/director) *WINNER

    “Blue Jean” Georgia Oakley (writer/director), Hélène Sifre (producer)

    “Electric Malady” Marie Lidén (director)

    “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande” Katy Brand (writer)

    “Rebellion” Elena Sánchez Bellot (director) Maia Kenworthy (director)todi

    Best film not in the English language

    “All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

    “Argentina, 1985”

    “Corsage”

    “Decision to Leave”

    “The Quiet Girl”

    Best documentary

    “All That Breathes”

    “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”

    “Fire of Love”

    “Moonage Daydream”

    “Navalny” *WINNER

    Best animated film

    “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio” *WINNER

    “Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”

    “Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”

    “Turning Red”

    Best director

    Edward Berger, “All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

    Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Park Chan-wook, “Decision To Leave”

    Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Todd Field, “TÁR”

    Gina Prince-Bythewood, “The Woman King”

    Best original screenplay

    Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin” *WINNER

    Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”

    Todd Field, “TÁR”

    Ruben Östlund, “Triangle of Sadness”

    Best adapted screenplay

    Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Leslie Patterson, “All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

    Kazuo Ishiguro, “Living”

    Colm Bairéad, “The Quiet Girl”

    Rebecca Lenkiewicz, “She Said”

    Samuel D. Hunter, “The Whale”

    Best lead actress

    Ana de Armas, “Blonde”

    Cate Blanchett, “TÁR” *WINNER

    Viola Davis, “The Woman King”

    Danielle Deadwyler, “Till”

    Emma Thompson, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

    Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Best lead actor

    Austin Butler, “Elvis” *WINNER

    Brendan Fraser, “The Whale”

    Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Daryl McCormack, “Good Luck to You, Leo Grande”

    Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”

    Bill Nighy, “Living”

    Best supporting actress

    Angela Bassett, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

    Hong Chau, “The Whale”

    Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin” *WINNER

    Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Dolly De Leon, “Triangle of Sadness”

    Carey Mulligan, “She Said”

    Best supporting actor

    Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Barry Keoghan, “The Banshees of Inisherin” *WINNER

    Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Eddie Redmayne, “The Good Nurse”

    Albrecht Schuch, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    Michael Ward, “Empire of Light”

    Best original score

    Volker Bertelmann, “All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

    Justin Hurwitz, “Babylon”

    Carter Burwell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Son Lux, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Alexandre Desplat, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

    Best casting

    Lucy Pardee, “Aftersun”

    Simon Bär, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    Nikki Barrett, Denise Chamian, “Elvis” *WINNER

    Sarah Halley Finn, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Pauline Hansson, “Triangle of Sadness”

    Best cinematography

    James Friend, “All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

    Greig Fraser, “The Batman”

    Mandy Walker, “Elvis”

    Roger Deakins, “Empire of Light”

    Claudio Miranda, “Top Gun: Maverick”

    Best editing

    Sven Budelmann, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

    Matt Villa, “Elvis”

    Paul Rogers, “Everything Everywhere All At Once” *WINNER

    Eddie Hamilton, “Top Gun: Maverick”

    Best production design

    Christian M. Goldbreck, Ernestine Hipper, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    Florencia Martin, Anthony Carlino, “Babylon” *WINNER

    James Chinlund, Lee Sandales, “The Batman”

    Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy, Bev Dunn, “Elvis”

    Curt Enderle, Guy Davis, “Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

    Best costume design

    Lisy Christl, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    J.R. Hawbaker and Albert Wolsky, “Amsterdam”

    Mary Zophres, “Babylon”

    Catherine Martin, “Elvis” *WINNER

    Jenny Beavan, “Mrs Harris Goes To Paris”

    Best makeup and hair

    Heike Merker, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    Michael Marino and Zoe Tahir, “The Batman”

    Shane Thomas, Louise Coulston, Mark Coulier and Barrie Gower, “Elvis” *WINNER

    Naomi Donne, Barrie Gower, Sharon Martin, “Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical”

    Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot, “The Whale”

    Best sound

    Lars Ginzsel, Frank Kruse, Viktor Prášil and Markus Stemler, “All Quiet on the Western Front” *WINNER

    Christopher Boyes, Michael Hedges, Julian Howarth, Gary Summers and Gwendoyln Yates Whittle, “Avatar: The Way of Water”

    Michael Keller, David Lee, Andy Nelson and Wayne Pashley, “Elvis”

    Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single and Roland Winke, “TÁR”

    Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor and Mark Weingarten, “Top Gun: Maverick”

    Best special visual effects

    Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Müller and Frank Petzoid, “All Quiet on the Western Front”

    Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri and Eric Saindon, “Avatar: The Way of Water” *WINNER

    Russell Earl, Dan Lemmon, Anders Langlands and Dominic Tuohy, “The Batman”

    Benjamin Brewer, Ethan Feldbau, Jonathan Kombrinck and Zak Stoltz, “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

    Seth Hill, Scott R. Fisher, Bryan Litson and Ryan Tudhope, “Top Gun: Maverick”

    Best British short animation

    “The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse” *WINNER

    “Middle Watch”

    “Your Mountain is Waiting”

    Best British short film

    “The Ballad Of Olive Morris”

    “Bazigaga”

    “Bus Girl”

    “A Drifting Up”

    “An Irish Goodbye” *WINNER

    EE Rising Star

    Aimee Lou Wood

    Daryl McCormack

    Emma Mackey *WINNER

    Naomi Ackie

    Sheila Atim

    Source: CNN

  • DGA Awards 2023: The Daniels Win Another Major Prize on Their Way to Oscar

    DGA Awards 2023: The Daniels Win Another Major Prize on Their Way to Oscar

    The Daniels’ winning at DGA, means another major prize for Everything Everywhere All at Once on its way to presumed triumph at the Oscars on March 12th. This gives them two of the four major directing precursors (they also won for directing at Critics Choice) and are definitively in the pole position in the category.

    On the documentary side, Fire of Love’s Sara Dosa won for her work. In the last five years, every Best Documentary winner has won at least one genre documentary award at the Critics Choice Awards, and this year Fire of Love and Navalny are the only nominees with a genre documentary prize. My chips are on Navalny to win as the Academy has shown a bias against archival documentaries unless they were undeniable winners (like last year’s Summer of Soul). Navalny’s win at BAFTA further cements it in my mind as the likely winner.

    Here are the rest of the winners at DGA:

    OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM

    Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    DRAMA SERIES

    Sam Levinson
    Euphoria, “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” (HBO)
    Mr. Levinson’s Directorial Team:
    Unit Production Manager: Will Greenfield
    First Assistant Directors: Valerie Johnson, Sally Brunski
    Second Assistant Directors: Cindy King, Colin Duffy
    Second Second Assistant Directors: James Chestnut
    Additional Second Assistant Director: Aaron Rose Leone

    COMEDY SERIES

    Bill Hader
    Barry, “710N” (HBO)
    Mr. Hader’s Directorial Team:
    Unit Production Manager: Aida Rodgers
    First Assistant Director: Gavin Kleintop
    Second Assistant Director: Erin Stern Linares
    Second Second Assistant Directors: Yarden Levo, Chalis Romero

    COMMERCIALS

    Kim Gehrig
    Somesuch, Inc.

    Accessibility, Apple ‑ Apple (Direct)
    First Assistant Directors: Michael Estrella
    Second Assistant Director: Brian Steffen
    Second Second Assistant Director: Shauna Frontera

    Run Baby Run, iPhone ‑ Apple (Direct)
    First Assistant Director: Matias Nilsson
    Second Assistant Director: Carl Jackson
    Second Second Assistant Director: Michael Paulson

    OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT OF A FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM DIRECTOR

    Charlotte Wells
    Aftersun
    (A24)

    MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES

    Helen Shaver
    Station Eleven, “Who’s There?” (HBO Max)
    Ms. Shaver’s Directorial Team:

    Unit Production Manager: David Nicksay
    First Assistant Director: Jennifer Wilkinson
    Second Assistant Director: Anna Vogt

    REALITY PROGRAMS

    Ben Simms
    Running Wild with Bear Grylls, “Florence Pugh in the Volcanic Rainforests of Costa Rica” (National Geographic Channel)
    Mr. Simms’ Directorial Team:
    Associate Director: Sara Brown

    CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS

    Anne Renton
    Best Foot Forward, “Halloween” (Apple TV+)
    Ms. Renton’s Directorial Team:
    Unit Production Manager: Lance W. Lanfear
    First Assistant Director: Nandi Bowe
    Second Assistant Director: Susie Balaban
    Second Second Assistant Director: Tim Neven

    DOCUMENTARY

    Sara Dosa
    Fire of Love (National Geographic)

    VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS

    Glenn Weiss
    The 75th Annual Tony Awards (CBS)
    Mr. Weiss’s Directorial Team:
    Associate Directors: Ken Diego, Robin Abrams, Susan Kopensky, Ricky Kirshner
    Stage Managers: Garry Hood, Bennymar Almonte, Phyllis Digilio, Peter Epstein, Andrew Feigin, Doug Fogel, Jeffry Gitter, Tyler Goldman, Arthur Lewis, Kevin Lishawa, Julie LoRusso, Seth Mellman, Jason Pacella, Jeffrey Pearl, Annette Powlis, Lauren Class Schneider, Eddie Valk

    VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING

    Liz Patrick
    Saturday Night Live, “Host and Musical Guest Jack Harlow” (NBC)
    Ms. Patrick’s Directorial Team:
    Associate Directors: Michael Mancini, Michael Poole, Laura Ouziel‑Mack
    Stage Managers: Gena Rositano, Chris Kelly, Eddie Valk

    Source: Deadline

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

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

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

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

    Here are the winners:

    BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
    The Fabelmans, Universal Pictures

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

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

    BEST TELEVISION SERIES – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
    Abbott Elementary, ABC

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

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

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

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

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

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

    BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
    Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

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

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

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

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS – TELEVISION SERIES
    Julia Garner, Ozark

    BEST ACTRESS IN A TELEVISION SERIES – DRAMA
    Zendaya, Euphoria

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
    Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

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

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

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

    Source: Deadline

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Best Film
    Top Gun: Maverick

    Best Director
    Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

    Best Actor
    Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

    Best Actress
    Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

    Best Supporting Actor
    Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

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

    Best Original Screenplay
    Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

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

    Breakthrough Performance
    Danielle Deadwyler, Till

    Breakthrough Performance
    Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans

    Best Directorial Debut
    Charlotte Wells, Aftersun

    Best Animated Feature
    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

    Best International Film
    Close

    Best Documentary
    Sr.

    Best Ensemble
    Women Talking

    Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography
    Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

    NBR Freedom of Expression Awards

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    Argentina, 1985

    Top Films (in alphabetical order):

    Aftersun

    Avatar: The Way of Water

    The Banshees of Inisherin

    Everything Everywhere All at Once

    The Fabelmans

    Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

    RRR

    Till

    The Woman King

    Women Talking

    Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order)

    All Quiet on the Western Front

    Argentina, 1985

    Decision to Leave

    EO

    Saint Omer

    Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)

    All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

    All That Breathes

    Descendant

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

    Wildcat

    Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)

    Armageddon Time

    Emily the Criminal

    The Eternal Daughter

    Funny Pages

    The Inspection

    Living

    A Love Song

    Nanny

    The Wonder

    To Leslie

    Source: Deadline

     

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

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