Awards season 2023

[Chris Knipp]

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AFI top 10 - see Deadline (https://deadline.com/2023/12/afi-awards-2023-film-top-10-list-1235656990/)


AMERICAN FICTION (Amazon)
BARBIE (Orion)
THE HOLDOVERS (Focus)
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (Apple)
MAISTRO (Netflix)
MAY DECEMBER (Netflix)
OPPENHEIMER (Universal)
PAST LIVES (A24)
POOR THINGS (Searchlight)
SPIDER-MAN (Sony Pictures)Netflix is represented by two films — MAESTRO and MAY DECEMBER — and is the only distributor to have more than one of its movies on the list this year.

No film in AFI Awards history since their establishment in 2001 has gone on to win the Best Picture Oscar without first being on this list; the films often match the eventual majority of Oscar Best Picture nominees.- Deadline.

Monday Dec. 11 the Golden Globe nominations will be announced. Then we will know where we stand for the Oscars this year.

We haven't seen or reviewed AMERICAN FICTION. The rest have been covered on Filmleaf.

The Astra HCA nominations were slightlyt different because they listed AIR and THE COLOR PURPLE as Awards Watch (https://awardswatch.com/barbie-and-oppenheimer-lead-hollywood-creative-alliance-hca-astra-awards-nominations/) will explain.

Nothing international on either - no ANATOMY OF A FALL or THE ZONE OF INTEREST and in Beat Actress nominations Sandra Hüller is not mentioned.

A BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE shortlist is as follows:


ANATOMY OF A FALL (France)
CONCRETE UTOPIA (South Korea)
FALLEN LEAVES (Finland)
JAEWAN (India)
PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
RADICAL (Mexico)
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (SPAIN)
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (England)
Why do they keep nominating the meh Kaurismaaki FALLEN LEAVES and ignore the great Nuri Bilge Ceylan (Turkey) ABOUT DRY GRASSES? At least here, ZONE OF INTEREST and ANATOMY OF A FALL, two of the year's best films, are listed. Note that THE ZONE OF INTEREST is in German and PERFECT DAYS (which everyone likes) is in Japanese, but by a German director (Wim Wenders). I just reviewed CONCRETE UTOPIA. It's a very arresting movie. I want to see THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE but haven't been able to get it. [Now I have.]

Others:
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (Jan Bayona)
AUTOBIOGRAPHY (Mubarak)
SNOW is from Chile, the third attempt to depict the 1972 Chilean rugby team Andes plane crsh survival story, said to be the best. AUTOBIOGRAPHY is from Indonesia and I recently wrote an enthusiastic review (http://www.filmleaf.net/showthread.php?5406-AUTOBIOGRAPHY-(Makbul-Mubarak-2022)&highlight=AUTOBIOGRAPHY+%28Mubarak%29), which I'll publish now. Watch for it.

[Chris Knipp]

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A new title on the awards horizon - out Dec. 22, 2023

THE IRON CLAW (A24)

trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KVsaoveTbw)

Written and directed by Sean Durkin, director of the memorable 2011 NYFF psychological horror movie MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE (http://www.filmleaf.net/showthread.php?3137-New-York-Film-Festival-2011&p=26871#post26871). About an obsessive wrestling family with:


Zac Efron as Kevin Von Erich
Jeremy Allen White as Kerry Von Erich
Harris Dickinson as David Von Erich (!)
Maura Tierney as Doris Von Erich
Stanley Simons as Mike Von Erich
Holt McCallany as Fritz Von Erich
The Oscar Expert are listing the final Golden Globes awards dramatic feature nominations as follows. Maybe IRON CLAW is lower. Maybe NAPOLEON is in there.


1. OPPENHEIMER
2 KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
3. MAESTRO
4. PAST LIVES
5. ANATOMY OF A FALL
6. THE IRON CLAW
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7. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
8. SALTBURN
9. FERRARI
10. ALL OF US STRANGERS
11. ORIGIN
12. NYAD
13. THE BOYS IN THE BOAT
Other new movies in theaters at Christmas include; WONKA, starring Timothée Chalamet.
I'm diasppointed SALTBURN is in there.

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT is another young male sports picture: During the height of the Great Depression, members of the rowing team at the University of Washington get thrust into the spotlight as they compete for gold at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin.

[Chris Knipp]

GOLDEN GLOBES nominations

All the nominees for the awards ceremony due to take place Jan. 7, 2023, the 81st edition - first just the split Best Film list; below, the rest. [Source: The Guardian (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/dec/11/golden-globes-2024-full-list-of-nominations), Dec. 11, 2023.]



Best Film - Drama
ANATOMY OF A FALL
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
MAESTRO
OPPENHEIMER
PAST LIVES
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Film - Musical or Comedy
AIR
AMERICAN FICTION
BARBIE
MAY DECEMBER
THE HOLDOVERS
POOR THINGS

COMMENTS
I like the Best Film Drama list except for my previously stated dislike of the Scorsese. I've stated my eagerness to see AMERICAN FICTION, and my strong disapproval of the inclusion of the minor promotional film AIR. The rest of the Musical or Comedy list is great.

[Chris Knipp]

The rest of the Golden Globes nominations list (omitting TV)

Best female actor in a film – drama
Annette Bening, Nyad
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla

Best male actor in a film – drama
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

Best female actor in a film – musical or comedy
Alma Pöysti, Fallen Leaves
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Jennifer Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Natalie Portman, May December
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best male actor in a film – musical or comedy
Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
Timothée Chalamet, Wonka
Matt Damon, Air
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Joaquin Phoenix, Beau Is Afraid
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best film – animated
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Suzume
The Super Mario Bros Movie
Wish

Best film – non-English language
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Io Capitano
Past Lives
Society of the Snow
The Zone of Interest

Best female actor in a supporting role in a film
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Julianne Moore, May December
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best male actor in a supporting role in a film
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

Best director – film
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Celine Song, Past Lives
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

Best screenplay – film
Barbie
Poor Things
Oppenheimer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Past Lives
Anatomy of a Fall

Best original score – film
Poor Things
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Boy and the Heron

Best original song – film
Addicted to Romance, She Came to Me
Dance the Night, Barbie
I’m Just Ken, Barbie
Peaches, The Super Mario Bros Move
Road to Freedom, Rustin
What Was I Made For?, Barbie

Cinematic and box office achievement
Barbie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour
The Super Mario Bros Movie
COMMENTS
Best Female I'd choose Sandra Hüller hands down, Best Actor definitely Bradley Cooper. Female comedy: Emma Stone. Male comedy probably Giamatti or Wright. Animation: SPIDER-VERSE. Best Foreign: ANATOMY OF A FALL and/or THE ZONE OF INTEREST (both would be nice). Had thought IO CAPITANO's reviews were poor but its Metacritic rating is 82% based on six reviews. SOCIETY OF THE SNOW's Metascore is 70% - and a disaster-survival picture with cannibalism seems unlikely to win. The Oscar Expert's THE IROJ CLAW prediction was wrong. They did well, but the second half of their Best Picture noms were all off.

[Chris Knipp]

Critics Choice Awards Nominations (BARBIE reigns) SOURCE (https://ew.com/2024-critics-choice-awards-nominations-full-list-8415063)
Best Picture
American Fiction
Barbie
The Color Purple
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Saltburn

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Best Actress
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things

Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

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BENING AND FOSTER IN NYAD

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Jodie Foster, Nyad
Julianne Moore, May December
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Young Actor/Actress
Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Ariana Greenblatt, Barbie
Calah Lane, Wonka
Milo Machado Graner, Anatomy of a Fall
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Madeleine Yuna Voyles, The Creator

Best Acting Ensemble
Air
Barbie
The Color Purple
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer

Best Director
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Adapted Screenplay
Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Tony McNamara, Poor Things
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Original Screenplay
Samy Burch, May December
Alex Convery, Air
Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer, Maestro
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, Barbie
David Hemingson, The Holdovers
Celine Song, Past Lives

Best Cinematography
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Linus Sandgren, Saltburn
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

Best Production Design
Suzie Davies, Charlotte Dirickx, Saltburn
Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman, Oppenheimer
Jack Fisk, Adam Willis, Killers of the Flower Moon
Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer, Barbie
James Price, Shona Heath, Szusza Mihalek, Poor Things
Adam Stockhausen, Kris Moran, Asteroid City

Best Editing
William Goldenberg – Air
Nick Houy – Barbie
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things
Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon
Michelle Tesoro – Maestro

Best Costume Design
Jacqueline Durran, Barbie
Lindy Hemming, Wonka
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck, The Color Purple
Holly Waddington, Poor Things
Jacqueline West, Killers of the Flower Moon
Janty Yates, David Crossman, Napoleon

Best Hair and Makeup
Barbie
The Color Purple
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Priscilla

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Comedy
American Fiction
Barbie
Bottoms
The Holdovers
No Hard Feelings
Poor Things

Best Animated Film
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wish

Best Foreign Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki)
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Song
“Dance the Night," Barbie
“I’m Just Ken," Barbie
“Peaches," The Super Mario Bros. Movie
“Road to Freedom," Rustin
"This Wish," Wish
"What Was I Made For," Barbie

Best Score
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Michael Giacchino, Society of the Snow
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon
Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt, Barbie

BARBIE led in total nominations with 18 overall (that's an all-time record high; the previous record was 14) — including Best Picture, Best Director (Greta Gerwig), Best Actress (Margot Robbie), and Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling),double the Golden Globes. After BARBIE come OPPENHEIMER and POOR THINGS (13 noms each), followed closely by KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (12 noms), with another best actress nom for Lily Gladstone, who is popping up a lot this year.

Missing: Natalie Portman (MAY DECEMBER) and Annette Bening (NYAD) in Best Actress, Anatomy of a Fall in Best Picture, Willem Dafoe (Poor Things) in Best Supporting Actor, and another shocking snub for Taraji P. Henson for her brilliant work in The Color Purple, despite the film earning an Ensemble nomination.

(I've seen NYAD now. Both are good but I prefer Jodie. It's a slog but the tech aspects are well done.


Why are Comedy and Best Foreign listed way down both here and by the Golden Globes?

I'm glad to see AIR off the top list (but it has multiple noms) and PAST LIVES visible. SALTBURN keeps coming up, out of place in my opinion. (My reviews: AMERICAN FICTION (http://www.filmleaf.net/showthread.php?5414-AMERICAN-FICTION-(Cord-Jefferson-2023)&p=41633#post41633); THE COLOR PURPLE (http://www.filmleaf.net/showthread.php?5416-THE-COLOR-PURPLE-(Blitz-Bazawule-2023)&p=41635#post41635).)

Note WONKA and NAPOLEON made it into Costume Design. WONKA (which I just saw) got Best Actor and Best Young Actor noms, so Caleh Lane got noticed.

[Chris Knipp]

Coming events, Dec. 16 '23-Mar. 10 '24 (OSCARS)

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From left: the Emmy, Grammy Oscar and Tony statuettes
WarnerMedia; Recording Academy; AMPAS; Tony Awards [Deadline]

Emmy-Grammy-Oscar: Key events from now to the Academy Awards

[Source: Deadline (https://deadline.com/feature/awards-season-calendar-oscars-emmys-golden-globes-list-1234814076/)]



December

Dec. 16: Asian American AWards

Dec. 21: Oscar shortlists announced

January

Jan. 5: BAFTA long list

Jan. 7: Golden Globe awards

Jan. 10: SAG Awards nominations

Jan. 12: AFI Awards

Jan. 12: PGA Awards nominations

Jan. 14 Critics Choice Awards

Jan. 15: Primetime Emmy Awards (postponed from September 18)

Jan. 18: BAFTA Film Awards nominations

Jan. 23: Oscar Awards nominations

February

Feb. 4: Grammy Awards

Feb. 18: BAFTA Film Awards

Feb. 21: Writers Guild Awards nominations

Feb. 24: SAG Awards

Feb. 25: Film Independent Spirit AWards

Feb. 25: Producers Guild Awards

March

Mar. 10: Academy Awards (https://deadline.com/2023/04/2024-oscars-date-96th-academy-awards-timeline-1235335022/)

[Chris Knipp]

Oscar Shortlist

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This list (announced Dec. 21), for ten categories, may be of less interest than the preceding lists, but here it is. We're interested in Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Director and BestScreenplay, which aren't here. The best foreign list is missing some of the obvious best, like Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall and Nuri Bilge Ceylan's About Dry Grasses. Ceylan always gets left out, as the YouTube Oscar Expert bros have recently oted. France chose to submit a simpering food romance directed by the Vieetnamese director (Scent of Green Papayas, Norwegian Wood) instead of Anatomy of a Fall. The Oscar Expert bros think that was dumb and I agree. They are all out for Annatomy of a Fall and The Zone of Interest (happily, included), and I am too.
I'm going to see American Fiction
SOURCE: Vulture (https://www.vulture.com/2023/12/oscars-shortlist-2024.html) See also Variety (https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/2024-oscars-shortlist-barbie-1235843930/).


Best Documentary Film
American Symphony
Apolonia, Apolonia
Beyond Utopia
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
In the Rearview
Stamped from the Beginning
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
A Still Small Voice
32 Sounds
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol

Best Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Bear
Between Earth & Sky
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
Camp Courage
Deciding Vote
How We Get Free
If Dreams Were Lightning: Rural Healthcare Crisis
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop
Last Song from Kabul
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó
Oasis” “Wings of Dust

Best International Feature Film
Armenia, Amerikatsi
Bhutan, The Monk and the Gun
Denmark, The Promised Land
Finland, Fallen Leaves
France, The Taste of Things
Germany, The Teachers’ Lounge
Iceland, Godland
Italy, Io Capitano
Japan, Perfect Days
Mexico, Totem
Morocco, The Mother of All Lies
Spain, Society of the Snow
Tunisia, Four Daughters
Ukraine, 20 Days in Mariupol
United Kingdom, The Zone of Interest

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Beau Is Afraid
Ferrari
Golda
Killers of the Flower Moon
The Last Voyage of the Demeter
Maestro
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Society of the Snow

Best Original Score
American Fiction
American Symphony
Barbie
The Boy and the Heron
The Color Purple
Elemental
The Holdovers
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

Best Original Song
“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony
“Dear Alien (Who Art In Heaven)” from Asteroid City
“Dance The Night” from Barbie
“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie
“Keep It Movin’” from The Color Purple
“Superpower (I)” from The Color Purple
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot
“High Life” from Flora and Son
“Meet In The Middle” from Flora and Son
“Can’t Catch Me Now” from The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes
“Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon
“Quiet Eyes” from Past Lives
“Road To Freedom” from Rustin
“Am I Dreaming” from Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Animated Short Film
Boom
Eeva
Humo (Smoke)
I’m Hip
A Kind of Testament
Koerkorter (Dog Apartment)
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Once upon a Studio
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
Pete
27
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Wild Summon

Best Live Action Short Film
The After
The Anne Frank Gift Shop
An Avocado Pit
Bienvenidos a Los Angeles
Dead Cat
Good Boy
Invincible
Invisible Border
Knight of Fortune
The One Note Man
Red, White and Blue
The Shepherd
Strange Way of Life
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Yellow

Best Sound
Barbie
The Creator
Ferrari
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon
Poor Things
Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of Fire
Society of the Snow
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

RELATED
Oppenheimer Could Dominate the Oscars. Barbie Could Win Best Picture. (https://www.vulture.com/2023/12/b
arbie-and-oppenheimers-oscar-chances-explained.html) (Dec. 15, Vulture)

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[Chris Knipp]

The Golden Globe Awards 2024: A bad night for BARBIE

Jan. 7, 2024

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THE 2024 GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS:
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Best Television Series – Drama
Succession (HBO | Max)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Sarah Snook (Succession)

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Bear (FX)

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made For Television
Beef (Netflix)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“What Was I Made For?” — Barbie
Music & Lyrics By: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron (Gkids)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kieran Culkin (Succession)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri (The Bear)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall (Neon) – France

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy On Television
Ricky Gervais (Ricky Gervais: Armageddon)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White (The Bear)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari (Anatomy of a Fall)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Matthew Macfadyen (Succession)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role On Television
Elizabeth Debicki (The Crown)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Steven Yeun (Beef)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made For Television
Ali Wong (Beef)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Da’vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Wins by Film
Oppenheimer: 5
Anatomy of a Fall: 2
Barbie: 2
The Holdovers: 2
Poor Things: 2
The Boy and the Heron: 1
Killers of the Flower Moon: 1

Wins by TV Show
Succession: 4
The Bear: 3
Beef: 3
Armageddon: 1
The Crown: 1

Wins by Distributor
Universal Pictures: 5
Focus Features: 2
Neon: 2
Searchlight Pictures: 2
Warner Bros Pictures: 2
Apple Original Films: 1
Gkids: 1

Wins by Network/Platform
FX: 6
HBO: 4
Netflix: 2

SOURCE: DEADLINE (https://deadline.com/2024/01/2024-golden-globes-winners-1235697375/).

[Chris Knipp]

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New nominees

New awards nominee lists (e.g., the BAFTAS) bring to the fore some additional movies - not yet reviewed on Filmleaf - that we need to know about to be aware of the best of 2023:

For Oscar predictions see this Variety article (https://variety.com/lists/2024-oscar-predictions/best-picture-4/)

HOW TO HAVE SEX (Molly Manning Walker 2023) is included in the BAFTA longlist and cast member Mia McKenna-Bruce is in the Leading Actress list. The Metacritic rating of HOW TO HAVE SEX: 80%. I don't know where you can watch it.

SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (J.A. Bayona), Spain's best foreign submission, about the 1972 plane crash in the Andes with the rugby team that struggles to survive, is on the five-film Oscar Best International Feature Film finalis shortlist. It can be watched on Netflix.

ORIGIN (Ava DuVernay) is a possiblity in the director or screenplay categories, so maybe we should watch. It's in theaters now (Jan. 13, 2024).

THE BEAR, BEEF are TV series and mini-series I haven't seen, that are nominted, if we're going to include TV - and I wouldn't want to have missed 'SUCCESSION.' (I'm behind on THE CROWN but have watched earlier seasons.)

ARE YOU THERE, GOD? IT'S ME MARGARET (Kelly Fremon Craig), unreviewed and unseen, comes up in various categories.

THE MOTHER OF ALL LIES (Asmae El Moudir) . . . I recently reviewed Germany's best foreign Oscar finalist, THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (İlker Çatak). This Moroccan doc concludes the five finalists but we don't have access to it to review now.

RUSTIN ( George C. Wolfe) & NYAD (Jimmy Chin, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi) have not been reviewed on Filmleaf, but I have seen them. Coleman Domingo of RUSTIN and both Annette Bening and Jodie Foster of NYAD have been acting award nominees.

[Chris Knipp]

"I kind of love this ten," said the Oscar Expert bros, of the BAFTA's Best Film long list, which was:


ALL OF US STRANGERS
ANATOMY OF A FALL
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
KILERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
MAESTRO
OPPENHEIMER
PAST LIVES
POOR THINGS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

[Chris Knipp]

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Jan 10: The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) nominations

SOURCE (https://www.sagaftra.org/nominations-announced-30th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards%C2%AE)


The Motion Picture Nominees are:

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
BRADLEY COOPER / Leonard Bernstein - "MAESTRO"
COLMAN DOMINGO / Bayard Rustin - "RUSTIN"
PAUL GIAMATTI / Paul Hunham - "THE HOLDOVERS"
CILLIAN MURPHY / J. Robert Oppenheimer - "OPPENHEIMER"
JEFFREY WRIGHT / Thelonious "Monk" Ellison - "AMERICAN FICTION"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
ANNETTE BENING / Diana Nyad - "NYAD"
LILY GLADSTONE / Mollie Burkhart - "KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON"
CAREY MULLIGAN / Felicia Montealegre - "MAESTRO"
MARGOT ROBBIE / Barbie - "BARBIE"
EMMA STONE / Bella Baxter - "POOR THINGS"

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
STERLING K. BROWN / Clifford Ellison - "AMERICAN FICTION"
WILLEM DAFOE / Godwin Baxter - "POOR THINGS"
ROBERT DE NIRO / William Hale - "KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON"
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. / Lewis Strauss - "OPPENHEIMER"
RYAN GOSLING / Ken - "BARBIE"

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
EMILY BLUNT / Kitty Oppenheimer - "OPPENHEIMER"
DANIELLE BROOKS / Sofia - "THE COLOR PURPLE"
PENÉLOPE CRUZ / Laura Ferrari - "FERRARI"
JODIE FOSTER / Bonnie Stoll - "NYAD"
DA’VINE JOY RANDOLPH / Mary Lamb - "THE HOLDOVERS"

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
AMERICAN FICTION
ERIKA ALEXANDER / Coraline
ADAM BRODY / Wiley Valdespino
TERLING K. BROWN / Clifford Ellison
KEITH DAVID / Willy the Wonker
JOHN ORTIZ / Arthur
ISSA RAE / Sintara Golden
TRACEE ELLIS ROSS / Lisa Ellison
LESLIE UGGAMS / Agnes Ellison
JEFFREY WRIGHT / Thelonious "Monk" Ellison

BARBIE
MICHAEL CERA / Allan
WILL FERRELL / Mattel CEO
AMERICA FERRERA / Gloria
RYAN GOSLING / Ken
ARIANA GREENBLATT / Sasha
KATE MCKINNON / Barbie
HELEN MIRREN / Narrator
RHEA PERLMAN / Ruth
ISSA RAE/ Barbie
MARGOT ROBBIE / Barbie

THE COLOR PURPLE
HALLE BAILEY / Young Nettie
FANTASIA BARRINO / Celie
JON BATISTE / Grady
DANIELLE BROOKS / Sofia
CIARA / Nettie
COLMAN DOMINGO / Mister
AUNJANUE ELLIS-TAYLOR / Mama
LOUIS GOSSETT, JR. / Ol' Mister
COREY HAWKINS / Harpo
TARAJI P. HENSON / Shug Avery
PHYLICIA PEARL MPASI / Young Celie
GABRIELLA WILSON "H.E.R." / Squeak

KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
TANTOO CARDINAL / Lizzie Q
ROBERT DE NIRO / William Hale
LEONARDO DICAPRIO / Ernest Burkhart
BRENDAN FRASER / W.S. Hamilton
LILY GLADSTONE / Mollie Burkhart
JOHN LITHGOW / Prosecutor Peter Leaward
JESSE PLEMONS / Tom White

OPPENHEIMER
CASEY AFFLECK / Boris Pash
EMILY BLUNT / Kitty Oppenheimer
KENNETH BRANAGH / Niels Bohr
MATT DAMON / Leslie Groves
ROBERT DOWNEY JR. / Lewis Strauss
JOSH HARTNETT / Ernest Lawrence
RAMI MALEK / David Hill
CILLIAN MURPHY / J. Robert Oppenheimer
FLORENCE PUGH / Jean Tatlock

(This is omitting their many TV nominations.)

[Chris Knipp]

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Jan. 18: BAFTA Film Awards nominations

SOURCE (https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2024-bafta-film-awards-nominees-list-1235584145/)


Best film
Anatomy of a Fall — Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
The Holdovers — Mark Johnson
Killers of the Flower Moon — Dan Friedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas
Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
Poor Things — Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone

Leading actress
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things

Leading actor
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Teo Yoo, Past Lives

Supporting actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers
Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Supporting actor
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Jacob Elordi, Saltburn
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

Director
All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh
Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet
The Holdovers, Alexander Payne
Maestro, Bradley Cooper
Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Original screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
The Holdovers — David Hemingson
Maestro — Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
Past Lives — Celine Song

Adapted screenplay
All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh
American Fiction, Cord Jefferson
Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan
Poor Things, Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Original score
Killers of the Flower Moon, Robbie Robertson
Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson
Poor Things, Jerskin Fendrix
Saltburn, Anthony Willis
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Daniel Pemberton

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
Blue Bag Life — Lisa Selby (Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer), Alex Fry (Producer)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President — Christopher Sharp (Director) [also directed Moses Bwayo]
Earth Mama — Savanah Leaf (Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan (Producer)
How to Have Sex — Molly Manning Walker (Writer, Director)
Is There Anybody Out There? — Ella Glendining (Director)

Film not in the English language
20 Days in Mariupol — Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
Past Lives — Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
Society of the Snow — J.A. Bayona, Belen Atienza
The Zone of Interest — Jonathan Glazer

Animated film
The Boy and the Heron — Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart, Steve Pegram
Elemental — Peter Sohn, Denise Ream
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg

Outstanding British film
All of Us Strangers — Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
How to Have Sex — Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Napoleon — Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh, David Scarpa
The Old Oak — Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
Poor Things — Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Tony McNamara
Rye Lane — Raine Allen-Miller, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia
Saltburn — Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Margot Robbie
Scrapper — Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough
Wonka — Paul King, Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby
The Zone of Interest — Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska

Documentary
20 Days in Mariupol — Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
American Symphony — Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino, Joedan Okun
Beyond Utopia — Madeleine Gavin, Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie — Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion
Wham! — Chris Smith

Casting
All of Us Strangers — Kahleen Crawford
Anatomy of a Fall — Cynthia Arra
The Holdovers — Susan Shopmaker
How to Have Sex — Isabella Odoffin
Killers of the Flower Moon — Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes

Cinematography
Killers of the Flower Moon, Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro, Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things, Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest, Łukasz Żal

Editing
Anatomy of a Fall, Laurent Sénéchal
Killers of the Flower Moon, Thelma Schoonmaker
Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame
Poor Things, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
The Zone of Interest, Paul Watts

Costume design
Barbie, Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon, Jacqueline West
Napoleon, Dave Crossman, Janty Yates
Oppenheimer, Ellen Mirojnick
Poor Things, Holly Waddington

Makeup & hair
Killers of the Flower Moon — Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen
Maestro — Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell
Napoleon — Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon
Oppenheimer — Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid
Poor Things — Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston

Production design
Barbie — Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Killers of the Flower Moon — Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
Oppenheimer — Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman
Poor Things — Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek
The Zone of Interest — Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora

Sound
Ferrari — Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser
Maestro — Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One — Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor
Oppenheimer — Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo
The Zone of Interest — Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers

Special visual effects
The Creator — Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One — Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke
Napoleon — Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet
Poor Things — Simon Hughes

British short animationCrab Day — Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak
Visible Mending — Samantha Moore, Tilley Bancroft
Wild Summon — Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay Woolley

British short film
Festival of Slaps — Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer
Gorka — Joe Weiland, Alex Jefferson
Jellyfish and Lobster — Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai
Such a Lovely Day — Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs
Yellow — Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis Manolopoulos

EE rising star award (public-voted)
Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Mia McKenna-Bruce
Sophie Wilde
GUARDIAN (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/jan/18/baftas-2024-oppenheimers-passion-and-ambition-stomps-over-the-opposition-once-again?utm_term=65aa8fb74f31c7e48ee79e35fac6c648&utm_campaign=FilmToday&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=filmtoday_email) piece commenting on this list by Peter Bradshaw

[Chris Knipp]

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Jan. 23: Oscar nominations

SOURCE (https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-oscars-nominees-list-1235804181/)


Best Picture
AMERICAN FICTION
ANATOMY OF A FALL
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
MAESTRO
OPPENHEIMER
PAST LIVES
POOR THINGS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Directing
Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall)
Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)
Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest)

Best Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper (Maestro)
Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)
Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Best Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening (Nyad)
Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall)
Carey Mulligan (Maestro)
Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)
Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)
America Ferrera (Barbie)
Jodie Foster (Nyad)
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay)
American Fiction (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson)
Barbie (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach)
Oppenheimer (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan)
Poor Things (Screenplay by Tony McNamara)
The Zone of Interest (Written by Jonathan Glazer)

Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Anatomy of a Fall (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari)
The Holdovers (Written by David Hemingson)
Maestro (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer)
May December (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik)
Past Lives (Written by Celine Song)

Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki)
Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream)
Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary)
Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal)

Best Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek)
The Eternal Memory (Nominees to be determined)
Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha)
To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim)
20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath)

Best International Feature Film
Io Capitano (Italy)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom)

Best Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter)
Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess)
Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam)
Pachyderme (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius)
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker)

Best Live-Action Short Film
The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham)
Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron)
Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjaer Noer and Christian Norlyk)
Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane)
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales)

Best Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning (Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic)
The Barber of Little Rock (John Hoffman and Christine Turner)
Island in Between (S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien)
The Last Repair Shop (Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers)
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (Sean Wang and Sam Davis)

Best Cinematography
El Conde (Edward Lachman)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Rodrigo Prieto)
Maestro (Matthew Libatique)
Oppenheimer (Hoyte van Hoytema)
Poor Things (Robbie Ryan)

Best Costume Design
Barbie (Jacqueline Durran)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Jacqueline West)
Napoleon (Janty Yates and Dave Crossman)
Oppenheimer (Ellen Mirojnick)
Poor Things (Holly Waddington)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda (Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue)
Maestro (Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell)
Oppenheimer (Luisa Abel)
Poor Things (Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston)
Society of the Snow (Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé)

Best Original Song
“The Fire Inside” from Flamin’ Hot (Music and Lyric by Diane Warren)
“I’m Just Ken” from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)
“It Never Went Away” from American Symphony (Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson)
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” from Killers of the Flower Moon (Music and Lyric by Scott George)
“What Was I Made For?” from Barbie (Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell)

Best Original Score
American Fiction (Laura Karpman)
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (John Williams)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Robbie Robertson)
Oppenheimer (Ludwig Göransson)
Poor Things (Jerskin Fendrix)

Best Production Design
Barbie (Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis)
Napoleon (Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff)
Oppenheimer (Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman)
Poor Things (Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek)

Best Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall (Laurent Sénéchal)
The Holdovers (Kevin Tent)
Killers of the Flower Moon (Thelma Schoonmaker)
Oppenheimer (Jennifer Lame)
Poor Things (Yorgos Mavropsaridis)

Best Sound
The Creator (Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
Maestro (Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic)
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One (Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor)
Oppenheimer (Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O’Connell)
The Zone of Interest (Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn)

Best Visual Effects
The Creator (Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould)
Godzilla: Minus One (Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek)
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One (Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould)
Napoleon (Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould
Filmleaf COMMENTS
Are you excited? You should be. 2023 was a great movie year, and so this is a great awards season, and the Oscars as always will be the climax: March 10th.
MOST NOMS:
Oppenheimer: 13
Poor Things: 11
Killers of the Flower Moon; 10
Barbie: 8
SURPRISES. . . AND SNUBS:
BEST PICTURE: It's surprising and heartening that movies of this quality were avaiilble from a single year and got nominated. Things are looking good.
Greta Gerwig got no Best Director nom for Barbie and Barbie got edged out for various noms despite being the highest growing picture of the year. (It was "snubbed" for earlier awards noms already. People are underwhelmed by it, apparently.)
French courtroom thriller Anatomy of a Fall got numerous noms, and Past Lives, that toucining little Sundance film about Koreans separated by immigration - amazing.
American Fiction did surprisingly well. I found it a little disappointing but it's topical and smart.
Leonardo DiCaprio was passed over, though this isn't a surprise from other awards lists already.
Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) edged out Charles Melton and Willem Dafoe for Supporting Actor noms. Some were saying Melton was a shoe-in.
May December's Natalie Portman and Julianne Moore got edged out for Best Acting noms. The Oscar Expert bros have said nobody likes this film and I don't.
Duvernay's Origin got no noms at all. (Have not seen.)
For detailed commentary on this general topic see the Washington Post article HERE (https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/01/23/oscar-nominations-snubs-2024/).

I still have to watch and review SOCIETY OF THE SNOW and IO CAPITANO, from the best foreign list.

[Chris Knipp]

Have now watched IO CAPITANO - a tremendous film.

On reflection one sees that among those passed over was Zac Efron and THE IRON CLAW. Much admired in France, where they gave him and the supporting cast raves (AlloCin (https://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-305544/critiques/presse/)é 4.0).

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A Reminder. Coming Sunday (Feb. 18):

The 77th British Academy Film Awards (BAFTAs).

See a briefing on the current BAFTAs in Entertainment Weekly (https://ew.com/2024-bafta-awards-everything-we-know-8575150#:~:text=The%202024%20British%20Academy%20F ilm,surprising%20nominations%20that%20broke%20expe ctations.). Predictions on The Oscar Expert (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpJpaPvpKrM).

Awards calendar highlights remaining:


Feb. 18: BAFTA Film Awards

Feb. 21: Writers Guild Awards nominations

Feb. 24: SAG Awards

Feb. 25: Film Independent Spirit AWards

Feb. 25: Producers Guild Awards

March

Mar. 10: Academy Awards (https://deadline.com/2023/04/2024-oscars-date-96th-academy-awards-timeline-1235335022/)

[Chris Knipp]

HERE'S A BAFTA CATEGORY:

Outstanding British Film
All of Us Strangers
How to Have Sex
Napoleon
The Old Oak
Poor Things
Rye Lane
Saltburn
Scrapper
Wonka
The Zone of Interest

Bong! Lacunae revealed. I haven't seen Rye Lane* or The Old Oak. Have to work on that. Just rewatched Scrapper: it's a film I enjoy rewatching, appreciating how Lola Campbell and Harris Dickinson play off each other. The Oscar bros point out though it has several nominations including Special Effects, Napoleon was rotten on ROTTENTOMATOES with both audience and critics (58%/59%)).

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*Seen Rye Lane now. It's wonderful. (Metacritic (https://www.metacritic.com/movie/rye-lane/) rating 82%, by the way.)

[Chris Knipp]

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2024 BAFTA AWARDS
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Best film
WINNER: Oppenheimer — Christopher Nolan, Charles Roven, Emma Thomas
Anatomy of a Fall — Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
The Holdovers — Mark Johnson
Killers of the Flower Moon — Dan Friedkin, Daniel Lupi, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas
Poor Things — Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone

Leading actress
WINNER: Emma Stone, Poor Things
Fantasia Barrino, The Color Purple
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Vivian Oparah, Rye Lane
Margot Robbie, Barbie

Leading actor
WINNER: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
Teo Yoo, Past Lives

Supporting actress
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple
Claire Foy, All of Us Strangers
Sandra Hüller, The Zone of Interest
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn

Supporting actor
WINNER: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Jacob Elordi, Saltburn
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Paul Mescal, All of Us Strangers
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

Director
WINNER: Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan
All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh
Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet
The Holdovers, Alexander Payne
Maestro, Bradley Cooper
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Original screenplay
WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet, Arthur Harari
Barbie — Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach
The Holdovers — David Hemingson
Maestro — Bradley Cooper, Josh Singer
Past Lives — Celine Song

Adapted screenplay
WINNER: American Fiction, Cord Jefferson
All of Us Strangers, Andrew Haigh
Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan
Poor Things, Tony McNamara
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer

Original score
WINNER: Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson
Killers of the Flower Moon, Robbie Robertson
Poor Things, Jerskin Fendrix
Saltburn, Anthony Willis
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Daniel Pemberton

Outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer
WINNER: Earth Mama — Savanah Leaf (Writer, Director, Producer), Shirley O’Connor (Producer), Medb Riordan (Producer)
Blue Bag Life — Lisa Selby (Director), Rebecca Lloyd-Evans (Director, Producer), Alex Fry (Producer)
Bobi Wine: The People’s President — Christopher Sharp (Director) [also directed Moses Bwayo]
How to Have Sex — Molly Manning Walker (Writer, Director)
Is There Anybody Out There? — Ella Glendining (Director)

Film not in the English language
WINNER: The Zone of Interest — Jonathan Glazer
20 Days in Mariupol — Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
Anatomy of a Fall — Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion
Past Lives — Celine Song, David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
Society of the Snow — J.A. Bayona, Belen Atienza

Animated film
WINNER: The Boy and the Heron — Hayao Miyazaki, Toshio Suzuki
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget — Sam Fell, Leyla Hobart, Steve Pegram
Elemental — Peter Sohn, Denise Ream
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse — Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg

Outstanding British film
WINNER: The Zone of Interest — Jonathan Glazer, James Wilson, Ewa Puszczyńska
All of Us Strangers — Andrew Haigh, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
How to Have Sex — Molly Manning Walker, Emily Leo, Ivana MacKinnon, Konstantinos Kontovrakis
Napoleon — Ridley Scott, Mark Huffam, Kevin J. Walsh, David Scarpa
The Old Oak — Ken Loach, Rebecca O’Brien, Paul Laverty
Poor Things — Yorgos Lanthimos, Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, Tony McNamara
Rye Lane — Raine Allen-Miller, Yvonne Isimeme Ibazebo, Damian Jones, Nathan Bryon, Tom Melia
Saltburn — Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Margot Robbie
Scrapper — Charlotte Regan, Theo Barrowclough
Wonka — Paul King, Alexandra Derbyshire, David Heyman, Simon Farnaby

Documentary
WINNER: 20 Days in Mariupol — Mstyslav Chernov, Raney Aronson Rath
American Symphony — Matthew Heineman, Lauren Domino, Joedan Okun
Beyond Utopia — Madeleine Gavin, Rachel Cohen, Jana Edelbaum
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie — Davis Guggenheim, Jonathan King, Annetta Marion
Wham! — Chris Smith

Casting
WINNER: The Holdovers — Susan Shopmaker
All of Us Strangers — Kahleen Crawford
Anatomy of a Fall — Cynthia Arra
How to Have Sex — Isabella Odoffin
Killers of the Flower Moon — Ellen Lewis, Rene Haynes

Cinematography
WINNER: Oppenheimer, Hoyte van Hoytema
Killers of the Flower Moon, Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro, Matthew Libatique
Poor Things, Robbie Ryan
The Zone of Interest, Łukasz Żal

Editing
WINNER: Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame
Anatomy of a Fall, Laurent Sénéchal
Killers of the Flower Moon, Thelma Schoonmaker
Poor Things, Yorgos Mavropsaridis
The Zone of Interest, Paul Watts

Costume design
WINNER: Poor Things, Holly Waddington
Barbie, Jacqueline Durran
Killers of the Flower Moon, Jacqueline West
Napoleon, Dave Crossman, Janty Yates
Oppenheimer, Ellen Mirojnick

Makeup & hair
WINNER: Poor Things — Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, Josh Weston
Killers of the Flower Moon — Kay Georgiou, Thomas Nellen
Maestro — Sian Grigg, Kay Georgiou, Kazu Hiro, Lori McCoy-Bell
Napoleon — Jana Carboni, Francesco Pegoretti, Satinder Chumber, Julia Vernon
Oppenheimer — Luisa Abel, Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Jason Hamer, Ahou Mofid

Production design
WINNER: Poor Things — Shona Heath, James Price, Zsuzsa Mihalek
Barbie — Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer
Killers of the Flower Moon — Jack Fisk, Adam Willis
Oppenheimer — Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman
The Zone of Interest — Chris Oddy, Joanna Maria Kuś, Katarzyna Sikora

Sound
WINNER: The Zone of Interest — Johnnie Burn, Tarn Willers
Ferrari — Angelo Bonanni, Tony Lamberti, Andy Nelson, Lee Orloff, Bernard Weiser
Maestro — Richard King, Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder, Dean Zupancic
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One — Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Chris Munro, Mark Taylor
Oppenheimer — Willie Burton, Richard King, Kevin O’Connell, Gary A. Rizzo

Special visual effects
WINNER: Poor Things — Simon Hughes
The Creator — Jonathan Bullock, Charmaine Chan, Ian Comley, Jay Cooper
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — Theo Bialek, Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One — Neil Corbould, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, Alex Wuttke
Napoleon — Henry Badgett, Neil Corbould, Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet

British short animation
WINNER: Crab Day — Ross Stringer, Bartosz Stanislawek, Aleksandra Sykulak
Visible Mending — Samantha Moore, Tilley Bancroft
Wild Summon — Karni Arieli, Saul Freed, Jay Woolley

British short film
WINNNER: Jellyfish and Lobster — Yasmin Afifi, Elizabeth Rufai
Festival of Slaps — Abdou Cissé, Cheri Darbon, George Telfer
Gorka — Joe Weiland, Alex Jefferson
Such a Lovely Day — Simon Woods, Polly Stokes, Emma Norton, Kate Phibbs
Yellow — Elham Ehsas, Dina Mousawi, Azeem Bhati, Yiannis Manolopoulos

EE rising star award (public-voted)
WINNER: Mia McKenna-Bruce
Phoebe Dynevor
Ayo Edebiri
Jacob Elordi
Sophie Wilde The Top Films
7 wins - Oppenheimer
5 - Poor Things
3 - The Zone of Interest
2 - The Holdovers

SOURCE (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68332535)

I'm waiting to see the Oscar Expert bros reactions. They certainly got some things wrong. Did they know Poor Things would be this much favored? They may have foreseen that Barbie would come away with nothing. Did the BAFTA jury not favor British films as much as they might have? But while Oppenheimer is about Americans, its director and star are British. It's funny, though, that The Zone of Interest, in German, set in Germany, gets "Best British Film." Poor Things is a British story, though some say it's not a faithful version of it; Greek director and American stars, though. The Oscar Expert bros were excited that The Zone of Interest won something else: Best Sound.

[Chris Knipp]

The (French) 49th César awards

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ANATOMY OF A FALL/L'ANATOMIE D'UNE CHUTE by Justine Triet was the big winner (six trophies, eleven noms) - also much admired in the US. It was named Best Picture; Thomas Cailley's THE ANIMAL KINGDOM/LE RÉGNE ANIMAL, starring Romain Duris and Paul Kircher, was in second place. There was also a career achievement award to OPPENHEIMER's Christopher Nolan.

Swann Arlaud the lawyer in ANATOMY, won Best Supporting Actor. Sandra Hüller won Best Actress. Best Original Screenplay went to Justine Triet and her cowriter Arthur Harari.

Hüller won over Oscar winner Marion Cotillard, nominated for LITTLE GIRL BLUE; Lea Drucker, up for LAST SUMMER; Hafsia Herzi, nominated for The Rapture; and Belgian actress Virginie Efira, nominated for her work in JUST THE TWO OF US.

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JUSTINE TRIET, DIRECTOR OF ANATOMY OF A FALL

The other big winner on the night was THE ANIMAL KINGDOM, French director Thomas Cailley’s follow-up to 2014’s LOVE AT FIRST FLIGHT. Cailley picked up the best cinematography trophy and a slew of wins in craft categories like best sound, original score, costumes and special effects.

In other acting categories, Arieh Worthalter won best actor for his starring role in Cédric Kahn’s courtroom drama THE GOLDMAN CASE, and Adèle Exarchopoulos won for best supporting actress for her star turn in ALL YOUR FACES.

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SWANN ARLAUD, SANDRA HÜLLER IN ANATOMY OF A FALL

ANATOMY OF A FALL was reviewed on Filmleaf as part of the 2023 NYFF. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM and LITTLE GIRL BLUE have recently been reviewed here as part of the Rendez-Vous with French Cinema. THE GOLDMAN CASE and ALL YOUR FACES haven't been covered here yet.

Sandra Hüller has been looking like the European star of the year, appearing in both ANATOMY OF A FALL and English director Jonathan Glazer's German-language Auschwitz-ralated film THE ZONE OF INTEREST - arguably the two best European films of 2023.

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ROMAIN DURIS, PAUL KIRCHER IN LE RÈGNE ANIMAL

[Chris Knipp]

Are you ready for the Oscars?


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SANDRA HÜLLER IN THE ZONE OF INTEREST

The big (American) awards we've been waiting for are coming Sunday night. Here are some arguments from today's GUARDIAN. (https://www.theguardian.com/uk/culture) What's your pick? Oppenheimer?

Best picture Oscar hustings:

Why Past Lives should win the best Picture Oscar (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/08/past-lives-best-picture-oscar)

Why The Holdovers should win the best picture Oscar (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/07/holdovers-best-picture-oscar)

Why Maestro should win the best picture Oscar (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/06/maestro-should-best-picture-oscar)

Why Barbie should win the best picture Oscar (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/05/why-barbie-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar)

Why The Zone of Interest should win the best picture Oscar (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/mar/04/zone-of-interest-should-best-picture-oscar#:~:text=It%20deserves%20recognition%20for%20 its,audacious%20films%20of%20the%20year.)

. . .BUT:


Serious themes, serious people, an unflinching dedication to both the craft and the medium of cinema, Oppenheimer ticks the boxes. Bookmakers are duly offering odds as short as 1/25 on for it to take home best picture.

Why Oppenheimer should win the best picture Oscar (https://www.theguardian.com/film/2024/feb/26/why-oppenheimer-should-win-the-best-picture-oscar#:~:text=Serious%20themes%2C%20serious%20peop le%2C%20an,to%20take%20home%20best%20picture.)

Oe maybe Anatomy of a Fall is your pick, or another movie.

[Chris Knipp]

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The Oscar WInners for 2024


Best Picture
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Director
Justine Triet — Anatomy of a Fall
Martin Scorsese — Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan — Oppenheimer (Winner)
Yorgos Lanthimos — Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer — The Zone of Interest

Best Actor
Bradley Cooper — Maestro
Colman Domingo — Rustin
Paul Giamatti — The Holdovers
Cillian Murphy — Oppenheimer (Winner)
Jeffrey Wright — American Fiction

Best Actress
Annette Bening — Nyad
Lily Gladstone — Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller — Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan — Maestro
Emma Stone — Poor Things (Winner)

Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown — American Fiction
Robert De Niro — Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. — Oppenheimer (Winner)
Ryan Gosling — Barbie
Mark Ruffalo — Poor Things

Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt — Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks — The Color Purple
America Ferrera — Barbie
Jodie Foster — Nyad
Da’Vine Joy Randolph — The Holdovers (Winner)

Best Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction (Winner)
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best Original Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall (Winner)
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One (Winner)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon

Best Costume Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (Winner)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (Winner)
Society of the Snow

Best Cinematography
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Poor Things

Best Production Design
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (Winner)

Best Sound
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer
The Zone of Interest (Winner)

Best Film Editing
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Poor Things

Best Original Score
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (Winner)
Poor Things

Best Original Song
“The Fire Inside” — Flamin’ Hot
“I’m Just Ken” — Barbie
“It Never Went Away” — American Symphony
“Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” — Killers of the Flower Moon
“What Was I Made For” — Barbie (Winner)

Best Animated Short Film
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (Winner)

Best Live-Action Short Film
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Winner)

Best Documentary Short Film
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island in Between
The Last Repair Shop (Winner)
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó

Best Documentary Feature Film
Bobi Wine: The People’s President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger
20 Days in Mariupol (Winner)

Best International Feature Film
Io Capitano (Italy)
Perfect Days (Japan)
Society of the Snow (Spain)
The Teachers’ Lounge (Germany)
The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) (Winner)

Best Animated Feature Film
The Boy and the Heron (Winner)
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

[Chris Knipp]

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EMMA STONE GIVING HER OSCAR ACCEPTANCE SPEECH

Oscar's "Night" 2024

The awards. This year the quality was very high. There are nothing but good things to say about THE ZONE OF INTEREST (an unusually brilliant and edgy Best International Feature Film), OPPENHEIMER, POOR THINGS and its remarkable star Emma Stone, the wonderfully entertaining and smart ANATOMY OF A FALL and Sandra Hüller, who starred in both ANATOMY and ZONE (and though she got no statuette, could be seen sitting there smiling). We might have chosen THE HOLDOVERS. We might have chosen Paul Giamatti. But it was hard to feel disappointed under the circumstances with any of the awards, especially since all the main ones where exactly as expected from the lead-up awards seasons predictions chronicled on this Filmleaf thread.

Snubs? KILLERS didn't get anything, which has happened to Scorsese before. Sadly, Bradley Cooper again didn't get anything for what the show called his "renaissance man" performance, despite reportedly six years learning to conduct a symphony orchestra, and his movie got nothing even for the elaborate makeup by the renowned Kazu Hiro, or for writing, directing, and starring as Leonard Bernstein. Indications are the Academy just didn't like MAESTRO. Maybe if they'd seen it at in the NYFF Main Slate, where everything looks better, as this reporter did, they'd have liked it more. THE BOY AND THE HERON won Best Animated Feature, though as Miyazaki goes it was a bit meh, some think, and everybody loved the new SPIDERMAN. Some of us wish that Annette Bening and Jodie Foster had gotten to go up to the stage instead of just sit and smile.

The show. How did the awards show itself go? Jimmy Kimmel gave a nice, informative intro speech with mild laughs that ruffled few feathers, though it fully honored the labor issues that dominated a lot of Hollywood's year, and endorsed the unions. Ryan Gosling showed his talent with a full-throated performance of the "Ken" song.

Flubs and caresses. The 83-year-old Al Pacino, though like the 80-year-old Robert DiNiro he fathered a baby with a young girlfriend last year, seemed to show cognitive impairment judging by the way he walked on and and just tore open the award envelope for Best Picture with no introduction at all. He read it off right - OPPENHEIMER - though he didn't seem 100% sure he was getting it right. On the other hand the Best Actor awards were elaborately and handsomely introduced by a set of previous winners providing lots of complimentary descriptions of each nominee, which ought to be satisfying to everybody - except those who find scenes of mutual congratulation a bit much (in which case they should probably not watch the Oscars).

Mishaps? Da'Vine Joy Randolph failed to applaud for the Best Documentary Feature Oscar, 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL. Did she find it just too depressing, or was she having a costume malfunction, like Emma Stone, whose zipper broke on her sea-lime Louis Vuitton gown before she went up to receive her statuette? If she hadn't pointed this out so plainly people might not have noticed - but I guess under that kind of spotlight somebody always will.

Jonathan Glazer gave the one political acceptance speech (https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68531229"), swiftly passed over perhaps here, perhaps a bit confused and confusing, about Gaza and the nightmare in Israel.*

Too early? The ceremony began at seven p.m. East Coast time, which meant four p.m. West Coast time. That's not very festive, considering especially that it was the first day on Daylight Saving Time, so by our bodies' time it was three in the afternoon. And by the way, when are we going to get rid of Daylight Saving Time - which nobody likes?

Though I was unusually well prepared this year, there remains catching up to do. Still not seen: THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR,** Wes Anderson's prize-winning short. 20 DAYS AT MARIUPOL. SOCIETY OF THE SNOW. Tough watches, those. Maybe better start with GODZILLA MINUS ONE.
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*Glazer's speech (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ymiyNmr1WY).
**Now seen, and reviewed here (http://www.filmleaf.net/showthread.php?5444-THE-WONDERFUL-STORY-OF-HENRY-SUGAR-(Wes-Anderson-2023)-Netflix&p=41747#post41747).
P.s. In case you want more detail, Vulture's staff wrote a full roundup (https://www.vulture.com/article/oscars-2024-highs-lows-whoas.html), "The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2024 Oscars."

[Chris Knipp]

RADICAL (Christopher Zalla).

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EUGENIO DERBEZ AND YOUTHFUL CAST IN RADICAL

An engaging outlier in last year's 'best foreign' list

Remember earlier on this thread we listed "a best international list"? I was:

ANATOMY OF A FALL (France)
CONCRETE UTOPIA (South Korea)
FALLEN LEAVES (Finland)
JAEWAN (India)
PERFECT DAYS (Japan)
RADICAL (Mexico)
SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (SPAIN)
THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE (Germany)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (England) This omits the other French fave by the way, THE TASTE OF THINGS.
Well, still have not found JAEWAN or cracked SOCIETY OF THE SNOW, but now Ihave seen Christopher Zalla's crowd-pleasing charismatic teacher uplift movie, RADICAL. I've posted a review based on my journal entry, somewhat expanded: see it HERE (http://www.filmleaf.net/showthread.php?5446-RADICAL-(Christopher-Zalla-2023)).