Oppenheimer wins 7 Oscars (Best Picture) (film & awards)

[NewYorkExpress]

Just thought I'd speculate idly on the idea of Our Great National Parks, presented by Barack Obama being named of the winner of either the Best Documentary Short film or the Best Documentary Feature film.

With his Emmy win(s) an Oscars win would put Obama a Tony win away from being an EGOT.

[T'Chenka]

Telluride and Venice film festivals update:

- Women Talking is apparently very good and a frontrunner to win Best Picture
- Empire Of Light is apparently messy and underwhelming, won't win, MIGHT not even be nominated
- Bardo is apprently pretentious and self-indulgent, probably won't even be nominated
- The Banshees Of Inisherin is apprently VERY very good and likely one of the Best Picture nominees
- The Whale is apparently good but not Academy-friendly. Actor, Makeup, not Best Picture.
- Don't Worry Darling is apparently not very good, also has a lot controversy surrounding it

[Progressive Pessimist]

Telluride and Venice film festivals update:

- Women Talking is apparently very good and a frontrunner to win Best Picture
- Empire Of Light is apparently messy and underwhelming, won't win, MIGHT not even be nominated
- Bardo is apprently pretentious and self-indulgent, probably won't even be nominated
- The Banshees Of Inisherin is apprently VERY very good and likely one of the Best Picture nominees
- The Whale is apparently good but not Academy-friendly. Actor, Makeup, not Best Picture.
- Don't Worry Darling is apparently not very good, also has a lot controversy surrounding it

I'm looking forward to seeing this one since it reunites the stars of 'In Bruges,' my favorite film of this director. It looks a lot like it, actually.

[T'Chenka]

The EXTREMELY controversial Netflix film Blonde (which hits netflix in 2 or 3 weeks) was surprisingly well recieved at it's premiere at the Venice Film Festival yesterday.

Controversies:
- it's 2.5 hours long
- they cast a Cuban actress to play Marilyn Monroe
- it's based on a book that is either a fictionalized version of her life, or a conspiracy theory about how her life actually was but it definitely hasn't been verified
- it's rated NC-17 (more "adult" than rated R) despite being a netflix film
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- apparently includes menstrual cunnilingus? or something bizarre like that?
- has at least one scene of Marilyn Monroe being raped graphically, possibly multiple scenes

Critics at the festival have basically said it's a "good" film (not great, not amazing), but considering the above-mentioned stuff, I'm impressed.

Before all of these controversies were known to people... so say, 12 to 18 months ago, people were speculating that this could be a frontrunner for Best Actress. At this point, I think it's safe to say that the Oscars will probably ignore this film.

[T'Chenka]

UPDATE - MID OCTOBER

Likeliness to be a Best Picture nominee:

1. The Fabelmans
2. Women Talking
3. Everything Everywhere All At Once
4. Babylon
5. The Banshees Of Inisherin
6. Top Gun: Maverick
7. She Said
8. Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
9. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
10. Avatar: The Way Of Water
11. All Quiet On The Western Front
12. Empire Of Light
13. Tár
14. Triangle Of Sadness
15. Elvis
16. Bardo: False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths
17. The Whale
18. The Son
19. Till
20. I Wanna Dance With Somebody

Potential / likely performances for acting nominations:

- The Fabelmans - Michelle Williams (Actress or Supporting Actress)
- The Fabelmans - Judd Hirsch (Supporting Actor)
- Women Talking - Jessie Buckley (Supporting Actress)
- Women Talking - Claire Foy (Supporting Actress)
- Women Talking - Ben Whishaw (Supporting Actor)
- Everything Everywhere All At Once - Key Huy Quan (Supporting Actor)
- Babylon - Margot Robbie (Actress)
- Babylon - Brad Pitt (Supporting Actor)
- Babylon - Jean Smart (Supporting Actress)
- The Banshees Of Inisherin - Colin Farrell (Actor)
- The Banshees Of Inisherin - Brendan Gleeson (Supporting Actor)
- She Said - Carey Mulligan (Actress)
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery - Janelle Monae (Supporting Actress)
- Empire Of Light - Olivia Colman (Actress)
- Tár - Cate Blanchett (Actress)
- Elvis - Austin Butler (Actor)
- The Whale - Brendan Fraser (Actor)
- The Whale - Hong Chau (Supporting Actress)
- The Son - Hugh Jackman (Actor)
- The Son - Laura Dern (Supporting Actress)
- The Son - Vanessa Kirby (Supporting Actress)
- Till - Danielle Deadwyler (Actress)
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody - Naomi Ackie (Actress)

[NewYorkExpress]

Jimmy Kimmel will be hosting this year's Academy Awards.

[T'Chenka]

It's all coming soon...

Dec 12 - Golden Globes nominations
Jan 10 - Golden Globes ceremony

Jan 24 - Academy Awards nominations
Mar 12 - Academy Awards ceremony

[T'Chenka]

The nominees for the 80th Golden Globes will be announced on Monday December 12th. This is basically the transition from the months and months of Oscar speculation into the "actual" beginning of the Oscar season.

Below I have included the different categories / awards for films, and some of the films I think will be nominated in those categories. I wrote 4 predictions per category, but the Globes choose 5 nominations per category.


BEST FILM - DRAMA
- The Fabelmans
- Women Talking
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Elvis

BEST FILM - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Babylon
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

BEST DIRECTOR
- Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
- James Cameron (Avatar: The Way Of Water)
- Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Sarah Polley (Women Talking)

BEST FILM - SCREENPLAY
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Women Talking
- The Fabelmans


BEST ACTRESS - DRAMA
- Cate Blanchett (Tár)
- Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
- Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
- Olivia Colman (Empire Of Light)

BEST ACTRESS - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Margot Robbie (Babylon)
- Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu)
- Charlbi Dean (Triangle Of Sadness)

BEST ACTOR - DRAMA
- Austin Butler (Elvis)
- Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
- Bill Nighy (Living)
- Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)

BEST ACTOR - MUSICAL OR COMEDY
- Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Diego Calva (Babylon)
- Daniel Craig (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
- Christian Bale (Amsterdam)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Carey Mulligan (She Said)
- Claire Foy (Women Talking)
- Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Brad Pitt (Babylon)
- Ben Whishaw (Women Talking)
- Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees Of Inisherin)


BEST NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FILM
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- Holy Spider
- Bardo, False Chronicle Of A Handful Of Truths
- Close

BEST ANIMATED FILM
- Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
- My Father's Dragon
- Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
- The Bad Guys

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
- Babylon (Justin Hurwitz)
- The Fabelmans (John Williams)
- Women Talking (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
- Pinocchio (Alexandre Desplat)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
- "Hold My Hand" by Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick)
- "Lift Me Up" by Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- "Ciao Papa" by Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio)
- "Naatu Naatu" by M. M. Keeravani (RRR)

[T'Chenka]

80th GOLDEN GLOBES nominees


PICTURE (DRAMA)
- The Fabelmans
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Avatar: The Way Of Water
- Tár
- Elvis

PICTURE (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Babylon
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
- Triangle Of Sadness

DIRECTOR
- Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
- James Cameron (Avatar: The Way Of Water)
- Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Baz Luhrmann (Elvis)

SCREENPLAY
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- Women Talking
- The Fabelmans
- Tár

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
- Cate Blanchett (Tár)
- Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)
- Olivia Colman (Empire Of Light)
- Viola Davis (The Woman King)
- Ana de Armas (Blonde)

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
- Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Margot Robbie (Babylon)
- Emma Thompson (Good Luck To You, Leo Grande)
- Anya Taylor-Joy (The Menu)
- Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris)

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
- Austin Butler (Elvis)
- Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
- Bill Nighy (Living)
- Hugh Jackman (The Son)
- Jeremy Pope (The Inspection)

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
- Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Diego Calva (Babylon)
- Adam Driver (White Noise)
- Daniel Craig (Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery)
- Ralph Fiennes (The Menu)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Carey Mulligan (She Said)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Dolly De Leon (Triangle Of Sadness)
- Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Brad Pitt (Babylon)
- Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)
- Barry Keoghan (The Banshees Of Inisherin)

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURE
- RRR
- Close
- Argentina 1985
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- Decision To Leave

ANIMATED FEATURE
- Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio
- Turning Red
- Marcel The Shell With No Shoes On
- Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
- Inu-Oh

ORIGINAL SCORE
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (Women Talking)
- John Williams (The Fabelmans)
- Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio)
- Carter Burwell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)

ORIGINAL SONG
- "Hold My Hand" (Top Gun: Maverick)
- "Lift Me Up" (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- "Ciao Papa" (Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio)
- "Naatu Naatu" (RRR)
- "Carolina" (Where The Crawdads Sing)


Notable stuff, based on expectations :
Banshees overperformed
Women Talking underperformed
Deadwyler missed Actress
De Armas got into Actress
Bardo, Holy Spider missed Non-English Language
Keoghan, Bassett, Driver, Pope kinda surprising

[Blue3]

How do they pick out movies that come out like a couple days ago, or not even out yet??

[T'Chenka]

How do they pick out movies that come out like a couple days ago, or not even out yet??

A lot of these industry people get to see the film before everybody else does, either in a private screening at a theater, or an exclusive private streaming / DVD. Additionally, many of these films played at a bunch of film festivals in September (Venice, TIFF, Telluride) or even earlier (Cannes, Sundance) and a lot of industry people saw them back then.

[T'Chenka]

The Golden Globes and the Critics Choice awards have both now taken place. Here are the Golden Globes winners. Any award that Critics Choice gave out differently than the Globes is noted as well.


PICTURE (DRAMA)
- The Fabelmans
CRITICS CHOICE - Everything Everywhere All At Once

PICTURE (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
CRITICS CHOICE - this award is combined with Best Picture (Drama)

DIRECTOR
- Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
CRITICS CHOICE - Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

SCREENPLAY
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
CRITICS CHOICE - Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST ACTRESS (DRAMA)
- Cate Blanchett (Tár)

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
- Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
CRITICS CHOICE - this award is combined with Best Actress (Drama)

BEST ACTOR (DRAMA)
- Austin Butler (Elvis)
CRITICS CHOICE - Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL/COMEDY)
- Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
CRITICS CHOICE - this award is combined with Best Actor (Drama)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)

SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE FEATURE
- Argentina 1985
CRITICS CHOICE - RRR

ANIMATED FEATURE
- Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

ORIGINAL SCORE
- Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)
CRITICS CHOICE - - Hildur Guðnadóttir (Tár)

ORIGINAL SONG
- "Naatu Naatu" (RRR)

[Progressive Pessimist]

I completely forgot that the Golden Globes were even a thing. I will say that I am happy to see 'Banshees of Inisherin' win in the musical/comedy category, especially over the soap opera, Tyler Perry writing quality bulls*** that was 'Glass Onion.'

Also clearly lots of love for 'Everything Everywhere' which I am also more than fine with.

[kyc0705]

Just about everything else still feels like it's in flux, but it's looking like Supporting Actor is already wrapped and Supporting Actress is getting there quickly.

[Orser67]

My unsolicited opinion of Oscar contenders and a few other random movies:

Haven't seen, but want to: Tar, Fabelmans, Women Talking, Aftersun, Triangle of Sadness, The Whale, Babylon, Black Panther, White Noise, Till, Living

Very good: Everything Everywhere, Banshees
Good: Top Gun, Nope, She Said, Avatar, All Quiet, Pinocchio
Liked it, but not BP nom-worthy imo: RRR, Amsterdam
Well made, but didn't do much for me: Thirteen Lives
Meh: Glass Onion, Don't Worry Darling, the Menu, Pale Blue Eye, Elvis
Not an awards contender, but I liked it: After Yang, The Northman, Bullet Train

[NewYorkExpress]

BAFTA Awards nominees are in.


Best Picture


All Quiet on the Western Front

The Banshees of Inisherin

Elvis

Everything Everywhere All At Once

TAR

Films Not in English Language

All Quiet on the Western Front

Argentina,1985

Corsage

Decision to Leave

The Quiet Girl

Animated Film

Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Puss In Boots: The Last Wish

Turning Red

Director

Edward Berger, All Quiet on the Western Front

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Todd Field, TAR

Gina Prince-Blythewood, The Woman King

Original Screenplay

Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Tony Kushner and Steven Spielberg, The Fablemans

Todd Field, TAR

Ruben Östlund, Triangle of Sadness

Adapted Screenplay

Edward Berger, Ian Stokell and Leslie Patterson,All Quiet on the Western Front

Kazuo Ishiguro, Living

Colm Bairéad, The Quiet Girl

Rebecca Lenklewicz, She Said

Samuel D. Hunter, The Whale

Lead Actress

Ana de Armas, Blonde

Cate Blanchett, TAR

Viola Davis, The Woman King

Danielle Deadwyler, Till

Emma Thompson, Good Luck to You, Rio Grande

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Lead Actor

Austin Butler, Elvis

Brendan Fraser, The Whale

Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin

Daryl McCormick, Good Luck to You, Rio Grande

Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Bill Nighy, Living

Supporting Actress

Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Hong Chau, The Whale

Kerry Condon, The Banshees of Inisherin

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Dolly de Leon, Triangle of Sadness

Carey Mulligan, She Said

Supporting Actor

Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin

Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse

Albrecht Schuch, All Quiet on the Western Front

Michael Ward, Empire of Light

[T'Chenka]

BAFTA Awards nominees are in.

It seems clear at this stage that Best Picture at the Oscars is between Everything Everywhere All At Once and The Banshees Of Inisherin. The Fabelmans doesn't seem generally strong, and won't win any acting awards. Top Gun: Maverick isn't receiving the late season surge that it was going to need. TAR is now in 3rd place, I guess, but it's far below the top 2. Elvis isn't strong enough. Avatar 2 definitely isn't strong enough.

Outside of those 7 movies that are more or less guaranteed to get into Best Picture, and looking at the movies on the cusp that MIGHT be getting in... based on the concept of winning Adapted Screenplay and winning some other awards to build to winning Best Picture, I guess All Quiet On The Western Front and The Whale would maybe the the extremely unlikely underdogs with a 1% or 2% chance, hypothetically.

[T'Chenka]

Just about everything else still feels like it's in flux, but it's looking like Supporting Actor is already wrapped and Supporting Actress is getting there quickly.

My take on the above-the-line categories:

PICTURE
- Will be Everything Everywhere All At Once or The Banshees Of Inisherin

DIRECTOR
- Will be Everything Everywhere All At Once, possibly The Fabelmans, possibly some crazy upset

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- (same as Picture)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- Hard to predict, probably All Quiet On The Western Front, The Whale or Women Talking

ACTRESS
- Cate Blanchett for TAR, with an unlikely upset winner being Michelle Yeoh for EEAAO

ACTOR
- Colin Farrell for Banshees probably, Brendan Fraser is possible, Austin Butler crazy upset

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Angela Bassett for Wakanda Forever, with upset being Kerry Condon or Jamie Lee Curtis

SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ke Huy Quan for EEAAO will win. Insane upset I guess would be Brendan Gleeson (?)

[T'Chenka]

My final predictions for tomorrow's Oscar nominations for 2022 films :

BEST PICTURE
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The Fabelmans
- TÁR
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Elvis
- Avatar: The Way Of Water
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- Babylon
- Triangle Of Sadness

BEST DIRECTOR
- Daniels (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Steven Spielberg (The Fabelmans)
- Todd Field (TÁR)
- Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Baz Luhrmann (Elvis)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
- The Banshees Of Inisherin
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The Fabelmans
- TÁR
- Triangle Of Sadness

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
- The Whale
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- Women Talking
- Living
- She Said

BEST ACTRESS
- Cate Blanchett (TÁR)
- Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Viola Davis (The Woman King)
- Danielle Deadwyler (Till)
- Michelle Williams (The Fabelmans)

BEST ACTOR
- Colin Farrell (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Austin Butler (Elvis)
- Brendan Fraser (The Whale)
- Bill Nighy (Living)
- Tom Cruise (Top Gun: Maverick)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- Angela Bassett (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
- Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Hong Chau (The Whale)
- Dolly de Leon (Triangle Of Sadness)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
- Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
- Brendan Gleeson (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Barry Koeghan (The Banshees Of Inisherin)
- Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse)
- Brad Pitt (Babylon)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
- All Quiet On The Western Front
- Argentina, 1985
- Decision To Leave
- Close
- The Quiet Girl

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
- Turning Red
- Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
- Marcel The Shell With No Shoes On
- Wendell & Wild

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
- All That Breathes
- All The Beauty And The Bloodshed
- Fire Of Love
- Navalny
- Descandant

BEST EDITING
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. Everything Everywhere All At Once
3. Elvis
4. The Banshees Of Inisherin
5. All Quiet On The Western Front

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1. Top Gun: Maverick
4. All Quiet On The Western Front
5. Empire Of Light
4. The Batman
5. Elvis

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
1. Avatar: The Way Of Water
2. Top Gun: Maverick
3. The Batman
4. All Quiet On The Western Front
5. Thirteen Lives

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
1. Babylon
2. Avatar: The Way Of Water
3. Elvis
4. All Quiet On The Western Front
5. The Fabelmans

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
1. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
2. Elvis
3. Babylon
4. The Woman King
5. Mrs. Harris Goes To Paris

BEST MAKEUP AND HAIR
1. The Whale
2. Elvis
3. The Batman
4. All Quiet On The Western Front
5. Amsterdam

BEST SOUND
1. Top Gun: Maverick
2. All Quiet On The Western Front
3. Avatar: The Way Of Water
4. Elvis
5. The Batman

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
1. Babylon (Justin Hurwitz)
2. Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio (Alexandre Desplat)
3. Women Talking (Hildur Guðnadóttir)
4. The Banshees Of Inisherin (Carter Burwell)
5. The Fabelmans (John Williams)

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
1. "Naatu Naatu" by M. M. Keeravani (RRR)
2. "Hold My Hand" by Lady Gaga (Top Gun: Maverick)
3. "Lift Me Up" by Rihanna (Black Panther: Wakanda Forever)
4. "Ciao Papa" by Alexandre Desplat (Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio)
5. "Applause" by Diane Warren (Tell It Like A Woman)

I don't care about or predict the 3 categories for short films.

[Sestak]

This cycle seems to have a higher number of ‘popular’ films, or at least ones that were discussed outside of film circles before the award season, than previous years.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Dolly de Leon snubbed on Best Supporting Actress nominees! I adored what she brought to the table in Triangle of Sadness - really elevated the film to greatness and made it the one actually high quality satire on idle wealth of the many attempts in the past year. But this is one of the deepest years I can recall for this category, so it's fine that Stephanie Hsu got it too. Kerry Condon was my favorite part of Banshees, although mostly for the story/visual direction. People are upset Curtis was nominated, but she was unforgettably iconic in limited action.

I'd be happy with any of the Best Original Screenplay nominees taking home most of the awards this year, aside from Fabelmans. Definitely my four favourite films of the last year - pending the US release of Close this week, with Fabelmans checking in at #8 - also behind del Toro's Pinocchio and the two foreign film frontrunners.

Seems like they got a lot right this year (so far)! Even if T'Chenka is partial to Babylon...

[🦀🎂🦀🎂]

I think biopics should be banned from acting nominations (or at least handicapped): the subjective measurements that actors normally get judged on are thrown out (such mere trifles as conveying emotions) and instead actors are judged on how easily they can do a pantomime of a public figure's persona. It's less great acting, more parlour trick.

[LBJer]

So glad Top Gun: Maverick was nominated!

[Progressive Pessimist]

I can't say I entirely expected these nominations, especially given how many somewhat obscure films have been nominated for one thing or another. I haven't heard of a good portion of these films.

Also surprised to see 'Triangle of Sadness' get so many nominations. I figured it would be a bit too out-there (at least from what I've heard, I haven't seen it yet-though I want to), but then again so is 'Everything Everywhere."

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

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