This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2020

Sight and Sounds/BFI'S best DVD and Blu-Rays of 2020:

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/best-blu-rays-dvds-2020

https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2020

Good to see David Byrne's American Utopia getting some year-end love even with two Lee's to chose from (I liked both).

First year I couldn't contribute because my day job ate up almost all of my time this year. Here's Slant's top 50:

https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/the-50-best-films-of-2020/

Also, missed this ... https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/03/movies/best-movies.html

As per Ward Fowler's suggestion, posting the Sight & Sound end of year list here too: https://www.bfi.org.uk/best-films-2020

The Zoom movie was absolutely unwatchable to me

― Whiney G. Weingarten, Saturday, 12 December 2020 00:27 (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

Watched this today and thought it was fantastic. I've rarely rooted against an entire cast so much, which I'm sure was intentional. Seriously technically impressive, tense, and a necessary externalisation of all the universal fears that have surfaced during a time of intense claustrophobia. That feeling of indoor spaces stagnating with dread. But way more fun than that sounds. Also an hour long.

I've got the link to City Hall but not the time.

Boston's first up this year. So far ...

Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, THE FATHER
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, SOUND OF METAL
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung, MINARI
Best Screenplay: Charlie Kaufman, I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS
Best Documentary: COLLECTIVE (Alexander Nanau)
Best Animated Film: THE WOLF HOUSE (Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña)
Best First Film: THE FATHER (Florian Zeller)
Best Cinematography: Joshua James Richards, NOMADLAND
Best Editing: Robert Frazen, I'M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS.
Best Score: Emile Mosseri, MINARI

Best Picture: NOMADLAND
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND
Best Film in a Foreign Language: LA LLORONA (Jayro Bustamante)

Not even sure Film Comment will do a survey this year, so this might have to do:

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/best-movies-2020-critics-survey-poll-performances-nomadland-riz-ahmed-1234604554/

Best Film

1. “Nomadland”
2. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
3. “First Cow”
4. “Lovers Rock”
5. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
6. “Beanpole”
7. “Time”
8. “Da 5 Bloods”
9. “Martin Eden”
10. “Bacurau”

Best Performance

1. Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
2. Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
3. Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
4. Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”
5. Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
6. Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
7. Luca Marinelli, “Martin Eden”
8. Gary Oldman, “Mank”
9. Carrie Coon, “The Nest”
10. Mads Mikkelsen, “Another Round”

ugh Oldman

I'm glad Marinelli got recognition.

Otherwise many of those films will make my own list.

I'm reasonably sure I've not seen a more idiosyncratic collective #1 pick than Slant's this year -- Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets.

I liked "Beanpole" a lot

Good to see Carrie Coon on any list (she's really good in The Nest). I looked over a list of her awards and nominations, and she's won almost nothing, not even an Emmy for The Leftovers.

Who handles this year's movie poll? Sic? Gotta be the first annual morbies imo.

I’ve seen three 2020 releases

I guess I could rank them

what are your 3 favorite movies of 2020 so far?

Yes to "the morbies"

Who handles this year's movie poll? Sic? Gotta be the first annual morbies imo.

David Fincher's MORB.

"in a world...where all the movies are bad..."

Not even sure Film Comment will do a survey this year

Based on the list of participants, this might actually be the closest cousin:

https://www.screenslate.com/articles/457
https://www.screenslate.com/articles/454

BEST ACTOR: Delroy Lindo for "Da 5 Bloods" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 18, 2020

And Chadwick for supporting actor for the same film. And a special award to Spike Lee for his short about NYC.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Maria Bakalova for "Borat Subsequent Moviefilm" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 18, 2020

^ hell yeah

Two for two...

BEST ACTRESS: Sidney Flanigan for "Never Rarely Sometimes Always" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 18, 2020

I watched and reviewed this film and have no memry f it.

oh no hell YES -- just remembered. Excellent.

Not positive but I think this is the first time any critics' group has handed out a five-way tie?

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: "Small Axe" (All Films) #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 18, 2020

BEST FILM: "First Cow" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 18, 2020

Full list:

Best Film: “First Cow” (A24)
Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)
Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman for “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
Best Animated Film: “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)
Best Cinematography: “Small Axe” – All films (Prime Video)
Best First Film: Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)
Best Foreign Language Film: “Bacarau”
Best Non-Fiction Film: “Time” (Amazon Studios)

Respectable. I wanted to see the Bacarau love.

lol at "all films"

I guess Chicago Film Critics did their nominations thing today too:

BEST PICTURE
Da 5 Bloods
First Cow
Lovers Rock
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods
Steve McQueen – Lovers Rock
Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun – Minari

BEST ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Carrie Coon – The Nest
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
David Strathairn – Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Toni Collette – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Letitia Wright – Mangrove
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Da 5 Bloods – Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman
Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell
Soul – Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
First Cow – Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Onward
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Collective
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead
The Social Dilemma
Time

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
(A tie in the nominations process resulted in six nominees in this category)
Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
Collective
La Llorona
Vitalina Varela

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt
Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner
Mank – Erik Messerschmidt
Nomadland – Joshua James Richards
The Vast of Night – Miguel Ioann Littin Menz

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Branford Marsalis
Mank – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Soul – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Tenet – Ludwig Göransson

BEST ART DIRECTION
Birds of Prey
Emma.
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Birds of Prey
Emma.
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
The Invisible Man
The Midnight Sky
Possessor
Tenet

BEST EDITING
I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Robert Frazen
Lovers Rock – Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen
Nomadland – Chloé Zhao
Tenet – Jennifer Lame
The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten

Sidney Flanigan missing out seems to be about the only anomaly.

Like everyone else, we were stuck inside a lot this year, and with streaming further blurring the lines between theatrical movies and television features, I’ve expanded the list to include visual storytelling that I’ve enjoyed this year, regardless of format. pic.twitter.com/a8BS8jDkSs

— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) December 18, 2020

Martin eden on o's list has me shook i admit

Let Him Go is a stranger than you think it’s going to be. Good performances, becomes a gothic western. Made me curious about the novel it’s based on.

LA Film Critics announced today.

Best Picture:
1. Small Axe 2. Nomadland

Best Director:
1. Chloe Zhao - Nomadland, 2. Steve McQueen - Small Axe

Best Actress:
1. Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman, 2. Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Best Actor:
1. Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 2. Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal

Best Documentary:
1. Time, 2. Collective

Best Screenplay:
2. Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Womsn, 2. Eliza Hittman - Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Animation:
1. Wolfwalkers, 2. Soul

Best Supporting Actress:
1. Youn Yuh-jung - Minari, 2. Amanda Seyfried - Mank

Best Supporting Actor:
1. Glynn Turman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, 2. Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

Best Production Design:
1. Donald Graham Burt - Mank, 2. Sergey Ivanov - Beanpole

Best Music/Score:
1. Soul, 2. Lovers Rock

Best Cinematography:
1. Shabier Kirchner - Small Axe, 2. Joshua James Richards - Nomadland

New Generation:
Radha Blank - The 40 Year Old Version

Best Foreign Language Film:
1. Beanpole, 2. Martin Eden

The five way tie was cute when it was NY’s cinematography prize. It’s a little less cute when it’s LA’s best picture prize.

As much as I love Lovers Rock the other two I've seen (RW&B, Education) look v much made for television

I've read that Small Axe is not eligible for Oscars having been submitted for TV awards, but I'm kinda thinking Amazon might try to reverse course on that.

Anyway, this group I've never heard of -- Greater Western New York Critics Association -- so seems to approximate the general consensus that it may as well mark the inevitable moment when detrius starts ossifying.

Best Picture

Da 5 Bloods
Driveways
The Father
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Sound of Metal

Best Director

Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Lovers Rock
Kelly Reichardt, FirstCow
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun, Minari

Best Actress

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Brian Dennehy, Driveways
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Supporting Actress

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
Olivia Colman, The Father
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Youn Yuh-jung, Minari

Best Original Screenplay

Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen, Driveways
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Womn
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal

Best Adapted Screenplay

Eleanor Catton, Emma.
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, The Father
Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Animated Film

Onward
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers
World of Tomorrow Episode Three

Best Documentary

Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Boys State
Collective
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time

Best Film in a Foreign Language

Thomas Vinterberg’s Another Round (Denmark)
Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Bacurau (Brazil)
Pablo Larraín’s Ema (Chile)
Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari (USA)
Christian Petzold’s Undine (Germany)

Best Cinematography

Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow
Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
Martin Ruhe, Midnight Sky
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland
Shabier Kirchner, Small Axe: Lovers Rock

Best Editing

Andy Canny, The Invisible Man
Kirk Baxter, Mank
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland
Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Score

Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Mank
Alexandre Desplat, Midnight Sky
Emile Mosseri, Minari
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Soul

Breakthrough Director

Max Barbakow, Palm Springs
Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Florian Zeller, The Father

Breakthrough Performance

Kiera Allen, Run
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Isabel Sandoval, Lingua Franca

My group should announce soon. My cohort in that group did its best to quash the detrius.

Detrius can not be quashed. Best to play dead and avoid eye contact until it gets bored and saunters away.

Critics need to figure out a different way to adjudicate animation; pitting Onward and Wolfwalkers against World of Tomorrow and Wolf House is just absurd.

it would be like having a best oscar category for "sports movies"

I wish this had been a somber black-and-white retelling of the writing process for Spider-Verse, tbh

In hindsight, it was kind of hilarious that people were actually thinking, “Hey, maybe *this* is the kind of year where a movie like FIRST COW will actually be taken seriously as an awards contender.” Lucy, football, etc.

— Scott Renshaw “at” Sundance (@scottrenshaw) February 3, 2021

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ACTOR – DRAMA
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Tahar Rahim – The Mauritanian

BEST ACTRESS – DRAMA
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Music
Palm Springs
The Prom

BEST ACTOR – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden – The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda – Hamilton
Dev Patel – The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg – Palm Springs

BEST ACTRESS – MUSICAL/COMEDY
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson – Music
Michelle Pfeiffer – French Exit
Rosamund Pike – I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor-Joy – Emma.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr. – One Night in Miami

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Jodie Foster – The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Helena Zengel – News of the World

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
David Fincher – Mank
Regina King – One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland

BEST SCREENPLAY
The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of Chicago 7

BEST SCORE
Mank
The Midnight Sky
News of the World
Soul
Tenet

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Fight For You” – Judas and the Black Messiah
“Hear My Voice” – The Trial of the Chicago 7
“Io Sì (Seen)” – The Life Ahead
“Speak Now” – One Night in Miami
“Tigress & Tweed” – The United States vs. Billie Holiday

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over the Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

BEST MOTION PICTURE – FOREIGN LANGUAGE
Another Round
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us

Of all the Golden Globes, this year's the Golden Globe-iest.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things
Jared Leto – The Little Things

When did they stop giving out the New Star of the Year Award? All those future Pia Zadoras left undiscovered.

bleak

do I even like movies

Didn't recognize the title but looked up Music and of course it's that Sia movie. That must be the Globe-iest one.

and yet

BEST ACTOR
James Corden – The Prom

If Leto gets an Oscar nomination over Paul Raci, I will lose my goddamn mind.

— Josh Spiegel (@mousterpiece) February 4, 2021

SAG AWARD NOMINATIONS

Cast in a Motion Picture
“Da 5 Bloods”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Minari”
“One Night In Miami”
“Trial of the Chicago 7”

Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Riz Ahmed (“Sound of Metal”)
Chadwick Boseman (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
Anthony Hopkins (“The Father”)
Gary Oldman (“Mank”)
Steven Yeun (“Minari”)

Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams (“Hillbilly Elegy”)
Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”)
Vanessa Kirby (“Pieces of a Woman”)
Frances McDormand (“Nomadland”)
Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”)

Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”)
Chadwick Boseman (“Da 5 Bloods”_
Daniel Kaluuya (“Judas and the Black Messiah”)
Jared Leto (“The Little Things”)
Leslie Odom, Jr. (“One Night in Miami”)

Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”)
Glenn Close (“Hillbilly Elegy”)
Olivia Colman (“The Father”)
Youn Yuh-Jung (“Minari”)
Helena Zengel (“News of the World”)

So, Golden Globes are treating Hamilton as a movie and SAG is treating it as TV?

And the Oscars are passing entirely.

these oscar noms are gonna be singularly abysmal hahaha

As ever.

award season is the worst except on ILX

James Corden acts gay for two hours and gets a Golden Globe nomination, I act straight for 23 years and all I get is trauma

— Justin Randall (@imjustinrandall) February 3, 2021

WGA nods:

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Judas and the Black Messiah” (Warner Bros) – Screenplay by Will Berson & Shaka King, Story by Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenny Lucas & Keith Lucas
“Palm Springs” (Hulu/Neon) – Screenplay by Andy Siara, Story by Andy Siara & Max Barbakow
“Promising Young Woman” (Focus Features) – Written by Emerald Fennell
“Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios) – Screenplay by Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Story by Darius Marder & Derek Cianfrance
“The Trial of the Chicago 7” (Netflix) – Written by Aaron Sorkin

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios) – Screenplay by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Peter Baynham & Erica Rivinoja & Dan Mazer & Jena Friedman & Lee Kern, Story by Sacha Baron Cohen & Anthony Hines & Dan Swimer & Nina Pedrad, Based on Characters Created by Sacha Baron Cohen
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix) – Screenplay by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Based on the Play Written by August Wilson
“News of the World” (Universal Pictures) – Screenplay by Paul Greengrass and Luke Davies, Based upon the Novel by Paulette Jiles
“One Night in Miami” (Amazon Studios) – Screenplay by Kemp Powers, Based on the Stage Play “One Night in Miami” by Kemp Powers
“The White Tiger” (Netflix) – Screenplay by Ramin Bahrani, Based on the Book “The White Tiger” by Aravind Adiga

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
“All In: The Fight for Democracy” (Amazon Studios) – Written by Jack Youngelson
“The Dissident” (Briarcliff Entertainment) – Written by Mark Monroe and Bryan Fogel
“Herb Alpert Is…” (Abramorama) – Written by John Scheinfeld; Abramorama
“Red Penguins” (Universal Pictures) – Written by Gabe Polsky
“Totally Under Control” (Neon) – Written by Alex Gibney

I don't think I've ever seen the phrase "documentary screenplay" before. They must have some line for how much a documentary is scripted to be eligible (someone like Wiseman would check in at 0%).

promising young woman and chicago 7 nods are predictable but infuriating

whatever, no one saw any of these movies anyway

I swear the only movie I saw in the last year I even remotely liked was the Soderbergh divas cruise one ... maybe the hot Riz Ahmed is deaf one.

are you saying riz ahmed is hotter when deaf

wow -- not a single innaresting film in the bunch

Judas was better than I expected, but my bar was really low.

Minari's turned up a few times on this thread--thought it was good. I could see someone finding the grandmother a little precious, but for me, she was a nice cross between Pather Panchali's grandmother and Aunt Lotte from Stranger Than Paradise.

Well then ... BAFTA weighs in:

Best Film
“The Father”
The Mauritanian”
“Nomadland”
“Promising Young Woman”
“The Trial Of The Chicago 7”

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

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

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

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

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

Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
“His House,” Remi Weekes (Writer/Director)

“Limbo,” Ben Sharrock (Writer/Director), Irune Gurtubai (Producer) [Also Produced By Angus Lamont]

“Moffie,” Jack Sidey (Writer/Producer) [Also Written By Oliver Hermanus And Produced By Eric Abraham]

“Rocks,” Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson (Writers)

“Saint Maud,” Rose Glass (Writer/Director), Oliver Kassman (Producer) [Also Produced By Andrea Cornwell]

Film Not In The English Language
“Another Round”
“Dear Comrades!”
“Les Misérables”
“Minari”
“Quo Vadis, Aida?”

Documentary
“Collective”
“David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet”
“The Dissident”
“My Octopus Teacher”
“The Social Dilemma”

Animated Film
“Onward”
“Soul”
“Wolfwalkers”

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

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

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

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

Casting
Calm With Horses, Shaheen Baig
Judas And The Black Messiah, Alexa L. Fogel
Minari ,Julia Kim
Promising Young Woman, Lindsay Graham Ahanonu, Mary Vernieu
Rocks, Lucy Pardee

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

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

Production Design
The Dig, Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana Macdonald
The Father, Peter Francis, Cathy Featherstone
Mank, Donald Graham Burt, Jan Pascale
News Of The World, David Crank, Elizabeth Keenan
Rebecca, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer

Costume Design
Ammonite, Michael O’connor
The Dig, Alice Babidge
Emma, Alexandra Byrne
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth
Mank, Trish Summerville

Make Up & Hair
The Dig, Jenny Shircore
Hillbilly Elegy, Patricia Dehaney, Eryn Krueger Mekash, Matthew Mungle
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Matiki Anoff, Larry M. Cherry, Sergio Lopez-Rivera, Mia Neal
Mank, Kimberley Spiteri, Gigi Williams
Pinocchio, Mark Coulier

Sound
Greyhound, Tbc
News Of The World, Michael Fentum, William Miller, Mike Prestwood Smith, John Pritchett, Oliver Tarney
Nomadland, Sergio Diaz, Zach Seivers, M. Wolf Snyder
Soul, Coya Elliott, Ren Klyce, David Parker
Sound Of Metal, Jaime Baksht, Nicolas Becker, Phillip Bladh, Carlos Cortés, Michelle Couttolenc

Special Visual Effects
Greyhound, Pete Bebb, Nathan Mcguinness, Sebastian Von Overheidt
The Midnight Sky, Matt Kasmir, Chris Lawrence, David Watkins
Mulan, Sean Faden, Steve Ingram, Anders Langlands, Seth Maury
The One And Only Ivan, Santiago Colomo Martinez, Nick Davis, Greg Fisher
Tenet, Scott Fisher, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Lockley

British Short Animation
The Fire Next Time, Renaldho Pelle, Yanling Wang, Kerry Jade Kolbe
The Owl And The Pussycat, Mole Hill, Laura Duncalf
The Song Of A Lost Boy, Daniel Quirke, Jamie Macdonald, Brid Arnstein

I get a new hive every time PYW gets a screenplay citation

I would object to Sorkin getting slotted in Original Screenplay since he had court transcripts to work from, but there's zero reality in that movie, so

Whoa, the acting noms are pretty good! Bukky Bakray, Kosar Ali, Wunmi Mosaku... really loved all those performances.

https://deadline.com/2021/05/golden-globes-canceled-nbc-2022-hfpa-1234753314/

(Not sure if I should even start a detrius thread for 2021 given awards shows' days are numbered.)

No idea where to post this--there's like 40 Netflix threads.

I did feel like work, but I didn't hate Malcolm & Marie. First half, pretty good; many, many words, but it felt more or less real, or at least as real as Virginia Woolf. The first speech where it turned into what I thought it'd be was John David Washington's long post-review rant. Anyway, I liked it better than the last movie I saw, about future people harvesting the sand. Some good music--an early Dionne Warwick song I'd never heard, also this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=enX9Fr-I8MA