Los Angeles film critics are the latest to switch to gender-neutral acting prizes.
For this year's awards vote, LAFCA will also introduce gender-neutral acting categories, with two awards for Best Lead Performance and two awards for Best Supporting Performance. Our voting meeting will take place on December 11, 2022.— Los Angeles Film Critics Association (@LAFilmCritics) October 12, 2022
(The Gotham Award nominations are Oct. 25, for the more "official" start of the detrius season.)
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 October 2022 16:27 (one year ago) link
Tár screening next week!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
I can't imagine I'll ever be excited to see a Todd Field film.
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 October 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
I borrowed that exclamation point.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 12 October 2022 16:39 (one year ago) link
Latest check of the MD'A nerd group's 2022 top 10 thus far confirms it's ... been a year.
https://www.panix.com/~dangelo/crixpix.html
01. RRR (S S Rajamouli)02. The Girl and the Spider (Ramon & Silvan Zürcher)03. (tie) Barbarian (Zach Cregger)03. (tie) Mad God (Phil Tippett)05. Fire of Love (Sara Dosa)06. Jackass Forever (Jeff Tremaine)07. (tie) Apollo 10½: A Space-Age Childhood (Richard Linklater)07. (tie) In Front of Your Face (Hong Sangsoo)09. (tie) Happening (Audrey Diwan)09. (tie) Top Gun: Maverick (Joseph Kosinski)
― Eric H., Wednesday, 12 October 2022 16:47 (one year ago) link
Not going to link out to her site, but Sasha Stone is taking the LAFCA decision to launch gender-neutral categories about as well as you'd expect. (Jeffrey Wells, too.)
― Eric H., Monday, 17 October 2022 19:21 (one year ago) link
If there's a designated Todd Field thread ... there shouldn't be, so posting this here:
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/21/opinion/tar-movie-cancel-culture.html
― Eric H., Monday, 24 October 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link
I didn't expect that byline.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 24 October 2022 17:24 (one year ago) link
Gotham Award nominees
Best Feature
Aftersun -- Charlotte Wells, director; Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Mark Ceryak, producers (A24)The Cathedral -- Ricky D’Ambrose, director; Graham Swon, producer (MUBI)Dos Estaciones -- Juan Pablo González, director; Ilana Coleman, Jamie Gonçalves, Bruna Haddad, Makena Buchanan, producers (Cinema Guild)Everything Everywhere All At Once -- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors; Joe Russo, Anthony Russo, Mike Larocca, Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, producers (A24)Tár -- Todd Field, director; Alexandra Milchan, Scott Lambert, Todd Field, producers (Focus Features)
Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes -- Shaunak Sen, director; Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, Teddy Leifer producers (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)All the Beauty and the Bloodshed -- Laura Poitras, director; Howard Gertler, John Lyons, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, Laura Poitras, producers (NEON)I Didn’t See You There -- Reid Davenport, director; Keith Wilson, producer (RePort Media)The Territory -- Alex Pritz, director; Alex Pritz, Darren Aronofsky, Sigrid Dyekjær, Will N. Miller, Gabriel Uchida, Lizzie Gillett, producers (National Geographic Documentary Films)What We Leave Behind -- Iliana Sosa, director; Emma D. Miller, Isidore Bethel, producers (ARRAY)
Best International Feature
Athena -- Romain Gavras, director; Romain Gavras, Charles-Marie Anthonioz, Mourad Belkeddar, Jean Duhamel, Nicolas Lhermitte, Ladj Ly, producers (Netflix)The Banshees of Inisherin -- Martin McDonagh, director; Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Martin McDonagh, producers (Searchlight Pictures)Corsage -- Marie Kreutzer, director; Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade, Jean-Christophe Reymond, producers (IFC Films)Decision to Leave -- Park Chan-wook, director and producer (MUBI)Happening -- Audrey Diwan, director; Edouard Weil, Alice Girard producers (IFC Films)Saint Omer -- Alice Diop, director; Toufik Ayadi, Christophe Barral, producers (Super LTD)
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Charlotte Wells for Aftersun (A24)Owen Kline for Funny Pages (A24)Elegance Bratton for The Inspection (A24)Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic for Murina (Kino Lorber)Beth de Araújo for Soft & Quiet (Momentum Pictures / eOne)Jane Schoenbrun for We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Utopia)
Best Screenplay
After Yang, Kogonada (A24)Armageddon Time, James Gray (Focus Features)Catherine Called Birdy, Lena Dunham (Amazon Studios)Tár, Todd Field (Focus Features)Women Talking, Sarah Polley, based upon the book by Miriam Toews (United Artists Releasing / Orion Pictures)
Outstanding Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett in Tár (Focus Features)Danielle Deadwyler in Till (United Artists Releasing / Orion Pictures)Dale Dickey in A Love Song (Bleecker Street)Colin Farrell in After Yang (A24)Brendan Fraser in The Whale (A24)Paul Mescal in Aftersun (A24)Thandiwe Newton in God’s Country (IFC Films)Aubrey Plaza in Emily the Criminal (Roadside Attractions and Vertical Entertainment)Taylor Russell in Bones and All (United Artists Releasing / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures)Michelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Jessie Buckley in Women Talking (United Artists Releasing / Orion Pictures)Raúl Castillo in The Inspection (A24)Hong Chau in The Whale (A24)Brian Tyree Henry in Causeway (Apple TV+)Nina Hoss in Tár (Focus Features)Noémie Merlant in Tár (Focus Features)Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)Mark Rylance in Bones and All (United Artists Releasing / Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures)Gabrielle Union in The Inspection (A24)Ben Whishaw in Women Talking (United Artists Releasing / Orion Pictures)
Breakthrough Performer
Anna Cobb in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (Utopia)Frankie Corio Aftersun (A24)Anna Diop in Nanny (Amazon Studios and Blumhouse)Gracija Filipovic in Murina (Kino Lorber)Kalie Reis in Catch the Fair One (IFC Films)
― Eric H., Tuesday, 25 October 2022 17:02 (one year ago) link
am I missing it or is there really no thread for TÁR?
― k3vin k., Monday, 31 October 2022 23:51 (one year ago) link
Not as of yet
― Eric H., Tuesday, 1 November 2022 00:13 (one year ago) link
well, it was awesome. someone start a thread
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 1 November 2022 00:22 (one year ago) link
I loved brody’s review because it was so wrong about everything it made me appreciate the film even more
― k3vin k., Tuesday, 1 November 2022 00:29 (one year ago) link
Otherwise known as the Kael effect
― Eric H., Tuesday, 1 November 2022 00:30 (one year ago) link
I will see TÁR obv at some point, but there's no scenario in which I'm exited to watch the new film from the director of In the Bedroom and Little Children
TÁR, the cancel culture conversation piece of the year starring Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss and directed by Todd Field
― Eric H., Tuesday, 1 November 2022 00:40 (one year ago) link
Whatever the hell these are ...
The 2022 Virtuosos Award honorees:⁰AUSTIN BUTLER: Elvis⁰KERRY CONDON: The Banshees Of Inisherin⁰DANIELLE DEADWYLER: Till⁰NINA HOSS: TÁR⁰STEPHANIE HSU: Everything Everywhere All At Once (EEAAO)⁰JEREMY POPE: The Inspection⁰KE HUY QUAN: EEAAO⁰JEREMY STRONG: Armageddon Time pic.twitter.com/caqY0zHZR1— Matt Neglia (@NextBestPicture) November 1, 2022
― Eric H., Tuesday, 1 November 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
Jimmy Kimmel Returns as Host for the 95th Oscars https://t.co/ZFGAz1HpFr via @variety— Jazz Tangcay (@jazzt) November 7, 2022
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Monday, 7 November 2022 14:03 (one year ago) link
European Films Awards nominees
European Film:• ALCARRÀS, directed by Carla Simón, produced by María Zamora, Stefan Schmitz, Tono Folguera & Giovanni Pompili (Spain/Italy)• CLOSE, directed by Lukas Dhont, produced by Michiel Dhont, Dirk Impens, Michel Saint-Jean, Laurette Schillings, Arnold Heslenfeld, Frans van Gestel & Jacques-Henri Bronckart (Belgium/France/Netherlands)• CORSAGE, directed by Marie Kreutzer, produced by Alexander Glehr, Johanna Scherz, Bernard Michaux, Jonas Dornbach, Janine Jackowski, Maren Ade & Jean-Christophe Reymond (Austria/Luxembourg/Germany/France)• HOLY SPIDER, directed by Ali Abbasi, produced by Sol Bondy & Jacob Jarek (Denmark/Germany/Sweden/France)• TRIANGLE OF SADNESS, directed by Ruben Östlund, produced by Erik Hemmendorff & Philippe Bober (Sweden/Germany/France/United Kingdom)
European Director:• Lukas Dhont for CLOSE• Marie Kreutzer for CORSAGE• Jerzy Skolimowski for EO• Ali Abbasi for HOLY SPIDER• Alice Diop for SAINT OMER• Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
European Actress:• Vicky Krieps in CORSAGE• Zar Amir Ebrahimi in HOLY SPIDER• Léa Seydoux in ONE FINE MORNING• Penélope Cruz in PARALLEL MOTHERS• Meltem Kaptan in RABIYE KURNAZ VS. GEORGE W. BUSH
European Actor:• Paul Mescal in AFTERSUN• Eden Dambrine in CLOSE• Elliott Crosset Hove in GODLAND• Pierfrancesco Favino in NOSTALGIA• Zlatko Burić in TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
European Screenwriter:• Carla Simón & Arnau Vilaró for ALCARRÀS• Kenneth Branagh for BELFAST• Lukas Dhont & Angelo Tijssens for CLOSE• Ali Abbasi & Afshin Kamran Bahrami for HOLY SPIDER• Ruben Östlund for TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
European Documentary:• A HOUSE MADE OF SPLINTERS, directed by Simon Lereng Wilmont (Denmark/Sweden/Finland/Ukraine)• GIRL GANG, directed by Susanne Regina Meures (Switzerland)• MARIUPOLIS 2, directed by Mantas Kvedaravičius (Lithuania/France/Germany)• THE BALCONY MOVIE (FILM BALKONOWY), directed by Paweł Łoziński (Poland)• THE MARCH ON ROME (MARCIA SU ROMA), directed by Mark Cousins (Italy)
European Discovery – Prix FIPRESCI• 107 MOTHERS (CENZORKA), directed by Peter Kerekes (Slovakia/Czech Republic/Ukraine)• LOVE ACCORDING TO DALVA (DALVA), directed by Emmanuelle Nicot (Belgium/France)• OTHER PEOPLE (INNI LUDZIE), directed by Aleksandra Terpińska (Poland/France)• PAMFIR, directed by Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk (Ukraine/France/Poland/Germany/ Chile)• SMALL BODY (PICCOLO CORPO), directed by Laura Samani (Italy/Slovenia/France)• SONNE, directed by Kurdwin Ayub, produced by Ulrich Seidl (Austria)
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Thursday, 10 November 2022 20:43 (one year ago) link
Corsage was good.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 10 November 2022 20:46 (one year ago) link
Reviews for She Said are about exactly what I'd have expected
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Friday, 18 November 2022 17:26 (one year ago) link
Dec. 2nd – New York Film Critics Circle (NYFCC)
Tough to imagine most anyone caring in the immediate aftermath of the '22 Sight & Sound poll.
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Friday, 18 November 2022 17:27 (one year ago) link
Independent Spirit nominations cement TAR and EEAAO:
“Bones and All”“Everything Everywhere All at Once”“Our Father the Devil”“TÁR”“Women Talking”
Best Director
Todd Field, “TÁR”Kogonada, “After Yang”Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”Halina Reijn, “Bodies Bodies Bodies”
Best First Feature
“Aftersun”“Emily the Criminal”“The Inspection”“Murina”“Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Best Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett, “TÁR”Dale Dickey, “A Love Song”Mia Goth, “Pearl”Regina Hall, “Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul”Paul Mescal, “Aftersun”Aubrey Plaza, “Emily the Criminal”Jeremy Pope, “The Inspection”Taylor Russell, “Bones and All”Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Supporting Performance
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”Brian Tyree Henry, “Causeway”Nina Hoss, “TÁR”Brian d’Arcy James, “The Cathedral”Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”Trevante Rhodes, “Bruiser”Theo Rossi, “Emily the Criminal”Mark Rylance, “Bones and All”Jonathan Tucker, “Palm Trees and Power Lines”Gabrielle Union, “The Inspection”
Breakthrough Performance
Frankie Corio, “Aftersun”Gracija Filipović, “Murina”Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”Lily McInerny, “Palm Trees and Power Lines”Daniel Zolghadri, “Funny Pages”
“After Yang”“Catherine Called Birdy”“Everything Everywhere All at Once”“TÁR”“Women Talking”
Best First Screenplay
“Bodies Bodies Bodies”“Emergency”“Emily the Criminal”“Fire Island”“Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Best Cinematography
“Aftersun”“Murina”“Neptune Frost”“Pearl”“TÁR”
Best Editing
“Aftersun”“The Cathedral”“Everything Everywhere All at Once”“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”“TÁR”
Robert Altman Award
“Women Talking”
Best Documentary
“A House Made of Splinters”“All That Breathes”“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”“Midwives”“Riotsville USA”
Best International Film
“Corsage”“Joyland”“Leonor Will Never Die”“Return to Soul”“Saint Omer”
Someone to Watch Award
Adamma Ebo, “Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul”Nikyatu Jusu, “Nanny”Araceli Lemos, “Holy Emy”
Truer Than Fiction Award
Isabel Castro, “Mija”Reid Davenport, “I Didn’t See You There”Rebeca Huntt, “Beba (Bayba)”
John Cassavetes Award
“The African Desperate”“A Love Song”“The Cathedral”“Holy Emy”“Something in the Dirt”
Producers Award
Liz Cardenas
Tory Lenosky
David Grove Churchill Viste
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
I wanna keep seeing Nina Hoss' name.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
Two men of the 10 lead performance nominees is going to piss the right people off
― ex-McKinsey wonk who looks like a human version of a rat (Eric H.), Tuesday, 22 November 2022 15:48 (one year ago) link
Gotham Award winners
Best FeatureEverything Everywhere All at Once -- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors (A24)
Outstanding Lead PerformanceDanielle Deadwyler in Till (United Artists Releasing / Orion Pictures)
Outstanding Supporting PerformanceKe Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director AwardCharlotte Wells for Aftersun (A24)
Breakthrough Series – Long Format (over 40 minutes)Pachinko -- Soo Hugh, creator (Apple TV+)
Breakthrough Series – Short Format (under 40 minutes)Mo -- Mohammed Amer, Ramy Youssef, creators (Netflix)
Breakthrough Nonfiction SeriesWe Need To Talk About Cosby -- W. Kamau Bell, creator and director (Showtime)
Outstanding Performance in a New SeriesBen Whishaw in This is Going to Hurt (AMC+ in association with BBC)
Best Documentary FeatureAll That Breathes -- Shaunak Sen, director (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)
Best International FeatureHappening -- Audrey Diwan, director (IFC Films)
Best ScreenplayTár, Todd Field (Focus Features)
Breakthrough PerformerGracija Filipovic in Murina (Kino Lorber)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 29 November 2022 16:31 (one year ago) link
https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/john-waters-s-best-films-of-2022-89642
01 PETER VON KANT (François Ozon)02 EO (Jerzy Skolimowski)03 EVERYTHING WENT FINE (François Ozon—AGAIN!)04 SICK OF MYSELF (Kristoffer Borgli)05 BRUNO REIDAL, CONFESSIONS OF A MURDERER (Vincent Le Port)06 DETAINEE 001 (Greg Barker)07 DINNER IN AMERICA (Adam Rehmeier)08 WILL-O’-THE-WISP (João Pedro Rodrigues)09 SMOKING CAUSES COUGHING (Quentin Dupieux)10 BONES AND ALL (Luca Guadagnino)
(As always, the blurbs are what really make it worth the click.)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:06 (one year ago) link
But then also this roster too:
https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/amy-taubin-s-best-films-of-2022-89643https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/james-quandt-s-best-films-of-2022-89644https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/erika-balsom-s-best-films-of-2022-89645
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:16 (one year ago) link
The 25 Best Movies of 2022 https://t.co/K5pcJ3nqBr pic.twitter.com/x0PF1qMX88— IndieWire (@IndieWire) December 1, 2022
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:31 (one year ago) link
I sort of forgot how many lists drop on the first of December
https://www.vox.com/culture/23484805/best-movies-2022-streaming-theaters
(Jackass Forever on both these last two lists.)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
It's amusing and insane to me how studios still send boxes of swag: I had three Ark of the Covenant-sized crates outside my apt door yesterday filled with shit promoting Knives Out, White Noise, etc.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 December 2022 16:20 (one year ago) link
Each and every one of those boxes is a reminder how many lost their jobs at Netflix. It's infuriating.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2022 16:37 (one year ago) link
Here's what's alleged to be Cahiers' top 10 for 2022
1) Pacifiction (Albert Serra)2) Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)3) Nope (Jordan Peele)4) EO (Jerzy Skolimowski)5) Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)6) Bowling Saturne (Patricia Mazuy)7) Apollo 10 1/2 (Richard Linklater)8) Introduction (Hong Sang-soo)9) Nobody’s Hero (Alain Guiraudie)10) Qui A Part Nous (Jonas Trueba)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2022 17:53 (one year ago) link
Vanity Fair's top 10:
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/best-movies-2022
01. TÁR 02. You Won’t Be Alone03. Empire of Light04. Benediction05. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed06. Armageddon Time07. One Fine Morning08. Hit the Road09. Saint Omer10. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 1 December 2022 18:33 (one year ago) link
NYFFC gets the ball rolling for Paul Mescal:
BEST ACTOR: Paul Mescal, Aftersun #NYFCC— New York Film Critics Circle (@NYFCCC) December 2, 2022
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 13:54 (one year ago) link
Nice. I've had the best success promoting Aftersun in recent weeks.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 December 2022 13:54 (one year ago) link
Gah, fake account, disregard.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 13:55 (one year ago) link
OK, a REAL award now for Aftersun
BEST FIRST FILM: Aftersun— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 14:46 (one year ago) link
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:10 (one year ago) link
Nice. Was going to watch this weekend.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:11 (one year ago) link
BEST NON-FICTION FILM: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022
Not surprised at the speed on this decision
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:24 (one year ago) link
I'm going to knock ^^^^ down this weekend
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:25 (one year ago) link
i'm not mad at marcel winning best animated feature but i gotta say it didn't stick to me at all. i frankly liked the minions movie more lol
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:27 (one year ago) link
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is easily in my top five of the year.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:42 (one year ago) link
More Claire Denis than René Clair.― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 12 November 2022 02:15 (two weeks ago) link
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 12 November 2022 02:15 (two weeks ago) link
My puissant powers of prediction prevail!
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 2 December 2022 15:56 (one year ago) link
Wrong thread, never mind.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 2 December 2022 15:57 (one year ago) link
Props, but hasn't Clair been absent from these polls since 1962?
xp oh lol
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
I might finally try and get to EEAAO this weekend; been putting it off because I found Swiss Army Man so irritating.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Friday, 2 December 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
it's horseshit imo. Riseborough's a good actress but this film looks slight. I should watch it.
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 28 January 2023 05:25 (one year ago) link
finally saw aftersun and it is 100 percent great
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Sunday, 29 January 2023 16:59 (one year ago) link
yay!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 29 January 2023 17:06 (one year ago) link
The New Yorker’s YouTube channel has five of the nominated short films (2 animated, 2 docs, 1 live action).
I just finished Stranger at the Gate, one of the documentary short nominees. Not totally sure how I feel about it but it is definitely compelling - about a war vet with ptsd who comes to the brink of committing a mass shooting.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 30 January 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
btw in case you're curious, a quick search on these platforms will find these various shorts, all ranging from about 7 to 40 minutes.
Documentary ShortTHE ELEPHANT WHISPERERS - Netflix
HAULOUT - YouTube
HOW DO YOU MEASURE A YEAR? - not currently on streaming
THE MARTHA MITCHELL EFFECT - Netflix
STRANGER AT THE GATE - YouTube
Animated ShortTHE BOY, THE MOLE, THE FOX AND THE HORSE - AppleTV+
THE FLYING SAILOR - YouTube
ICE MERCHANTS - YouTube
MY YEAR OF DICKS - Vimeo
AN OSTRICH TOLD ME THE WORLD IS FAKE AND I THINK I BELIEVE IT - not on streaming
Live Action ShortAN IRISH GOODBYE - not on streaming
IVALU - not on streaming
LE PUPILLE - Disney+
NIGHT RIDE - YouTube
THE RED SUITCASE - not on streaming
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 30 January 2023 17:26 (one year ago) link
Haulout dropped my jaw
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2023 17:43 (one year ago) link
night ride sucksmy year of dicks and the ostrich short are both pretty good
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Monday, 30 January 2023 17:57 (one year ago) link
Yeah, Night Ride was a big disappointment; Ivalu was even worse
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 30 January 2023 18:33 (one year ago) link
I liked Haulout too.
The more I think about Stranger at the Gate, the more I wish it were a much longer doc. At ~25 minutes it really simplifies what was likely an extremely layered and complex reality.
In the animated category, The Ice Merchants and The Flying Sailor both had nice animation styles but the narratives were kinda nothing, just excuses to draw something. I didn't really care for My Year of Dicks. It was just OK. The Boy, The Mole etc is the only one in the category that actually seemed made for kids and maybe that's why I found it so touching. There were things in it that, maybe coincidentally, felt like things I needed to hear. I didn't see the Ostrich film.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 30 January 2023 22:48 (one year ago) link
hahaha @ that wendell pierce tweet
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 30 January 2023 23:26 (one year ago) link
jesus he just doubles, triples, and quadruples down on that dumb statement the further down the thread you go. I haven't even seen this film and I knew what it was about.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Monday, 30 January 2023 23:29 (one year ago) link
Riseborough's a good actress but this film looks slight. I should watch it.― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, January 28, 2023 12:25 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Saturday, January 28, 2023 12:25 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
Please report back--I'm skeptical when a non-American actress gets raves for playing a gritty role with an American accent. (Do American actresses simply never get a chance at these roles, or do the critics not pay attention when they do?)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 00:57 (one year ago) link
British/Irish actors get raves for playing Americans all the time. And they are really good at it. I will watch this film. The hype for it seems kind of manufactured to me though
― Dan S, Tuesday, 31 January 2023 01:53 (one year ago) link
it does, yet, everyone I know who watched it loved it (this is three people) so maybe the hype is justified. dunno guess I'll watch it later this week.
― I? not I! He! He! HIM! (akm), Tuesday, 31 January 2023 02:22 (one year ago) link
mescal’s scottish accent is actually half decent
― LaMDA barry-stanners (||||||||), Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:52 (one year ago) link
Watched the Navalny doc in HBO today—worth watching for the middle section when they figure out who attempted his assassination and how they did it. Really a mind blowing scene.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Monday, 13 February 2023 03:59 (one year ago) link
Mike D'Angelo's started up his annual unveiling of the Skandies with the 20th place finishers:
Picture: Benediction (36/5)Director: James Vaughan, Friends and Strangers (36/3)Actress: Anna Cobb, We're All Going to the World's Fair (30/3)Actor: RJ Cyler, Emergency (40/4)S. Actor: Dave Bautista, Glass Onion (40/3)S. Actress: Anne Hathaway, Armageddon Time (35/4)Screenplay: Emmanuel Mouret, The Things We Say, the Things We Do (31/3)Scene: [Arrgh!] (30/3)
Because a lot of voters lazily allotted 10 points across the board in Scene this year, there's actually a fucking six-way tie for #20, as that's how many films wound up with 30 points from three votes. Here they are, with a link to the scene in question (or part of it) if I could quickly find it on YouTube:
• Bonfire, Bones and All• Eve's kitchen, Confess, Fletch• Benoit Blanc vs. Gillian Flynn, Glass Onion• "KIMI, play 'Sabotage,'" KIMI• Lydia's new gig (final scene), TÁR• "New Body Rhumba," White Noise
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 13 February 2023 18:51 (one year ago) link
Benediction just barely making the top 20 is a flat out crime
it’s hard to see most of these films winning the Academy Award for Best Picture honestly. Top Gun is way too up its ass in being macho and it is pedestrian and not of the moment, Everything Everywhere All At Once is a mess and is super chaotic and hard to watch, The Banshees of Inisherin is as my sister says a completely pointless film albeit with good acting, The Triangle of Sadness has some elements of interest but it should have had an hour of it cut out easily, Elvis was a few electrifying performance scenes in a very long and flaccid movie, Women Talking is not going to win let’s be real, All Quiet On the Western Front was so tedious, and Avatar, come on.
That leaves The Fabelmans and Tár. One of those two has to win Best Picture imo
― Dan S, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 01:41 (one year ago) link
Those are the only two I particularly like and neither has a shot
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 02:58 (one year ago) link
I did a double feature of All Quiet and Top Gun, which just made TG all the more laughable.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 03:09 (one year ago) link
Started watching All Quiet... tonight; I'm about an hour in and it's pretty good so far. The only thing I don't like is the stupid three-note score. This movie shouldn't have any music at all.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 03:22 (one year ago) link
Everything Everywhere is still considered the favorite, right? It certainly has its enthusiasts, though it also seems like a movie that you're either on board with or you're not. With ranked-choice voting, I could see Everything Everywhere getting a plurality (but not a majority) of 1st-place votes -- but then Banshees overtaking it with more 2nd- and 3rd-place votes.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 14 February 2023 05:01 (one year ago) link
That's the going theory, that Banshees will CODA its way to a surprise win. (It'd be just about dead last on my ballot.)
Still, the raw enthusiasm factor may be enough this contest:
Biggest applause-getters when their names were announced: Everyone from EEAAO (the actors, the directors, and producer Jonathan Wang) Colin Farrell, Nan Goldin, and Tom Cruise— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) February 13, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 14 February 2023 13:19 (one year ago) link
All Quiet was as pointless and dreadful as I feared. I think it's gonna beat EEAAO for the best picture Oscar, for sure.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 February 2023 20:11 (one year ago) link
After the BAFTAs win, it's putting me in the position of suddenly rooting for EEAAO, which would at least be an interesting Oscar winner, even if I'm lukewarm on the movie itself.
(Interestingly, though, of the previous eight BAFTA Best Film winners, only one -- Nomadland -- went on to win the Oscar.)
― jaymc, Saturday, 25 February 2023 21:18 (one year ago) link
Just finished watching Close, my first from the director. Visually beautiful, but too visual. It starts on identity, before turning to grief / trauma. The first 20 minutes are quite perfect, you think of Malick. But after that, there's an event where I had to suspend my judgment to let the film go, which is "fine, ok". But then it becomes heavy-handed, and it drowns in repetition, and the narrative becomes sluggish. Especially, I found the lack of meaningful dialogue irritating, for example the choice to depict the children entirely cut out from parents and adults is rather unrealistic. I would still recommend a watch to make your own opinion.
― Nabozo, Saturday, 25 February 2023 21:25 (one year ago) link
With each nominee I catch up with, I get increasingly irritated at The Fabelmans’ inevitable across the board snub
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 February 2023 21:35 (one year ago) link
If it weren’t a preferential ballot I’d say EEAAO has it in the bag, but I expect a LOT of last-place votes for that one
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Saturday, 25 February 2023 21:36 (one year ago) link
I still haven’t seen EEAAO, The Fablemans, or Tar, but I’ve been catching up on a lot of the other films that have been nominated across the categories and thus far it’s all just really underwhelming.
― sctttnnnt (pgwp), Saturday, 25 February 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.),
Really?!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 25 February 2023 22:29 (one year ago) link
Here's the thing that I still don't get about All Quiet, which tbf I haven't seen: I know ppl are impressed by the technical achievements, but are they connecting with it emotionally? I really haven't gotten any sense of that, which is why it's hard for me to believe it as a Best Picture winner.
― jaymc, Sunday, 26 February 2023 01:20 (one year ago) link
"That's the going theory, that Banshees will CODA its way to a surprise win"
On an elemental emotional level I loved CODA so much more than Banshees. I'm not that on board with the almost certain win for Everything Everywhere All at Once. I think The Fabelmans and Tár were the best of these
― Dan S, Sunday, 26 February 2023 01:47 (one year ago) link
All Quiet was as pointless and dreadful as I feared. I think it's gonna beat EEAAO for the best picture Oscar, for sure.― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.),
Really?!― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, February 25, 2023 4:29 PM
I honestly don't really know. Maybe tomorrow's SAG awards will make me feel better about predicting an EEAAO win, but the people who hate it really hate it and are not a small group of people in general.
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 26 February 2023 02:35 (one year ago) link
Thought One Fine Morning was okay--so determined to be quiet and observant, though, that it could have used...I really don't know; something. I liked Eden from a few years ago better.
― clemenza, Sunday, 26 February 2023 03:30 (one year ago) link
Now that Everything Everywhere All At Once has won the DGA, PGA and SAG awards, it will inevitably win the Oscar. I really liked the speeches given by the winners at the SAG awards
― Dan S, Monday, 27 February 2023 03:13 (one year ago) link
It got three of the four acting wins as well as Ensemble. The Jamie Lee Curtis win was a surprise, and she gave a great speech
― Dan S, Monday, 27 February 2023 03:25 (one year ago) link
SAG award winner Biff Wiff
― sloop johnnin' skater (geoffreyess), Monday, 27 February 2023 05:56 (one year ago) link
Agreed that EEAAO has solidified its chances as the Oscar favorite, though there's an argument that All Quiet missed out on guild nominations only because it crested too late and, now that people have seen it, it has the momentum to take Best Picture. I'm skeptical of that, but also not 100% sure about EEAAO.
Can't remember the last time that 3/4 acting nominees felt so up in the air before the Oscars.
― jaymc, Monday, 27 February 2023 13:49 (one year ago) link
Was gonna say just that … for even two to be real toss ups in the final stages is really rare at this point
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 27 February 2023 14:27 (one year ago) link
All Quiet on the Western Front won't win Best Picture.
I think Cate Blanchett gave the best performance of the year, in any category. It was so fierce and memorable
I also really liked Michelle Yeoh and will be happy if either of them wins
― Dan S, Saturday, 4 March 2023 01:59 (one year ago) link
my favorites are
Cate Blanchett
Colin Farrell, give him the Oscar already
Brian Tyree Henry, who I think illuminated a believable and lived-in character who revealed who he was without many words but with a mesmerizing performance Stephanie Hsu or Jamie Lee Curtis or Kerry Condon, can't decide
― Dan S, Saturday, 4 March 2023 02:21 (one year ago) link
Meantime, an urgent and key thread
In honour of the fact that there is now one week left until the Oscars, here is Kate Bush as each of the ten Best Picture nominees. 🧵— 𝕋𝕠𝕞𝕒𝕤 (@cinema_gay) March 5, 2023
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 6 March 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
I maybe obliged to do that, but with Björk, before the week is up
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 6 March 2023 21:23 (one year ago) link
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oscars-brutally-honest-ballot-top-gun-riseborough-1235342054/
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 8 March 2023 17:08 (one year ago) link
2022's Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominees
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 10 March 2023 13:13 (one year ago) link
Done.
Alright, let's do this. Björk as each of the ten Best Picture nominees. 🧵— Eric Henderson (@ephender) March 10, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 10 March 2023 21:27 (one year ago) link
a state of emergency!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 10 March 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
The Quiet Girl is very quiet. I liked its quiet better than One Fine Morning's--I should see it again, as my mind tends to wander these days. Some beautiful images and moments.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 14 March 2023 02:07 (one year ago) link
ooh I've been looking to talk to someone about One Fine Morning. It's rare for me to have a reaction as unabashed as I did last weekend -- I loved it.
― the very juice and sperm of kindness. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 14 March 2023 02:15 (one year ago) link