This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2022

Two men of the 10 lead performance nominees is going to piss the right people off

Gotham Award winners

Best Feature
Everything Everywhere All at Once -- Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, directors (A24)

Outstanding Lead Performance
Danielle Deadwyler in Till (United Artists Releasing / Orion Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Performance
Ke Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All at Once (A24)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Charlotte 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 Series
We Need To Talk About Cosby -- W. Kamau Bell, creator and director (Showtime)

Outstanding Performance in a New Series
Ben Whishaw in This is Going to Hurt (AMC+ in association with BBC)

Best Documentary Feature
All That Breathes -- Shaunak Sen, director (A Sideshow & Submarine Deluxe Release in Association with HBO Documentary Films)

Best International Feature
Happening -- Audrey Diwan, director (IFC Films)

Best Screenplay
Tár, Todd Field (Focus Features)

Breakthrough Performer
Gracija Filipovic in Murina (Kino Lorber)

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.)

But then also this roster too:

https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/amy-taubin-s-best-films-of-2022-89643
https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/james-quandt-s-best-films-of-2022-89644
https://www.artforum.com/print/202210/erika-balsom-s-best-films-of-2022-89645

The 25 Best Movies of 2022 https://t.co/K5pcJ3nqBr pic.twitter.com/x0PF1qMX88

— IndieWire (@IndieWire) December 1, 2022

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.)

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.

Each and every one of those boxes is a reminder how many lost their jobs at Netflix. It's infuriating.

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)

Vanity Fair's top 10:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/06/best-movies-2022

01. TÁR
02. You Won’t Be Alone
03. Empire of Light
04. Benediction
05. All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
06. Armageddon Time
07. One Fine Morning
08. Hit the Road
09. Saint Omer
10. Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

NYFFC gets the ball rolling for Paul Mescal:

BEST ACTOR: Paul Mescal, Aftersun #NYFCC

— New York Film Critics Circle (@NYFCCC) December 2, 2022

Nice. I've had the best success promoting Aftersun in recent weeks.

Gah, fake account, disregard.

OK, a REAL award now for Aftersun

BEST FIRST FILM: Aftersun

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

Nice. Was going to watch this weekend.

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

I'm going to knock ^^^^ down this weekend

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

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is easily in my top five of the year.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

More Claire Denis than René Clair.

― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 12 November 2022 02:15 (two weeks ago) link

My puissant powers of prediction prevail!

Wrong thread, never mind.

Props, but hasn't Clair been absent from these polls since 1962?

xp oh lol

I might finally try and get to EEAAO this weekend; been putting it off because I found Swiss Army Man so irritating.

were you irritated that it wasnt an hour longer and 10x more overwrought? bc if not...

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Keke Palmer, Nope

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

Borderline category fraud but we've all seen worse

All in on populism at this point:

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: EO

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

OK this stinks

BEST SCREENPLAY: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

BEST ACTOR: Colin Farrell, After Yang and The Banshees of Inisherin

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

Oh dear

I mean, he's fine but

I'd rank the movie's performances Kerry; Barry; Colly; Brendy.

BEST ACTRESS: Cate Blanchett, TÁR

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

And here's this year's requisite flex

BEST DIRECTOR: S. S. Rajamouli, RRR

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

BEST FILM: TÁR

— New York Film Critics Circle (@nyfcc) December 2, 2022

African American Film Critics Association top 10

1. The Woman King
2. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
3. Till
4. Sidney
5. Emancipation
5. Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
6. Inspection
7. Causeway
8. Everything Everywhere All at Once
9. Wendell & Wild
10. Devotion

That's fucking rough.

National Bored of Review

Best Film: “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

Best Director: Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

Best Actor: Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)

Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Supporting Actress: Janelle Monáe, “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)

Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, “All Quiet on the Western Front” (Netflix)

Breakthrough Performance: Danielle Deadwyler, “Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)

Breakthrough Performance: Gabriel LaBelle, “The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)

Best Directorial Debut: Charlotte Wells, “Aftersun” (A24)

Best Animated Feature: “Marcel the Shell With Shoes On” (A24)

Best International Film: “Close” from Belgium (A24)

Best Documentary: “Sr.” (Netflix)

Best Ensemble: “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, “Top Gun: Maverick” (Paramount Pictures)

NBR Freedom of Expression Awards: “All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (Neon) and “Argentina, 1985” (Amazon Studios)

Top Films (in alphabetical order):

“Aftersun” (A24)
“Avatar: The Way of Water” (20th Century Studios)
“The Banshees of Inisherin” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
“The Fabelmans” (Universal Pictures)
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
“RRR” (Variance Films)
“Till” (Orion/United Artists Releasing)
“The Woman King” (Sony Pictures)
“Women Talking”
Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order):

“All Quiet on the Western Front” (Germany)
“Argentina, 1985” (Argentina)
“Decision to Leave” (South Korea)
“EO” (Poland)
“Saint Omer” (France)
Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):

“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed” (Neon)
“All That Breathes” (HBO)
“Descendant” (Netflix)
“Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“Wildcat” (Amazon Studios)
Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):

“Armageddon Time” (Focus Features)
“Emily the Criminal” (Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment)
“The Eternal Daughter” (A24)
“Funny Pages” (A24)
“The Inspection” (A24)
“Living” (Sony Pictures Classics)
“A Love Song” (Bleecker Street)
“Nanny” (Amazon Studios)
“The Wonder” (Netflix)
“To Leslie” (Momentum Pictures)

oh well Aftersun

To me it always felt like more of an Indie Spirit Awards kinda movie than a critics' awards kind of movie

I was genuinely surprised at what ended up our collective #1:

https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-25-best-films-of-2022/

(Sorry for click baiting there. Our #1 was The Fabelmans. But click thru anyway because I wrote the capsule.)

AFI Awards top 10

AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER
ELVIS
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
THE FABELMANS
NOPE
SHE SAID
TÁR
TOP GUN: MAVERICK
THE WOMAN KING
WOMEN TALKING

xp good capsule and good intro!

WINNER, Best Ensemble: A TIE

WOMEN TALKING
JACKASS FOREVER

— Boston Society of Film Critics (@TheBSFC) December 11, 2022

Tons of updates over the last few days

All Quiet was as pointless and dreadful as I feared. I think it's gonna beat EEAAO for the best picture Oscar, for sure.

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.)

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.

With each nominee I catch up with, I get increasingly irritated at The Fabelmans’ inevitable across the board snub

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

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.

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?!

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.

"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

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.

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.

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

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

SAG award winner Biff Wiff

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.

Was gonna say just that … for even two to be real toss ups in the final stages is really rare at this point

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

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

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

I maybe obliged to do that, but with Björk, before the week is up

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oscars-brutally-honest-ballot-top-gun-riseborough-1235342054/

2022's Best Supporting Actress Oscar Nominees

I maybe obliged to do that, but with Björk, before the week is up

Done.

Alright, let's do this. Björk as each of the ten Best Picture nominees. 🧵

— Eric Henderson (@ephender) March 10, 2023

a state of emergency!

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.

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.