David Ehrlich's annual video countdown of the year is brilliant as always:
https://vimeo.com/786806921
― ArchCarrier, Tuesday, 10 January 2023 09:36 (one year ago) link
Been awhile since we've had a good old-fashioned grassroots Sally Kirkland-style Oscar campaign:
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/jennifer-aniston-sarah-paulson-andrea-riseborough-to-leslie-1235294300/
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 16 January 2023 14:05 (one year ago) link
Oh, and the Critics' Choice Award winners (i.e. the apex of detrius season):
https://variety.com/2023/awards/news/critics-choice-awards-2023-winners-list-1235488828/
Best Picture “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
Best DirectorDaniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
Best Actress Cate Blanchett – “Tár” (Focus Features)
Best Actor Brendan Fraser – “The Whale” (A24)
Best Supporting Actress Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Marvel Studios)
Best Supporting Actor Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
Best Original ScreenplayDaniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (A24)
Best Adapted ScreenplaySarah Polley – “Women Talking” (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 16 January 2023 14:11 (one year ago) link
i am thinking everything everywhere is gonna win the best screenplay oscar and get locked out of everything else, which is fine i guessany other year, yeoh would have a shot at actress
― “Cheeky cheeky!” she trills, nearly demolishing a roadside post (forksclovetofu), Monday, 16 January 2023 17:48 (one year ago) link
Ke Huy Quan is he surest bet among the acting categories rn
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 16 January 2023 18:35 (one year ago) link
Yeah, KHQ seems like a lock.
― jaymc, Monday, 16 January 2023 19:02 (one year ago) link
I'd say it's him, then Blanchett, then Bassett, then Butler, in order of likelihood
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 16 January 2023 19:22 (one year ago) link
Butler over Farrell? I haven’t been paying much attention to awards conversation but figured Farrell would be a significant contender.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Monday, 16 January 2023 19:32 (one year ago) link
Legit it's a three-way contest still; but Butler feels pretty solid atm
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 16 January 2023 19:35 (one year ago) link
Butler has the Academy's awful history of rewarding biopics in his favor.
Farrell has the Academy's awful history of ignoring comedy against him.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 16 January 2023 19:41 (one year ago) link
Fraser has the Academy's awful history
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 16 January 2023 19:55 (one year ago) link
(I will have to watch it at some point, but if The Whale isn't the worst movie up for a top Oscar this year, I'll be surprised)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 16 January 2023 19:58 (one year ago) link
at this point I'm thinking the chances for best actor are between Farrell (resolute but unshowy performance, respect for his body of work) and Fraser (sentimental and emotional performance, a comeback), and that they are both more way more likely than Butler
― Dan S, Tuesday, 17 January 2023 01:32 (one year ago) link
The Whale is wore than your reckonings, my friend xpost
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 03:20 (one year ago) link
It's probably awful and I haven’t seen it, but given the sentimental gushing over the performance I’m guessing it’s not too bad a film for the Oscars.
On the other hand, most Best Actor wins don’t come from otherwise unloved films (Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart and Forrest Whitaker in The Last King of Scotland come to mind, but they were well over a decade ago), unlike Best Actress wins
I don’t think Austin Butler is likely, he’s relatively unknown, hasn’t won any precursors so far, and Best Actor Oscars usually don’t go to handsome 30-year old men, especially for their first major roles. Adrien Brody was the only actor that age to win a Best Actor Oscar in recent memory
The narrative this year seems like it is about the comeback from obscurity - Michelle Yeoh, Angela Bassett, Brendan Fraser, and Ke Huy Kwan. Not saying they will all win, but Ke Huy Kwan definitely will
― Dan S, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 01:50 (one year ago) link
Rami Malek was 37 when he won (and already had an Emmy), but might be somewhat analogous to Butler.
― jaymc, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:04 (one year ago) link
Casey Affleck too at 41. but 30 is very young for Best Actor.
― Dan S, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:13 (one year ago) link
anyway, I'm hoping the actors' branch comes through and Colin Farrell wins
― Dan S, Wednesday, 18 January 2023 02:18 (one year ago) link
Welp, BAFTA sure loved All Quiet on the Western Front (and didn't much like Top Gun ... or, probably appropriately, RRR)
[q]BEST FILMAll Quiet on the Western FrontThe Banshees of InisherinElvisEverything Everywhere All At OnceTár
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILMAftersunThe Banshees of InisherinBrian And CharlesEmpire of LightGood Luck to You, Leo GrandeLivingRoald Dahl's Matilda The MusicalSee How They RunThe SwimmersThe Wonder
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCERAftersunBlue JeanElectric MaladyGood Luck to You, Leo GrandeRebellion
FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGEAll Quiet on the Western FrontArgentina, 1985CorsageDecision To LeaveThe Quiet Girl
DOCUMENTARYAll That BreathesAll the Beauty and the BloodshedFire of LoveMoonage DaydreamNavalny
DIRECTORAll Quiet on the Western FrontThe Banshees of InisherinDecision To LeaveEverything Everywhere All At OnceTárThe Woman King
LEADING ACTRESSCate Blanchett in TárViola Davis in The Woman KingDanielle Deadwyler in TillAna de Armas in BlondeEmma Thompson in Good Luck to You, Leo GrandeMichelle Yeoh in Everything Everywhere All At Once
LEADING ACTORAustin Butler in ElvisColin Farrell in The Banshees of InisherinBrendan Fraser in The WhaleDaryl McCormack in Good Luck to You, Leo GrandePaul Mescal in AftersunBill Nighy in Living
SUPPORTING ACTRESSAngela Bassett in Black Panther: Wakanda ForeverHong Chau in The WhaleKerry Condon in The Banshees of InisherinJamie Lee Curtis in Everything Everywhere All At OnceDolly De Leon in Triangle of SadnessCarey Mulligan in She Said
SUPPORTING ACTORBrendan Gleeson in The Banshees of InisherinBarry Keoghan in The Banshees of InisherinKe Huy Quan in Everything Everywhere All At OnceEddie Redmayne in The Good NurseAlbrecht Schuch in All Quiet on the Western FrontMicheal Ward in Empire of Light
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYThe Banshees of InisherinEverything Everywhere All At OnceThe FabelmansTárTriangle of Sadness
ADAPTED SCREENPLAYAll Quiet on the Western FrontLivingThe Quiet GirlShe SaidThe Whale[q]
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 12:26 (one year ago) link
Seems pretty clear that The Fabelmans is quite down for the count, as is Women Talking and, arguably, Top Gun: Maverick
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:49 (one year ago) link
Oh it still gets in Best Picture and Director at the Oscars.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:02 (one year ago) link
It's good not bad that the BAFTAs are snubbing Spielberg
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:09 (one year ago) link
Counterpoint: It's worse they nominated McDonagh twice
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:42 (one year ago) link
Someone said The Fabelmans will likely follow the Licorice Pizza nominations profile -- Picture, Director, Screenplay and nothing else. That seems sort of likely, though I think John Williams still gets in too
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:43 (one year ago) link
I've been surprised by the criticism that Michelle Williams has earned in some quarters.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:47 (one year ago) link
It is, admittedly, a very mannered performance (and a good one)
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:48 (one year ago) link
The Fabelmans hasn't been released in the UK yet.
― jaymc, Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:57 (one year ago) link
Oh wait, never mind, it got a screenplay nod.
― jaymc, Thursday, 19 January 2023 14:59 (one year ago) link
https://apnews.com/article/best-movies-2022-325b1c1493a5a95f5cb94ce577612cb6
To honor the supporting role that entertainment journalism can play in this beloved pastime, The Associated Press on Thursday unveiled its inaugural AP Top 25 Movies list.The AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a distinctive honor roll of films released in 2022, as determined by a truly representative panel of 26 of the U.S.′ smartest movie experts working for AP-affiliated news outlets.Here, we explain what it is and how it works:THE HISTORYThe AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a new initiative adapted from a rich legacy. The global not-for-profit news cooperative’s AP Top 25 college football poll has been the authority in the sport since the all-media survey began in 1936.The sports poll has since expanded, including men’s college basketball in 1949 and women’s college basketball in 1977. The AP Top 25 Movies ranking now joins this storied tradition.The sports polls are a weekly tally tracking the evolving dynamic throughout each sport’s season of play. In contrast, the AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a single definitive list reflecting the entire 2022 calendar year.
The AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a distinctive honor roll of films released in 2022, as determined by a truly representative panel of 26 of the U.S.′ smartest movie experts working for AP-affiliated news outlets.
Here, we explain what it is and how it works:
THE HISTORYThe AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a new initiative adapted from a rich legacy. The global not-for-profit news cooperative’s AP Top 25 college football poll has been the authority in the sport since the all-media survey began in 1936.
The sports poll has since expanded, including men’s college basketball in 1949 and women’s college basketball in 1977. The AP Top 25 Movies ranking now joins this storied tradition.
The sports polls are a weekly tally tracking the evolving dynamic throughout each sport’s season of play. In contrast, the AP Top 25 Movies ranking is a single definitive list reflecting the entire 2022 calendar year.
Results aren't terribly surprising, resembling other year-end polls (Banshees is #1). But it's nice that they publish the individual ballots. What would actually be interesting is if they leaned into the college football model more and did this as a weekly poll throughout the year.
― jaymc, Thursday, 19 January 2023 19:05 (one year ago) link
oy Shawn Edwards is still around?
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 19:48 (one year ago) link
Anthony Hopkins walks away with The Son playing a way-too-articulate conservative monster who urges his kid Hugh Jackman, whom he'd abandoned decades earlier, to "fucking get over it." What a latter-day renaissance for this old ham.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:18 (one year ago) link
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, January 19, 2023 7:47 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, January 19, 2023 7:48 AM (two days ago) bookmarkflaglink
i thought she was great too! but i love a "the gleam in her eyes means she's always sort of crying" performance. i saw it with my girlfriend and her friend and they both thought she was too much
― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Saturday, 21 January 2023 19:30 (one year ago) link
_The Whale_ is wore than your reckonings, my friend xpost
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 January 2023 17:54 (one year ago) link
Anti-human...like, in a bad way?
― but also fuck you (unperson), Sunday, 22 January 2023 20:04 (one year ago) link
Yes, there’s a first for everything
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 January 2023 20:23 (one year ago) link
Imagine if Cronenberg had written and directed that adaptation and even kept Fraser.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 January 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link
baby i hear the blues a calling
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Sunday, 22 January 2023 21:53 (one year ago) link
Tossed salad (on the laptop) and scrambled eggs with fried chicken and a 3 Musketeers bar
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 January 2023 22:07 (one year ago) link
https://icsfilm.org/our-yearly-awards/2023-ics-award-nominees/
Finally, an interesting slate of acting contenders:
ACTOR• Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin• Cosmo Jarvis – It Is In Us All• Benoît Magimel – Pacifiction• Luca Marinelli – Le Otto Montagne• Paul Mescal – Aftersun• Park Hae-il – Decision to LeaveACTRESS• Cate Blanchett – TÁR• Vicky Krieps – Corsage• Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer• Rosy McEwen – Blue Jean• Park Ji-Min – Return to Seoul• Tang Wei – Decision to LeaveSUPPORTING ACTOR• Alessandro Borghi – Le Otto Montagne• Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin• Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once• Achille Reggiani – Saturn Bowling• Ingvar Sigurðsson – Godland• Luis Zahera – As BestasSUPPORTING ACTRESS• Hong Chau – Showing Up• Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin• Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness• Pahoa Mahagafanau – Pacifiction• Kristen Stewart – Crimes of the Future• Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
ACTRESS• Cate Blanchett – TÁR• Vicky Krieps – Corsage• Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer• Rosy McEwen – Blue Jean• Park Ji-Min – Return to Seoul• Tang Wei – Decision to Leave
SUPPORTING ACTOR• Alessandro Borghi – Le Otto Montagne• Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin• Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once• Achille Reggiani – Saturn Bowling• Ingvar Sigurðsson – Godland• Luis Zahera – As Bestas
SUPPORTING ACTRESS• Hong Chau – Showing Up• Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin• Dolly de Leon – Triangle of Sadness• Pahoa Mahagafanau – Pacifiction• Kristen Stewart – Crimes of the Future• Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 23 January 2023 13:37 (one year ago) link
Suckass Razzie nominations:
Worst Picture“Blonde”“Disney’s Pinocchio”“Good Mourning”“The King’s Daughter”“Morbius”Worst ActorColson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly), “Good Mourning”Pete Davidson (Voice Only), “Marmaduke”Tom Hanks (As Gepetto), “Disney’s Pinocchio”Jared Leto, “Morbius”Sylvester Stallone, “Samaritan”Worst ActressRyan Kiera Armstrong, “Firestarter”Bryce Dallas Howard, “Jurassic Park: Dominion”Diane Keaton, “Mack & Rita”Kaya Scodelario, “The King’s Daughter”Alicia Silverstone, “The Requin”Worst Remake/Rip-off/Sequel“Blonde”BOTH “365 Days” Sequels – “365 Days: This Day” & “The Next 365 Days” [a Razzie BOGO]“Disney’s Pinocchio”“Firestarter”“Jurassic World: Dominion”Worst Supporting ActressAdria Arjona, “Morbius”Lorraine Bracco (Voice Only), “Disney’s Pinocchio”Penelope Cruz, “The 355”Bingbing Fan, “The 355” & “The King’s Daughter”Mira Sorvino, “Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend”Worst Supporting ActorPete Davidson (Cameo Role), “Good Mourning”Tom Hanks, “Elvis”Xavier Samuel, “Blonde”Mod Sun, “Good Mourning”Evan Williams, “Blonde”Worst Screen CoupleColson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun, “Good Mourning”Both Real Life Characters in the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene, “Blonde”Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent), “Elvis”Andrew Dominik & His Issues with Women, “Blonde”The Two “365 Days” Sequels (both Released in 2022)Worst DirectorJudd Apatow, “The Bubble”Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun, “Good Mourning”Andrew Dominik, “Blonde”Daniel Espinosa, “Morbius”Robert Zemeckis, “Disney’s Pinocchio”Worst Screenplay“Blonde” / Written for the Screen by Andrew Dominik, Adapted from the “Bio-Novel” by Joyce Carol Oates“Disney’s Pinocchio” / Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz (Not Authorized by the Estate of Carlo Collodi)“Good Mourning” / “Written” by Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun“Jurassic World: Dominion” / Screenplay by Emily Carmichael & Colin Treverrow,Story by Treverrow & Derek Connolly“Morbius” / Screen Story and Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless
Worst ActorColson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly), “Good Mourning”Pete Davidson (Voice Only), “Marmaduke”Tom Hanks (As Gepetto), “Disney’s Pinocchio”Jared Leto, “Morbius”Sylvester Stallone, “Samaritan”
Worst ActressRyan Kiera Armstrong, “Firestarter”Bryce Dallas Howard, “Jurassic Park: Dominion”Diane Keaton, “Mack & Rita”Kaya Scodelario, “The King’s Daughter”Alicia Silverstone, “The Requin”
Worst Remake/Rip-off/Sequel“Blonde”BOTH “365 Days” Sequels – “365 Days: This Day” & “The Next 365 Days” [a Razzie BOGO]“Disney’s Pinocchio”“Firestarter”“Jurassic World: Dominion”
Worst Supporting ActressAdria Arjona, “Morbius”Lorraine Bracco (Voice Only), “Disney’s Pinocchio”Penelope Cruz, “The 355”Bingbing Fan, “The 355” & “The King’s Daughter”Mira Sorvino, “Lamborghini: The Man Behind the Legend”
Worst Supporting ActorPete Davidson (Cameo Role), “Good Mourning”Tom Hanks, “Elvis”Xavier Samuel, “Blonde”Mod Sun, “Good Mourning”Evan Williams, “Blonde”
Worst Screen CoupleColson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun, “Good Mourning”Both Real Life Characters in the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene, “Blonde”Tom Hanks & His Latex-Laden Face (and Ludicrous Accent), “Elvis”Andrew Dominik & His Issues with Women, “Blonde”The Two “365 Days” Sequels (both Released in 2022)
Worst DirectorJudd Apatow, “The Bubble”Colson Baker (aka Machine Gun Kelly) & Mod Sun, “Good Mourning”Andrew Dominik, “Blonde”Daniel Espinosa, “Morbius”Robert Zemeckis, “Disney’s Pinocchio”
Worst Screenplay“Blonde” / Written for the Screen by Andrew Dominik, Adapted from the “Bio-Novel” by Joyce Carol Oates“Disney’s Pinocchio” / Screenplay by Robert Zemeckis & Chris Weitz (Not Authorized by the Estate of Carlo Collodi)“Good Mourning” / “Written” by Machine Gun Kelly & Mod Sun“Jurassic World: Dominion” / Screenplay by Emily Carmichael & Colin Treverrow,Story by Treverrow & Derek Connolly“Morbius” / Screen Story and Screenplay by Matt Sazama & Burk Sharpless
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 23 January 2023 15:23 (one year ago) link
Both Real Life Characters in the Fallacious White House Bedroom Scene, “Blonde”
Surely "fellacious"?
― jaymc, Monday, 23 January 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
What a fellacy on the Razzies' part
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 23 January 2023 15:52 (one year ago) link
This is now the most I’ve wanted to see Blonde.
― Chris L, Monday, 23 January 2023 15:53 (one year ago) link
Was hoping Ana de Armas would get simultaneous Oscar and Razzie nomination, like Glenn Close for Hillbilly Elegy
― jaymc, Monday, 23 January 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
Their bravery knows many bounds
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 23 January 2023 16:11 (one year ago) link
...wait hold on, Cosmo Jarvis is an actor? I thought he sung about gay pirates?
― Ned Raggett, Monday, 23 January 2023 16:14 (one year ago) link
which makes him an actor!
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 January 2023 16:16 (one year ago) link
Helluva log line for that movie in IMDB:
"A formidable man who cares for nothing is forced to confront his self-destructive core when a violent car crash involving a sexually charged boy who epitomizes life, challenges him to face his truth."
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Monday, 23 January 2023 16:17 (one year ago) link
Wow, now I want to see Blonde.
― but also fuck you (unperson), Monday, 23 January 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
what did people here think of All Quiet On the Western Front? I watched it but couldn't really make myself pay attention
― Dan S, Tuesday, 24 January 2023 02:40 (one year ago) link