NBR Today/Shame/Dangerous Method/Back Later

Good Morning a week after Thanksgiving...still digesting.  Today's entry will be bifurcated with this morning's post somewhat truncated so that I can do another post later today following the unveiling of the National Board of Review's choices for Best Picture, 10 Best Films and acting and directing kudos...So I'm in two parts today...

PART ONE

NBR TODAY

The National Board of Review announcement will come later today and I'll have that info posted later along with trying to read whatever tea leaves that creates.  I also expect to Tweet the announcement live do check that at twitter.com @Gort2.

SHAME: HOT AND HEAVY

I'd be stunned  if this film gets on the NBR list...as it should.  But that doesn't mean that Fox Searchlight, writer/director Steve McQueen and stars Michael Fassbender and Carey Mulligan don't continue to be virtually everywhere promoting the work.  Here's todays' sample:

Mulligan interviews with:
The Playlist: http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/carey-mulligan-talks-ugliness-effortlessness-of-shooting-sex-addiction-film-shame

Fassbender with HitFix: http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/awards-campaign/posts/michael-fassbender-on-facing-fear-in-shame-and-a-dangerous-method

and also with HollywoodNews.com: http://www.hollywoodnews.com/2011/11/28/oscars-steve-mcqueen-opens-up-about-internet-sex-the-nc-17-rating-and-the-power-of-shame-awards-alley/

Also look at The Playlist's review here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/review-steve-mcqueens-shame-a-fascinating-follow-up-to-hunger-with-a-tour-de-force-from-michael-fassbender

A DANGEROUS METHOD

Also still beating the media is David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method"

Viggo Mortensen talks to Sasha Stone of Awards Daily here:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2011/11/oscars-2011-viggo-mortenson-sets-the-standard/

And he talks to Fandango here:
http://www.fandango.com/movieblog/qa-viggo-mortensen-on-playing-sigmund-freud-in-dangerous-method-and-his-chances-of-appearing-in-hobbit-687316.html

Keira Knightley talks to On the Red Carpet here:
http://www.ontheredcarpet.com/Keira-Knightley-breaks-up-Sigmund-Freud-and-Carl-Jung-in-A-Dangerous-Method-Video/8443661
 
And Cronenberg is featured in an interview with HitFix:
http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/in-contention/posts/interview-david-cronenberg-on-a-dangerous-method-psychoanalysis-and-being-an-adjective


I'll be back later today with the National Board of Review announcement.  In the meantime here is what Awards Daily's Sasha Stone thinks will happen:

Moneyball
The Artist or War Horse (depending on which one wins)
Harry Potter
The Descendants
Midnight in Paris
The Help
Bridesmaids
Hugo
J Edgar
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Here complete NBR post is here:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2011/11/national-board-of-review-preview-and-no-guts-no-glory/