MORE SPOTLIGHT ON "SPOTLIGHT"
Tom McCarthy's "Spotlight' continues to be one of the most talked about films that screened this year at Telluride and those conversations picked up over this past weekend owing to its opening in a limited release to generally solid numbers. The film will expand now and try to keep its momentum building as a probable Best Picture nominee and a possible BP winner.
Because of its opening, there was a good deal of press for the film on the interwebs this weekend. I have included interviews here from Michael Keaton, Tom McCarthy and co-writer Josh Singer from The New York Times, HitFix, Entertainment Weekly and Awards Daily.
"Spotlight" television spot via YouTube
Keaton:
http://www.nytimes.com/video/movies/100000004021657/michael-keaton-discusses-spotlight.html
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/michael-keatons-love-of-journalism-the-paper-live-from-baghdad-spotlight
McCarthy:
http://www.ew.com/article/2015/11/06/tom-mccarthy-spotlight
Singer:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/2015/11/07/interview-spotlight-writer-josh-singer/
JOAN ALLEN AND "ROOM"
Criminally underused actress Joan Allen is making a splash in Lenny Abrahamson's "Room" to the point that she is getting some fairly serious Oscar buzz for her role as Brie Larson's mother in the small film that has been making big noise since Telluride. Larson may well be the favorite to win Best Actress and young Jacob Tremblay is a serious player for a Best Supporting Actor nomination.
"Room" also looks good for a number of other possible Oscar bids Picture, Director and Adapted Screenplay come to mind.
Allen , who has been previously nominated for Best Actress for "The Contender" and Supporting Actress for "The Crucible" and "Nixon" is interviewed here for Thompson on Hollywood:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/watch-room-star-joan-allen-in-featurette-exclusive-video-20151104
"RAMS" U.S. TRAILER
Official U.S. trailer for "Rams" via YouTube
Iceland's entrant for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is "Rams" which seemed to be well liked by The People in my annual survey of the films that play TFF. It finished in the bottom half of the poll but was ahead of "Steve Jobs" and "Suffragette".
Nevertheless, I expect it to likely be one of the five Foreign Language finalists next January. The film had its U.S. trailer drop since my last post and you can see that above. Additionally, I have linked stories about the film and its trailer release from FirstShowing.net and The Film Stage:
OSCAR MATTERS; INCONTENTION'S LATEST PREDICTIONS
Oscar expert Kristopher Tapley has his latest iteration of Oscar prognostication up at Variety's InContention. Here's what happens regarding Telluride #42 films on nomination morning if Tapley is 100% accurate:
"Spotlight": Best Picture, Supporting Actor (twice), Original Screenplay, Direction, Film Editing and Original Score. Total noms-7.
"Black Mass": Best Picture, Actor, Makeup/Hair. Total noms-3
"Room": Picture, Director, Actress, Adapted Screenplay. Total noms-4
"Steve Jobs": Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing. Total noms-5
"Carol": Best Actress, Supporting Actress, Costume. Total noms-3
"Anomalisa": Best Animated Feature. Total noms-1
Best Foreign Language Film: "Son of Saul", "Rams", "Viva" Total noms-3
Total TFF #42 nominations: 26 (which is about average).
Best Doc Feature: "The Look if Silence" (from TFF #41)
Frankly, I think "carol" will get more attention. Maybe "Room" will as well. I wouldn't be surprised if "Anomalisa" gets a Screenplay nomination. I could also see "Son of Saul" breaking into other categories in addition to Foreign Language.
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