DEL TORO WINS THE DGA
Guillermo Del Toro's direction for 13 time Oscar nominee The Shape of Water was recognized as the best of 2017 on Saturday night by the Directors Guild of America. The win makes him the odds on favorite to win the Oscar for Direction and likely boosts Shape's chances to win Best Picture, though of late, it has become surprisingly common for Oscar to split the Directing and Best Picture prizes.
Del Toro joins the other two of the "Three Amigos" Alfonso Cuaron (2013's Gravity) and Alejandro Inarritu (2014's Birdman and 2015's The Revenant) as winners of the DGA Award. Both of those directors went on to win the Oscar as well.
Del Toro was named winner in a field that included Greta Gerwig/Lady Bird, Jordan Peele/Get Out (who did win for Best Debut Feature), Christopher Nolan/Dunkirk and Martin McDonagh/Three Billboards.
Analysis and complete winners in all the DGA categories are linked below from:
INDIEWIRE'S AWARDS SPOTLIGHT SERIES WITH GRETA AND SAOIRSE
Jude Dry writing for Indiewire sets the stage for the online film source to talk to Oscar nominees Greta Gerwig (Direction, Original Screenplay) and Saoirse Ronan (Best Actress) about the five time nominated film (including Best Picture) and TFF #44 favorite Lady Bird.
A FANTASTIC RECEPTION FOR A FANTASTIC WOMAN
Sebastian Lelio's A Fantastic Woman was highlighted steadily this past week. The Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language Film, and TFF #44 selection, was front and center in stories from Rolling Stone and Indiewire.
That's a wrap for MTFB until Thursday. Hope everyone has a good week!
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