Thursday, December 19, 2019

Oscar Short Lists / Oscar Prediction Updates: Costumes, Makeup/Hair, Original Song / Indiewire's 2019 Critics Poll

OSCAR SHORT LISTS




Earlier this week The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the short lists for nine of its Oscar categories.  I have listed all TFF #46 (and #45) films that have been named on those lists and are thereby still in contention for a possible win.  Here they are:


International Film: Beanpole, Pain and Glory, Parasite, Those Who Remained
Documentary Feature: The Biggest Little Farm (TFF #45)
Original Score: Ford v Ferrari, Marriage Story, Motherless Brooklyn, Pain and Glory
Original Song: Daily Battles from Motherless Brooklyn
Makeup/Hair: Judy
Documentary Short: Fire in Paradise

No TFF #46 films were named to the Oscar short lists in Visual Effects, Animated Shorts or Live Action Shorts.

Complete Short Lists are linked here from Gold Derby.



OSCAR PREDICTION UPDATES: COSTUMES, MAKEUP/HAIR, SONG



Here are updates for three Oscar categories.  These new predictions are updated to reflect The Academy's Short Lists that were announced Monday for Makeup/Hair and Original Song.  TFF #46 films are Bold.  These categories were last predicted on Nov. 21st.


COSTUMES

1) Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood (1)
2) Dolemite Is My Name (2)
3) Little Women (3)
4) Rocketman (4)
5) Downton Abbey (5)
6) The Irishman (-)

Other possibles: Joker, Harriet, Judy


MAKEUP/HAIR

1) Bombshell (1)
2) Joker (4)
3) Rocketman (3)
4) Judy (5)
5) Once Upon a Time... (2)
6) Dolemite Is My Name (-)

Other possibles: Downton Abbey, 1917, Little Women


ORIGINAL SONG

1) Into the Unknown/Frozen II (1)
2) I'm Gonna Love Me Again/Rocketman (4)
3) Stand Up/Harriet (2)
4) Spirit/The Lion King (5)
5) I'm Standing with You/Breakthrough (-)
6) I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away/Toy Story 4 (-)

Other possibles: Speechless/Aladdin, Glasgow/Wild Rose, Letter to My Godfather/The Black Godfather


INDIEWIRE'S 2019 CRITICS POLL



Indiewire surveyed over 300 critics, blogger and industry types to compile a huge database and posted the collective responses on Monday this week.  Eric Kohn and crew provided those in  categories.

TFF #46 films that registered and their positions were:

Best Film

1) Parasite
3) Marriage Story
5) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
6) Pain and Glory
7) Uncut Gems
16) A Hidden Life

Best Director

1) Bong Joon-ho/Parasite
4) Celine Sciamma/Portrait of a Lady on Fire
5) Josh and Bennie Safdie/Uncut Gems
6) Noah Baumbach/Marriage Story
7) Pedro Almodovar/Pain and Glory
15) Terrence Malick/A Hidden Life
23) Trey Shults/Waves

Best Screenplay

1) Parasite
2) Marriage Story
7) Pain and Glory
8) Uncut Gems
10) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
16) The Two Popes
24) A Hidden Life


Best Actress

2) Scarlett Johansson/Marriage Story
4) Renee Zellweger/Judy
10) Adele Haenel/Portrait of a Lady on Fire
13) Naemi Merlant/Portrait of a Lady on Fire


Best Actor

1) Adam Driver/Marriage Story
2) Antonio Banderas/Pain and Glory
3) Adam Sandler/Uncut Gems
9) Sang Kang-ho/Parasite
13) Jonathan Pryce/The Two Popes
18) Christian Bale/Ford v Ferrari
22) August Diehl/A Hidden Life


Best Supporting Actress

1) Laura Dern/Marriage Story
7) Julia Fox/Uncut Gems
8) Annette Bening/The Report
10) Park So-dam/Parasite
11) Taylor Russell/Waves
13) Adele Haenel/Portrait of a Lady on Fire
15) ChoYao Jeong/Parasite
18) Penelope Cruz/Pain and Glory
22) Jeong-eun Lee/Parasite

Best Supporting Actor

5) Sang Kang-ho/Parasite
7) Alan Alda/Marriage Story
12) Sterling K. Brown/Waves
13) Ray Liotta/Marriage Story
14) Anthony Hopkins/The Two Popes
20) Asier Etxandia/Pain and Glory


Best Cinematography

3) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
5) Parasite
7) A Hidden Life
8) Uncut Gems
17) Pain and Glory
19) Waves
23) Marriage Story
24) Ford v Ferrari

Best Documentary

6) Varda by Agnes
7) Amazing Grace
10) Diego Maradona
18) The Kingmaker
19) Tell Me Who I Am
22) 63 Up
23) The Biggest Little farm (TFF #45)


Best Foreign Film

1) Parasite
2) Pain and Glory
3) Portrait of a Lady on Fire
19) Birds of Passage (TFF #45)
20) Beanpole


The complete Indiewire critics poll is linked here.



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