OSCAR 2021-FIRST ATTEMPT-BEST ACTRESS
MTFB continues its first pass at predicting Oscar nominees for 2020-21 in various major categories. Today we're looking at Best Actress with, as always, a focus on those performances that were a part of the list of 29 films that TFF released that would have been screened as a part of TFF #47. Performers designated with *** are in films that may not be released prior to the Feb, 28, 2021 Oscar eligibility deadline. TFF#47 performers are in Bold:
1) Frances McDormand/Nomadland
2) Viola Davis/Ma Rainey's Black Bottom***
3) Kate Winslet/Ammonite
4) Vanessa Kirby/Pieces of a Woman
5) Michelle Pfeiffer/French Exit
6) Amy Adams/Hillbilly Elegy***
7) Jennifer Hudson/Respect***
8) Carrie Mulligan/Promising Young Woman
9) Renee Zegler/West Side Story***
10) Angela Day/The U.S. vs. Billie Holiday
11) Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye***
12) Rashida Jones/On the Rocks
TIFF CRITICS SURVEY AND TFF #47
As has been the habit of Indiewire for many year, that organization polled critics that "attended" the just concluded Toronto International Film Festival and those results reflect some very nice notice of films that are a part of the TFF 2020 announced lineup.
Chloe Zhao's Nomadland...coming off of winning Toronto's People's Choice Award and the Golden Lion at Venice was named the best film by the poll.
The Best Documentary category saw plaudits for two TFF #47 selections as Michael Dweck and Greg Kershaw's The Truffle Hunters (see linked interview below) was named second best doc and Sam Pollard's MLK/FBI was named third best doc. 76 Days, the on-the-ground report from Wuhan, China that focuses on the emergence of Covid-19.
Zhao was named Best Director by the survey and Nimadland also was chosen as third best screenplay. FRances McDormand was runner-up in the Best Performance category.
All in all, a very good representation of TFF #47 films among the Indiewire accolades.
TALKING TRUFFLES
One of the most talked about festival docs this season is undoubtedly The Truffle Hunters from directors Michael Dweck and Greg Kershaw. The pair were recently (Sept. 19) highlighted by Point of View Magazine (POV).
One other quick note (and humblebrag), through the kindness of an anonymous reader of the blog, I was fortunate enough to get a screener link to see The Truffle Hunters last weekend. It's delightful, joyous, funny, poignant and beautiful to behold.
AND FINALLY...THE CHICAGO 7?
Honestly, I wouldn't normally be writing about Aaron Sorkin's The Trail of the Chicago 7 much except in the context of the Oscar race since all Netflix films eschewed all of the festival circuit this time around. But...
1) Early reactions from those who have seen an advanced screening seem to be over the moon and suggest that the film WILL BE a significant Oscar player.
2) World of Reel's Jordan Ruimy reports that the film is getting a theatrical release of some sort THIS WEEKEND...here's the link to Jordan's story. And...
3) I have a good, reliable source telling me that had Telluride proceeded normally, that the film would have been a part of the The SHOW's lineup.
Cool, cool, cool.
LATE BREAKING
As I have been thinking for quite some time, Steven Spielberg's West Side Story will no longer be a part of this year's Oscar conversation. As The Hollywood Reporter published yesterday evening, Warners has moved West Side Story all the way to Dec. 21, 2021. Disney has also decided to move Black Widow to May of 2021.
The move means that WSS will not be eligible for this year's Oscars and could open the way for other remaining big films to move their release strategies as well.
Other films that could follow West Side Story include: News of the World, Stillwater, The French Dispatch, Dune, Hillbilly Elegy and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom among others.
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