Monday, December 28, 2020

Oscar Update: Best Actor / Zhao on Nomadland / THR's 45 films from Oscar

 QSCAR UPDATE: BEST ACTOR




Here are my latest Oscar nomination predictions for Best Actor updated since I last posted this category on  Nov. 26th.  A performer's past position is indicated to the right in parentheses.  TFF #47 performers are indicated in Bold.


1) Chadwick Boseman/Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1)
2) Anthony Hopkins/The Father (2)
3) Riz Ahmed/Sound of Metal (5)
4) Delroy Lindo/Da 5 Bloods (3)
5) Gary Oldman/Mank (4)
6) Tom Hanks/News of the World (6)
7) Kingsley Ben-Adir/One Night in Miami (8)
8) Steven Yeun/Minari (7)
9) Ben Affleck/The Way Back (9)
10) LaKeith Stanfield/Judas and the Black Messiah (-)

Other possibles: Colin Firth/Supernova, Mads Mikkelson/Another Round
Hot: Riz Ahmed/Sound of Metal, LaKeith Stanfield/Judas and the Black Messiah
Not: George Clooney/The Midnight Sky

Nest post: Best Supporting Actress update.



ZHAO ON NOMADLAND




From Down Under comes this interview with writer/director (producer and editor) Chloe Zhao about Nomadland.  The film seems to be the front runner for Best Picture with Zhao also looking like a nominee (and perhaps favorite to win) for Best Director as well as Best Adapted Screenplay.  She could also snag a fourth nomination for editing the film.

The interview here is from the Australian website News.com.au and writer Wenlai Ma.




THR'S 45 FILMS FOR OSCAR






The Hollywood Reporter's Tyler Coates has put together a list of 45 films that are suggested as the most likely to be influential in this year's Oscar competition.  Four TFF films (from #46 and #47) are among the list.  They are:

Ammonite
The Father
Frist Cow (from TFF #46)
Nomadland

Missing from the list, which surprised me some was TFF #46's The Assistant




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