OSCAR UPDATE: BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Here are my latest Oscar nomination predictions for Best Adapted Screenplay updated since I last posted this category on Nov. 9th. A screenplay's past position is indicated to the right in parentheses. TFF #47 films are indicated in Bold.
1) Nomadland (1)
2) One Night in Miami (2)
3) The Father (3)
4) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (4)
5) News of the World (5)
6) I'm Thinking of Ending Things (6)
7) First Cow (8)
8) Borat Subsequent Moviefilm (7)
9) The United States vs. Billie Holiday (-)
10) Pieces of a Woman(-)
Other possibles: French Exit, The Mauritanian, Emma, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Hot: The U.S. vs. Billie Holiday, Pieces of a Woman
Not: Hillbilly Elegy, The Personal History of David Copperfield
NOMADLAND TOPS WORD OF REEL POLL
Jordan Ruimy has collected responses from over 100 film critics who he asked to name the best films of the year. Chloe Zhao's Nomadland topped the list. Nomadland was an official selection on the TFF #47 list of films that would have screened had the festival been able to have proceeded.
Other Telluride films that made the list of the 40 best of 2020 included:
#39 Beanpole (TFF #46)
#29 The Climb (TFF #46)
#22 The Father (TFF #47)
#18 The Assistant (TFF #46)
#2 First Cow (TFF #46)
#1 Nomadland (TFF #47)
SPEAKING OF NOMADLAND...
Here's an interview with Variety's Awards Circuit podcast along with a written summary with Nomadland writer/director Chloe Zhao.
NEW VIDEO FOR TFF #47 FILMS
Frances Lee's Ammonite starring Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan has a new trailer as the film has moved to premium video on demand thus past week. Here's the new trailer from YouTube:
Meanwhile, check out this post from smoothradio.com which includes looks at two new clips from Frank Marshall's documentary The Bee Gees: How Do You Mend a Broken Heart.
POLLARD TALKS MLK/FBI
Director Sam Pollard talked to Variety's Damon Wise for an interview that was posted back on Nov. 29th. Pollard talks about his doc MLK/FBI that would have played a TFF #47. The film just screened as a part of the IDFA Film Fest.
SPC ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE DATES
Sony Pictures Classics has announced a new set of release dates for the films currently in their charge including TFF #47 selections The Father and The Truffle Hunters both of which are making serious waves as we move into the expanded awards season.
According to the story from Indiewire:
“The Father,” starring Anthony Hopkins, will now be released February 26, 2021; Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw’s festival darling “The Truffle Hunters” will now be released March 12, 2021"
"Sony Pictures Classics said that all films would still qualify for year-end top 10 lists and awards, meaning that limited qualifying runs remain in play."
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