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Monday, January 11, 2021

Oscar Update: Best Original Screenplay / NSFC Names Winners / Feinberg on Docs and International Features

OSCAR UPDATE: BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY




Here are my latest Oscar nomination predictions for Best Original Screenplay updated since I last posted this category on  Dec. 10th.  A screenplay's past position is indicated to the right in parentheses.  TFF #47 films are indicated in Bold.

1) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (1)
2) Promising Young Woman (5)
3) Mank (2) 
4) Minari (3)
5) Soul (4)
6) Judas and the Black Messiah (6)
7) Never Rarely Sometimes Always (8)
8) Da 5 Bloods (7)
9) Sound of Metal (-)
10) Palm Springs (9)

Other Possibles: On the Rocks, the 40 Year old Version, Ammonite
Hot: Promising Young Woman, Sound of Metal
Not: On the Rocks

Coming on Thursday...a new look at Best Picture.


NSFC NAMES WINNERS




The National Society of Film Critics met this past Saturday and decided on their superlatives for 2020.  TFF #47 selection Nomadland was the big winner as it grabbed four prizes including Best Picture.

Here's the list of winners or runners-up from TFF #47 OR TFF #46:

Best Picture: Winner: Nomadland, Runner-up: First Cow (TFF #46)
Best Direction: Winner: Chloe Zhao/Nomadland, 2nd Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt/First Cow (TFF #46)
Best Actress: Winner: Frances McDormand/Nomadland
Best Screenplay: Runner-up: Kelly Reichardt/First Cow (TFF #46)
Best Cinematography: Winner: Nomadland
Best Foreign Language Film: Runner-up: Beanpole (TFF #46)





FEINBERG ON DOCS AND INTERNATIONAL FEATURES




The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg posted an article on Saturday focusing on the race for Oscar nominations in the Documentary Feature and International Feature categories.  Feinberg lists three TFF #47 films, one in both categories in the body of the article:

Docs:

All In: The Fight for Democracy
The Bee Gees: How Do You Men a Broken Heart
Notturno.

Feinberg also puts Notturno in the International Film category as well.






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