MTFB OSCAR TAKE: UPDATED BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTOR
Here's the MTFB latest update on predictions for Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director. These categories were last predicted here on Oct. 4th. As always TFF #48 films are indicate in Bold and the film's previous position is indicated to the right in parentheses.
BEST PICTURE
1) Belfast (1)
2) King Richard (3)
3) The Power of the Dog (2)
4) Licorice Pizza (4)
5) Dune (5)
6) West Side Story (6)
7) Nightmare Alley (7)
8) Spencer (9)
9) The Tragedy of Macbeth (8)
10) House of Gucci (New)
Alternates: CODA, Don't Look Up, and tick, tick...BOOM
BEST DIRECTOR
1) Kenneth Branagh/Belfast (1)
2) Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog (2)
3) Denis Villenueve/Dune (3)
4) Guillermo del Toro/Nightmare Alley (5)
5) Paul Thomas Anderson/Licorice Pizza (4)
Alternates: Reinaldo Marcus Green/King Richard and Pablo Larrain/Spencer
MORE FROM TODD HAYNES
My last post included a Todd Haynes' interview with The Playlist. Today I include a link to a separate Haynes interview that was posted last Thursday at Awards Daily. Frank J. Avella wrote it up and it is linked here.
HANSEN-LOVE AND BERGMAN ISLAND
The Playlist's Andrew Bundy posted an interview with Bergman Island director and writer Mia Hansen-Love. Hansen-Love has made my list of Telluride "Usual Suspects" with fest appearances over the years that have included: Things to Come and Goodbye First Love.
AFI-TFF CROSSOVER
The American Film Institute has announced its full lineup for AFI Fest. AFI's list includes a number of films that cross over with TFF #48 titles, especially documentaries. They include:
Cow
Red Rocket
Petite Maman
King Richard
Unclenching the Fists
Bernstein's Wall
Citizen Ashe
Julia
Procession
The Real Charlie Chaplin
And the Shorts:
Love, Dad
Motorcyclists Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit
Play It Safe
Soft Animals
The complete rundown of AFI programming can be found here from Awards Watch.
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