Thursday, December 16, 2021

MTFB Oscar Update: Lead Acting, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design / Independent Spirit awards and TFF #48 / Indiewire Survey of Critics / Interviews and Profiles

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: LEAD ACTING, CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING AND PRODUCTION DESIGN




Here's an update for my predictions of  the lead acting categories, cinematography, editing and production design for the 94th Academy Awards.  As always, TFF #48 films/performers are in Bold. The last position for these predictions is indicated to the right in parentheses.  These categories were last predicted on Dec. 2nd.

BEST ACTRESS

1) Kristen Stewart/Spencer (1)
2) Nicole Kidman/Being the Ricardos (2)
3) Olivia Colman/The Lost Daughter (4)
4) Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye (3)
5) Lady Gaga/House of Gucci (Alt.)

Alternates: Penelope Cruz/Parallel Mothers and Alana Haim/Licorice Pizza


BEST ACTOR

1) Will Smith/King Richard (1)
2) Benedict Cumberbatch/The Power of the Dog (2)
3) Andrew Garfield/tick, tick, BOOM (3)
4) Denzel Washington/The Tragedy of Macbeth (4)
5) Peter Dinklage/Cyrano (Alt.)

Alternates: Leonardo DiCaprio/Don't Look Up and Clifton Collins/Jockey



BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) Dune (1)
2) The Power of the Dog (2)
3) The Tragedy of Macbeth (3)
4) West Side Story (Alt.)
5) Belfast (4)

Alternates: Nightmare Alley and Spencer


BEST EDITING

1) Belfast (1)
2) Dune (2)
3) West Side Story (Alt.)
4) The Power of the Dog (3)
5) Don't Look Up (4)

Alternates: Being the Ricardos and King Richard


BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1) Nightmare Alley (2)
2) Dune (1)
3) West Side Story (4)
4) The French Dispatch (3)
5) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Alt.)

Alternates: Being the Ricardos and Belfast


INDEPENDENT SPIRIT NOMINEES AND TFF #48




The Independent Spirit Film Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday and TFF #48  films earned a dozen nominations.  They were:

The Lost Daughter (4): Best Feature, Direction (Gyllenhaal), Supporting Actress (Buckley), Screenplay

C'mon C'mon (3): Best Feature, Direction (Mills), Screenplay

Red Rocket (2): Best Actor (Rex), Supporting Actress (Son)

Flee (1): Best Documentary

Procession (1): Best Documentary

Petite Maman (1): Best International Feature

The complete list of Independent Spirit Awards nominees is linked here from Indiewire.


INDIEWIRE SURVEY OF CRITICS

Indiewire compiled responses from over 180 critics to arrive at a list of the top ten films of 2022 and the best in a number of categories.  Here's what TFF #48 films landed on their lists:

The Power of the Dog mentioned five times: #1 Best Film, #1 Direction (Campion), #1 Performance (Cumberbatch), #1 Cinematography, #4 Screenplay

The French Dispatch mentioned four times: #6 Best Film, #6 Direction (Anderson), #9 Cinematography, #3 Screenplay

TFF #48 films with three mentions:

Flee: #7 Best Film, #1 Documentary, #4 International Film

Petite Maman: #8 Best Film, #10 Direction (Sciamma), #9 International Film

Spencer: #9 Best Direction (Larrain), #2 Performance (Stewart), #3 Cinematography

The Lost Daughter: #6 Best Performance (Colman), #7 Screenplay, #1 Best First Film

A Hero had two mentions: #5 Best Screenplay, #10 International Film

Single mentions for TFF #48 films included:

C'mon C'mon: #10 Best Film
Cyrano: #8 Best Performance (Dinklage)
King Richard: #10 Best Performance (Smith)
Procession #3: Best Documentary
The Velvet Underground: #4 Best Documentary
The Rescue: #5 Best Documentary
Belfast: #10 Cinematography
Bergman Island: #10 Best Screenplay

The complete rundown in all categories is linked here from Indiewire.



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