Thursday, October 6, 2022

MTFB Oscar Take: Picture and Direction / New Trailer for Bones and All / TFF #49 and AFI / Blanchett Talks TAR

MTFB OSCAR TAKE: PICTURE AND DIRECTION



Starting with today's post I'll be updating Oscar predictions for the Big Eight categories with updates for two of the categories coming in each post.  I'll eventually expand the predictions as the Oscar season continues to roll on.  Today I am updating Best Picture and Direction which was last addressed here on  Sept. 26th.  I have included the ranked position for each film from the previous post in parentheses to the right.  As always, TFF #49 films are in Bold.

BEST PICTURE

1) The Fabelmans (1)
2) Women Talking (4)
3) Babylon (2)
4) The Banshees of Inisherin (5)
5) Everything Everywhere All at Once (3)
6) Top Gun: Maverick (6)
7) TAR (7)
8) Elvis (11)
9) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (12)
10) She Said (New)
11) The Woman King (New)
12) Avatar: The Way of Water (8)

Dropping: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Empire of Light
Ought to think about: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On and Armageddon Time

BEST DIRECTION

1) Steven Spielberg/The Fabelmans (1)
2) Sarah Polley/Women Talking (2)
3) Todd Field/TAR (4)
4) Damien Chazelle/Babylon (3)
5) The Daniels/EEAAO (5)
6) Martin McDonagh/The Banshees of Inisherin (6)
7) Gina Prince-Blythwood/The Woman King (New)

Dropping: James Cameron/Avatar: The Way of Water


NEW TRAILER FOR BONES AND ALL

MGM released a new trailer for Luca Guadagnino's Bones and All yesterday.  The film stars Timothee Chalamet, Taylor Russell and Mark Rylance.  The film is set for domestic release on Nov. 23rd.  Here;s the new trailer via YouTube:







TFF #49 AT AFI




The American Film Institute/AFI Fest has announced their lineup which will be presented Nov. 2-6 in Los Angeles.  The announcement reveals that no fewer than a dozen films that screened at Telluride will be making a stop there.  They are:

In the Red Carpet Premieres section: Bardo and Living
Special Screenings: Bones and All, Le Pupille, Sr. and Women Talking
World Cinema: Godland and One fine Morning
Discovery: Close and Lady Chatterley's Lover
Documentaries: The Corridors of Power and Wildcat

Other high profile films at this year's AFI Fest include The Fabelmans, Guillermo Del Toro's Pinocchio, She Said and The Son.



BLANCHETT TALKS TAR




Cate Blanchett was featured this week in a Vanity Fair profile from Paul Chi.  In it she talks TAR, fame and process.  The article can be accessed here.


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