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MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: PICTURE AND DIRECTION

In today's post I am updating Oscar predictions for Best Picture and Best Direction which were last posted on Nov. 17th. TFF #49 films are in Bold.

BEST PICTURE

1) The Fabelmans (1)

2) The Banshees of Inisherin (2)

3) Everything Everywhere All at Once (5)

4) Women Talking (3)

5) Top Gun: Maverick (4)

6) TAR (6)

7) Elvis (7)

8) Babylon (12)

9) Avatar: The Way of Water (New)

10) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (9)

11) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (8)

12) Triangle of Sadness (10)

Out: She Said (11)

BEST DIRECTION

1) Steven Spielberg/The Fabelmans (1)

2) Sarah Polley/Women Talking (2)

3) Martin McDonagh/The Banshees of Inisherin (3)

4) Todd Field/TAR (4)

5) The Daniels/EEAAO (5)

6) Damien Chazelle/Babylon (6)

7) Rueben Ostlund/Triangle of Sadness (7)

GOTHAM AWARDS AND TFF #49

The Gotham Awards which celebrate the best of independent film were announced earlier this week with two TFF #49 films earning some recognition but The Daniels' Everything Everywhere All at Once having the best evening of any film winning Best Feature and Best Supporting Performance for Ke Huy Quan.

The two TFF #49 films that were recognized were:

Bingham Ray Award for Breakthrough Director: Charlotte Wells/Aftersun

Best Screenplay: Todd Field/TAR

The complete coverage for all winners is here from Indiewire.

MARK JOHNSON'S GOOD AS GOLD AND TFF #49

Mark Johnson of Gold as Gold ahs been a good friend to MTFB over the years but, unfortunately had to miss TFF #49 this past Labor Day due to health concerns. It's alos taken him a bit to get his prediction site-Good as Gold (housed at Awards Daily) up and running for the new Oscar season. But Mark has posted his first stab at picking 2023 Oscar nominees and here is where he places TFF #49 films in the 11 categories he has focused on (the Big Eight plus Documentary, Animated Feature and International Feature):

Women Talking (6): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actress (Buckley), Supporting Actress (Foy), Supporting Actor (Whishaw), Adapted Screenplay.

TAR (3): Best Picture, Actress (Blanchett), Original Screenplay

Good Night Oppy, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed and Sr. for best Documentary.

Close for best International Feature

and from TFF #48: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On for Best Animated Feature.

You can find all of Mark's predictions here.

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