Michael's Telluride Film Blog : MTFB Oscar Update: Best Picture and Direction / The Bikeriders Riding to a New Home / Trailers and Clips: The Teachers' Lounge, Poor Things and Saltburn / Interviews and Profiles: Giamatti, Dafoe, Domingo, Mescal and More

Thursday, November 23, 2023

MTFB Oscar Update: Best Picture and Direction / The Bikeriders Riding to a New Home / Trailers and Clips: The Teachers' Lounge, Poor Things and Saltburn / Interviews and Profiles: Giamatti, Dafoe, Domingo, Mescal and More

OSCAR UPDATE: BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTION

Here's MTFB's Oscar Update. Today I'm updating the Best Picture and Direction categories. The last prediction for these two categories were posted on Nov. 9th. As usual TFF #50 films are in Bold. A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.

BEST PICTURE

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Barbie (3)

4) Poor Things (4)

5) The Holdovers (6)

6) American Fiction (5)

7) Maestro (7)

8) The Color Purple (-)

9) Past Lives (8)

10) The Zone of Interest (10)

Alternates: Anatomy of a Fall, Air, May December

BEST DIRECTION

1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)

2) Martin Scorsese/Killer of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Greta Gerwig/Barbie (3)

4) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (4)

5) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest (5)

Alternates: Alexander Payne/The Holdovers, Cord Jefferson/American Fiction and Bradley Cooper/Maestro.

THE BIKERIDERS RIDING TO A NEW HOME

Variety and other outlets reported that New Regency and Disney/20th Century were looking for a partner to distribute Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders. The film was originally set for a Dec. 1st release but was removed from the release calendar in the midst of the Actors' and Writers' strikes.

We have word from yesterday afternoon that Focus Features has snagged North American distribution rights and plans to release the film in 2024. The Hollywood Reporter, among other outlets, reported the deal.

The film stars Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer.

TRAILERS AND CLIPS: THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE, POOR THINGS AND SALTBURN

U.S. TRAILER FOR THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE