Thursday, November 9, 2023

Oscar Update: Best Picture and Direction / European Film Awards Nominations and TFF / Interviews and Profiles

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 Oct. 16th.  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 (4)
4) Poor Things (3)
5) American Fiction (8)
6) The Holdovers (5)
7) Maestro (6)
8) Past Lives (7)
9) Anatomy of a Fall (-)
10) The Zone of Interest (9)

Alternates: The Color Purple, Air, Saltburn, All of Us Strangers

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,  Bradley Cooper/Maestro and Justine Triet/Anatomy of a Fall. 


EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS NOMINATIONS AND TFF



The European Film Academy announced its nominations for film excellence on Tuesday and a number of TFF films were in the mix:.  Here's the listing of EFA nominations earned by TFF films:

The Zone of Interest (5): Best European Film, Best Direction, Best Actress (Huller), Best Actor (Freidel), Best Screenplay.

Fallen Leaves (5): Best European Film, Best Direction, Best Actress (Poysti), Best Actor (Vatanen), Best Screenplay.

Anatomy of a Fall (4): Best European Film, Best Direction, Best Actress (Huller), Best Screenplay.

The Teachers' Lounge (2): Best Actress (Benesch), Best Screenplay.

La Chimera (1): Best Actor (O'Connor).

The Promised Land (1): Best Actor (Mikkelsen).


The EFA's winners will be announced on Dec. 9th.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES: 


Alexander Payne on The Holdovers from apnews.com.

Composer Mark Orton on The Holdovers from Screen Rant.

 

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