Oscar Update: Screenplays / The Bikeriders Pics / Interviews and Profiles: Payne

OSACR UPDATE: SCREENPLAYS 

Here's MTFB's first Oscar Update for the screenplay categories since the original set of predictions On Sept. 25th.  As usual TFF #50 films are in Bold.  A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) Barbie (1)

2) The Holdovers (2)

3) Past Lives (3)

4) Anatomy of a Fall (5)

5) Maestro (4)

Alternates: Saltburn, Air, May December.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Poor Things (3)

4) American Fiction (4)

5) All of Us Strangers (-)

Alternates: The Zone of Interest, The Taste of Things, Origin.

Beginning this week I'll start providing Oscar Updates with every post focused on the Big Eight categories.

THE BIKERIDERS PICS

I advance of its Nov. 9th issue that will feature Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders, Total Film has posted some photos of the film.  The pics feature Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer.  Check them out here.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES:

Alexander Payne on The Holdovers from Uproxx.

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