Thursday, November 16, 2023

Oscar Update: Supporting Acting / DOC NYC Announces Short Lists / Totem Trailer / Interviews and Profiles: Domingo, Payne, Dafoe and More

OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING





Here's your Oscar Update for today's post.  This is a check on predicted nominees for the Supporting Acting categories.  They were last posted here on Oct. 30th.  Previous positions on the MTFB Oscar Update is listed to the right in parentheses.  As always TFF films are Bold.


 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS




1) Da'Vine Joy Randoplh/The Holdovers (1)
2) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer (2)
3) Jodie Foster/Nyad (3)
4) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple (4)
5) Julianne Moore/May December (5)

Alternates: Taraji P. Henson/The Color Purple, Penelope Cruz/Ferrari and America Ferrera/Barbie


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR




1) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer (1)
2) Ryan Gosling/Barbie (2)
3) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon (3)
4) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things (4)
5) Willem Dafoe/Poor Things (5)

Alternates: Charles Melton/May December, Dominic Sessa/The Holdovers, Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction.

I'll have updated Screenplay predictions in Monday's post.


DOC NYC ANNOUNCES SHORT LISTS




DOC NYC has announced three lists of documentaries for inclusion in its fest.  The choices are often seen as being predictive of eventual Oscar nominations.  The fest concludes today. These are the TFF films included on the various lists:

Documentary Feature:

American Symphony
Bobi Wine: The People's President
The Pigeon Tunnel

Shorts:

The Last Repair Shop

Winner's Circle:

Beyond Utopia



TOTEM TRAILER

From Janus Films we saw the release this week of the official U.S. trailer for Totem, Mexico's selection for consideration for the International Film Oscar.  Here it is from YouTube:



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