Monday, January 8, 2024

Golden Globes and TFF / MTFB Oscar Update: Picture and Acting / BAFTA Longlists / National Society of Film Critics / Interviews and Profiles

GOLDEN GLOBES AND TFF




Last night the Golden Globes were handed out in Los Angeles. TFF winners were:

The Holdovers picked up two acting awards for Paul Giamatti (Actor in a Comedy or Musical) and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Supporting Actress).

Anatomy of a Fall won two Globes for Best Non-English Language Film and Screenplay.

Poor Things also nabbed two Globes.  One for Best Film (Comedy or Musical) and Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) for Emma Stone.

Oppenheimer was the night's big winner with Globes for Best Picture (Drama), Cillian Murphy for Best Actor (Drama), Robert Downey Jr. for Best Supporting Actor, Direction and Score.


MTFB OSCAR UPDATE PENULTIMATE PREDIX: PICTURE, DIRECTION AND ACTING



Here's MTFB's  Oscar Update. Today's Predictions are the next to last for the categories of Best Picture, Direction and Acting.  Nominations are announced on Jan. 23rd and MTFB's final predictions for all categories will be posted on Jan. 22nd.  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) Barbie (2)
3) Killers of the Flower Moon (3)
4) Poor Things (4)
5) The Holdovers (5)
6) American Fiction (6)
7) Maestro (7)
8) Past Lives (8)
9) Anatomy of a Fall (9)
10) The Zone of Interest (10)

Alternates:  The Color Purple, May December and Air.


BEST DIRECTION




1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)
2) Martin Scorsese/Killer of the Flower Moon (2)
3) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (3)
4) Greta Gerwig/Barbie (4)
5) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest (5)

Alternates: Bradley Cooper/Maestro, Alexander Payne/The Holdovers and Celine Song/Past Lives.


BEST ACTRESS




1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (1)
2) Emma Stone/Poor Things (2)
3) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (3)
4) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (4)
5) Margot Robbie/Barbie (5)

Alternates: Greta Lee/Past Lives, Annette Bening/Nyad and Fantasia Barrino/The Color Purple.


BEST ACTOR




1) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (1)
2) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (2)
3) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (3)
4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction (4)
5) Leonardo DiCaprio/ Killers of the Flower Moon (5)

Alternates: Colman Domingo/RustinAndrew Scott/All of Us Strangers and Barry Keoghan/Saltburn.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS




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

Alternates: America Ferrera/Barbie, Rosamund Pike/Saltburn and Rachel McAdams/are You There God It's Me Margaret.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR




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

Alternates: Willem Dafoe/Poor Things, Dominic Sessa/The Holdovers, Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction.


BAFTA LONGLISTS




The British Academy of Film and Television Arts released their "longlists" for there organizations voting on the year's best films last Friday.  Films not making the longlist in a category are not eligible for nominations.

16 TFF films earned at least one mention.  Of all TFF films Poor Things was the leader with 14 mentions.  Also earning multiple mentions from TFF: 

Saltburn 11
The Zone of Interest 10
All of Us Strangers 9
Anatomy of a Fall 7
The Holdovers 7
Nyad 2

Here's the complete TFF set of mentions:

Poor Things: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Direction, Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Costumes, Editing, Makeup/Hair, Score, Production Design, Visual Effects and Sound.

Saltburn: Outstanding British Film, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Casting, Cinematography, Costumes, Editing  and Score.

The Zone of Interest: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Best Film Not in the English Language, Direction, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Sound.

All of Us Strangers: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Casting, Editing.

Anatomy of a Fall: Best Film, Best Film Not in the English Language, Direction, Actress, Original Screenplay, Casting and Editing.

The Holdovers: Best Film, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay and Casting.

Nyad: Best Actress and Supporting Actress.

All other TFF films received a single mention:

Fallen Leaves: Best Film Not in the English Language.
The Taste of Things: Best Film Not in the English Language.
The Teachers' Lounge:  Best Film Not in the English Language.
American Symphony: Best Documentary.
Beyond Utopia: Best Documentary.
High and Low: John Galliano: Best Documentary.
The Pigeon Tunnel: Best Documentary.
Rustin: Best Actor.
Bobi Wine: Ghetto President: Best Debut.

BAFTA nominations will be announced on Jan. 18th.  Winners will be revealed on Feb. 18th.



NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS




The NSFC met on Saturday and voted for their choices for the best film work in 2023.  Six TFF films earned one of the top three spots in various categories.  In all TFF films won six categories.

The Zone of Interest win two: Best Direction and Actress (Huller and shared with Anatomy of a Fall).  Zone was also runner-up in three categories: Best Picture, Film Not in the English Language and Cinematography.

Anatomy of a Fall shared Huller's Best Actress trophy and was third for Best Film Not in the English Language.

The Holdovers with a win for Best Supporting Actress and a third place for Screenplay.

Fallen Leaves won Best Film Not in the English Language.

Andrew Scott won Best Actor for All of Us Strangers.

Poor Things was runner-up for Best Actress.



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