Joey Magidson of Awards Radar has posted his first set of picks for the 2025 Oscars and as has been my way, I've looked through them for possible TFF #51 titles. Magidson has divided them into two parts. Part One went up last Friday focusing on "Above the Line" categories. Part Two will be posted later this week.
Here's what I'm seeing from Part One beginning with films Magidson thinks are Best Picture contenders:
Blitz-Steve McQueen
Conclave-Edward Berger
Maria-Pablo Larrain
The Nickel Boys-Ross
SNL 1975-Reitman
Queer-Gaudagnino
Bird-Arnold
The End-Oppenheimer
The Apprentice-Abbasi
The Piano Lesson-Washington
From the other "Above the Line" Categories:
Megalopolis-Coppola
The Actor-Johnson
We Live in Time-Crowley
WILL ABEL SCREEN AT ABEL?
News this week that a newly restores print of Abel Gance's monumental silent film Napoleon will lead off the Cannes Classics section on May 14th.
From Cannes' press release:
"A legend known to cinephiles the world over, a major work of the silent era, one of the most monumental restorations in the history of filmmaking will be unveiled on May 14 as a world premiere: Napoléon by Abel Gance (1st period), in a version resulting from a colossal, passionate effort by the Cinémathèque française, with the support of the CNC."
Naturally that makes one think that the restoration could be a natural choice for TFF. I can see this screening at Elk Park which is re-christened the Abel Gance Open Air Cinema each year for the festival.
AND SPEAKING OF CANNES...
Here's the official poster for the 77th Edition of the Cannes Film Festival:
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