MTFB Oscar Update: Best Picture and Direction / Trailers and Clips: Conclave and Emilia Perez / TFF Films Awarded / Interviews and Profiles

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTION

Here are updated nomination predictions for the Best Picture and Direction for the 97th Academy Awards.  These categories were last predicted on Oct. 21st.  A film's or director's previous rank appears to the right of their names in parentheses.  TFF #51 actors/films are in Bold. 

BEST PICTURE

1) Anora (1)

2) Conclave (2)

3) Emilia Perez (4)

4) The Brutalist (3)

5) Dune Part Two (5)

6) Gladiator II (6)

7) A Real Pain (10)

8) A Complete Unknown (-)

9) Sing Sing (7)

10) Wicked (-)

Others: Blitz, September 5 and Nickel Boys.

BEST DIRECTION

1) Brady Corbet/The Brutalist (1)

2) Sean Baker/Anora (2)

3) Jacques Audiard/Emilia Perez (3)

4) Edward Berger/Conclave (4)

5) Ridley Scott/Gladiator II (-)

Others: Denis Villenueve/Dune Part Two, James Mangold/A Complete Unknown and RaMell Ross/Nickel Boys.

***BEHIND THE SCENES OF CONCLAVE

***SELENA GOMEZ SINGS MI CAMINO FROM EMILIA PEREZ

TFF FILMS AWARDED

Zurawski v. Texas wins Hampton Doc Fest Human Rights Award.

Santa Barbara Film Fest names Ralph Fiennes Performer of the Year.

Angelina Jolie to recieve Permance Tribute from the Gotham Awards.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Isabella Rossellini for Conclave from Variety.

Edward Berger for Conclave from Awards Watch.

Ralph Fiennes (and others) for Conclave from The Hollywood Reporter.

Jesse Eisenberg and Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain from Indiewire.

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