MTFB OSCAR TAKE: BEST PICTURE, DIRECTION AND LEAD ACTING #4
BEST PICTURE
1) One Battle After Another (1)
2) Hamnet (2)
3) Sinners (3)
4) Marty Supreme (5)
5) Sentimental Value (4)
6) Frankenstein (7)
7) It Was Just an Accident (8)
8) Jay Kelly (9)
9) Wicked: For Good (6)
10) Train Dreams (10)
Others: Avatar: Fire and Ice, Bugonia and The Secret Agent.
Notes: Wicked: for Good takes a substantial drop. The Frankenstein charge continues.
BEST DIRECTION
1) Paul Thomas Anderson/OBAA (1)
2) Chloe Zhao/Hamnet (2)
3) Ryan Coogler/Sinners (3)
4) Jafar Panahi/It Was Just an Accident (4)
5) Joachim Trier/Sentimental Value (5)
Others: Josh Safdie/Marty Supreme, Guillermo del Toro/Frankenstein and Park Chan-wook/No Other Choice.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Jesse Buckley/Hamnet (1)
2) Rene Reinsve/Sentimental Value (2)
3) Cynthia Enviro/Wicked: For Good (3)
4) Amanda Seyfried/The Testament of Ann Lee (5)
4) Emma Stone/Bugonia (4)
Others: Chase Infiniti/OBAA, Rose Byrne/If I Had Legs I'd Kick You and Kate Hudson/Song Sung Blue.
BEST ACTOR
1) Timothee Chalamet/Marty Supreme (1)
2) Leonardo DiCaprio/OBAA (2)
3) Walter Moura/The Secret Agent (3)
4) Ethan Hawke/Blue Moon (5)
5) Michael B. Jordan/Sinners (4)
Others: Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams), George Clooney/Jay Kelly and Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere.
MORE OF THE DELUGE
Critics and Film Organizations continued these past few days with their lists of "Best Ofs" and/or nominations.
GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
The Golden Globe nominations were announced this morning. TFF #52 films did well earning a collective 36 nominations. One Battle After Another led all films with nine nominations.. Here's the rundown of TFF #52 nominees:
Sentimental Value (8): Best Picture/Drama, Non-English Language Film, Actress/Drama, Supporting Actress X 2, Supporting actor, Direction, Screenplay.
Hamnet (6): Best Picture/Drama, Actress/Drama. Supporting Actor, Director, Screenplay and Score.
Frankenstein (5): best Picture/Drama, Actor/Drama, Supporting Actor, Director, Score.
It Was Just an Accident (4): Best Picture/Drama, Non-English Language Film, Director, Screenplay.
The Secret Agent (3): Best Picture/Drama, Non-English Language Film, Actor/Drama
Bugonia (3): Best Picture/Musical or Comedy, Actress/Musical or Comedy, Actor Musical or Comedy.
Blue Moon (2): Best Picture/Musical or Comedy, Actor/Musical or Comedy.
Jay Kelly (2): Best Actor/Musical or Comedy, Supporting Actor.
Springsteen; Deliver Me from Nowhere (1): Best Actor/Musical or Comedy.
If I had Legs Id' Kick You (1): Best Actress/Musical or Comedy.
Nouvelle Vague (1): Best Picture/Musical or Comedy.
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS
The L.A. Film Critics' Association named their best films in a number of categories. Six TFF #52 films earned Best Of or Runner-up Status. They were:
The Secret Agent: Best Film/Runner-up, Best Non English-Language Film, Lead Performance/Runner-up.
Blue Moon: Best Lead Performance, Supporting actor/Runner-up.
Sentimental Value: Best Supporting Performance, Supporting Performance/Runner-up.
If I Had Legs I'd Kick You: Best Lead Performance.
It Was Just an Accident; Best Screenplay.
Frankenstein; Production Design/Runner-up.
CRITICS' CHOICE NOMINATIONS
Sinners lead all films with 17 total CCA nominations followed by One Battle After Another with 14. TFF#52 films held their own though with both Hamnet and Frankenstein grabbing 11 nominations (the third highest total). TFF #52 films earned a total of 41 nominations.
Here's the TFF #52 breakdown:
HAMNET (Focus Features) – 11
Best Picture
Best Actress – Jessie Buckley
Best Supporting Actor – Paul Mescal
Best Young Actor / Actress – Jacobi Jupe
Best Director – Chloé Zhao
Best Adapted Screenplay – Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell
Best Casting and Ensemble – Nina Gold
Best Cinematography – Łukasz Żal
Best Production Design – Fiona Crombie, Alice Felton
Best Costume Design – Malgosia Turzanska
Best Score – Max Richter
FRANKENSTEIN (Netflix) – 11
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor – Jacob Elordi
Best Director – Guillermo del Toro
Best Adapted Screenplay – Guillermo del Toro
Best Cinematography – Dan Laustsen
Best Production Design – Tamara Deverell, Shane Vieau
Best Costume Design – Kate Hawley
Best Hair and Makeup – Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey
Best Visual Effects – Dennis Berardi, Ayo Burgess, Ivan Busquets, José Granell
Best Score – Alexandre Desplat
Best Sound – Nathan Robitaille, Nelson Ferreira, Christian Cooke, Brad Zoern, Greg Chapman
SENTIMENTAL VALUE (Neon) – 7
Best Picture
Best Actress – Renate Reinsve
Best Supporting Actor – Stellan Skarsgård
Best Supporting Actress – Elle Fanning
Best Supporting Actress – Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas
Best Director – Joachim Trier
Best Original Screenplay – Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier
JAY KELLY (Netflix) – 4
Best Picture
Best Supporting Actor – Adam Sandler
Best Original Screenplay – Noah Baumbach, Emily Mortimer
Best Casting and Ensemble – Douglas Aibel, Nina Gold
BUGONIA (Focus Features) – 3
Best Picture
Best Actress – Emma Stone
Best Adapted Screenplay – Will Tracy
THE SECRET AGENT (Neon) – 2
Best Actor – Wagner Moura
Best Foreign Language Film
BLUE MOON (Sony Pictures Classics) – 1
Best Actor – Ethan Hawke
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU (A24) – 1
Best Actress – Rose Byrne
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (Neon) – 1
Best Foreign Language Film
AMERICAN FILM INSTUTUTE TOP TEN FILMS (PLUS)
From the American Film Institute's Top Ten list plus one more superlative (TFF #52 films in Bold):
AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH
BUGONIA
FRANKENSTEIN
HAMNET
JAY KELLY
MARTY SUPREME
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
SINNERS
TRAIN DREAMS
WICKED: FOR GOOD
AFI SPECIAL AWARD
IT WAS JUST AN ACCCIDENT
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