Thursday, January 15, 2026

MTFB Oscar Take: Updates to Above the Line Categories / Online Film Critics Nominees / Visitations: Hamnet

 UPDATES TO ABOVE THE LINE CATEGORIES

Here's the latest take on the eight "Above the Line " categories for Oscar nominations that are being announced one week from today.  TFF #52 films are indicated in Bold.


BEST PICTURE




1) One Battle After Another (1)
2) Hamnet (3)
3) Sinners (2)
4) Marty Supreme (4)
5) Frankenstein (6)
6) Sentimental Value (5)
7) It Was Just an Accident (7)
8) Train Dreams (8)
9) The Secret Agent (NR)
10) Bugonia (10)


Others: Wicked: for Good, F1 and Weapons.
 


BEST DIRECTION

1) Paul Thomas Anderson/OBAA (1)
2) Ryan Coogler/Sinners (3)
3) Chloe Zhao/Hamnet (2)
4) Guillermo Del Toro/Frankenstein (NR)
5) Joachim Trier/Sentimental Value (5)

Others: Jafar Panhani/It Was Just an AccidentJosh Safdie/Marty Supreme and Kleber Mendanca Filho/The Secret Agent.



BEST ACTRESS




1) Jesse Buckley/Hamnet (1)
2) Rose Byrne/If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (3)
3) Renee Reinsve/Sentimental Value (2)
4) Emma Stone/Bugonia (4)
5) Chase Infiniti/OBAA (5)

Others: Kate Hudson/Song Sung Blue , Amanda Seyfreid/The Testament of Ann Lee and Cynthia Erivo/Wicked: For Good.


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, Jesse Plemons/Bugonia and George Clooney/Jay Kelly


SUPPRORTING ACTRESS




1) Teyana Taylor/One Battle After Another (1)
2) Amy Madigan/Weapons (2)
3) Ariana Grande/Wicked" For Good (3)
4) Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas/Sentimental Value (4)
5) Elle Fanning/Sentimental Value (5)

Others: Wunmi Mosaku/Sinners, Regina Hall/One Battle After Another and Odessa A'Zion/Marty Supreme.


SUPPORTING ACTOR


1) Stellan Skarsgard/Sentimental Value (1)
2) Benicio del Toro/One Battle After Another (2)
3) Jacob Elordi/Frankenstein (5)
4) Sean Penn/One Battle After Another (3)
5) Paul Mescal/Hamnet (4)

Others: Adam Sandler/Jay Kelly, Miles Caton/Sinners and DelRoy Lindo/Sinners.


ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY




1) Sinners (1)
2) Marty Supreme (3)
3) Sentimental Value (2)
4) It Was Just an Accident (4)
5) Weapon (NR)

Others: Sorry, Baby, Jay Kelly and The Secret Agent.


ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) One Battle After Another (1)
2) Hamnet (2)
3) Train Dreams (3)
4) Frankenstein (5)
5) Bugonia (4)

Others: No Other Choice, Wakeup Dead Man and Nuremburg.


I'll have predictions on Monday for the Shorts categories as well as a look at the closest races.  Then on Wednesday MTFB will have a special post with final predictions in all 24 categories.



ONLINE FILM CRITICS NOMINATIONS

The Online Film Critics association announced their nominees for film excellence for 2025 on Monday.  Here's what happened with films that screened at TFF:

Sentimental Value (8): Best Picture, Direction, Actress (Reinsve), Supporting Actress (Illeaas), Supporting Actress (Fanning), Original Screenplay and Film Not in the English Language.

Hamnet (7): Best Picture, Direction, Actress (Buckley), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design and Costume.

Frankenstein (7): Best Supporting Actor (Elordi), Cinematography, Score, Production Design, Costume, Makeup/Hair and Visual Effects.

It Was Just an accident (4): Best Picture, Direction, Original Screenplay and Film Not in the English Language.

The Secret Agent (3): Best Picture, Actor (Moura and Film Not in the English Language.

Bugonia (2): Best Actress (Stone) and Adapted Screenplay.

Single nominations for:

Blue Moon: Best Actor (Hawke)
If I had Legs I'd Kick You: Best Actress (Byrne).
Cover-Up: Best Documentary.


 


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