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-Tim Appelo, Movies for GrownupsMichael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.comBlogger2215125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-73177806474132883342024-03-18T08:00:00.030-05:002024-03-18T08:00:00.131-05:00Variety's Early Oscar Predictions and TFF / MTFB's Unofficial TFF Oscar History Updated / Trailers: Wildcat and Food Inc. 2 / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;">VARIETY'S EARLY OSCAR PREDICITONS AND TFF</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94eEXq5JCFmrjxVpWGWyGc8v6T7NHohvps6sUPw4PyQ2uPh5ZtRpwou7fkm6qkRdb2u1zeFHniLLlVD0ZvbbDe3OafDMT4-eU0EZyguhsJWnxUwXK9VpvR2hcU_WNXLVONnqluqs350fq8fEcRv7URMegFjN9wg_Z8E0aYyJQMBWHRKyr6cULW4Lhhfk/s303/variety.jpg%201.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="86" data-original-width="303" height="86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh94eEXq5JCFmrjxVpWGWyGc8v6T7NHohvps6sUPw4PyQ2uPh5ZtRpwou7fkm6qkRdb2u1zeFHniLLlVD0ZvbbDe3OafDMT4-eU0EZyguhsJWnxUwXK9VpvR2hcU_WNXLVONnqluqs350fq8fEcRv7URMegFjN9wg_Z8E0aYyJQMBWHRKyr6cULW4Lhhfk/s1600/variety.jpg%201.jpeg" width="303" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'm continuing my current project of scouring early Oscar prognostications for possible titles that might pop up at the 51st Telluride Film Festival. Today's source is Clayton Davis from Variety. For this source I looked at Best Picture Predictions first and then for other possibilities from the acting, directing and screenplay categories.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">So here are the films from those predictions that seem to me to be the most Telluride-ific.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From Clayton's 10 Best Picture predictions:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Andrea Arnold's Bird</div><div style="text-align: left;">Steve McQueen's Blitz</div><div style="text-align: left;">Edward Berger's Conclave</div><div style="text-align: left;">Joshua Oppenheimer's The End</div><div style="text-align: left;">Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis</div><div style="text-align: left;">RaMell Ross' The Nickel Boys</div><div style="text-align: left;">Malcolm Washington's The Piano Lesson</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From Clayton's alternates for Best Picture:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Ali Abbasi's The Apprentice</div><div style="text-align: left;">Mike Leigh's Hard Truths</div><div style="text-align: left;">Pablo Larrain's Maria</div><div style="text-align: left;">Paolo Sorrentino's Parenthope</div><div style="text-align: left;">Luca Gaudagnino's Queer</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jason Reitman's SNL 1975</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And from the other categories:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Paul Schrader's Oh Canada</div><div style="text-align: left;">Duke Johnson's The Actor</div><div style="text-align: left;">Jonathan Kent's Long Day's Journey Into Night</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://variety.com/lists/2025-oscars-predictions/" target="_blank">Linked here are Clayton's complete set of early Oscar predictions for Variety.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">MTFB'S UNOFFICIAL TFF OSCAR HISTORY UPDATED</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtQ3L7_WQNdXmfAoGYVUjthZ4NharvrxDcurDL0nt8MzNppjjLtBm2lQwcYqYEuHdtDoS3hIJi8SSUB5fRUflqgy4vdKyn1bpzZj0iPWagJH_N_pvXFg38eP8w7NzOuTI5LAVwB7ZCc4aRKMRNBvA8Ojczbcp84Ge9T5iPTSAm5d7Lp3Pi7bvOwLiKSc/s928/Oscar%20outdoors.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="928" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixtQ3L7_WQNdXmfAoGYVUjthZ4NharvrxDcurDL0nt8MzNppjjLtBm2lQwcYqYEuHdtDoS3hIJi8SSUB5fRUflqgy4vdKyn1bpzZj0iPWagJH_N_pvXFg38eP8w7NzOuTI5LAVwB7ZCc4aRKMRNBvA8Ojczbcp84Ge9T5iPTSAm5d7Lp3Pi7bvOwLiKSc/s320/Oscar%20outdoors.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As promised, the Unofficial TFF Oscar History Page has been updated to reflect the results of the recently concluded Oscar season. Highlighted updates are that TFF films collectively went over 600 total nominations (607 to be exact). TFF films have won 127 Oscars. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I have included a new nugget with this update and that is a list of TFF films that earned four or more Oscar wins.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">See all the newly included info from this year's Oscars plus the new section by using the link above on the masthead.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">TRAILERS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">FOR ETHAN HAWKE'S WILDCAT</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FvYkEpDlqlQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="FvYkEpDlqlQ"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">AND FOR ROBERT KENNER AND MELISSA ROBLEDO'S FOOD INC. 2</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ToWTxhYkrKk" width="320" youtube-src-id="ToWTxhYkrKk"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/holly-waddington-poor-things-interview" target="_blank">Costume Designer Holly Waddington for Poor Things from A.Frame.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-49959871395165269822024-03-14T08:00:00.002-05:002024-03-14T08:00:00.140-05:00Some Other Post Oscar Notes / So Early, But... / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;">SOME OTHER POST OSCAR NOTES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnRKVygv0uvLfQ3H0zAx1xrrqHRrgyTagdzBCOXlArXJes05A_cwn6Fw8vc1RiziWu9A6MpIqUVQ9vtb-EKtSO4wAuOEACk4U6-_lGDQsKYTU8uGQSI3HB8Sgc9bXjM18joYDkZrev8dkUwoxloeAiFhUrRE6qQlbBpkEhkY1s7lIzUpQmejaxxtBbV0/s600/oscar%205.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicnRKVygv0uvLfQ3H0zAx1xrrqHRrgyTagdzBCOXlArXJes05A_cwn6Fw8vc1RiziWu9A6MpIqUVQ9vtb-EKtSO4wAuOEACk4U6-_lGDQsKYTU8uGQSI3HB8Sgc9bXjM18joYDkZrev8dkUwoxloeAiFhUrRE6qQlbBpkEhkY1s7lIzUpQmejaxxtBbV0/s320/oscar%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">2023's edition of the Telluride Film Festival was much more Oscar connected than the 2022 SHOW. The 49th TFF had films that earned 17 total nominations and a single win for Best Adapted Screenplay for Sarah Polley's Women Talking.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The 50th version saw a dramatic jump in both nominations and wins. 35 total nominations and an a solid nine wins. For context the 35 nominations tied 2016 and 2021 TFFs for the years with the most nominations. The nine Oscar wins is the third largest number of Oscar wins for TFFs. 2016 saw TFF films win 12 Oscars and in 2013 TFF films won 10.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For other trivia about the TFF/Oscar connection take a look next week at my TFF Unofficial Oscar History page which has a link above.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">SO EARLY, BUT...</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikljxPXlhjzNa4P6MIwRlrd_IjXvWYjUzY79e0RUrosuiYDVoZW_VeqlYuaFDefFknfuQwJ2JKTpCUsj_8TWZkNdHqfgOSlKY1e7hQOkCYrhloQfYy1j-i5NMdO5BI9igFUJWELV90PkwaSbOkNwsxnTtViqBZFj58c06J4bI0HDaSWvDIuDX2DNR0CU4/s311/gold-derby.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="104" data-original-width="311" height="104" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikljxPXlhjzNa4P6MIwRlrd_IjXvWYjUzY79e0RUrosuiYDVoZW_VeqlYuaFDefFknfuQwJ2JKTpCUsj_8TWZkNdHqfgOSlKY1e7hQOkCYrhloQfYy1j-i5NMdO5BI9igFUJWELV90PkwaSbOkNwsxnTtViqBZFj58c06J4bI0HDaSWvDIuDX2DNR0CU4/s1600/gold-derby.png" width="311" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Gold Derby is up with an incredibly early list of 20 films that they bill as "Early Contenders" for Oscar glory a year from now. That gives me an opportunity to begin looking at those films and see which ones could be TFF #51 contenders as well.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">What to kook for? TFF history with a film's director, producer and/or distributor. Or sometimes it's a gut feeling irrespective of any of those characteristics.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At any rate...here are films from the list of 20 that seem like TFF possibilities:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Apprentice Dir: Ali Abbasi.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bird Dir: Andrea Arnold.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Blitz Dir: Steve McQueen. Distrib: Apple TV+</div><div style="text-align: left;">Conclave Dir: Edward Berger. Distrib: Focus Features</div><div style="text-align: left;">Maria Dir: Pablo Larrain (it probably also doesn't hurt for TFF chances that the cinematographer is Ed Lachman)</div><div style="text-align: left;">Megalopolis Dir: Frances Ford Coppola</div><div style="text-align: left;">Parthenope Dir: Paolo Sorrentino</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Piano Lesson Dir: Malcolm Washington. Distrib: Netflix</div><div style="text-align: left;">Queer Dir: Luca Guadagnino</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goldderby.com/article/2024/2025-oscar-predictions/" target="_blank">Here's the link to the entire piece from Gold Derby.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/christian-friedel-zone-of-interest-rudolf-hoss-auschwitz-1235846510/" target="_blank">Actor Christian Friedel for the two time Oscar winning The Zone of Interest from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-8709221937533471222024-03-11T08:32:00.002-05:002024-03-11T08:32:38.125-05:00OSCAR 2024 / Turn the Page<div style="text-align: left;">OSCAR 2024</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIb2UJRR-UyKdBRzzgIMXCrBTx55voFa06hn8LuAwZ_JRm0qbMdqJ3YXyb82P4J9QFtVq_Hj8DFR1a0vA6ZE4M7RVEuEcipRU-YRtKEJxF1MIHvNibOycA12iVZdm2m2hFfIi_znH4LiC6TPGmoxjbVj1AgJYEX2htOaTEIprVSPep1Z0zrZaRBqhW1s/s300/oscar%2096.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjIb2UJRR-UyKdBRzzgIMXCrBTx55voFa06hn8LuAwZ_JRm0qbMdqJ3YXyb82P4J9QFtVq_Hj8DFR1a0vA6ZE4M7RVEuEcipRU-YRtKEJxF1MIHvNibOycA12iVZdm2m2hFfIi_znH4LiC6TPGmoxjbVj1AgJYEX2htOaTEIprVSPep1Z0zrZaRBqhW1s/s1600/oscar%2096.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">A memorable Oscar night last night.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Telluride 2023 films pick up an astonishing nine Oscar wins. That was above what I was predicting. The Oscars went to:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Poor Things (4): Best Actress (Emma Stone), Production Design, Costumes and Makeup/Hair.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Zone of Interest (2): Best International Film and Sound.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers (1): Best Supporting Actress (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anatomy of a Fall (1): Best Original Screenplay.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Last Repair Shop (1): Best Documentary Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My prediction success: 19 of 23 for a rate of 82.6 %. That's a bit higher than my 78.5% rate since 2014. I missed Best Actress, Best Sound, Best Animated Feature and Best Visual Effects. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was pleasantly surprised to get all of the Short subject winners right. For the first time ever, I believe, in each of the four categories that I picked incorrectly, the film/performer I had as the potential upset was, in fact, the winner.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Over at Gold Derby, though, 19/23 is nothing to get snooty about. I finished 891st out of 11,034 participants.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">19/23, <a href="https://www.goldderby.com/leaderboard/oscars-winners-2024-predictions/expert/" target="_blank">though, was better all but one Gold Derby expert </a>(Nikki Novak from Fandango). I was tied with Shawn Edwards, Susan King and Pete Hammond. I was ahead of experts from Variety, Indiewire, Next Best Picture, ABC, USA Today, People and Awards Daily. I'm thinking of petitioning Gold Derby to become one of their expert contributors.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">TURN THE PAGE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsDGvUlQJSr7nKjp74IZq5kCFiO91OZJY3RDHl0eC4LIlD9eEhNUBeQdEVus8Xdv_xeWvvHnrRZeepmBwPy0RZPmWAd5jIg1y9kdk5DUslnJd2XXwCeAjqQW_Xs9QukramCn4VaufpqSSt-ScLio-jxVOD_tarYlwVMMlcpwkznkf4UTnOXRWIBXfjBg/s225/the%20way%20ahead.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggsDGvUlQJSr7nKjp74IZq5kCFiO91OZJY3RDHl0eC4LIlD9eEhNUBeQdEVus8Xdv_xeWvvHnrRZeepmBwPy0RZPmWAd5jIg1y9kdk5DUslnJd2XXwCeAjqQW_Xs9QukramCn4VaufpqSSt-ScLio-jxVOD_tarYlwVMMlcpwkznkf4UTnOXRWIBXfjBg/s1600/the%20way%20ahead.png" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And now, as we do every year at this time, we turn our attention in a more concentrated fashion to speculation and prediction about the lineup possibilities for the Telluride Film Festival. Over the next few weeks, I'll be scouring media for early Oscar 2025 predictions for clues as well as the Cannes lineup, set to be revealed, we believe, on April 11th. That should give us some notions about what to expect over Labor Day weekend.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-13129375271764934942024-03-10T08:00:00.043-05:002024-03-10T08:00:00.138-05:00MTFB SPECIAL: FINAL OSCAR PREDICTIONS FOR TONIGHT<p> FINAL OSCAR PREDICTIONS (TFF films in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold</span></b>).</p><div style="text-align: left;">Best Picture: Winner: Oppenheimer. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: The Holdovers.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Direction: Winner: Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Actress: Winner: Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: Emma Stone/Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Actor: Winner: Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset:</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Supporting Actress: <b><span style="color: red;">Winner:</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers.</span></b> Upset: Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Supporting Actor: Winner: Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer. Upset: Ryan Gosling/Barbie.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Adapted Screenplay: Winner: American Fiction. Upset: Barbie.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Original Screenplay: Winner: Anatomy of a Fall. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset:</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">The Holdovers.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best International Film: <b><span style="color: red;">Winner: The Zone of Interest.</span></b> Upset: Society of the Snow.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Animated Film: Winner: Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse. Upset: The Boy and the Heron.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Documentary: Winner: 20 Days in Mariupol. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: Bobi Wine: The People's President.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Cinematography: Winner: Oppenheimer. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: Poor Things.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Editing: Winner: Oppenheimer. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: The Holdovers.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Original Score: Winner: Oppenheimer. Upset: Killers of the Flower Moon.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Original Song: Winner: What Was I Made For?/Barbie. Upset: I'm Just Ken/Barbie.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Production Design: <b><span style="color: red;">Winner: Poor Things. </span></b> Upset: Barbie.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Costume Design: <b><span style="color: red;">Winner: Poor Things.</span></b> Upset: Barbie.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Makeup/Hair: Winner: Maestro. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: Poor Things.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Visual Effects: Winner: The Creator. Upset: Godzilla Minus One.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Sound: Winner: Oppenheimer. <b><span style="color: red;">Upset: The Zone of Interest.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Live Action Short: Winner: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar. Upset: The After.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Documentary Short: <b><span style="color: red;">Winner: The Last Repair Shop. </span></b> Upset: The ABCs of Book Burning.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Best Animated Short: Winner: War Is Over Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko. Upset: Letter to a Pig.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">MTFB is predicting that TFF films will win five Oscars. </div><div style="text-align: left;">Poor Things (2): Cstumes and Production Design.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers (1): Best Supporting Actress</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Zone of Interest (1) Best International Feature</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Last Repair Shop (1): Best Documentary Short</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's my track record of predicting Oscar winners over the last several years:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>2023: 18/23 78.3% </div><div>2022: 21/23 91.3% </div><div>2021: 16/23 69.6% </div><div>2020: 19/24 79.2% </div><div>2019: 19/24 79.2% </div><div>2018: 21/24 87.5% </div><div>2017: 15/24 62.5% </div><div>2016: 15/24 62.5% </div><div>2015: 20/24 83.3% </div><div>2014: 22/24 91.7% </div><div><br /></div><div>That's 186/237 over the decade for a success rate at 78.5%.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>FINAL OSCAR PREDICTIONS FROM THE EXPERTS</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://variety.com/feature/2024-oscars-best-picture-predictions-1235612119/" target="_blank">Clayton Davis/Variety</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oscars-2024-predictions-who-will-win-should-win-1235843236/" target="_blank">Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/awards/predictions/2024-final-oscar-predictions-anne-thompson-1234960948/" target="_blank">Anne Thompson/Indiewire</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/oscars-2024-predictions-who-will-win-should-win-1235843236/" target="_blank">Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.awardsdaily.com/2024/03/07/2024-oscars-final-predictions-podcast/" target="_blank">Sasha Stone/Awards Daily Podcast</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://awardswatch.com/final-2024-oscar-predictions-best-picture/" target="_blank">Erik Anderson/Awards Watch</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://awardsradar.com/2024/03/08/awards-season-oscar-predictions-update-time-for-final-predictions-as-the-academy-will-reveal-all-their-oppenheimer-love/" target="_blank">Joey Magidson/Awards Radar</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.awardsdaily.com/2024/03/06/oscar-predictions-2024-good-as-golds-final-predictions-or-how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-predict-the-bomb/" target="_blank">Mark Johnson/Good as Gold</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://theplaylist.net/final-2024-oscars-predictions-oppenheimer-billie-eilish-emma-stone-20240308/" target="_blank">Gregory Ellwood/The Playlist</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://nextbestpicture.com/our-final-predictions-for-the-96th-academy-awards/" target="_blank">Next Best Picture</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.goldderby.com/awardshows/expert-predictions/oscars-winners-2024-predictions/sort/recent/" target="_blank">Gold Derby</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-36340832781705416732024-03-07T08:00:00.001-06:002024-03-07T08:00:00.132-06:00My TFF Saved / MTFB Oscar Update: The Penultimate Picks for the Final Seven Categories / Cannes Speculation Heating Up / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;">MY TFF SAVED</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXe3a09O_3ADAnX3djaemPe0_RKkzAn1xySuADZXSE1VfxknIb3R0Q195L3dx4CJsDnCoy9tzeNBVuK_3gyYYRNyHBTekdZI0maCZwwaeOgdkGjRoF3lhVdy7KFtpUK-qyXTKMpGAvP-d0-Ks59V8JJLfgMxb0CieZUhLR6g7PY4_bsmlwwWysm4_eiJw/s1136/SHOW%20lights.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1136" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXe3a09O_3ADAnX3djaemPe0_RKkzAn1xySuADZXSE1VfxknIb3R0Q195L3dx4CJsDnCoy9tzeNBVuK_3gyYYRNyHBTekdZI0maCZwwaeOgdkGjRoF3lhVdy7KFtpUK-qyXTKMpGAvP-d0-Ks59V8JJLfgMxb0CieZUhLR6g7PY4_bsmlwwWysm4_eiJw/s320/SHOW%20lights.PNG" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For those who have been following the saga of "no passes for the Patterson's for TFF #51", I am pleased to report that disaster has been averted. I can't get into what was involved but as of today's post it appears that MTFB will be physically at Telluride over Labor Day weekend complete with pass in hand.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My deepest appreciation for everyone who reached out with suggestions about how to resolve the issue. Your advice and friendship mean the world to me.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">See you in The Ride in late August/early September!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: THE PENULTIMATE PICKS FOR THE FINAL SEVEN</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDrvDmYkHvumKU2DGS2dhrMP-ColZq6yT576-hhNQsbRS_PtirFexQjHikEh9krQUqvsGSjv9odnNGAUCnVZ2nPC1bPBGQS76p1YGvLdylyQrk1TD87uOrzVBATkO9ZuwxFwbcogto9Zv9UUcORiqTP6yO-_kF0_ZKkNRm_CCMYsCUj1OivKPH1K3JY8/s299/oscar%205%20rows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiDrvDmYkHvumKU2DGS2dhrMP-ColZq6yT576-hhNQsbRS_PtirFexQjHikEh9krQUqvsGSjv9odnNGAUCnVZ2nPC1bPBGQS76p1YGvLdylyQrk1TD87uOrzVBATkO9ZuwxFwbcogto9Zv9UUcORiqTP6yO-_kF0_ZKkNRm_CCMYsCUj1OivKPH1K3JY8/s1600/oscar%205%20rows.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's your MTFB Update for the remining seven Oscar categories that I have not updated in this latest round of predictions. TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>COSTUMES</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVruMw33toLAp-8mPpmfyPzYEIrTQdN6kVITWnXQ5TrRumb3XXLyheCVxTrPPbbQ6CsB3sCFvJ2p-01H7dV6blPbL511WSfVWIFNPa6GdpP-e89JSZSiLnf9N5RYEzozxM4BrAVMakiY3PfIgD-w2Jw9HDu_ERig1LUpvEwcsUnJVKw2dLzhHjx0FneVo/s1829/poor%20things%20poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVruMw33toLAp-8mPpmfyPzYEIrTQdN6kVITWnXQ5TrRumb3XXLyheCVxTrPPbbQ6CsB3sCFvJ2p-01H7dV6blPbL511WSfVWIFNPa6GdpP-e89JSZSiLnf9N5RYEzozxM4BrAVMakiY3PfIgD-w2Jw9HDu_ERig1LUpvEwcsUnJVKw2dLzhHjx0FneVo/s320/poor%20things%20poster.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Poor Things (1)</span></b></div><div>2) Barbie (2)</div><div>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div>4) Oppenheimer (4)</div><div>5) Napoleon (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>MAKEUP/HAIR</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Maestro (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Oppenheimer (3)</div><div>4) Golda (4)</div><div>5) Society of the Snow (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>VISUAL EFFECTS</div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Creator (1)</div><div>2) Godzilla Minus One (2)</div><div>3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (3)</div><div>4) Napoleon (4)</div><div>5) Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>SOUND</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilK51Lusf5_f30GGkTvO8rgxFAk_wvFgFZ3x8HKcooode_gX9iKp3gkGdCPGyZYbuil6gp8Z158dRIS4ZO3DXDY2hsov1tTy0J8vQs-6234xis90o7npQt3D644UcEsLmRuq9URzKeY5qd1FrtFDPNUJmJhkRTcVXbQZzJpsDPLqhMWpN6qRvZ_AbZEmM/s251/poster%20vertical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilK51Lusf5_f30GGkTvO8rgxFAk_wvFgFZ3x8HKcooode_gX9iKp3gkGdCPGyZYbuil6gp8Z158dRIS4ZO3DXDY2hsov1tTy0J8vQs-6234xis90o7npQt3D644UcEsLmRuq9URzKeY5qd1FrtFDPNUJmJhkRTcVXbQZzJpsDPLqhMWpN6qRvZ_AbZEmM/s1600/poster%20vertical.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) The Zone of Interest (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Maestro (3)</div><div>4) The Creator (4)</div><div>5) Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>ANIMATED SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) War Is Over (1)</div><div>2) Letter to a Pig (2)</div><div>3) Ninety Five Senses (3)</div><div>4) Pachyderme (5)</div><div>5) Our Uniform (4)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>DOCUMENTARY SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) The Last Repair Shop (1)</span></b></div><div>2) The ABCs of Book Burning (2)</div><div>3) Nai Nai and Wai Po (3)</div><div>4) The Barber of Little Rock (4)</div><div>5) Island in Between (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>LIVE ACTION SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (1)</div><div>2) The After (2)</div><div>3) Red, White and Blue (3)</div><div>4) Knight of Fortune (5)</div><div>5) Invincible (4)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Comment: Very stable predictions over the past couple of weeks. Only two of these categories seem all but locked: Makeup/Hair and Animated Short. The rest are very, very competitive.</div><div><br /></div><div>Final Oscar predictions for all 23 categories will up on Sunday hours before the ceremony.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>CANNES SPECUALTION HEATING UP</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_h1Al2eDTKOKnzh2AyVYn9g8_7wwGxU7Y1-6m6pT-tUFbaybC5cUYvHm7zpC6eRPBfKSDDsm3EytBzb-vkVh1XphuN4NaZrfuRt0JDyPLPQ1tkLem3LG9QORWTbMHzYjT97njJjqwNvsSLKoaNbioVNnijpgBQznU3U9lZ9sldTQF-5ckeji35KbdIY/s750/Cannes-Film-Festival-Flag-750x400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="750" height="171" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif_h1Al2eDTKOKnzh2AyVYn9g8_7wwGxU7Y1-6m6pT-tUFbaybC5cUYvHm7zpC6eRPBfKSDDsm3EytBzb-vkVh1XphuN4NaZrfuRt0JDyPLPQ1tkLem3LG9QORWTbMHzYjT97njJjqwNvsSLKoaNbioVNnijpgBQznU3U9lZ9sldTQF-5ckeji35KbdIY/s320/Cannes-Film-Festival-Flag-750x400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Frequent readers of MTFB know that the Telluride Film Festival annually screens a substantial number of films that have screened at Cannes. If you're serious about trying to determine some of the films that will possibly make the TFF lineup, you have to pay attention to films that stop in France first.</div><div><br /></div><div>Last year, the films that screened both fests included: Anatomy of a Fall, Fallen Leaves, La Chimera, Occupied City, Perfect Days, The Taste of Things, and The Zone of Interest.</div><div><br /></div><div>So, I have been sifting through some pieces that are spitballing what may and may not be at Cannes that also seem to have the kind of pedigree to make the Labor Day trip to Colorado. Looking at posts from Variety, Deadline.com and World of Reel.</div><div><br /></div><div>Reportedly Cannes will announce the bulk of the 2024 lineup on April 11th.</div><div><br /></div><div>Variety speculates that the following films could be Cannes bound (and these are the ones that seem to have early TFF potential):</div><div><br /></div><div>Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez </div><div>Ali Abassi's The Apprentice</div><div>Paolo Sorrentino's Parenthope</div><div>Yorgos Lanthimos' Kinds of Kindness</div><div>Andrea Arnold's Bird</div><div>Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis</div><div><br /></div><div>Variety says that Steve McQueen's Blitz is off the table for Cannes.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deadline is in agreement with Variety in terms of Emilia Perez, Parenthope, Kinds of Kindness, Bird and Megalopolis. In addition to those they include a couple of other films that "feel" possible for Telluride: Balthazar Kormakur's Touch and Edward Berger's The Conclave.</div><div><br /></div><div>Deadline also concurs with Variety reporting the unlikelihood of Blitz playing Cannes and adds other doubtfuls (that could be TFF possibles): </div><div><br /></div><div>Clint Eastwood's Juror #2</div><div>Pablo Larrain's Maria</div><div>Paul Schrader's Oh Canada</div><div>Joshua Oppenheimer's The End</div><div>Mike Leigh's Hard Truths.</div><div><br /></div><div>And from World of Reel's constantly evolving list of Cannes possibilities that might also be TFF contenders...agreement on:</div><div><br /></div><div>Kinds of Kindness</div><div>Megalopolis</div><div>Bird</div><div>Emilia Perez</div><div>Parenthope</div><div>The Apprentice</div><div>Touch</div><div>The Conclave</div><div><br /></div><div>Three additional titles from WOR's list that I would include as TFF possibilties:</div><div><br /></div><div>Sean Baker's Anora</div><div>Julian Schnabel's In the Hands of Dante</div><div>Guy Maddin's Rumors</div><div><br /></div><div>So there's some titles to chew on.</div><div><br /></div><div>Links to each of the posts:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/global/cannes-2024-predictions-coppola-megalopolis-cronenberg-barry-keoghan-1235929149/" target="_blank">Variety</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://deadline.com/2024/02/cannes-film-festival-2024-movies-furiosa-george-miller-coppola-sorrentino-1235841515/" target="_blank">Deadline</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2024/2/29/p2rno1lk3nib73pp5i7fur944b3k68" target="_blank">World of Reel</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://nationalboardofreview.org/2024/03/qa-with-alexander-payne-and-david-hemingson/" target="_blank">Director Alexander Payne and Screenwriter David Hemingson for The Holdovers from The National Board of Review.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.desertsun.com/story/life/entertainment/movies/2024/03/02/oscar-nominated-zone-of-interest-sound-designer-calls-project-tough-palm-springs-film-festival/72698364007/" target="_blank">Sound Designer Johnnie Burn for The Zone of Interest from The Desert Sun.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-40716377517912680942024-03-04T08:00:00.017-06:002024-03-04T08:00:00.242-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: The Penultimate Middle Eight Predictions / The Satellite Awards and TFF / The Bikeriders Has a New Trailer / Pass Saga / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;"> MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: PENULTIMATE THE MIDDLE EIGHT PREDICTIONS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9I52p_0aYFuMD0rKZz46OFrwk1Lo5C1ZDnDrsYwK97JJXOL-SkFCPTkZQZd0eGAbgyhSw7-GWAXpQSDeRigexbbvopA2dK41FUShiG0AZYKorbtNgB-cC581cb8crRnY6R-A6DGqTiuc54-FNKSRN7NkANybAjz3uxKFF7BBwFQANAJgrl5hjUAaMw/s259/poster%20horizon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhok9I52p_0aYFuMD0rKZz46OFrwk1Lo5C1ZDnDrsYwK97JJXOL-SkFCPTkZQZd0eGAbgyhSw7-GWAXpQSDeRigexbbvopA2dK41FUShiG0AZYKorbtNgB-cC581cb8crRnY6R-A6DGqTiuc54-FNKSRN7NkANybAjz3uxKFF7BBwFQANAJgrl5hjUAaMw/s1600/poster%20horizon.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div><b style="color: red;"><br /></b></div><div><b style="color: red;">1) The Zone of Interest/United Kingdom (1)</b></div><div>2) Society of the Snow/Spain (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) The Teachers' Lounge/Germany (3)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Perfect Days/Japan (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Io Capitano/Italy (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE</div><div><br /></div><div>1) 20 Days in Mariupol (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Bobi Wine: The People's President (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Four Daughters (3)</div><div>4) The Eternal Memory (4)</div><div>5) To Kill a Tiger (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ANIMATED FEATURE</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (1)</div><div>2) The Boy and the Heron (2)</div><div>3) Elemental (3)</div><div>4) Nimona (4)</div><div>5) Robot Dreams (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ORIGINAL SONG</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhbbYuAElqcnNEJMDf0kagOyTN4q3HrnXkLfjWHey_Qa0HZCtPdrOSv2uMEBicm1rD5WdHNn2oP98tnjlwdIMEswZSYsAoGh5gFhALFqUOKuGntIjrm2YRi9WA7W2tkSQ7wiboz60_w-fRRIyI0ZRrXRLs8vXACc53htFJiHykC82EARj_9Bf7okTAMo/s319/american%20symphony.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="319" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdhbbYuAElqcnNEJMDf0kagOyTN4q3HrnXkLfjWHey_Qa0HZCtPdrOSv2uMEBicm1rD5WdHNn2oP98tnjlwdIMEswZSYsAoGh5gFhALFqUOKuGntIjrm2YRi9WA7W2tkSQ7wiboz60_w-fRRIyI0ZRrXRLs8vXACc53htFJiHykC82EARj_9Bf7okTAMo/s1600/american%20symphony.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) What Was I Made For?/Barbie (1)</div><div>2) I'm Just Ken/Barbie (2)</div><div>3) Whazhazhe/Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) It Never Went Away/American Symphony (3)</span></b></div><div>5) The Fire Inside/Flamin' Hot (5)</div><div><br /></div><div><div>ORIGINAL SCORE</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>4) American Fiction (4)</div><div>5) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (5)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>CINEMATOGRAPHY</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div>4) Maestro (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) El Conde (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>EDITING</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInlwdMYKjsjnZu3VjHvnAdF6ZBXiNd25F1BxQ7T8ptxt_3GHH_S_wvhHIkeJ2mP7A_db8tu4wTDpaUbX1Fzq3GLHe3V_zNFGac7a-S8nAddLUcAtJcoHfaJronkxNHzTFgDvSXswxchDBRjyfSjg9okllQCG7ybPNOIUz9FgWTpE-BE5xPMhKKvT33u4/s290/Anatomy%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="196" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiInlwdMYKjsjnZu3VjHvnAdF6ZBXiNd25F1BxQ7T8ptxt_3GHH_S_wvhHIkeJ2mP7A_db8tu4wTDpaUbX1Fzq3GLHe3V_zNFGac7a-S8nAddLUcAtJcoHfaJronkxNHzTFgDvSXswxchDBRjyfSjg9okllQCG7ybPNOIUz9FgWTpE-BE5xPMhKKvT33u4/s1600/Anatomy%20poster.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Anatomy of a Fall (3)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things (4)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Holdovers (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>PRODUCTION DESIGN</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div>2) Barbie (1)</div><div>3) Oppenheimer (3)</div><div>4) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>5) Napoleon (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Comment: Seven of the eight categories seem locked and have been consistent throughout the post-nomination period. Production Design is the only one of these eight that remains competitive. It's super-tight between Poor Things and Barbie. I've moved Poor Things to the top of the PD chart based on its BAFTA win but this category could go either way and is definitely one of a handful that will determine Oscar pool winners/losers.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>THE SATELLITE AWARDS AND TFF</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_oO8jActNvKd0xJc3iI9PKK_DITXiaYF-ZIHJqZIwUUI9dXJJeHyOb8cDLd6h2GcYurjBwqjVfyl40fnHyB1klKLCLoeoTfQqaaCHHo2VJFNL26EGEjILmeaffB5Q0Y5OfmGf4CRcCziqTlpd3UrzybRbKi6GzuO5JeAL9D7wubuogrE7PUy73VQrAc/s290/satellites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="290" height="174" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_oO8jActNvKd0xJc3iI9PKK_DITXiaYF-ZIHJqZIwUUI9dXJJeHyOb8cDLd6h2GcYurjBwqjVfyl40fnHyB1klKLCLoeoTfQqaaCHHo2VJFNL26EGEjILmeaffB5Q0Y5OfmGf4CRcCziqTlpd3UrzybRbKi6GzuO5JeAL9D7wubuogrE7PUy73VQrAc/s1600/satellites.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>The International Press Academy's Satellite Awards were revealed Sunday night. Three TFF films earned wins:</div><div><br /></div><div>The Holdovers (4): Best Film (Comedy or Musical), Best Actor (Comedy or Musical, Best Supporting Actress and Best Film Editing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Poor Things (2): Best Actress (Comedy or Musical), Best Supporting Actor (Ruffalo).</div><div><br /></div><div>The Zone of Interest (1): Best International Feature.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.pressacademy.com/2023-nominees/" target="_blank">The complete list of winners can be found here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>THE BIKERIDERS HAS A NEW TRAILER</div><div><br /></div><div>Focus Features released a second official trailer for Jeff Nichol's The Bikeriders. The film received mixed reviews out of TFF but I was rather enthusiastic about it. It stars Tom Hardy, Austin Butler and Jodie Comer who steals the movie. The film will be released on June 21st.</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's the new trailer from YouTube:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/BrSaVt5pvPk" width="320" youtube-src-id="BrSaVt5pvPk"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>PASS SAGA</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBXPfDQ7Ak5lqdJUtxaNaTL8KELR3FfW_gmTahMhIIT5zRMywTn9gfP-xs8RllQMi6-WpiUCuWw_Amcd7sbg0OulhFSRkdV4B_63YBlr5zM7Hlx1E79z2ooPAOkla49S3rSlVo63y2XSGOlDV5dJK8Bt9PwNvOlG8ZZY94BjYc6YnwbLP2V3oXyXzPjI/s828/2024%20passes.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="704" data-original-width="828" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBXPfDQ7Ak5lqdJUtxaNaTL8KELR3FfW_gmTahMhIIT5zRMywTn9gfP-xs8RllQMi6-WpiUCuWw_Amcd7sbg0OulhFSRkdV4B_63YBlr5zM7Hlx1E79z2ooPAOkla49S3rSlVo63y2XSGOlDV5dJK8Bt9PwNvOlG8ZZY94BjYc6YnwbLP2V3oXyXzPjI/s320/2024%20passes.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>503 Error Codes that popped up even before the passes for TFF #51 went up for sale and then a torturous process for actually getting the info to actually purchase passes resulted in the first ever situation where the Patterson's don't have passes for a TFF since the second year we attended (2007). And I know anecdotally that we weren't the only folks that experienced the same issue.</div><div><br /></div><div>I have communicated with the pass team and have another couple of angles I am exploring. We're not giving up yet, but Friday was massively frustrating and disheartening.</div><div><br /></div><div>I do want to pass along a big "thank you" to any number of MTFB readers who offered their services or suggestions in the effort to get the deed done on Friday as well as post-failure suggestions about resolving the situation.</div><div><br /></div><div>We have our lodging secured and will keep pursuing passes by other means for a bit anyway. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/jerskin-fendrix-poor-things-interview" target="_blank">Composer Jerskin Fendrix on Poor Things from A.Frame.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-46071560944881959962024-02-29T08:00:00.001-06:002024-02-29T08:00:00.126-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: The Big Eight Penultimate Predix / Carol Doda Has a Trailer / Interviews and Profiles<p>MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: THE BIG EIGHT</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix69zlVlrn54gaHNXiGrI8CgXhZ1Jv2Dfpm76YXdwUFQ_xqO1bVS2SuyVm6x2-fiT1q_rJi46lTsOVfIJlBi1IDIH4XIUweiQjhFnDHZvCRwNZ939ZJOHnr0gkiS6htwkcrEMnQ8s-ObAx5yd9vCB6jFJUavCOkMvAyrJqr7C-c-f50PbW0oDD8-h_828/s366/oscar%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="366" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix69zlVlrn54gaHNXiGrI8CgXhZ1Jv2Dfpm76YXdwUFQ_xqO1bVS2SuyVm6x2-fiT1q_rJi46lTsOVfIJlBi1IDIH4XIUweiQjhFnDHZvCRwNZ939ZJOHnr0gkiS6htwkcrEMnQ8s-ObAx5yd9vCB6jFJUavCOkMvAyrJqr7C-c-f50PbW0oDD8-h_828/s320/oscar%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We're down to less than three weeks before they open the envelopes on March 10th. Here's is my latest update on the predicted winners in the "Big Eight" of the 23 Oscar categories. Today's listing also includes a film/performers previous MTFB rank to the right in parentheses. TFF films are indicated in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></p><div>BEST PICTURE</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq-iKBnOydAdUb0e6Wj3TPg_GeFSOqZNlsOCC5oGYxoiJxYr-kYZWr7qSvcCT5gFIH6576It3DsYGh3-dFQv2Yl3jdKvncAKSsbDcBbBZiuD4yPeHxArX5g19oWS2VH2jIHZZ-KgtwvYK6CfLBoE1hNRizLrDVMTOu0tIgKksQiZe7TtfMsJE0YxAxAQ/s562/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirq-iKBnOydAdUb0e6Wj3TPg_GeFSOqZNlsOCC5oGYxoiJxYr-kYZWr7qSvcCT5gFIH6576It3DsYGh3-dFQv2Yl3jdKvncAKSsbDcBbBZiuD4yPeHxArX5g19oWS2VH2jIHZZ-KgtwvYK6CfLBoE1hNRizLrDVMTOu0tIgKksQiZe7TtfMsJE0YxAxAQ/s320/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) The Holdovers (3)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Anatomy of a Fall (6)</span></b></div><div>5) American Fiction (7)</div><div>6) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>7) Barbie (5)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">8) The Zone of Interest (8)</span></b></div><div>9) Maestro (9)</div><div>10) Past Lives (10)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST DIRECTION</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Martin Scorsese/Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest (4)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Justine Triet/Anatomy of a Fall (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ACTRESS</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Emma Stone/Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (3)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Annette Bening/Nyad (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ACTOR</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (1)</span></b></div><div>3) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (3)</div><div>4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Colman Domingo/Rustin (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiLuKfnMKeOfHu9Oy97FWHbe4zkg6Y302Gw12dprLzBJPwGvqbHQ4e4nBryIdV3ef78ybWohyi2GfIAj7WFeMYMaPAwpd-VWRn3mUMZaX80mSIW960QgM1YMfW0D370X0tzeA1eLMzVBxZMFTSJlLxLENhyphenhyphenqjulz3xGua4uDONZ4DAfnSk4Uvj5k1rCY/s310/da'vine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZiLuKfnMKeOfHu9Oy97FWHbe4zkg6Y302Gw12dprLzBJPwGvqbHQ4e4nBryIdV3ef78ybWohyi2GfIAj7WFeMYMaPAwpd-VWRn3mUMZaX80mSIW960QgM1YMfW0D370X0tzeA1eLMzVBxZMFTSJlLxLENhyphenhyphenqjulz3xGua4uDONZ4DAfnSk4Uvj5k1rCY/s1600/da'vine.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers (1)</span></b></div><div>2) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer (2)</div><div>3) America Ferrera/Barbie (4)</div><div>4) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Jodie Foster/Nyad (3)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Ryan Gosling/Barbie (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>4) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>5) Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</div><div><br /></div><div>1) American Fiction (3)</div><div>2) Barbie (2)</div><div>3) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things (4)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Zone of Interest (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Anatomy of a Fall (1)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) The Holdovers (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Past Lives (3)</div><div>4) Maestro (4)</div><div>5) May December (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Comment: Seem to be locked: Oppy for Best Picture, Nolan/Direction, Randolph/Supporting Actress, Downey for Supporting Actor and new to the "locked" category, Anatomy of a Fall for Original Screenplay. The Holdovers seems to have lost steam in the past couple of weeks in its bid for Original Screenplay.</div><div><br /></div><div>Too close to call: Lead Acting races between Lily Gladstone and Emma Stone as well as Cillian Murphy and Paul Giamatti. At the moment I am currently giving the edge to Gladstone and Murphy due to SAG Awards wins. Also to close to call is Adapted Screenplay. It has been a three horse race but American Fiction and Barbie seem to have created a little separation from Oppenheimer.</div><div><br /></div><div>Currently I have TFF films winning in two of these eight categories: Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers and Anatomy of a Fall for Original Screenplay.</div><div><br /></div><div>Final predictions for these categories will be posted on Oscar morning, March 10th in a special MTFB post.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;">CAROL DODA HAS A TRAILER</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIyWOSTKkqZZMu78PnwhuaJihV3JvHZQD9L832s3fHt5a5PtyKFOMz_THaqfLu8E9qvaHAhW96aT1G3ap3nRbXP39kL2rUncbVUn7m5znciokYkOvPlUlP5JBKqPygKm7xmbJH6CI1PnPaTAm2o0rTLRNxrfTKnfdGo_w83fxwiA2oMaWD3zN1FhrXjQ/s2048/DODA.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1382" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIyWOSTKkqZZMu78PnwhuaJihV3JvHZQD9L832s3fHt5a5PtyKFOMz_THaqfLu8E9qvaHAhW96aT1G3ap3nRbXP39kL2rUncbVUn7m5znciokYkOvPlUlP5JBKqPygKm7xmbJH6CI1PnPaTAm2o0rTLRNxrfTKnfdGo_w83fxwiA2oMaWD3zN1FhrXjQ/s320/DODA.webp" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Picturehouse has dropped a Red Band trailer for the TFF #50 Documentary Carol Doda: Topless at the Condor. That became available on Tuesday. Here it is from YouTube:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tTITyLpW9nI" width="320" youtube-src-id="tTITyLpW9nI"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.npr.org/2024/02/27/1197955846/its-been-a-minute-davine-joy-randolph-oscars-matriarch" target="_blank">Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers from NPR.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/poor-things-producer-ed-guiney-interview-yorgos-lanthimos-emma-stone-1235836304/" target="_blank">Producer Ed Guiney for Poor Things from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/the-zone-of-interest-producer-james-wilson-interview-1235836644/" target="_blank">Producer James Wilson for The Zone of Interest from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-11323810010841950062024-02-25T22:26:00.000-06:002024-02-25T22:26:42.214-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: The Final Seven / SAG Awards and TFF / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;"> MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: THE FINAL SEVEN</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkQOe9xzGTouqZI3c5HaNOdgLy7WXztOoefv9FaYMUTAoCMk5mxkSRjQRYyshNluSQ_tn3EYh_omzem-f3VeOb6AZrF2VydmxtfneVt-m20d7scJrG_5mufPFspllB-OmTFs7I8vcLLaXsLdajcpV5yYsC9z_f3PyMqiSbMRQZ7I_xC0Tvnk8owrZxCc/s259/oscar%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkQOe9xzGTouqZI3c5HaNOdgLy7WXztOoefv9FaYMUTAoCMk5mxkSRjQRYyshNluSQ_tn3EYh_omzem-f3VeOb6AZrF2VydmxtfneVt-m20d7scJrG_5mufPFspllB-OmTFs7I8vcLLaXsLdajcpV5yYsC9z_f3PyMqiSbMRQZ7I_xC0Tvnk8owrZxCc/s1600/oscar%203.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's your MTFB Update for the remining seven Oscar categories that I have not updated in this latest round of predictions. TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">COSTUMES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDtMZ8GLdgFs4KvGaSciHARwG5CYFoxHGLxEWl2egZJqU_z9CXH6X_o56gHHb0kUvqF5yzBl5IErOtLcQpkNsYr5Dp3HE8tpylq4LIpbN1hEh5FdktHn-ZW0SGxokVZMphjSOnsb_VNKX05_ngu_tJjoGSkGfupj5D3hzYmkby1Z8tCI0fZQQ6Q1Es7I/s1600/poor%20things%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDtMZ8GLdgFs4KvGaSciHARwG5CYFoxHGLxEWl2egZJqU_z9CXH6X_o56gHHb0kUvqF5yzBl5IErOtLcQpkNsYr5Dp3HE8tpylq4LIpbN1hEh5FdktHn-ZW0SGxokVZMphjSOnsb_VNKX05_ngu_tJjoGSkGfupj5D3hzYmkby1Z8tCI0fZQQ6Q1Es7I/s320/poor%20things%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1) Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Barbie</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Napoleon</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">MAKEUP/HAIR</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Maestro</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Golda</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Society of the Snow</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">VISUAL EFFECTS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) The Creator</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Godzilla Minus One</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 3</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Napoleon</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">SOUND</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dP8ugrGfNaw4EhvEb0gBaFE8o5MmZ3bmL_AbdbD5v6O8R5TKLMpWj7Y15zuEGW3YfpgyDagGB8g7ZThAvQjyq3Prof440VADiEyIo2sTO1Rjzr-m81Pxm8pAm5WcYMuKHTfW6a40yrFyWGxIaGWexClyqqfJz4d5653k-OYCV7FgHCOh7k1Wzchq9Q4/s259/poster%20horizon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_dP8ugrGfNaw4EhvEb0gBaFE8o5MmZ3bmL_AbdbD5v6O8R5TKLMpWj7Y15zuEGW3YfpgyDagGB8g7ZThAvQjyq3Prof440VADiEyIo2sTO1Rjzr-m81Pxm8pAm5WcYMuKHTfW6a40yrFyWGxIaGWexClyqqfJz4d5653k-OYCV7FgHCOh7k1Wzchq9Q4/s1600/poster%20horizon.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) The Zone of Interest</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Maestro</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) The Creator</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">ANIMATED SHORT</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) War Is Over</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Letter to a Pig</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Ninety Five Senses</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Our Uniform</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Pachyderme</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">DOCUMENTARY SHORT</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1) The Last Repair Shop</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">2) The ABCs of Book Burning</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Nai Nai and Wai Po</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) The Barber of Little Rock</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Island in Between</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comment: Almost all of these categories are competitive. Documentary Short is particularly tight between Last Repair Shop and ABCs of Book Burning with Nai Nai and Barber of Little Rock also possible. Costumes is also a very close category as Poor Things and Barbie appear to be duking it out in multiple craft categories.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As you can see from above MTFB predicts (for the moment) that TFF films Poor Things and The Last Repair Shop will win Oscars on March 10th. Across all 23 categories MTFB projects TFF films winning a total of six Oscars. In addition to the two listed above MTFB has The Holdovers winning two acting awards for Giamatti and Randolph. Anatomy of a Fall winning Original Screenplay and The Zone of Interest winning International Feature. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Additionally, Emma Stone could win over Lily Gladstone for Best Actress. The Holdovers could sub- out for Anatomy of a Fall for Original Screenplay. Poor Things could upend Barbie for Production Design.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Over the next three posts, I'll update each group (Big Eight, Middle Eight and Final Seven) one more time before final predictions on March 10th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">SAG AWARDS AND TFF</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdythddD4LkQPSkhrfOYrqVHx422xcluO_P03ZWQvXkKxSs68G_7lVGpnqdrl5g8sz7MUAedxt1cvi5hBgCUixQknsDkMZbVHpuexlv4jQNk1d7anTb0LVe8iD43yggTWlx-5kqhzLZm8oTllkqH000xZ_9y78wZjyaF2bAD5FK1ACvqTMJoh57KCzTQo/s171/sag%20logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="171" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdythddD4LkQPSkhrfOYrqVHx422xcluO_P03ZWQvXkKxSs68G_7lVGpnqdrl5g8sz7MUAedxt1cvi5hBgCUixQknsDkMZbVHpuexlv4jQNk1d7anTb0LVe8iD43yggTWlx-5kqhzLZm8oTllkqH000xZ_9y78wZjyaF2bAD5FK1ACvqTMJoh57KCzTQo/s1600/sag%20logo.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">TFF films had a tough night at the SAG Awards Saturday night as the only TFF winner was Da'Vine Joy Randolph for Best Supporting Actress for Alexander Payne's The Holdovers. Other TFF acting contenders that were thought to have a chance were edged out. Emma Stone from Poor Things was overtaken by Lily Gladstone for Killers of the Flower Moon and Cillian Murphy from Oppenheimer won over The Holdover's Paul Giamatti.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenheimer won the Best Performance by a Cast award setting the stage for a Big Night for the film on March 10th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/paul-giamatti-the-holdovers-oscars-interview" target="_blank">Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers from A.Frame.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2024/02/21/paul-giamatti-oscar-interview-holdovers/72629246007/" target="_blank">Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers from USA Today.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ew.com/the-awardist-paul-giamatti-the-holdovers-8598159" target="_blank">Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers from The Awardist/Entertainment Weekly.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/davine-joy-randolph-2024-hollywood-portfolio-interview" target="_blank">Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The holdovers from Vanity Fair.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/the-holdovers-producer-mark-johnson-best-picture-interview-1235830691/" target="_blank">Producer Mark Johnosn on The Holdovers from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/emma-stone-poor-things-interview" target="_blank">Emma Stone for Poor things from A.Frame.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-86619825934050391692024-02-22T09:17:00.001-06:002024-02-22T09:17:41.887-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: The Middle Eight / Daddio Has a Trailer / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;">MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: THE MIDDLE EIGHT</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTFrAGp4XGURjqR0kZuI4awXMHAY0dcyc73lXEbEgZT76c5oviuZ2uXGKDoiWQv0VilS8A_RTc_fM5Q2851F6Z4o-9ERE5h4GDeqzHdtHDmsVI2QhKsy-cHzkjTvoyhJUsMpGE8tLsd-zIP971-2wj-SJvUNIdIRG21dKE1McsBIYCXXXxuSPpVZY5YI/s146/oscar-single.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="146" data-original-width="56" height="146" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTFrAGp4XGURjqR0kZuI4awXMHAY0dcyc73lXEbEgZT76c5oviuZ2uXGKDoiWQv0VilS8A_RTc_fM5Q2851F6Z4o-9ERE5h4GDeqzHdtHDmsVI2QhKsy-cHzkjTvoyhJUsMpGE8tLsd-zIP971-2wj-SJvUNIdIRG21dKE1McsBIYCXXXxuSPpVZY5YI/s1600/oscar-single.jpg" width="56" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: red;"><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b style="color: red;">1) The Zone of Interest/United Kingdom (1)</b></div><div>2) Society of the Snow/Spain (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) The Teachers' Lounge/Germany (3)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Perfect Days/Japan (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Io Capitano/Italy (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40f9L1fz7slQBDuUUIkR8eSixZ2j8wdaSl5OTPMhTQWG-FWI5hwJyMLlvuBNy0GWI6Q1aZ7sf0BZ6F3lQyO-ZHVpkWqOkempgQEIL8YgjmjMDSDFgzXuwQ8zLF8D0a9xfX9HYLHIeUenXwidLx6XR6RBOuRrYgl-CboZeFFMHQQymx-aViWHjeb5Suuk/s259/bobi%20wine.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj40f9L1fz7slQBDuUUIkR8eSixZ2j8wdaSl5OTPMhTQWG-FWI5hwJyMLlvuBNy0GWI6Q1aZ7sf0BZ6F3lQyO-ZHVpkWqOkempgQEIL8YgjmjMDSDFgzXuwQ8zLF8D0a9xfX9HYLHIeUenXwidLx6XR6RBOuRrYgl-CboZeFFMHQQymx-aViWHjeb5Suuk/s1600/bobi%20wine.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) 20 Days in Mariupol (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Bobi Wine: The People's President (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Four Daughters (3)</div><div>4) The Eternal Memory (4)</div><div>5) To Kill a Tiger (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ANIMATED FEATURE</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (1)</div><div>2) The Boy and the Heron (2)</div><div>3) Elemental (3)</div><div>4) Nimona (4)</div><div>5) Robot Dreams (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ORIGINAL SONG</div><div><br /></div><div>1) What Was I Made For?/Barbie (1)</div><div>2) I'm Just Ken/Barbie (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) It Never Went Away/American Symphony (3)</span></b></div><div>4) Whazhazhe/Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>5) The Fire Inside/Flamin' Hot (5)</div><div><br /></div><div><div>ORIGINAL SCORE</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZszICMf9T8esWIBxq6yn-5d3BQCWMgzG_OSgC5K_TZsmDozhv4yM9JMIM_g-V8abOJfnHK-N7P2fARni_4VcsbWGw8X2Yo5GSkioR4yBPcNARBlfS-7YKL6419SrUZCm_p7dLnEGETugCm-mRnwiBCDDi7FKC6E-BnEM78dj8Fw2jIseLxD9yhhI3xk/s1829/poor%20things%20poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZszICMf9T8esWIBxq6yn-5d3BQCWMgzG_OSgC5K_TZsmDozhv4yM9JMIM_g-V8abOJfnHK-N7P2fARni_4VcsbWGw8X2Yo5GSkioR4yBPcNARBlfS-7YKL6419SrUZCm_p7dLnEGETugCm-mRnwiBCDDi7FKC6E-BnEM78dj8Fw2jIseLxD9yhhI3xk/s320/poor%20things%20poster.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>4) American Fiction (4)</div><div>5) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (5)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>CINEMATOGRAPHY</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div>4) Maestro (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) El Conde (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>EDITING</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Anatomy of a Fall (3)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things (4)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Holdovers (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>PRODUCTION DESIGN</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Barbie (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Oppenheimer (3)</div><div>4) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>5) Napoleon (5)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Comment: All eight of these categories remain virtually unchanged over the past couple of weeks. Among them only one seems to be truly competitive and that's Production Design. I wonder if Poor Things win at the BAFTAs on Sunday will move it ahead of Barbie when I predict these categories again on March 4th. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>DADDIO HAS A TEASER</div><div><br /></div><div>One of the more obscure films I saw at TFF #50 was Daddio starring Dakota Johnson and Sean Penn. I quite enjoyed the well-acted two hander. Now Sony Pictures Classics has dropped a teaser for the film. Here that is from YouTube:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ZauGeKc_NRs" width="320" youtube-src-id="ZauGeKc_NRs"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://awardsradar.com/2024/02/20/interview-discussing-the-surprising-success-of-anatomy-of-a-fall-with-oscar-nominees-sandra-huller-and-justine-triet/" target="_blank">Sandra Huller and Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall from Awards Radar.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/mark-ruffalo-poor-things-interview" target="_blank">Mark Ruffalo for Poor Things from AFrame.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.goldderby.com/feature/tony-mcnamara-poor-things-screenplay-video-interview-1205745539/" target="_blank">Screenwriter Tony McNamara for Poor Things from Gold Derby.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</div><div><br /></div><div><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-38697174186266249602024-02-19T08:00:00.011-06:002024-02-19T08:00:00.131-06:00One Million!!!!! / MTFB Oscar Update: The Big Eight / BAFTA and TFF / Interviews and Profiles<p>ONE MILLION!!!!!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_23map-i7FCZ0CG_Xb0UTdK_aDlT0QOyXGKM4yCbgfHj3Gwj4uvr7wu7JHhCTE2iTLDKIZOHb8xx1_d1kDzhamPH4AOcOz1BIwT0qrvB1kz9hhyphenhyphenVqyeUizRDWP-ZP4hQSliqyONrcSyrjo-Ym8CNvwnGRUGYR0ifF27xH8lGYv37hTFhJ6-5TUnVVVI/s1792/one%20million.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1792" data-original-width="828" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje_23map-i7FCZ0CG_Xb0UTdK_aDlT0QOyXGKM4yCbgfHj3Gwj4uvr7wu7JHhCTE2iTLDKIZOHb8xx1_d1kDzhamPH4AOcOz1BIwT0qrvB1kz9hhyphenhyphenVqyeUizRDWP-ZP4hQSliqyONrcSyrjo-Ym8CNvwnGRUGYR0ifF27xH8lGYv37hTFhJ6-5TUnVVVI/s320/one%20million.png" width="148" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Over the just-ended weekend MTFB recorded its one-millionth view. 1,000,000. That's insane for a little blog that is the "nicheiest" of niche blogs. I'll likely have a little more to say about the milestone in Thursday's post. </p><p>One Million...wow!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: THE BIG EIGHT</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l-0aW7X_GST_XOTyjCvdpFLE77jqQuiLj4gqyex-qlgOh80bUcrYDfuRq7vT6KmKJCcRPXvDTknQoMkXYMcO-2sQVPEqUxxIDvzsUzlhI2PzWT4wGdemXF8h38zhA0RV1p07PlA5kE4TfzG53z1Vyv0oYotsxrLGGEUkygHisNuYh6jvhgY2NcMe8Vs/s260/oscars%20multi.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="260" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4l-0aW7X_GST_XOTyjCvdpFLE77jqQuiLj4gqyex-qlgOh80bUcrYDfuRq7vT6KmKJCcRPXvDTknQoMkXYMcO-2sQVPEqUxxIDvzsUzlhI2PzWT4wGdemXF8h38zhA0RV1p07PlA5kE4TfzG53z1Vyv0oYotsxrLGGEUkygHisNuYh6jvhgY2NcMe8Vs/s1600/oscars%20multi.jpg" width="260" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>We're down to less than three weeks before they open the envelopes on March 10th. Here's is my latest update on the predicted winners in the "Big Eight" of the 23 Oscar categories. Today's listing also includes a film/performers previous MTFB rank to the right in parentheses. TFF films are indicated in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></p><div style="text-align: left;">BEST PICTURE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) The Holdovers (2)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Killers of the Flower Moon (6)</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Barbie (5)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">6) Anatomy of a Fall (7)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">7) American Fiction (4)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">8) The Zone of Interest (8)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">9) Maestro (9)</div><div style="text-align: left;">10) Past Lives (10)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST DIRECTION</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Martin Scorsese/Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">4) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest (5)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">5) Justine Triet/Anatomy of a Fall (4)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ACTRESS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (1)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) Emma Stone/Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (3)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">4) Annette Bening/Nyad (4)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (5)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ACTOR</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (1)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (2)</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (3)</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction (4)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">5) Colman Domingo/Rustin (5)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1) Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers (1)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer (2)</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple 95)</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) America Ferrera/Barbie (4)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">5) Jodie Foster/Nyad (3)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer (1)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Ryan Gosling/Barbie (2)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things (4)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction (5)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Oppenheimer (3)</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Barbie (1)</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) American Fiction (2)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things (4)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Zone of Interest (5)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1) Anatomy of a Fall (1)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) The Holdovers (2)</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Past Lives (3)</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Maestro (4)</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) May December (5)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">COMMENTS:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With less than three weeks to go and final Oscar voting starting on Thursday, four of these categories feel all but locked: Picture (Oppy), Director (Nolan/Oppy), Supporting Acting (Randolph/The Holdovers and Downey, Jr./Oppy).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The lead acting categories are very tight. Gladstone and Stone are neck and neck as far as I can tell. Giamatti and Murphy are also close. Adapted Screenplay appears to be a three horse race between Oppenheimer/Barbie/American Fiction. Original Screenplay is also close, though Anatomy of a Fall seems to have the edge at the moment. It will be interesting to see if the BAFTA (see below), SAG, PGA, Independent Spirit and WGA nomination results have moved the needle for any of these eight categories when we come back to them in the MTFB post on Feb. 29th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If I'm 100% accurate TFF films will win three of these categories on Oscar night: Actress, Actor and Original Screenplay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BAFTA AND TFF</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHQY8qBj-I2o44Y7FFFyTZpOKNTLeKdyjfUwxjkmtyj2k1nxrlSLLzlB7quTJK6L9GvYz-a0688SfFZUkI89LhWda_hUYr71Bn4-WigD2vD2SFOeXiUjQPbMthw0aXVu7BlWm55KbtmgxwkhEbmiP2Br744btxxx_oS-Z_Ht6BV0hI-zLMqp7mOa7aNM/s232/bafta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="180" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXHQY8qBj-I2o44Y7FFFyTZpOKNTLeKdyjfUwxjkmtyj2k1nxrlSLLzlB7quTJK6L9GvYz-a0688SfFZUkI89LhWda_hUYr71Bn4-WigD2vD2SFOeXiUjQPbMthw0aXVu7BlWm55KbtmgxwkhEbmiP2Br744btxxx_oS-Z_Ht6BV0hI-zLMqp7mOa7aNM/s1600/bafta.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenheimer had a great British evening on Sunday as the film led all others with seven BAFTA wins including Best Pic, Direction and Actor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But films that played TFF also did well in the Brits' estimation with 11 total wins on the night.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things was the #2 winner in total with five BAFTAs: Best Actress, Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair and Visual Effects.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jonathan Glazer's The Zone of Interest landed three BAFTAs: Best British Film, Best Film Not in the English Language and Sound.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And Alexander Payne's The Holdovers earned two BAFTAs for Best Supporting Actress and Best Casting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall was the other TFF film with BAFTA success getting the award for Best Original Screenplay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Both Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon missed winning any awards from BAFTA.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://ew.com/bafta-awards-2024-winners-list-8579342" target="_blank">Here's a complete list of BAFTA winners from Entertainment Weekly.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/actors/paul-giamatti-oscar-noms-sideways-snub-al-roker-1235901379/" target="_blank">Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers from Variety.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://deadline.com/video/davine-joy-randolph-video-interview-holdovers/" target="_blank">Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers from Deadline.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://deadline.com/video/holdovers-mark-johnson-video-interview/" target="_blank">Producer Mark Johnson for The Holdovers from Deadline.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div 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Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-22647107989007163852024-02-15T08:20:00.000-06:002024-02-15T08:20:34.530-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: Winner Predictions for the Shorts / What the Experts Are Saying: Part Four / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;">MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: WINNER PREDICTIONS FOR THE SHORTS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic-GsRjXVvJMTIctx9j5ARAnwjDBHCbAbCdJSLe86yEaoJOxCX-QYGr5Ocj4hfc6ceUiq4fc3AP2EsxEU3-Simc7tKTf7pUl4sWl-yolxNLV0h1Zwh0_0H2HU5OjMU_NiQeMdozH1LQ2GGv2DKnTQhMVT50FS8a6B61wgMW_BvsI1EpRyroVwU8N0w48/s256/Oscars%20in%20a%20Row.bmp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="256" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgic-GsRjXVvJMTIctx9j5ARAnwjDBHCbAbCdJSLe86yEaoJOxCX-QYGr5Ocj4hfc6ceUiq4fc3AP2EsxEU3-Simc7tKTf7pUl4sWl-yolxNLV0h1Zwh0_0H2HU5OjMU_NiQeMdozH1LQ2GGv2DKnTQhMVT50FS8a6B61wgMW_BvsI1EpRyroVwU8N0w48/s1600/Oscars%20in%20a%20Row.bmp" width="256" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In today's post I'm concluding my first "educated" set of predictions for who/what will win on Oscar night, March 10th. The focus for this post is initial projections for which films will win for Animated Short, Documentary Short and Live Action Short. As always TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span>BEST ANIMATED SHORT</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) War Is Over: Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko.</span></div><div><span>2) Letter to a Pig</span></div><div><span>3) Ninety-Five Senses</span></div><div><span>4) Our Uniform</span></div><div><span>5) Pachyderme</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu-HIitVFH5_vVPepczyJo5Sk4jhsYc6FnEsJsRUNDew45elKSfVcFqbgMx-RfhREH3Nm2Z5FUssWEV3AqFNAuf3UTaihRgCeGJCyK99EyDYTN73e7GgX2nDjDtqJ_VY_p7-lMljV0V98JGUKbzxy_wU33xeGhLopN24ovpN5OiPku3mSgqyDty-iELc/s300/The-Last-Repair-Shop-graphic.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="300" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIu-HIitVFH5_vVPepczyJo5Sk4jhsYc6FnEsJsRUNDew45elKSfVcFqbgMx-RfhREH3Nm2Z5FUssWEV3AqFNAuf3UTaihRgCeGJCyK99EyDYTN73e7GgX2nDjDtqJ_VY_p7-lMljV0V98JGUKbzxy_wU33xeGhLopN24ovpN5OiPku3mSgqyDty-iELc/s1600/The-Last-Repair-Shop-graphic.webp" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>1) The Last Repair Shop</b></span></div><div><span>2) The ABC's of Book Burning</span></div><div><span>3) Nai Nai and Wai Po</span></div><div><span>4) The Barber of Little Rock</span></div><div><span>5) Island in Between</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT</span></div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar</div><div>2) The After</div><div>3) Red, White and Blue</div><div>4) Invincible</div><div>5) Knight of Fortune</div><div><br /></div><div>Comment: Notoriously the three most difficult categories to predict. TFF only has one film nominated in any of these three categories and that is The Last Repair Shop which I have predicted currently as the winner for Best Doc Short.</div><div><br /></div><div>Now that I've gotten through all 23 categories I'll begin updating for the next two weeks. The the ultimate final set of predictions will come down on Sunday morning, March 9th in a special MTFB post.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING</div><div><br /></div><div>Today's double whammy of Oscar expertise comes from <a href="https://nextbestpicture.com/oscar-predictions-matt-neglia/" target="_blank">Matt Neglia at Next Best Picture</a> and <a href="https://www.awardsdaily.com/markjohnson/picture-good-as-gold/" target="_blank">Mark Johnson of Good as Gold</a> (housed at Awards Daily).</div><div><br /></div><div>Here's what Neglia currently has predicted:</div><div><br /></div><div>Oppenheimer (7): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Poor Things (4): Best Actress, Costumes, Makeup/Hair and Production Design.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Holdovers (2): Best Actor, Supporting Actress.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Single wins for:</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Anatomy of a Fall: Best Original Screenplay.</span></b></div><div>American Fiction: Best Adapted Screenplay.</div><div>Barbie: Best Song (What Was I Made for?).</div><div>Napoleon: Best Visual Effects.</div><div>Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature.</div><div>20 Days in Mariupol: Best Documentary Feature.</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest: Best International Feature.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Last Repair Shop: Best Documentary Short.</span></b></div><div>War Is Over: Best Animated Short</div><div>The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Best Live Action Short.</div><div><br /></div><div>Neglia has five TFF films winning a total of nine Oscars.</div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Meanwhile, Mark Johnson predicts as follows:</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div>Oppenheimer (8): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Poor Things (2): Best Actress and Costumes.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Holdovers (2): Best Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Barbie (2): Best Song (I'm Just Ken) and Production Design.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maestro (2): Best Actor and Makeup/Hair.</div><div><br /></div><div>Single wins for:</div><div>Napoleon: Best Visual Effects.</div><div><div>Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature.</div><div>20 Days in Mariupol: Best Documentary Feature.</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest: Best International Feature.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Last Repair Shop: Best Documentary Short.</span></b></div><div>War Is Over: Best Animated Short</div><div>The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Best Live Action Short.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Johnson has four TFF winning a total of six Oscars.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlSslNcolzPuAL52ZYBVV2wx9IuSNWLTb5PR1s6Gqj-lpQJXuY3B_zvKS3Wf7LY8HekaI1fEH0mvfn0I05JfJDuYGq3o3y23xtU98Gu8MosI9hWfKwBHBwcT_UY2RGtGuw3cZVEpOBY8rq2YN62RM-VeRCBqZ0szeg8UTpi23KzQ_jWDIpO7paoifH5s/s224/oscars%20behind%20glass.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="224" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlSslNcolzPuAL52ZYBVV2wx9IuSNWLTb5PR1s6Gqj-lpQJXuY3B_zvKS3Wf7LY8HekaI1fEH0mvfn0I05JfJDuYGq3o3y23xtU98Gu8MosI9hWfKwBHBwcT_UY2RGtGuw3cZVEpOBY8rq2YN62RM-VeRCBqZ0szeg8UTpi23KzQ_jWDIpO7paoifH5s/s1600/oscars%20behind%20glass.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>In this post I'm continuing my first "educated" set of predictions for who/what will win on Oscar night, March 10th. The focus for this post is initial projections for which films will win for Makeup/Hair, Costumes, Visual Effects and Sound. As always TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span>MAKEUP/HAIR</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) Maestro</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>2) Poor Things</b></span></div><div><span>3) Oppenheimer</span></div><div><span>4) Golda</span></div><div><span>5) Society of the Snow</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>COSTUMES</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1Nwp63kzO7iyioNgeMRYOKfpxkxYWOv0NC02x0r4YiAirGgfyz7r4r-n1EnvvI5CBtN3r2H-6NE1ef_YivyJYHaPqs40NEalXWd-VqNWDnQJoEyu_qjSz9WJhV-WJOkxtrLJhVb5XT7fPpMw65eRA56xSDaix9ems9dnx9i1BKJbk1y5mYIcU8O6mLc/s681/0YLpt67-421-e1682688445510.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="383" data-original-width="681" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1Nwp63kzO7iyioNgeMRYOKfpxkxYWOv0NC02x0r4YiAirGgfyz7r4r-n1EnvvI5CBtN3r2H-6NE1ef_YivyJYHaPqs40NEalXWd-VqNWDnQJoEyu_qjSz9WJhV-WJOkxtrLJhVb5XT7fPpMw65eRA56xSDaix9ems9dnx9i1BKJbk1y5mYIcU8O6mLc/s320/0YLpt67-421-e1682688445510.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) Barbie</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>2) Poor Things</b></span></div><div><span>3) Killers of the Flower Moon</span></div><div><span>4) Oppenheimer</span></div><div><span>5) Napoleon</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>VISUAL EFFECTS</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) The Creator</span></div><div><span>2) Godzilla Minus One</span></div><div><span>3) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3</span></div><div><span>4) Napoleon</span></div><div><span>5) Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>SOUND</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPA-hYsAUYqtPs1se1ubQhlsrBtfCUOBLAcwizOLgluhvg-8m_A4Em5NyLDy7Kghi3BUKHkvzbq_qxOthm3dbbYRm0_9I3YBnOc3riUvlAQS6NIKW1KjBlR2wZiSEdXJBy-Sxju-4xaQntXOvo1gkTE3pc68vg7ADe1o0augnypuuO4O8Hm1wNDlxahLg/s1057/zone%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="1057" height="128" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPA-hYsAUYqtPs1se1ubQhlsrBtfCUOBLAcwizOLgluhvg-8m_A4Em5NyLDy7Kghi3BUKHkvzbq_qxOthm3dbbYRm0_9I3YBnOc3riUvlAQS6NIKW1KjBlR2wZiSEdXJBy-Sxju-4xaQntXOvo1gkTE3pc68vg7ADe1o0augnypuuO4O8Hm1wNDlxahLg/s320/zone%202.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) Oppenheimer</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>2) The Zone of Interest</b></span></div><div><span>3) Maestro</span></div><div><span>4) The Creator</span></div><div><span>5) Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Comment: Oppenheimer is massively favored for the Sound Oscar. each of the other three categories are competitive at some level. For Makeup/Hair Maestro is in solid shape but Poor Things shouldn't be counted out just yet. Costume Design is a very competitive race between Barbie and Poor Things and though I have The Creator at the top of the Visual Effects category, at the moment any of the top four seem to have a shot at the trophy on March 10th.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>TFF films are currently not predicted to win in any of these four categories.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Thursday, a look at the Shorts categories.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div>WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING: PART THREE</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_j8R1XkBCb9VanArJOqYpaM8Q_ejfIEjPjIFt_ZMsgdO4YbyYQVkpArW7trjSLq_B4w58Y1lZ4U4w07PvJjEseUq8KxAiWYAq_hhV-_vShF13RvBFb3t5lZ5FOiP3mFzoFMC88libS-X81wevlerUCjL31Q7rdGlkb449q9_G7coJ4OdjgnOPxb3dxz0/s262/expert.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="262" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_j8R1XkBCb9VanArJOqYpaM8Q_ejfIEjPjIFt_ZMsgdO4YbyYQVkpArW7trjSLq_B4w58Y1lZ4U4w07PvJjEseUq8KxAiWYAq_hhV-_vShF13RvBFb3t5lZ5FOiP3mFzoFMC88libS-X81wevlerUCjL31Q7rdGlkb449q9_G7coJ4OdjgnOPxb3dxz0/s1600/expert.png" width="262" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>I've decided for each post between now and the Oscars to share where some of the top Oscarologists are in terms of predicting the 23 category winners. Today I'm sharing the publicly posted current predictions from Sasha Stone of Awards Daily and Anne Thompson of Indiewire (via her posted predictions at Gold Derby). As with my own predictions above, TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><span>Here's how Sasha has the winners predicted: </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Oppenheimer (7): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Barbie (4): Best Adapted Screenplay, Production Design, Costumes and Song (I'm Just Ken).</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>The Holdovers (3): Best Actor, Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay.</b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div></div><div><span>Films with single Oscar wins:</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Killers of the Flower Moon: Best Actress.</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>The Zone of Interest: </b></span><b style="color: red;">Best International Feature.</b></div><div><span>20 Days in Mariupol: Best Documentary.</span></div><div>Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature.</div><div>Maestro: Best Makeup/Hair.</div><div>The Creator: Best Visual Effects.</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Last Repair Shop: Best Documentary Short.</span></b></div><div>War Is Over: Best Animated Short.</div><div>The After: Best Live Action Short.</div><div><br /></div><div>Stone has three TFF films winning a total of five Oscars. Stone also has 11 time nominee Poor Things going home empty-handed on Oscar night.</div><div><br /></div><div>Meanwhile, Indiewire's Anne Thompson has it this way:</div><div><br /></div><div>Oppenheimer (8): Best Picture, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</div><div><br /></div><div>Barbie (3): Adapted Screenplay, Production Design and Song (What Was I Made For?)</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Poor Things (2): Best Actress and Costumes</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Films with single Oscar wins:</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Holdovers: Best Supporting Actress.</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">Anatomy of a Fall: Best Original Screenplay.</span></b></div><div>Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature.</div><div>The Eternal Memory: Best Documentary.</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest: Best International Feature.</span></b></div><div>Godzilla Minus One: Best Visual Effects.</div><div>Maestro: Best Makeup/Hair</div><div>Letter to a Pig: Best Animated Short.</div><div>The ABCs of Book Burning: Best Documentary Short.</div><div>The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Best Live Action Short.</div><div><br /></div><div>Thompson has four TFF films picking up a total of five trophies.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>TRAILERS AND CLIPS</div><div><br /></div><div>U.S. Trailer for La Chimaera from NEON and YouTube:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/TkIC8YI9-eU" width="320" youtube-src-id="TkIC8YI9-eU"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Clip from Wim Wenders' Oscar nominated Perfect Days:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ob-A4IX1IXI" width="320" youtube-src-id="ob-A4IX1IXI"></iframe></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.popcultureconfidential.com/387-creating-the-sounds-of-evil-the-zone-of-interest-sound-designer-johnnie-burn-poor-things/" target="_blank">Sound Designer Johnny Burn for The Zone of Interest from the Pop Culture Confidential Podcast.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-91629827941650370102024-02-08T06:57:00.001-06:002024-02-11T09:20:49.568-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: Score, Cinematography, Editing and Production Design / What the Experts Are Saying: Part Two / The London Film Critics Circle and TFF / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;">MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: WINNERS FOR SCORE, CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING AND PRODUCTION DESIGN</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxUN79-VtCKAVRXsVWIDrbjud8gAK6otnonEnOhxtqT0QyWe60kvXcIHNZ3dLG5vx15IJcih7TxCqbg3KkRpmtyIbtVxZ5zsnI2Lzy8B6ZhMO32wOGl5tP-gYzAkzAZ9wXEXoV3IatgskvORIMbdxFJt-ocwCqiERZvmt-TWfEqA1Su0oJJjqExhgP1E/s300/oscar%20side%20view%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxUN79-VtCKAVRXsVWIDrbjud8gAK6otnonEnOhxtqT0QyWe60kvXcIHNZ3dLG5vx15IJcih7TxCqbg3KkRpmtyIbtVxZ5zsnI2Lzy8B6ZhMO32wOGl5tP-gYzAkzAZ9wXEXoV3IatgskvORIMbdxFJt-ocwCqiERZvmt-TWfEqA1Su0oJJjqExhgP1E/s1600/oscar%20side%20view%202.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In this post I'm continuing my first "educated" set of predictions for who/what will win on Oscar night, March 10th. The focus for this post is initial projections for which films will win for Score, Cinematography, Editing and Production Design.. As always TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">ORIGINAL SCORE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">4) American Fiction</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">CINEMATOGRAPHY</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZMPZKmpJUJR0OKHCFoxw4Ewt-nKVN2wVXocTVq3fMLTaXuDr75OclCMXJpl-MRZW7UP8Gw_9YdJB-OjvVB5r48j7ihVXB5tXxCUjh0gHH4gbxXa7iN8c5kzLDA0WHE5fLFHZiI2tn9p228ciNOdK9k4cOqEL4rKznMMiwBvvFfJNS1bJMnpthiwwBHk/s800/Poor-Things.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="800" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNZMPZKmpJUJR0OKHCFoxw4Ewt-nKVN2wVXocTVq3fMLTaXuDr75OclCMXJpl-MRZW7UP8Gw_9YdJB-OjvVB5r48j7ihVXB5tXxCUjh0gHH4gbxXa7iN8c5kzLDA0WHE5fLFHZiI2tn9p228ciNOdK9k4cOqEL4rKznMMiwBvvFfJNS1bJMnpthiwwBHk/s320/Poor-Things.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Maestro</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">5) El Conde</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">EDITING</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) Anatomy of a Fall</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Holdovers</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">PRODUCTION DESIGN</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Barbie</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Napoleon</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comment: I'm currently predicting that Oppenheimer wins three of the four categories from today's list with Barbie picking up the fourth category. TFF films' best chances are with Poor Things in Production Design.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next Monday...winner predictions for Visual effects, Sound, Costumes and Makeup/Hair.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING: PART TWO</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWPKIs1CrFEWSEos0_xJ7mQLGzWkKBFwEftQ3Iq3lpOGsq3JeuluaSNkA3Bfy1LUx9awCmK230rwHc5FUuWlJqfkfYejAm1IfT8ekSk6UsuFktZb7R0B489gJITMkO4dcC5IdM5TARddc9FUpPyh0T0w5G6jUML86n-vC4QiPZJcEphkeR1V08s6jDAs/s262/expert.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="192" data-original-width="262" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWPKIs1CrFEWSEos0_xJ7mQLGzWkKBFwEftQ3Iq3lpOGsq3JeuluaSNkA3Bfy1LUx9awCmK230rwHc5FUuWlJqfkfYejAm1IfT8ekSk6UsuFktZb7R0B489gJITMkO4dcC5IdM5TARddc9FUpPyh0T0w5G6jUML86n-vC4QiPZJcEphkeR1V08s6jDAs/s1600/expert.png" width="262" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've decided for each post between now and the Oscars to share where some of the top Oscarologists are in terms of predicting the 23 category winners. Today I'm sharing the publicly posted current predictions from Erik Anderson of Awards Watch and Joey Magidson of Awards Radar. as with my predictions above, TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>From Erik Anderson/Awards Watch:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Oppenheimer (7): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Barbie (4): Best Adapted Screenplay, Costume, Production Design and Song (What Was I Made For?).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>The Holdovers (2): Best Actor and Supporting Actress.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">Films with single Oscar wins:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Killers of the Flower Moon: Best Actress.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Anatomy of a Fall: Best Original Screenplay.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest: Best International Feature.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature</div><div style="text-align: left;">20 Days in Mariupol; Best Documentary Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Maestro: Best Makeup/Hair</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Creator: Best Visual Effects.</div><div style="text-align: left;">War Is Over: Best Animated Short</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nai Nai and Wai Po: Best Documentary Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Best Live Action Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Three TFF films will win a total of four Oscars should Anderson be 100% accurate.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">And from Joey Magidson of Awards Radar:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenheimer (7): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Barbie (3): Best Adapted Screenplay, Costumes and Song (What Was I Made For?).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Holdovers (2): Best Actor and Supporting Actress</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Poor Things (2): Production Design and Makeup/Hair.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Films with single Oscar wins:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Killers of the Flower Moon: Best Actress.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Anatomy of a Fall: Best Original Screenplay.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest: Best International Feature.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;">20 Days in Mariupol: Best Documentary Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Creator: Best Visual Effects.</div><div style="text-align: left;">War Is Over: Best Animated Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Last Repair Shop: Best Documentary Short.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Best Live Action Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If Magidson is spot on then five TFF films win a total of seven Oscars.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">THE LONDON FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AND TFF</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaJU1jwVrfOtMx4Blm5uDt5e-MBRIHU96qHF9RNZ5HvYrw_f9YGJNWp2XjcppFtaFwFfd159zatBE8yDJOOrirKkLDLLrAJzLe5mHKJcH5KBChEmJIDXQ_6nmeXKo9an76ayPHxTChevp6rhNtdTDimoxev9cIbf-Q7ocHTnmR4hGyq1AXkR-d7-5bns/s225/London%20Film%20CC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGaJU1jwVrfOtMx4Blm5uDt5e-MBRIHU96qHF9RNZ5HvYrw_f9YGJNWp2XjcppFtaFwFfd159zatBE8yDJOOrirKkLDLLrAJzLe5mHKJcH5KBChEmJIDXQ_6nmeXKo9an76ayPHxTChevp6rhNtdTDimoxev9cIbf-Q7ocHTnmR4hGyq1AXkR-d7-5bns/s1600/London%20Film%20CC.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The London Film Critics Circle announced their winners for cinema achievement last weekend. In total, five TFF films/performers earned nine LFCC honors lead by The Zone of Interest with three. Here's the rundown:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Zone of Interest (3): Film of the Year, Director of the Year and the LFCC Technical Achievement Award.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All of Us Strangers (3): Actor of the Year (Scott), British/Irish Film of the Year and British/Irish Performer of the Year (Mescal).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anatomy of a Fall (1): Screenwriters of the Year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Poor Things (1): Actress of the Year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers (1): Supporting Actress of the Year.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In addition, the LFCC recognized Rustin's Colman Domingo with the Derek Malcolm Award for Innovation.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The complete set of winners was reported by Next Best Picture. <a href="https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-london-film-critics-circle-lfcc-winners/" target="_blank">That is linked here.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/poor-things-house-frankenstein-production-design-1234936529/" target="_blank">Behind the Scenes of the Production Design for Poor Things from Indiewire.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.filmlinc.org/films/the-taste-of-things/" target="_blank">Director Tran Anh Hung for The Taste of Things from the Film at Lincoln Center Podcast.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-68706943053832309972024-02-05T08:00:00.003-06:002024-02-06T08:20:05.381-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: International, Documentary and Animated Features and Song / What the Experts Are Saying / Interviews and Profiles: Scott, Mescal, Glazer and More<p>MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: INTERNATIONAL, DOCUMENTARY, ANIMEATED FEATURES AND SONG</p><p><br /></p><p>In this post I'm continuing my first "educated" set of predictions for who/what will win on Oscar night, March 10th. The focus for this post is initial projections for the International. Documentary, and Animated Feature races as well Best Original Song. As always TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></p><p><span>BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz3fUDMcKp3K3bNMf29J_lqLsHjZJR2XxGDtZitEGRBLjA2fGJqBixgFDVLLXVd1rdCt-oe-UY8E1Qi1NZpktebe8Hrg00KHvST8Szgsi2pkjtrZrUWU5YNlnU7ThQdzmTUAEZm5Jnu1ZCgr62NXtBWO-_l5Pg3eckxXKWVErezXKxcfCjueWmqZRKLQ/s251/poster%20vertical.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz3fUDMcKp3K3bNMf29J_lqLsHjZJR2XxGDtZitEGRBLjA2fGJqBixgFDVLLXVd1rdCt-oe-UY8E1Qi1NZpktebe8Hrg00KHvST8Szgsi2pkjtrZrUWU5YNlnU7ThQdzmTUAEZm5Jnu1ZCgr62NXtBWO-_l5Pg3eckxXKWVErezXKxcfCjueWmqZRKLQ/s1600/poster%20vertical.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span><p></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><b>1) The Zone of Interest/United Kingdom</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Society of the Snow/Spain</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) The Teachers' Lounge/Germany</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">4) Perfect Days/Japan</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Io Capitano/Italy</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) 20 Days in Mariupol</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) Bobi Wine: The People's President</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Four Daughters</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) The Eternal Memory</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) To Kill a Tiger</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ANIMATED FEATURE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) The Boy and the Heron</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Elemental</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Nimona</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Robot Dreams</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ORIGINAL SONG</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwTYLNaespdfUtDXnQpTLmhks9XquSraO8a_WyNJLeh5apz8FTE2ZK_RINwiCkkwhq82vojGUd-dIuPRDzYJBhgKDpMti583YxyElz8r1XtroobglqvVkwjQUvsc9AsqnzVCTWvqRsF_AEoOWvE7YGVDoVxgRbJ3qnrAIx0bng8b2G833swn2ei2apdc/s319/american%20symphony.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="319" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgwTYLNaespdfUtDXnQpTLmhks9XquSraO8a_WyNJLeh5apz8FTE2ZK_RINwiCkkwhq82vojGUd-dIuPRDzYJBhgKDpMti583YxyElz8r1XtroobglqvVkwjQUvsc9AsqnzVCTWvqRsF_AEoOWvE7YGVDoVxgRbJ3qnrAIx0bng8b2G833swn2ei2apdc/s1600/american%20symphony.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) What Was I Made For?/Barbie</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) I'm Just Ken/Barbie</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) It Never Went Away/American Symphony</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Whazhazhe/Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) The Fire Inside/Flamin' Hot</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comment: Of the five TFF nominees from this group of categories only The Zone of Interest looks like a winner. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At the moment the closest of these four categories looks to be Original Song where the two tunes from Barbie appear to be slugging it out. It does beg the question of whether the two songs might split enough votes that something else sneaks in for the win.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">WHAT THE EXPERTS ARE SAYING</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I've decided for each post between now and the Oscars to share where some of the top Oscarologists are in terms of predicting the 23 category winners. Today I'm sharing the publicly posted current predictions from Variety's Clayton Davis and The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg. as with my predictions above, TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTrYfj1D9fc2x5nU-Eb0Wv63Nf8SaGyrNjbiBcpiOMHxDYNG_0qGdNnED8cRMsqRoxmtSbVZ3LG6ndGzJ6pcChAVqYF4by3aS6OiYDdMnrJWO06soCRS2IsYvGaLOy4Ty7kN6Yy3f9sJahejR3e1zZhzbLQnO-cJErta-bzE2xwBA_oJ4mRL9p5LqiOg/s378/variety.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="133" data-original-width="378" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWTrYfj1D9fc2x5nU-Eb0Wv63Nf8SaGyrNjbiBcpiOMHxDYNG_0qGdNnED8cRMsqRoxmtSbVZ3LG6ndGzJ6pcChAVqYF4by3aS6OiYDdMnrJWO06soCRS2IsYvGaLOy4Ty7kN6Yy3f9sJahejR3e1zZhzbLQnO-cJErta-bzE2xwBA_oJ4mRL9p5LqiOg/s320/variety.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">From Clayton Davis...the current predictions have Oppenheimer winning eight Oscars.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenheimer (8): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Holdovers (2): Best Actor and Supporting Actress.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Poor Things (2): Production Design and Costumes.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Single wins for:</div><div style="text-align: left;">Killers of the Flower Moon: Best Actress.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Barbie: Best Song (What Was I Made For?)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Anatomy of a Fall: Best Original Screenplay.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest: Best International Feature.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;">20 Days in Mariupol: Best Documentary Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Maestro: Best Makeup/Hair.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Creator: Best Visual Effects.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Last Repair Shop: Best Documentary Short.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Letter to a Pig: Best Animated Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Best Live Action Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If Clayton nails it, TFF films snag seven Oscar wins.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><a href="https://variety.com/lists/2024-oscar-predictions/" target="_blank">Here's the link to Clayton's predictions.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKtkFYgyyYig_d6mq3ji8s80Kf5RgP30de_shennsnv_dtonEkzaCkM_fYlLEdssweKhDl77XH7IolbyqD5c3ZzTjkTDg1XaVOqZgQRucXHF7Xw88LBH8k0EGrPBVbcx3UHhbkZuMRhe6SyhMbwB_nk0Ls86FPomD2jUlh5lhgzXqIZvKukfl8n5NU0Q/s200/thr%20logo%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="113" data-original-width="200" height="113" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWKtkFYgyyYig_d6mq3ji8s80Kf5RgP30de_shennsnv_dtonEkzaCkM_fYlLEdssweKhDl77XH7IolbyqD5c3ZzTjkTDg1XaVOqZgQRucXHF7Xw88LBH8k0EGrPBVbcx3UHhbkZuMRhe6SyhMbwB_nk0Ls86FPomD2jUlh5lhgzXqIZvKukfl8n5NU0Q/s1600/thr%20logo%202.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, Scott Feinberg at The Hollywood Reporter is currently predicting the same category wins for Oppenheimer that Davis has.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenheimer (8): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay. Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Holdovers (3): Best Actor, Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Barbie (3): Costumes, Song (What Was I Made For?), and Production Design.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Single wins for:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Poor Things: Best Actress.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest: Best International Feature.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Best Animated Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">Bobi Wine: The People's President: Best Documentary Feature.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">Maestro: Best Makeup/Hair.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3: Best Visual Effects.</div><div style="text-align: left;">War Is Over: Best Animated Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The ABC's of Book Burning: Best Documentary Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar: Best Live Action Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If Feinberg is 100% accurate, TFF films earn six Oscar wins.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/2024-oscar-winners-predictions-post-nominations-1235805136/" target="_blank">Here's the link to Scott's predictions.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INETRVIEWS AND PROFILES: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtmfE9QNctw" target="_blank">Behind the scenes of Poor Things from On the red Carpet via YouTube.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goldderby.com/feature/jerskin-fendrix-poor-things-composer-video-interview-1205716471/" target="_blank">Composer Jerskin Fendrix for Poor Things from Gold Derby.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/A24/status/1753438822577160529" target="_blank">Writer/Director Jonathan Glazer behind the scenes of The Zone of Interest from A24 on X.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.goldderby.com/feature/james-wilson-the-zone-of-interest-producer-video-interview-1205718633/" target="_blank">Producer James Wilson on The Zone of Interest from Gold Derby.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div 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ACTING AND SCREENPLAYS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiLQqSqYTQ0cOKufBTuxAJJlb_iCW1mtDV_XgPgR150ArTWVVSKWV5k2mT1-Hwf94i0iT01d8rHBYz84O6ncgyMdrTHufckOqEr_Lj9FXh85sOh0PsCZgGiA6wVm6iEGgGJhLz-qjbzdLMKy1HDI3Pyz2pzW-Nz1J0gz5a5U29L9GZpjv1SIMZPLSlzU/s928/Oscar%20outdoors.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="523" data-original-width="928" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPiLQqSqYTQ0cOKufBTuxAJJlb_iCW1mtDV_XgPgR150ArTWVVSKWV5k2mT1-Hwf94i0iT01d8rHBYz84O6ncgyMdrTHufckOqEr_Lj9FXh85sOh0PsCZgGiA6wVm6iEGgGJhLz-qjbzdLMKy1HDI3Pyz2pzW-Nz1J0gz5a5U29L9GZpjv1SIMZPLSlzU/s320/Oscar%20outdoors.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Today I'm continuing my first "educated" set of predictions for who/what will win on Oscar night, March 10th. The focus for this post is initial projections for the Supporting Acting and Screenplay races. As always TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBGPXBvD2E5e5qxUctk0o3a64iWbEYqeu6diOtgH3LB6zv5uBgIDn1Viz2sxc4k07gmIchKubdvExe3z3xANdQfafn0wnRLoUyUJePps-pne52A24IyGLPPf86p4euV9n-x3DQxdYPTQlGHUUD8a0vBH6e2ZrmibVPNW3EQMNHG8B_8CmxRMLEFqYCM0/s310/da'vine.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="163" data-original-width="310" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiBGPXBvD2E5e5qxUctk0o3a64iWbEYqeu6diOtgH3LB6zv5uBgIDn1Viz2sxc4k07gmIchKubdvExe3z3xANdQfafn0wnRLoUyUJePps-pne52A24IyGLPPf86p4euV9n-x3DQxdYPTQlGHUUD8a0vBH6e2ZrmibVPNW3EQMNHG8B_8CmxRMLEFqYCM0/s1600/da'vine.jpg" width="310" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1) Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3) Jodie Foster/Nyad</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">4) America Ferrera/Barbie</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comment: Randolph is the prohibitive favorite.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) Ryan Gosling/Barbie</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">4) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">5) Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comment: I'm a bit surprised at how bid the Downey, Jr. sentiment seems to be. I would have thought that this was a close race between he and Gosling but the early buzz is almost as strong for Downey, Jr. as Randolph has for Supporting Actress.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">1) Barbie</div><div style="text-align: left;">2) American Fiction</div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Oppenheimer</div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Zone of Interest</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comment: A very tight race between the top three and, as a result, a category that could be determinative for a lot of Oscar pools.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYql72ZlyMqfAIILnB7qZjQ2-vAaskRZVPizv95GCvqZfAdI95qo60plYuC3wCEwreQ2E57fZGVbJeN82bGYRrcVXZIaFd8ig7n0i3Z3Sn-cVMFlAFk-BLxkkyVecob1uofn5T8wUoaI1dilFmidmbL0BlaqiUABD3CgkiEVU3nQX6IP-lDu6El9vjSL4/s290/Anatomy%20poster.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="290" data-original-width="196" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYql72ZlyMqfAIILnB7qZjQ2-vAaskRZVPizv95GCvqZfAdI95qo60plYuC3wCEwreQ2E57fZGVbJeN82bGYRrcVXZIaFd8ig7n0i3Z3Sn-cVMFlAFk-BLxkkyVecob1uofn5T8wUoaI1dilFmidmbL0BlaqiUABD3CgkiEVU3nQX6IP-lDu6El9vjSL4/s1600/Anatomy%20poster.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1) Anatomy of a Fall</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2) The Holdovers</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;">3) Past Lives</div><div style="text-align: left;">4) Maestro</div><div style="text-align: left;">5) May December</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comment: A two horse race between Anatomy and Holdovers that Anatomy seems to be leading at the moment.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Overall, from these four categories it looks likely that TFF films will pick up wins in two categories: Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">ITERVIEWS AND PROFILES:LANTHIMOS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/yorgos-lanthimos-emma-stone-mark-ruffalo-poor-things-bfi-1235810187/" target="_blank">Yorgos Lanthimos on Poor Things from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-48866667737553768542024-01-29T08:00:00.002-06:002024-01-29T08:00:00.142-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: Picture, Direction and Lead Acting / Clip from Totem / Interviews and Profiles<p>MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: FIRST WINNER PREDICTIONS: PICTURE, DIRECTION, LEAD ACTING</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq3rou0jbU271iW0tNGMCpP7_WW8lA7idtyLMITRhM57gCgBWcuyBW2QIHTqR87cSb1te9-h0VDUB3fgI9ihcIXa2gnrEvU_Rw89n8IyN97V-51J3MaCfMw_BONvULbYqtNtwZKNpudONA9mgkaN1YRAFSU1vCbrl2DK_LvP3IrwWW7CZ-YtkAxtVKYA/s337/oscar%20on%20shelves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="150" data-original-width="337" height="142" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRq3rou0jbU271iW0tNGMCpP7_WW8lA7idtyLMITRhM57gCgBWcuyBW2QIHTqR87cSb1te9-h0VDUB3fgI9ihcIXa2gnrEvU_Rw89n8IyN97V-51J3MaCfMw_BONvULbYqtNtwZKNpudONA9mgkaN1YRAFSU1vCbrl2DK_LvP3IrwWW7CZ-YtkAxtVKYA/s320/oscar%20on%20shelves.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">Here's my first "educated" set of predictions for who/what will win on Oscar night, March 10th. TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BEST PICTURE</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0JJ39hP4JMpKWorkDN-6VfaB8Drv_HPf0-zPzRFXinA0ZCjmCcv-YsnOBJLCKSqbrGH3iAI7gRTGvvxVCHbkkqs7dfiVE373jO8H_kspZ7QyiRKF0qmxrRME_iQhxUUxbIwapu3B59wIqxdvFe5bzmMhdgGXcIwieCv6aGGtZy0KCGMCEHU8rmahSAg/s275/download.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="275" data-original-width="183" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_0JJ39hP4JMpKWorkDN-6VfaB8Drv_HPf0-zPzRFXinA0ZCjmCcv-YsnOBJLCKSqbrGH3iAI7gRTGvvxVCHbkkqs7dfiVE373jO8H_kspZ7QyiRKF0qmxrRME_iQhxUUxbIwapu3B59wIqxdvFe5bzmMhdgGXcIwieCv6aGGtZy0KCGMCEHU8rmahSAg/s1600/download.png" width="183" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>1) Oppenheimer</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">2) The Holdovers</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">3) Poor Things</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>4) American Fiction</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>5) Barbie</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>6) Killers of the Flower Moon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">7) Anatomy of a Fall</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">8) The Zone of Interest</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>9) Maestro</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>10) Past Lives</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Comment: It looks like, as has seemed true for months, that Best Picture is Oppenheimer's to lose. I had thought that if The Holdovers could have gotten nominations for Payne, Sessa and Editing that we might have a real race. With that scenario not coming to fruition it doesn't feel like any film is going to catch Oppy.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>BEST DIRECTION</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">2) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>3) Martin Scorsese/Killers of the flower Moon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">4) Justine Triet/Anatomy of a Fall</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">5) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Comment: If anything, Nolan has a tighter grip on this Oscar than Oppy has on Best Picture.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>BEST ACTRESS</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAcPVyWocKXoR3EmwKQEXOQjysmFtfpICrXLg2tPT1z_1QrV1a4gbg6hYl77ypHRjFktY6KyK-Sn6aa0B_Iyq9Bakn25SLwhphVrKKGAMQA1ronvo8Ew7bn_YkzuN5XCxTi3BzMmzn-mUm1UxPqyvKXA-F9mxM8nEIMrPKGyh2mQSEB_KLu6Ygl6stU/s562/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJfAcPVyWocKXoR3EmwKQEXOQjysmFtfpICrXLg2tPT1z_1QrV1a4gbg6hYl77ypHRjFktY6KyK-Sn6aa0B_Iyq9Bakn25SLwhphVrKKGAMQA1ronvo8Ew7bn_YkzuN5XCxTi3BzMmzn-mUm1UxPqyvKXA-F9mxM8nEIMrPKGyh2mQSEB_KLu6Ygl6stU/s320/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">2) Emma Stone/Poor Things</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">3) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">4) Annette Bening/Nyad</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>5) Carey Mulligan/Maestro</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Comment: Where Best and Direction seem foregone conclusions, this race is, at the moment, a barn-burner. It really could go either way. For the moment I gave Gladstone winning by the slimmest of margins.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>BEST ACTOR</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">1) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>2) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>3) Bradley Cooper/Maestro</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><b><span style="color: red;">5) Colman Domingo/Rustin</span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span>Comment: Giamatti is looking strong but Murphy is certainly still in play.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;">TFF films with 12 nominations in theses six categories and a projected win for Best Actor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Next post: Supporting Acting and Screenplays. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">CLIP FROM TOTEM</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Janus Films has released a clip from Mexico's entry for Oscar's International Feature award. Totem, however, did not make the list of five nominees announced last week. Here's the clip from YouTube:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SXQEpR2nlxs" width="320" youtube-src-id="SXQEpR2nlxs"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Writer/Director Lila Aviles for Totem from Inocinema.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"> </div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-1973117867365661932024-01-25T08:00:00.003-06:002024-02-07T23:03:52.287-06:00Oscar #96 and Telluride / Interviews and Profiles: Emma Stone, Paul Giamatti and More<p>OSCAR #96 AND TELLURIDE</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mk35m9ks2qT1myVMjf4J1ZVOfsbqnN0N-mnuTX92EMysAMK_g9X_R8OlZcqi0U3fdi0Z-hhTSJFYaaKSGSRHgygZn6GWXmZh5VOyNWle3ceoNwVs_HY2gUuCvve2j8Laq6Vvsg3ePYfct3vPGVSpqZJmsmw3Q540AHKHRHVoWh5B1sWOKzArpTCm94I/s300/oscar%2096.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1mk35m9ks2qT1myVMjf4J1ZVOfsbqnN0N-mnuTX92EMysAMK_g9X_R8OlZcqi0U3fdi0Z-hhTSJFYaaKSGSRHgygZn6GWXmZh5VOyNWle3ceoNwVs_HY2gUuCvve2j8Laq6Vvsg3ePYfct3vPGVSpqZJmsmw3Q540AHKHRHVoWh5B1sWOKzArpTCm94I/s1600/oscar%2096.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">TFF films earned 35 nominations for Academy Awards on Tuesday morning. I had predicted 35 total nominations on Monday. Of course, the 35 I predicted weren't exactly the 35 that actually came up. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">For example, I had Poor Things listed for 13 and it landed 11. I had the film getting nominated for Best Supporting Actor twice but Willem Dafoe didn't make the cut. I also had it being nominated for Best Visual Effects.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Another example: I had Alexander Payne getting named as one of the five Best Directors. Nope.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">But other TFF films over-performed. Anatomy of a Fall, which I predicted for three nominations, scored a Best Direction nomination for Justine Triet and another for Best Editing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nyad's Annette Bening's Best Actress nomination was one more than I had predicted.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">As I mentioned in Tuesday's Special Oscar Nomination post, I went 91 for 120 on the predictions. That's a rate of 75.8% which is a couple of points below my five year average. Still, checking on the predictions from the experts that participate in Gold Derby's poll, I would have been 6th among the 28 referenced there bettering participants from Variety, Deadline, Awards Daily and Gold Derby itself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My best categories, where I named all the nominees in a category, were Best Picture (10/10), Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay and Best Costumes (all 5/5).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">More worst category: Best Documentary Feature where I got just two out of the five.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In the "close but no cigar" predictions, there were six categories wherein the film I had listed as first alternate made the nomination lineup: Jonathan Glazer for Direction, Annette Bening for Actress, The Eternal Memory for Doc Feature, Anatomy of a Fall for Editing, Society of the Snow for Makeup/Hair and Knight of Fortune for Live Action Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Now it's on to predicting the actual Oscar winners which will be announced on March 10th. The early thinking is that Oppenheimer is going to have a big night and could approach an Oscar haul approaching Slumdog Millionaire's (eight Oscars) from 2009. It is certainly the frontrunner for Best Picture. It's biggest challenge probably is from Poor Things or The Holdovers. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Actually, had The Holdovers picked nominations for Direction and Supporting Actor, I might think it had a fighting chance at the Green Book/CODA-like upset. Absent those noms, though...probably not.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">My first completely intuitive picks for Oscar night have the wins going like this:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenheimer: Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Sound for a total of eight. It could be more as Cillian Murphy is a viable possibility for Best Actor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers: Actor, Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Barbie: Song, Production Design and Costumes.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Poor Things: Actress. It's also very competitive for Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Single wins for:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Zone of Interest: International Feature</div><div style="text-align: left;">20 Days in Mariupol: Documentary Feature</div><div style="text-align: left;">Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse: Animated Feature</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Creator: Visual Effects</div><div style="text-align: left;">Maestro: Makeup/Hair</div><div style="text-align: left;">Letter to a Pig: Animated Short</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Wonderful Life of Henry Sugar: Live Action Short</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Last Repair Shop: Documentary Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">If I'm right, TFF films will emerge with six trophies on Oscar night but will, once again, not have screened the Best Picture Oscar winner. The last TFF film to win Best Picture was Parasite in 2020.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">At first blush, I have Killers of the Flower Moon not winning any Oscar, although Lily Gladstone is very, very viable to beat Emma Stone for Best Actress. Does KOTFM avoid the fate of Scorsese's The Irishman which was also nominated for 10 Oscars and left the 2020 Oscars empty-handed?</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll have my first "real" predictions for Oscar winners on Monday beginning with Best Picture, Direction and the Lead Acting categories.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVegHMe-L_cDKYGNy9US6FzqcDH77mlYiMoK_c2hAr_uIEy86abjnCvoA6fErflcJPy0cN7Zp9dwkQUCrJVeqEE9khHR-rdNJ_rZs6ZfcV9_9K-MXVXy2EEtrYPClpe8W_24419ZvA8XXXRPsPY8vr9uCGEotCEb3KBy7_UQD8AqsmhsiYxNodAgk_5M/s339/visitations.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" 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ANNOUNCED</p><p>Here are your 2024 Oscar nominees:</p><p>Oppenheimer leads all films with 13 nominations.</p><div style="text-align: left;"><div>Best Picture</div><div>AMERICAN FICTION</div><div>Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>ANATOMY OF A FALL</div><div>Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>BARBIE</div><div>David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>THE HOLDOVERS</div><div>Mark Johnson, Producer</div><div><br /></div><div>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>MAESTRO</div><div>Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>PAST LIVES</div><div>David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers</div><div><br /></div><div>THE ZONE OF INTEREST</div><div>James Wilson, Producer</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Actor in a Leading Role</div><div>Bradley Cooper in MAESTRO</div><div><br /></div><div>Colman Domingo in RUSTIN</div><div><br /></div><div>Paul Giamatti in THE HOLDOVERS</div><div><br /></div><div>Cillian Murphy in OPPENHEIMER</div><div><br /></div><div>Jeffrey Wright in AMERICAN FICTION</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Actor in a Supporting Role</div><div>Sterling K. Brown in AMERICAN FICTION</div><div><br /></div><div>Robert De Niro in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div><br /></div><div>Robert Downey Jr. in OPPENHEIMER</div><div><br /></div><div>Ryan Gosling in BARBIE</div><div><br /></div><div>Mark Ruffalo in POOR THINGS</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Actress in a Leading Role</div><div>Annette Bening in NYAD</div><div><br /></div><div>Lily Gladstone in KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div><br /></div><div>Sandra Hüller in ANATOMY OF A FALL</div><div><br /></div><div>Carey Mulligan in MAESTRO</div><div><br /></div><div>Emma Stone in POOR THINGS</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Actress in a Supporting Role</div><div>Emily Blunt in OPPENHEIMER</div><div><br /></div><div>Danielle Brooks in THE COLOR PURPLE</div><div><br /></div><div>America Ferrera in BARBIE</div><div><br /></div><div>Jodie Foster in NYAD</div><div><br /></div><div>Da'Vine Joy Randolph in THE HOLDOVERS</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Animated Feature Film</div><div>THE BOY AND THE HERON</div><div>Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki</div><div><br /></div><div>ELEMENTAL</div><div>Peter Sohn and Denise Ream</div><div><br /></div><div>NIMONA</div><div>Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary</div><div><br /></div><div>ROBOT DREAMS</div><div>Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia DÃaz</div><div><br /></div><div>SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE</div><div>Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Cinematography</div><div>EL CONDE</div><div>Edward Lachman</div><div><br /></div><div>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Rodrigo Prieto</div><div><br /></div><div>MAESTRO</div><div>Matthew Libatique</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Hoyte van Hoytema</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Robbie Ryan</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Costume Design</div><div>BARBIE</div><div>Jacqueline Durran</div><div><br /></div><div>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Jacqueline West</div><div><br /></div><div>NAPOLEON</div><div>Janty Yates and Dave Crossman</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Ellen Mirojnick</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Holly Waddington</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Directing</div><div>ANATOMY OF A FALL</div><div>Justine Triet</div><div><br /></div><div>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Martin Scorsese</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Christopher Nolan</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Yorgos Lanthimos</div><div><br /></div><div>THE ZONE OF INTEREST</div><div>Jonathan Glazer</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Documentary Feature Film</div><div>BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE'S PRESIDENT</div><div>Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek</div><div><br /></div><div>THE ETERNAL MEMORY</div><div>Nominees to be determined</div><div><br /></div><div>FOUR DAUGHTERS</div><div>Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha</div><div><br /></div><div>TO KILL A TIGER</div><div>Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim</div><div><br /></div><div>20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL</div><div>Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Documentary Short Film</div><div>THE ABCS OF BOOK BANNING</div><div>Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic</div><div><br /></div><div>THE BARBER OF LITTLE ROCK</div><div>John Hoffman and Christine Turner</div><div><br /></div><div>ISLAND IN BETWEEN</div><div>S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien</div><div><br /></div><div>THE LAST REPAIR SHOP</div><div>Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers</div><div><br /></div><div>NÇŽI NAI & Wà I Pó</div><div>Sean Wang and Sam Davis</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Film Editing</div><div>ANATOMY OF A FALL</div><div>Laurent Sénéchal</div><div><br /></div><div>THE HOLDOVERS</div><div>Kevin Tent</div><div><br /></div><div>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Thelma Schoonmaker</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Jennifer Lame</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Yorgos Mavropsaridis</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>International Feature Film</div><div>IO CAPITANO</div><div>Italy</div><div><br /></div><div>PERFECT DAYS</div><div>Japan</div><div><br /></div><div>SOCIETY OF THE SNOW</div><div>Spain</div><div><br /></div><div>THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE</div><div>Germany</div><div><br /></div><div>THE ZONE OF INTEREST</div><div>United Kingdom</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Makeup and Hairstyling</div><div>GOLDA</div><div>Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue</div><div><br /></div><div>MAESTRO</div><div>Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori McCoy-Bell</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Luisa Abel</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston</div><div><br /></div><div>SOCIETY OF THE SNOW</div><div>Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martà and Montse Ribé</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Music (Original Score)</div><div>AMERICAN FICTION</div><div>Laura Karpman</div><div><br /></div><div>INDIANA JONES AND THE DIAL OF DESTINY</div><div>John Williams</div><div><br /></div><div>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Robbie Robertson</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Ludwig Göransson</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Jerskin Fendrix</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Music (Original Song)</div><div>"The Fire Inside" from FLAMIN' HOT</div><div>Music and Lyric by Diane Warren</div><div><br /></div><div>"I'm Just Ken" from BARBIE</div><div>Music and Lyric by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt</div><div><br /></div><div>"It Never Went Away" from AMERICAN SYMPHONY</div><div>Music and Lyric by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson</div><div><br /></div><div>"Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)" from KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Music and Lyric by Scott George</div><div><br /></div><div>"What Was I Made For?" from BARBIE</div><div>Music and Lyric by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Production Design</div><div>BARBIE</div><div>Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer</div><div><br /></div><div>KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON</div><div>Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis</div><div><br /></div><div>NAPOLEON</div><div>Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Short Film (Animated)</div><div>LETTER TO A PIG</div><div>Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter</div><div><br /></div><div>NINETY-FIVE SENSES</div><div>Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess</div><div><br /></div><div>OUR UNIFORM</div><div>Yegane Moghaddam</div><div><br /></div><div>PACHYDERME</div><div>Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius</div><div><br /></div><div>WAR IS OVER! INSPIRED BY THE MUSIC OF JOHN & YOKO</div><div>Dave Mullins and Brad Booker</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Short Film (Live Action)</div><div>THE AFTER</div><div>Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham</div><div><br /></div><div>INVINCIBLE</div><div>Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron</div><div><br /></div><div>KNIGHT OF FORTUNE</div><div>Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk</div><div><br /></div><div>RED, WHITE AND BLUE</div><div>Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane</div><div><br /></div><div>THE WONDERFUL STORY OF HENRY SUGAR</div><div>Wes Anderson and Steven Rales</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Sound</div><div>THE CREATOR</div><div>Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic</div><div><br /></div><div>MAESTRO</div><div>Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic</div><div><br /></div><div>MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE</div><div>Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell</div><div><br /></div><div>THE ZONE OF INTEREST</div><div>Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Visual Effects</div><div>THE CREATOR</div><div>Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts and Neil Corbould</div><div><br /></div><div>GODZILLA MINUS ONE</div><div>Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima</div><div><br /></div><div>GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 3</div><div>Stephane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams and Theo Bialek</div><div><br /></div><div>MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - DEAD RECKONING PART ONE</div><div>Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland and Neil Corbould</div><div><br /></div><div>NAPOLEON</div><div>Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco and Neil Corbould</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Writing (Adapted Screenplay)</div><div>AMERICAN FICTION</div><div>Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson</div><div><br /></div><div>BARBIE</div><div>Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach</div><div><br /></div><div>OPPENHEIMER</div><div>Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan</div><div><br /></div><div>POOR THINGS</div><div>Screenplay by Tony McNamara</div><div><br /></div><div>THE ZONE OF INTEREST</div><div>Written by Jonathan Glazer</div><div>________________________________________</div><div>Writing (Original Screenplay)</div><div>ANATOMY OF A FALL</div><div>Screenplay - Justine Triet and Arthur Harari</div><div><br /></div><div>THE HOLDOVERS</div><div>Written by David Hemingson</div><div><br /></div><div>MAESTRO</div><div>Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer</div><div><br /></div><div>MAY DECEMBER</div><div>Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik</div><div><br /></div><div>PAST LIVES</div><div>Written by Celine Song</div><div><br /></div></div><p><br /></p><p>TFF OSCAR NOMINEES</p><p>Poor Things (11): Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Supporting Actor (Ruffalo), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair.</p><p>The Holdovers (5): Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Editing.</p><p>Anatomy of a Fall (5): Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Original Screenplay and Editing.</p><p>The Zone of Interest (5) Best Picture, Direction, International Feature, Adapted Screenplay and Sound.</p><p>Nyad (2): Best Actress, Supporting Actress.</p><div style="text-align: left;">Single nominations for:</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Teachers' Lounge: Best International Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Perfect Days: Best International Feature.</div><div style="text-align: left;">El Conde: Best Cinematography.</div><div style="text-align: left;">American Symphony: Best Original Song.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Rustin: Best Actor</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bobi Wine: The People's President: Best Documentary.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Last Repair Shop: Best Documentary Short.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">TFF films land a total of 35 nominations.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">MORE ON THURSDAY</div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-61857983366834712912024-01-22T08:00:00.001-06:002024-01-22T08:00:00.135-06:00MTFB Final Oscar Nomination Update / Notes on Oscar #96 /The Oscar Experts Final Predictions<div style="text-align: left;">MTFB FINAL OSCAR NOMINATION UPDATE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Welp. here there are; my final Oscar nomination predictions before tomorrow morning's announcement.. General notes: Oppenheimer is the favorite to win and win big on Oscar night. The Holdovers and Saltburn seem to surging. May December seems to have faded and The Color Purple and Origin never seemed to catch fire.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I'll have a special post up tomorrow after the nominations are announced with the full list and probably a comment or two.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><div>BEST PICTURE</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) The Holdovers (5)</span></b></div><div>3) Barbie (2)</div><div>4) Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Poor Things (4)</span></b></div><div>6) American Fiction (6)</div><div>7) Maestro (7)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">8) Anatomy of a Fall (9)</span></b></div><div><span>8) Past Lives (8)</span></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">10) The Zone of Interest (10)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Saltburn,</span></b> The Color Purple, <b><span style="color: red;">All of Us Strangers</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST DIRECTION</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Martin Scorsese/Killer of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div>3) Greta Gerwig /Barbie (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Alexander Payne/The Holdovers (-)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest, Justine Triet/Anatomy of a Fall </span></b>and Bradley Cooper/Maestro<span>.</span></div><div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ACTRESS</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Emma Stone/Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div>2) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower of Moon (1)</div><div>3) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Margot Robbie/Barbie (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Annette Bening/Nyad, </span><span>Greta Lee/Past Lives </span>and Fantasia Barrino/The Color Purple.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ACTOR</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (2)</span></b></div><div><div>2) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (3)</div><div>3) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (1)</div><div>4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Colman Domingo/Rustin (-)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Leonardo DiCaprio/Killers of the Flower Moon, <b><span style="color: red;"><span><span>Andrew Scott/All of Us Strangers </span>and Barry Keoghan/Saltburn.</span></span></b></div></div></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers (1)</span></b></div><div>2) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer (3)</div><div>3) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple (2)</div><div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Jodie Foster/Nyad (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Penelope Cruz/Ferrari (-)</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Julianne Moore/May December, <b style="color: red;">Sandra Huller/The Zone of Interest, </b>America Ferrera/Barbie and <b><span style="color: red;">Rosamund Pike/Saltburn</span></b><span>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer (2)</div><div>2) Ryan Gosling (1)</div><div>3) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Willem Dafoe/Poor Things (-)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Dominic Sessa/The Holdovers</span></b>, Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction and Charles Melton/May December.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</div><div><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">1) The Holdovers (1)</span></div><div><div><span>2) Past Lives (2)</span></div><div><span><b><span style="color: red;">3) Anatomy of a Fall (3)</span></b></span></div><div><span>4) May December (4)</span></div><div>5) Maestro (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Saltburn, </span><span>Air and The Boy and the Heron. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Barbie (4)</div><div>3) American Fiction (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div><span>5) Killers of the Flower Moon (5)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">All of Us Strangers</span></b>, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">The Zone of Interest, </span><span>and Origin</span>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><p>BEST DOCUMENTARY </p></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) American Symphony (1)</span></b></div><div>2) 20 Days in Mariupol (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Beyond Utopia (3)</span></b></div><div>4) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (4)</div><div>5) Four Daughters (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: The Eternal Memory, 32 Sounds and <b><span style="color: red;">Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE</div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) The Zone of Interest (1)</span></b></div><div><span>2) Society of the Snow (2)</span></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) The Taste of Things (3)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) The Teachers' Lounge (4)</span></b></div><div>5) 20 Days in Mariupol (-)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Fallen Leaves, </span></b><span style="color: red;"><b>Perfect Days </b></span>and <b><span style="color: red;">Totem</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (1)</div><div>2) The Boy and the Heron (2)</div><div>3) Elemental (3)</div><div>4) Nimona (4)</div><div>5) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Suzume, Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget and Wish.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span>CINEMATOGRAPHY</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><span>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>3) Poor Things (3)</b></span></div><div><span>4) Maestro (4)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>5) The Zone of Interest (5)</b></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Saltburn,</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">El Conde</span></b> and Barbie.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span>FILM EDITING</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div><span>4) Barbie (4)</span></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Holdovers (5)</span></b></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Anatomy of a Fall, </span><span>Maestro</span> and <b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest.</span></b></span></div></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div>BEST ORIGINAL SONG</div><div><div><br /></div><div>1) What Was I Made For/Barbie (1)</div><div>2) I'm Just Ken/Barbie (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Road to Freedom/Rustin (3)</span></b></div><div>4) The Fire Inside/Flamin' Hot (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5)</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">It Never Went Away/American Symphony (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Dance the Night Away/Barbie, Can't Catch me Now/The Hunger Games and Superpower (I)/The Color Purple.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST SCORE</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div><b style="color: red;">3) Poor Things (3)</b></div><div>4) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Zone of Interest (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Society of the Snow, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and The Boy and the Heron.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN</div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div>1) Barbie (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div><span>3) Oppenheimer (3)</span></div><div>4) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>5) Maestro (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Asteroid City, Napoleon and <b><span style="color: red;">The Zone of Interest.</span></b></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span>VISUAL EFFECTS</span></div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Creator (1)</div><div><span>2) Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (3)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>3) Poor Things (2)</b></span></div><div><span>4) </span>Society of the Snow (5)</div><div>5) Godzilla Minus One (4)</div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Spiderman Across the Spider-Verse, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>SOUND</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><span>2) Maestro (2)</span></div><div><span>3) Ferrari (3)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>4) The Zone of Interest (4)</b></span></div><div><span>5) Barbie (-)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon and The Killer.</span></div></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div><span>COSTUMES </span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Barbie (1)</div><div><span style="color: red;"><span><b>2) Poor Things (2)</b></span></span></div><div><span>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</span></div><div>4) Oppenheimer (5)</div><div>5) Napoleon (-)</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Maestro, the Little Mermaid and Ferrari.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>MAKEUP AND HAIR</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span>1) Maestro (1)</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span><span><b>2) Poor Things (2)</b></span></span></span></div><div><span>3) Oppenheimer (3)</span></div><div><span>4) Golda (4)</span></div><div><span>5) Killers of the Flower Moon (5)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span>Alternates: Society of the Snow, Napoleon and Ferrari.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>ANIMATED SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Once Upon a Studio (1)</div><div>2) Letter to a Pig (4)</div><div>3) War Is Over Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (2)</div><div>4) Ninety-Five Senses (-)</div><div>5) Humo (-)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Koerkerter, Pete, Eeva.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>LIVE ACTION SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Wonderful Life of Henry Sugar (1)</div><div>2) The Anne Frank Gift Shop (2)</div><div>3) The After (5)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Strange Way of Life (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Red, White and Blue (-)</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Knight of Fortune, Yellow and Good Boy.</div><div><br /></div><div>DOCUMENTARY SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) The Last Repair Shop (1)</span></b></div><div>2) The ABCs of Book Banning (2)</div><div>3) Deciding Vote (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Last Song from Kabul (4)</span></b></div><div>5) The Barber of Little Rock (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Camp Courage, Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games and Oasis.</div></span></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>NOTES ON OSCAR #96</div><div><br /></div><div>If I'm 100% accurate, these are the nominations on Tuesday for TFF films:</div><div><br /></div><div>Poor Things (13- tied with Oppenheimer for the most nominations): Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Supporting Actor x 2, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair and Visual Effects.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Holdovers (6): Best Picture, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Editing. Also, a possible shot at Supporting Actor. If this lands Payne, and Sessa and the Editing nomination...lookout Oppy.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Zone of Interest (5): Best Picture, International Feature, Cinematography, Score and Sound. Plus it could be a factor in five other categories: Direction, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography and Production Design. Imagine a world in which Zone has nominations tomorrow morning.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anatomy of a Fall (3): Best Picture, Actress and Original Screenplay. Plus possible shots at Direction and Editing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rustin (2): Best Actor and Original Song.</div><div><br /></div><div>American Symphony (2): Best Doc Feature and Original Song.</div><div><br /></div><div>Single nominations for:</div><div><br /></div><div>Nyad: Best Supporting Actress and a possible Best Actress nom.</div><div>Beyond Utopia: Doc Feature.</div><div>The Taste of Things: Best International Feature.</div><div>The Teachers' Lounge: Best International Feature</div><div><br /></div><div>TFF films that I'm not predicting with any nominations but could pop up:</div><div><br /></div><div>Saltburn has a shot in five categories: Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Cinematography.</div><div><br /></div><div>All of Us Strangers maybe in three places: Best Picture, Actor and Adapted Screenplay.</div><div><br /></div><div>Single "maybes" include:</div><div>Desperate Souls, Dark City and the Legend of Midnight Cowboy-Doc Feature</div><div>Fallen Leaves: International Feature</div><div>Perfect Days: International Feature</div><div>Totem: International Feature</div><div>El Conde: Cinematography</div><div>Strange Way of Life: Live Action Short</div><div>The Last Repair Shop: Doc Short</div><div>Last Sing from Kabul: Doc Short</div><div><br /></div><div>So I'm predicting <u><b>38 nominations with another 22 possibly in play</b></u>.</div><div><br /></div><div>Non-TFF films that'll have big nomination totals tomorrow:<br /><br />Oppenheimer (13): Best Picture, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Production Design, Sound, Costumes and Makeup/Hair.</div><div><br /></div><div>Barbie (11): Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Original Song x 2, Production Design, Sound and Costumes. Barbie could get to 13 with possible nominations for Supporting actress and Cinematography.</div><div><br /></div><div>Killers of the Flower Moon (11): Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Production Design, Costumes and Makeup/Hair. If Leo sneaks into Best Actor, KOTFM could get a 12th nomination.</div><div><br /></div><div>Maestro (8): Best Picture, Actress, Actor, Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Production Design, Sound and Makeup. Maestro has a chance to get to double digit nominations if it could also land Direction, Editing and Costumes.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>As a side note, my track record for nomination predictions over the last five years has averaged a 76.5% success rate.</div><div><br /></div><div>2023: 93 0f 120-77.5%</div><div>2022: 87 of 120-72.5%</div><div>2021: 87 of 118-73.7%</div><div>2020: 100 of 124-80.6%</div><div>2019: 95 of 122-77.9%</div><div><br /></div><div>Total 462 of 604-76.5%</div><div><br /></div><div>Additionally, in about 25% of the categories where I miss one nomination, my first alternate gets in.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>THE OSCAR EXPERTS FINAL PREDICTIONS</div><div><br /></div><div>Here are links to several Final Predictions from Oscar Experts:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://variety.com/feature/2024-oscars-best-picture-predictions-1235612119/" target="_blank">Clayton Davis/Variety</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/feinberg-forecast-scotts-final-projections-2024-oscar-nominations-1235790896/" target="_blank">Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.awardsdaily.com/2024/01/19/2024-oscar-predictions-final-nominations-are-upon-us/" target="_blank">Sasha Stone/Awards Daily</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://awardswatch.com/oscar-predictions-hq/" target="_blank">Erik Anderson Awards Watch</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://nextbestpicture.com/oscar-predictions-matt-neglia/" target="_blank">Matt Neglia/Next Best Picture</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/awards/predictions/final-oscar-predictions-23-categories-1234945975/" target="_blank">Anne Thompson/Indiewire</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://awardsradar.com/best-picture/" target="_blank">Joey Magidson/Awards Radar</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.awardsdaily.com/markjohnson/picture-good-as-gold/" target="_blank">Mark Johnson/Good as Gold</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://theplaylist.net/oscars-predictions-2024-oppenheimer-the-holdovers-poor-things-few-surprises-20240119/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" target="_blank">Gregory Ellwood/The Playlist</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/17/movies/oscar-nominations-predictions.html" target="_blank">Kyle Buchanan/The New York Times</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-01-19/oscar-nominations-2024-predictions" target="_blank">Glenn Whipp/The Los Angeles Times</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></span></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-79316802482208287982024-01-18T08:00:00.007-06:002024-02-07T22:58:44.794-06:00BAFTA Nominations Announced / MTFB Oscar Update: Costumes. Makeup/Hair and Shorts / Visiting the Vault / Interviews and Profiles<p>BAFTA NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LnwZSKOVWlOJmCeffS7xa0YVOZxt4RvjgSOUhm21UbWiYDVar0We9T3bnloLx93o8HIxM10AvFgPUy-BHp_xC2EMgwGbJqsBGLLRjIG9_7zewSvVG-1t9fjDsyD50SlMJ3Mn2plPnNLU2N2nSamqab2zKQZ1mUmDJj5lHjkG1ZCpsyg0Y1WhrwV-Ig8/s232/bafta.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="180" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LnwZSKOVWlOJmCeffS7xa0YVOZxt4RvjgSOUhm21UbWiYDVar0We9T3bnloLx93o8HIxM10AvFgPUy-BHp_xC2EMgwGbJqsBGLLRjIG9_7zewSvVG-1t9fjDsyD50SlMJ3Mn2plPnNLU2N2nSamqab2zKQZ1mUmDJj5lHjkG1ZCpsyg0Y1WhrwV-Ig8/s1600/bafta.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;"> TFF films earned a combined total of 49 nominations from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) this morning. Leading the way for TFF was Poor Things with 11. Here's the breakdown of all TFF film nominations:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Poor Things (11): Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Costumes, Makeup/Hair, Score, Production Design and Visual Effects.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Zone of Interest (9): Outstanding British Film, Best Film Not in the English Language, Direction, Supporting Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design and Sound.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anatomy of a Fall (7): Best Film, Best Film Not in the English Language, Direction, Actress, Original Screenplay, Editing and Casting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers (7): Best Film, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay and Casting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All of Us Strangers (6): Outstanding British Film, Best Direction, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Casting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Saltburn (5): Outstanding British Film, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Score.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Rustin (1): Best Actor.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">American Symphony (1): Best Documentary.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Beyond Utopia (1): Best Documentary.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Bobi Wine: The People's President (1): Best Debut</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenhiemer led all films with 14 nominations.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bafta.org/film/awards/2024-nominations-winners" target="_blank">Here's the link to the complete list of nominees from BAFTA.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: MAKEUP/HAIR AND COSTUMES PLUS FIRST PREDICTIONS FOR SHORTS</p><div>In today's MTFB Oscar Update I update predictions for the Makeup/Hair and Costume categories as well as the Shorts. Their previous rank appears in parentheses to the right of the title. As always, TFF films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold.</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span>COSTUMES </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tk5WFqg5Lq9jyqR9P4eyFK99wzHIORRv50P1MSCnqpP7t3avcd4xyAaQK_hHoE4VawJCvd2kn0hykzaDErfGSvicnsSZGjAmtrNd6K1OIsRT-0uypK06Xt7BGJnC9bHl2nv_Wp_deHB_vKEMbXC_ZM1p9BdffDAenGxIFtbUwAKBIkmUQwZg7mnlR2E/s1600/poor%20things%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tk5WFqg5Lq9jyqR9P4eyFK99wzHIORRv50P1MSCnqpP7t3avcd4xyAaQK_hHoE4VawJCvd2kn0hykzaDErfGSvicnsSZGjAmtrNd6K1OIsRT-0uypK06Xt7BGJnC9bHl2nv_Wp_deHB_vKEMbXC_ZM1p9BdffDAenGxIFtbUwAKBIkmUQwZg7mnlR2E/s320/poor%20things%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) Barbie (1)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span><b>2) Poor Things (2)</b></span></span></div><div><span>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</span></div><div>4) Maestro (5)</div><div>5) Oppenheimer (-)</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Napoleon, The Color Purple and Wonka.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>MAKEUP AND HAIR</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span>1) Maestro (1)</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span><span><b>2) Poor Things (2)</b></span></span></span></div><div><span>3) Oppenheimer (3)</span></div><div><span>4) Golda (-)</span></div><div><span>5) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span>Alternates: Society of the Snow, Napoleon and Ferrari.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div>ANIMATED SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Once Upon a Studio (2)</div><div>2) War Is Over Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko (1)</div><div>3) Wild Summon (-)</div><div>4) Letter to a Pig (-)</div><div>5) I'm Hip (3)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Koerkerter, Pete, Eeva.</div><div><br /></div><div>LIVE ACTION SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Wonderful Life of Henry Sugar (1)</div><div>2) The Anne Frank Gift Shop (-)</div><div>3) Knight of Fortune (5)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Strange Way of Life (2)</span></b></div><div>5) The After (4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Invisible Border, Good Boy and The One Note Man.</div><div><br /></div><div>DOCUMENTARY SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) The Last Repair Shop (1)</span></b></div><div>2) The ABCs of Book Banning (3)</div><div>3) Deciding Vote (5)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Last Song from Kabul (2)</span></b></div><div>5) The Barber of Little Rock (4)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Camp Courage, Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games and Oasis.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div>As of this morning's post I am predicting TFF films with a total of 35 nominations with another 15 "alternates". Here's the TFF breakdown:</div><div><br /></div><div>Poor Things (12 noms and one alternate) : Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Supporting Actor (Ruffalo), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Production Design, Visual Effects, Costumes and Makeup/Hair. The alternate is a second Supporting Actor nomination for Willem Dafoe.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Zone of Interest (Six noms and one alternate): Best Picture, Direction, International Film, Cinematography, Score and Sound. The alternates is Huller for Adapted Screenplay.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Holdovers (Five noms and two alternatives): Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress, Editing and Original Screenplay. Alternates are for Direction, Supporting Actor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anatomy of a Fall (Three noms and one alternate):Best Picture, Actress and Original Screenplay and the alternate is for Editing.</div><div><br /></div><div>American Symphony (Two noms): Best Doc feature and Song.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nyad (One nom and one alternate): The nom for Supporting Actress with a Best Actress alternate.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rustin (One nom and one alternate): The nom for Best Song with an alternate possibility for Best Actor.</div><div><br /></div><div>Saltburn is an alternate in four categories: Best Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay and Cinematography.</div><div><br /></div><div>All of Us Strangers is an alternate in two categories: Best Actor and Adapted Screenplay.</div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to The Zone of Interest in International Feature, I'm predicting three other TFF films to be nominated in that category: The Taste of Things, The Teachers' Lounge and Fallen Leaves. Totem and Perfect Days could also make it into the category. Were it not for Society of the Snow I'd likely be predicting that all five nominees for International Feature would be TFF films.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Documentary Feature, in addition to American Symphony, I have Beyond Utopia making it into the list of nominees.</div><div><br /></div><div>And finally, in the Shorts categories I have three TFF films being nominated as you can see above: Strange Way of Life, The Last Repair Shop and Last Song from Kabul.</div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of other predictions not TFF films I have Oppenheimer leading the pack with 13 nominations. </div><div><br /></div><div>Other non-TFF films with double nomination totals predicted: Killers of the Flower Moon with 12 and Barbie with 11. Maestro is now predicted for nine nominations.</div><div><br /></div><div>Final MTFB Oscar nomination predictions are coming on Monday!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>VISITING THE VAULT</div><div><br /></div><div>Close readers of MTFB know that I keep a file labeled "Future Telluride" on my laptop. As I see films announced that sound like they might have a TFF in their future, I put the article in that folder as a method of keeping track of those films. </div><div><br /></div><div>Each year I re-visit and cull the films that either did make it to TFF or were released having not made it to Southwest Colorado. I think it's kind of fun to take stock of what was in there that made it to the most recent TFF and when they first went into the folder.</div><div><br /></div><div>After this year's sorting, I found that I had 11 films that screened in TFF #50 that had been in the folder. Here they are and the date I first saved them for future reference:</div><div><br /></div><div>The Zone of Interest-July 11, 2018</div><div>Occupied City-Jan. 9, 2019</div></div><div>Tuesday-May 19, 2021</div><div>Poor Things-May 21, 2021</div><div>Nyad- Jan. 20, 2022</div><div>The Royal Hotel-April 30, 2022</div><div>The Promised Land- May 25, 2022</div><div>Fallen Leaves- June 10, 2022</div><div>All of Us Strangers- June 30, 2022</div><div>Strange Way of Life-July 2, 2022</div><div>The Bikeriders-August 5, 2022</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.awardsdaily.com/2024/01/16/emerald-rosamund-interview/" target="_blank">Emerald Fennell and Rosamund Pike for Saltburn from Awards Daily.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-of-the-holdovers-paul-giamatti-1235788162/" target="_blank">Behind the Scenes of The Holdovers from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-5331653531169664092024-01-15T08:00:00.032-06:002024-01-15T08:16:51.523-06:00Critics Choice Awards / Producers Guild Nominates / MTFB Oscar Update: Score, Song and More / The Film Stage's Hot 100 for 2024 / Interviews and Profiles: Giamatti, Domingo<div style="text-align: left;">CRITICS CHOICE AWARDS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHipMRjP3if_9ni6qLogFKaMvMB2QXyYZDedQ568h8ZABKvyn8IVpA1xkAq8YXv1DWCgKA6TXIjvzfeLPLOy9pIMERxWkDyojQDyuPQyHmKY68E5oAIzqcG-ZTR-h5c8e05av6bKwgFRg3DEq64a9IGaiUGBgUXVUZeU5It5tEWH4HLGbqINp2o9yaVYY/s224/critics%20choice%20generic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="224" data-original-width="224" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHipMRjP3if_9ni6qLogFKaMvMB2QXyYZDedQ568h8ZABKvyn8IVpA1xkAq8YXv1DWCgKA6TXIjvzfeLPLOy9pIMERxWkDyojQDyuPQyHmKY68E5oAIzqcG-ZTR-h5c8e05av6bKwgFRg3DEq64a9IGaiUGBgUXVUZeU5It5tEWH4HLGbqINp2o9yaVYY/s1600/critics%20choice%20generic.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Oppenheimer and Barbie dominated the Critics Choice Awards last night with the former winning eight trophies including Best Picture and Direction. Barbie won six.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Three TFF films earned awards with The Holdovers dominating in acting categories. Paul Giamatti won Best Actor, Da'Vine Joy Randolph won Best Supporting Actress and Domnic Sessa was named Best Young Actor. Emma Stone won Best Actress for Poor Things and Anatomy of a Fall was named Best Foreign Language Film.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://variety.com/2024/film/news/critics-choice-awards-2024-winners-list-1235870581/" target="_blank">The complete winners list is here from Variety.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The next big precursor is the announcement of BAFTA nominees on Thursday.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">PRODUCERS GUILD NOMINATES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPnxim1YqRChM4DpjNg0tnzONa1Gg3w612K-hf60uKjpkH_NGRRL21w8ZSLrVvXKkMr8P2BR1ZWssAET9tNF4oFa8ROK2xJQtkipbuFv6buBTfjr17BXfWmtGgGp2UMJG97095jFYd-BMmJecw1km-zvVytdmbAzBrKsLCt5qV96YuLkziZTW6A9CFow/s254/PGA%20Logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="199" data-original-width="254" height="199" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSPnxim1YqRChM4DpjNg0tnzONa1Gg3w612K-hf60uKjpkH_NGRRL21w8ZSLrVvXKkMr8P2BR1ZWssAET9tNF4oFa8ROK2xJQtkipbuFv6buBTfjr17BXfWmtGgGp2UMJG97095jFYd-BMmJecw1km-zvVytdmbAzBrKsLCt5qV96YuLkziZTW6A9CFow/s1600/PGA%20Logo.jpg" width="254" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Producers Guild of America named their 10 nominees for Best Film of the Year on Saturday. Four films that screened at TFF #50 made the list: Anatomy of a Fall, The Holdovers, Poor Things and The Zone of Interest.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The other six films nominated were: American Fiction, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer and Past Lives.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">In a twist, the PGA's ten finalists also happen to be the ten films that MFB currently is predicting to be the ten nominees for the Best Picture Oscar (<a href="https://michaelstelluridefilm.blogspot.com/2024/01/golden-globes-and-tff-mtfb-oscar-update.html" target="_blank">here's the current MTFB Best Picture list from Jan. 8th</a>).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The PGA announces its winner on Feb. 25th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://producersguild.org/2024-pga-awards-motion-pictures-and-television-categories-nominees/" target="_blank">Here's the official announcement from the PGA website.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SCORE, SONG AND MORE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ePGlvwiMWEVQy3-yG3t2C6pOhr9kpZA7V6oURqoDNw4ayC1FV5AbO7UIFXRCdBZQ97ZqlvI2egJ6B3_ny_zqMOMshCYCG2driu7pMKRWVaQLgoj8W8X7twflFDQBTA0ZoXj4_V82BR9hy6-VtmPv10Af-roahYDXmuAxEdafeuomf8nHHDSlNGXCniI/s600/oscar%205.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ePGlvwiMWEVQy3-yG3t2C6pOhr9kpZA7V6oURqoDNw4ayC1FV5AbO7UIFXRCdBZQ97ZqlvI2egJ6B3_ny_zqMOMshCYCG2driu7pMKRWVaQLgoj8W8X7twflFDQBTA0ZoXj4_V82BR9hy6-VtmPv10Af-roahYDXmuAxEdafeuomf8nHHDSlNGXCniI/s320/oscar%205.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><p>Here's the latest MTFB Oscar Update. Today I'm updating the Original Song, Original Score, Animated Feature, Production Design, Visual Effects and Sound categories. These categories were last posted on Jan. 1st. As usual TFF #50 films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold</span></b>. A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.</p><div>BEST ORIGINAL SONG</div></div><div><div><br /></div><div>1) What Was I Made For/Barbie (1)</div><div>2) I'm Just Ken/Barbie (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Road to Freedom/Rustin (3)</span></b></div><div>4) The Fire Inside/Flamin' Hot (4)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5)</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">It Never Went Away/American Symphony (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Dance the Night Away/Barbie, High Life/Flora and Sun and Superpower (I)/The Color Purple.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST SCORE</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdsStYQVhb5gmVW8WXzUBflsnle89qOqp-GUpxs6-X-CAkUkVQJwIMjs-Cu4kNyZ9ESQjk6xuTu2dFUwYKgabRWOSVz4iBwoGq0zUjMAuV0EOafJtHUu4U9mR-j1kIYpQ8PNJ_nH44G3wJckMrZ3UezeJaKQrxPPSBIqZqsV5YvnL883ecuf6Lgr4IFU/s562/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdsStYQVhb5gmVW8WXzUBflsnle89qOqp-GUpxs6-X-CAkUkVQJwIMjs-Cu4kNyZ9ESQjk6xuTu2dFUwYKgabRWOSVz4iBwoGq0zUjMAuV0EOafJtHUu4U9mR-j1kIYpQ8PNJ_nH44G3wJckMrZ3UezeJaKQrxPPSBIqZqsV5YvnL883ecuf6Lgr4IFU/s320/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div><b style="color: red;">3) Poor Things (4)</b></div><div>4) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Zone of Interest (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Society of the Snow and The Boy and the Heron.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (1)</div><div>2) The Boy and the Heron (2)</div><div>3) Elemental (3)</div><div>4) Nimona (4)</div><div>5) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (-)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Wish and Robot Dreams.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN</div><div><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></div><div>1) Barbie (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div><span>3) Oppenheimer (4)</span></div><div>4) Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div>5) Maestro (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Asteroid City, The Color Purple and Napoleon</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span>VISUAL EFFECTS</span></div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Creator (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div><span>3) Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 (-)</span></div><div>4) Godzilla Minus One (2)</div><div><span>5) </span>Society of the Snow (5)</div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Spiderman Across the Spider-Verse, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Napoleon.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>SOUND</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtZ_aCBsUcRgvR1YJwcyJGf3wZAItNaa0Jf8sUqc8N6_gJkdE3NRlRLGlC1go14UUbfXKBLwnw8ziaN42TW02G1T17TVVPMFOcSoXJ42lHQaZpWI99bUslo1fLwy_VzpQxYpLoaeNoZSr4Ls0taH376nsC-xR1DJtifS1Q0VuuHzcxSJGUgpjLSExoC0/s251/poster%20vertical.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrtZ_aCBsUcRgvR1YJwcyJGf3wZAItNaa0Jf8sUqc8N6_gJkdE3NRlRLGlC1go14UUbfXKBLwnw8ziaN42TW02G1T17TVVPMFOcSoXJ42lHQaZpWI99bUslo1fLwy_VzpQxYpLoaeNoZSr4Ls0taH376nsC-xR1DJtifS1Q0VuuHzcxSJGUgpjLSExoC0/s1600/poster%20vertical.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div><span>1) Oppenheimer (1)</span></div><div><span>2) Maestro (2)</span></div><div><span>3) Ferrari (4)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>4) The Zone of Interest (3)</b></span></div><div><span>5) Killers of the Flower Moon (5)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Barbie, Napoleon and The Killer.</span></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>THE FILM STAGE'S HOT 100</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghp08khR-wg_XWKmEEotakb7Qd1DIiT8hC2igs5guTVnRWtJc98idCrttzsq0opUhoFKDsN5mzzUxKE5rlvGt7Gv5qymd-Czs0M2XieeYjU-_bcOIlql_ePCzaZWKxH8Qma5xzg0oxwVciQyi_ojYoJ1zhd15H1G-NL_SVfmcRD3Nyavk_0NGy0ducEsc/s236/film%20stage.jpe" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="214" data-original-width="236" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghp08khR-wg_XWKmEEotakb7Qd1DIiT8hC2igs5guTVnRWtJc98idCrttzsq0opUhoFKDsN5mzzUxKE5rlvGt7Gv5qymd-Czs0M2XieeYjU-_bcOIlql_ePCzaZWKxH8Qma5xzg0oxwVciQyi_ojYoJ1zhd15H1G-NL_SVfmcRD3Nyavk_0NGy0ducEsc/s1600/film%20stage.jpe" width="236" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Last week The Film Stage posted its annual list of 100 "Most Anticipated" films for 2024. As usual, I parsed the list for titles that seem like a reasonable possibility to be at TFF #51. Last year I came up with a list of 25 films of which seven actually made the TFF #50 lineup:</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>El Conde, The Royal Hotel, Poor Things, All of Us Strangers, The Holdovers, Fallen Leaves and The Zone of Interest.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Last year's Film Stage list also included five films I din not put in my guesses that made it to T-ride: Fingernails, Anatomy of a Fall, Janet Planet, The Bikeriders and La Chimera.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>So, with that as a preface, here are 18 films from the 2024 Film Stage list that could show up on Labor Day (with director listed in parentheses):</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>96) Maria (Larrain)</span></div><div><span>61) Holland, Michigan (Cave)</span></div><div><span>60) The History of Sound (Hermanus)</span></div><div><span>58) Emilia Perez (Audiard)</span></div><div><span>54) Queer (Guadagnino)</span></div><div><span>53) The Rivals of Amziah King (Patterson)</span></div><div><span>46) The Magnificent Life of Marcel Pagnol (Chemet)</span></div><div><span>44) Kinds of Kindmess (Lanthimos)</span></div><div><span>39) Rumours (Maddin)</span></div><div><span>38) Bird (Arnold)</span></div><div><span>25) Anora (Baker)</span></div><div><span>19) Oh, Canada (Schrader)</span></div><div><span>14) Blitz (McQueen)</span></div><div><span>12) The Nickel Boys (Ross)</span></div><div><span>8) The End (Oppenheimer)</span></div><div><span>7) Mickey 7 (Joon Ho)</span></div><div><span>2) The Way of the Wind (Malick)</span></div><div><span>1) Megalopolis (Coppola)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><a href="https://thefilmstage.com/our-100-most-anticipated-films-of-2024-part-one/" target="_blank">And your link to the complete Film Stage 2024 Most anticipated list.</a></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INETRVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paul-giamatti-awards-chatter-podcast-the-holdovers-sideways-1235786904/" target="_blank">Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://deadline.com/2024/01/colman-domingo-interview-the-color-purple-rustin-1235727070/" target="_blank">Colman Domingo for Rustin from Deadline.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-40506522607892246092024-01-11T08:00:00.001-06:002024-01-11T08:00:00.135-06:00SAG and DGA Nominees and TFF / MTFB Oscar Update: Screenplays and More / Interviews and Profiles<p>SAG AND DGA NOMINEES AND TFF</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEqoGETpB0lBEzgKBsahg0IoC7y-f8Ds5BZKZxu4j5LMUzJBQ6BI4tbfBxG1ayuoxN5pH7t8jqq6J1bpX3x02DWlsgUXZo_S-MJCns4iCKEFJVLSygfxaCyyxWFtudvPGSynBrh5T0rq4dxeRwv-0wHeMmGvNvUBy7ZRMA8Htfbk0sQQ_nA1ds6Pb9ak/s171/sag%20logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="162" data-original-width="171" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNEqoGETpB0lBEzgKBsahg0IoC7y-f8Ds5BZKZxu4j5LMUzJBQ6BI4tbfBxG1ayuoxN5pH7t8jqq6J1bpX3x02DWlsgUXZo_S-MJCns4iCKEFJVLSygfxaCyyxWFtudvPGSynBrh5T0rq4dxeRwv-0wHeMmGvNvUBy7ZRMA8Htfbk0sQQ_nA1ds6Pb9ak/s1600/sag%20logo.jpg" width="171" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGVMj3adXA7IfKFFjfg4Kjo_p4VhV7q-1zINxR2V-gWf25Sj27ydS7J8AgvdqFqjLUq1cg0fBrJCqRI3HyBbVGj8zRhRYDKwJZglVNBEFwUizQpXAJcNf3yWuiusxXsWvjnoAnqG1GmX9ZlvXNy4bQB5OJQ5BYBzyE8kz1a5nVu7WTo7XwpFVAY0muvA/s225/dga%20logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuGVMj3adXA7IfKFFjfg4Kjo_p4VhV7q-1zINxR2V-gWf25Sj27ydS7J8AgvdqFqjLUq1cg0fBrJCqRI3HyBbVGj8zRhRYDKwJZglVNBEFwUizQpXAJcNf3yWuiusxXsWvjnoAnqG1GmX9ZlvXNy4bQB5OJQ5BYBzyE8kz1a5nVu7WTo7XwpFVAY0muvA/s1600/dga%20logo.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><div style="text-align: left;">The Screen Actors Guild and the Directors Guild of America announced their nominees for excellence in film in 2023 yesterday. Four TFF films received nominations from SAG for acting excellence totaling seven nominations:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers: Paul Giamatti-Lead Actor, Da'Vine Joy Randolph-Supporting Actress.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Poor Things: Emma Stone-Lead Actress and Willem Dafoe-Supporting Actor</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nyad: Annette Bening-Lead Actress and Jodie Foster-Supporting Actress</div><div style="text-align: left;">Rustin: Colman Domingo-Lead Actor</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">I was surprised that Mark Ruffalo was not nominated for Poor Things and that PT also missed for Best Ensemble.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Meanwhile, the Directors' Guild also announced their five nominees yesterday and two TFFers made the list of five names. Alexander Payne for The Holdovers and Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things were each nominated. They were joined Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon), Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) and Greta Gerwig (Barbie).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Sag Awards will be presented on Feb. 24th and the DGA will announce their winners on Feb. 10th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Producers Guils announces their nominees tomorrow.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SCREENPLAYS AND MORE</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8FUldDzojxkmqEY_CSi625TPzffFeM8PUWoIolZAwEhDtfu_tQ_l9aYczASoq84J9hLKuGil2APwGfr_U7thyoLRUOLo1xS1WDxQxpwkl5tu8zX_tBDbJcDAh893yrdW5QEGEglwgENQrlN3atWYjCAlEQHbJT4e5AFeuIxedr_bFqD-2MfzGAq_Hn0/s299/oscar%205%20rows.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="299" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ8FUldDzojxkmqEY_CSi625TPzffFeM8PUWoIolZAwEhDtfu_tQ_l9aYczASoq84J9hLKuGil2APwGfr_U7thyoLRUOLo1xS1WDxQxpwkl5tu8zX_tBDbJcDAh893yrdW5QEGEglwgENQrlN3atWYjCAlEQHbJT4e5AFeuIxedr_bFqD-2MfzGAq_Hn0/s1600/oscar%205%20rows.jpg" width="299" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>Today I'm updating the Screenplay, International Feature, Documentary Feature, Cinematography and Editing categories. As usual TFF #50 films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold</span></b>. A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.</p><div><br /></div><p><br /></p><p>BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY</p><b><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguANlkZtMVOjjuIre42u1XqLZ88EhH1WmMkvTWJAv3R7XIT07h1c3khHt6yeadxQYQNg8wbU37H6HCKldZUTbIyYGTpolBHirO6gxslwJNODfeqh0UVL2IRvxVfJWzZUIGG2I54VYOz4V9gz-GzLPT9ZQ0NHgrjJCZDlkJj6afXH5iMd6uIjSnJ3fZWao/s1200/Anatomy-of-a-Fall-poster-881x1200.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="881" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguANlkZtMVOjjuIre42u1XqLZ88EhH1WmMkvTWJAv3R7XIT07h1c3khHt6yeadxQYQNg8wbU37H6HCKldZUTbIyYGTpolBHirO6gxslwJNODfeqh0UVL2IRvxVfJWzZUIGG2I54VYOz4V9gz-GzLPT9ZQ0NHgrjJCZDlkJj6afXH5iMd6uIjSnJ3fZWao/s320/Anatomy-of-a-Fall-poster-881x1200.jpeg" width="235" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><br /></b><div><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">1) The Holdovers (1)</span></div><div><span>2) Past Lives (3)</span></div><div><span><b><span style="color: red;">3) Anatomy of a Fall (4)</span></b></span></div><div><span>4) May December (5)</span></div><div>5) Maestro (-)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Air, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Saltburn, </span><span>The Iron Claw.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8JGe2XHCg9UbwqDBudmaipXv3i5l8BXAudqRrTzods6kEVc4oY74bo7u4D7V7yF5U_t1BiTarJEgdkVyTnSi0dvweS3-yNlT_5frKZbkQLafFO51RjLKEACskuKovyag32jTCCLtBE4k4mTwXpcYNTAhapX_twSwLf94cSSMgN0xTwYYrm_NHaHBCl8/s2048/all%20of%20us%20poster.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS8JGe2XHCg9UbwqDBudmaipXv3i5l8BXAudqRrTzods6kEVc4oY74bo7u4D7V7yF5U_t1BiTarJEgdkVyTnSi0dvweS3-yNlT_5frKZbkQLafFO51RjLKEACskuKovyag32jTCCLtBE4k4mTwXpcYNTAhapX_twSwLf94cSSMgN0xTwYYrm_NHaHBCl8/s320/all%20of%20us%20poster.webp" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>3) American Fiction (2)</div><div>4) Barbie (-)</div><div><span>5) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">All of Us Strangers</span></b>, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">The Zone of Interest, </span><span>and </span><span>Are You There God, It's Me Margaret</span>. </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><p>BEST DOCUMENTARY </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMq8wRcroHhX7uvzKWzgET3jH3UnvoNrOuJeMMLKVfdTAEbCtrEzRl8gerqwK84YcgY3GQZHeeusdTkPQkGFTlOznj6nFHMUwweAmXmEX1-lBw87JKl18RyksE3NIa1uJCPwgIpxM94MlU0Px8bSb7RIdBd2zUlKd0bC2m3pSEYhelAMKfEuugABomSU/s319/american%20symphony.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="319" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJMq8wRcroHhX7uvzKWzgET3jH3UnvoNrOuJeMMLKVfdTAEbCtrEzRl8gerqwK84YcgY3GQZHeeusdTkPQkGFTlOznj6nFHMUwweAmXmEX1-lBw87JKl18RyksE3NIa1uJCPwgIpxM94MlU0Px8bSb7RIdBd2zUlKd0bC2m3pSEYhelAMKfEuugABomSU/s1600/american%20symphony.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) American Symphony (1)</span></b></div><div>2) 20 Days in Mariupol (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Beyond Utopia (3)</span></b></div><div>4) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (4)</div><div>5) Four Daughters (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: The Eternal Memory, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project and Stamped from the Beginning.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE</div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlQaht8MoafYsPp_I43nXqPqlJCwvVlF0pC0lM4J_Z8V5HPJzEO_vOG-ifiTB551h4PlNDGvhPniXAU_KIMesCdKjeF1d1SCdvJB6Ry49Qz5sEu2xzrZllEbAt01wwgGTlhE_W8mKggwm0mUyjkFUWPdtfbaBw2JyH9ArM1rk-ZEOpMnTnGXIlNV2L1s/s251/poster%20vertical.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="201" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlQaht8MoafYsPp_I43nXqPqlJCwvVlF0pC0lM4J_Z8V5HPJzEO_vOG-ifiTB551h4PlNDGvhPniXAU_KIMesCdKjeF1d1SCdvJB6Ry49Qz5sEu2xzrZllEbAt01wwgGTlhE_W8mKggwm0mUyjkFUWPdtfbaBw2JyH9ArM1rk-ZEOpMnTnGXIlNV2L1s/s1600/poster%20vertical.jpg" width="201" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) The Zone of Interest (1)</span></b></div><div><span>2) Society of the Snow (3)</span></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) The Taste of Things (2)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) The Teachers' Lounge (4)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) Fallen Leaves (5)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <span style="color: red;"><b>Perfect Days</b></span>, 20 Days in Mariupol and <b><span style="color: red;">Totem</span></b>.</div><div><br /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span>CINEMATOGRAPHY</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_AHAhrpxax80M4UpZhMgp5OE-rwV2ko76DcaHcxKwH4z5pTpyTFDL-XtZGNMcewu9BHMos0dKCr-_AVDZ0HW7xnNharisakpJOUAB012Z4Q_s7SVcHAQnaQ9gA3u1NAxm9LKH3IqmAqfQKqbdd5CCWtst3j72PkJGI_eAp2KxlrHavu4PWTLz5gDCmo/s1200/poster%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjj_AHAhrpxax80M4UpZhMgp5OE-rwV2ko76DcaHcxKwH4z5pTpyTFDL-XtZGNMcewu9BHMos0dKCr-_AVDZ0HW7xnNharisakpJOUAB012Z4Q_s7SVcHAQnaQ9gA3u1NAxm9LKH3IqmAqfQKqbdd5CCWtst3j72PkJGI_eAp2KxlrHavu4PWTLz5gDCmo/s320/poster%202.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><span>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>3) Poor Things (3)</b></span></div><div><span>4) Maestro (4)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>5) The Zone of Interest (5)</b></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Saltburn,</span></b> Barbie and The Color Purple.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span>FILM EDITING</span></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyweMJBeVRcsbzB9mPU5i2TAGIKTU3A32i2XD40TmJGijZguyjgBjh8wHR6QVOs6ONu10FOwNF2nEI07V0eFUIi-Xej0BnC0klNKpcaMu6osuob7azmPa7wjfroBZ-dqNDDorQ-zFokApYwA4mz7bSJHeFcu7rMezJvwSXErSjxx0drydoVvAutakO9Go/s316/download%20(4).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="159" data-original-width="316" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyweMJBeVRcsbzB9mPU5i2TAGIKTU3A32i2XD40TmJGijZguyjgBjh8wHR6QVOs6ONu10FOwNF2nEI07V0eFUIi-Xej0BnC0klNKpcaMu6osuob7azmPa7wjfroBZ-dqNDDorQ-zFokApYwA4mz7bSJHeFcu7rMezJvwSXErSjxx0drydoVvAutakO9Go/s1600/download%20(4).jpg" width="316" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>2) Poor Things (3)</b></span></div><div><span>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</span></div><div><span>4) Barbie (4)</span></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Holdovers (-)</span></b></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Maestro, <b><span style="color: red;">Anatomy of a Fall</span></b> and Air.</span></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ak92dAeBhc" target="_blank">Jodie Foster and Annette Bening for Nyad from Netflix via YouTube.</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://awardswatch.com/interview-annette-bening-on-her-holistic-transformation-in-training-for-nyad-learning-from-jodie-foster-and-a-few-scuba-diving-tips/" target="_blank">Annette Bening for Nyad from Awards Watch.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/making-the-zone-of-interest-holocaust-modern-retelling-1235766323/" target="_blank">Behind the Scenes for The Zone of Interest from The Hollywood Reporter.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.firstshowing.net/2024/extensive-22-minute-behind-the-scenes-look-at-all-of-us-strangers/" target="_blank">Behind the Scenes for All of Us Strangers from FirstShowing.net.</a></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></span></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-67906500373801379782024-01-08T08:00:00.001-06:002024-01-08T08:00:00.131-06:00Golden Globes and TFF / MTFB Oscar Update: Picture and Acting / BAFTA Longlists / National Society of Film Critics / Interviews and Profiles<div style="text-align: left;">GOLDEN GLOBES AND TFF</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iGltIYWmKecLhEENbSrgkLh9ykxOQZ8A_LNH2u6rd5Qd7r2l-TVyEL6wNjectjT6PqzfgnS19SnzOxjBNz34K1FZjCuaF3N26UHPkEQeXfWZuNGx7C-JH55_Jrae1r91MGE-ExrnjwHQ5ErT3HPi2RSB0h4YTVTo2eytAe-OwcDaBSgJgTGhjIVv5O0/s278/globe%20trophy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="181" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9iGltIYWmKecLhEENbSrgkLh9ykxOQZ8A_LNH2u6rd5Qd7r2l-TVyEL6wNjectjT6PqzfgnS19SnzOxjBNz34K1FZjCuaF3N26UHPkEQeXfWZuNGx7C-JH55_Jrae1r91MGE-ExrnjwHQ5ErT3HPi2RSB0h4YTVTo2eytAe-OwcDaBSgJgTGhjIVv5O0/s1600/globe%20trophy.jpg" width="181" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Last night the Golden Globes were handed out in Los Angeles. TFF winners were:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers picked up two acting awards for Paul Giamatti (Actor in a Comedy or Musical) and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Supporting Actress).</div><p>Anatomy of a Fall won two Globes for Best Non-English Language Film and Screenplay.</p><p>Poor Things also nabbed two Globes. One for Best Film (Comedy or Musical) and Best Actress (Musical or Comedy) for Emma Stone.</p><p>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.</p><p><br /></p><p>MTFB OSCAR UPDATE PENULTIMATE PREDIX: PICTURE, DIRECTION AND ACTING</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVtKuqSp5w9AWrQ3KKuhTbtH6zJUeMcmRObSn1cIG4vqRroHDkrS4VA-azzvt-v7yWXQj9HLvQMxQluhp3hKDUeNXxE3ap4IRSdh-pqoCT9dYui8-g1cZFYdLmlx6z35wOrWxI-ezh2mZhWPSHShFFXKO1OI6PH48rS05EPo9HfjS1-pD2wIF8BjGI4U/s366/oscar%204.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="205" data-original-width="366" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqVtKuqSp5w9AWrQ3KKuhTbtH6zJUeMcmRObSn1cIG4vqRroHDkrS4VA-azzvt-v7yWXQj9HLvQMxQluhp3hKDUeNXxE3ap4IRSdh-pqoCT9dYui8-g1cZFYdLmlx6z35wOrWxI-ezh2mZhWPSHShFFXKO1OI6PH48rS05EPo9HfjS1-pD2wIF8BjGI4U/s320/oscar%204.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>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 <b><span style="color: red;">Bold</span></b>. A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.</p><div><br /></div><div><div>BEST PICTURE</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0SqpDBot0_glJ45O7t5jdqv8WjJKIEmGf3rHbWu7K3e2F3FzKDjrx1XlwDNRbWIJF-irSeuejD5HI-K6ptd81Weu7-C20O__ucWUHY6uKtXpNc9w6i82-Expk9BK2Ww4ziUJDxylHxMSJwb5xkUUgqutzZPIlX3ZkgqP29Uo9PLv0iL-42eIUkbLd20/s1829/poor%20things%20poster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1829" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn0SqpDBot0_glJ45O7t5jdqv8WjJKIEmGf3rHbWu7K3e2F3FzKDjrx1XlwDNRbWIJF-irSeuejD5HI-K6ptd81Weu7-C20O__ucWUHY6uKtXpNc9w6i82-Expk9BK2Ww4ziUJDxylHxMSJwb5xkUUgqutzZPIlX3ZkgqP29Uo9PLv0iL-42eIUkbLd20/s320/poor%20things%20poster.jpg" width="224" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Barbie (2)</div><div>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Poor Things (4)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Holdovers (5)</span></b></div><div>6) American Fiction (6)</div><div>7) Maestro (7)</div><div>8) Past Lives (8)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">9) Anatomy of a Fall (9)</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">10) The Zone of Interest (10)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: The Color Purple, May December and Air.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST DIRECTION</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6IHsyb7SkChniPgylHTU8NH5XH087_s_45iLjuD4U4uSWewuNtvopVT42x0VoK2zsRS9oCjFBWz8xd9BUi3xG5b7noQmNr9uZMTL2QMHBHlaE67aJcRWH10wNJJlJsC41q0HtWQoK07wTovccV31oQqHP5efSxp9poQ_uSqhxSWSM1bFxkyLXtjKI6s/s259/poster%20horizon.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS6IHsyb7SkChniPgylHTU8NH5XH087_s_45iLjuD4U4uSWewuNtvopVT42x0VoK2zsRS9oCjFBWz8xd9BUi3xG5b7noQmNr9uZMTL2QMHBHlaE67aJcRWH10wNJJlJsC41q0HtWQoK07wTovccV31oQqHP5efSxp9poQ_uSqhxSWSM1bFxkyLXtjKI6s/s1600/poster%20horizon.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Martin Scorsese/Killer of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>4) Greta Gerwig/Barbie (4)</div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>5) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest (5)</b></span></div><div><br /></div><p>Alternates: Bradley Cooper/Maestro, <span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Alexander Payne/The Holdovers </span><span>and Celine Song/Past Lives.</span></p><div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ACTRESS</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZliYt5li48qUuQ1WrNv_2FgOBLe4_rIb61x3a6gt_d1OJ2BWnZUEEEWYehjijyiu_sIH_nx3iv9x88tiRj7b8qC5zNCkr5mmQbTvDS1ZLsKv3-AdmaPJscXYul_fjRRQpr0zvGhCUYmS1k2-ok0ISVz3XGFraqMdZDT8_3in8qhuO7bQqgjYeJEX-3LQ/s1024/nyad%20poster.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1024" data-original-width="691" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZliYt5li48qUuQ1WrNv_2FgOBLe4_rIb61x3a6gt_d1OJ2BWnZUEEEWYehjijyiu_sIH_nx3iv9x88tiRj7b8qC5zNCkr5mmQbTvDS1ZLsKv3-AdmaPJscXYul_fjRRQpr0zvGhCUYmS1k2-ok0ISVz3XGFraqMdZDT8_3in8qhuO7bQqgjYeJEX-3LQ/s320/nyad%20poster.webp" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Emma Stone/Poor Things (2)</span></b></div><div>3) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (3)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Margot Robbie/Barbie (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Greta Lee/Past Lives, <b><span style="color: red;">Annette Bening/Nyad </span></b>and Fantasia Barrino/The Color Purple.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST ACTOR</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8i7RMwXqGNd3YjD5dfgpbzplqpx2Nc8_Qn_8vofzeWgwH4j7dsOUnkUO7nOOyiNFM-2iWwpfuICpKtOR8Sm5euFdD19V0MwrzOLlaAla6cdkClJDq2K_w-R0pBSoKQiYoICCpEaYGfSvJmj6R463UfQiAKoLClpa3xw6nvhyphenhyphensiTxtRQAQW07L6Mh94cc/s2048/all%20of%20us%20poster.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8i7RMwXqGNd3YjD5dfgpbzplqpx2Nc8_Qn_8vofzeWgwH4j7dsOUnkUO7nOOyiNFM-2iWwpfuICpKtOR8Sm5euFdD19V0MwrzOLlaAla6cdkClJDq2K_w-R0pBSoKQiYoICCpEaYGfSvJmj6R463UfQiAKoLClpa3xw6nvhyphenhyphensiTxtRQAQW07L6Mh94cc/s320/all%20of%20us%20poster.webp" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (1)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (2)</span></b></div><div><div>3) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (3)</div><div>4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction (4)</div><div>5) Leonardo DiCaprio/ Killers of the Flower Moon (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Colman Domingo/Rustin</span><span style="color: red;">, <span><span>Andrew Scott/All of Us Strangers </span>and Barry Keoghan/Saltburn.</span></span></b></div></div></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><div>BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS</div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1-JK-n6gOINQ5JfiG7CEU2xagUWIep2Q1T6nS83lUSKiDG5wK1-2XYdKQZnAzdU5sqmpFSq3Frfg2IUssVvHtlkCxg3-MaDhN7EZEJf4oxseGv36VDDW0W_l2CJtidazNZl8wzhLHXtit6ljoepP3b7fhb4LX2aajjPDgDpooI8DzAIN2N1vsKQCGpw/s1200/poster%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="810" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ1-JK-n6gOINQ5JfiG7CEU2xagUWIep2Q1T6nS83lUSKiDG5wK1-2XYdKQZnAzdU5sqmpFSq3Frfg2IUssVvHtlkCxg3-MaDhN7EZEJf4oxseGv36VDDW0W_l2CJtidazNZl8wzhLHXtit6ljoepP3b7fhb4LX2aajjPDgDpooI8DzAIN2N1vsKQCGpw/s320/poster%202.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers (1)</span></b></div><div>2) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple (2)</div><div>3) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer (3)</div><div><div><b><span style="color: red;">4) Jodie Foster/Nyad (4)</span></b></div><div>5) Julianne Moore/May December (5)</div></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: America Ferrera/Barbie, <b><span style="color: red;">Rosamund Pike/Saltburn</span></b> and<b style="color: red;"> </b><span>Rachel McAdams/are You There God It's Me Margaret.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cd578F8MCfLEvyu3j4-xqMRywGrCdA4gTMr-LaXCm7_c_PvW9W2ctvz3bZFAcE7P4cpO-IZ2AselQaVmPdG5gSwFAsq_flhQaYDcUcJw4JW6ysbfdeyap40fN1Gad7mngXA8_TV6vDYpYTeSbHOfg9px-CMaJPT_Lss33fhShgvaqxhspB-hIgB4Jp8/s300/download.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Cd578F8MCfLEvyu3j4-xqMRywGrCdA4gTMr-LaXCm7_c_PvW9W2ctvz3bZFAcE7P4cpO-IZ2AselQaVmPdG5gSwFAsq_flhQaYDcUcJw4JW6ysbfdeyap40fN1Gad7mngXA8_TV6vDYpYTeSbHOfg9px-CMaJPT_Lss33fhShgvaqxhspB-hIgB4Jp8/s1600/download.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Ryan Gosling/Barbie (1)</div><div>2) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things (3)</span></b></div><div>4) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>5) Charles Melton/May December (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: <b><span style="color: red;">Willem Dafoe/Poor Things,</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">Dominic Sessa/The Holdovers</span></b>, Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BAFTA LONGLISTS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9VF6tu5ixpu1O3pgsV008z8WO0b8wloMZJbWudNGPxCgc3qhsmaniRVQJR0FC7f0pwD8alNGAWYTqndsDe08jQ1CYtuEg7N-9WN0tfdztx8AGNbt-mm-pAJAunmu27y-SBZ5m1rsnayQW28asau0Yc0mgfvtYHXlV0VYstlRrphiyOwPKNqU4p5ZO7I/s232/bafta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="180" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ9VF6tu5ixpu1O3pgsV008z8WO0b8wloMZJbWudNGPxCgc3qhsmaniRVQJR0FC7f0pwD8alNGAWYTqndsDe08jQ1CYtuEg7N-9WN0tfdztx8AGNbt-mm-pAJAunmu27y-SBZ5m1rsnayQW28asau0Yc0mgfvtYHXlV0VYstlRrphiyOwPKNqU4p5ZO7I/s1600/bafta.jpg" width="180" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">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.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">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: </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Saltburn 11</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Zone of Interest 10</div><div style="text-align: left;">All of Us Strangers 9</div><div style="text-align: left;">Anatomy of a Fall 7</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers 7</div><div style="text-align: left;">Nyad 2</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Here's the complete TFF set of mentions:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">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.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Saltburn: Outstanding British Film, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Casting, Cinematography, Costumes, Editing and Score.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">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.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All of Us Strangers: Best Film, Outstanding British Film, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay, Casting, Editing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anatomy of a Fall: Best Film, Best Film Not in the English Language, Direction, Actress, Original Screenplay, Casting and Editing.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers: Best Film, Direction, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay and Casting.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Nyad: Best Actress and Supporting Actress.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">All other TFF films received a single mention:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fallen Leaves: Best Film Not in the English Language.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Taste of Things: Best Film Not in the English Language.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Teachers' Lounge: Best Film Not in the English Language.</div><div style="text-align: left;">American Symphony: Best Documentary.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Beyond Utopia: Best Documentary.</div><div style="text-align: left;">High and Low: John Galliano: Best Documentary.</div><div style="text-align: left;">The Pigeon Tunnel: Best Documentary.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Rustin: Best Actor.</div><div style="text-align: left;">Bobi Wine: Ghetto President: Best Debut.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">BAFTA nominations will be announced on Jan. 18th. Winners will be revealed on Feb. 18th.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://www.bafta.org/film/longlists-2024-ee-bafta-film-awards#Costume%20Design" target="_blank">The complete BAFTA longlists are linked here.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">NATIONAL SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGxD09M_-oZA5pg0itsKSXc6V6YQ1s0-VsDkUCDX085M677lGKVSwRUuzRLC1Jy1aUJ9xTAL4XhwO-M7-nH6hkxaBshha_Ag_lKvEa4iEp6_cJi3NuAfrsAg1flzzWGm9fJLAC5MeUA5zJTHqRBqx3tORpxJNFENOQTHCGHAD6YWU772ef1f-81VZAig/s413/nsfc.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="122" data-original-width="413" height="95" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizGxD09M_-oZA5pg0itsKSXc6V6YQ1s0-VsDkUCDX085M677lGKVSwRUuzRLC1Jy1aUJ9xTAL4XhwO-M7-nH6hkxaBshha_Ag_lKvEa4iEp6_cJi3NuAfrsAg1flzzWGm9fJLAC5MeUA5zJTHqRBqx3tORpxJNFENOQTHCGHAD6YWU772ef1f-81VZAig/s320/nsfc.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">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.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">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.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Anatomy of a Fall shared Huller's Best Actress trophy and was third for Best Film Not in the English Language.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">The Holdovers with a win for Best Supporting Actress and a third place for Screenplay.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Fallen Leaves won Best Film Not in the English Language.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Andrew Scott won Best Actor for All of Us Strangers.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Poor Things was runner-up for Best Actress.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://nationalsocietyoffilmcritics.com/" target="_blank">Complete results for the NSFC awards are linked here.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://awardsradar.com/2024/01/06/interview-an-emotional-chat-about-all-of-us-strangers-with-andrew-scott/" target="_blank">Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers from Awards Radar.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://awardsradar.com/2024/01/04/interview-chatting-about-the-depths-of-all-of-us-strangers-with-jamie-bell/" target="_blank">Jamie Bell for All of Us Strangers from Awards Radar.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://twitter.com/Backstage/status/1743301565635588326" rel="nofollow">Behind the Scenes of Poor Things from Backstage.</a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8594191000962107206.post-66251706406548188512024-01-04T07:50:00.000-06:002024-01-04T07:50:29.203-06:00MTFB Oscar Update: Makeup/Hair and Costumes Plus First Predictions for Shorts / Coming Up... / Interviews and Profiles: Giamatti, Glazer and More<p>MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: MAKEUP/HAIR AND COSTUMES PLUS FIRST PREDICTIONS FOR SHORTS</p><div style="text-align: left;">In today's MTFB Oscar Update I update predictions for the Makeup/Hair and Costume categories as well as adding first predictions for the Shorts. For Makeup/Hair their previous rank appears in parentheses to the right of the title. As always, TFF films are in Bold.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span>COSTUMES (last predicted on Dec. 21st)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tk5WFqg5Lq9jyqR9P4eyFK99wzHIORRv50P1MSCnqpP7t3avcd4xyAaQK_hHoE4VawJCvd2kn0hykzaDErfGSvicnsSZGjAmtrNd6K1OIsRT-0uypK06Xt7BGJnC9bHl2nv_Wp_deHB_vKEMbXC_ZM1p9BdffDAenGxIFtbUwAKBIkmUQwZg7mnlR2E/s1600/poor%20things%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4Tk5WFqg5Lq9jyqR9P4eyFK99wzHIORRv50P1MSCnqpP7t3avcd4xyAaQK_hHoE4VawJCvd2kn0hykzaDErfGSvicnsSZGjAmtrNd6K1OIsRT-0uypK06Xt7BGJnC9bHl2nv_Wp_deHB_vKEMbXC_ZM1p9BdffDAenGxIFtbUwAKBIkmUQwZg7mnlR2E/s320/poor%20things%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) Barbie (1)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span><b>2) Poor Things (2)</b></span></span></div><div><span>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</span></div><div><span>4) The Color Purple (3)</span></div><div><span>5) Maestro (5)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Oppenheimer, Napoleon and Wonka.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>MAKEUP AND HAIR</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><span>1) Maestro (1)</span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><span><span><b>2) Poor Things (2)</b></span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span>3) Oppenheimer (-)</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span>4) Killers of the Flower Moon (-)</span></span></span></div><div><span><span><span>5) Society of the Snow (-)</span></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Golda, Napoleon and Ferrari.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div>ANIMATED SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) War Is Over Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko</div><div>2) Once upon a Studio</div><div>3) I'm Hip</div><div>4) A Kind of Testament</div><div>5) Eeva</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Boom, Wild Summon and Letter to a Pig.</div><div><br /></div><div>LIVE ACTION SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Wonderful Life of Henry Sugar</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Strange Way of Life</span></b></div><div>3) Good Boy</div><div>4) The After</div><div>5) Knight of Fortune</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: The Anne Frank Gift Shop, Yellow and Invincible.</div><div><br /></div><div>DOCUMENTARY SHORT</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">1) The Last Repair Shop</span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Last Song from Kabul</span></b></div><div>3) The ABCs of Book Banning</div><div>4) The Barber of Little Rock</div><div>5) Deciding Vote</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Oasis, Camp Courage and Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div>As of this morning's post I am predicting TFF films with a total of 36 nominations with another 16 "alternates". Here's the TFF breakdown:</div><div><br /></div><div>Poor Things (11 noms and one alternate) : Best Picture, Direction, Actress, Supporting Actor (Ruffalo), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score, Production Design, Visual Effects and Makeup/Hair. The alternate is a second Supporting Actor nomination for Willem Dafoe.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Zone of Interest (Six noms and two alternates): Best Picture, Direction, International Film, Cinematography, Score and Sound. Alternates are Huller for Supporting Actress and Adapted Screenplay.</div><div><br /></div><div>The Holdovers (Four noms and three alternatives): Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actress and Original Screenplay. Alternates are for Direction, Supporting Actor and Editing.</div><div><br /></div><div>Anatomy of a Fall (Three noms and one alternate):Best Picture, Actress and Original Screenplay and the alternate is for Original Screenplay.</div><div><br /></div><div>American Symphony (Two noms): Best Doc feature and Song.</div><div><br /></div><div>All of Us Strangers (One nom and one alternate): The nom for Adapted Screenplay and a Best Actor alternate.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nyad (One nom and one alternate): The nom for Supporting Actress with a Best Actress alternate.</div><div><br /></div><div>Rustin (One nom and one alternate): The nom for Best Song with an alternate possibility for Best Actor.</div><div><br /></div><div>In addition to The Zone of Interest in International Feature I'm predicting three other TFF films to be nominated in that category: The Taste of Things, The Teachers' Lounge and Fallen Leaves. Totem and Perfect Days could also make it into the category. Were it not for Society of the Snow I'd likely be predicting that all five nominees for International Feature would be TFF films.</div><div><br /></div><div>In Documentary feature, in addition to American Symphony, I have Beyond Utopia making it into the list of nominees.</div><div><br /></div><div>And finally, in the Shorts categories I have three TFF films being nominated as you can see above: Strange Way of Life, The Last Repair Shop and Last Song from Kabul.</div><div><br /></div><div>In terms of other predictions not TFF films I have Killers of the Flower Moon leading the pack with 12 nominations. Could KOTFM replicate The Irishman and have this many nominations and not win any? Percentages right now suggest that is unlikely. Lily Gladstone isn't certain to win Best Actress but she is certainly the frontrunner. That said, she could be the only winner for KOTFM on Oscar night.</div><div><br /></div><div>Other non-TFF films with double nomination totals predicted: Oppenheimer with 11 and Barbie with 10 though Barbie could add up to three additional nominations. Maestro is now predicted for seven nominations with a shot at two others.</div><div><br /></div><div>COMING UP...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgVUu1EY3hWEtKj4cJ2KC1NqEicWTFbyO08Q2jNSvGLPl2_GnHFiOMBwpK_1FfzskKjhJuM4aVYvs80TzrisxLs0HH-9vgMW21HBAt2lL8OCu7XAoUTqpHEWQ-3CazwtxRedTs87G3AxwIs1wYVlnEcrGgpZ81XP6Khbu7NmVrNXNOCYpZEW3FThHPwo/s225/coming%20up%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="225" data-original-width="225" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSgVUu1EY3hWEtKj4cJ2KC1NqEicWTFbyO08Q2jNSvGLPl2_GnHFiOMBwpK_1FfzskKjhJuM4aVYvs80TzrisxLs0HH-9vgMW21HBAt2lL8OCu7XAoUTqpHEWQ-3CazwtxRedTs87G3AxwIs1wYVlnEcrGgpZ81XP6Khbu7NmVrNXNOCYpZEW3FThHPwo/s1600/coming%20up%202.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>It's a big Oscar pre-cursor period between now and MTFB's next post on Monday. </div><div><br /></div><div>Tomorrow the BAFTA longlists are released.</div><div>Saturday we'll see the National Society of Film Critics announce the top three vote getters in each of 10 categories.</div><div>And on Sunday The Golden Globes announce their winners.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'll have a lot to talk about in Monday's post.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpczqlBjnEXEhUrFQMWgidPjf3omtRJ5h-oItvEvjO-5mef17_UTLl4jk6lYMjqSrvHXxhcKa-idfgLQ86DAq4IpY9TLaHunsGmORRMZIpvdkjKVJV8pVeyXc6xjbnuUxx8zNdEThfa7bnfyimPyKTp3tu3RW2fTYCOf-tI7ovVm6RpGY1taCml7G-nk/s259/oscar%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="259" height="194" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtpczqlBjnEXEhUrFQMWgidPjf3omtRJ5h-oItvEvjO-5mef17_UTLl4jk6lYMjqSrvHXxhcKa-idfgLQ86DAq4IpY9TLaHunsGmORRMZIpvdkjKVJV8pVeyXc6xjbnuUxx8zNdEThfa7bnfyimPyKTp3tu3RW2fTYCOf-tI7ovVm6RpGY1taCml7G-nk/s1600/oscar%203.jpg" width="259" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><p>Here's the latest MTFB Oscar Update. As we move to less than a month before nomination announcements I am consolidating categories for each post. Today I'm updating the Original Song, Original Score, Animated Feature, Production Design, Visual Effects and Sound categories. As usual TFF #50 films are in <b><span style="color: red;">Bold</span></b>. A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.</p><div><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div>BEST ORIGINAL SONG</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF6qRYGda4yfVQoxLFopVKJEuxka5-DCrCguJEkpRgznR9kmQVB9zcauPlVwJbu0Hcs2cTSN75sxpHQWZdSIdqHPVY7u7aNOrCulT1OkIWE8HhLSrozJyaBmD2XZE912XjV7ZzjYmPBzupw4b3LpqO6iXPqDKVVxMbW4pSWxeddIsjY8umTO_8gBCNgk/s319/american%20symphony.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="319" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiF6qRYGda4yfVQoxLFopVKJEuxka5-DCrCguJEkpRgznR9kmQVB9zcauPlVwJbu0Hcs2cTSN75sxpHQWZdSIdqHPVY7u7aNOrCulT1OkIWE8HhLSrozJyaBmD2XZE912XjV7ZzjYmPBzupw4b3LpqO6iXPqDKVVxMbW4pSWxeddIsjY8umTO_8gBCNgk/s1600/american%20symphony.jpg" width="319" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) What Was I Made For/Barbie (1)</div><div>2) I'm Just Ken/Barbie (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">3) Road to Freedom/Rustin (4)</span></b></div><div>4) The Fire Inside/Flamin' Hot (5)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5)</span></b> <b><span style="color: red;">It Never Went Away/American Symphony (-)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Dance the Night Away/Barbie, High Life/Flora and Sun and Superpower (I)/The Color Purple.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST SCORE</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) Oppenheimer (1)</div><div>2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)</div><div>3) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (3)</div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>4) Poor Things (5)</b></span></div><div><b><span style="color: red;">5) The Zone of Interest (4)</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: The Boy and the Heron, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Elemental.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div>BEST ANIMATED FEATURE FILM</div><div><br /></div><div>1) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (1)</div><div>2) The Boy and the Heron (2)</div><div>3) Elemental (3)</div><div>4) Nimona (4)</div><div>5) Wish (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem and Robot Dreams.</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN</div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijm9WyMVtVd31zcqwMXBSyRidlCi0GE5_nu286herZUqXKRENAn_SkoPQuCUnfQ3vCCZTYeFNm-qOFHq6bYl64EE34piB-oamTY_2q-1kuTywugzdc6fJo2nxM5di1W9V6HF6fbKoBlJ-wYhUDYVbBFga-RqKupoYDd9I9m_jBUTLJdxG_2GCuLOC7ca8/s562/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="380" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijm9WyMVtVd31zcqwMXBSyRidlCi0GE5_nu286herZUqXKRENAn_SkoPQuCUnfQ3vCCZTYeFNm-qOFHq6bYl64EE34piB-oamTY_2q-1kuTywugzdc6fJo2nxM5di1W9V6HF6fbKoBlJ-wYhUDYVbBFga-RqKupoYDd9I9m_jBUTLJdxG_2GCuLOC7ca8/s320/poor%20things%20poster%202.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div><b><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></b></div><div>1) Barbie (2)</div><div><b><span style="color: red;">2) Poor Things (1)</span></b></div><div>3) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)</div><div>4) Oppenheimer (3)</div><div>5) Maestro (5)</div><div><br /></div><div>Alternates: Asteroid City, The Color Purple and Napoleon</div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span>VISUAL EFFECTS</span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>1) The Creator (1)</div><div>2) Godzilla Minus One (5)</div><div><b style="color: red;">3) Poor Things (4)</b></div><div><span>4) Spiderman: Across the Spider-Verse (5)</span></div><div><span>5) </span>Society of the Snow (-)</div><div><br /></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>SOUND</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>1) Oppenheimer (1)</span></div><div><span>2) Maestro (2)</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><b>3) The Zone of Interest (-)</b></span></div><div><span>4) Ferrari (3)</span></div><div><span>5) Killers of the Flower Moon (5)</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Alternates: Barbie, Napoleon and The Killer.</span></div></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>UK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AND TFF</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwumAsMt4I_QmPDJOZbi3tYKNW_m7DR1wCq4f-PgAfggIsLD8DFZTidHRvErL6e_HDWQV90a8jc7NSfp6R_7KPbLT6eUpIcRrTx4BvBSfbwcgCzk3JnlXRXdJw_nQmpKqXy_soPX7gka4A5yy-aX7xfLjBQgLIZdiUGOfzmRNTudfge4kqdzzbkQlj_iY/s454/uk%20fca%20logo.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="111" data-original-width="454" height="78" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwumAsMt4I_QmPDJOZbi3tYKNW_m7DR1wCq4f-PgAfggIsLD8DFZTidHRvErL6e_HDWQV90a8jc7NSfp6R_7KPbLT6eUpIcRrTx4BvBSfbwcgCzk3JnlXRXdJw_nQmpKqXy_soPX7gka4A5yy-aX7xfLjBQgLIZdiUGOfzmRNTudfge4kqdzzbkQlj_iY/s320/uk%20fca%20logo.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span><br /></span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>The UK Film Critics Association revealed its nominees for film excellence last week. Six TFF films landed among the nominees but none in the Best Film category.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Here's the rundown of TFF nominees:</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>Saltburn (3): Best Direction, Actor and Supporting Actress.</span></div><div><span>The Holdovers (2): Best Actor and Supporting Actress</span></div><div><span>Anatomy of a Fall (2): Best Actress and Screenplay.</span></div><div><span>Poor Things (2): Best Actress and Supporting Actor.</span></div><div><span>The Zone of Interest (1): Best Direction</span></div><div><span>All of Us Strangers (1): Best Actor.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span><a href="https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-uk-film-critics-association-ukfca-nominations/" target="_blank">The complete list of all nominees can be found here via Next Best Picture.</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>A COUPLE OF LISTS</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Indiewire published its 50 Most Anticipated Films list this week and World of Reel has begun its running list of films rumored to play Cannes. Both lists can be instructive vis-a-vis some possible TFF selections.</div><div><br /></div><div>What's interesting is that there is a lot of overlap between the two lists. So here's my quick parsing of them beginning with films that appear on both that I feel have some chance of being screened over Labor Day weekend:</div><div><br /></div><div>From both lists:</div><div><br /></div><div>Anora (dir: Sean Baker)</div><div>Bird (dir: Andrea Arnold</div><div>Blitz (dir: Steve McQueen)</div><div>The End (dir: Joshua Oppenheimer)</div><div>Hard Truths (dir: Mike Leigh)</div><div>Kinds of Kindness (dir: Yorgos Lanthimos)</div><div>Maria (dir: Pablo Larrain)</div><div>Megalopolis (dir: Francis Ford Coppola)</div><div>Oh, Canada (dir: Paul Schrader)</div><div>Polaris (dir: Lynne Ramsay)</div><div>Queer (dir: Luca Guadagnino)</div><div><br /></div><div>Others from the Indiewire 50 Most Anticipated list:</div><div><br /></div><div>The Actor (dir: Duke Johnson)</div><div>Holland, Michigan (dir: Mimi Cave)</div><div><br /></div><div>Others from World of Reel's Cannes list:</div><div><br /></div><div>The Way of the Wind (dir: Terrence Malick)</div><div>Emilia Perez (dir: Jacques Audiard)</div><div>Partenhope (dir: Paolo Sorrentino)</div><div>In the Hands of Dante (dir: Julian Schnabel)</div><div>The Apprentice (dir: Ali Abassi)</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.indiewire.com/features/best-of/most-anticipated-movies-2024-1234938649/" target="_blank">The Indiewire 50 Most Anticipated list is linked here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2023/12/27/oxe5hqduv8j4oq004qdrjq45wumae9" target="_blank">The World of Reel Cannes list is linked here.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://variety.com/2023/film/awards/sandra-huller-anatomy-of-a-fall-character-guilty-zone-of-interest-1235851614/" target="_blank">Sandra Huller for The Zone of Interest and Anatomy of a Fall from Variety.</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><p>EMAIL: mpgort@gmail.com</p><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">X (TWITTER): @TheMTFB OR @Gort2 </span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";"><br /></span></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman";">BLUE SKY: https://bsky.app/profile/gort2.bsky.social</span></div></div><div style="font-family: "times new roman";"><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100028577868620" target="_blank">MTFB's Facebook Page</a></div></div></div><div style="margin: 0px;"><div data-blogger-escaped-style="text-align: left;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><br /></div><div style="margin: 0px;">MTFB is published on Mondays and Thursdays</div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Michael Pattersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390400380332835906noreply@blogger.com0