OSACR UPDATE: BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR, DOC AND INTERNATIONAL
TFF films in Bold.
BEST PICTURE (last updated Feb. 11th, past position in parentheses)
1) The Trial of the Chicago 7 (1)
2) Nomadland (2)
3) Minari (3)
4) Mank (6)
5) Promising Young Woman (8)
6) One Night in Miami (4)
7) Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (5)
8) Sound of Metal (-)
9) News of the World (10)
10) Judas and the Black Messiah (9)
Other Possibles: Da 5 Bloods, The Father
Hot: Mank, Sound of Metal, Promising Young Woman
Not: Da 5 Bloods, One Night in Miami, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
BEST DIRECTOR (last updated Feb. 4th, past position in parentheses)
1) Chloe Zhao/Nomadland (1)
2) David Fincher/Mank (4)
3) Emerald Fennell/Promising Young Woman (9)
4) Aaron Sorkin/The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2)
5) Lee Isaac Chung/Minari (5)
6) Regina King/One Night in Miami (6)
7) Spike Lee/Da 5 Bloods (3)
8) Florian Zeller/The Father (10)
9) Paul Greengrass/News of the World (8)
10) Darius Marder/Sound of Metal (-)
Other Possibles: Shaka King/Judas and the Black Messiah, George C. Wolfe/Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Hot: Emerald Fennell/Promising Young Woman, David Fincher/Mank, Florian Zeller/The Father, Darius Marder/Sound of Metal
Not: Aaron Sorkin/The Trial of the Chicago 7,Spike Lee/Da 5 Bloods
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (last updated Jan. 25th, past position in parentheses)
1) Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution (1)
2) Time (5)
3) Collective (3)
4) Dick Johnson Is Dead (2)
5) Boys State (4)
6) Welcome to Chechnya (7)
7) The Truffle Hunters (8)
8) All In: The Fight for Democracy (6)
9) 76 Days (-)
10) MLK/FBI (-)
Other Possibles: Gunda, My Octopus Teacher, The Painter and the Thief, The Mole Agent, Notturno
Hot: Time, 76 Days, MLK/FBI
Not: Dick Johnson Is Dead, All In: The Fight for Democracy
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE (last updated Jan. 25th, past position in parentheses)
1) Another Round (1)
2) Collective (3)
3) The Two of Us (6)
4) Quo Vadis, Aida (2)
5) La Llorona (-)
6) A Sun (8)
7) I'm No Longer Here (4)
8) Dear Comrades (7)
9) Night of the Kings (5)
10) Sun Children (-)
Other Possibles: The Man Who Sold His Skin, Charlatan, The Mole Agent, Hope, Better Days
Hot: The Two of Us, La Llorona, A Sun, Sun Children
Not: Quo Vadis Aida, I'm No Longer Here, Night of the Kings
BIFA AWARDS TFF FILMS
Florain Zeller's The Father and Chloe Zhao's Nomadland both were lauded as a part of the British Independent Film Awards this past week.
Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor and Zeller and Christopher Hampton won for Best Screenplay for The Father. The film also Best Editing.
Nomadland was named Best International Film.
NOMADLAND-WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Esquire put up a story on Friday wherein Adrienne Westenfeld interviews the author of Nomadland, Jessica Bruder that catches up with some of the real life nomads that appeared in the film. Linda, Bob and Swankie all get mentioned in the interview. If you enjoyed the film and the people who make the film what it is, it's worth a read.
THE LATEST FROM WE GURUS
The latest Gurus of Gold went up over the weekend at Movie City News. Categories included there are Best Picture, Director and the Screenplay categories. You may notice that my Best Picture predictions above are already a little different than what I reported to MCN last week. It's a quck shifting landscape!
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