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MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: THE BIG EIGHT

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 Bold.

BEST PICTURE

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Poor Things (2)

3) The Holdovers (3)

4) Anatomy of a Fall (6)

5) American Fiction (7)

6) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)

7) Barbie (5)

8) The Zone of Interest (8)

9) Maestro (9)

10) Past Lives (10)

BEST DIRECTION

1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)

2) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (2)

3) Martin Scorsese/Killers of the Flower Moon (3)

4) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest (4)

5) Justine Triet/Anatomy of a Fall (5)

BEST ACTRESS

1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (1)

2) Emma Stone/Poor Things (2)

3) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (3)

4) Annette Bening/Nyad (4)

5) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (5)

BEST ACTOR

1) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (2)

2) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (1)

3) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (3)

4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction (4)

5) Colman Domingo/Rustin (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Da'Vine Joy Randolph/The Holdovers (1)

2) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer (2)

3) America Ferrera/Barbie (4)

4) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple (3)

5) Jodie Foster/Nyad (3)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer (1)

2) Ryan Gosling/Barbie (2)

3) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things (3)

4) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon (4)

5) Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction (5)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) American Fiction (3)

2) Barbie (2)

3) Oppenheimer (1)

4) Poor Things (4)

5) The Zone of Interest (5)

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) Anatomy of a Fall (1)

2) The Holdovers (2)

3) Past Lives (3)

4) Maestro (4)

5) May December (5)

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.

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.

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.

Final predictions for these categories will be posted on Oscar morning, March 10th in a special MTFB post.

 

CAROL DODA HAS A TRAILER

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:

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers from NPR.

Producer Ed Guiney for Poor Things from The Hollywood Reporter.

Producer James Wilson for The Zone of Interest from The Hollywood Reporter.

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MTFB Oscar Update: Picture, Direction and Lead Acting / Clip from Totem / Interviews and Profiles

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: FIRST WINNER PREDICTIONS: PICTURE, DIRECTION, LEAD ACTING

Here's my first "educated" set of predictions for who/what will win on Oscar night, March 10th.  TFF films are in Bold.

BEST PICTURE

1) Oppenheimer

2) The Holdovers

3) Poor Things

4) American Fiction

5) Barbie

6) Killers of the Flower Moon

7) Anatomy of a Fall

8) The Zone of Interest

9) Maestro

10) Past Lives

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.

BEST DIRECTION

1) Christopher  Nolan/Oppenheimer

2) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things

3) Martin Scorsese/Killers of the flower Moon

4) Justine Triet/Anatomy of a Fall

5) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest

Comment: If anything, Nolan has a tighter grip on this Oscar than Oppy has on Best Picture.

BEST ACTRESS

1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon

2) Emma Stone/Poor Things

3) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall

4) Annette Bening/Nyad

5) Carey Mulligan/Maestro

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.

BEST ACTOR

1) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers

2) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer

3) Bradley Cooper/Maestro

4) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction

5) Colman Domingo/Rustin

Comment: Giamatti is looking strong but Murphy is certainly still in play.

TFF films with 12 nominations in theses six categories and a projected win for Best Actor.

Next post: Supporting Acting and Screenplays. 

CLIP FROM TOTEM

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:

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Writer/Director Lila Aviles for Totem from Inocinema.

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SAG and DGA Nominees and TFF / MTFB Oscar Update: Screenplays and More / Interviews and Profiles

SAG AND DGA NOMINEES AND TFF

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:

The Holdovers: Paul Giamatti-Lead Actor, Da'Vine Joy Randolph-Supporting Actress.

Poor Things: Emma Stone-Lead Actress and Willem Dafoe-Supporting Actor

Nyad: Annette Bening-Lead Actress and Jodie Foster-Supporting Actress

Rustin: Colman Domingo-Lead Actor

I was surprised that Mark Ruffalo was not nominated for Poor Things and that PT also missed for Best Ensemble.

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).

The Sag Awards will be presented on Feb. 24th and the DGA will announce their winners on Feb. 10th.

The Producers Guils announces their nominees tomorrow.

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SCREENPLAYS AND MORE

Today I'm updating the Screenplay, International Feature, Documentary Feature, Cinematography and Editing categories.  As usual TFF #50 films are in Bold.  A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) The Holdovers (1)

2) Past Lives (3)

3) Anatomy of a Fall (4)

4) May December (5)

5) Maestro (-)

Alternates: Air, Saltburn, The Iron Claw.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Poor Things (3)

3) American Fiction (2)

4) Barbie (-)

5) Killers of the Flower Moon (4)

Alternates: All of Us Strangers, The Zone of Interest, and Are You There God, It's Me Margaret. 

BEST DOCUMENTARY 

1) American Symphony (1)

2) 20 Days in Mariupol (2)

3) Beyond Utopia (3)

4) Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie (4)

5) Four Daughters (5)

Alternates: The Eternal Memory, Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project and Stamped from the Beginning.

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

1) The Zone of Interest (1)

2) Society of the Snow (3)

3) The Taste of Things (2)

4) The Teachers' Lounge (4)

5) Fallen Leaves (5)

Alternates: Perfect Days, 20 Days in Mariupol and Totem.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Poor Things (3)

4) Maestro (4)

5) The Zone of Interest (5)

Alternates: Saltburn, Barbie and The Color Purple.

FILM EDITING

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Poor Things (3)

3) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

4) Barbie (4)

5) The Holdovers (-)

Alternates: Maestro, Anatomy of a Fall and Air.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Jodie Foster and Annette Bening for Nyad from Netflix via YouTube.

Annette Bening for Nyad from Awards Watch.

Behind the Scenes for The Zone of Interest from The Hollywood Reporter.

Behind the Scenes for All of Us Strangers from FirstShowing.net.

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MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: LEAD ACTING

Here's your Oscar Update for today's post.  This is a check on predicted nominees for the Lead Acting categories.  They were last posted here on Nov. 23rd.  Previous positions on the MTFB Oscar Update is listed to the right in parentheses.  As always TFF films are Bold.

BEST ACTRESS

1) Emma Stone/Poor Things (1)

2) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (3)

4) Annette Bening/Nyad (5)

5) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (-)

Alternates: Margot Robbie/Barbie, Fantasia Barrino/The Color Purple, Natalie Portman/May December.

BEST ACTOR

1) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (1)

2) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (2)

3) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (3)

4) Colman Domingo/Rustin (4)

5) Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction

Alternates: Leonardo DiCaprio/Killers of the Flower Moon, Andrew Scott/All of Us Strangers and Zac Efron/The Iron Claw.

THR'S 30 FILMS FOR BEST PICTURE

I stumbled across this article from The Hollywood Reporter over the weekend.  It was posted/published a couple of weeks back.  I'm not really sure how I missed it, but I did.  Anyway, THR's Tyler Coates has put together a list of 30 films because, as the article says:

"These films are at the front of the race to the Dolby Theatre — a list that includes box office smashes, festival darlings and critical favorites."

From the list, here are the TFF films that Coates suggests are "in play":

All of Us Strangers

Anatomy of a Fall

The Bikeriders (though this looks likely to be released in 2024 now)

The Holdovers

Nyad

Poor Things

Rustin

Saltburn

The Taste of Things

The Zone of Interest

The complete article is linked here.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Emerald Fennell for Saltburn from Time.com

Cinematographer Robbie Ryan for Poor Things from Awards Watch.

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MTFB Oscar Update: Best Picture and Direction / The Bikeriders Riding to a New Home / Trailers and Clips: The Teachers' Lounge, Poor Things and Saltburn / Interviews and Profiles: Giamatti, Dafoe, Domingo, Mescal and More

 OSCAR UPDATE: BEST PICTURE AND DIRECTION

Here's MTFB's  Oscar Update.  Today I'm updating the Best Picture and Direction categories.  The last prediction for these two categories were posted on Nov. 9th.  As usual TFF #50 films are in Bold.  A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.

BEST PICTURE

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Barbie (3)

4) Poor Things (4)

5) The Holdovers (6)

6) American Fiction (5)

7) Maestro (7)

8) The Color Purple (-)

9) Past Lives (8)

10) The Zone of Interest (10)

Alternates:  Anatomy of a Fall, Air, May December

BEST DIRECTION

1) Christopher Nolan/Oppenheimer (1)

2) Martin Scorsese/Killer of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Greta Gerwig/Barbie (3)

4) Yorgos Lanthimos/Poor Things (4)

5) Jonathan Glazer/The Zone of Interest (5)

Alternates: Alexander Payne/The Holdovers, Cord Jefferson/American Fiction and Bradley Cooper/Maestro.

THE BIKERIDERS RIDING TO A NEW HOME

Variety and other outlets reported that New Regency and Disney/20th Century were looking for a partner to distribute Jeff Nichols' The Bikeriders.  The film was originally set for a Dec. 1st release but was removed from the release calendar in the midst of the Actors' and Writers' strikes.

We have word from yesterday afternoon that Focus Features has snagged North American distribution rights and plans to release the film in 2024.  The Hollywood Reporter, among other outlets, reported the deal.

The film stars Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer.

TRAILERS AND CLIPS: THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE, POOR THINGS AND SALTBURN

U.S. TRAILER FOR THE TEACHERS' LOUNGE

NEW U.K. TRAILER FOR POOR THINGS

CLIP FROM SALTBURN VIA INDIEWIRE

https://twitter.com/IndieWire/status/1726993876555284600

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES: GIAMATTI, DAFOE, DOMINGO AND MORE

POOR THINGS

Writer/Director Yorgos Lanthimos for Poor Things from Entertainment Weekly.

Willem Dafoe for Poor Things from Gold Derby.

RUSTIN

Colman Domingo and screenwriter Julian Breece for Rustin from Next Best Picture.

THE HOLDOVERS

Paul Giamatti for The Holdovers from The Playlist.

Actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers fromVulture.

Actor Dominic Sessa for The Holdovers from Gold Derby.

Producer Mark Johnson for The Holdovers from Awards Daily.

Cinematographer Eigil Bryld for The Holdovers from Awards Radar.

ALL OF US STRANGERS

Paul Mescal for All of Us Strangers from Awards Watch.

Andrew Scott and Paul Mescal from Entertainment Weekly.

Writer/Director Andrew Haigh for All of Us Strangers from The Playlist.

Andrew Haigh for All of Us Strangers from Awards Watch.

SALTBURN

Barry Keoghan and Emerald Fennell for Saltburn from TheRinger.com

Writer/Director Emerald Fennell for Saltburn from Entertainment Weekly.

Emerald Fennell from SlashFilm.

NYAD

Annette Bening and Jodie Foster for Nyad from Awards Radar.

THE ZONE OF INTEREST AND ANATOMY OF A FALL

Sander Huller for both films from Awards Watch.

FALLEN LEAVES

Actors Alma Poysti and Jussi Vantanen for Fallen Leaves from Next Best Picture.

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MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SCREENPLAYS

Here's your Oscar Update for today's post.  This is a check on predicted nominees for the Screenplay categories.  They were last posted here on Nov. 6th.  Previous positions on the MTFB Oscar Update Chart are listed to the right in parentheses.  As always TFF films are Bold.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) The Holdovers (2)

2) Barbie (1)

3) Past Lives (3)

4) Maestro (5)

5) Anatomy of a Fall (4)

Alternates: May December, Air, Saltburn.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) Oppenheimer (1)

2) Poor Things (3)

3) American Fiction (4)

4) Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

5) All of Us Strangers (5)

Alternates: The Zone of Interest, The Color Purple and Dumb Money. 

Coming Thursday, I'll update Best Picture and Direction.

If my current predictions for the Big Eight categories are 100% correct here's where TFF films stand for Oscar nominations.

Poor Things is predicted for six nominations: Best Picture, Direction, Actress (Stone), Supporting Actor (Ruffalo), Supporting Actor (Dafoe) and Adapted Screenplay.

The Holdovers is predicted for four nominations with another two possible: Best Picture, Actor (Giamatti), Supporting Actress (Randolph) and Original Screenplay.  Also possible: Direction and Supporting Actor (Sessa).

Anatomy of a Fall is predicted for two nominations with another couple of possibilities: Best Picture and Original Screenplay.  Also possible: Actress (Huller) and Direction.

The Zone of Interest is predicted for two nominations and another possibility: Best Picture and Direction with an Adapted Screenplay nomination possible.

Nyad is predicted for two nominations: Best Actress (Bening) and Supporting Actress (Foster).

All of Us Strangers is predicted for one nomination with another two possibles: Best Adapted Screenplay and the the other chances are Best Picture and Best Actor.

Rustin is predicted for one nomination for Best Actor (Domingo).

Saltburn isn't predicted for any nominations ...yet but could crack Best Picture, Actor and Original Screenplay.

Total nominations  and other possibilities for these eight TFF film in the Big Eight Oscar Categories: 18 nominations and another 10 possibilities.

CINEMA EYE HONORS AWARDS NOMINEES

The Cinema Eye Honors Awards nominees were announced this week.  The organization awards prizes for excellence in documentary filmmaking.  This year eight TFF films have garnered a total of 18 nominations.  Leading the way for TFF films are Matthew Heineman's American Symphony and Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp's Bobi Wine: The People's President (from TFF #49) with four nominations each.

According to Next Best Picture, here's what TFF films are nominated for:

*American Symphony (4): Best Production, Score, Audience Choice Prize and "Unforgettable".

*Bobi Wine: The People's President (4):  Best Production, Outstanding Debut, Audience Choice Prize and "Unforgettable".

*Anselm (3): Best Direction, Cinematography and Score.

*Beyond Utopia (2): Best Production, Audience Choice Prize.

*The Pigeon Tunnel (2): Best Score and "Unforgettable".

*The Mission (1): Best Visual Design.

*They Shot the Piano Player (1): Best Visual Design.

Orlando: My Political Biography (1): Outstanding Debut.

The Cinema Eye Awards will be announced on Jan. 24th.

INETRVIEWS AND PROFILES: RUSTIN,THE HOLDOVERS, SALTBURN AND MORE

RUSTIN:

Colman Domingo from Awards Watch.

Director George C. Wolfe from Awards Radar.

Screenwriter Julian Breece from Awards Radar.

Screenwriter Julian Breece from Awards Daily.

THE HOLDOVERS

Da'Vine Joy Randolph from Vanity Fair.

Da'Vine Joy Randolph from Variety.

Alexander Payne from A. Frame.

SALTBURN

Jacob Elordi, Barry Keoghan and Emerald Fennell from Variety.

Rosamund Pike from Awards Watch.

Emerald Fennell from Awards Watch.

Composer Anthony Willis from Gold Derby. 

NYAD

Annette Bening and Jodie Foster from Awards Daily.

POOR THINGS

Cinematographer Robbie Ryan from Variety.

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Oscar Update: Supporting Acting / DOC NYC Announces Short Lists / Totem Trailer / Interviews and Profiles: Domingo, Payne, Dafoe and More

OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING

Here's your Oscar Update for today's post.  This is a check on predicted nominees for the Supporting Acting categories.  They were last posted here on Oct. 30th.  Previous positions on the MTFB Oscar Update is listed to the right in parentheses.  As always TFF films are Bold.

 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Da'Vine Joy Randoplh/The Holdovers (1)

2) Emily Blunt/Oppenheimer (2)

3) Jodie Foster/Nyad (3)

4) Danielle Brooks/The Color Purple (4)

5) Julianne Moore/May December (5)

Alternates: Taraji P. Henson/The Color Purple, Penelope Cruz/Ferrari and America Ferrera/Barbie

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Robert Downey, Jr./Oppenheimer (1)

2) Ryan Gosling/Barbie (2)

3) Robert DeNiro/Killers of the Flower Moon (3)

4) Mark Ruffalo/Poor Things (4)

5) Willem Dafoe/Poor Things (5)

Alternates: Charles Melton/May December, Dominic Sessa/The Holdovers, Sterling K. Brown/American Fiction.

I'll have updated Screenplay predictions in Monday's post.

DOC NYC ANNOUNCES SHORT LISTS

DOC NYC has announced three lists of documentaries for inclusion in its fest.  The choices are often seen as being predictive of eventual Oscar nominations.  The fest concludes today. These are the TFF films included on the various lists:

Documentary Feature:

American Symphony

Bobi Wine: The People's President

The Pigeon Tunnel

Shorts:

The Last Repair Shop

Winner's Circle:

Beyond Utopia

The complete lists are linked here from Variety.

TOTEM TRAILER

From Janus Films we saw the release this week of the official U.S. trailer for Totem, Mexico's selection for consideration for the International Film Oscar.  Here it is from YouTube:

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES:

Colman Domingo for Rustin from Awards Radar.

George C. Wolfe for Rustin from The Hollywood reporter's Awards Chatter Podcast.

Willem Dafoe for Poor Things from The Hollywood Reporter.

Alexander Payne for The Holdovers from Filmmakermagazine.com.

Errol Morris for The Pigeon Tunnel from Pop Culture Confidential.

Christos Nikou for Fingernails from The Academy Conversations via YouTube.

Cinematographer Lukasz Zal for The Zone of Interest from The Hollywood Reporter.

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Oscar Update: Lead Acting / Academy Convo for Nyad / TFF Films and Critics Choice Doc Awards / Magnolia Acquires Food Inc. 2 / Trailers: Perfect Days and They Shot the Piano Player / New Clip from Saltburn / Interviews and Profiles

OSCAR UPDATE: LEAD ACTING

Here's your Oscar Update for today's post.  This is a check on predicted nominees for the Lead Acting categories.  They were last posted here on Oct. 23rd.  Previous positions on the MTFB Oscar Update is listed to the right in parentheses.  As always TFF films are Bold.

BEST ACTRESS

1) Emma Stone/Poor Things (1)

2) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

3) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (3)

4) Margot Robbie/Barbie (4)

5) Annette Bening/Nyad (5)

Alternates: Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall, Natalie Portman/May December and Fantasia Barrino/The Color Purple

BEST ACTOR

1) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (2)

2) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (1)

3) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (4)

4) Colman Domingo/Rustin (3)

5) Leonardo DiCaprio/Killers of the Flower Moon (5)

Alternates: Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction, Andrew Scott/All of Us Strangers and Barry Keoghan/Saltburn.

ACADEMY CONVERSATION FOR NYAD

From AMPAS and YouTube here is an Academy Conversation with Nyad directors Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin:

TFF FILMS AND CRITICS CHOICE DOC AWARDS

Two TFF #50 films scored wins last night at the Critics Choice Documentary Awards.  Matt Heineman's American Symphony, which focuses on the lives of Jon Batiste and Suleika Jaouad, was winner for Best Musical Doc and Best Score.  The Short Doc winner also came from Telluride and that was Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot's The Last Repair Shop.

The big winner of the night was Davis Guggenheim's Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie.  That film nabbed five awards including Best Documentary Feature.

A complete rundown of all winners is here from Awards Radar.

MAGNOLIA PICTURES ACQUIRES FOOD INC. 2

News this past week that TFF #50 entrant Food Inc. 2 has been acquired for distribution  by Magnolia Pictures.  The documentary is a sequel to 2008's Oscar nominated doc Food Inc. The director of the original film, Robert Kenner is joined for the sequel by co-director Melissa Robledo.

Deadline reports that Magnolia is eyeing a spring 2024 release.

TRAILERS: PERFECT DAYS AND THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER

From YouTube:

PERFECT DAYS

THEY SHOT THE PIANO PLAYER

NEW CLIP FROM SALTBURN

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Alexander Payne on The Holdovers from Awards Watch.

Screenwriter David Hemingson on The Holdovers from Time.com.

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Oscar Update: Lead Acting / Trailers: Poor Things, Nyad, Saltburn, Rustin / Interviews: Butler

OSCAR UPDATE: LEAD ACTING

Here's MTFB's first Oscar Update for the Lead Acting category since the original set of predictions On Sept. 25th..  Today I'm updating the Lead Acting categories.  As usual TFF #50 films are in Bold.  A film's previous position on the MTFB Oscar chart is listed in parentheses.

BEST ACTRESS

1) Emma Stone/Poor Things (2)

2) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (1)

3) Carrie Mulligan/Maestro (3)

4) Margot Robbie/Barbie (-)

5) Annette Bening/Nyad (4)

Alternates: Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall, Natalie Portman/May December and Fantasia Barrino/The Color Purple

BEST ACTOR

1) Cillian Murphy/Oppenheimer (1)

2) Bradley Cooper/Maestro (4)

3) Colman Domingo/Rustin (2)

4) Paul Giamatti/The Holdovers (5)

5) Leonardo DiCaprio/Killers of the Flower Moon (3)

Alternates: Jeffrey Wright/American Fiction, Andrew Scott/All of Us Strangers and Barry Keoghan/Saltburn.

Comment: Among the Best Actress category is still seems a death match between any of the top six women.  In the Best Actor category-a nice uptick for Cooper and Giamatti.

Oscar nominations will be announced on Jan. 23rd, 2024

TRAILERS: POOR THINGS, NYAD, SALTBURN, RUSTIN

Within a few hours of last Thursday's post distributors/producers for four TFF #50 films released teaser/trailers for their films.  I honestly thought about updating Thursday's post with them but that post was already lengthy.  So, ultimately I decided to post the trailers in today's regularly scheduled MTFB offering.  Here they are from YouTube:

POOR THINGS:

NYAD:

 

SALTBURN:

RUSTIN:

INTERVIEWS: BUTLER

Austin Butler on The Bikeriders from Entertainment Weekly (and Interview Magazine).

Austin Butler from Indiewire.

Austin Butler from The Hollywood Reporter.

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