Showing posts with label Day One. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Day One. Show all posts

Thursday, September 2, 2021

Day One of TFF #48/ The French Dispatch Will Sneak / Program Link

 DAY ONE OF TFF #48



My normal first day would not include driving but because U.S. 50 has a five mile construction zone between Gunnison and Montrose, the wife and I have to travel through the backdoor.  That means an added couple of hours.  So, yesterday we made it to South Fork and stopped there for the night.  We're making the last four hours of the journey this morning.  

My expectation is that we'll catch one of the films in the post-Colorado Ave. Feed time slot.  Choices there are the Dinklage Tribute with a World Premiere Cyrano screening or World Premieres of King Richard, Belfast  C'mon C'mon or The Same Storm.  Might chose any of them.

If I still have any spunk (shout out to the late Ed Asner) I might try to get in Louis Wain.  We'll see.


THE FRENCH DISPATCH WILL SNEAK



Eagle eyed friend of the Blog Chris Schneider pointed out last night that The Watch, the printed guide t the fest, reveals that Wes Anderson's The French Dispatch will be a sneak addition to the program at some point this weekend,  Here's the pic Chris included with his Tweet alerting me and the TFF Twitterverse that the film would play:



The Program Guide has nine TBA slots on Friday.  As the saying goes, you do the math.

PS...I am fully expecting The Card Counter to show upas well at some point this weekend after its bow at Venice.


PROGRAM LINK

This is the link to the electronic version of the TFF #48 program.


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Monday, February 22, 2016

The FAC Looks at the More Obscure Oscar Categories / Feinberg Forecast Update / Spotlight In Depth

It's Monday of Oscar week...


THE FAC LOOKS AT THE MORE OBSCURE OSCAR CATEGORIES



These eight categories are where serious Oscar prognosticators are separated from the mere hobbyists.  Categories like Sound Editing and Best Live Action Short really separate the wheat from the chaff in Oscar predicting world.

So here it is.  The FAC assessment of the lesser known Oscar categories.

For the purpose of The FAC I gather data from the publicly posted predictions of the following:

Erik Anderson/Awards Watch
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter
Joey Magidson/Hollywood News
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Kristopher Tapley/Variety-InContention
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood/Indiewire


TFF #42 films are in Bold.


BEST MAKEUP/HAIR

1) Mad Max: Fury Road
2) The Revenant
3) The 100 Year Old Man Who...

Comment:

The FAC has Mad Max:Fury Road as a solid but not prohibitive favorite.


COSTUMES




1) Mad Max: Fury Road
2) Carol
3) The Danish Girl
4) Cinderella
5) The Revenant

Comment:Max's lead is substantial but not insurmountable.  Carol could surprise.


SOUND EDITING

1) The Revenant
2) Mad Max: Fury Road
3) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4) The Martian
5) Sicario

SOUND MIXING

1) The Revenant
2) Mad Max:Fury Road
3) Star Wars: The Force Awakens
4) The Martian
5) Bridge of Spies

Comment on the Sound categories:  In both cases, The Revenant lead is good but Mad Max is close enough in both categories to keep it interesting.

VISUAL EFFECTS

1) Star Wars; The Force Awakens
2) The Revenant
3) Mad Max:Fury Road
4) The Martian
5) Ex Machina

Comment:  This is one of the closer categories in the entire list of 24 Oscar categories.  Star Wars is out front bu either The Revenant or Mad Max could win the trophy.


And now for the categories that really can make or break your Oscar office pool...The Shorts!


LIVE ACTION SHORT


1) Shok
2) Ave Maria
3) Day One
4) Stutterer
5) Everything Will Be Okay

DOCUMENTARY SHORT

1) Claude Lanzman: Spectres of the Shoah
2) Body Team 12
3) Chau, Beyond the Lines
4) Last Day of Freedom
5) A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness


ANIMATED SHORT

1) World of Tomorrow
2) Sanjay's Super Team
3) Bear Story
4) We Can't Live Without Cosmos
5) Prologue


Comments about the Short categories:  Live Action: Shok's lead is strong but any of the next three films could pick up the prize.  Doc Short: Close battle between the top three.  Animated Short: Also a close fight between the top three.


THURSDAY'S POST WILL INCLUDE THE FINAL FAC FOR ALL 24 OSCAR CATEGORIES...


FEINBERG FORECAST UPDATE




One of the sources that I use for The Film Awards Clearinghouse analysis of the Oscar race is The Hollywood Reporter's Scott Feinberg.  Scott updated hos latest forecast for Oscar winners on Friday and you can check those here:




SPOTLIGHT IN DEPTH


Spotlight trailer via YouTube


Over the past few days I have collected a number of articles, profiles, interviews and posts about TFF #42 and six time Oscar nominated film Spotlight.  Those are all linked below:

http://www.ew.com/article/2016/02/18/spotlight-mark-ruffalo-dvd
More on Thursday...