The Oscars and Telluride

 THE OSCARS AND TELLURIDE

For only the second time since 2008 the Oscar winner for Best Picture did not World Premiere or North American Premiere at the Telluride Film Festival as Sian Heder's CODA took the top prize last night.  Green Book also achieved that feat at the 2019 Oscars.

TFF #48 films that were honored last night were The Power of the Dog with Jane Campion's win for Best Direction, Belfast for Kenneth Branagh's Original Screenplay and King Richard for Will Smith as Best Actor.

Dune topped the night with six Oscars followed by CODA with three and The Eyes of Tammy Faye with two.

The winners:

Picture: CODA

Direction: Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog

Actress: Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Actor: Will Smith/King Richard

Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose/West Side Story

Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur/CODA

Original Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh/Belfast

Adapted Screenplay Sian Heder/CODA

Documentary: Summer of Soul

Animated Feature: Encanto

International Film: Drive My Car

Cinematography: Dune

Editing: Dune

Production Design: Dune

Original Score: Dune

Original Song: No Time to Die from No Time to Die

Costumes: Cruella

Visual Effects: Dune

Sound: Dune

Makeup/Hair: The Eye of Tammy Faye

Animated Short: The Windshield Wiper

Doc Short: The Queen of Basketball

Live Action Short: The Long Goodbye

I went 21/23 dropping on Animated Short and Best Picture,  I was too stubborn on The Power of the Dog in the face of the momentum that gathered for CODA.

And then there was the Will Smith/Chris Rock confrontation which will be the talk of this particular Oscars forever.  It will be interesting to see how that shakes out and if Smith's actions have an affect on his career going forward.

Coolest moments of the night for me: Campion's win...I actually got to speak with her briefly on the streets of Telluride and express my admiration for her work on The Power of the Dog.

Troy Kotsur's win.  I remember seeing CODA and remarking after it was over that he should be in the Oscar conversation.  For my money, of the four Oscar winning actors this year...it's easily the best performance.

Seeing Francis Ford Coppola, Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino on stage to intro the tribute to the 50th anniversary of The Godfather and be able to turn to the wife and say: I've been on set with one (DeNiro), shaken hands with one and say "thank you for your work" (Coppola) and seen one on stage in a live performance (Pacino-Merchant of Venice-Shakespeare in the Park in NYC in 2010).

More to come on Thursday...it's been a season...

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MTFB Oscar Take: Latest "Above the Line" Oscar Predictions / Film Independent Spirit Awards / Guild Awards: Art Directors and Editors / More Cannes Spec / Interviews and Profiles

MTFB OSCAR TAKE: LATEST "ABOVE THE LINE" OSCAR PREDICTIONS

BEST PICTURE

1) The Power of the Dog

2) Belfast

3) CODA

4) West Side Story

5) King Richard

6) Dune

7) Licorice Pizza

8) Don't Look Up

9) Drive My Car

10) Nightmare Alley

Comment: With its Best Cast SAG win CODA moved from #7 to #3.

BEST DIRECTION

1) Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog

2) Kenneth Branagh/Belfast

3) Steven Spielberg/West Side Story

4) Licorice Pizza/Paul Thomas Anderson

5) Ryusuke Hamaguchi/Drive My Car

BEST ACTRESS

1) Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye

2) Kristen Stewart/Spencer

3) Nicole Kidman/Being the Ricardos

4) Olivia Colman/The Lost Daughter

5) Penelope Cruz/Parallel Mothers

Comment: SAG win moves Chastain to the top.

BEST ACTOR

1) Will Smith/King Richard

2) Benedict Cumberbatch/The Power of the Dog

3) Andrew Garfield/tick, tick...BOOM

4) Denzel Washington/The Tragedy of Macbeth

5) Javier Bardem/Being the Ricardos

1) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Ariana DeBose/West Side Story

2) Kirsten Dunst/The Power of the Dog

3) Aunjanue Ellis/King Richard

4) Jesse Buckley/The Lost Daughter

5) Judi Dench/Belfast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Troy Kotsur/CODA

2) Kodi Smit-McPhee/The Power of the Dog

3) Ciaran Hinds/Belfast

4) Jesse Plemons/The Power of the Dog

5) J.K. Simmons/Being the Ricardos

Comment: Kotsur's SAG win propels him past Smit-McPhee.

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) Belfast

2) Licorice Pizza

3) Don't Look Up

4) The Worst Person in the World

5) King Richard

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) The Power of the Dog

2) CODA

3) The Lost Daughter

4) Drive My Car

5) Dune

COW TRAILER

The header for this story is funny..."Cow Trailer".  Hahahahaha.  now then, Andrea Arnold's Cow has a trailer and here it is:

FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

The Film Independent Spirit Awards were handed out on Sunday.  Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter had an exceptional evening winning Best Feature, Director and Screenplay.  TFF #48 selection Red Rocket was also recognized for Best Actor with Simon Rex winning that award.  The complete listing of all Spirit Awards winners is linked here from The Hollywood Reporter.

GUILD AWARDS: ART DIRECTORS, ACE: EDDIES

The Art Directors Guild named their winners for 2021 films this past weekend.  No TFF #48 films made their lists.  Film winners were Nightmare Alley, No Time to Die, Dune and Encanto.

Coverage from Variety.

The American Cinema Editors (ACE) named TFF #48 film King Richard edited by Pamela Martin as the Best edited dramatic feature film of 2021.  Other winners included: tick, tcik...BOOM, Summer of Soul and Encanto.

Coverage from Nest Best Picture.

MORE CANNES SPEC

What will be the 5-8 films that will debut at Cannes and then make their first  North American appearance at TFF #49?  Obviously we won't know until Thursday, Sept. 1st but that can't stop us from thinking and predicting and hoping.  Variety's Elsa Keslassy was up last Thursday with a Cannes speculation/prediction piece and so let's parse that for titles that might be candidates for The SHOW.

James Gray's Armageddon Time/Focus Features

Florian Zeller's The Son/SPC

George Miller's Three Thousand Years of Longing UA/MGM

David Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future/NEON

Kelly Reichardt's Showing Up/A24

The Dardennes Brothers' Tori and Lokita/TBD

Hirokazu Kore-eda's Baby, Box, Broker/TBD

Ali Abassi's Hamlet/TBD

Meanwhile, Wes Anderson's latest, Asteroid City, is reportedly foregoing Cannes for Venice.  After last year's TFF "Sneak" of The French Dispatch, perhaps Anderson books a second straight film at TFF and they make the Venice to Colorado trek that has become very popular over the past several years.  Last year The Power of the Dog, The Lost Daughter, Spencer and The Card Counter and other films made that journey.

Here's that reporting from Jordan Ruimy's World of Reel.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Belfast writer/director Kenneth Branagh from Deadline's Oscar nominee series.

King Richard's Oscar nominee Aunjanue Ellis from Variety.

The Lost Daughter's writer/director Maggie Gyllenhaal from Gold Derby.

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MTFB Predicts the Oscar Winners in Six More Categories / Cannes Speculation Starts / Interviews and Profiles: Branagh and Hinds

MTFB PREDICTS THE OSCAR WINNERS IN SIX MORE CATEGORIES

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1) Dune

2) The Power of the Dog

3) Don't Look Up

4) Encanto

5) Parallel Mothers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1) No Time to Die/No Time to Die

2) Dos Oruguitas/Encanto

3) Be Alive/King Richard

4) Down to Joy/Belfast

5) Somehow You Do/Four Good Days

BEST COSTUMES

1) Cruella

2) Dune

3) Nightmare Alley

4) West Side Story

5) Cyrano

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

1) Dune

2) Spiderman: No Way Home

3) No Time to Die

4) Shang Chi

5) Free Guy

BEST SOUND

1) Dune

2) West Side Story

3) Not Time to Die

4) The Power of the Dog

5) Belfast

BEST MAKEUP/HAIR

1) Dune

2) Cruella

3) The Eyes of Tammy Faye

4) The House of Gucci

5) Coming 2 America

Through the 20 predicted feature film categories I have TFF #48 films winning the following:

The Power of the Dog-Picture, Director, Supporting Actor, Adapted Screenplay and Cinematography.  It is competitive also for Supporting Actress, Editing and Score.

Belfast-Original Screenplay.  Belfast is also competitive for Picture and Director.

King Richard- Actor

If my predictions are perfect then Dune will win Editing, Production Design, Score, Visual Effects, Makeup/Hair and Sound for a total of six wins.  Dune is also competitive for Cinematography and Costumes.

So the race for what films wins the most Oscars on March 27th boils down to a close tussle between The Power of the Dog and Dune.  Cinematography and Editing might be the determining categories.

Here are the predictions from the previous two posts of the 14 other Oscar categories:

BEST PICTURE

1) The Power of the Dog

2) Belfast

3) West Side Story

4) King Richard

5) Licorice Pizza

6)  CODA

7) Dune

8) Don't Look Up

9) Drive My Car

10) Nightmare Alley

BEST DIRECTION

1) Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog

2) Kenneth Branagh/Belfast

3) Steven Spielberg/West Side Story

4) Paul Thomas Anderson/Licorice Pizza

5) Ryusuke Hamaguchi/Drive My Car

BEST ACTOR

1) Will Smith/King Richard

2) Benedict Cumberbatch/The Power of the Dog

3) Andrew Garfield/tick, tick...BOOM

4) Denzel Washington/The Tragedy of Macbeth

5) Javier Bardem/Being the Ricardos

BEST ACTRESS

1) Nicole Kidman/Being the Ricardos

2) Kristen Stewart/Spencer

3) Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye

4) Olivia Colman/The Lost Daughter

5) Penelope Cruz/Parallel Mothers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Ariana DeBose/West Side Story

2) Kirsten Dunst/The Power of the Dog

3) Aunjanue Ellis/King Richard

4) Jesse Buckley/The Lost Daughter

5) Judi Dench/Belfast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Kodi Smit-McPhee/The Power of the Dog

2) Troy Kotsur/CODA

3) Ciaran Hinds/Belfast

4) Jesse Plemoms/The Power of the Dog

5) J.K. Simmons/Being the Ricardos

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) Belfast

2) Licorice Pizza

3) Don't Look Up

4) King Richard

5) The Worst Person in the World

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) The Power of the Dog

2) CODA

3) The Lost Daughter

4) Drive My CarInterviews and Pro

5) Dune

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1) Summer of Soul

2) Flee

3) Attica

4) Ascension

5) Writing with Fire

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1) Encanto

2) The Mitchells vs. the Machines

3) Luca

4) Flee

5) Raya and the Last Dragon

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

1) Drive My Car

2) The Worst Person in the World

3) The Hand of God

4) Flee

5) Luana: A Yak in the Classroom

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) The Power of the Dog

2) Dune

3) The Tragedy of Macbeth

4) Nightmare Alley

5) West Side Story

BEST EDITING

1) Dune

2) The Power of the Dog

3) Don't Look Up

4) King Richard

5) tick, tick...BOOM

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

1) Dune

2) Nightmare Alley

3) West Side Story

4) The Power of the Dog

5) The Tragedy of Macbeth

CANNES SPECULATION STARTS

Oscar nominations are out, the Sundance and Berlin Fests are over and it's time to start thinking about what films might play Cannes and which of those might be crossover films that could be selected for TFF #49.

The Hollywood Reporter's Alex Ritman offers up 20 possibilities in the post from today that I have linked here.

Of the 20 films listed, the titles and directors that stand out to me a possibilities for The SHOW sight unseen are:

She Said/Maria Schrader dist: Universal

Crimes of the Future/David Cronenberg dist: Neon

The Son/Florian Zeller dist: Sony Pictures Classics

Showing Up/Kelly Reichardt dist: A24

Asteroid City/Wes Andrson dist: N/A

Bardo/Alejandro Gonzalez Inarittu dist: N/A

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Kenneth Branagh on IFTA Screen discussions:

Ciaran Hinds with The Los Angeles Times

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The First MTFB Oscar Winners Take / Interviews and Profiles: The Power of the Dog and Cyrano

THE FIRST MTFB OSCAR WINNERS TAKE

The Oscar ceremony will be March 27th and now that we know the nominees, here's my first run at predicting the winners  I'm starting off with the Big Eight categories and will continue to add and update categories as we move through these next six weeks.  As always, TFF #48 films/performers are in Bold.

BEST PICTURE

1) The Power of the Dog

2) Belfast

3) West Side Story

4) King Richard

5) Licorice Pizza

6)  CODA

7) Dune

8) Don't Look Up

9) Drive My Car

10) Nightmare Alley

BEST DIRECTION

1) Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog

2) Kenneth Branagh/Belfast

3) Steven Spielberg/West Side Story

4) Paul Thomas Anderson/Licorice Pizza

5) Ryusuke Hamaguchi/Drive My Car

BEST ACTOR

1) Will Smith/King Richard

2) Benedict Cumberbatch/The Power of the Dog

3) Andrew Garfield/tick, tick...BOOM

4) Denzel Washington/The Tragedy of Macbeth

5) Javier Bardem/Being the Ricardos

BEST ACTRESS

1) Nicole Kidman/Being the Ricardos

2) Kristen Stewart/Spencer

3) Jessica Chastain/The Eyes of Tammy Faye

4) Olivia Colman/The Lost Daughter

5) Penelope Cruz/Parallel Mothers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Ariana DeBose/West Side Story

2) Kirsten Dunst/The Power of the Dog

3) Aunjanue Ellis/King Richard

4) Jesse Buckley/The Lost Daughter

5) Judi Dench/Belfast

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Kodi Smit-McPhee/The Power of the Dog

2) Troy Kotsur/CODA

3) Ciaran Hinds/Belfast

4) Jesse Plemoms/The Power of the Dog

5) J.K. Simmons/Being the Ricardos

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

1) Belfast

2) Licorice Pizza

3) Don't Look Up

4) King Richard

5) The Worst Person in the World

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) The Power of the Dog

2) CODA

3) The Lost Daughter

4) Drive My CarInterviews and Pro

5) Dune

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion/Indiewire

Kirsten Dunst/Awardist-Entertainment Weekly

Kodi Smit-McPhee/Awards Watch

CYRANO

The cast and crew of Cyrano in the Variety Streaming Room

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MTFB Oscar Take: Supporting Players and More / Interviews and Profiles: Dinklage, Branagh, Farhadi and Others

MTFB OSCAR TAKE: SUPPORTING ACTORS AND MORE

Here's your update on the Supporting Acting races as well as Score, Song and Costumes.  These predictions were last updated on Jan. 3rd.  TFF #48 performances/films are indicated in Bold and their previous position in my predictions are indicated to the right in parentheses.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Ariana DeBose/West side Story (1)

2) Caitriona Balfe/Belfast (2)

3) Kirsten Dunst/The Power of the Dog (4)

4) Aujunue Ellis/King Richard (3)

5) Ruth Negga/Passing (5)

Alternates: Anne Dowd/Mass, Cate Blanchett/Nightmare Alley and Rita Moreno/West Side Story

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Kodi Smit-McPhee/The Power of the Dog (1)

2) Troy Kotsur/CODA (3)

3) Ciaran Hinds/Belfast (2)

4) Bradley Cooper/Licorice Pizza (Alt.)

5) Jared Leto/House of Gucci

Alternates: Jamie Dornan/Belfast and Ben Affleck/The Tender Bar

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1) Dune (1)

2) The Power of the Dog (2)

3)The French Dispatch (4)

4) Don't Look Up (3)

5) Parallel Mothers (Alt.)

Alternates: Spencer and Encanto

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1) No Time to Die/No Time to Die (2)

2) Be Alive/King Richard (1)

3) Dos Oruguitas/Encanto (4)

4) Down to Joy/Belfast (Alt.)

5) Just Look Up/Don't Look Up (3)

Alternates: Guns Go Bang/The Harder They Fall and Here I Am/Respect

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1) Cruella (1)

2) Dune (2)

3) West Side Story (3)

4) House of Gucci (4)

5) Nightmare Alley (Alt.)

Alternates: Spencer and The French Dispatch

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Actor Peter Dinklage on Cyrano from The Playlist

Dinklage and actress Haley Bennett plus more from Cyrano from Variety

Writer/Director Asghar Farhadi on A Hero from The Hollywood Reporter

Writer /Director Kenneth Branagh plus actors: Jude Hill, Caitriona Balfe, Jamie Dornan and Ciaran Hinds 

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Peter Bogdanovich 1939-2022 / NSFC and The Golden Globes / MTFB Oscar Update: Best Picture, Direction and More / The Film Stage's Most Anticipated / Interviews and Profiles

PETER BOGDANOVICH 1939-2022

Peter Bogdanovich died on Thursday.  Over the past 20+ years he was a frequent presence at The SHOW beginning with his choice to Guest Direct the festival in 1998.  That year he programmed: Orson Welles Touch of Evil.  Bogdanovich's own Directed by John Ford was also featured at the 25th TFF.

Bogdanovich returned to T-ride a number of times thereafter including 2001, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2018.  He was part of my first Telluride in 2006 as he was back at the fest with Directed by John Ford again.

His film legacy included: The Last Picture Show, What's Up Doc? Paper Moon, Saint Jack and Mask among others.  He was twice Oscar nominated for The Last Picture Show as Best Director and co-writer with Larry McMurtry.

On a different note, although never an attendee (at least to my knowledge) of the Telluride Film Festival, I have to also note the passing of Sidney Poitier.  Truly a giant in the world of film.

NSFC AND THE GOLDEN GLOBES

The National Society of Film Critics and The Golden Globes announced their winners for films from 2021 over the weekend.

THE NSFC 

The NSFC announces winners and runners-up through third place (and the vote totals for each).  Here are the TFF #48 films/performers that were named winners or runners-up.

Best Picture: #2 Petite Maman #3 The Power of the Dog (Drive My Car was named Best Picture.

Best Direction: #2 Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog, #3 Celine Sciamma/Petite Maman

Best Nonfiction Film: #1 Flee, #2 Procession, #3 The Velvet Underground

Best Cinematography #2 The Power of the Dog

Best Supporting Actress: #1 Jesse Buckley/The Lost Daughter

Best Actor: #2 Benedict Cumberbatch/The Power of the Dog, #3 Simon Rex/Red Rocket

TFF regulars Bertrand Tavernier and Peter Bogdanovich both received notice being named winners of the NSFC Film Heritage Award.

The complete list of winners and runners-up is linked here from The NSFC.

THE GOLDEN GLOBES WINNERS

A modified version of the Golden Globes was held last night as The Hollywood Foreign Press Association continues to try to rehabilitate itself into the awards power that it has been over the last several years.  Absent a television presentation, the HFPA "announced" their awards via social media.  TFF #48 winners in Bold.

Best Picture/Drama: The Power of the Dog

Best Picture/Musical or Comedy: West Side Story

Best Direction: Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog

Best Actress/Drama: Nicole Kidman/Being the Ricardos

Best Actor/Drama: Will Smith/King Richard

Best Actress/Musical or Comedy: Rachel Zegler/West Side Story

Best Actor/Musical or Comedy: Andrew Garfield/tick, tick...BOOM

Best Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose/West Side Story

Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee/The Power of the Dog 

Best Screenplay: Kenneth Branagh/Belfast

Best Non-English Language Film: Drive My Car

Best Animated Film: Encanto

Best Score: Dune

Best Song: No Time to Die/No Time to Die

MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: BEST PICTURE, DIRECTION AND MORE

Here's the MTFB latest update on predictions for Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, International Feature, Animated Feature and Documentary Feature.  These categories were last predicted here on Dec. 27th.  As always TFF #48 films are indicate in Bold and the film's previous position is indicated to the right in parentheses.

BEST PICTURE

1) Belfast (1)

2) The Power of the Dog (2)

3) West Side Story (3)

4) Dune (4)

5) Licorice Pizza (5)

6) King Richard (6)

7) CODA (7)

8) Don't Look Up (8)

9) tick, tick...BOOM (9)

10) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Alt.)

Alternates: Being the Ricardos and The Lost Daughter

BEST DIRECTION

1) Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog

2) Kenneth Branagh/Belfast

3) Denis Villenueve/Dune

4) Steven Spielberg/West Side Story

5) Paul Thomas Anderson/Licorice Pizza

Alternates: Ryusuke Hamaguchi/Drive My Car and Maggie Gyllenhaal/The Lost Daughter

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

1) Drive My Car/Japan (1)

2) The Worst Person in the World/Norway (3)

3) A Hero/Iran (2)

4) Flee/Denmark (4)

5) The Hand of God/Italy (5)

Alternates: Compartment #6/Finland  and I'm Your Man/Germany

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1) Encanto (1)

2) Flee (2)

3) The Mitchells vs. The Machines (3)

4) Luca (4)

5) Raya and the Last Dragon (5)

Alternates: Belle and Sing 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1) The Rescue (2)

2) Flee (1)

3) Summer of Soul (3)

4) Attica (4) 

5) Ascension (Alt.)

Alternates: Procession and Faya Dayi

THE FILM STAGE'S 100 MOST ANTICIPATED

The Film Stage posted its list of 100 films for 2022 (maybe).  As you might expect, I have culled it for TFF #49 possibilities.  Here they be:

100) Babylon

94) Peter Von Kant

89) Red, White and Water

83) All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

81) The Wonder

72) Monica

68) The Son

66) Maestro

63) The Holdover

51) Bones and All

48) Poor Things

45) R.M.N.

43) White Noise

28) The Killer

26) The End

24) Asteroid City

21) The Zone of Interest

20) Broker

15) The Master Gardener

12) One Fine Morning

11) Blonde

10) Women Talking

8) Tar

3) Showing Up

1) Killers of the Flower Moon

The complete list of 100 films plus some honorable mentions is linked here.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Actress Kirsten Dunst on The Power of the Dog from Awards Daily  and also from Awards Watch.

Writer/Director Asghar Farhadi on A Hero from Deadline.com

Writer/Director Kenneth Branagh on Belfast fromVulture

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MTFB Oscar Update: Supporting Acting and More / L.A. Film Critics and TFF #48 / Interviews and Profiles: Will Smith, Kenneth Branagh and More

 MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING, SCORE, SONG AND COSTUMES

Here's your update on the Supporting Acting races as well as Score, Song and Costumes.  These predictions were last updated on Dec. 6th.  TFF #48 performances/films are indicated in Bold and their previous position in my predictions are indicated to the right in parentheses.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Caitriona Balfe/Belfast (1)

2) Ariana DeBose/West Side Story (Alt.)

3) Kirsten Dunst/The Power of the Dog (2)

4) Aujunue Ellis/King Richard (3)

5) Ruth Negga/Passing (4)

Alternates: Anne Dowd/Mass and Rita Moreno/West Side Story

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Ciaran Hinds/Belfast (1)

2) Kodi Smit-McPhee/The Power of the Dog (2)

3)Tony Kotsur/CODA (New)

4) Jamie Dornan/Belfast (4)

5) Jared Leto/House of Gucci (5)

Alternates: Ben Affleck/The Tender Bar and Bradley Cooper/Licorice Pizza

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1) Dune (1)

2) The Power of the Dog (2)

3) Don't Look Up (5)

4) Spencer (3)

5) The French Dispatch (4)

Alternates: Nightmare Alley and Cyrano

BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1) Be Alive/King Richard (1)

2) No Time to Die/No Time to Die (2)

3) Down to Joy/Belfast (3)

4) Just Look Up/Don't Look Up (5)

5) Dos Oruguitas/Encanto (New)

Alternates: Every Letter/Cyrano and Beyond the Shore/CODA

BEST COSTUMES

1) Dune (1)

2) Cruella (2)

3) West Side Story (3)

4) Cyrano (New)

5) The Tragedy of Macbeth (New)

Alternates: Spencer and The French Dispatch

L.A. FILM CRITICS AND TFF #48

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association held their annual meet-up to name the Best of Film for 2021 on Saturday.  Seven TFF #48 films were named either a winner or runner-up in one of the LAFCA's 16 categories. TFF #48 films performances that were named either the winner or runner-up were:

The Power of the Dog: Winner: Best Direction (Campion), Best Supporting Actor (Smit-McPhee), Best Cinematography.  Runner-up: Best Picture, Best Actor (Cumberbatch), Best Score.

Flee: Winner: Best Animated Film

Petite Maman: Winner: Best Foreign Language Film

Red Rocket: Winner: Best Actor (Rex)

Procession: Runner-up: Best Documentary

King Richard: Runner-up: Best Supporting Actress (Ellis)

Spencer: Runner-up: Best Score

Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car was named Best Picture of the Year but The Power of the Dog was the most noted film of the day with its three wins and three runners-up.

The complete list of LAFCA winners and runners-up is linked here from Indiewire.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Writer/Director Sean Baker/Red Rocket/Gold Derby

Writer/Director Kenneth Branagh/Belfast/Deadline

Writer/Director Asghar Farhadi/A Hero/Gold Derby

Actor Will Smith/King Richard/Variety

Actor Dakota Johnson/The Lost Daughter/Awards Watch

 

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Dec. 13th Post Updated: Globes and the CCA / MTFB Updates Oscar Predix: Best Picture, Director and More / Playlist 100 and TFF #49 / Interviews and Profiles

TODAY'S POST UPDATED: GLOBES AND THE CCA

I have updated today's post this afternoon to reflect nominations from the HFPA/Golden Globes and The Critics' Choice Awards as they reflect/impact TFF #48 films.  Starting with The CCA where TFF #48 films combined for 39 nominations today lead by Belfast's 11 (West Side Story also had 11 nominations).  Here's the rundown of TFF #48 CCA nominations:

BELFAST (11): Best Picture, Direction, Supporting Actor (Hinds), Supporting Actor (Dornan), Supporting Actress (Balfe), Original Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Production Design, Young Actor (Hill), and Ensemble.

THE POWER OF THE DOG (10): Best Picture, Direction, Actor (Cumberbatch), Supporting Actor (Smit-McPhee), Supporting Actress (Dunst), Adapted Screenplay, Cinematography, Editing, Score and Ensemble.

KING RICHARD (6): Best Picture, Actor (Smith), Supporting Actress (Ellis), Original Screenplay, Song, Young Actor (Sidney)

THE LOST DAUGHTER (2): Best Actress (Colman), Adapted Screenplay

SPENCER (2): Best Actress (Stewart), Score

THE FRENCH DISPATCH (2): Best Comedy,  Production Design

FLEE (2): Best Foreign Language Film, Animated Feature

CYRANO (1): Best Actor (Dinklage)

A HERO (1): Best Foreign Language Film

THE HAND OF GOD (1); Best Foreign Language Film

C'MON C'MON (1): Best Young Actor (Norman)

GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS

TFF #48 total nominations: 27

BELFAST 7: Best Picture-Drama, Direction, Screenplay, Supporting Actress (Balfe), Supporting Actor (Hinds), Supporting Actor (Dornan), Song

THE POWER OF THE DOG (7): Best Picture-Drama, Direction, Screenplay, Actor-Drama (Cumberbatch), Supporting Actress (Dunst), Supporting Actor (Smit-McPhee), Score

KING RICHARD (4): Best Picture-Drama, Actor-Drama (Smith), Supporting Actress (Ellis), Song

CYRANO (2): Best Picture-Musical/Comedy, Actor-Musical/Comedy (Dinklage)

THE LOST DAUGHTER (2): Best Direction, Actress-Drama (Colman)

SPENCER (1): Best Actress/Drama (Stewart)

FLEE (1): Best Animated Feature

THE HAND OF GOD (1): Best Foreign Language Film

A HERO (1): Best Foreign Language Film

THE FRENCH DISPATCH (1): Best Score

MTFB UPDATES OSCAR PREDIX: BEST PICTURE, DIRECTOR AND MORE

Here's the MTFB latest update on predictions for Academy Award nominations for Best Picture and Best Director, International Feature, Animated Feature and Documentary Feature.  These categories were last predicted here on Nov. 29th.  As always TFF #48 films are indicate in Bold and the film's previous position is indicated to the right in parentheses.

BEST PICTURE

1) Belfast (1)

2) The Power of the Dog (2)

3) West Side Story (7)

4) King Richard (3)

5) Dune (4)

6) Licorice Pizza (5)

7) Nightmare Alley (8)

8) CODA (New)

9) Being the Ricardos (6)

10) Don't Look Up (10)

Alternates: Spencer and tick, tick...BOOM

BEST DIRECTION

1) Jane Campion/The Power of the Dog (2)

2) Kenneth Branagh/Belfast (1)

3) Denis Villenueve/Dune (3)

4) Steven Spielberg/West Side Story (Alt.)

5) Paul Thomas Anderson/Licorice Pizza (4)

Alternates: Reinaldo Marcus Green/King Richard and Guillermo Del Toro/Nightmare Alley

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE

1) A Hero/Iran (2)

2) The Worst Person in the World/Norway (1)

3) Drive My Car/Japan (Alt.)

4) The Hand of God/Italy (4)

5) Flee/Denmark (3)

Alternates: Titane/France and Compartment#6/Finland

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

1) Encanto (2)

2) The Mitchell's vs. The Machines (3)

3) Flee (1)

4) Luca (4)

5) Belle (5)

Alternates: Raya and the Last Dragon and The Summit of the Gods

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

1) The Rescue (2)

2) Flee (1)

3) Summer of Soul (3)

4) Procession (4)

5) Ascension (5)

Alternates: Attica and The First Wave

PLAYLIST 100 AND TFF #49

Each year around this time The Playlist maps out a list of its 100 most anticipated films for the following year. each year I try to cull some ides for what might be in the mix as possible choices for Telluride.  Last year's assessment ended up with me picking 20 films as possible for TFF #48.  That list ended up having seven films that were on TFF's announced list of films for 2021: 

The Electrical Life of Louis Wain

The Velvet Underground

The Card Counter

Petite Maman

The Power of the Dog

Bergman Island

The French Dispatch

Four films were on last year's list that made the TFF #48 which I did not predict:

King Richard

The Lost Daughter

Red Rocket

C'mon C'mon

So here's my stab at this year's list at some films that could play TFF #49:

#87 The Good Nurse

#77 Kenneth Branagh's Untitled Bee Gees Film

#68 Rustin

#54 The Pale Blue Eye

#52 The Son

#48 The Actor

#47 Beth and Don

#45 The End

#39 Maestro

#38 The Whale

#29 Red, White and Water

#21 Babylon

#15 Showing Up

the other #15 (yes, the list has two 15's) TAR

#14 Armageddon Time

#11 White Noise

#10 Poor Things

#7 Blonde

#6 Bardo

#5 Bones and All

#4 Women Talking

#2 Killer of the Flower Moon

#1 The Killer

The complete Playlist 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2022 is linked here.

INETERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Jamie Dornan/Indiewire

Jane Campion/Indiewire

Jonas Poher Rassmussen/Variety

Asghar Farhadi/Indiwire

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