GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS
Barbie leads the pack in total Golden Globe nominations this morning with nine.
Here's the TFF breakdown:
Poor Things (7): Best Picture-Musical/Comedy, Direction, Actress-Musical/Comedy/Stone, Supporting Actor/Dafoe, Supporting Actor/Ruffalo, Screenplay, Score.
Anatomy of a Fall (4): best Picture-Drama, Best Non-English Language Film, Actress-Drama/Huller, Screenplay.
The Holdovers (3): Best Picture-Musical/Comedy, Actor Musical/Comedy/Giamatti, Supporting Actress/Randolph.
The Zone of Interest (3): Best Picture-Drama, Best Non-English Language Film, Score.
Fallen Leaves (2): Best Non-English Language Film, Actress-Drama/Poysti.
Rustin (2): Best Actor-Drama/Domingo, Song.
Nyad (2): Best Actress-Drama/Bening, Supporting Actress/Foster.
Saltburn (2): Best Actor-Drama/Keoghan, Supporting Actress/Pike.
All of Us Strangers (1): Best Actor-Drama/Scott.
Nine TFF films earn a total of 26 nominations.
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. 27th. Previous positions on the MTFB Oscar Update is listed to the right in parentheses. Additionally, here are my first predictions for the categories of Cinematography and Film Editing. As always TFF films are Bold.
BEST ACTRESS
1) Lily Gladstone/Killers of the Flower Moon (2)
2) Emma Stone/Poor Things (1)
3) Carey Mulligan/Maestro (3)
4) Sandra Huller/Anatomy of a Fall (5)
5) Annette Bening/Nyad (4)
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 (5)
Alternates: Leonardo DiCaprio/Killers of the Flower Moon, Andrew Scott/All of Us Strangers and Zac Efron/The Iron Claw.
CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Oppenheimer
2) Killers of the Flower Moon
3) Poor Things
4) Maestro
5) The Zone of Interest
Alternates: Saltburn, The Color Purple, El Conde.
FILM EDITING
1) Oppenheimer
2) Killers of the Flower Moon
3) Poor Things
4) Barbie
5) Maestro
Alternates: American Fiction, The Holdovers, Ferrari
HCA ASTRA NOMINATIONS AND TFF
The newly re-named Hollywood Creative Alliance (it was the Hollywood Critics Association) announced nominees for its Astra Awards last Thursday. A whopping 16 TFF #50 films earned at least one nomination. All told TFF films landed 50 nominations.
Alexander Payne's The Holdovers and Yorgos Lanthimos' Poor Things each grabbed nine nominations to serve as the TFF films with most nominations. Here's the breakdown:
The Holdovers (9): Best Picture, Direction, Actor, supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Original Screenplay, Ensemble, Editing, Casting.
Poor Things (9): Best Actress, Direction, Adapted Screenplay, Score, Cinematography, Production Design, Hair/Makeup, Costumes and Visual Effects.
Saltburn (6): Best Actor, Direction, Original Screenplay, Score, Cinematography and Production Design.
Anatomy of a Fall (5): Best International Film, International Actress, International Filmmaker, Original Screenplay and Editing.
The Zone of Interest (3): Best International Film, International Actor, International Filmmaker.
The Taste of Things (3): Best International Film, International Actress, International Filmmaker.
Perfect Days (3): Best International Film, International Actor, International Filmmaker.
Fallen Leaves (2): Best International Film, International Actress.
The Teachers' Lounge (2): Best International Film, International Actress.
Cassandro (2): Best International Actor, International Actress.
Rustin (1): Best Actor
Promised Land (1): Best International Actor.
American Symphony (1): Best Documentary.
Beyond Utopia (1): Best Documentary
The Last Repair Shop (1): Best Short
Strange Way of Life (1): Best Short
The HCA Astra Nominations were lead by Barbie with 15 nominations. Here's the link to their official press release.
SIGHT AND SOUND'S 2023 LIST AND TFF
Sight and Sound published its listing of the 50 Best Films of 2023 on Friday. TFF films were a big part of the list:
38) The Holdovers
34) The Taste of Things
20) La Chimera
17) Totem
15) Fallen Leaves
12) All of Us Strangers
8) Anatomy of a Fall
4) Poor Things
2) The Zone of Interest
Two TFF #49 titles also made the list at #34 One Fine Morning and at #13 TAR.
Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon topped the list.
TRAILER FOR THE MONK AND THE GUN
From RoadsideFlix, here is a brand new trailer for the documentary The Monk and The Gun via YouTube:
The dance sequence from the film was is now in limited release and will expand soon. From YouTube:
INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES:
POOR THINGS
THE HOLDOVERS
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
ALL OF US STRANGERS
SALTBURN
NYAD
THE TASTE OF THINGS
CASSANDRO
THE PIGEON TUNNEL
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