NOMINATIONS FOR THE 18TH ANNUAL CRITICS’ CHOICE MOVIE AWARDS
(tTelluride Films in BOLD)
"Argo" nominated for 7. TFF #39 with an additional 7 nominations including Cotillard and Riva for Best Actress.
BEST PICTURE
Argo
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Django Unchained
Les Misérables
Life of Pi
Lincoln
The Master
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Zero Dark Thirty
BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Daniel Day-Lewis – “Lincoln”
John Hawkes – “The Sessions”
Hugh Jackman – “Les Misérables”
Joaquin Phoenix – “The Master”
Denzel Washington – “Flight”
BEST ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain – “Zero Dark Thirty”
Marion Cotillard – “Rust and Bone”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Emmanuelle Riva – “Amour”
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
Naomi Watts – “The Impossible”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Alan Arkin – “Argo”
Javier Bardem – “Skyfall”
Robert De Niro – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Philip Seymour Hoffman – “The Master”
Tommy Lee Jones – “Lincoln”
Matthew McConaughey – “Magic Mike”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – “The Master”
Judi Dench – “Skyfall”
Ann Dowd – “Compliance”
Sally Field – “Lincoln”
Anne Hathaway – “Les Misérables”
Helen Hunt – “The Sessions”
BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESS
Elle Fanning – “Ginger & Rosa”
Kara Hayward – “Moonrise Kingdom”
Tom Holland – “The Impossible”
Logan Lerman – “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
Suraj Sharma – “Life of Pi”
Quvenzhané Wallis – “Beasts of the Southern Wild”
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Argo
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Les Misérables
Lincoln
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Ben Affleck – “Argo”
Kathryn Bigelow – “Zero Dark Thirty”
Tom Hooper – “Les Misérables”
Ang Lee – “Life of Pi”
David O. Russell – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Steven Spielberg – “Lincoln”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Quentin Tarantino – “Django Unchained”
John Gatins – “Flight”
Rian Johnson – “Looper”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “The Master”
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola – “Moonrise Kingdom”
Mark Boal – “Zero Dark Thirty”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Chris Terrio – “Argo”
David Magee – “Life of Pi”
Tony Kushner – “Lincoln”
Stephen Chbosky – “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
David O. Russell – “Silver Linings Playbook”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Les Misérables” – Danny Cohen
“Life of Pi” – Claudio Miranda
“Lincoln” – Janusz Kaminski
“The Master” – Mihai Malaimare Jr.
“Skyfall” – Roger Deakins
BEST ART DIRECTION
“Anna Karenina” – Sarah Greenwood/Production Designer; Katie Spencer/Set Decorator
“The Hobbit” – Dan Hennah/Production Designer; Ra Vincent & Simon Bright/Set Decorators
“Les Misérables” – Eve Stewart/Production Designer; Anna Lynch-Robinson/Set Decorator
“Life of Pi” – David Gropman/Production Designer; Anna Pinnock/Set Decorator
“Lincoln” – Rick Carter/Production Designer; Jim Erickson/Set Decorator
BEST EDITING
“Argo” – William Goldenberg
"Les Misérables” – Melanie Ann Oliver and Chris Dickens
“Life of Pi” – Tim Squyres
“Lincoln” – Michael Kahn
“Zero Dark Thirty” – William Goldenberg and Dylan Tichenor
BEST COSTUME DESIGN
“Anna Karenina” – Jacqueline Durran
“Cloud Atlas” – Kym Barrett and Pierre-Yves Gayraud
“The Hobbit” – Bob Buck, Ann Maskrey and Richard Taylor
“Les Misérables” – Paco Delgado
“Lincoln” – Joanna Johnston
BEST MAKEUP
Cloud Atlas
The Hobbit
Les Misérables
Lincoln
BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Avengers
Cloud Atlas
The Dark Knight Rises
The Hobbit
Life of Pi
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Brave
Frankenweenie
Madagascar 3
ParaNorman
Rise of the Guardians
Wreck-It Ralph
BEST ACTION MOVIE
The Avengers
The Dark Knight Rises
Looper
Skyfall
BEST ACTOR IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Christian Bale – “The Dark Knight Rises”
Daniel Craig – “Skyfall”
Robert Downey Jr. – “The Avengers”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt – “Looper”
Jake Gyllenhaal – “End of Watch”
BEST ACTRESS IN AN ACTION MOVIE
Emily Blunt – “Looper”
Gina Carano – “Haywire”
Judi Dench – “Skyfall”
Anne Hathaway – “The Dark Knight Rises”
Jennifer Lawrence – “The Hunger Games”
BEST COMEDY
Bernie
Silver Linings Playbook
Ted
This Is 40
21 Jump Street
BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Jack Black – “Bernie”
Bradley Cooper – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Paul Rudd – “This Is 40”
Channing Tatum – “21 Jump Street”
Mark Wahlberg – “Ted”
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY
Mila Kunis – “Ted”
Jennifer Lawrence – “Silver Linings Playbook”
Shirley MacLaine – “Bernie”
Leslie Mann – “This Is 40”
Rebel Wilson – “Pitch Perfect”
BEST SCI-FI/HORROR MOVIE
The Cabin in the Woods
Looper
Prometheus
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Amour
The Intouchables
A Royal Affair
Rust and Bone
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Bully
The Central Park Five
The Imposter
The Queen of Versailles
Searching for Sugar Man
West of Memphis
BEST SONG
“For You” – performed by Keith Urban/written by Monty Powell & Keith Urban – Act of Valor
“Learn Me Right” – performed by Birdy with Mumford & Sons/written by Mumford & Sons – Brave
“Skyfall” – performed by Adele/written by Adele Adkins & Paul Epworth – Skyfall
“Still Alive” – performed by Paul Williams/written by Paul Williams – Paul Williams Still Alive
“Suddenly” – performed by Hugh Jackman/written by Claude-Michel Schonberg & Alain Boublil & Herbert Kretzmer – Les Misérables.
BEST SCORE
“Argo” – Alexandre Desplat
“Life of Pi” – Mychael Danna
“Lincoln” – John Williams
“The Master” – Jonny Greenwood
“Moonrise Kingdom” – Alexandre Desplat
Waiting for the Screen Actor's Guild nominations...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2012
Monday, December 10, 2012
FLASH: AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE TOP TEN LIST
The AFI announced their top ten films for 2012 this afternoon:
Here it is via HitFix/InContention:
Here it is via HitFix/InContention:
"Argo"
"Beasts of the Southern Wild"
"The Dark Knight Rises"
"Django Unchained"
"Les Miserables"
"Life of Pi"
"Lincoln"
"Moonrise Kingdom"
"Silver Linings Playbook"
"Zero Dark Thirty"
The Completely Full FAC/Oscar Matters/Los Angeles Critics
Good Monday everyone! Running incredibly late on this Monday...apologies...
THE COMPLETELY FULL FAC
All 21 full-length categories (I've included a re-post of last week's look at the "below the line categories) updated.
The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery
As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].
BEST PICTURE
If you don't think that critics awards, reviews and actual screenings and releases of films change what Oscar predictors think, you might be mistaken as the rush this last week of the New York critics and the NBR plus screenings of "Les Miserables"and "Zero Dark Thirty" continues to alter the landscape of where they think the race for Oscar gold is. Yesterday it was the Los Angeles Film Critics presenting awards and it will be interesting to see if those have an impact on next week's standings.
1) Lincoln (1)
2) Les Miserables (2)
3) Argo (3)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (5)
5) Silver Linings Playbook (4)
6) Life of Pi (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) The Master (8)
9) Amour (9)
10) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
11) Django Unchained (13)***
12) Flight (10)###
13) The Impossible (15)***
14) The Hobbit
15) Anna Karenina (New-ish)
Dropping Out: The Sessions
BEST DIRECTOR
1) Steven Spielberg/Lincoln(2)
2) Ben Affleck/Argo (1)
3) Tom Hooper/Les Miserables (5)***
4) Kathryn Bigelow/Zero Dark Thirty (8)***
5) Ang Lee/Life of Pi (3)###
6) David O. Russell/Silver Linings Playbook (4)###
7) Michael Haneke/Amour(7)
8) Paul Thomas Anderson/The Master (5)###
9) Benh Zeitlin/Beasts of the Southern Wild (9)
10) Quentin Tarantino/Django Unchained (New-ish)
Dropping Out: Sacha Gervasi/Hitchcock
BEST ACTRESS
1) Jessica Chastain/Zero Dark Thirty (8)***
2) Jennifer Lawrence/Silver Linings Playbook (1)
3) Emanuelle Riva/Amour (3)
4) Quevenzhane Wallis/Beasts of the Southern Wild (3)
5) Marion Cotillard/Rust and Bone (4)
6) Naomi Watts/The Impossible (6)
7) Helen Mirren/Hitchcock (5)###
8) Keira Knightley/Anna Karenina (9)
9) Rachel Weisz/The Deep Blue Sea (New)***
10) Emayatzy Corinealdi/Middle of Nowhere (New)***
Dropping Out: Mary Elizabeth Winstead/Smashed and Judi Dench/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
BEST ACTOR
1) Daniel Day Lewis/Lincoln (1)
2) Denzel Washington/Flight (4)***
3) Joaquin Phoenix/The Master (2)
4) John Hawkes/The Sessions (3)
5) Hugh Jackman/Les Miserables (7)***
6) Bradley Cooper/Silver Linings Playbook(6)
7) Anthony Hopkins/Hitchcock (5)###
8) Jean Louis Trintingnant/Amour (8)
9) Christoph Waltz/Django Unchained (New)***
10) Ben Affleck/Argo (New)***
Dropping Out: Richard Gere/Arbitrage and Jamie Foxx/Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1) Anne Hathaway/Les Miserables (1)
2) Sally Field/Lincoln (4)***
3) Helen Hunt/The Sessions (2)
4) Amy Adams/The Master (3)
5) Maggie Smith/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5)
6) Samantha Barks/Les Miserables (6)
7) Jacki Weaver/Silver Linings Playbook (8)
8) Kelly Reilly/Flight (10)***
9) Ann Dowd/Compliance (New-ish)***
10) Judi Dench/Skyfall (8)###
Dropping Out: Kerry Washington/Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1) Tommy Lee Jones/Lincoln (2)
2) Philip Seymour Hoffman/The Master (1)
3) Robert DeNiro/Silver Linings Playbook (3)
4) Leonardo DiCaprio/Django Unchained (5)
5) Alan Arkin/Argo (4)
6) Matthew McConnaughey/Magic Mike (7)
7) Eddie Redmayne/Les Miserables (New)***
8) John Goodman/Flight (New)***
9) Samuel L.Jackson/Django Unchained (New)***
10) Bryan Cranston/Argo (9)
Dropping Out: Russel Crowe/Les Miserables, John Goodman/Argo and Dwight Henry/Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1) Lincoln (1)
2) Silver Linings Playbook (3)
3) Argo (2)
4) Beasts of the Southern Wild (4)
5) Life of Pi (5)
6) Les Miserables (6)
7) The Sessions (7)
8) Anna Karenina (8)
9) On the Road (9)
10) This is 40 (New)***
Dropping Out: The Hobbit
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1) Zero Dark Thirty (4)***
2) The Master (1)
3) Amour (3)
4) Moonrise Kingdom (2)###
5) Django Unchained (5)
6) Flight (6)
7) Looper (7)
8) Middle of Nowhere (10)***
9) Seven Psychopaths (New-ish)***
10) The Intouchables (New)***
Dropping Out: Promised Land, Arbitrage
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Life of Pi (1)
2) The Master (2)
3) Skyfall (3)
4) Lincoln (4)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) Anna Karenina (6)
7) Django Unchained (7)
8) Zero Dark Thirty (New)***
9) The Dark Knight Rises (10)
10) Cloud Atlas (9)
Dropping Out: Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST FILM EDITING
1) Argo (1)
2) Zero Dark Thirty (4)***
3) Les Miserables (3)
4) Lincoln (2)###
5) Life of Pi (6)
6) The Master (7)
7) Silver Linings Playbook (5)###
8) The Dark Knight Rises (8)
9) Skyfall (9)
10) Django Unchained (New)***
Dropping Out: Cloud Atlas
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1) Brave
2) Wreck It Ralph
3) Rise of the Guardians
4) Frankenweenie
5) ParaNorman
6) The Painting
7) From Up on Poppy Hill
8) The Rabbi's Cat
9) Zarafa
10) The Lorax
BEST FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY (Academy Semi-Finalists)
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," Never Sorry LLC
"Bully," The Bully Project LLC
"Chasing Ice," Exposure
"Detropia," Loki Films
"Ethel," Moxie Firecracker Films
"5 Broken Cameras," Guy DVD Films
"The Gatekeepers," Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil
"The House I Live In," Charlotte Street Films, LLC
"How to Survive a Plague," How to Survive a Plague LLC
"The Imposter," Imposter Pictures Ltd.
"The Invisible War," Chain Camera Pictures
"Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God," Jigsaw Productions in association with Wider Film Projects and Below the Radar Films
"Searching for Sugar Man," Red Box Films
"This Is Not a Film," Wide Management
"The Waiting Room," Open’hood, Inc.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1) Amour
2) The Intouchables
3) A Royal Affair
4) No
5) Lore
6) Fill the Void
7) Beyond the Hills
8) Barbara
9) Sister
10) Bwakaw
ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Lincoln
2) Life of Pi
3) Argo
4) The Master
5) Anna Karenina
6) Beasts of the Southern Wild
7) Cloud Atlas
8) Moonrise Kingdom
9) Skyfall
10) The Hobbit
ORIGINAL SONG
1) Les Miserables
2) Still Alive
3) Brave (Touch the Sky)
4) Brave (Learn)
5) Joyful Noise
6) Skyfall
7) Lawless
8) The Hobbit
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) Ted
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Life of Pi
5) The Hobbit
6) Cloud Atlas
7) The Master
8) Prometheus
9) Argo
10) The Dark Knight Rises
COSTUME
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Mirror Mirror
5) Snow White and the Huntsman
6) Cloud Atlas
7) A Royal Affair
8) Argo
9) The Master
10) Django Unchained
HAIR AND MAKEUP
1) Lincoln
2) Cloud Atlas
3) The Hobbit
4) Les Miserables
5) Hitchcock
6) Men in Black 3
7) Looper
8) Anna Karenina
9) The Impossible
10) Prometheus
VISUAL EFFECTS
1) Life of Pi
2) The Hobbit
3) Cloud Atlas
4) The Avengers
5) Prometheus
6) The Dark Knight Rises
7) The Amazing Spiderman
8) Skyfall
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) John Carter
SOUND EDITING
1) Skyfall
2) The Dark Knight Rises
3) Les Miserables
4) Life of Pi
5) Zero Dark thirty
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchained
8) The Hobbit
9) Prometheus
10) The Impossible
SOUND MIXING
1) Les Miserables
2) Skyfall
3) The Dark Knight Rises
4) Zero Dark Thirty
5) Life of Pi
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchaqined
8) The Hobbit
9) Flight
10) The Impossible
Full breakdown and analysis will be coming on Thursday...
OSCAR MATTERS
Various reports here from Oscar bloggers and commenters;
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-ep-98-chewing-on-nyfcc-nbr-and-the-hobbit
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-watch-lincoln-vs-zero-dark-thirty-whither-life-of-pi
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/oscars-5-things-we-learned-about-the-season-from-the-nyfcc-and-nbr-this-week-20121206
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/12/08/gurus-of-gold-latest-chart-lincoln-still-top-post-nyfcc/
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS
The Los Angeles Film Critics weighed in yesterday with their "Best of " for 2012...will it effect the Oscar prognostications for next week? If the last week has demonstrated anything, they probably will. Look to see if Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is back in the Best Supporting Actor conversation. See if The Master and Amour get some traction back...especially The Master and Joaquin Phoenix.
Here are the LA Critics choices:
Best Picture: "Amour"
Runner-up: "The Master"
Best Foreign-Language Film: "Holy Motors"
Runner-up: "Footnote"
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"
Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Runner-up: Denis Lavant, "Holy Motors"
Best Actress: (TIE) Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"; and Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Best Supporting Actor: Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Best Supporting Actress: Winner: Amy Adams, "The Master"
Best Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo"
Runner-up: David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, "Skyfall"
Runner-up: Mihai Malaimare Jr., "The Master"
Best Production Design: David Crank and Jack Fisk, "The Master"
Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen, "Moonrise Kingdom"
Best Editing: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Runner-up: William Goldenberg, "Argo"
Best Music Score: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, "The Master
Best Documentary: "The Gatekeepers"
Runner-up: "Searching for Sugar Man"
Best Animation: Tim Burton's stop-motion "Frankenweenie"
Runner-up: "It's Such a Beautiful Day," the third in Don Hertzfeldt's trilogy hand-drawn vignettes featuring an underdog character named Bill
New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Award: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel's "Leviathan," describe by its distributor Cinema Guild as a "cosmic portrait of one of mankind's oldest endeavors, unlike anything you've seen."
THE COMPLETELY FULL FAC
All 21 full-length categories (I've included a re-post of last week's look at the "below the line categories) updated.
The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery
As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].
BEST PICTURE
If you don't think that critics awards, reviews and actual screenings and releases of films change what Oscar predictors think, you might be mistaken as the rush this last week of the New York critics and the NBR plus screenings of "Les Miserables"and "Zero Dark Thirty" continues to alter the landscape of where they think the race for Oscar gold is. Yesterday it was the Los Angeles Film Critics presenting awards and it will be interesting to see if those have an impact on next week's standings.
1) Lincoln (1)
2) Les Miserables (2)
3) Argo (3)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (5)
5) Silver Linings Playbook (4)
6) Life of Pi (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) The Master (8)
9) Amour (9)
10) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
11) Django Unchained (13)***
12) Flight (10)###
13) The Impossible (15)***
14) The Hobbit
15) Anna Karenina (New-ish)
Dropping Out: The Sessions
BEST DIRECTOR
1) Steven Spielberg/Lincoln(2)
2) Ben Affleck/Argo (1)
3) Tom Hooper/Les Miserables (5)***
4) Kathryn Bigelow/Zero Dark Thirty (8)***
5) Ang Lee/Life of Pi (3)###
6) David O. Russell/Silver Linings Playbook (4)###
7) Michael Haneke/Amour(7)
8) Paul Thomas Anderson/The Master (5)###
9) Benh Zeitlin/Beasts of the Southern Wild (9)
10) Quentin Tarantino/Django Unchained (New-ish)
Dropping Out: Sacha Gervasi/Hitchcock
BEST ACTRESS
1) Jessica Chastain/Zero Dark Thirty (8)***
2) Jennifer Lawrence/Silver Linings Playbook (1)
3) Emanuelle Riva/Amour (3)
4) Quevenzhane Wallis/Beasts of the Southern Wild (3)
5) Marion Cotillard/Rust and Bone (4)
6) Naomi Watts/The Impossible (6)
7) Helen Mirren/Hitchcock (5)###
8) Keira Knightley/Anna Karenina (9)
9) Rachel Weisz/The Deep Blue Sea (New)***
10) Emayatzy Corinealdi/Middle of Nowhere (New)***
Dropping Out: Mary Elizabeth Winstead/Smashed and Judi Dench/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
BEST ACTOR
1) Daniel Day Lewis/Lincoln (1)
2) Denzel Washington/Flight (4)***
3) Joaquin Phoenix/The Master (2)
4) John Hawkes/The Sessions (3)
5) Hugh Jackman/Les Miserables (7)***
6) Bradley Cooper/Silver Linings Playbook(6)
7) Anthony Hopkins/Hitchcock (5)###
8) Jean Louis Trintingnant/Amour (8)
9) Christoph Waltz/Django Unchained (New)***
10) Ben Affleck/Argo (New)***
Dropping Out: Richard Gere/Arbitrage and Jamie Foxx/Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
1) Anne Hathaway/Les Miserables (1)
2) Sally Field/Lincoln (4)***
3) Helen Hunt/The Sessions (2)
4) Amy Adams/The Master (3)
5) Maggie Smith/Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (5)
6) Samantha Barks/Les Miserables (6)
7) Jacki Weaver/Silver Linings Playbook (8)
8) Kelly Reilly/Flight (10)***
9) Ann Dowd/Compliance (New-ish)***
10) Judi Dench/Skyfall (8)###
Dropping Out: Kerry Washington/Django Unchained
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
1) Tommy Lee Jones/Lincoln (2)
2) Philip Seymour Hoffman/The Master (1)
3) Robert DeNiro/Silver Linings Playbook (3)
4) Leonardo DiCaprio/Django Unchained (5)
5) Alan Arkin/Argo (4)
6) Matthew McConnaughey/Magic Mike (7)
7) Eddie Redmayne/Les Miserables (New)***
8) John Goodman/Flight (New)***
9) Samuel L.Jackson/Django Unchained (New)***
10) Bryan Cranston/Argo (9)
Dropping Out: Russel Crowe/Les Miserables, John Goodman/Argo and Dwight Henry/Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1) Lincoln (1)
2) Silver Linings Playbook (3)
3) Argo (2)
4) Beasts of the Southern Wild (4)
5) Life of Pi (5)
6) Les Miserables (6)
7) The Sessions (7)
8) Anna Karenina (8)
9) On the Road (9)
10) This is 40 (New)***
Dropping Out: The Hobbit
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1) Zero Dark Thirty (4)***
2) The Master (1)
3) Amour (3)
4) Moonrise Kingdom (2)###
5) Django Unchained (5)
6) Flight (6)
7) Looper (7)
8) Middle of Nowhere (10)***
9) Seven Psychopaths (New-ish)***
10) The Intouchables (New)***
Dropping Out: Promised Land, Arbitrage
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Life of Pi (1)
2) The Master (2)
3) Skyfall (3)
4) Lincoln (4)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) Anna Karenina (6)
7) Django Unchained (7)
8) Zero Dark Thirty (New)***
9) The Dark Knight Rises (10)
10) Cloud Atlas (9)
Dropping Out: Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST FILM EDITING
1) Argo (1)
2) Zero Dark Thirty (4)***
3) Les Miserables (3)
4) Lincoln (2)###
5) Life of Pi (6)
6) The Master (7)
7) Silver Linings Playbook (5)###
8) The Dark Knight Rises (8)
9) Skyfall (9)
10) Django Unchained (New)***
Dropping Out: Cloud Atlas
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1) Brave
2) Wreck It Ralph
3) Rise of the Guardians
4) Frankenweenie
5) ParaNorman
6) The Painting
7) From Up on Poppy Hill
8) The Rabbi's Cat
9) Zarafa
10) The Lorax
BEST FULL LENGTH DOCUMENTARY (Academy Semi-Finalists)
"Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry," Never Sorry LLC
"Bully," The Bully Project LLC
"Chasing Ice," Exposure
"Detropia," Loki Films
"Ethel," Moxie Firecracker Films
"5 Broken Cameras," Guy DVD Films
"The Gatekeepers," Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil
"The House I Live In," Charlotte Street Films, LLC
"How to Survive a Plague," How to Survive a Plague LLC
"The Imposter," Imposter Pictures Ltd.
"The Invisible War," Chain Camera Pictures
"Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God," Jigsaw Productions in association with Wider Film Projects and Below the Radar Films
"Searching for Sugar Man," Red Box Films
"This Is Not a Film," Wide Management
"The Waiting Room," Open’hood, Inc.
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1) Amour
2) The Intouchables
3) A Royal Affair
4) No
5) Lore
6) Fill the Void
7) Beyond the Hills
8) Barbara
9) Sister
10) Bwakaw
ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Lincoln
2) Life of Pi
3) Argo
4) The Master
5) Anna Karenina
6) Beasts of the Southern Wild
7) Cloud Atlas
8) Moonrise Kingdom
9) Skyfall
10) The Hobbit
ORIGINAL SONG
1) Les Miserables
2) Still Alive
3) Brave (Touch the Sky)
4) Brave (Learn)
5) Joyful Noise
6) Skyfall
7) Lawless
8) The Hobbit
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) Ted
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Life of Pi
5) The Hobbit
6) Cloud Atlas
7) The Master
8) Prometheus
9) Argo
10) The Dark Knight Rises
COSTUME
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Mirror Mirror
5) Snow White and the Huntsman
6) Cloud Atlas
7) A Royal Affair
8) Argo
9) The Master
10) Django Unchained
HAIR AND MAKEUP
1) Lincoln
2) Cloud Atlas
3) The Hobbit
4) Les Miserables
5) Hitchcock
6) Men in Black 3
7) Looper
8) Anna Karenina
9) The Impossible
10) Prometheus
VISUAL EFFECTS
1) Life of Pi
2) The Hobbit
3) Cloud Atlas
4) The Avengers
5) Prometheus
6) The Dark Knight Rises
7) The Amazing Spiderman
8) Skyfall
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) John Carter
SOUND EDITING
1) Skyfall
2) The Dark Knight Rises
3) Les Miserables
4) Life of Pi
5) Zero Dark thirty
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchained
8) The Hobbit
9) Prometheus
10) The Impossible
SOUND MIXING
1) Les Miserables
2) Skyfall
3) The Dark Knight Rises
4) Zero Dark Thirty
5) Life of Pi
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchaqined
8) The Hobbit
9) Flight
10) The Impossible
Full breakdown and analysis will be coming on Thursday...
OSCAR MATTERS
Various reports here from Oscar bloggers and commenters;
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/oscar-talk-ep-98-chewing-on-nyfcc-nbr-and-the-hobbit
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/oscar-watch-lincoln-vs-zero-dark-thirty-whither-life-of-pi
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/oscars-5-things-we-learned-about-the-season-from-the-nyfcc-and-nbr-this-week-20121206
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/12/08/gurus-of-gold-latest-chart-lincoln-still-top-post-nyfcc/
LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS
The Los Angeles Film Critics weighed in yesterday with their "Best of " for 2012...will it effect the Oscar prognostications for next week? If the last week has demonstrated anything, they probably will. Look to see if Dwight Henry (Beasts of the Southern Wild) is back in the Best Supporting Actor conversation. See if The Master and Amour get some traction back...especially The Master and Joaquin Phoenix.
Here are the LA Critics choices:
Best Picture: "Amour"
Runner-up: "The Master"
Best Foreign-Language Film: "Holy Motors"
Runner-up: "Footnote"
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, "The Master"
Runner-up: Kathryn Bigelow, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Best Actor: Joaquin Phoenix, "The Master"
Runner-up: Denis Lavant, "Holy Motors"
Best Actress: (TIE) Jennifer Lawrence, "Silver Linings Playbook"; and Emmanuelle Riva, "Amour"
Best Supporting Actor: Dwight Henry, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Runner-up: Christoph Waltz, "Django Unchained"
Best Supporting Actress: Winner: Amy Adams, "The Master"
Runner-up: Anne Hathaway, "The Dark Knight Rises" and "Les Miserables"
Best Screenplay: Chris Terrio, "Argo"
Runner-up: David O. Russell, "Silver Linings Playbook"
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, "Skyfall"
Runner-up: Mihai Malaimare Jr., "The Master"
Best Production Design: David Crank and Jack Fisk, "The Master"
Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen, "Moonrise Kingdom"
Best Editing: Dylan Tichenor and William Goldenberg, "Zero Dark Thirty"
Runner-up: William Goldenberg, "Argo"
Best Music Score: Dan Romer and Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, "The Master
Best Documentary: "The Gatekeepers"
Runner-up: "Searching for Sugar Man"
Best Animation: Tim Burton's stop-motion "Frankenweenie"
Runner-up: "It's Such a Beautiful Day," the third in Don Hertzfeldt's trilogy hand-drawn vignettes featuring an underdog character named Bill
New Generation Award: Benh Zeitlin, "Beasts of the Southern Wild"
Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Award: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel's "Leviathan," describe by its distributor Cinema Guild as a "cosmic portrait of one of mankind's oldest endeavors, unlike anything you've seen."
More Thursday...
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Thursday, December 6, 2012
TFF40/NBR'S Lists/New York Critics/TFF39 Film News/Oscar Matters/Coming Attractions
SECOND FILM FOR TFF #40...I KNOW IT...
A documentary based on Roger Ebert's autobiography and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. This article claims that it's coming to TFF #40. Sounds very plausible. The big question...will Ebert and/or Scorsese attend?
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/martin-scorseses-roger-ebert-documentary-debut-2013/
Back on Aug. 29th I reported that the first known film would be a restoration of a silent film focused on Native Americans that has Ken Burns attached as one of the producers. Here's the link to that blog post:
http://michaelstelluridefilm.blogspot.com/2012/08/welcomeleaning-towardsvenitianscentral.html
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES THEIR BEST FILMS YESTERDAY
BEST INDEPENDENT FILMS: ARBITRAGE, BERNIE, COMPLIANCE, END OF WATCH, HELLO, I MUST BE GOING, LITTLE BIRDS, MOONRISE KINGDOM, ON THE ROAD, QUARTET AND SLEEPWALK WITH ME.
BEST DOCUMENTARIES: AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, DETROPIA, THE GATEKEEPERS, THE INVISIBLE WAR AND ONLY THE YOUNG
Telluride films recognized today: Argo, The Gatekeepers, Amour, Central Park Five, and from TFF #38: The Kid with a Bike.
Biggest surprise(s) to me...Bradley Cooper over Day-Lewis and Phoenix and no mention of "Life of Pi" anywhere...which I'm OK with...Also a little surprised that neither the NYFCC on Monday or NBR today gave a shout out to Anne Hathaway in Les Miz...
NEW YORK'S CRITICS SAY...
The New York Film Critics Circle named their "Best of" for 2012 on Monday...
(Telluride #39 film(s) in Bold)
Best First Film: How to Survive a Plague
Best Documentary: The Central Park Five
Best Cinematography: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field/Lincoln
Best Supporting Actor: Mathew McConnaughey/Magic Mike and Bernie
Best Animated Film: Frankenweenie
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Actress: Rachel Weisz/The Deep Blue Sea
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis/Lincoln
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner/Lincoln
Best Direction: Kathryn Bigelow/Zero Dark Thirty
Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
The Los Angeles Film Critics announce their awards this weekend and the Golden Globe nominations come out next Thursday...
AMOUR DOMINATES THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The Michael Haneke directed and written film won awards for Best European Film, Direction, Actor and Actress last weekend. Also scoring well, TFF #38 feature (and my Best of 2011) Steve McQueen's "Shame". TFF #39's "The Hunt" was also honored. Check the full report from The Playlist here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-hanekes-amour-dominates-european-film-awards-20121203#
TFF 39 FILM NEWS
HYDE PARK
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-nelson/hyde-park-on-hudson_b_2236995.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment
RUST AND BONE
http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/200301-theyre-antiheroes-matthias-schoenaerts-on-rust-and-bone
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/video-marion-cotillard-on-not-preparing-for-a-role/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/12/02/marion-cotillard-s-stellar-turn-in-rust-and-bone.html
AMOUR
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-hanekes-amour-dominates-european-film-awards-20121203
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/amour-gains-a-euro-prize-and-perhaps-momentum/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/michael-haneke-on-amour#
ARGO
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-ben-affleck-george-clooney-argo-20121203,0,4455721.story
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/11/29/argo_director_actor_ben_affleck_named
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-ben-affleck-to-cast-himself-in-argo-actor-plays-an-angle-video-20121202,0,4462174.story
http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/argo-actors-get-palm-springs-honor-go-their-oscar-buzz-67951
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/palm-springs-intl-film-festival-honors-argo-with-ensemble-performance-award
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-argo-awardbre8b502f-20121205,0,6534033.story
OSCAR MATTERS
FEINBERG FORECAST
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/zero-dark-thirty-les-miserables-394768
A FEW MINUTES WITH FEINBERG
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/scott-feinberg-85th-oscars-best-398583
OSCAR PODCAST/SASHA STONE
http://awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode10.mp3
ROPE OF SILICON OSCAR PODCAST
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-a-lot-more-awards-talk-genre-categories-at-the-critics-choice-awards-and-new-dvds-and-blu-rays/
DOC SHORT LIST...AND EGG ON THE FAC...
Just days after I posted the list of ten "most likely nominees" for, among other categories, Best Doc...the Academy releases its list of 15 semi-finalists and The FAC's #1 (The Central Park Five), #4 (West of Memphis) and #9 (The Queen of Versailles) and #10 (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) all ailed to be named to the final 15. The complete list of semi-finalists is here and does include Telluride #39 entrant "The Gatekeepers"
http://www.indiewire.com/article/oscar-doc-race-narrows-to-15#
BITS AND PIECES
Here's a really useful collection of awards season dates from Sasha Stone at Awards Daily...
AWARDS CALENDAR FROM AWARDS DAILY:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/calendar/?doing_wp_cron=1354557055.3870060443878173828125
COMING ATTRACTIONS
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GHOSTBUSTERS 3
This is NOT a Telluride possible, but it does have a Telluride?MTFB connection...
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Ghostbusters_3_is_a_go_as_Billy_Murray_signs_on_report/45472977
The first year I was at Telluride my wife and I were sitting at The Chuck waiting for some screening and Kris struck up a conversation with the young man to her left. I really don't know how they got to it, but at one point she was telling him (and he claimed to be a minion at Universal...but who said his dad was some big VP there) about MY idea that I've had for years for GB#3...that Dr. Pete Venkman (Bill Murray his own self) IS...DEAD... and must be raised from the Great Beyond to help solve some existential threat from beyond the grave. Really...that's MY idea. Now with Murray's acquiescence to the project, I'm telling you...even if the film isn't parked at Universal...I'm going to think I need a civil attorney if that plot point shows up.
Remember, you read it here first...
THE NIGHTINGALE (PREVIOUSLY "LOW LIFE")
One of the surprise highlights of this year's Telluride Fest was the super sneak peak at a few minutes of James Gray's "The Nightingale" starring tributee Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner. Its brief appearance makes me think that it's a very real possibility for TFF #40 (and a Cannes appearance in May, I'll wager).
Here are a few posts about "The Nightingale":
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-weinstein-company-snaps-up-director-james-grays-formerly-titled-low-life-for-2013-release-20120615
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/nightingale/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/new-look-at-joaquin-phoenix-and-marion-cotillard-in-james-grays-untitled-period-drama-formerly-known-as-low-life-20120723
More on Monday...Have a good weekend, everyone!
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A documentary based on Roger Ebert's autobiography and executive produced by Martin Scorsese. This article claims that it's coming to TFF #40. Sounds very plausible. The big question...will Ebert and/or Scorsese attend?
http://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/martin-scorseses-roger-ebert-documentary-debut-2013/
Back on Aug. 29th I reported that the first known film would be a restoration of a silent film focused on Native Americans that has Ken Burns attached as one of the producers. Here's the link to that blog post:
http://michaelstelluridefilm.blogspot.com/2012/08/welcomeleaning-towardsvenitianscentral.html
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW ANNOUNCES THEIR BEST FILMS YESTERDAY
Best Film: ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, DJANGO UNCHAINED
Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE
Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, LOOPER
Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Animated Feature: WRECK-IT RALPH
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Ben Affleck, ARGO
Breakthrough Actor: Tom Holland, THE IMPOSSIBLE
Best Directorial Debut: Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Best Foreign Language Film: AMOUR
Best Documentary: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN
William K. Everson Film History Award: 50 YEARS OF BOND FILMS
Best Ensemble: LES MISÉRABLES
Spotlight Award: John Goodman (ARGO, FLIGHT, PARANORMAN, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE)
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: CENTRAL PARK FIVE
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: PROMISED LAND
OTHER TOP TEN FILMS: ARGO, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, DJANGO UNCHAINED, LES MISERABLES, LINCOLN, LOOPER, PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, PROMISED LAND, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.
BEST FOREIGN FILMS: BARBARA, THE INTOUCHABLES, NO, THE KID WITH A BIKE, WAR WITCH.
BEST INDEPENDENT FILMS: ARBITRAGE, BERNIE, COMPLIANCE, END OF WATCH, HELLO, I MUST BE GOING, LITTLE BIRDS, MOONRISE KINGDOM, ON THE ROAD, QUARTET AND SLEEPWALK WITH ME.
BEST DOCUMENTARIES: AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY, DETROPIA, THE GATEKEEPERS, THE INVISIBLE WAR AND ONLY THE YOUNG
Telluride films recognized today: Argo, The Gatekeepers, Amour, Central Park Five, and from TFF #38: The Kid with a Bike.
Biggest surprise(s) to me...Bradley Cooper over Day-Lewis and Phoenix and no mention of "Life of Pi" anywhere...which I'm OK with...Also a little surprised that neither the NYFCC on Monday or NBR today gave a shout out to Anne Hathaway in Les Miz...
NEW YORK'S CRITICS SAY...
The New York Film Critics Circle named their "Best of" for 2012 on Monday...
(Telluride #39 film(s) in Bold)
Best First Film: How to Survive a Plague
Best Documentary: The Central Park Five
Best Cinematography: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field/Lincoln
Best Supporting Actor: Mathew McConnaughey/Magic Mike and Bernie
Best Animated Film: Frankenweenie
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Actress: Rachel Weisz/The Deep Blue Sea
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis/Lincoln
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner/Lincoln
Best Direction: Kathryn Bigelow/Zero Dark Thirty
Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
The Los Angeles Film Critics announce their awards this weekend and the Golden Globe nominations come out next Thursday...
AMOUR DOMINATES THE EUROPEAN FILM AWARDS
The Michael Haneke directed and written film won awards for Best European Film, Direction, Actor and Actress last weekend. Also scoring well, TFF #38 feature (and my Best of 2011) Steve McQueen's "Shame". TFF #39's "The Hunt" was also honored. Check the full report from The Playlist here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-hanekes-amour-dominates-european-film-awards-20121203#
TFF 39 FILM NEWS
HYDE PARK
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/richard-nelson/hyde-park-on-hudson_b_2236995.html?utm_hp_ref=entertainment
RUST AND BONE
http://www.craveonline.com/film/interviews/200301-theyre-antiheroes-matthias-schoenaerts-on-rust-and-bone
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/video-marion-cotillard-on-not-preparing-for-a-role/
http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2012/12/02/marion-cotillard-s-stellar-turn-in-rust-and-bone.html
AMOUR
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/michael-hanekes-amour-dominates-european-film-awards-20121203
http://carpetbagger.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/amour-gains-a-euro-prize-and-perhaps-momentum/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/michael-haneke-on-amour#
ARGO
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-ben-affleck-george-clooney-argo-20121203,0,4455721.story
http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2012/11/29/argo_director_actor_ben_affleck_named
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/moviesnow/la-et-mn-ben-affleck-to-cast-himself-in-argo-actor-plays-an-angle-video-20121202,0,4462174.story
http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/argo-actors-get-palm-springs-honor-go-their-oscar-buzz-67951
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/palm-springs-intl-film-festival-honors-argo-with-ensemble-performance-award
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-rt-us-argo-awardbre8b502f-20121205,0,6534033.story
OSCAR MATTERS
FEINBERG FORECAST
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/zero-dark-thirty-les-miserables-394768
A FEW MINUTES WITH FEINBERG
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/scott-feinberg-85th-oscars-best-398583
OSCAR PODCAST/SASHA STONE
http://awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode10.mp3
ROPE OF SILICON OSCAR PODCAST
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-a-lot-more-awards-talk-genre-categories-at-the-critics-choice-awards-and-new-dvds-and-blu-rays/
DOC SHORT LIST...AND EGG ON THE FAC...
Just days after I posted the list of ten "most likely nominees" for, among other categories, Best Doc...the Academy releases its list of 15 semi-finalists and The FAC's #1 (The Central Park Five), #4 (West of Memphis) and #9 (The Queen of Versailles) and #10 (Jiro Dreams of Sushi) all ailed to be named to the final 15. The complete list of semi-finalists is here and does include Telluride #39 entrant "The Gatekeepers"
http://www.indiewire.com/article/oscar-doc-race-narrows-to-15#
BITS AND PIECES
Here's a really useful collection of awards season dates from Sasha Stone at Awards Daily...
AWARDS CALENDAR FROM AWARDS DAILY:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/calendar/?doing_wp_cron=1354557055.3870060443878173828125
COMING ATTRACTIONS
GHOSTBUSTERS 3
This is NOT a Telluride possible, but it does have a Telluride?MTFB connection...
http://www.hollywood.com/news/Ghostbusters_3_is_a_go_as_Billy_Murray_signs_on_report/45472977
The first year I was at Telluride my wife and I were sitting at The Chuck waiting for some screening and Kris struck up a conversation with the young man to her left. I really don't know how they got to it, but at one point she was telling him (and he claimed to be a minion at Universal...but who said his dad was some big VP there) about MY idea that I've had for years for GB#3...that Dr. Pete Venkman (Bill Murray his own self) IS...DEAD... and must be raised from the Great Beyond to help solve some existential threat from beyond the grave. Really...that's MY idea. Now with Murray's acquiescence to the project, I'm telling you...even if the film isn't parked at Universal...I'm going to think I need a civil attorney if that plot point shows up.
Remember, you read it here first...
THE NIGHTINGALE (PREVIOUSLY "LOW LIFE")
One of the surprise highlights of this year's Telluride Fest was the super sneak peak at a few minutes of James Gray's "The Nightingale" starring tributee Marion Cotillard, Joaquin Phoenix and Jeremy Renner. Its brief appearance makes me think that it's a very real possibility for TFF #40 (and a Cannes appearance in May, I'll wager).
Here are a few posts about "The Nightingale":
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/the-weinstein-company-snaps-up-director-james-grays-formerly-titled-low-life-for-2013-release-20120615
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/movie/nightingale/
http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/new-look-at-joaquin-phoenix-and-marion-cotillard-in-james-grays-untitled-period-drama-formerly-known-as-low-life-20120723
More on Monday...Have a good weekend, everyone!
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
FLASH: NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW TOP FILMS OF 2012
The NBR has just announced its Best Films of 2012. Here they are via Awards Daily and The Playlist:
Best Film: ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Actress: Jessica Chastain, ZERO DARK THIRTY
Best Supporting Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, DJANGO UNCHAINED
Best Supporting Actress: Ann Dowd, COMPLIANCE
Best Original Screenplay: Rian Johnson, LOOPER
Best Adapted Screenplay: David O. Russell, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK
Best Animated Feature: WRECK-IT RALPH
Special Achievement in Filmmaking: Ben Affleck, ARGO
Breakthrough Actor: Tom Holland, THE IMPOSSIBLE
Best Directorial Debut: Benh Zeitlin, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD
Best Foreign Language Film: AMOUR
Best Documentary: SEARCHING FOR SUGARMAN
William K. Everson Film History Award: 50 YEARS OF BOND FILMS
Best Ensemble: LES MISÉRABLES
Spotlight Award: John Goodman (ARGO, FLIGHT, PARANORMAN, TROUBLE WITH THE CURVE)
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: CENTRAL PARK FIVE
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: PROMISED LAND
OTHER TOP TEN FILMS: ARGO, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, DJANGO UNCHAINED, LES MISERABLES, LINCOLN, LOOPER, PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER, PROMISED LAND, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK.
BEST FOREIGN FILMS: BARBARA, THE INTOUCHABLES, NO, THE KID WITH A BIKE, WAR WITCH.
BEST INDEPENDENT FILMS: ARBITRAGE, BERNIE, COMPLIANCE, END OF WATCH, HELLO, I MUST BE GOING, LITTLE BIRDS, MOONRISE KINGDOM, ON THE ROAD, QUARTET AND SLEEPWALK WITH ME.
BEST DOCUMENTARIES: AI WEIWEI:NEVER SORRY, DETROPIA, THE GATEKEEPERS, THE INVISIBLE WAR AND ONLY THE YOUNG
Telluride films recognized today: Argo, The Gatekeepers, Amour, Central Park Five, and from TFF #38: The Kid with a Bike.
Biggest surprise(s) to me...Bradley Cooper over Day-Lewis and Phoenix and no mention of "Life of Pi" anywhere...which I'm OK with...Also a little surprised that neither the NYFCC on Monday or NBR today gave a shout out to Anne Hathaway in Les Miz...
More later...
Monday, December 3, 2012
FLASH: New York Film Critics Circle Results
Results from today's voting by the New York Film Critics Circle: (Telluride #39 film(s) in Bold)
Best First Film: How to Survive a Plague
Best Documentary: The Central Park Five
Best Cinematography: Zero Dark Thirty
Best Supporting Actress: Sally Field/Lincoln
Best Supporting Actor: Mathew McConnaughey/Magic Mike and Bernie
Best Animated Film: Frankenweenie
Best Foreign Language Film: Amour
Best Actress: Rachel Weisz/The Deep Blue Sea
Best Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis/Lincoln
Best Screenplay: Tony Kushner/Lincoln
Best Direction: Kathryn Bigelow/Zero Dark Thirty
Best Picture: Zero Dark Thirty
Comments: Boosts for Oscar noms for ZDT, CP5, Field and McConnaughey...even Frankenweenie.
Field and McConnaughey choices are both a bit surprising. Most everyone thought Anne Hathaway was a shoe in this morning and for Oscar. Not many had McConnaughey on their radar for the NYFCC.
Pretty happy to see Bernie get some love...
I would have really liked to have seen the NYFCC peeps go with Rust and Bone in the Foreign category...
The Rachel Wiesz choice is a real surprise...maybe gets her into the Oscar conversation as well.
What was no surprise was the DDL choice for Best Actor. Indiewire reports this was DDL's fourth NYFCC Best Actor award. Mark Harris adds that he also has a Best Supporting Actor nod from NYFCC for A Room with a View/My Beautiful Launderette.
Bigelow's win is a bit of a surprise after the Lincoln log roll looked to be gathering steam.
Overall, big day for Lincoln and ZDT.
FAC Update Best Picture and Below the Line
Good Monday to All...
FAC UPDATE
The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery
As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].
BEST PICTURE
It happened this week. The rest of the field (well two films) finally caught "Argo". It is no longer at the top of the Best Picture category on The FAC.
This whole exercise since Telluride (and Toronto and Venice) ended in September has remionded of this past year's Republican primary process in that a new challenger appears to emerge every week or two and the critics, bloggers and Oscar experts have been very susceptible to the flavor of the moment.
Think back to this January and beyond about the number of Repubs who road into the national spotlight for his/her moment as the "frontrunner": Bachmann, Gingrich, Perry, Santorum, Cain...all had a lead at some point over Mitt Romney.
That surge to the top effect has shown up big time this week with the continued success of "Lincoln" in theaters and the screenings of "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" in New York and L.A. This week's update (and the new leaders) illustrate that nicely. And just this weekend, reported screenings of "The Hobbit" and I believe some of the industry's big guns have already seen "Django Unchained".
What remains to be seen is which film IS the "Mitt" of the field and withstands the assaults. As I have said in this space...my money is on "Lincoln" to win...but, you know, that could change...maybe Trump gets in the race.
1) Lincoln (2)
2) Les Miserables (3)
3 Argo (1)###
4) Silver Linings Playbook (4)
5) Zero Dark Thirty (8)***
6) Life of Pi (5)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) The Master (6)###
9) Amour (9)
10) Flight (10)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
12) Django Unchained (13)
13) The Hobbit (new)***
14) The Impossible (15)
15) The Sessions (14)
Dropping Out: Hitchcock
Comments: You can see the effect that screenings and box office succes at this time are having on the Top 15 chart...
UNDER THE LINE CATEGORIES (FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1) Brave
2) Wreck It Ralph
3) Rise of the Guardians
4) Frankenweenie
5) ParaNorman
6) The Painting
7) From Up on Poppy Hill
8) The Rabbi's Cat
9) Zarafa
10) The Lorax
BEST FULL LENGTH DOCUMANTARY
1) The Central Park Five
2) The Gatekeepers
3) Searching for Sugarman
4) West of Memphis
5) The Invisible War
6) Mea Maxima Culpa
7) The Imposter
8) The House I Live In
9) The Queen of Versailles
10) Jiro Dreams of Sushi
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1) Amour
2) The Intouchables
3) A Royal Affair
4) No
5) Lore
6) Fill the Void
7) Beyond the Hills
8) Barbara
9) Sister
10) Bwakaw
ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Lincoln
2) Life of Pi
3) Argo
4) The Master
5) Anna Karenina
6) Beasts of the Southern Wild
7) Cloud Atlas
8) Moonrise Kingdom
9) Skyfall
10) The Hobbit
ORIGINAL SONG
1) Les Miserables
2) Still Alive
3) Brave (Touch the Sky)
4) Brave (Learn)
5) Joyful Noise
6) Skyfall
7) Lawless
8) The Hobbit
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) Ted
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Life of Pi
5) The Hobbit
6) Cloud Atlas
7) The Master
8) Prometheus
9) Argo
10) The Dark Knight Rises
COSTUME
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Mirror Mirror
5) Snow White and the Huntsman
6) Cloud Atlas
7) A Royal Affair
8) Argo
9) The Master
10) Django Unchained
HAIR AND MAKEUP
1) Lincoln
2) Cloud Atlas
3) The Hobbit
4) Les Miserables
5) Hitchcock
6) Men in Black 3
7) Looper
8) Anna Karenina
9) The Impossible
10) Prometheus
VISUAL EFFECTS
1) Life of Pi
2) The Hobbit
3) Cloud Atlas
4) The Avengers
5) Prometheus
6) The Dark Knight Rises
7) The Amazing Spiderman
8) Skyfall
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) John Carter
SOUND EDITING
1) Skyfall
2) The Dark Knight Rises
3) Les Miserables
4) Life of Pi
5) Zero Dark thirty
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchained
8) The Hobbit
9) Prometheus
10) The Impossible
SOUND MIXING
1) Les Miserables
2) Skyfall
3) The Dark Knight Rises
4) Zero Dark Thirty
5) Life of Pi
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchaqined
8) The Hobbit
9) Flight
10) The Impossible
Next week I'll have the third Full FAC of the season...
The New York Film Critics announce their awards for 2012 today...so I almost will certainly post again later...
Follow me on Twitter @Gort2.
"Like" Michael's Telluride Film Blog and The Film Awards Clearinghouse on Facebook.
FAC UPDATE
The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery
As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].
BEST PICTURE
It happened this week. The rest of the field (well two films) finally caught "Argo". It is no longer at the top of the Best Picture category on The FAC.
This whole exercise since Telluride (and Toronto and Venice) ended in September has remionded of this past year's Republican primary process in that a new challenger appears to emerge every week or two and the critics, bloggers and Oscar experts have been very susceptible to the flavor of the moment.
Think back to this January and beyond about the number of Repubs who road into the national spotlight for his/her moment as the "frontrunner": Bachmann, Gingrich, Perry, Santorum, Cain...all had a lead at some point over Mitt Romney.
That surge to the top effect has shown up big time this week with the continued success of "Lincoln" in theaters and the screenings of "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" in New York and L.A. This week's update (and the new leaders) illustrate that nicely. And just this weekend, reported screenings of "The Hobbit" and I believe some of the industry's big guns have already seen "Django Unchained".
What remains to be seen is which film IS the "Mitt" of the field and withstands the assaults. As I have said in this space...my money is on "Lincoln" to win...but, you know, that could change...maybe Trump gets in the race.
1) Lincoln (2)
2) Les Miserables (3)
3 Argo (1)###
4) Silver Linings Playbook (4)
5) Zero Dark Thirty (8)***
6) Life of Pi (5)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) The Master (6)###
9) Amour (9)
10) Flight (10)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
12) Django Unchained (13)
13) The Hobbit (new)***
14) The Impossible (15)
15) The Sessions (14)
Dropping Out: Hitchcock
Comments: You can see the effect that screenings and box office succes at this time are having on the Top 15 chart...
UNDER THE LINE CATEGORIES (FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR)
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
1) Brave
2) Wreck It Ralph
3) Rise of the Guardians
4) Frankenweenie
5) ParaNorman
6) The Painting
7) From Up on Poppy Hill
8) The Rabbi's Cat
9) Zarafa
10) The Lorax
BEST FULL LENGTH DOCUMANTARY
1) The Central Park Five
2) The Gatekeepers
3) Searching for Sugarman
4) West of Memphis
5) The Invisible War
6) Mea Maxima Culpa
7) The Imposter
8) The House I Live In
9) The Queen of Versailles
10) Jiro Dreams of Sushi
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
1) Amour
2) The Intouchables
3) A Royal Affair
4) No
5) Lore
6) Fill the Void
7) Beyond the Hills
8) Barbara
9) Sister
10) Bwakaw
ORIGINAL SCORE
1) Lincoln
2) Life of Pi
3) Argo
4) The Master
5) Anna Karenina
6) Beasts of the Southern Wild
7) Cloud Atlas
8) Moonrise Kingdom
9) Skyfall
10) The Hobbit
ORIGINAL SONG
1) Les Miserables
2) Still Alive
3) Brave (Touch the Sky)
4) Brave (Learn)
5) Joyful Noise
6) Skyfall
7) Lawless
8) The Hobbit
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) Ted
PRODUCTION DESIGN
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Life of Pi
5) The Hobbit
6) Cloud Atlas
7) The Master
8) Prometheus
9) Argo
10) The Dark Knight Rises
COSTUME
1) Anna Karenina
2) Les Miserables
3) Lincoln
4) Mirror Mirror
5) Snow White and the Huntsman
6) Cloud Atlas
7) A Royal Affair
8) Argo
9) The Master
10) Django Unchained
HAIR AND MAKEUP
1) Lincoln
2) Cloud Atlas
3) The Hobbit
4) Les Miserables
5) Hitchcock
6) Men in Black 3
7) Looper
8) Anna Karenina
9) The Impossible
10) Prometheus
VISUAL EFFECTS
1) Life of Pi
2) The Hobbit
3) Cloud Atlas
4) The Avengers
5) Prometheus
6) The Dark Knight Rises
7) The Amazing Spiderman
8) Skyfall
9) Snow White and the Huntsman
10) John Carter
SOUND EDITING
1) Skyfall
2) The Dark Knight Rises
3) Les Miserables
4) Life of Pi
5) Zero Dark thirty
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchained
8) The Hobbit
9) Prometheus
10) The Impossible
SOUND MIXING
1) Les Miserables
2) Skyfall
3) The Dark Knight Rises
4) Zero Dark Thirty
5) Life of Pi
6) The Avengers
7) Django Unchaqined
8) The Hobbit
9) Flight
10) The Impossible
Next week I'll have the third Full FAC of the season...
The New York Film Critics announce their awards for 2012 today...so I almost will certainly post again later...
Follow me on Twitter @Gort2.
"Like" Michael's Telluride Film Blog and The Film Awards Clearinghouse on Facebook.
Thursday, November 29, 2012
New Theater In T-Ride?/Independent Spirit/Oscar Matters/TFF 39 Films/Two Directors
Good Thursday to Everyone!
A NEW THEATER FOR TELLURIDE?
The Telluride town council appears to moving forward with plans to convert The Haney Pavilion in Town Park to an enclosed facility (with financial help from the Festival) which is intended to have it ready as a new theater space for the 5 day 40th anniversary festival next Labor Day. Here's the story from The Telluride Daily Planet:
http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2012/11/26/news/doc50b393bbb660c659837852.txt
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced earlier this week. Here's a list of the nominees via Awards Daily:
Also I have included links to posts for the Indy Spirits from Awards Daily, InContention and Movie City News:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/11/27/film-independent-spirit-awards-coming-at-10am-pacific/
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2013-independent-spirit-awards-nominees
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/the-28th-annual-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced/
OSCAR MATTERS
AWARDS DAILY OSCAR PODCAST
http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode9.mp3
ROPE OF SILICON OSCAR PODCAST
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-talking-oscars-award-screeners-ending-of-life-of-pi-and-new-dvds-and-blu-rays/
THIS WEEK'S "FEW MINUTES WITH FEINBERG"
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-few-minutes-feinberg-voters-394080
ROGER EBERT'S OSCAR PREDICTIONS (FROM HOS BLOG)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/11/and_the_nominees_are.html
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER DIRECTORS' ROUND TABLE: AFFLECK, TARANTINO, VAN SANT, LEE, RUSSELL AND HOOPER
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ben-affleck-quentin-tarantino-4-394576
TFF #39 FILMS IN THE NEWS
"HYDE PARK ON HUDSON" AND BILL MURRAY
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-murray-talks-fdr-comparison-395151
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/movies/bill-murray-star-of-hyde-park-on-hudson.html?_r=1&
"RUST AND BONE" AND MARION COTILLARD
http://www.hulu.com/watch/428816#i0,p0,d1
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118062441/
"THE GATEKEEPERS"
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/dror-moreh-q-a-the-gatekeepers-pops-the-lid-off-israeli-arab-conflict
TWO TFF DIRECTORS WITH ONE STONE
I loved Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" which showed at the SHOW in 2010 and I also loved Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" and "127 Hours" which SHOWED in 2008 and 2010 respectively...so when I saw that this had happened...well...
Aronofsky and Boyle discuss directing in the same interview that Fox Searchlight had put together in 2008 when the two men were in the midst of "Slumdog" and Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" so I had to provide the link:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/darren-aronofsky-danny-boyle-interview-each-other-on-directing/?uid=6e9c63f1183d2627a911d0de9748ed1c04590c8c
That's going to have to do it for today. I'll get a new "Coming Attractions" segment on Monday's post. More then...
Follow me on Twitter @Gort2.
"Like" Michael's Telluride Film Blog and The Film Awards Clearinghouse on Facebook.
A NEW THEATER FOR TELLURIDE?
The Telluride town council appears to moving forward with plans to convert The Haney Pavilion in Town Park to an enclosed facility (with financial help from the Festival) which is intended to have it ready as a new theater space for the 5 day 40th anniversary festival next Labor Day. Here's the story from The Telluride Daily Planet:
http://www.telluridenews.com/articles/2012/11/26/news/doc50b393bbb660c659837852.txt
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced earlier this week. Here's a list of the nominees via Awards Daily:
2013 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST FEATURE
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Bernie
Keep the Lights On
Moonrise Kingdom
Silver Linings Playbook
BEST DIRECTOR
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Wes Anderson, Moonrise Kingdom
Julia Loktev, The Loneliest Planet
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
BEST SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
Wes Anderson & Roman Coppola, Moonrise Kingdom
Zoe Kazan, Ruby Sparks
Martin McDonagh, Seven Psychopaths
David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook
Ira Sachs, Keep the Lights On
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award
given to the director and producer)
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Fill the Void
Gimme the Loot
Safety Not Guaranteed
Sound of My Voice
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void
Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank
Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby
Rama Burshtein, Fill the Void
Derek Connolly, Safety Not Guaranteed
Christopher Ford, Robot & Frank
Rashida Jones & Will McCormack, Celeste and Jesse Forever
Jonathan Lisecki, Gayby
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Breakfast with Curtis, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Laura
Colella
Middle of Nowhere, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay, PRODUCERS: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes,
Mosquita y Mari, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Aurora Guerrero, PRODUCER: Chad Burris
Starlet, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sean Baker, PRODUCERS: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri
The Color Wheel, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Ross Perry, WRITER: Carlen Altman
Middle of Nowhere, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ava DuVernay, PRODUCERS: Howard Barish, Paul Garnes,
Mosquita y Mari, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Aurora Guerrero, PRODUCER: Chad Burris
Starlet, WRITER/DIRECTOR: Sean Baker, PRODUCERS: Blake Ashman-Kipervaser, Kevin Chinoy, Patrick Cunningham, Chris Maybach, Francesca Silvestri
The Color Wheel, WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Ross Perry, WRITER: Carlen Altman
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Linda Cardellini, Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed
Linda Cardellini, Return
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere
Jennifer Lawrence, Silver Linings Playbook
Quvenzhané Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Smashed
BEST MALE LEAD
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce, Four
Jack Black, Bernie
Bradley Cooper, Silver Linings Playbook
John Hawkes, The Sessions
Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
Matthew McConaughey, Killer Joe
Wendell Pierce, Four
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice
Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere
Rosemarie DeWitt, Your Sister’s Sister
Ann Dowd, Compliance
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Brit Marling, Sound of My Voice
Lorraine Toussaint, Middle of Nowhere
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere
Michael Péna, End of Watch
Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom
Matthew McConaughey, Magic Mike
David Oyelowo, Middle of Nowhere
Michael Péna, End of Watch
Sam Rockwell, Seven Psychopaths
Bruce Willis, Moonrise Kingdom
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints
Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch
Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom
Yoni Brook, Valley of Saints
Lol Crawley, Here
Ben Richardson, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Roman Vasyanov, End of Watch
Robert Yeoman, Moonrise Kingdom
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
How to Survive a Plague
DIRECTOR: David France
PRODUCERS: David France, Howard Gertler
How to Survive a Plague
DIRECTOR: David France
PRODUCERS: David France, Howard Gertler
Marina Abramoviæ: The Artist is Present
DIRECTOR: Matthew Akers
PRODUCERS: Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre
DIRECTOR: Matthew Akers
PRODUCERS: Maro Chermayeff, Jeff Dupre
The Central Park Five
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
DIRECTORS/PRODUCERS: Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, David McMahon
The Invisible War
DIRECTOR: Kirby Dick
PRODUCERS: Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering
DIRECTOR: Kirby Dick
PRODUCERS: Tanner King Barklow, Amy Ziering
The Waiting Room
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Peter Nicks
PRODUCERS: Linda Davis, William B. Hirsch
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Peter Nicks
PRODUCERS: Linda Davis, William B. Hirsch
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
Amour
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Rust And Bone
Sister
War Witch
Amour
Once Upon A Time in Anatolia
Rust And Bone
Sister
War Witch
16th ANNUAL PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD – The 16th annual Piaget
Producers
Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources
demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce
quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted
grant funded by Piaget.
Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources
demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce
quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted
grant funded by Piaget.
Nobody Walks PRODUCER: Alicia Van Couvering
Prince Avalanche, PRODUCER: Derrick Tseng
Stones in the Sun, PRODUCER: Mynette Louie
Prince Avalanche, PRODUCER: Derrick Tseng
Stones in the Sun, PRODUCER: Mynette Louie
19th ANNUAL SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The 19th annual Someone
to Watch
Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet
received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000
unrestricted grant.
Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet
received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000
unrestricted grant.
Pincus, DIRECTOR: David Fenster
Gimme the Loot, DIRECTOR: Adam Leon
Electrick Children, DIRECTOR: Rebecca Thomas
Gimme the Loot, DIRECTOR: Adam Leon
Electrick Children, DIRECTOR: Rebecca Thomas
STELLA ARTOIS TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The 18th annual
Truer Than
Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features
who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a
$25,000 unrestricted grant.
Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features
who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a
$25,000 unrestricted grant.
Leviathan
DIRECTOR: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
The Waiting Room, DIRECTOR: Peter Nicks
Only the Young, DIRECTOR: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims
DIRECTOR: Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel
The Waiting Room, DIRECTOR: Peter Nicks
Only the Young, DIRECTOR: Jason Tippet & Elizabeth Mims
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – (Given to one film’s director, casting
director, and
its ensemble cast)
Starlet, Director: Sean Baker
its ensemble cast)
Starlet, Director: Sean Baker
Telluride connections included nominations for "The Central Park Five", "Amour", and "Rust and Bone".
Also I have included links to posts for the Indy Spirits from Awards Daily, InContention and Movie City News:
http://www.awardsdaily.com/blog/2012/11/27/film-independent-spirit-awards-coming-at-10am-pacific/
http://www.hitfix.com/in-contention/2013-independent-spirit-awards-nominees
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/the-28th-annual-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations-announced/
OSCAR MATTERS
AWARDS DAILY OSCAR PODCAST
http://www.awardsdaily.com/podcasts/oscarpodcast/episode9.mp3
ROPE OF SILICON OSCAR PODCAST
http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/podcast-talking-oscars-award-screeners-ending-of-life-of-pi-and-new-dvds-and-blu-rays/
THIS WEEK'S "FEW MINUTES WITH FEINBERG"
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/a-few-minutes-feinberg-voters-394080
ROGER EBERT'S OSCAR PREDICTIONS (FROM HOS BLOG)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2012/11/and_the_nominees_are.html
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER DIRECTORS' ROUND TABLE: AFFLECK, TARANTINO, VAN SANT, LEE, RUSSELL AND HOOPER
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ben-affleck-quentin-tarantino-4-394576
TFF #39 FILMS IN THE NEWS
"HYDE PARK ON HUDSON" AND BILL MURRAY
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/bill-murray-talks-fdr-comparison-395151
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/movies/bill-murray-star-of-hyde-park-on-hudson.html?_r=1&
"RUST AND BONE" AND MARION COTILLARD
http://www.hulu.com/watch/428816#i0,p0,d1
http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118062441/
"THE GATEKEEPERS"
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/dror-moreh-q-a-the-gatekeepers-pops-the-lid-off-israeli-arab-conflict
TWO TFF DIRECTORS WITH ONE STONE
I loved Darren Aronofsky's "Black Swan" which showed at the SHOW in 2010 and I also loved Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" and "127 Hours" which SHOWED in 2008 and 2010 respectively...so when I saw that this had happened...well...
Aronofsky and Boyle discuss directing in the same interview that Fox Searchlight had put together in 2008 when the two men were in the midst of "Slumdog" and Aronofsky's "The Wrestler" so I had to provide the link:
http://www.firstshowing.net/2012/darren-aronofsky-danny-boyle-interview-each-other-on-directing/?uid=6e9c63f1183d2627a911d0de9748ed1c04590c8c
That's going to have to do it for today. I'll get a new "Coming Attractions" segment on Monday's post. More then...
Follow me on Twitter @Gort2.
"Like" Michael's Telluride Film Blog and The Film Awards Clearinghouse on Facebook.
Monday, November 26, 2012
FAC Update/Oscar Matters/Rust and Royal
Good Post-Thanksgiving Monday to Everyone!
FAC UPDATE: PICTURE, SCREENPLAYS, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING
BEST PICTURE
The release of "Lincoln" and preview screenings of "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have shaken the landscape of the Best Picture race...But again, for the second straight week the top 15 stay the same with movement within them.
The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery
As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].
1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (2)
3) Les Miserables (5)***
4) Silver Linings Playbook (3)
5) Life of Pi (4)
6) The Master (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) Zero Dark Thirty (10)***
9) Amour (8)
10) Flight (9)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
12) Hitchcock (13)
13) Django Unchained (12)
14) The Sessions (14)
15) The Impossible (15)
Comments: "Lincoln" stays at #2...barely. The Spielberg film has eaten away at "Argo's" lead. I really expect that it will overtake "Argo" by next week's update. Substantial moves for "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" as well.
I saw "Lincoln" this past weekend and, frankly, I think it's likely to win Best Picture. I still have a lot to see before the season is over, but that's where I'd put my money right now. I also saw Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" and was not remotely blown away in the fashion that many others have been. It's beautifully shot but the transcendent journey that it wants to take you on seems awfully flat to me...no transcendence for this guy.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1) Lincoln (3)***
2) Argo (1)
3) Silver Linings Playbook (2)
4) Beasts of the Southern Wild (4)
5) Life of Pi (6)
6) Les Miserables (7)
7) The Sessions (5)###
8) Anna Karenina (8)
9) On the Road (9)
10) The Hobbit (New)***
Dropping Out: Hitchcock
Comments: Adapted Screenplay shows the same trends as Best Picture.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1) The Master (1)
2) Moonrise Kingdom (2)
3) Amour (3)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (5)
5) Django Unchained (4)
6) Flight (8)***
7) Looper (7)
8) Promised Land (6)###
9) Arbitrage (10)
10) Middle of Nowhere (New)***
Dropping Out: Seven Psychopaths
Comments: Still getting one prediction for "The Sessions" in this category and now I am seeing "The Intouchables" show up in both Adapted and Original categories. If these experts could decide where it belongs it could be sniffing at being on one chart or the other.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Life of Pi (1)
2) The Master (2)
3) Skyfall (10)***
4) Lincoln (3)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) Anna Karenina (4)###
7) Django Unchained (6)
8) Beasts of the Southern wild (7)
9) Cloud Atlas (9)
10) The Dark Knight Rises (8)###
Comments: With its release, Roger Deakins filming of "Skyfall" has rocketed him from a "barely on the chart" possibility to very nearly a lock for a nomination...wow.
BEST FILM EDITING
1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (2)
3) Les Miserables (4)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (3)
5) Silver Linings Playbook (8)***
6) Life of Pi (6)
7) The Master (5)###
8) The Dark Knight Rises (7)
9) Skyfall (New)***
10) Cloud Atlas (New)***
Dropping Out: Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Comments: A lot of movement in this category since I last surveyed the experts with "Silver Linings" benefiting the most. As I and many others have pointed out before, there's a weird symbiotic relationship between Best Picture wins and film editing nominations...to win the big prize a film almost always has to be at least nominated for editing...
Final Thought: It seems that this year's Oscar race may be a three headed beast: "Argo", "Lincoln" and "Les Miz" with "Pi" and "Silver Linings" as possible interlopers into that mixture. As I said above...my bet is on "Lincoln" at least for the time being.
OSCAR MATTERS
As if to underscore my point about "Lincoln", Dave Poland posted a new Gurus of Gold Best Picture chart yesterday...with "Lincoln" in the lead for the first time (albeit by the smallest of margins). Look here:
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/gurus-o-gold-thanks-about-to-be-given-the-last-3-films/
Scott Feinberg's latest Feinberg Forecast from The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/les-miserables-zero-dark-thirty-392127
RUST AND BONE
Gold Derby also has a new video interview with "Rust and Bone" star and likely Best Actress nominee (and TFF #39 tributee) Marion Cotillard:
http://www.goldderby.com/news/3625/marion-cotillard-on-'rust-and-bone'-tragedy-can-bring-rebirth-%5bvideo%5d.html
A ROYAL AFFAIR
Anne Thompson interviews the screenwriters of Denmark's Foreign Language film entry for Oscar consideration (which stars another TFF 339 tributee-Mads Mikkelsen) as well as providing links to interviews with Mikkelsen and Alicia Vikander here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/nicolaj-arcels-a-royal-affair
More on Thursday...
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FAC UPDATE: PICTURE, SCREENPLAYS, CINEMATOGRAPHY AND EDITING
BEST PICTURE
The release of "Lincoln" and preview screenings of "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" have shaken the landscape of the Best Picture race...But again, for the second straight week the top 15 stay the same with movement within them.
The FAC reviews the Oscar predictions of the following to arrive at its "predictions":
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Scott Feinberg/The Feinberg Forecast-The Hollywood Reporter
Kristopher Tapley/InContention-HitFix
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood-IndieWire
Peter Knegt/IndieWire
Brad Brevet/Rope of Silicon
Clayton Davis/Awards Circuit
Nathaniel Rogers/Film Experience
Alex Carlson/Film Misery
As always the number in parenthesis to a title is its position vis-a-vis the last posting for that category on The FAC updates. Telluride #39 films are indicated in Bold. [ *** ='s HOT, ### ="s NOT].
1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (2)
3) Les Miserables (5)***
4) Silver Linings Playbook (3)
5) Life of Pi (4)
6) The Master (6)
7) Beasts of the Southern Wild (7)
8) Zero Dark Thirty (10)***
9) Amour (8)
10) Flight (9)
11) Moonrise Kingdom (11)
12) Hitchcock (13)
13) Django Unchained (12)
14) The Sessions (14)
15) The Impossible (15)
Comments: "Lincoln" stays at #2...barely. The Spielberg film has eaten away at "Argo's" lead. I really expect that it will overtake "Argo" by next week's update. Substantial moves for "Les Miserables" and "Zero Dark Thirty" as well.
I saw "Lincoln" this past weekend and, frankly, I think it's likely to win Best Picture. I still have a lot to see before the season is over, but that's where I'd put my money right now. I also saw Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" and was not remotely blown away in the fashion that many others have been. It's beautifully shot but the transcendent journey that it wants to take you on seems awfully flat to me...no transcendence for this guy.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
1) Lincoln (3)***
2) Argo (1)
3) Silver Linings Playbook (2)
4) Beasts of the Southern Wild (4)
5) Life of Pi (6)
6) Les Miserables (7)
7) The Sessions (5)###
8) Anna Karenina (8)
9) On the Road (9)
10) The Hobbit (New)***
Dropping Out: Hitchcock
Comments: Adapted Screenplay shows the same trends as Best Picture.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
1) The Master (1)
2) Moonrise Kingdom (2)
3) Amour (3)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (5)
5) Django Unchained (4)
6) Flight (8)***
7) Looper (7)
8) Promised Land (6)###
9) Arbitrage (10)
10) Middle of Nowhere (New)***
Dropping Out: Seven Psychopaths
Comments: Still getting one prediction for "The Sessions" in this category and now I am seeing "The Intouchables" show up in both Adapted and Original categories. If these experts could decide where it belongs it could be sniffing at being on one chart or the other.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
1) Life of Pi (1)
2) The Master (2)
3) Skyfall (10)***
4) Lincoln (3)
5) Les Miserables (5)
6) Anna Karenina (4)###
7) Django Unchained (6)
8) Beasts of the Southern wild (7)
9) Cloud Atlas (9)
10) The Dark Knight Rises (8)###
Comments: With its release, Roger Deakins filming of "Skyfall" has rocketed him from a "barely on the chart" possibility to very nearly a lock for a nomination...wow.
BEST FILM EDITING
1) Argo (1)
2) Lincoln (2)
3) Les Miserables (4)
4) Zero Dark Thirty (3)
5) Silver Linings Playbook (8)***
6) Life of Pi (6)
7) The Master (5)###
8) The Dark Knight Rises (7)
9) Skyfall (New)***
10) Cloud Atlas (New)***
Dropping Out: Django Unchained, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Comments: A lot of movement in this category since I last surveyed the experts with "Silver Linings" benefiting the most. As I and many others have pointed out before, there's a weird symbiotic relationship between Best Picture wins and film editing nominations...to win the big prize a film almost always has to be at least nominated for editing...
Final Thought: It seems that this year's Oscar race may be a three headed beast: "Argo", "Lincoln" and "Les Miz" with "Pi" and "Silver Linings" as possible interlopers into that mixture. As I said above...my bet is on "Lincoln" at least for the time being.
OSCAR MATTERS
As if to underscore my point about "Lincoln", Dave Poland posted a new Gurus of Gold Best Picture chart yesterday...with "Lincoln" in the lead for the first time (albeit by the smallest of margins). Look here:
http://moviecitynews.com/2012/11/gurus-o-gold-thanks-about-to-be-given-the-last-3-films/
Scott Feinberg's latest Feinberg Forecast from The Hollywood Reporter:
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/les-miserables-zero-dark-thirty-392127
RUST AND BONE
Gold Derby also has a new video interview with "Rust and Bone" star and likely Best Actress nominee (and TFF #39 tributee) Marion Cotillard:
http://www.goldderby.com/news/3625/marion-cotillard-on-'rust-and-bone'-tragedy-can-bring-rebirth-%5bvideo%5d.html
A ROYAL AFFAIR
Anne Thompson interviews the screenwriters of Denmark's Foreign Language film entry for Oscar consideration (which stars another TFF 339 tributee-Mads Mikkelsen) as well as providing links to interviews with Mikkelsen and Alicia Vikander here:
http://blogs.indiewire.com/thompsononhollywood/nicolaj-arcels-a-royal-affair
More on Thursday...
Follow me on Twitter @Gort2.
"Like" Michael's Telluride Film Blog and The Film Awards Clearinghouse on Facebook.
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