Film Awards 2020

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It's that time of year, where Oscar season is coming up and a bunch of groups come together and publish their Best of 2020 lists.

Here's this year's award season calendar:

SEPTEMBER 2020
2nd-12th – Venice International Film Festival (VIFF) – in person
10th-19th – Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) – virtual
25th-October 11th – New York Film Festival (NYFF) – virtual

OCTOBER 2020
8th-14th – Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) – virtual and drive-in
8th-18th – Mill Valley Film Festival (MVFF) – virtual and drive-in
15th-18th – Middleburg Film Festival (MFF) – virtual
15th-22nd – AFI FEST (AFI) – virtual

NOVEMBER 2020
12th – Gotham Award Nominations (IFP)

DECEMBER 2020
9th – SFFILM Awards Night
12th – European Film Awards (EFA)
18th – New York Film Critics Circle Awards (NYFCC)
20th – Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA)

JANUARY 2021
9th – National Society of Film Critics Voting
11th – Gotham Awards (IFP)
26th – National Board of Review Awards (NBR)
28th-February 3rd – Sundance Film Festival

FEBRUARY 2021
3rd – Golden Globe Award Nominations (HFPA)
4th – Screen Actors Guild Awards Nominations (SAG)
7th – Critics’ Choice Awards Nominations (CCA)
9th – Oscar Shortlists Announced (AMPAS)
16th – Writers Guild of America Nominations (WGA)
25th – Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards Gala
26th – American Film Institute AFI Awards (AFI)
28th – Golden Globe Awards (HPFA)

MARCH 2021
2nd – Art Directors Guild Nominations (ADG)
2nd – Cinema Audio Society Nominations (CAS)
3rd – Annie Award nominations
4th – Costume Designers Guild nominations (CDG)
5th – Oscar Nomination Voting Begins
7th – Critics’ Choice Awards (CCA)
8th – Producers Guild of America Nominations (PGA)
9th – American Society of Cinematographers Nominations (ASC)
10th – Oscar Nomination Voting Ends
11th – American Cinema Editors Nominations (ACE)
14th – Screen Actors Guild Awards (SAG)
15th – Oscar Nominations (AMPAS)
21st – Writers Guild of America Awards (WGA)
24th – Producers Guild of America Awards (PGA)
31st – April 10th – Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF)

APRIL 2021
6th – Visual Effects Society Awards (VES)
7th – African-American Film Critics Association Awards (AAFCA)
10th – Art Directors Guild Awards (ADG)
10th – Directors Guild of America Awards (DGA)
11th – EE British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA)
13th – Costume Designers Guild Awards (CDG)
15th – Final Oscar Voting Begins
16th – Annie Awards
17th – Cinema Audio Society Awards (CAS)
18th – American Cinema Editors Awards (ACE)
18th – American Society of Cinematographers Awards (ASC)
20th – Final Oscar Voting Ends
24th – Film Independent Spirit Awards
25th – Academy Awards

I do wonder with the Oscars being pushed all the way back to April 25, 2021, if the winners will be less predictable than before now that movies that gain traction and seem unstoppable once they start winning a bunch of awards can lose steam with the longer period and fatigue can set in, or if early frontrunners who receive backlash and then lose awards can gain momentum back.

First off,

THE GOTHAM AWARDS

New York based group where every category has a small jury panel of voters with varying backgrounds in film who come together, watch every nominee, and choose a winner. Indie movies that are 30 million or less to make.


Best Feature
“The Assistant”
First Cow
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
“Nomadland”
“Relic”

Best Documentary
“76 Days”
“City Hall”
“Our Time Machine”
“A Thousand Cuts”
“Time”

Best International Feature
“Bacurau”
“Beanpole”
“Cuties (Mignonnes)”
“Identifying Features”
“Martin Eden”
“Wolfwalkers”

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Carlo Mirabella-Davis, “Swallow”
Rhada Blank, “The Forty Year Old Version”
Andrew Patterson, “Vast of Night”
Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth”
Alex Thompson, “Saint Frances”

Best Screenplay
“Bad Education,” Mike Makowsky
“First Cow,” Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt
“The Forty-Year-Old Version,” Radha Blank
“Fourteen,” Dan Sallitt
“The Vast of Night,” James Montague and Craig Sanger

Best Actor
Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Jude Law, “The Nest”
John Magaro, “First Cow”
Jesse Plemons, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”

Best Actress
Nicole Beharie, “Miss Juneteenth”
Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”
Carrie Coon, “The Nest”
Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”

Breakthrough Actor
Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Jasmine Batchelor, “The Surrogate”
Kelly O’Sullivan, “Saint Frances”
Orion Lee, “First Cow”
Kingsley Ben-Adir, “One Night in Miami

Breakthrough Series – Long Form
“The Great”
“Immigration Nation”
“P-Valley”
“Unorthodox”
“Watchmen”

Breakthrough Series – Short Form
“Betty”
“Dave”
“I May Destroy You”
“Taste the Nation”
“Work in Progress”

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BOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICS

Known for having some more eccentric tastes, they have a really good track record of actors getting nominations.


Best Picture: “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: “First Cow” (A24)

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” (A24)

Best Actor: Anthony Hopkins, “The Father” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runner up: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)

Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)
Runner up: Julia Garner, “The Assistant” (Bleecker Street)

Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” (Amazon Studios)
Runner up: Brian Dennehy, “Driveways” (FilmRise)

Best Supporting Actress: Yuh-jung Youn, “Minari” (A24)
Runner up: Amanda Seyfried, “Mank” (Netflix)

Best Screenplay: “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” (Netflix) – Charlie Kaufman
Runner up: “First Cow” (A24) – Kelly Reichardt and Jonathan Raymond

Best Cinematography: “Nomadland” – Joshua James Richards (Searchlight Pictures)
Runner up: Shabier Kirchner, “Lovers Rock” (Amazon Studios)

Best Non-English Language Film (awarded in memory of Jay Carr): “La llorona” – Jayro Bustamante (Shudder)
Runner up: “The Painted Bird” – Václav Marhoul (IFC Films)

Best Documentary: “Collective” – Alexander Nanau (Magnolia Pictures and Participant)
Runner up: “The Painter and the Thief” – Benjamin Ree (Neon)

Best Animated Film: “The Wolf House” – Cristóbal León & Joaquín Cociña (Kimstim Films)
Runner up: “Wolfwalkers” – Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)

Best Film Editing (awarded in memory of Karen Schmeer): “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” – Robert Frazen (Netflix)
Runner up: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best New Filmmaker (awarded in memory of David Brudnoy): “The Father” – Florian Zeller (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runner up: Autumn de Wilde, “Emma” (Focus Features)

Best Ensemble Cast: “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (Netflix)
Runner up: “Minari” (A24)

Best Original Score: Emile Mosseri, “Minari” (A24)
Runner up: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, “Mank” (Netflix)

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INDIEWIRE'S CRITICS SURVEY

231 critics from around the world voted in this year's survey, some margins were razor-thin.

https://www.indiewire.com/2020/12/b...-performances-nomadland-riz-ahmed-1234604554/

Film:
1. “Nomadland”
2. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
3. “First Cow”
4. “Lovers Rock”
5. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
6. “Beanpole”
7. “Time”
8. “Da 5 Bloods”
9. “Martin Eden”
10. “Bacurau”

Director:
1. Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”
2. Steve McQueen, “Lovers Rock”
3. Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
4. Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow”
5. David Fincher, “Mank”
6. Spike Lee, “Da 5 Bloods”
7. Charlie Kaufman, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
8. Pietro Marcello, “Martin Eden”
9. Kantemir Balegov, “Beanpole”
10. Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari”

Performance:
1. Riz Ahmed, “The Sound of Metal”
2. Frances McDormand, “Nomadland”
3. Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
4. Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods”
5. Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”
6. Jessie Buckley, “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
7. Luca Marinelli, “Martin Eden”
8. Gary Oldman, “Mank”
9. Carrie Coon, “The Nest”
10. Mads Mikkelsen, “Another Round”

Documentary:
1. “Dick Johnson Is Dead”
2. “Time”
3. “Collective”
4. “City Hall”
5. “The Painter and the Thief”
6. “Bloody Nose Empty Pockets”
7. “76 Days”
8. “The Social Dilemma”
9. “The Mole Agent”
10. “Totally Under Control”

Cinematography:
1. “Nomadland”
2. “Mank”
3. “Vitalina Varela”
4. “Lovers Rock”
5. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
6. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
7. “First Cow”
8. “Tenet”
9. “Beanpole”
10. “The Painted Bird”/”Gunda” (TIE)

Screenplay:
1. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things”
2. “First Cow”
3. “Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
4. “Promising Young Woman”
5. “Mank”
6. “Fourteen”
7. “Minari”
8. “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
9. “One Night in Miami”
10. “Kajillionaire”

International Film:
1. “Bacurau”
2. “Beanpole”
3. “Another Round”
4. “Vitalina Varela”
5. “Martin Eden”
6. “Collective”
7. “Wolfwalkers”
8. “And Then We Danced”
9. “The Painted Bird”
10. “His House”

First Feature:
1. “Promising Young Woman”
2. “The Vast of Night”
3. “The 40-Year-Old Version”
4. “One Night in Miami”
5. “Relic”
6. “The Sound of Metal”
7. “The Assistant”
8. “Ham on Rye”
9. “Babyteeth”
10. “The Climb”

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SIGHT & SOUND

Their list of the best 50 films of 2020. This list is complied by over a 100 of Sight & Sound's contributors.


In descending order:

50. The Vast of Night: Andrew Patterson, US

49. The Truth: Koreeda Hirokazu, Japan

48. The Invisible Man: Leigh Whannell, US

47. Richard Jewell: Clint Eastwood, US

46. Collective: Alexander Nanau, Romania

45. Clemency: Chinonye Chukwu, US

44. Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Jason Woliner, US

43. Birds of Prey: Cathy Yan, US

42. Another Round: Thomas Vinterberg, Denmark

41. About Endlessness: Roy Andersson, Sweden

40. The Personal History of David Copperfield: Armando Iannucci, UK

39. The Forty-Year-Old Version: Radha Blank, US

38. Tenet: Christopher Nolan, US

37. She Dies Tomorrow: Amy Seimetz, US

36. Relic: Natalie Erika James, Australia

35. Mogul Mowgli: Bassam Tariq, UK

34. Mank: David Fincher, US

33. Limbo: Ben Sharrock, UK

32. Host: Rob Savage, UK

31. Ema: Pablo Larraín, Chile

30. Martin Eden: Pietro Marcello, Italy

29. Little Women: Greta Gerwig, US

28. Les Misérables: Ladj Ly, France

27. His House: Remi Weekes, UK

26. The Disciple: Chaitanya Tamhane, India

25. Babyteeth: Shannon Murphy, Australia

24. Undine: Christian Petzold, Germany/France

23. The Inheritance: Ephraim Asili, US

22. Possessor: Brandon Cronenberg, Canada/UK

21. The Year of the Discovery: Luis López Carrasco, Spain/Switzerland

20. Kajillionaire: Miranda July, US

19. WolfWalkers: Tomm Moore & Ross Stewart, Ireland/France/Luxembourg

18. The Woman Who Ran: Hong Sangsoo, South Korea

17. Bacurau: Kleber Mendonça Filho & Juliano Dornelles, Brazil

16. David Byrne’s American Utopia: Spike Lee, US

15. Shirley: Josephine Decker, US

14. The Assistant: Kitty Green, US

13. Mangrove: Steve McQueen, UK

12. Da 5 Bloods: Spike Lee, US

11. Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets: Bill Ross IV & Turner Ross, US

10. Days: Tsai Ming-liang, Taiwan

9. Rocks: Sarah Gavron, UK

8. Nomadland: Chloé Zhao, US

7. Never Rarely Sometimes Always: Eliza Hittman, US

6. Dick Johnson Is Dead: Kirsten Johnson, US

5. Saint Maud: Rose Glass, UK

4. I’m Thinking of Ending Things: Charlie Kaufman, US

3. First Cow: Kelly Reichardt, US

2. Time: Garrett Bradley, US

1. Lovers Rock: Steve McQueen, UK
 

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The New York Film Critics Circle are slowly announcing their winners now. I'll post them when they finish. They still have Best Animated Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, and Best Film to go.

Meanwhile, I'll post the Chicago Film Critics nominations and the Florida Critics ones:

BEST PICTURE

Da 5 Bloods
First Cow
Lovers Rock
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman

BEST DIRECTOR

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Steve McQueen, Lovers Rock
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST ACTOR

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun, Minari

BEST ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Carrie Coon, The Nest
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
David Strathairn, Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Toni Collette, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Letitia Wright, Mangrove
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Da 5 Bloods by Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman
Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell
Soul by Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers
The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Father by Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
First Cow by Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Charlie Kaufman
Nomadland by Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami by Kemp Powers

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Onward
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Collective
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead
The Social Dilemma
Time

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
Collective
La Llorona
Vitalina Varela

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

First Cow, Christopher Blauvelt
Lovers Rock, Shabier Kirchner
Mank, Erik Messerschmidt
Nomadland, Joshua James Richards
The Vast of Night, Miguel Ioann Littin Menz

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Da 5 Bloods, Terence Blanchard
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Branford Marsalis
Mank, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Soul, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Tenet, Ludwig Goransson

BEST ART DIRECTION

Birds of Prey
Emma
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Birds of Prey
Emma
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS

I’m Thinking of Ending Things
The Invisible Man
The Midnight Sky
Possessor
Tenet

BEST EDITING

I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Robert Frazen
Lovers Rock, Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen
Nomadland, Chloé Zhao
Tenet, Jennifer Lame
The Trial of the Chicago 7, Alan Baumgarten

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR PROMISING FILMMAKER

Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Kelly O’Sullivan, Saint Frances
Helena Zengel, News of the World

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FLORIDA FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION

BEST PICTURE
First Cow
Minari
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ACTOR
Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins - The Father
John Magaro - First Cow

BEST ACTRESS
Carrie Coon - The Nest
Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Frances McDormand - Nomadland
Elisabeth Moss - Shirley
Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sacha Baron Cohen - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chadwick Boseman - Da 5 Bloods
Brian Dennehy - Driveways
Bill Murray - On the Rocks
Paul Raci - Sound of Metal

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Jane Adams - She Dies Tomorrow
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Swankie - Nomadland
Yuh-Jung Youn - Minari

BEST ENSEMBLE
Mangrove
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Minari
The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST DIRECTOR
Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
Kelly Reichardt - First Cow
Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7
Florian Zeller - The Father
Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
Peter Docter, Kemp Powers & Mike Jones - Soul
Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher - Mank
Aaron Sorkin - The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Charlie Kaufman - I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt - First Cow
Ruben Santiago-Hudson - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Florian Zeller & Christopher Hampton - The Father
Chloé Zhao - Nomadland

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Hoyte van Hoytema - Tenet
Shabier Kirchner - Lovers Rock
Victor Kossakovsky & Egil Håskjold Larsen - Gunda
Erik Messerschmidt - Mank
Joshua James Richards - Nomadland

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
Mark Bakowski - The Midnight Sky
Murray Barber - Possessor
Andrew Jackson - Tenet

BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTIOIN
Kirby Feagan - Shirley
Adam Marshall - Lovers Rock
Dan Webster - Mank

BEST SCORE
Alexandre Desplat - The Midnight Sky
Ludwig Göransson - Tenet
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross & Jon Batiste - Soul
William Tyler - First Cow

BEST DOCUMENTARY
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead
Gunda
Time
You Don't Nomi

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Dry Wind
Los Fuertes
Minari
The Painted Bird
Those Who Remained

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Over the Moon
Ride Your Wave
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers

BEST FIRST FILM
The Father
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Promising Young Woman
Relic
Some Kind of Heaven

BREAKOUT AWARD
Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Sidney Flanigan - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Marin Ireland - The Dark and the Wicked
Lucas Jaye - Driveways
Odessa Young - Shirley

THE GOLDEN ORANGE AWARD
ENZIAN Theater
Keisha Rae Witherspoon
Amy Seimetz
 

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New York Film Critics Circle:

Best Film: “First Cow” (A24)

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland” (Searchlight Pictures)

Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)

Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman, “Da 5 Bloods” (Netflix)

Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” (Amazon Studios)

Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman for “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” (Focus Features)

Best Animated Film: “Wolfwalkers” (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS)

Best Cinematography: “Small Axe” – All films (Prime Video)

Best First Film: Radha Blank, “The Forty-Year-Old Version” (Netflix)

Best Foreign Language Film: “Bacarau”

Best Non-Fiction Film: “Time” (Amazon Studios)

Special Award: Kino Lorber, for their creation of Kino Marquee, a virtual cinema distribution service that was designed to help support movie theaters, not destroy them.

Special Award: Spike Lee for inspiring the New York community with his short film “New York New York” and for advocating for a better society through cinema.

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I'm starting to get excited about the prospect of Maria Bakalova getting close to an Oscar nomination for playing Borat's daughter and having that bedroom scene with Giuliani.

Also, you should check out The Forty-Year-Old Version trailer:

 

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I have not seen any movies this year, because of YKW. I hope the top films will be on dvd sooner than usual.
 

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I have not seen any movies this year, because of YKW. I hope the top films will be on dvd sooner than usual.
Do you not have availability to any streaming services like Netflix? At least some of the films likely to be nominated for major awards are or should be soon available on such platforms.
 

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Do you not have availability to any streaming services like Netflix? At least some of the films likely to be nominated for major awards are or should be soon available on such platforms.
Theoretically yes but in the past I had so much difficulty with my cable (too many disconnects) that I am afraid to go to Netflix on line. I can’t risk.osi g myth channels. I may have to call the cable provider to get help.
 

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Never Rarely Sometimes Always is available on HBO Max for those who’ve subscribed. I highly recommend it.
 

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LA Film Critics Association:


BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Small Axe,” Shabier Kirchner
Runner-Up: “Nomadland,” Joshua James Richards

BEST SCORE/MUSIC
“Soul,” Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross
Runner-Up: “Lovers Rock,” Mica Levi

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Glynn Turman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Runner-Up: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
“Mank,” Donald Graham Burt
Runner-Up: “Beanpole,” Sergey Ivanov

BEST EDITING
“The Father,” Yorgos Lamprinos
Runner-Up: “Time,” Gabriel Rhodes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Youn Yuh-jung, “Minari”
Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried, “Mank”

BEST ANIMATION
“Wolfwalkers”
Runner-Up: “Soul”

DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL FILM PRIZE
“Her Socialist Smile,” John Gianvito





BEST SCREENPLAY
“Promising Young Woman,” Emerald Fennell
Runner-Up: “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” Eliza Hittman

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Time”
Runner-Up: “Collective”

BEST ACTOR
Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”

BEST ACTRESS
Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”
Runner-Up: Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

BEST DIRECTOR
Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
Runner-Up: Steve McQueen, “Small Axe”

NEW GENERATION
Radha Blank, “The 40-Year-Old Version”

BEST PICTURE
“Small Axe”
Runner-Up: “Nomadland”

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
“Beanpole”
Runner-Up: “Martin Eden”
 

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Theoretically yes but in the past I had so much difficulty with my cable (too many disconnects) that I am afraid to go to Netflix on line. I can’t risk.osi g myth channels. I may have to call the cable provider to get help.
I can’t delete this post. Too late but the iPad has been butchering my words. I can’t risk losing my channels after watching a movie on cable. It is rather painful to try to get help from the cable company. There have been fewer issues in my new home so I may just call them once to find out how to do this safely.

Really speaking, I love watching movies in theaters. I just don’t enjoy them much on a small screen.
 
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Gold derby Oscar predictions for best picture (very long list)
It lists “Wild Mountain Thyme” as a strong contender? Not enough :rofl: for that! :rofl:
 

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It lists “Wild Mountain Thyme” as a strong contender? Not enough :rofl: for that! :rofl:
I never heard this title. I think Gold derby tends to list just about everyone at first. As we get closer to the awards they trim down. I like to see their odds in each category and they list just three in each.
 

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It lists “Wild Mountain Thyme” as a strong contender? Not enough :rofl: for that! :rofl:
You may not like this tweet:


Also, apparently Hillbilly Elegy is playing better to Oscar voters than it did with the critics and Twitter film fans. Let's see what that means.

Btw, I didn't realize Wild Mountain Thyme is based on Shanley's Broadway play Outside Mullingar where Debra Messing played the the lead female role.
 

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You may not like this tweet:


Also, apparently Hillbilly Elegy is playing better to Oscar voters than it did with the critics and Twitter film fans. Let's see what that means.

Btw, I didn't realize Wild Mountain Thyme is based on Shanley's Broadway play Outside Mullingar where Debra Messing played the the lead female role.
I hope it means that W&M will finally have an Oscar-winning actor among its alums (no offense to any of the possible Best Supporting Actress nominees).
 

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The New York Film Critics Circle are slowly announcing their winners now. I'll post them when they finish. They still have Best Animated Feature, Best Cinematography, Best Actress, and Best Film to go.

Meanwhile, I'll post the Chicago Film Critics nominations and the Florida Critics ones:

BEST PICTURE

Da 5 Bloods
First Cow
Lovers Rock
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman

BEST DIRECTOR

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
Steve McQueen, Lovers Rock
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST ACTOR

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Steven Yeun, Minari

BEST ACTRESS

Jessie Buckley, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Carrie Coon, The Nest
Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Frances McDormand, Nomadland
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr., One Night in Miami
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
David Strathairn, Nomadland

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Toni Collette, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Letitia Wright, Mangrove
Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

Da 5 Bloods by Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee
Never Rarely Sometimes Always by Eliza Hittman
Promising Young Woman by Emerald Fennell
Soul by Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers
The Trial of the Chicago 7 by Aaron Sorkin

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

The Father by Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller
First Cow by Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt
I’m Thinking of Ending Things by Charlie Kaufman
Nomadland by Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami by Kemp Powers

BEST ANIMATED FILM

Onward
A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
The Wolf House
Wolfwalkers

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Collective
David Byrne’s American Utopia
Dick Johnson is Dead
The Social Dilemma
Time

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

Another Round
Bacurau
Beanpole
Collective
La Llorona
Vitalina Varela

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

First Cow, Christopher Blauvelt
Lovers Rock, Shabier Kirchner
Mank, Erik Messerschmidt
Nomadland, Joshua James Richards
The Vast of Night, Miguel Ioann Littin Menz

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

Da 5 Bloods, Terence Blanchard
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Branford Marsalis
Mank, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Soul, Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
Tenet, Ludwig Goransson

BEST ART DIRECTION

Birds of Prey
Emma
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank

BEST COSTUME DESIGN

Birds of Prey
Emma
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank

BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS

I’m Thinking of Ending Things
The Invisible Man
The Midnight Sky
Possessor
Tenet

BEST EDITING

I’m Thinking of Ending Things, Robert Frazen
Lovers Rock, Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen
Nomadland, Chloé Zhao
Tenet, Jennifer Lame
The Trial of the Chicago 7, Alan Baumgarten

MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR PROMISING FILMMAKER

Radha Blank, The Forty-Year-Old Version
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
Andrew Patterson, The Vast of Night

MOST PROMISING PERFORMER

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami
Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Kelly O’Sullivan, Saint Frances
Helena Zengel, News of the World
Chicago finally announced their winners:

Best Picture: Nomadland

Best Director: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Actress: Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Supporting Actor: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

Best Original Screenplay: Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland

Best Production Design: Mank

Best Cinematography: Nomadland

Best Original Score: Soul

Best Costume Design: Emma

Best Editing: I’m Thinking of Ending Things

Best Visual Effects: The Invisible Man

Best Foreign Language Film: Another Round

Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers

Best Documentary: Dick Johnson is Dead

Most Promising Performer: Sidney Flannigan

Most Promising Filmmaker: Emerald Fennell
 

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I just saw Promising Young Woman. It’s not perfect and some of the writing/direction in the first half I felt could have been better or more natural, but that second half. OMG. I can see Mulligan pulling off a win here if only the men of the Academy would dare reward a film like this.
 
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I just saw Promising Young Woman. It’s not perfect and some of the writing/direction in the first half I felt could have been better or more natural,
Personally I actually enjoyed the writing of PYW the most. I really liked the fun/dark material mix.
It was a bit too close to Kill Bill in some sort for my taste, but overall this movie came as a total surprise to me.

I liked Mulligan a lot, same with Bo Burnham as supporting.
 

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I saw First Cow and it’s like most of Reichardt’s films, small and slow. I like that, but think a lot of people who aren’t familiar with Reichardt and are more interested in watching because of the Oscar buzz may find it “boring”. If you didn’t enjoy Old Joy, you probably won’t enjoy First Cow.

I really appreciated how it eschewed the tropes of most frontier stories/movies. Having the leads be more sweet and gentle men in a hash environment and time, for example. It’s almost a really well done ambiance video to reduce anxiety, and I mean that in the best way.
 
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'Nomadland' is absolutely exceptional.
Perfectly scripted and shot. Breathtaking score.

I was totally blown away emotionally by 'The Rider'. 'Nomadland' did not get to me on that level, but it's absolutely stunning still.
Chloé Zhao is a genius!
 
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After seeing 'Another Round' I am rooting damn hard for Mads Mikkelsen. (Riz Ahmed remains my personal frontrunner, no discussion).

I really have a thing for the danish submissions, 'Land of mine' was one of my absolute foreign languages movies ever. I guess Another Round will be pretty safe for the short list at least. It has one of my fav movie scenes of this awards season so far. So well shot.
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Have seen 'Pieces of a Woman'.

I already loved Vanessa Kirby in 'The Crown' and really liked her in here. Not sure about 'Best actress' race. She has some great showy scenes, but in the mid-part (of the movie), the acting does not really get met.
Ellen Burstyn is an absolute killer in her speech scene. I like the traditional 'supporting' layout here.
Don't know/get why Shia LaBeouf gets not much love by critics. I really liked him in this movie. Great fragile/broken portrait.

The screenplay lacks for me mid-part a lot. Not sure if they cut something from the play to make it shorter. But something is missing here for me.

The birth scene will remain amongst my Top10 'most memorable scenes' of thise season, no discussion.

To me parts of the movie just felt like trying too hard.
The metaphorics (especially with the bridge) are too much.

The red/teary eyes in final court scene seemed so staged/faked, I was totally distracted.
 

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I loved the opening birthing scene of the movie. I really disliked everything else. Shia was way too convincing in his more violent scenes which made me think of his abuse allegations in real life. I really liked Molly Parker who played the midwife. I was confused to as hold old Burstyn was supposed to be in this movie and how old her daughters were supposed to be.
 

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At eight tonight, CW is airing a fun awards show called Critics Choice Super Awards. From my local TV listings: "An award for films that include superheroes, animation, action, fantasy or horror."

After seeing 'Another Round' I am rooting damn hard for Mads Mikkelsen. (Riz Ahmed remains my personal frontrunner, no discussion).

I really have a thing for the danish submissions, 'Land of mine' was one of my absolute foreign languages movies ever. I guess Another Round will be pretty safe for the short list at least. It has one of my fav movie scenes of this awards season so far. So well shot.
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Land of Mine was the best movie I saw last year. Absolutley incredible. Here's the trailer for it:

 

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