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- Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:21 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: BAFTA Long Lists
- Replies: 10
- Views: 97416
Re: BAFTA Long Lists
You all know that I’ve been incessantly beating the drum on All of Us Strangers since November so I was very pleased by its showing today. I predicted that all four actors would be longlisted. Also psyched about the love for Saltburn which is hitting the zeitgeist right now and is on everyone’s lips...
- Tue Dec 26, 2023 8:06 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6268
Re: Greater Western New York Film Critics Association
Fix your formatting, Reza.
Supporting Actress lineups with these regional awards seems the most fluid which makes me think (as I’ve thought all season) that there will be some shockers come nomination morning.
Supporting Actress lineups with these regional awards seems the most fluid which makes me think (as I’ve thought all season) that there will be some shockers come nomination morning.
- Mon Dec 25, 2023 6:18 pm
- Forum: General Off-Topic
- Topic: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
- Replies: 7
- Views: 23374
Re: We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Happy Christmas from Hartwell House in Buckinghamshire! Having a very Gosford Park-esque Christmas this year.
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 5:45 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: London Film Critics Circle
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6495
Re: London Film Critics Circle
Love the strong showing for the brilliant All of Us Strangers. And thank god someone finally fucking nominated Claire Foy! I bet these citations for the film repeat at BAFTA.
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 8:23 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress
- Replies: 21
- Views: 53226
Re: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress
I am so confused by the Erika Alexander talk for American Fiction . She’s always a likable presence and does nicely with the love interest role in the film, but there is nothing there for a nomination. Trust me. Tracie Ellis Ross does more in her much more limited screen time. I could even see a vet...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 5:13 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress
- Replies: 21
- Views: 53226
Re: Let's Talk Best Supporting Actress
I’m still honestly dumbfounded that Claire Foy has not made a foothold in this race for her superb performance in All of Us Strangers . It was so affecting and beyond anything I’ve seen her do before. I thought she was just perfect. She would be my number one if I had a ballot. Foy seems to be a per...
- Tue Dec 12, 2023 2:23 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
- Replies: 19
- Views: 36883
Re: Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
I read something somewhere about Zone of Interest having won here to show support for Israel in the Israeli-Hamas War. I don't know where that is coming from. I haven't seen it, but descriptions of the film remind me of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008) with Asa Butterfield as the son of a newl...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 3:49 pm
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: American Fiction reviews
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6924
Re: American Fiction reviews
When American Fiction introduces the central problem of Theolonious “Monk” Ellison (Jeffrey Wright) during an early scene at Issa Rae’s character’s book reading, I knew that this film was going to be something special, smart, and fun. I had also just finished All of Us Strangers maybe only a half an...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 2:30 pm
- Forum: The People
- Topic: R.I.P. Terence Davies
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7631
Re: R.I.P. Terence Davies
Over 15 years ago, Terence Davies wanted to adapt one of my grad school mentor’s novels for film and had actually written a full screenplay for it. Mother of Sorrows by Richard McCann. Richard and Terence had been in conversation on and off for years about this project (Richard really wanted Paul Da...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 1:37 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Chicago Film Critics Association
- Replies: 3
- Views: 8676
Chicago Film Critics Association
Glad to see Andrew Scott make an appearance here. He’s my winner in that category by a country mile. Also, thrilled that Julianne Moore is starting to get citations. She is the best she’s been in years in May December. Ditto Natalie Portman who I think people have been sleeping on in Best Actress. N...
- Fri Dec 08, 2023 11:50 am
- Forum: 2023
- Topic: The Zone of Interest reviews
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2430
Re: The Zone of Interest reviews
I recently read The Zone of Interest and will be very interested to see how this is translated to film. Intelligently written and rather unflinching, it’s told in the viewpoints of a highly connected SS officer, the commandant of the camp (Auschwitz) and a Jewish kapo who is in charge of figuring ou...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 12:05 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Last predictions before precursors
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9179
Re: Last predictions before precursors
Big Magilla wrote Who is Cece? The central character in The Color Purple is named Celie. Corrected was largely copy and pasting from text. flipp525 wrote My friend who saw The Color Purple last Tuesday night at the NYC screening (with the cast in attendance) said that all instances of rape and ince...
- Wed Dec 06, 2023 10:10 am
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Last predictions before precursors
- Replies: 18
- Views: 9179
Re: Last predictions before precursors
My friend who saw The Color Purple last Tuesday night at the NYC screening (with the cast in attendance) said that all instances of rape and incest have been pretty much deleted from the storyline. Considering how much those crimes wreak havoc on the women in both the book and 1985 film (think Oprah...
- Tue Dec 05, 2023 3:17 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: Indie Spirit Nominations
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1419
Re: Indie Spirit Nominations
I really don’t understand the lumping together of male and female performances in separate lead and supporting rosters. It seems like a total overreaction to the “gender issue” yet deprives two additional actors of potential recognition. So it’s basically just dumb. That said, these are great nomina...
- Sun Dec 03, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: 96th Academy Awards
- Topic: 2023 Michigan Film Critics Guild Awards
- Replies: 12
- Views: 5496
Re: 2023 Michigan Film Critics Guild Awards
I love the Sterling K. Brown nomination. That category seems too crowded for him to make it in this year but he is hysterical in American Fiction and steals every scene he’s in.