You took the words right out of my mouth. I am in the process of updating my Hopefuls list and in my explanation, I predicted that Streep might end up losing out on a nomination.Big Magilla wrote:The Queen is the opening night attraction at the New York Film Festival of which Volver may or may not be the "centerpiece", though I would have to agree Penelope Cruz is now hot on the heels of Mirren and Winslet.
Streep is the one fast losing ground and will continue to do so with Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal and Renee Zellweger in Miss Potter yet to be seen. I also have a strong hunch that Away From Her will be given an Oscar qualifying run before the year is out giving Julie Christie a strong shot as well.
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The Queen is the opening night attraction at the New York Film Festival of which Volver may or may not be the "centerpiece", though I would have to agree Penelope Cruz is now hot on the heels of Mirren and Winslet.
Streep is the one fast losing ground and will continue to do so with Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal and Renee Zellweger in Miss Potter yet to be seen. I also have a strong hunch that Away From Her will be given an Oscar qualifying run before the year is out giving Julie Christie a strong shot as well.
Streep is the one fast losing ground and will continue to do so with Judi Dench in Notes on a Scandal and Renee Zellweger in Miss Potter yet to be seen. I also have a strong hunch that Away From Her will be given an Oscar qualifying run before the year is out giving Julie Christie a strong shot as well.
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LOL! There's more to come you know (London & Hollywood Film Festivals). So, better to practise your memory. :pPenelope wrote:My bad; with Venice, Toronto and Telluride all occuring at the same time, I lost track of what was premiering where.
Actually, I'm quite shocked that The Queen wasn't shown at Toronto. I think if it had played there, Mirren would have gotten all the attention an early candidate could get. Even to the extent of pronouncing her as a LOCK for a NOMINATION.
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It has to start somewhere, doesn't it? The reviews at Cannes were pretty great.OscarGuy wrote:Matthews is also quite confused about the prospects of a spanish-language film becoming an Oscar nominee. He even suggests two could be. I don't know if he realizes that the likelihood of that is 1 in a million. Volver maybe but where did Pan's Labyrinth come from? I've heard no talk of it. This is the first mention I've seen.
Why should a nomination for a Spanish-language film be an unlikely prospect?
Two is pushing it, yes.
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Big Magilla wrote:Yes, and put Julie Christie down as an early candidate for 2007 in Away From Here unless the release date is moved up from next April.
I don't understand this Sarah Polley / Julie Christie combo? This is the third film they have made together - No Such Thing (Hal Hartley, 2001), La Vida Secreta de las Palabras (Isabel Coixet, 2005) and now Away From Her (Sarah Polley, 2006).
Christie's career choices have lately been quite weird (why would someone as choosy as her agree to do that cameo appearance in Troy?). Still, if the latest collaboration with Polley means an Oscar nod for her then I have no further complaints!
My bad; with Venice, Toronto and Telluride all occuring at the same time, I lost track of what was premiering where.VanHelsing wrote:The Queen wasn't shown in Toronto hence the omission.
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Matthews is also quite confused about the prospects of a spanish-language film becoming an Oscar nominee. He even suggests two could be. I don't know if he realizes that the likelihood of that is 1 in a million. Volver maybe but where did Pan's Labyrinth come from? I've heard no talk of it. This is the first mention I've seen.
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The Queen wasn't shown in Toronto hence the omission. As for O'Toole, based on the positive reviews so far, I highly doubt AMPAS will pass this opportunity to nominate him or even let him finally win that coveted award.
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"You threaten my congeniality, you threaten me!"
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"You shouldn't be doing what you're doing. The truth is enough!"
"Are you and Perry?" ... "Please, Nelle."
Jack Matthews' reactions in the Daily News; interesting that he doesn't mention The Queen or Venus--either he's not as enthused as everyone else or maybe he didn't get to see them.
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
By the end of last year's bountiful Toronto Film Festival, the 2005 Oscar race had come into focus. It was there we saw "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Walk the Line," "Good Night, and Good Luck," "A History of Violence," "Mrs. Henderson Presents" and "North Country," movies that would go on to account for three of the five Best Picture and 13 of the 20 acting nominations.
The 2006 event, which concluded yesterday, didn't provide the same clarity. Some critically favored movies had debuted at earlier festivals, and the high-profile "A Good Year" and "All the King's Men" were considered disappointments.
But there is good news to report. The bulk of this year's Oscar contenders are yet to be discovered. And among the 20-plus movies I saw at Toronto were a couple of near masterpieces, several solid dramas, one side-splitting comedy, and one jaw-dropping indie film where the actors perform some highly outré sex acts.
That last one is John Cameron Mitchell's "Shortbus" (opening Oct. 4), which we'll get to later. Let's start with dignity.
Well, not much dignity: Let's begin with "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," a quasi-"Candid Camera" pastiche starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (TV's Ali G) as a village hayseed sent to the U.S. on a discovery tour by his impoverished ex-Soviet country.
Cohen, posing as a Kazakh TV personality, confounds various Americans with his ad-libbed broken English and unpolished manners, and does some stunts - including a naked wrestling scene with his obese traveling companion - that may disgust even those guys in "Jackass."
"Borat" is a riot.
Meanwhile, one of the biggest stars of the festival, George W. Bush, wasn't in attendance for "Death of a President," but had a helluva movie demise (his face is superimposed on an actor's body in an assassination scene). The mockumentary caused a stir pre-screening, but those in attendance considered it much ado about nothing. The movie's been picked up for distribution by Newmarket Films.
On a higher plain, where Oscars roam, some serious contenders did emerge.
Kate Winslet seems a sure thing for Best Actress in the role of a disenchanted suburban housewife in Todd Field's "Little Children" (Oct. 6). Forest Whitaker, sensational as the late dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland" (Sept. 27), is likely to get the Best Actor nod he should have had for 1988's "Bird." And if Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel" (Oct. 27) does as well as I expect, it could nab nominations for Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Mexican TV veteran Adriana Barraza.
"Babel," the third film in a trilogy of chance by Iñárritu (after "Amores Perros" and "21 Grams"), is a wrenching drama about a chain reaction started with the gift of a hunting rifle to a Moroccan shepherd. An accidental shooting with that rifle then starts an international incident and tragically affects the families of the shepherd, the victim and the Japanese businessman who gave the rifle away. Pitt is the husband of the woman (Blanchett) shot, and Barraza is their San Diego nanny, who takes their two kids to Mexico for a wedding party that leads to a nightmare at the border.
"Babel" could end up on the Best Picture ballot, as could Pedro Almodóvar's "Volver," a sublime black comedy about parental love and betrayal that's made everyone believers in its star, Penelope Cruz. "Volver," centerpiece (Oct. 7-8) of the coming New York Film Festival, opens Nov. 3.
Unlikely as it seems, "Volver" could be one of two Spanish-language films on the Best Picture ballot, along with Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth," a stunningly original film about a 10-year-old girl who takes refuge in an underground fantasy world in order to defer the horrors of fascist 1944 Spain. It closes the N.Y. Film Fest on Oct. 15 and opens in theaters Dec. 29.
Premiering at Toronto was Douglas McGrath's "Infamous" (Oct. 13), the second movie in a year about Truman Capote's relationship with murderer Perry Smith. While it's sure to be overshadowed by the earlier film (which won Philip Seymour Hoffman an Oscar), I actually think it's the better movie, with an eerily exact performance by Brit actor Toby Jones as Capote.
Among other Toronto films that I enjoyed were "Copying Beethoven" (Oct. 13), featuring Ed Harris as the composer; "Catch a Fire" (Oct. 27), with Derek Luke as a coal miner-turned-terrorist in apartheid South Africa; and "Deliver Us From Evil" (Oct. 13), a chilling documentary about the Catholic Church's efforts to protect a pedophile priest.
Now, as for "Shortbus" - it's a trip. The ensemble film about New Yorkers of various orientations seeking carnal fulfillment in a New York sex salon includes some hardcore sexuality that would be specialty items in a DVD porn catalogue.
I flinched, but I also laughed. I don't know if that's a recommendation.
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
By the end of last year's bountiful Toronto Film Festival, the 2005 Oscar race had come into focus. It was there we saw "Brokeback Mountain," "Capote," "Walk the Line," "Good Night, and Good Luck," "A History of Violence," "Mrs. Henderson Presents" and "North Country," movies that would go on to account for three of the five Best Picture and 13 of the 20 acting nominations.
The 2006 event, which concluded yesterday, didn't provide the same clarity. Some critically favored movies had debuted at earlier festivals, and the high-profile "A Good Year" and "All the King's Men" were considered disappointments.
But there is good news to report. The bulk of this year's Oscar contenders are yet to be discovered. And among the 20-plus movies I saw at Toronto were a couple of near masterpieces, several solid dramas, one side-splitting comedy, and one jaw-dropping indie film where the actors perform some highly outré sex acts.
That last one is John Cameron Mitchell's "Shortbus" (opening Oct. 4), which we'll get to later. Let's start with dignity.
Well, not much dignity: Let's begin with "Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan," a quasi-"Candid Camera" pastiche starring British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen (TV's Ali G) as a village hayseed sent to the U.S. on a discovery tour by his impoverished ex-Soviet country.
Cohen, posing as a Kazakh TV personality, confounds various Americans with his ad-libbed broken English and unpolished manners, and does some stunts - including a naked wrestling scene with his obese traveling companion - that may disgust even those guys in "Jackass."
"Borat" is a riot.
Meanwhile, one of the biggest stars of the festival, George W. Bush, wasn't in attendance for "Death of a President," but had a helluva movie demise (his face is superimposed on an actor's body in an assassination scene). The mockumentary caused a stir pre-screening, but those in attendance considered it much ado about nothing. The movie's been picked up for distribution by Newmarket Films.
On a higher plain, where Oscars roam, some serious contenders did emerge.
Kate Winslet seems a sure thing for Best Actress in the role of a disenchanted suburban housewife in Todd Field's "Little Children" (Oct. 6). Forest Whitaker, sensational as the late dictator Idi Amin in "The Last King of Scotland" (Sept. 27), is likely to get the Best Actor nod he should have had for 1988's "Bird." And if Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Babel" (Oct. 27) does as well as I expect, it could nab nominations for Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Mexican TV veteran Adriana Barraza.
"Babel," the third film in a trilogy of chance by Iñárritu (after "Amores Perros" and "21 Grams"), is a wrenching drama about a chain reaction started with the gift of a hunting rifle to a Moroccan shepherd. An accidental shooting with that rifle then starts an international incident and tragically affects the families of the shepherd, the victim and the Japanese businessman who gave the rifle away. Pitt is the husband of the woman (Blanchett) shot, and Barraza is their San Diego nanny, who takes their two kids to Mexico for a wedding party that leads to a nightmare at the border.
"Babel" could end up on the Best Picture ballot, as could Pedro Almodóvar's "Volver," a sublime black comedy about parental love and betrayal that's made everyone believers in its star, Penelope Cruz. "Volver," centerpiece (Oct. 7-8) of the coming New York Film Festival, opens Nov. 3.
Unlikely as it seems, "Volver" could be one of two Spanish-language films on the Best Picture ballot, along with Guillermo del Toro's "Pan's Labyrinth," a stunningly original film about a 10-year-old girl who takes refuge in an underground fantasy world in order to defer the horrors of fascist 1944 Spain. It closes the N.Y. Film Fest on Oct. 15 and opens in theaters Dec. 29.
Premiering at Toronto was Douglas McGrath's "Infamous" (Oct. 13), the second movie in a year about Truman Capote's relationship with murderer Perry Smith. While it's sure to be overshadowed by the earlier film (which won Philip Seymour Hoffman an Oscar), I actually think it's the better movie, with an eerily exact performance by Brit actor Toby Jones as Capote.
Among other Toronto films that I enjoyed were "Copying Beethoven" (Oct. 13), featuring Ed Harris as the composer; "Catch a Fire" (Oct. 27), with Derek Luke as a coal miner-turned-terrorist in apartheid South Africa; and "Deliver Us From Evil" (Oct. 13), a chilling documentary about the Catholic Church's efforts to protect a pedophile priest.
Now, as for "Shortbus" - it's a trip. The ensemble film about New Yorkers of various orientations seeking carnal fulfillment in a New York sex salon includes some hardcore sexuality that would be specialty items in a DVD porn catalogue.
I flinched, but I also laughed. I don't know if that's a recommendation.
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"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
"Cruelty might be very human, and it might be cultural, but it's not acceptable." - Jodie Foster
Add in Streep (Prada) and we already have 4 practically guaranteed Best Actress nominees...and it's only September!
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I think, at this point of time, looks like 3 Best Actress slots are gonna be filled by Mirren, Winslet & Cruz. All three are highly likely to be nominated. Mirren because she's playing The Queen and she herself is a Dame, Winslet because AMPAS loves her and Cruz because she's hot and in a Pedro Almodovar's film. The fact that she's Cruise's ex helps also.
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"Are you and Perry?" ... "Please, Nelle."
"Don't you dare lie to me!" and...
"You threaten my congeniality, you threaten me!"
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"You shouldn't be doing what you're doing. The truth is enough!"
"Are you and Perry?" ... "Please, Nelle."
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Came across this. If nothing else, it's interesting to see the performances that people seem to be talking about. It was nice to hear further accolades for Kate Winslet in Little Children. It seems like she, Helen Mirren, and, to a certain extent. Meryl Streep could be viewed as strong contenters at this point, even though, yeah okay, it's annoying pronouncing locks this early in the season. I agree with Magilla though, that this is shaping up to be an interesting and exciting Oscar season. Sigourney Weaver's performance is cited by a couple critics as well. Compared to last year's BA race, this one is looking quite stacked already.
I'm psyched to go through this whole thing with you guys again!
Canadian Critics Pick Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Winners
Bruce Kirkland's picks
Best Picture: Volver
This glorious, complex and exuberant Spanish film stands out even in a special film fest year. It celebrates the power of women as vibrant human beings.
Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen, After The Wedding
Mikkelsen's subtle, layered performance is astonishing.
Best Actress: Penelope Cruz, Volver
Spain's Cruz returns to her roots, and her favourite director Pedro Almodovar, as the heart of his tragi-comedy about family secrets.
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Babel
Not just a pretty face, Pitt is riveting here as an American gripped in a crisis in Morocco with Cate Blanchett.
Best Supporting Actress: Sigourney Weaver, Snow Cake
As a functioning yet deeply disturbed autistic adult, Weaver gives a haunting bravura performances.
Best Director: Pedro Almodovar, Volver
This arguably is the Spanish master's finest achievement, a film that delivers sex appeal and stylized comedy with genuine heart.
Jim Slotek's picks
Best Picture: For Your Consideration
The funniest flick of the fest is Christopher Guest's.
Best Actor: Billy Connolly, Fido
In the boy-and-his-zombie movie Fido, Connolly acts with his eyes, and is the most affecting character in a movie filled with them.
Best Actress: Abbie Cornish, Candy
Cornish pukes, bleeds and humiliates herself into the winner's circle.
Best Supporting Actor: Ken Davitian, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
He's Borat's fat, hairy producer friend Azamat.
Best Supporting Actress: Lindsay Lohan, Bobby
As a girl marrying a soldier (Elijah Wood) to keep him from Vietnam, her story was the most resonant in this RFK assassination ensemble piece.
Best Director: Bong Joon-Ho, The Host
The Korean wunderkind has reinvented the monster movie genre with wit, political satire and heart.
Liz Braun's picks
Best Picture: Away From Her
Sarah Polley's directorial debut is heartbreaking on a number of levels and so moving that it may have to be shown in theatres with special absorbent seats. The sobbing! And extraordinary performances from Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent.
Best Actor: Derek Luke, Catch A Fire
Luke plays a coal-miner-turned NAC militant in the war against apartheid.
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Little Children
When Winslet gets her perfect white teeth into a role as meaty and complex as this -- a woman vaguely disappointed with life -- well, stand back.
Best Supporting Actor: James McAvoy, Penelope
The talented Scot was here also for The Last King Of Scotland and Starter For Ten. Keep your eye on him.
Best Supporting Actress: Sandra Bullock, Infamous
Very nice to see Bullock in material worthy of her, we must say.
Best Director: Doug McGrath, Infamous
After writing a dazzling script about Truman Capote, McGrath then got pitch-perfect performances of all his actors.
Jane Stevenson's picks
Best Picture: Venus
An alternately hilarious and poignant love story about an aging British theatre veteran who falls for an unsophisticated teenage girl.
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole, Venus
The veteran is brilliant as a wisecracking elderly lothario.
Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver, Snow Cake
She's an autistic woman in Northern Ontario who loses her child in a freak car accident.
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Finney, A Good Year
The randy uncle with an eye for the ladies and a taste for wine and cigars.
Best Supporting Actress: Robin Wright Penn, Breaking And Entering
She's the bruised beauty who puts in a quietly powerful performance.
Best Director: Marc Evans, Snow Cake
He expertly oversees three touching performances by Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Carrie Ann Moss.
I'm psyched to go through this whole thing with you guys again!
Canadian Critics Pick Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Winners
Bruce Kirkland's picks
Best Picture: Volver
This glorious, complex and exuberant Spanish film stands out even in a special film fest year. It celebrates the power of women as vibrant human beings.
Best Actor: Mads Mikkelsen, After The Wedding
Mikkelsen's subtle, layered performance is astonishing.
Best Actress: Penelope Cruz, Volver
Spain's Cruz returns to her roots, and her favourite director Pedro Almodovar, as the heart of his tragi-comedy about family secrets.
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Babel
Not just a pretty face, Pitt is riveting here as an American gripped in a crisis in Morocco with Cate Blanchett.
Best Supporting Actress: Sigourney Weaver, Snow Cake
As a functioning yet deeply disturbed autistic adult, Weaver gives a haunting bravura performances.
Best Director: Pedro Almodovar, Volver
This arguably is the Spanish master's finest achievement, a film that delivers sex appeal and stylized comedy with genuine heart.
Jim Slotek's picks
Best Picture: For Your Consideration
The funniest flick of the fest is Christopher Guest's.
Best Actor: Billy Connolly, Fido
In the boy-and-his-zombie movie Fido, Connolly acts with his eyes, and is the most affecting character in a movie filled with them.
Best Actress: Abbie Cornish, Candy
Cornish pukes, bleeds and humiliates herself into the winner's circle.
Best Supporting Actor: Ken Davitian, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
He's Borat's fat, hairy producer friend Azamat.
Best Supporting Actress: Lindsay Lohan, Bobby
As a girl marrying a soldier (Elijah Wood) to keep him from Vietnam, her story was the most resonant in this RFK assassination ensemble piece.
Best Director: Bong Joon-Ho, The Host
The Korean wunderkind has reinvented the monster movie genre with wit, political satire and heart.
Liz Braun's picks
Best Picture: Away From Her
Sarah Polley's directorial debut is heartbreaking on a number of levels and so moving that it may have to be shown in theatres with special absorbent seats. The sobbing! And extraordinary performances from Julie Christie and Gordon Pinsent.
Best Actor: Derek Luke, Catch A Fire
Luke plays a coal-miner-turned NAC militant in the war against apartheid.
Best Actress: Kate Winslet, Little Children
When Winslet gets her perfect white teeth into a role as meaty and complex as this -- a woman vaguely disappointed with life -- well, stand back.
Best Supporting Actor: James McAvoy, Penelope
The talented Scot was here also for The Last King Of Scotland and Starter For Ten. Keep your eye on him.
Best Supporting Actress: Sandra Bullock, Infamous
Very nice to see Bullock in material worthy of her, we must say.
Best Director: Doug McGrath, Infamous
After writing a dazzling script about Truman Capote, McGrath then got pitch-perfect performances of all his actors.
Jane Stevenson's picks
Best Picture: Venus
An alternately hilarious and poignant love story about an aging British theatre veteran who falls for an unsophisticated teenage girl.
Best Actor: Peter O'Toole, Venus
The veteran is brilliant as a wisecracking elderly lothario.
Best Actress: Sigourney Weaver, Snow Cake
She's an autistic woman in Northern Ontario who loses her child in a freak car accident.
Best Supporting Actor: Albert Finney, A Good Year
The randy uncle with an eye for the ladies and a taste for wine and cigars.
Best Supporting Actress: Robin Wright Penn, Breaking And Entering
She's the bruised beauty who puts in a quietly powerful performance.
Best Director: Marc Evans, Snow Cake
He expertly oversees three touching performances by Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman and Carrie Ann Moss.
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VanHelsing wrote:Expect to hear Demi Moore and Sharon Stone's names bandied about as possible contenders from the film; Moore plays a booze-swilling nightclub singer while Stone, who's actually good, appears as a hair stylist.
This comment could be taken two ways. Either Leah Rosen is surprised that Sharon Stone is good, or she means to imply that Demi Moore isn't.
EW's Toronto Oscar buzz also cites Christian Bale in Werner Herzog's Rescue Dawn which was just picked up by MGM for a December release. Steve Zahn's supporting performance is also drawing favorable notices. This could turn out to be the most exciting Oscar season in years.
Though I hate to see any film with serious intentions fail, I can't say I'm surprised by the almost unanimous critixal hazing afforded the remake of All the King's Men. Most of the savage criticism has been directed at what I thought shuld have been obvious from the get-go: the updatign of the story to the 1950s and the ludicrous mix of dialects mostly from British actors faking Southern accents.
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