NBR Predictions

[flipp525]

Ah ha gotcha. I could not figure that out.

[Sabin]

flipp525 wrote
Who is Williams?

Goddammit... Every time I start to write Olivia Colman, I end up writing Olivia Williams....

[flipp525]

**Went back and forth between Williams and Kidman. Stuck with first instinct (Kidman) who's never won.

Who is Williams?

[Sabin]

I hate making predictions with this group. But I'll give it a whirl.

Best Film: West Side Story*
Best Documentary: Summer of Soul
Best Foreign Language Film: A Hero
Best Actor: Will Smith, King Richard
Best Actress: Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos**
Best Supporting Actor: Jared Leto, House of Gucci
Best Supporting Actress: Gaby Hoffman, C'mon C'mon***
Best Director: Ridley Scott, The Last Duel & House of Gucci
Best Original Screenplay: C'mon C'mon
Best Adapted Screenplay: The Lost Daughter
Best Animated Film: Encanto
Best Ensemble: Belfast
Breakthrough Performance: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
Best Cinematography: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Directorial Debut: Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

For posterity's sake:
*I had it at Belfast and changed it to West Side Story.
**Went back and forth between Colman and Kidman. Stuck with first instinct (Kidman) who's never won.
***Went back and forth between Hoffman and Ruth Negga. First wacky instinct was Hoffman.

[anonymous1980]

Let me take a shot at it:

BEST FILM: “West Side Story”
Top 10 Films: “Being the Ricardos”, “Belfast”, “C’mon, C’mon”, “Cry Macho”, “Dune”, “King Richard”, “Licorice Pizza”, “Nightmare Alley”, “The Power of the Dog”, “Spencer”.
BEST DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”
BEST ACTOR: Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ACTRESS: Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Bradley Cooper, “Licorice Pizza”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: Jane Campion, “The Power Of the Dog”
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Alana Haim, “Licorice Pizza”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE: “Luca”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: “The Rescue”
Top 5 Documentaries: “Attica”, “Flee”, “Procession”“Summer of Soul (or When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”, “Val”.
BEST ENSEMBLE: “Mass”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “A Hero”
Top 5 Foreign Language Films: “Drive My Car”, “The Hand of God”, “Happening”, “Parallel Mothers”, “The Worst Person in the World”.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Greig Fraser, “Dune”
BEST DIRECTORIAL DEBUT: Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”.
TOP INDEPENDENT FILMS: “CODA”, “El Planeta”, “The Humans”, “The Killing of Two Lovers”, “The Lost Daughter”, “Mass”, “Passing”, “Pig”, “Shiva Baby”, “Swan Song”

[Big Magilla]

Updated below.

[Big Magilla]

Revised 12/1/2021 3:49 pm EST

Best Film: West Side Story

Top Films
Being the Ricardos
Belfast
C’mon C’mon
Cyrano
The French Dispatch
Licorice Pizza
The Lost Daughter
Nightmare Alley
The Power of the Dog
Tick, Tick...Boom!

Actor: Andrew Garfield, Tick, Tick...Boom!
Actress: Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter
Supporting Actor: Jamie Dornan, Belfast
Supporting Actress: Caitriona Balfe, Belfast
Breakthrough: Jude Hill, Belfast
Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Adapted Screenplay: West Side Story
Original Screenplay: Licorice Pizza
Animated: Encanto
Ensemble: West Side Story
Cinematography: Belfast

[Mister Tee]

This group has become insanely difficult to predict. An organization that can pick Green Book as best film 2018 and Da 5 Bloods 2020 has a serious identity crisis. Things to remember about them: they're partial to films from Warner Brothers and A24 (while not so hot on Fox Searchlight), and anything by Clint Eastwood, Spike Jonze, or the Coen Brothers. (I'm probably slitting my own throat omitting Cry Macho.) Oh, and they pick a best film, plus a ten best on top of it.

Best Film: Belfast

Top Ten
Being the Ricardos
C’mon C’mon
Don’t Look Up
Dune
House of Gucci
The Humans
King Richard
Licorice Pizza
The Power of the Dog
The Tragedy of Macbeth

Actor: Will Smith (King Richard)
(Joaquin Phoenix (C’mon C’mon)
Actress: Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
(Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye))
S. Actor: J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos)
(Richard Jenkins (The Humans))
S. Actress: Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)
(Caitriona Balfe (Belfast))
Director: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
(Ridley Scott (The Last Duel) & (House of Gucci))
Ad. Screenplay: The Power of the Dog
(The Humans)
Orig. Screenplay: Don’t Look Up
(Being the Ricardos)
Animated: Encanto
(Luca)
Ensemble: Don’t Look Up
(Belfast)