I will never forgive awards season for ignoring Silence the way it did. Jesus, that was gross. Issei Ogata 5ever.

Adding Minnelli and De Niro for New York, New York, Rosanna Arquette in After Hours, and Anna Paquin in The Irishman.

If we’re talking about quality of performance, I’m thinking:

Regina King
Eddie Murphy
Billy Crudup
Catherine O’Hara
Cherry Jones
Zendaya
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II
Jeremy Strong
Maya Rudolph
Annie Murphy
Julia Garner
Uzo Aduba
Eugene Levy
Ron Cephas Jones
Mark Ruffalo
Daniel Levy

An almost impossible question, given the unlimited answers one could provide; on any given day, at any given hour my answer would be different. Feels strange to separate along binary gender axes, but whatever:

Ventura, Colossal Youth (2008)

Zhao Tao, Mountains May Depart (2015)

Out of these, most looking forward to Pfeiffer in French Exit.

Voted Other, however, because I will never not be excited for a new Carax film. Hopefully Annette is worth it!

I know you moved on to other rounds or something, but I wanted to pop in and rank all 40 of them 🙂

1. Rooney Mara, Carol
2. Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
3. Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
4. Michelle Williams, Manchester by the Sea
5. Amy Adams, The Master
6. Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine
7. Florence Pugh, Little Women
8. Jackie Weaver, Animal…[Read more]

1. The Silence of the Lambs
2. Unforgiven
3. Titanic
4. The English Patient
5. Shakespeare in Love
6. Schindler’s List
7. American Beauty
8. Forrest Gump
9. Dances with Wolves
10. Braveheart

This will be unpopular, like many of my other posts, but alas: digital blackface is a real phenomenon and the fact that it is rife within these forums is troubling. Not surprising, given how many reactionary tendencies there are here, but, yes, it is real. It’s not okay on Twitter, and it’s not okay here.

Jesus, the only thing I like about these is that Kurosawa took the Silver Lion; though, I would have preferred Wife of a Spy take the Lion.

The fact that Hollywood now has a stranglehold on Venice’s top prize is troubling. The dour menace ensures that not only average-to-poor films take the Lion, but that non-American filmmakers are pushed out of…[Read more]

In the Ninth Dimension, where I assume this could be the only place this would ever happen, had both Cotillard and Riva been nominated, who would you say had the better performance and deserved the Oscar?

Yeah, the list is incomplete, as I would agree the hardest to swallow was Cotillard’s.

From this list, however, I suppose I would go with Adams. Ironically, I had no problem with any from the list being snubbed lol.

Huh, okay I’ll be the first to throw support behind Rowlands 🙂

Well there’s your real answer. Yes, they’re all villains. I wish Disney had the guts to make that movie, but for obvious reasons they never would lol

Lmfao at the thought that this will have any meaningful change in the film industry. Again, I said “meaningful.”

The problem isn’t representation of fucking actors on screen (which I recognize is all most care about). It’s systemic racism, which this does not tackle whatsoever.

While I agree that this is still a good production, I have to disagree with most: I prefer Gerwig’s adaptation.

I find the screenplay daring in part because a narrative which relies so heavily on time could easily fall apart into nonsense—yet Gerwig avoids this with her stable direction (even if I still believe her writing skills are str…[Read more]

It’s my top film of the year thus far, and I can’t really see that changing. What a stunner.

Great minds think alike, Marco! I was thinking about making a similar thread just a few minutes ago. I almost feel like not making a list, because mine will feature so many of the same performances as yours lol.

Long list incoming! These are all the performances I have returned to this season, either in thought or on screen. Shows are repeated…[Read more]

Oooo I like this!

DRAMA ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Brian Cox, Succession
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Zendaya, Euphoria

DRAMA S. ACTOR
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
Kieran Culkin, Succession
Giancarlo Esposito, Better Call Saul
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Fiona…[Read more]

Pacino/Pesci, and it’s not even close lol.

🙁

I wish I had faith in him pulling it off, and I truly hope he does in the end… but there’s just something that holds me back.