Everyone had an English accent in the movie, that’s on the director not Knightley. But I didn’t think her performance was anything special, but it NEEDS to be nominated for Costume Design, Production Design and Original Screenplay.

Elizabeth
Blue Jasmine

Independent Spirit Award Nominations

BEST FEATURE

EIGHTH GRADE
FIRST REFORMED
IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
LEAVE NO TRACE
YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

BEST MALE LEAD

John Cho, SEARCHING
Daveed Diggs, BLINDSPOTTING
Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED
Christian Malheiros, SÓCRATES
Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Glenn Close,…[Read more]

Neither were nominated for Foreign Film. They had American producers. Thus they were not foreign productions and they could be nominated everywhere. If you are placed in Foreign Film, you cannot be nominated or win anything else.

No they can’t.

The Deer Hunter
Kramer vs Kramer
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
Sophie’s Choice
Out of Africa
Adaptation

British Independent Film Award Craft Winners

Best Casting sponsored by Casting Society of America & Spotlight: Dixie Chassay, “The Favourite”

Best Cinematography supported by Blackmagic Design: Robbie Ryan, “The Favourite”

Best Costume Design: Sandy Powell, “The Favourite”

Best Editing sponsored by Intermission Film: Nick Fenton, Julian Hart…[Read more]

Critics Choice Documentary Awards

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Won’t You Be My Neighbor? – Director: Morgan Neville (Focus Features)

BEST LIMITED DOCUMENTARY SERIES

The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (HBO)

BEST ONGOING DOCUMENTARY SERIES

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (CNN)

BEST DIRECTOR

Morgan Neville – Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Focus Feature…[Read more]

European Film Award Nominations

Best Film

Border
Cold War
Dogman
Girl
Happy as Lazzaro

Best Comedy

C’est la vie!
The Death of Stalin
Diamantino

Best Director

Ali Abbasi (Border)
Matteo Garrone (Dogman)
Samuel Maoz (Foxtrot)
Pawel Pawlikowski (Cold War)
Alice Rohrwacher (Happy as Lazzaro)

Best Screenwriter

Border
Cold War
Dogman
The…[Read more]

Cinema Eye Honors Nominations

Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking
“Bisbee ‘17”
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”
“Minding the Gap”
“Of Fathers and Sons”
“Three Identical Strangers”
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

Outstanding Achievement in Direction
Robert Greene, “B​isbee ‘17”
RaMell Ross, “Hale County This Morning, Th…[Read more]

Why tho?

British Independent Film Nominations

Best British Independent Film

“AMERICAN ANIMALS”

“BEAST”

“DISOBEDIENCE”

“THE FAVOURITE”

“YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE”

Best Director

ANDREW HAIGH (“Lean on Pete”)

YORGOS LANTHIMOS (“The Favourite”)

BART LAYTON (“American Animals”)

MICHAEL PEARCE (“Beast”)

LYNNE RAMSAY (“You Were Never Really Here…[Read more]

International Documentary Association Nominations

Best Feature

Crime + Punishment
Director/Producer: Stephen Maing
Producers: Ross Tuttle and Eric Daniel Metzgar
HULU

Dark Money
Director/Producer: Kimberly Reed
Producer: Katy Chevigny
PBS DISTRIBUTION

Free Solo
Directors/Producers: E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin
Producers: Evan Hayes and…[Read more]

Says the gay virgin living in his mom’s basement thinking he’s fierce when really he’s a pathetic troll.

HFA Updates

Actor: Hugh Jackman (The Front Runner)
Actress: Glenn Close (The Wife)
Supporting Actor: Timothee Chalamet (Beautiful Boy)
Supporting Actress: Rachel Weisz (The Favourite)
Director: Damian Chazelle (First Man)
Breakout Ensemble: Crazy Rich Asians
Breakout Performance: Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give)
Breakout Performance: John David…[Read more]

Oh so is it ineligible now? I didn’t know that. Oh well, Manville’s work will go unnoticed.

Gotham Nominations

BEST FEATURE

The Favourite
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Madeline’s Madeline
The Rider

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Bisbee ’17
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Shirkers
Won’t You be My Neighbor?

BEST ACTOR

Adam Driver (BlacKKKlansman)
Ben Foster (Leave No Trace)
Richard E Grant (Can You Ever Forgive…[Read more]

I think Lesley Manville could be a potential nominee for the second season of Harlots. She has had an excellent season and after her Oscar nomination it seems plausible.

Hollywood Music in Media Award Nominations (a week early)

ORIGINAL SCORE – FEATURE FILM
Alexandre Desplat – SISTERS BROTHERS (Annapurna)
Carter Burwell – THE BALLAD OF BUSTER SCRUGGS (Netflix)
Hans Zimmer – WIDOWS (Twentieth Century Fox)
Justin Hurwitz – FIRST MAN (Universal)
Kris Bowers – GREEN BOOK (Universal)
Max Richter – MARY QUEEN OF SCOT…[Read more]