The power of First Cow shall be unleashed here.

I thought Nabhaan Rizwan would make it for Mogul Mowgli in Promising Newcomer but it’s not even in the longlist. Riz Ahmed is also out in Breakthrough Producer.

Riz is promoting now Mogul Mowgli because is his current one, just released, and the most personal to him, so he extra cares for the movie to be seen. But he has done quite some press for Sound of Metal earlier, and will go back to it later and with all. He and his team know what they have. It’s all about timing and the Oscars still are a long…[Read more]

You are right! It’s better to have them and it sure helps. But they are not a guaranteed advantage. A case could be made of all the recent movies getting major festival mentions and yet not even making it to the short list, or even not generating real awards buzz.

So what I meant is that is not a decisive factor.

Michel Franco serve jury baits. Cheap shocks. That’s why he has an impressive and consistent track at festivals over his career. But his movies has accomplished nothing outside that circuit, they’re not good awards players.

A far superior film from him, After Lucía, was selected to represent México in 2012. Didn’t even make it to the short l…[Read more]

Sure, Hayden.

As in, that’s an unaware, superficial reading.

If this will prevent her to keep throwing generic ballads for every other film that could be a nomination pass AND the Academy eagerness to nominate them, yes please.

Win this and back off.

On the ongoing list of songs that won’t get the attention they deserve but should have, I add one of my favorites of the year.

“REAL” by E$tado Unido feat. Stéphanie Janaina from Ema.

Lanthimos adapting Saramago is what dreams are made of.

I meant first acting win coming from Fincher movies.

I’d love to see Soul coming from behind to snatch Original. It’s what Pete Docter deserves.

Fifth time’s the charm?

Who would have thought that Amanda Seyfried could get the first acting Oscar for a Fincher movie?

I’m so here for that.

Yahya Abdul-Mateen II > Frank Langella > Mark Rylance >

Yes. Next year or not, it will happen.

If the Academy had more of an edge, could consider “Once Kings” by Riz Ahmed from Mogul Mowgli.

But more often than not it’s quite clear with their Warren, Pasek-Paul, Newman, and so on, they like it bland and chewed.

Riz Ahmed is so getting the British Independent Film Award for Mogul Mowgli.

To join the nominations he can harvest for Sound of Metal, and also as a follow up to the splendor of his latest album The Long Goodbye.

My man is having a-year™.

Eh, I’m not so sure. Each one of the three have a strong case to be selected. And if this was about sheer quality, Workforce deserved to be among the frontrunners instead of New Order — which is being rightfully panned here in México (and getting some of that too at wherever it has been released).

But you are right, with the AMACC picks you ne…[Read more]

Yes! She did Photograph 51 in West End in 2015. Got an Olivier nomination and all.

Or with I Carry You With Me by Heidi Ewing. I think, our best shot.

México might go with I’m No Longer Here by Fernando Frías.