There’s just no contest.

Flying; I love to travel and this would enable me to do it without polluting the environment.

SQ

Updated with Hustlers. Everything is listed in order of preference.

Picture

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Farewell
Us
Hustlers
Dolor y gloria
Joker
Booksmart
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Midsommar
Ad Astra

Director

Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Pedro Almodovar, Dolor y gloria
Lorene…[Read more]

She was hilariously campy and gory – perfectly in tune with the tone of the movie – and yet there was a glimmer of real humanity beneath the deliciously trashy facade. Every second of her limited screen time was a scenery-chewing riot.

Obviously, Oscars cannot be given to films and performances that don’t exist, so I agree that studios have the first and foremost responsibility to advance diversity in movies.

That said, they do exist and it is a two way street. The more Oscars embrace diversity, the more studios are likely to embrace diversity.

The Academy has a long and…[Read more]

Of course race plays a part in who people root for. That’s why throughout Oscars history virtually 100 per cent of winners have been white – ethnic minorities haven’t been given opportunities. This is how internalized institutional racism works and it needs to be consciously changed.

It’s hard to say if a performance has *absolutely* no chance at *any* awards attention, but these performances probably won’t be getting a lot of traction even though they would deserve to:

Elizabeth Moss, Her Smell
Florence Pugh, Midommar
Jessie Buckley, Wild Rose
Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Julianne Moore, Gloria…[Read more]

He could, partly (but not only) depending on three factors: 1) How well late-comers like Gerwig and Mendes are received; 2) How big of a Best Picture threat Marriage Story proves to be; 3) Whether any of the directors currently waiting in the wings (Heller, Wang, Meirelles, Waititi etc) are able to break through in the precursors.

Oh that’s right, added him now.

Frontrunners

Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite

On the brink

Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Sam Mendes, 1917

Next in line

Marielle Heller, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Taika Waititi, JoJo Rabbit
Jay Roach, Bombshell

Strong…[Read more]

Don’t we already have a Best Actress thread?

My money is still on R-Zell but I’m glad we actually have a competition.

In that case, Ray Milland in The Lost Weekend.

Olivia de Havilland in Snake Pit.

If we’re taking into account all aspects of what makes a movie star big – bankability, critics / awards recognition, acting chops, longevity, worldwide popularity, control over their career choices – it’s probably Leonardo DiCaprio. This is admittedly a rather West-centric view though.

SQ

Updated with Downton Abbey. Everything is listed in order of preference.

Picture

Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Farewell
Dolor y gloria
Us
Joker
Booksmart
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Midsommar
Ad Astra
Wild Rose

Director

Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Pedro Almodovar, Dolor y gloria
Jordan…[Read more]

Kind of.

Who would you say is the biggest living movie star in the world? You can only name one person.

I’m going to see it for sure.

Who is more likely be nominated for an acting Oscar: Martha Plimpton or Bobby Cannavale? Why?

My Top 20:

1 Janelle Monae: Dirty Computer
2 David Bowie: Blackstar
3 Lana Del Rey: Norman Fucking Rockwell
4 Sufjan Stevens: Carrie & Lowell
5 Perfume Genius: Too Bright
6 Madonna: Madame X
7 Frank Ocean: Blonde
8 St Vincent: St Vincent
9 Beach House: Bloom
10 Frank Ocean: Channel Orange

11 Anohni: Hopelessness
12 Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence
13…[Read more]

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Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Irishman
1917
Little Women
Parasite
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
The Two Popes

(The Farewell
Ford v. Ferrari
Waves
Just Mercy
Dolor y gloria
Bombshell
Hustlers
Us
Booksmart
Ad Astra)

Director

Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Martin Scorsese,…[Read more]

^Couldn’t have put it better. At first her presence was refreshing and she actually brought some intelligent points to the table. Now a thousand Thatchers and fake Thatchers have taken over the board and discussing movies and awards has taken a backseat to infantile trolling.

SQ