I’ll second this. Garfield was good in Hacksaw Ridge, but his performance in Silence/em> was a tour-de-force and his finest film performance to date.

In addition to this, I think that (in the same year, in fact) Ryan Gosling should have been nominated for The Nice Guys instead of La La Land. This is probably an unpopular opinion, but I do…[Read more]

2009: Inglourious Bastards
2010: The Social Network
2011: The Tree of Life
2012: Amour
2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
2014: The Grand Budapest Hotel
2015: Mad Max: Fury Road
2016: Moonlight
2017: Phantom Thread
2018: The Favourite
2019: The Irishman

So I just learned that Kemp Powers, who I knew wrote the screenplay for One Night in Miami as well as the play the film is based on, is also a co-writer on Soul. The overall odds at the moment (as well as my current predictions) have One Night in Miami snagging an Adapted Screenplay nom and Soul snagging an Original Screenplay nom. I’m wondering…[Read more]

Does the recent announcement bode well for Tenet sweeping Visual Effects now?

SBC is British, though. We’d get an all British lineup if he nabs the fifth slot.

In last name alphabetical order

– Nicolas Cage (Bringing Out The Dead)
– Kyle Chandler (The Wolf of Wall Street)
– Willem Dafoe (The Last Temptation of Christ)
– Robert De Niro (Mean Streets, The King of Comedy, and The Irishman)
– Leonardo DiCaprio (The Departed and Shutter Island)
– Griffin Dunne (After Hours)
– Andrew Garfield (Silence – d…[Read more]

Something I’ve noticed between the correlation between the Best Director Oscar and TIFF’s People Choice Award is that the past three winners of the latter award were not nominated for the former award. All of those three TIFF winners did nab Directing noms at the DGA, but none were nominated for Best Director at the Oscars.

With Chloé Zhao…[Read more]

Does anyone here know at what time TIFF will announce the winner of the People’s Choice Award?

I think Lindo is a leading role, and must be campaigned as such but I wouldn’t be shocked if Netflix campaigns him for a Supporting Actor nomination.

Irrespective, he better get nominated. What a performance!

Underrated: Inherent Vice
Overrated: Silver Linings Playbook

It’s Joe Pesci’s birthday today. I’d love to see him win a second Oscar on his birthday.

My final Oscar predictions

Best Motion Picture of the Year: 1917, Sam Mendes, Pippa Harris, Jayne-Ann Tenggren, Callum McDougal
Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role: Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role: Renée Zellweger, Judy
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a…[Read more]

1. Phantom Thread (2017, d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
2. Carol (2015, d. Todd Haynes)
3. Portrait of a Lady on Fire (2019, d. Céline Sciamma)
4. The Master (2012, d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
5. A Separation (2011, d. Asghar Farhadi)
6. Drive (2011, d. Nicolas Winding Refn)
7. Inherent Vice (2014, d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
8. Silence (2016, d. Martin…[Read more]

In my opinion, not just the best foreign-language film of 2019, but also the best film of 2019: Portrait of a Lady on Fire.

I need some clarification on Original Song. I’m currently predicting (I’m Gonna) Love Me Again, but I’m not entirely convinced that it will win, seeing that Rocketman was totally ignored in all other categories. That said, I do realize there are no strong alternatives, although I do wonder if there’s enough passion behind Cynthia Erivo that would…[Read more]

How sure are you that Ford v Ferrari will win Film Editing?

Looking at the past BAFTA winners, there’s only one BAFTA winner with a corresponding Oscar nomination that lost out on the Oscar (Kubo and The Two Strings, which winded up losing to Zootopia). Seeing how strong of a precursor BAFTA is for this category and also how confounding this category is this year, I’m predicting with this year’s BAFTA…[Read more]

2010: The Social Network
2011: A Separation
2012: The Master
2013: The Wolf of Wall Street
2014: Inherent Vice
2015: Carol
2016: Silence
2017: Phantom Thread
2018: Burning
2019: Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Jojo Rabbit is winning Best Adapted Screenplay for sure and, technically speaking, that is a Disney film.

1. Joe Pesci, The Irishman
2. Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
3. Adam Driver, Marriage Story
4. Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
5. Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
6. Al Pacino, The Irishman
7. Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
8. Laura Dern, Marriage Story
9. Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
10. Florence Pugh, Littl…[Read more]