This is literally the dumbest scene in the whole movie, which is saying a lot lmao.

Right, the precursors often try to just predict rather than go by the actual performance, which is why the Sylvester Stallones and Glenn Closes of the world wound up crashing and burning once the actual Oscars were announced in favor of the more typical and prestigious and critically respected performances.

Little Women getting overdue respect!

And her work in Stranger by the Lake is some of the best of the decade, too!

Ditto Yorick Le Saux’s work in I Am Love.

Yeeess. I wish they had also recognized Le Saux for High Life but he, Mathonx2 and The Lighthouse alone would’ve been better than that boring ASC list.

Has a cinematographer ever missed a nomination after sweeping the top 3 critics? I already saw that The Master was the only NSFC winner to miss since 2006.

Yuuuuup, this.

The most generous thing you can say is that the repetitive and shallow material requires him to act out as he does in the film, but I think it’s really hard to argue he’s somehow more “subtle” than Driver in Marriage Story, which is what I was responding to. But to me it’s a schtick we’ve seen Joaquin do better with more interesting material.

Hot and wrong. The only real OTT moment people point to with Driver is the fight scene, which is what makes it effective in that moment.

It’s not even his best moment in the film, though imo.

Joker was shown to general audiences long before Marriage Story and got AACTA noms for Picture, Director and Screenplay (Marriage Story was snubbed in all of those, plus Dern).

The only surge they seemed to miss was Marriage Story’s when doing nominations, with Joker’s buzz petering out now.

The track records are strongest in the Lead categories. The only Actors who won here to go on to lose were Keaton and Ejiofor, and the only Actresses to were Aussies Cate as Carol and Margot as Tonya. They even called wins like Dujardin, Streep, and Colman before others did.

Idk about Saoirse’s chances to win but thre nomination at least seems…[Read more]

For the record, here are a list of films included in the predictions center as possibilities to be chosen by the National Society of Film Critics as the best film of the year:
Aeronauts
Avengers: Endgame
Cats
Downton Abbey
Gemini Man
Harriet
Judy
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

Films not included:
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

I’ll wait to vote when people go through the process of getting the options added I’ll need, particularly Portait of a Lady on Fire outside ony the technicals.

She gave a great, delicate and austere performance, like you’re looking at her through glass in public as she carries herself with the performative barrier necessary for a housewife and mother of that class in that era, with all that she’s previously been through, until she lets her guard down in the more intimate company of someone she cares for…[Read more]

If you google Ford v Ferrari box office, the most recent news results from the past day still speak of it as a success.

1. A Separation
2. Carol
3. Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
4. This Is Not a Film
5. The Tree of Life
6. Certified Copy
7. Stranger by the Lake
8. Holy Motors
9. The Social Network
10. Pain and Glory

I think it’ll be out widely the following weekend (the 10th).

Surprisingly, my city was one of the initial limited locations where it’s been out, but I’m sorry to say I was disappointed and unimpressed by the end result. But I appear to be in a minority, and it’ll probably do quite well when it comes out, so it should get enough votes to be…[Read more]

Huh? All box office reports I’ve read seem to declare it a surprise hit. Why is it a flop?

1. Bong
2. Scorsese
3. Tarantino
4. Mendes
5. Almodòvar

6. Baumbach
7. Phillips
8. Gerwig
9. Waititi
10. Safdies

Among the likely contenders, I would LOVE that.

Beat expectations for a strong $29m opening holiday weekend and an A- Cinemascore. Riding a wave of buzz from a BP nomination could get it to $100m. It’s officially a hit.

We love seeing success for the best American film of the year.