Cmasterclay Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 Paul Raci squad unite 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 13 hours ago, Cmasterclay said: Paul Raci squad unite I was watching an Oscar speculation video, and one or both of the speculators had seen Sound of Metal, and they said that Raci's performance really was that good/deserving of the nod, and that the only thing holding him back is that Paul Raci doesn't have the same name recognition as other actors. I think in a weak year such as this, that's probably a pretty good spot to be in--I think the Academy would say a lot by nominating an actor that hasn't received many big roles before, and it's not like the Academy hasn't nominated virtually unknown performers before. It may depend on how the academy as a whole views Sound of Metal, but as dry of a category as Supporting Actor could be, I really hope Paul Raci gets in! And I say this without having seen the film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 Mank got snubbed big time at the Florida Film Critics Circle too. If it fails to get anything tomorrow at the NYFCC and espescially LA the day after, I'm not too sure about it being a big contender. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 17, 2020 Author Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) 37 minutes ago, lorddemaxus said: Mank got snubbed big time at the Florida Film Critics Circle too. If it fails to get anything tomorrow at the NYFCC and espescially LA the day after, I'm not too sure about it being a big contender. I watched it the other day and found it to be...just fine and nothing more. Least favorite Fincher effort since The Game. As for Oscars it should be good for nominations for Oldman, Seyfried, and some techs but that's probably it, Chicago 7 and Ma Rainey will be Netflix's main contenders this year. Edited December 17, 2020 by filmlover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 (edited) Here's the full nominee list from the aforementioned Florida Film Critics Circle! Spoiler Spoiler BEST PICTURE First Cow Nomadland The Trial of the Chicago 7 Minari BEST ACTOR Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins, The Father John Magaro, First Cow Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal BEST ACTRESS Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Carrie Coon, The Nest Elisabeth Moss, Shirley Frances McDormand, Nomadland Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods Paul Raci, Sound of Metal Brian Dennehy, Driveways Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7 Bill Murray, On the Rocks BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Swankie, Nomadland Yuh-Jung Youn, Minari Jane Adams, She Dies Tomorrow BEST ENSEMBLE Mangrove The Trial of the Chicago 7 Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Minari BEST DIRECTOR Florian Zeller, The Father Kelly Reichardt, First Cow Chloé Zhao, Nomadland Lee Isaac Chung, Minari Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7 Peter Docter/ Kemp Powers/Mike Jones, Soul Jack Fincher, Mank Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman Lee Isaac Chung, Minari BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Jon Raymond/ Kelly Reichardt, First Cow Florian Zeller/Christopher Hampton, The Father Chloé Zhao, Nomadland Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Shabier Kirchner, Lovers Rock Hoyte van Hoytema, Tenet Victor Kossakovsky/Egil Håskjold Larsen, Gunda Erik Messerschmidt, Mank Joshua James Richards, Nomadland BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Andrew Jackson, Tenet Mark Bakowski, The Midnight Sky Murray Barber, Possessor BEST ART DIRECTION/PRODUCTION Dan Webster, Mank Kirby Feagan, Shirley Adam Marshall, Lovers Rock BEST SCORE Ludwig Göransson, Tenet William Tyler, First Cow Trent Reznor/Atticus Ross/Jon Batiste, Soul Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky BEST DOCUMENTARY Dick Johnson is Dead Gunda You Don’t Nomi Time David Byrne’s American Utopia BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Los Fuertes Those Who Remained Minari The Painted Bird Dry Wind BEST ANIMATED FILM Wolfwalkers Soul Ride Your Wave The Wolf House Over the Moon BEST FIRST FILM Promising Young Woman The Forty-Year-Old Version Relic The Father Some Kind of Heaven BREAKOUT AWARD Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always Odessa Young, Shirley Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Marin Ireland, The Dark and the Wicked Lucas Jaye, Driveways THE GOLDEN ORANGE AWARD ENZIAN Theater Keisha Rae Witherspoon Amy Seimetz Edited December 18, 2020 by SLAM! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Aaaand now for the Chicago Film Critics Association! Spoiler BEST PICTURE Da 5 Bloods First Cow Lovers Rock Nomadland Promising Young Woman BEST DIRECTOR Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods Steve McQueen – Lovers Rock Kelly Reichardt – First Cow Chloé Zhao – Nomadland BEST ACTOR Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Anthony Hopkins – The Father Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Steven Yeun – Minari BEST ACTRESS Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things Carrie Coon – The Nest Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Frances McDormand – Nomadland Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Bill Murray – On the Rocks Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night in Miami Paul Raci – Sound of Metal David Strathairn – Nomadland BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Toni Collette – I’m Thinking of Ending Things Amanda Seyfried – Mank Letitia Wright – Mangrove Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Da 5 Bloods – Danny Bilson, Paul De Meo, Kevin Willmott & Spike Lee Never Rarely Sometimes Always – Eliza Hittman Promising Young Woman – Emerald Fennell Soul – Pete Docter, Mike Jones & Kemp Powers The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Aaron Sorkin BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY The Father – Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller First Cow – Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Charlie Kaufman Nomadland – Chloé Zhao One Night in Miami – Kemp Powers BEST ANIMATED FILM Onward A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon Soul The Wolf House Wolfwalkers BEST DOCUMENTARY Collective David Byrne’s American Utopia Dick Johnson is Dead The Social Dilemma Time BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM(A tie in the nominations process resulted in six nominees in this category) Another Round Bacurau Beanpole Collective La Llorona Vitalina Varela BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY First Cow – Christopher Blauvelt Lovers Rock – Shabier Kirchner Mank – Erik Messerschmidt Nomadland – Joshua James Richards The Vast of Night – Miguel Ioann Littin Menz BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Da 5 Bloods – Terence Blanchard Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – Branford Marsalis Mank – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Soul – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste Tenet – Ludwig Göransson BEST ART DIRECTION Birds of Prey Emma. First Cow I’m Thinking of Ending Things Mank BEST COSTUME DESIGN Birds of Prey Emma. First Cow Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Mank BEST USE OF VISUAL EFFECTS I’m Thinking of Ending Things The Invisible Man The Midnight Sky Possessor Tenet BEST EDITING I’m Thinking of Ending Things – Robert Frazen Lovers Rock – Chris Dickens & Steve McQueen Nomadland – Chloé Zhao Tenet – Jennifer Lame The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Alan Baumgarten MILOS STEHLIK AWARD FOR PROMISING FILMMAKER Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version Lee Isaac Chung – Minari Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman Darius Marder – Sound of Metal Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night MOST PROMISING PERFORMER Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Kelly O’Sullivan – Saint Frances Helena Zengel – News of the World Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Common Threads So Far The critics are really coming out for First Cow! It's getting notices in a lot of different places. Kelly Reichardt is getting a lot of notices. Carey Mulligan is a common choice, as is Carrie Coon for The Nest (surprisingly so). Mank continues to fail to do as well as some might've hoped. Gary Oldman especially is persistently snubbed in Actor. Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari) is gaining important critical support. Maria Bakalova shows up consistently (she won the New York one btw). Collective, Dick Johnson is Dead, and Time are emerging as frontrunners in Documentary. In animation, The Wolf House has persistently shown up. The film deserves it, but it might be out there for the Academy--though if these critic notices keep coming, we could have a surprise art-film candidate in the race a la something like The Boy and the World. I'm rooting for this one. If Possessor keeps slipping into these critic things for Visual Effects and it somehow slips into the academy's shortlist, then that would be something people would want to root for. An Ex Machina situation without the electric community-wide buzz. I'm also rooting for The Invisible Man in Visual Effects. If News of the World comes and goes without buzz, then First Cow and/or I'm Thinking of Ending Things might have a better chance in Adapted Screenplay than previously thought. They're getting the notices. Supporting Actor is getting interesting. Chadwick Boseman is a much bigger thing for Da 5 Bloods than I could've imagined--like wow. Then Paul Raci's continuing to get notices. Brian Dennehy is a thing for Driveways, though that film probably won't go further than critics stuff. And so far, Bill Murray's chances are rising too, which is fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 (edited) New York Film Critics Circle Awards: Mank has been completely snubbed here as well. Spoiler Spoiler Best Film: First Cow Best First Film: The Forty-Year Old Version (Radha Blank) Best Director: Chloé Zhao – Nomadland Best Actor: Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman – Da 5 Bloods Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Best Screenplay: Never Rarely Sometimes Always (Eliza Hittman) Best Cinematography: Small Axe (Shabier Kirchner for all films) Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers Best Foreign Language Film: Bacurau Best Non-Fiction Film: Time Edited December 18, 2020 by SLAM! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 First Cow probably this year's Uncut Gems. Lots of critics recognition but much further than that. And regarding News of the World, I don't think these regional awards really matter for it. It's going mainly be an industry player. Wolfwalker seems to be getting some genuine passion here (which I haven't really seen for Soul yet, whose Best Picture chances seem be falling too). Don't think it's winning animation at the academy awards but that's purely because of the academy's ignorance regarding animation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Sidney Flanigan seems to be doing pretty well so far (and I'm so happy about that) but wouldn't be surprised if she just ends up getting snubbed even if she does really well with the trifecta and critics in general, like Sally Hawkins for Happy-Go-Lucky. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 18, 2020 Author Share Posted December 18, 2020 If Boseman picks up nods for both of his movies, that would make him the first actor to become a double nominee in the same year posthumously, right? Know the actor from Il Postino received double nominations that year but his second nom was for Screenplay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 Finally a win for Mank at a regional awards group. Won Production Design at the LA Film Critics Award. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lorddemaxus Posted December 20, 2020 Share Posted December 20, 2020 (edited) Yeah, I expected Small Axe to win this after those initial wins/runner-up. Will be the first Best Film winner from the LAFCA to not get a Best Picture nom since Wall-E. Edited December 20, 2020 by lorddemaxus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 21, 2020 Author Share Posted December 21, 2020 LAFCA naming a miniseries that won't be qualifying for the Oscars as the best movie perfectly encapsulates 2020. Boseman is coming for a Ledger-style clean sweep. Watched Ma Rainey this weekend and he completely deserves it. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted December 26, 2020 Share Posted December 26, 2020 This year we could have the most unpredictable Oscar race ever, Without box office number and most of the Q&A, and campaigning aren't available, it is very hard to measure and feel the buzz.. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melosh Posted December 27, 2020 Share Posted December 27, 2020 Is soul still a sure bet for a nomination of best picture? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
filmlover Posted December 27, 2020 Author Share Posted December 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Melosh said: Is soul still a sure bet for a nomination of best picture? It would be a surprise if it wasn't at this point tbh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CloneWars Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Soul will get a nom, no doubt. I even think there is a small like 5% chance it can even win BP. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
titanic2187 Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 why an animated feature is only to be "nominated" when they expand the field to 10? They never nominate any animated feature ever since they impose flexible number of nominees. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLAM! Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 I think The Father has a chance to win Best Picture. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
