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 MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SCREENPLAYS AND MORE


Before we get to this post's Oscar nomination predictions, The Academy last night extended the nomination voting window by two days and moved the announcement of nominees to Sunday, January 19th due to the L.A. fires.  Now, onto the predictions which seem sort of a small consideration in light of what's going on in Southern California.

Here are updated nomination predictions for the Screenplay categories as well as for Best Costume Design, Makeup/Hair and Visual Effects. These categories were last predicted on Dec. 26th.  A film's previous rank appears to the right in parentheses. TFF #51 films are in Bold.

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

1) Conclave (1)
2) Emilia Perez (2)
3) Sing Sing (3)
4) Nickel Boys (4)
5) Dune Part Two (5)

Others: A Complete Unknown, Wicked and The Room Next Door.


BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY




1) Anora (1)
2) The Brutalist (2)
3) A Real Pain (3)
4) The Substance (4)
5) September 5 (5)

Others: Hard Truths, All We Imagine as Light and The Seed of the Sacred Fig.


BEST COSTUME DESIGN

1) Wicked (1)
2) Dune Part Two (2)
3) Gladiator II (4)
4) Maria (3)
5) Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (5)

Others: Nosferatu, Conclave and Blitz.


BEST MAKEUP/HAIR

1) The Substance (1)
2) Wicked (2)
3) Dune Part Two (3)
4) Nosferatu (4)
5) A Different Man (5)

Others: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Emilia Perez, The Apprentice.


BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

Golden Globe Winners and TFF / MTFB Oscar Update: Supporting Acting and More / BAFTA Longlists and TFF / National Society of Film Critics and TFF

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 GOLDEN GLOBE WINNERS AND TFF




The Golden Globe Awards for Film and Television were handed out last night and here are your winners with TFF films/performers in Bold.

Best Picture (Drama): The Brutalist
Best Picture (Musical or Comedy): Emilia Perez
Best Director: Brady Corbet/The Brutalist
Best Actress (Drama): Fernanda Torres/I'm Still Here
Best Actor (Drama): Adrien Brody/The Brutalist
Best Actress (Musical or Comedy): Demi Moore/The Substance
Best Actor (Musical or Comedy): Sebastian Stan/A Different Man
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldana/Emilia Perez
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin/A Real Pain
Best Screenplay: Conclave
Best Animated Film: Flow
Best Non-English Film: Emilia Perez
Best Original Score: Challengers
Best Original Song: El Mal/Emilia Perez
Cinematic and Box Office Achievement: Wicked


MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING AND MORE




I'm updating the Supporting Acting categories today as well as Original Score, Original Song And Sound. These categories were last updated on Dec. 23rd.  An actor's/film's previous position is indicated in (parentheses).  TFF #51 films are in Bold. 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Zoe Saldana/Emilia Perez (1)
2) Ariana Grande-Butera/Wicked (2)
3) Isabella Rossellini/Conclave (3)
4) Felicity Jones/The Brutalist (4)
5) Danielle Deadwyler/The Piano Lesson (5)

Others: Selena Gomez/Emilia Perez, Margaret Qualley/The Substance and Aunjanue Eillis-Taylor/Nickel Boys.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 

VIDEO The Golden Globes 2025 Award Winners

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The Golden Globes, often referred to as “Hollywood’s Party of the Year®,” is the largest awards show in the world to celebrate the best of both film and television. Emmy®-nominated comedian and actress Nikki Glaser hosted this year’s show, and multi-Emmy Award®-winning producing duo Glenn Weiss and Ricky Kirshner of White Cherry Entertainment (WCE) served as executive producing showrunners for the 82nd Golden Globes. A Dick Clark Productions : the annual Golden Globes have been viewed in more than 185 countries and territories worldwide.

And the winners are:... Emilia Perez won 4 trophies (and 10 nominations)

Best Motion Picture, Drama
“The Brutalist”
Nominees in this category: “The Brutalist”; “A Complete Unknown”; “Conclave”; “Dune: Part Two”; “Nickel Boys”; “September 5”
 

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
“Emilia Pérez”
Nominees in this category: “Anora”; “Challengers”; “Emilia Pérez”; “A Real Pain”; “The Substance”; “Wicked”

 

Best Motion Picture, Animated
“Flow”
Nominees in this category: “Flow”; “Inside Out 2”; “Memoir of a Snail”; ”Moana 2”; “The Wild Robot”; “Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”


Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
“Wicked”
Nominees in this category: “Alien: Romulus”; “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice”; “Deadpool & Wolverine”; “Gladiator II”; “Inside Out 2”; “Twisters”; “Wicked”; “The Wild Robot”

Best Motion Picture, Non-English Language
“Emilia Pérez”
Nominees in this category: “All We Imagine as Light”; “Emilia Pérez”; “The Girl With the Needle”; “I’m Still Here”; “The Seed of the Sacred Fig”; “Vermiglio”

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”
Nominees in this category: Pamela Anderson, “The Last Showgirl”; Angelina Jolie, “Maria”; Nicole Kidman, “Babygirl”; Tilda Swinton, “The Room Next Door”; Fernanda Torres, “I’m Still Here”; Kate Winslet, “Lee”

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama
Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
Nominees in this category: Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”; Timothée Chalamet, “A Complete Unknown”; Daniel Craig, “Queer”; Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”; Ralph Fiennes, “Conclave”; Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”

 

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Nominees in this category: Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”; Cynthia Erivo, “Wicked”; Karla Sofía Gascón, “Emilia Pérez”; Mikey Madison, “Anora”; Demi Moore, “The Substance”; Zendaya, “Challengers”

MTFB Oscar Update: Supporting Acting and More / The Film Stage's Hot 100 / Interviews And Profiles

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 MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING AND MORE



I'm updating the Supporting Acting categories today as well as Original Score, Original Song And Sound. These categories were last updated on Dec. 9th.  An actor's/film's previous position is indicated in (parentheses).  TFF #51 films are in Bold. 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Zoe Saldana/Emilia Perez (1)
2) Ariana Grande/Wicked (4)
3) Isabella Rossellini/Conclave (2)
4) Felicity Jones/The Brutalist (5)
5) Danielle Deadwyler/The Piano Lesson (3)

Others: Selena Gomez/Emilia Perez, Margaret Qualley/The Substance and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor/Nickel Boys.


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR




1) Kieran Culkin/A Real Pain (1)
2) Guy Pearce/The Brutalist (3)
3) Denzel Washington/Gladiator II (2)
4) Yura Borisov/Anora (5)
5) Clarence Maclin/Sing Sing (4)

Others: Edward Norton/A Complete Unknown, Jeremy Strong/The Apprentice and Stanley Tucci/Conclave.


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1) The Brutalist (2)
2) Conclave (1)
3) Emilia Perez (3)
4) The Wild Robot (4)
5) Challengers (-)

Others: The Room Next Door, Blitz and Wicked.


BEST ORIGINAL SONG


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VIDEO: presentation of the nominees for the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®:

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Following is the complete list of Nominees for the 82nd Annual Golden Globes®:

BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
THE BRUTALIST (A24)
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN (Searchlight Pictures)
CONCLAVE (Focus Features)
DUNE: PART TWO (Warner Bros. Pictures)
NICKEL BOYS (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios)
SEPTEMBER 5 (Paramount Pictures)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
ANORA (NEON)
CHALLENGERS (Amazon MGM Studios)
EMILIA PÉREZ (Netflix)
A REAL PAIN (Searchlight Pictures)
THE SUBSTANCE (MUBI)
WICKED (Universal Pictures)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
FLOW (Sideshow / Janus Films)
INSIDE OUT 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL (IFC Films)
MOANA 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL (Netflix)
THE WILD ROBOT (Universal Pictures)

CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
ALIEN: ROMULUS (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE (Warner Bros. Pictures)
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
GLADIATOR II (Paramount Pictures)
INSIDE OUT 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
TWISTERS (Universal Pictures)
WICKED (Universal Pictures)
THE WILD ROBOT (Universal Pictures)

BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT (Sideshow / Janus Films) – USA / FRANCE / INDIA
EMILIA PÉREZ (Netflix) – FRANCE
THE GIRL WITH THE NEEDLE (MUBI) – POLAND / SWEDEN / DENMARK
I’M STILL HERE (Sony Pictures Classics) – BRAZIL
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG (NEON) – USA / GERMANY
VERMIGLIO (Sideshow / Janus Films) – ITALY

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
PAMELA ANDERSON (THE LAST SHOWGIRL)
ANGELINA JOLIE (MARIA)
NICOLE KIDMAN (BABYGIRL)
TILDA SWINTON (THE ROOM NEXT DOOR)
FERNANDA TORRES (I’M STILL HERE)
KATE WINSLET (LEE)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
ADRIEN BRODY (THE BRUTALIST)
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
DANIEL CRAIG (QUEER)
COLMAN DOMINGO (SING SING)
RALPH FIENNES (CONCLAVE)
SEBASTIAN STAN (THE APPRENTICE)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
AMY ADAMS (NIGHTBITCH)
CYNTHIA ERIVO (WICKED)
KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN (EMILIA PÉREZ)
MIKEY MADISON (ANORA)
DEMI MOORE (THE SUBSTANCE)
ZENDAYA (CHALLENGERS)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
JESSE EISENBERG (A REAL PAIN)
HUGH GRANT (HERETIC)
GABRIEL LABELLE (SATURDAY NIGHT)
JESSE PLEMONS (KINDS OF KINDNESS)
GLEN POWELL (HIT MAN)
SEBASTIAN STAN (A DIFFERENT MAN)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
SELENA GOMEZ (EMILIA PÉREZ)
ARIANA GRANDE (WICKED)
FELICITY JONES (THE BRUTALIST)
MARGARET QUALLEY (THE SUBSTANCE)
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI (CONCLAVE)
ZOE SALDAÑA (EMILIA PÉREZ)

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
YURA BORISOV (ANORA)
KIERAN CULKIN (A REAL PAIN)
EDWARD NORTON (A COMPLETE UNKNOWN)
GUY PEARCE (THE BRUTALIST)
JEREMY STRONG (THE APPRENTICE)
DENZEL WASHINGTON (GLADIA

MTFB Oscar Update: Supporting Acting and More / Golden Globe Nominations and TFF / Critics and Awards Groups from This Past Weekend / The Playlist 100 Most Anticipated for 2025 / Interviews and Profiles

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MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING AND MORE




I'm updating the Supporting Acting categories today and adding three other categories going forward.  The categories I am adding today are: Original Score, Original Song And Sound. The acting categories were last updated on Nov. 25th.  An actor's previous position is indicated in (parentheses).  TFF #51 films are in Bold. 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

1) Zoe Saldana/Emilia Perez (1)
2) Isabella Rossellini/Conclave (2)
3) Danielle Deadwyler/The Piano Lesson (3)
4) Ariana Grande/Wicked (4)
5) Felicity Jones/The Brutalist (5)

Others: Selena Gomez/Emilia Perez, Saoirse Ronan/Blitz and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor/Nickel Boys.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

1) Kieran Culkin/A Real Pain (1)
2) Denzel Washington/Gladiator II (2)
3) Guy Pearce/The Brutalist (3)
4) Clarence Maclin/Sing Sing (4)
5) Yura Borisov/Anora (-)

Others: Edward Norton/A Complete Unknown, Stanley Tucci/Conclave. Jeremy Strong/The Apprentice and John Magaro/September 5.


BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

1) Conclave
2) The Brutalist
3) Emilia Perez
4) The Wild Robot
5) The Room Next Door

Others: Blitz, Challengers and Saturday Night.


BEST ORIGINAL SONG

1) Mi Camino/Emilia Perez
2) El Mal/Emilia Perez
3) Kiss the Sky/The Wild Robot
4) Piece by Piece/Piece by Piece
5) The Journey/The Six Triple Eight

Others: Winter Coat/Blitz, Beyond/Moana 2 and Harper and Will Go West/Will & Harper.


BEST SOUND

1) Dune Part Two
2) Wicked
3) Gladiator II
4) A Complete Unknown
5) Emilia Perez

Others: Blitz, Maria and The Brutalist.


GOLDEN GLOBE NOMINATIONS AND TFF

Awards of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival have been announced

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Highlights: 

  • Silent City Driver wins the Grand Prix for the Best Film of Official Selection Competition, also scooped the Best Production Design Award;
  • The Best First Feature Film Award goes to No Dogs Allowed;
  • Southern Chronicles gets the Best Baltic Film award;
  • In the Rebels with a Cause competition programme, the award for the Best Film goes to Protected Men;
  • In the Critics' Picks programme, the award for the Best Film award goes to The Brothers Kitaura;
  • In the first-ever Doc@PÖFF competition, the Best Film award goes to The Watchman;
  • Pyre scooped the Audience Award 

At the Award Ceremony of the 28th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), awards were presented to the winners of the festival’s six competition programmes and PÖFF’s youth and children’s film sub-festival Just Film.


OFFICIAL SELECTION COMPETITION

The jury of PÖFF's flagship programme, chaired by Christoph Hochhäusler, chose Sengedorj Janchivdorj's Silent City Driveras their favourite, awarding it the Grand Prix for Best Film. Silent City Driver uses Mongolia's striking urban landscapes and skyscapes to tell a raw, powerful story of life on the edge, weaving existential reflections on life and death with a unique cinematic style. The film was written by Sengedorj Janchivdorj, whose previous feature, The Sales Girl (2021), was a hit around the world, including at PÖFF's summer open-air festival Tartuffe, where it won the Audience Award.

The jury commented on the film as follows: "This dark fairy tale from Mongolia took us by surprise. From the very first shot on, we felt the sensation of a film breaking new ground. Silent City Driver is a very stylish film, but style here is substance, the formal choices are not used to divert, but to deepen this very cinematic universe, populated by unique characters, bigger than life, but very very human. The Grand Prix for the best film goes to Silent City Driver by Sengedorj Janchivdorj.  


The Best Director Award was given to Nir Bergman, for Pink Lady. The jury praised the director with the following words: "The award for best director goes to a film that shows expert craftsmanship at all levels. When the vast complex machine of a film works in perfect sync, when every performance is subtle and moving, every emotional step feels honest and heartbreaking… and all of these elements weave seamlessly into an immersive and gripping world — this is a sign of great directing. The winner of this year's Best Director, The Pink Lady by the director, Nir Bergman —  is a masterclass in precise and effortless direction.

The Best Cinematography Award was presented to Claudia Becerril Bulos for her work on Empire of the Rabbits (dir. Seyfettin Tokmak). 
"The cinematograph

The 36th Israel Film Festival announced its lineup

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The 36th ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL in Los Angeles, which celebrates the best of Israeli culture and cinema, will run November 13th – 26th, 2024.  Come Closer, written and directed by Tom Nesher in her feature film directorial debut, will have its West Coast Premiere at the Festival’s Opening Night Gala. Soda, directed by Erez Tadmor, will have a special sneak preview as the Festival’s Sponsor Centerpiece Film Event.  At this year’s opening ceremony, Ynon Kreiz, Mattel Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, who has transformed the company and spearheaded its global blockbuster film, Barbie, will be presented with the 2024 IFF Industry Leadership Award.  Actor/Comedian Shaike Levi will receive the 2024 IFF Lifetime Achievement Award at the Closing Night ceremony.  Meir Fenigstein, founder and executive director of the ISRAEL FILM FESTIVAL made the announcement today. The Festival chairwoman is Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, CEO and Group Publisher of Variety. The Festival honorary chairman is Arnon Milchan, Founder of New Regency. 

 

“The Israel Film Festival has always maintained an environment of mutually respectful discussion and viewpoints as well as nonpartisanship.  Our thoughts and prayers are with all those affected by the war.  Festivalgoers represent the diverse communities of Los Angeles who want to be both educated and entertained by a selection of powerful and exciting Israeli films that offer a great window into Israeli culture,” noted Fenigstein.

 

He added, “This year’s two Festival honorees are extraordinary and renowned leaders in business and the arts.  Ynon Kreiz, who has revolutionized Mattel into an esteemed juggernaut, volunteered at the Festival over 30 years ago when he was a university student at UCLA.  The legendary comedian/actor Shaike Levi has been bringing joy and laughter to generations of audiences in Israel.”

 

Kreiz will be honored on November 13th at the Festival’s Opening Night Gala followed by the West Coast Premiere of Come Closer at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills. Soda will screen on November 18th at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills. Levi will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award on November 26th during the Closing Night festivities at the Fine Arts Theatre in Beverly Hills.

 

Festival screenings will also show at the Laemmle Royal Theatre (West Los Angeles) and the Laemmle Town Center 5 (Encino). To purchase tickets for the Opening Night Gala and all screenings, as well as to participate in Q&As and meet the attending Israeli filmmakers, visit: www.israelfilmfestival.com starting November 5, 2024.

 

This year many organizations are sponsoring select screenings as community partners during the Festival.  This includes:

 

Adam & Gila Milstein Family Foundation

American Friends of Tel Aviv University (AFTAU)

American Friends of the Jaffa Institute

Americans for Ben Gurion University

American Friends of Magen David Adom

Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles

Craig Emanuel & Creative Community for Peace

David & Sheryl Wiener & the Holocaust Museum LA

EL AL Israel Airlines

Factor's Famous Deli

Jack Gottlieb & World Jewish Heritage Fund

Laura Karpman receives IFMCA Award for American Fiction

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Composer Laura Karpman has been presented with the 2023 International Film Music Critics Association Awards for Best Original Score for a Comedy Film, by IFMCA members Jon Broxton and Craig Lysy. Karpman’s win was for her score for American Fiction, a comedy-drama about a fictional novelist who, frustrated by his career, writes an outlandish satire […]
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