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They've never supported Sandler before, so either the Academy is going to right its wrongs or continue that pattern. I could see him getting snubbed and Elordi in. I'm also not convinced Byrne is going to be out over Seyfried

I think Elordi’s in and Sandler’s out (even if they do like his movie), I think he’s like Jim Carrey, perpetually unable to overcome his rep. If they like Train Dreams as much as sone of these precursors, Macy could also be a classic “Only at the Oscars” nom here too

Macy would be a fun inclusion, though his role is so small and doesn't 'stand out' enough in this film's overall feel, so I doubt they'll pick him

Never Cursed wrote: Fri Dec 05, 2025 7:15 pm Completely flabbergasted by the Frankenstein support.

It deserves every award for costumes and makeup it's up for, but anything else? No. But going all in for it on every other award and snubbing Oscar Isaac? Ridiculous.

Missed these a few days ago, NBR:

Best Film: “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Best Actress: Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)

Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Best Supporting Actress: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Value” (Neon)

Best Directorial Debut: Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby” (A24)

Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After Another” (Warner Bros.)

Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, “Train Dreams” (Netflix)

Best Animated Feature: “Arco” (Neon)

Best International Film: “It Was Just an Accident” (Neon)

Best Documentary: “Cover-Up” (Netflix)

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, “Sinners” (Warner Bros.)

Outstanding Achievement in Stunt Artistry: “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” (Paramount Pictures)

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: “Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk” (Kino Lorber)

Top 10 Films (in alphabetical order):

“Avatar: Fire and Ash” (20th Century Studios)
“F1” (Apple Original Films/Warner Bros.)
“Frankenstein” (Netflix)
“Jay Kelly” (Netflix)
“Marty Supreme” (A24)
“Rental Family” (Searchlight Pictures)
“Sinners” (Warner Bros.)
“Train Dreams” (Netflix)
“Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery” (Netflix)
“Wicked: For Good” (Universal Pictures)

Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order):

“Left-Handed Girl” (Netflix)
“The Love That Remains” (Janus Films)
“The Secret Agent” (Neon)
“Sentimental Value” (Neon)
“Sirāt” (Neon)

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):

“2000 Meters to Andriivka” (PBS)
“Come See Me in the Good Light” (Apple Original Films)
“My Mom Jayne” (HBO Documentary Films)
“Natchez” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
“Orwell: 2+2=5” (Neon)

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):

“The Baltimorons” (IFC)
“Bring Her Back” (A24)
“Father Mother Sister Brother” (Mubi)
“Friendship” (A24)
“Good Boy” (IFC)
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)
“The Mastermind” (Mubi)
“Rebuilding” (Bleecker Street)
“Sorry, Baby” (A24)
“Urchin” (1-2 Special)

I love that Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas won, as her perf is easily the best -and most overlooked- thing about Sentimental Value

Sight and Sound top 50 2025

Here's the top 10...
1- One Battle after Another
2- Sinners
3-The Mastermind
4- Sirât
5- The Secret Agent
6- It was Just an Accident
7- Sorry, Baby
8- Weapons
9- Dry Leaf
10- Resurrection

domino harvey wrote: Thu Dec 04, 2025 8:47 pm I think Jay Kelly is a movie that will appeal to older/“traditional” voters, I’m not sure what other title they would rally behind beyond Hamnet

Yeah, on second thought, Jay Kelly is probably a shoe-in. Though I think older/traditional voters will be connecting with Sentimental Value as well

Golden Globes:

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Frankenstein (Netflix)
Hamnet (Focus Features)
It Was Just an Accident (Neon)
The Secret Agent (Neon)
Sentimental Value (Neon)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Bugonia (Focus Features)
Marty Supreme (A24)
No Other Choice (Neon)
Nouvelle Vague (Netflix)
One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Arco (Neon)
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba Infinity Castle (Aniplex, Crunchyroll, Sony Pictures Entertainment)
Elio (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (Gkids)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Avatar: Fire and Ash (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
F1 (Apple Original Films)
Kpop Demon Hunters (Netflix)
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (Paramount Pictures)
Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Weapons (Warner Bros. Pictures, New Line Cinema)
Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures)
Zootopia 2 (Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
It Was Just an Accident (Neon) – France
No Other Choice (Neon) – South Korea
The Secret Agent (Neon) – Brazil
Sentimental Value (Neon) – Norway
Sirāt (Neon) – Spain
The Voice of Hind Rajab (Willa) – Tunisia

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Jessie Buckley (Hamnet)
Jennifer Lawrence (Die My Love)
Renate Reinsve (Sentimental Value)
Julia Roberts (After the Hunt)
Tessa Thompson (Hedda)
Eva Victor (Sorry, Baby)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Joel Edgerton (Train Dreams)
Oscar Isaac (Frankenstein)
Dwayne Johnson (The Smashing Machine)
Michael B. Jordan (Sinners)
Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent)
Jeremy Allen White (Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I’d Kick You)
Cynthia Erivo (Wicked: For Good)
Kate Hudson (Song Sung Blue)
Chase Infiniti (One Battle After Another)
Amanda Seyfried (The Testament of Ann Lee)
Emma Stone (Bugonia)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Timothée Chalamet (Marty Supreme)
George Clooney (Jay Kelly)
Leonardo Dicaprio (One Battle After Another)
Ethan Hawke (Blue Moon)
Lee Byung-Hun (No Other Choice)
Jesse Plemons (Bugonia)

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Emily Blunt (The Smashing Machine)
Elle Fanning (Sentimental Value)
Ariana Grande (Wicked: For Good)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas (Sentimental Value)
Amy Madigan (Weapons)
Teyana Taylor (One Battle After Another)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Benicio Del Toro (One Battle After Another)
Jacob Elordi (Frankenstein)
Paul Mescal (Hamnet)
Sean Penn (One Battle After Another)
Adam Sandler (Jay Kelly)
Stellan Skarsgård (Sentimental Value)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Guillermo Del Toro (Frankenstein)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Chloé Zhao (Hamnet)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Paul Thomas Anderson (One Battle After Another)
Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie (Marty Supreme)
Ryan Coogler (Sinners)
Jafar Panahi (It Was Just an Accident)
Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value)
Chloé Zhao, Maggie O’Farrell (Hamnet)

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Alexandre Desplat (Frankenstein)
Ludwig Göransson (Sinners)
Jonny Greenwood (One Battle After Another)
Kangding Ray (Sirāt)
Max Richter (Hamnet)
Hans Zimmer (F1)

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“Dream as One” –– Avatar: Fire and Ash
Music By: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen
Lyrics By: Miley Cyrus, Andrew Wyatt, Mark Ronson, Simon Franglen

“Golden” –– Kpop Demon Hunters
Music By: Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo, Park Hong Jun
Lyrics By: Kim Eun-Jae (Ejae), Mark Sonnenblick

“I Lied To You” –– Sinners
Music By: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson
Lyrics By: Raphael Saadiq, Ludwig Göransson

“No Place Like Home” –– Wicked: For Good
Music By: Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz

“The Girl in the Bubble” –– Wicked: For Good
Music By: Stephen Schwartz
Lyrics By: Stephen Schwartz

“Train Dreams” –– Train Dreams
Music By: Nick Cave, Bryce Dessner
Lyrics By: Nick Cave

Happy for Eva Victor, very amused by Wicked not being able to get in Picture over that juggernaut Nouvelle Vague.

Emily Blunt is the most random nomination of the year

Like how the "Cinematic and Box Office Achievement" category made the purchase of a Globe nomination literal, perhaps made room for more substantive noms elsewhere.

EDIT: Nevermind, had missed that Wicked still got its acting slots, carry on.

Biggest surprise of the Oscars shortlists today is Sirat overperforming - it even made the new Casting shortlist, which I’m pretty sure not a soul predicted. Second biggest surprise is Weapons missing Makeup, silencing those who thought Madigan was winning. Seyfried prob missing too because her film made none of the shortlists. And the Academy still loves Wicked…

Wow, very surprising to see Sirat get in, and glad that most of the insane Zionist docs got shut out save one of them. Wonder why Ann Lee didn’t make it - did they get it too late in the season, or were the musicians peeved at the idea of Blumberg winning twice in a row? Funniest entry has to be the Diane Warren documentary score/song

Apparently Searchlight hasn’t sent out any screeners for it or Is This Thing On?.

The Narrator Returns wrote: Wed Dec 17, 2025 12:58 pm Apparently Searchlight hasn’t sent out any screeners for it or Is This Thing On?.

I'm fairly certain this was supposed to have a wide release this Friday, which has now been changed to a limited release with the wide release in mid-January. But awards-wise, I think it's dead in the water.

domino harvey wrote:Biggest surprise of the Oscars shortlists today is Sirat overperforming - it even made the new Casting shortlist, which I’m pretty sure not a soul predicted. Second biggest surprise is Weapons missing Makeup, silencing those who thought Madigan was winning. Seyfried prob missing too because her film made none of the shortlists. And the Academy still loves Wicked…

I never would have predicted it, but the Casting nom makes sense for Sirat, since it relies on a small, diverse ensemble, and everybody in it works.

Nevertheless, I’m shocked that this film got any Oscar attention whatsoever!

AACTA (Australian) Award nominations for 2026.

BEST FILM
Bring Her Back
Kangaroo
Lesbian Space Princess
The Correspondent
The Surfer
The Travellers

BEST INDIE FILM
Carmen & Bolude
Fwends
It Will Find You
Lesbian Space Princess
Magic Beach
With or Without You

The Awards ceremony is on 6 February

NSFC winners were announced today

Best Picture: One Battle After Another (57 points)
(r.u. Sinners (29 points), The Secret Agent (27))

Best International Film: The Secret Agent (58 points)
(r.u. It Was Just an Accident (57 points), Sentimental Value (38 points))

Best Actor: Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (57 points)
(r.u. Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent (43 points); Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (36 points))

Best Actress: Kathleen Chalfant, Familiar Touch (45 points)
(r.u. Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (39 points); Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value (37 points)

Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (54 points)
(r.u. Delroy Lindo, Sinners (37); Stellan Skarsgard, Sentimental Value (30))

Best Supporting Actress: Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another (56 points)
(R.u. Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value (47 points), Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (41 points))

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (54 points)
(r.u. Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (48), Richard Linklater, Blue Moon & Nouvelle Vague (39 points)

Best Screenplay: It Was Just an Accident (53 points)
(r.u. Blue Moon (50 points); The Secret Agent (40 points))

Best Cinematography: Sinners (50 points)
(r.u. Train Dreams (36 points), One Battle After Another (29 points))

Best Non-Fiction Film: My Undesirable Friends (56 points)
(r.u. The Perfect Neighbor (22 points), Orwell: 2+2=5 (18 points))

Best Experimental Film: Morning Circle (Basma al-Sharif)
Special Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution: Landmarks (Lucrecia Martel)
Film Heritage Award: Cinema Tropical, for its tireless efforts to distribute, program and promote Latin American cinema in the U.S.
Film Heritage Award: The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema.
Film Heritage Award: the late Ken and Flo Jacobs, an irreplaceable, gravitational center of the American avant-garde, with a shared artistic sensibility that helped define experimental cinema.

Notably, OBAA has won all four major critics groups (NBR, LAFCA, NYFCC being the other three), being the fourth film to do so, after Schindler's List, LA Confidential, The Social Network

MistressAmerica wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 3:24 am Special Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution: Landmarks (Lucrecia Martel)

This was one of my favorites last year (saw it at the NYFF). Hopefully it gets a release here soon.

Film Heritage Award: The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema.

Speak of the devil (in the New York City Repertory Cinema thread), that's Jake Perlin's latest venture. I'm glad Michael Roemer got to see a wider appreciation for his films (even if the last appearance I witnessed had him seemingly lament the life of a filmmaker) and the Film Desk was a major reason for that.

hearthesilence wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 5:19 am

MistressAmerica wrote: Sun Jan 04, 2026 3:24 am Special Award for a Film Awaiting U.S. Distribution: Landmarks (Lucrecia Martel)

This was one of my favorites last year (saw it at the NYFF). Hopefully it gets a release here soon.

Film Heritage Award: The Film Desk, for releasing key movies from all over the world, in 35mm prints and on home video, and publishing books that have enriched the public’s knowledge of cinema.

Speak of the devil (in the New York City Repertory Cinema thread), that's Jake Perlin's latest venture. I'm glad Michael Roemer got to see a wider appreciation for his films (even if the last appearance I witnessed had him seemingly lament the life of a filmmaker) and the Film Desk was a major reason for that.

I’be bought way too many used books from Film Desk. I can’t believe they sold a great paperback copy of Nestor Almendros’ autobiography for under $75

I just saw their 35mm print of The Green Ray 2 days ago

Wow, Marty Supreme really flopped with this group, huh?

In case there are others like me who don't know what the hell the difference is between the Critics Choice Awards, the National Society of Film Critics, and the National Board of Review, Wikipedia sez:

The Critics' Choice Awards (formerly known as the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award) is an awards show presented annually by the American Critics Choice Association (CCA), an association of television, radio and online critics. They've been in existence since 1995, and the ceremony has been broadcast since 2005.

The National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) is an American organization of film critics who write for a variety of weekly and daily newspapers along with major publications and media outlets. It was founded in 1966.

The National Board of Review of Motion Pictures (NBR) is a non-profit organization of New York City area film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics, and students. Founded in 1909, they publish the magazine Films in Review.

The Critics Choice Awards just casually handed Kleber Mendonça Filho the award for Best Foreign Language Film during his E! red carpet interview and then cut away to commercial. He had no previous idea he had won and didn't even get to say "thank you." Ridiculous.