Friday, April 19, 2024

“ABIGAIL”

THE STORY - A group of would-be criminals kidnaps the 12-year-old daughter of a powerful underworld figure. Holding her for ransom in an isolated mansion,...

“CHALLENGERS”

THE STORY - Tashi, a tennis player turned coach, has transformed her husband from a mediocre player into a world-famous grand slam champion. To jolt...

“DESERT ROAD”

THE STORY - A woman crashes her car and walks down the road for help - only to find no matter which way she walks...

“BABES”

“IMMACULATE”

“THE FALL GUY”

The 2023 Writers Guild Of America (WGA) Winners

The Writers Guild Of America (WGA) has finally announced their winners representing the best in screenwriting for 2023, thus concluding the 2023-2024 awards season....

Did The Oscar Box Office Boost Come Back In 2024?

"It's all about the Hamiltons, baby!" as Chris Parnell famously once declared. The same motivation the "Saturday Night Live" veteran had on a "Lazy...

The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interviews With “We Grown Now” Stars Lil Rel Howery, Jurnee Smollett & Director Minhal Baig

"We Grown Now" had its world premiere at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival, where it received strong reviews for its direction, performances, and...

The 2023 Writers Guild Of America (WGA) Winners

The Writers Guild Of America (WGA) has finally announced their winners representing the best in screenwriting for 2023, thus concluding the 2023-2024 awards season....

Trailers

Trailer – “Trap”

Warner Bros. has released the trailer for M. Night Shyamalan's latest film, "Trap," starring Josh Hartnett, Saleka Shyamalan, Hayley Mills, Marnie McPhail & Vanessa Smythe....

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Ranking The Films Of Alex Garland

Some famous directors begin as scrappy teenage filmmakers who work through their 20s to finally helm feature-length movies. London native Alex Garland had a...

Political Films Released During A U.S. Presidential Election Year

"Civil War" would likely have been a political maelstrom if it came out in 2021, 2022, or 2023. Yet, releasing a large-scale movie about...

The Best Films Of Q1 2024

2024 has been a fascinating film year so far. The superhero genre that’s dominated the release calendar for the last decade-plus has taken a...

A Recap Of The 2024 SXSW Film Festival

SXSW always features an exciting combination of buzzy Hollywood blockbusters and creative, low-budget independent projects. This year was no exception, as evidenced by Universal...

Previewing The 2024 South By Southwest Film Festival (SXSW)

The 2024 edition of the SXSW Film & Television Festival begins this Friday, March 8th, 2024. Last year was my first time attending the...

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“WE GROWN NOW”

“ABIGAIL”

“IN FLAMES”

“STING”

“CHALLENGERS”

2023 PRECURSOR WINS

BEST PICTURE
Oppenheimer (29) – AFCC, BAFTA, CACF, CAPRI, CCA, CIC, DFCA, DFCS, GAFCA, GG, IPA, KCFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, OFCS, OFTA, OSCAR, PCA, PGA, SAG, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, StLFCA, NTFCA, UKFCA
Past Lives (11) – CIC, DFCC, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, LEJA, NSFC, OAFFC, PCC, SFCS, SPIRIT, UFCA
Killers Of The Flower Moon (10) – AARP, AFCA, BOFCA, CFCA, COFCA, NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, PFCS
American Fiction (5) – AAFCA, BFCC, BRA, TIFF, WAFCA
Poor Things (5) – GG, HFCS, IFJA, PFCC, VENICE
Barbie (4) – AACTA, HCA, HFCS, MMCG
The Holdovers (4) – BSFC, DFWFCA, IFCA, IPA
The Zone Of Interest (4) – AWFJ, LAFCA, LFCC, TFCA
Anatomy Of A Fall (3) – CANNES, EFA, VFCC
All Of Us Strangers (2) – BIFA, GALECA
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. – SDFCS
Close Your Eyes – ICS
The Color Purple – NAACP
The Boy And The Heron – FFCC
On The Adamant – BERLIN

BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan (44) – AACTA, AARP, AFCA, AFCC, BAFTA, BOFCA, CACF, CAPRI, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, DGA, GAFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, HFCS, IFCA, IPA, KCFCC, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCS, OFTA, OSCAR, PCA, PFCS, SEFCA, StLFCA, UKFCA, VFCC, WAFCA
Jonathan Glazer (6) – BSFC, LAFCA, LFCC, NSFC, SFBAFCC, TFCA
Martin Scorsese (5) – COFCA, NBR, OFCC, SDFCS, SFCS
Greta Gerwig (4) – AWFJ, GALECA, MMCG, OAFFC
Yorgos Lanthimos (3) – IFJA, PCC, PFCC
Celine Song (3) – DFCC, SPIRIT, UFCA
Cord Jefferson (2) – BFCC, BRA
Ava DuVernay – AAFCA
Víctor Erice – ICS
Philippe Garrel – BERLIN
Matteo Garrone
– VENICE
Andrew Haigh – BIFA
Todd Haynes – FFCC
Tran Anh Hung
– CANNES
A.V. Rockwell – GOTHAM
Justine Triet – EFA

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone (36) – AFCA, AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, DFCA, DFCC, DFWFCA, FFCC, GAFCA, GALECA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, IFCA, IPA, KCFCC, LEJA, MNFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NDFS, NTFCA, NYFCC, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, SAG, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA
Emma Stone (27) – BAFTA, CACF, CCA, CFCA, CIC, COFCA, DFCS, GG, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, LAFCA, LFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, MMCG, NFCS, OFTA, OSCAR, PCA, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SFBAFCC, UFCA, WFCC
Sandra Hüller (7) – EFA, ICS, LAFCA, NSFC, NYFCO, TFCA, VFCC
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (2) – AAFCA, BFCC
Margot Robbie (2) – AACTA, HCA
Fantasia Barrino – NAACP
Annette Bening – AARP
Mia McKenna-Bruce – BIFA
Merve Dizdar – CANNES
Lily Gladstone – GOTHAM
Greta Lee – HFCS
Carey Mulligan – CAPRI
Sofia Otero – BERLIN
Cailee Spaeny – VENICE

BEST ACTOR
Cillian Murphy (30) – AACTA, AFCA, AFCC, BAFTA, BOFCA, CACF, DFCA, DFCC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GAFCA, GG, HFCS, IPA, KCFCC, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NYFCO, OSCAR, PCA, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SAG, SEFCA, StLFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA, WFCC
Paul Giamatti (20) – BSFC, CCA, CFCA, CIC, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, IFCA, IPA, KCFCC, MCFCA, MMCG, NBR, NTFCA, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, VFCC
Jeffrey Wright (8) – AWFJ, BFCC, BRA, MMCG, SDFCS, SFBAFCC, SFCS, SPIRIT
Colman Domingo (5) – AAFCA, AARP, CAPRI, LEJA, NAACP
Andrew Scott (4) – ICS, LFCC, NSFC, UFCA
Bradley Cooper (2) – LVFCS, NFCS
Franz Ragowski (2) – FFCC, NYFCC
Mads Mikkelsen – EFA
Koji Yakusho – CANNES

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Da’Vine Joy Randolph (54) – AAFCA, AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BAFTA, BOFCA, BSFC, CACF, CCA, CFCA, CIC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GAFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HCA, HFCS, HFCS, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LEJA, LFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, MMCG, MNFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NDFS, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, OSCAR, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SAG, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, SFCS, SPIRIT, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, VFCC, WAFCA, WFCC
Rachel McAdams (6) – DFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, PCA, SDFCS, UKFCA
Danielle Brooks (3) – AAFCA, BFCC, BRA
Jodie Foster (2) – AARP, COFCA
Thea Ehre – BERLIN
Taraji P. Henson – NAACP
Vanessa Kirby – AACTA
Julianne Moore – NFCS
Ana Torrent – ICS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Robert Downey Jr. (28) – AFCA, AFCC, BAFTA, CACF, CCA, CIC, DFWFCA, GAFCA, GG, IFCA, KCFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, MNFCA, NCFCA, NDFS, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCS, OFTA, OSCAR, PCC, PFCC, SAG, SDFCS, SEFCA, SFBAFCC, VFCC
Ryan Gosling (15) – AACTA, AFCC, AWFJ, BSFC, DFCS, HCA, HFCS, HFCS, MMCG, OFCC, PCA, PFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, UKFCA
Charles Melton (13) – BOFCA, CFCA, DFCA, FFCC, GALECA, GOTHAM, GWNYFCA, LFCC, NSFC, NYFCC, OAFFC, SFCS, WAFCA
Mark Ruffalo (4) – IFJA, IPA, NBR, NYFCO
Sterling K. Brown (2) – AAFCA, BFCC
Colman Domingo (2) – LEJA, NAACP
Jamie Bell – ICS
Robert De Niro – AARP
Glenn Howerton – NTFCA
Paul Mescal – BIFA
Peter Sarsgaard – VENICE
Dominic Sessa – UFCA
Shaun Thomas – BIFA

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction (17) – AAFCA, AWFJ, BAFTA, BFCC, BRA, CCA, HCA, HFCS, IPA, LVFCS, OAFFC, OSCAR, SFBAFCC, SPIRIT, USC, WAFCA, WGA
Oppenheimer (16) – AFCA, AFCC, BFCC, CACF, CIC, DFCA, GAFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, NCFCA, NFCS, OFCS, OFTA, PCA, SEFCA, StLFCA
Poor Things (6) – AACTA, DFCS, FFCC, IFJA, NBR, PFCC
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (4) – COFCA, KCFCC, SDFCS, UFCA
Killers Of The Flower Moon (4) – CFCA, OFCC, PFCS, TFCA
All Of Us Strangers (3) – BIFA, ICS, LAFCA
Barbie – LEJA
Music – BERLIN
The Zone Of Interest – BSFC

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Holdovers (18) – BOFCA, BSFC, COFCA, DFWFCA, GAFCA, IFJA, MCFCA, NBR, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCC, OFCS, OFTA, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, WGA
Past Lives (14) – AFCA, BFCC, CIC, FFCC, GWNYFCA, HFCS, KCFCC, LEJA, MNFCA, OAFFC, SFBAFCC, UFCA, UKFCA, WAFCA
Anatomy Of A Fall (12) – BAFTA, DFCC, EFA, GG, GOTHAM, ICS, KCFCC, LFCC, MMCG, NDFS, NYFCO, OSCAR
Barbie (10) – AARP, AWFJ, CCA, DFCS, HCA, NCFCA, SDFCS, StLFCA, TFCA, VFCC
May December (5) – BOFCA, CFCA, DFCA, GALECA, NSFC, NYFCC
Maestro (2) – IPA, LVFCS
El Conde – VENICE
Monster
– CANNES

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