I like the Film Comment list more than any of the others, and remember feeling that way for the last several years
― Dan S, Saturday, 18 December 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
Los Angeles weighs in, and between then, N.Y. and Boston (and in all likelihood the Nat'l Society), it's a clean sweep for Drive My Car.
Picture: DRIVE MY CARDirector: Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOGActor: Simon Rex, RED ROCKETActress: Penélope Cruz, PARALLEL MOTHERSSupporting Actor: Vincent Lindon, TITANE and Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG (tie)Supporting Actress: Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORYScreenplay: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, DRIVE MY CARCinematography: Ari Wegner, THE POWER OF THE DOGProduction Design: Steve Saklad, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAREditing: Joshua L. Pearson, SUMMER OF SOULMusic Score: Alberto Iglesias, PARALLEL MOTHERSForeign-Language Film: PETITE MAMANNon-Fiction Film: SUMMER OF SOULAnimation: FLEENew Generation Award: Shatara Michelle Ford, TEST PATTERN and Tatiana Huezo, PRAYERS FOR THE STOLENCareer Achievement Award: Mel BrooksThe Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: THE WORKS AND DAYS (OF TAYOKO SHIOJIRI IN THE SHIOTANI BASIN)
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 19 December 2021 02:35 (two years ago) link
From some site telling me where I can see it: "If you’re looking for an introspective, character-driven road drama, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s latest film, Drive My Car, checks all of the boxes." Geez, I did a whole poll of such films. So I really want to see it--but can't, yet, as far as I can tell.
― clemenza, Sunday, 19 December 2021 02:39 (two years ago) link
Love that Production Design win for BARB AND STAR
― jaymc, Sunday, 19 December 2021 05:51 (two years ago) link
I'm considering seeing WSS for my first movie in theaters since Little Women on New Year's Day 2020. ...― jaymc, Tuesday, December 14, 2021 11:38 PM (five days ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol @ this cockamamie idea. hopefully it comes to streaming before too long.
― jaymc, Sunday, 19 December 2021 17:10 (two years ago) link
Good on them for recognizing Lindon too.
LAFCC loves hairpin turns with acting wins -- Penelope Cruz!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 19 December 2021 17:17 (two years ago) link
Someone from the CBC--don't know a thing about him.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/best-films-2021-1.6287609
― clemenza, Monday, 20 December 2021 16:25 (two years ago) link
He was doing fine until the last seven or eight.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 20 December 2021 16:27 (two years ago) link
I quite liked French Dispatch - I'd put it in the top 50% of his movies. But it wouldn't sway anyone who doesn't already like his style
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 21 December 2021 04:21 (two years ago) link
Because Oscars are detrius, the Oscar shortlists...
https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/94th_oscars_shortlists.pdf
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE“Ascension”“Attica”“Billie Eilish: The World’s a Little Blurry”“Faya Dayi”“The First Wave”“Flee”“In the Same Breath”“Julia”“President”“Procession”“The Rescue”“Simple as Water”“Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)”“The Velvet Underground”“Writing with Fire”
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT“Águilas”“Audible”“A Broken House”“Camp Confidential: America’s Secret Nazis”“Coded: The Hidden Love of J. C. Leyendecker”“Day of Rage”“The Facility”“Lead Me Home”“Lynching Postcards: “Token of a Great Day””“The Queen of Basketball”“Sophie & the Baron”“Takeover”“Terror Contagion”“Three Songs for Benazir”“When We Were Bullies”
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILMAustria, “Great Freedom”Belgium, “Playground”Bhutan, “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom”Denmark, “Flee”Finland, “Compartment No. 6”Germany, “I’m Your Man”Iceland, “Lamb”Iran, “A Hero”Italy, “The Hand of God”Japan, “Drive My Car”Kosovo, “Hive”Mexico, “Prayers for the Stolen”Norway, “The Worst Person in the World”Panama, “Plaza Catedral”Spain, “The Good Boss”
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING“Coming 2 America”“Cruella”“Cyrano”“Dune”“The Eyes of Tammy Faye”“House of Gucci”“Nightmare Alley”“No Time to Die”“The Suicide Squad”“West Side Story”
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SCORE)“Being the Ricardos”“Candyman”“Don’t Look Up”“Dune”“Encanto”“The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun”“The Green Knight”“The Harder They Fall”“King Richard”“The Last Duel”“No Time to Die”“Parallel Mothers”“The Power of the Dog”“Spencer”“The Tragedy of Macbeth”
MUSIC (ORIGINAL SONG)“So May We Start?” from “Annette”“Down To Joy” from “Belfast”“Right Where I Belong” from “Brian Wilson: Long Promised Road”“Automatic Woman” from “Bruised”“Dream Girl” from “Cinderella”“Beyond The Shore” from “CODA”“The Anonymous Ones” from “Dear Evan Hansen”“Just Look Up” from “Don’t Look Up”“Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto”“Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”“Guns Go Bang” from “The Harder They Fall”“Be Alive” from “King Richard”“No Time To Die” from “No Time to Die”“Here I Am (Singing My Way Home)” from “Respect”“Your Song Saved My Life” from “Sing 2”
ANIMATED SHORT FILM“Affairs of the Art”“Angakusajaujuq: The Shaman’s Apprentice”“Bad Seeds”“Bestia”“Boxballet”“Flowing Home”“Mum Is Pouring Rain”“The Musician”“Namoo”“Only a Child”“Robin Robin”“Souvenir Souvenir”“Step into the River”“Us Again”“The Windshield Wiper”
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM“Ala Kachuu - Take and Run”“Censor of Dreams”“The Criminals”“Distances”“The Dress”“Frimas”“Les Grandes Claques”“The Long Goodbye”“On My Mind”“Please Hold”“Stenofonen”“Tala’vision”“Under the Heavens”“When the Sun Sets”“You’re Dead Helen”
SOUND“Belfast”“Dune”“Last Night in Soho”“The Matrix Resurrections”“No Time to Die”“The Power of the Dog”“A Quiet Place Part II”“Spider-Man: No Way Home”“tick, tick...BOOM!”“West Side Story”
VISUAL EFFECTS“Black Widow”“Dune”“Eternals”“Free Guy”“Ghostbusters: Afterlife”“Godzilla vs. Kong”“The Matrix Resurrections”“No Time to Die”“Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings”“Spider-Man: No Way Home”
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:16 (two years ago) link
Titane not even getting this far is the non-surprise of the season.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:17 (two years ago) link
Our winners about to be announced.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
The songs in Annette are terrible, but it would delight me to no end if one of them scored an Oscar nod.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:22 (two years ago) link
Belfast getting onto the shortlist for best sound is a grim bellwether.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
Shall we start surely will and I expect it to win
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:25 (two years ago) link
Beyonce and Jay-Z will cancel each other out, allowing Brian Wilson to win.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:39 (two years ago) link
I'd love to see The Velvet Underground win, my own minor reservations aside. But it won't beat Summer of Soul (which I still haven't seen).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 December 2021 18:52 (two years ago) link
Memoria has leaked. Hell yeah dude.
― JackMyFruit, Friday, 24 December 2021 18:56 (two years ago) link
i will likely cheat but watching weeraseethakul anywhere but the theater misses the point imo
― i cannot help if you made yourself not funny (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 25 December 2021 19:26 (two years ago) link
I really liked the performances in Passing and The Lost Daughter, and those films were both interesting
― Dan S, Friday, 7 January 2022 00:51 (two years ago) link
Two lists for a niche cinema concern:
https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/the-best-action-scenes-of-2021https://www.polygon.com/22859125/best-action-movie-scenes-2021
― Daniel_Rf, Friday, 7 January 2022 15:33 (two years ago) link
It's "better than" list time ...
Movie culture reached a turning point in 2021 where the glut of content, streaming or in theaters, overwhelmed concerns about quality, craft, and the destructive messages being sold to us. Film artists competed with virtue-signaling, and political distraction was confused with emotional and visual satisfaction.This year’s Better-Than List is, more than ever, a reminder of the standards we must hold to keep our sanity and to maintain culture that preserves our humanity and morality. Every Better-Than choice offers alternatives to deceit, ineptitude, and nihilism.About Endlessness > Dune, The Green KnightRoy Andersson’s series of comic-tragic tableaux depict the modern Christian quest for salvation that is abandoned by Denis Villeneuve’s inexpressive sci-fi and David Lowery’s fractured mythology. Most sci-fi movies, like pseudo-myths, are about meaninglessness.Annette > West Side StoryLeos Carax’s ravishing existential opera addresses artistic crisis, that creative challenge that Steven Spielberg’s remake turns into no-hope social-justice platitudes.Coming 2 America > Judas and the Black MessiahEddie Murphy and Craig Brewer’s superior sequel hilariously corrects Hollywood’s fashionable, insulting race hustle. The year’s best Hollywood movie is a welcoming diaspora comedy.Shoplifters of the World > Licorice PizzaStephen Kijak’s tribute to The Smiths captures the inextinguishable flame of pop-culture fraternity, going deeper than Paul Thomas Anderson’s clever ’70s period piece.France > Drive My CarBruno Dumont’s media heroine reveals contemporary psychic turmoil while Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Chekhov imitation distracts from it. Dumont mixes genres to pungent effect while Hamaguchi tells the wrong story and lards it with “art.”Summer of 85 > BelfastFrançois Ozon revisits ’80s AIDS-era innocence for a bold cultural confession, while Kenneth Branagh turns Irish ethnic conflict into totally inauthentic pop nostalgia.Sin > Benedetta, House of GucciAndrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s awesome Michelangelo biopic explores the price and sacrifice of achieving greatness. Paul Verhoeven and Ridley Scott exploit the business of religion and fashion for shameless Euro-trash.Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Army of the Dead, Army of Thieves > No Time to DieSnyder finally got his chance to fulfill the visionary possibilities of pop myths, but the James Bond franchise-holders kill off the formerly fun, expressive brand.Georgetown > The Card CounterChristoph Waltz’s unsparing Beltway satire is more humane than Paul Schrader’s wallow in way-late recriminations about the Iraq War.Love Is Love Is Love > Passing, The Lost DaughterEleanor Coppola’s wisdom about female experience is missing from Rebecca Hall’s and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s miserable tales about racial and gender identity. Coppola doesn’t fit the feminist model, she transcends it.Saint-Narcisse > The Power of the DogBruce LaBruce dares explore the mystique of sexual identity, creating his own, rich mythology, but Jane Campion demeans the Western genre as if to justify the misandry and homophobia of pseudo-feminism.Sublet > Parallel MothersEytan Fox forces a haughty New York Times journalist in Israel to rethink his place in the world, but Almodóvar’s bisexual melodrama turns his usual charm into a pretext for lamenting Spain’s Fascist past. Remarkable compassion vs. embarrassing guilt.Licorice Pizza > The Worst Person in the WorldAnderson’s wild, evocative anecdotes about freewheeling youth best Joachim Trier’s exploits that tirelessly defend self-obsessed Millennials. It’s the difference between romance and cynicism.Dear Comrades! > The Tragedy of MacbethKonchalovsky’s view of recent Soviet history (featuring a powerful performance by Yuliya Vysotskaya) parallels the contemporary U.S. Communist threat, but Joel Coen traduces Shakespeare to flatter contemporary U.S. political trends. A vibrant history lesson vs. a lesson in thespian vanity.Pig > King RichardNicolas Cage’s artisan-avenger makes Michael Sarnoski’s folktale a fable about personal conviction, but Will Smith misses the point in his latest egotistical biopic.
This year’s Better-Than List is, more than ever, a reminder of the standards we must hold to keep our sanity and to maintain culture that preserves our humanity and morality. Every Better-Than choice offers alternatives to deceit, ineptitude, and nihilism.
About Endlessness > Dune, The Green KnightRoy Andersson’s series of comic-tragic tableaux depict the modern Christian quest for salvation that is abandoned by Denis Villeneuve’s inexpressive sci-fi and David Lowery’s fractured mythology. Most sci-fi movies, like pseudo-myths, are about meaninglessness.
Annette > West Side StoryLeos Carax’s ravishing existential opera addresses artistic crisis, that creative challenge that Steven Spielberg’s remake turns into no-hope social-justice platitudes.
Coming 2 America > Judas and the Black MessiahEddie Murphy and Craig Brewer’s superior sequel hilariously corrects Hollywood’s fashionable, insulting race hustle. The year’s best Hollywood movie is a welcoming diaspora comedy.
Shoplifters of the World > Licorice PizzaStephen Kijak’s tribute to The Smiths captures the inextinguishable flame of pop-culture fraternity, going deeper than Paul Thomas Anderson’s clever ’70s period piece.
France > Drive My CarBruno Dumont’s media heroine reveals contemporary psychic turmoil while Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Chekhov imitation distracts from it. Dumont mixes genres to pungent effect while Hamaguchi tells the wrong story and lards it with “art.”
Summer of 85 > BelfastFrançois Ozon revisits ’80s AIDS-era innocence for a bold cultural confession, while Kenneth Branagh turns Irish ethnic conflict into totally inauthentic pop nostalgia.
Sin > Benedetta, House of GucciAndrei Mikhalkov-Konchalovsky’s awesome Michelangelo biopic explores the price and sacrifice of achieving greatness. Paul Verhoeven and Ridley Scott exploit the business of religion and fashion for shameless Euro-trash.
Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Army of the Dead, Army of Thieves > No Time to DieSnyder finally got his chance to fulfill the visionary possibilities of pop myths, but the James Bond franchise-holders kill off the formerly fun, expressive brand.
Georgetown > The Card CounterChristoph Waltz’s unsparing Beltway satire is more humane than Paul Schrader’s wallow in way-late recriminations about the Iraq War.
Love Is Love Is Love > Passing, The Lost DaughterEleanor Coppola’s wisdom about female experience is missing from Rebecca Hall’s and Maggie Gyllenhaal’s miserable tales about racial and gender identity. Coppola doesn’t fit the feminist model, she transcends it.
Saint-Narcisse > The Power of the DogBruce LaBruce dares explore the mystique of sexual identity, creating his own, rich mythology, but Jane Campion demeans the Western genre as if to justify the misandry and homophobia of pseudo-feminism.
Sublet > Parallel MothersEytan Fox forces a haughty New York Times journalist in Israel to rethink his place in the world, but Almodóvar’s bisexual melodrama turns his usual charm into a pretext for lamenting Spain’s Fascist past. Remarkable compassion vs. embarrassing guilt.
Licorice Pizza > The Worst Person in the WorldAnderson’s wild, evocative anecdotes about freewheeling youth best Joachim Trier’s exploits that tirelessly defend self-obsessed Millennials. It’s the difference between romance and cynicism.
Dear Comrades! > The Tragedy of MacbethKonchalovsky’s view of recent Soviet history (featuring a powerful performance by Yuliya Vysotskaya) parallels the contemporary U.S. Communist threat, but Joel Coen traduces Shakespeare to flatter contemporary U.S. political trends. A vibrant history lesson vs. a lesson in thespian vanity.
Pig > King RichardNicolas Cage’s artisan-avenger makes Michael Sarnoski’s folktale a fable about personal conviction, but Will Smith misses the point in his latest egotistical biopic.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 8 January 2022 00:40 (two years ago) link
my eyes
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 8 January 2022 00:52 (two years ago) link
So, Shoplifters of the World > Licorice Pizza > The Worst Person in the World?
Also, Pig > King Richard is nowhere near the bold critical stance that Armond seems to think it is.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Saturday, 8 January 2022 01:02 (two years ago) link
Neither tbh are
Saint-Narcisse > The Power of the DogSummer of 85 > BelfastAbout Endlessness > Dune, The Green Knight
or even
France > Drive My Car
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 8 January 2022 01:39 (two years ago) link
The Hand of God was totally a Fellini homage, the big difference being the tragedy in the middle of the film, which was very understated
Most of the performances were voluble and very emotive, but Filippo Scotti as Fabietto, a teenager who becomes an adult over the course of the film, gave a subtle and fantastic performance
― Dan S, Saturday, 8 January 2022 02:08 (two years ago) link
National Society makes it unanimous ...
Best Picture: DRIVE MY CAR (48 points)Runners-up:PETITE MAMAN (25 points)THE POWER OF THE DOG (23 points)— National Society of Film Critics (@NatSocFilmCrix) January 8, 2022
Best Actress: Penélope Cruz, PARALLEL MOTHERS (55 points)Runners-up:Renate Reinsve, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (42 points)Alana Haim, LICORICE PIZZA (32 points)— National Society of Film Critics (@NatSocFilmCrix) January 8, 2022
Best Actor: Hidetoshi Nishijima, DRIVE MY CAR (63 points)Runners-up:Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG (44 points)Simon Rex, RED ROCKET (30 points)— National Society of Film Critics (@NatSocFilmCrix) January 8, 2022
Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Negga, PASSING (46 points)Runners-up:Ariana DeBose, WEST SIDE STORY (22 points)Jessie Buckley, THE LOST DAUGHTER (21 points)— National Society of Film Critics (@NatSocFilmCrix) January 8, 2022
Best Supporting Actor: Anders Danielsen Lie, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (54 points)Runners-up:Vincent Lindon, TITANE (33 points)Mike Faist, WEST SIDE STORY, and Kodi Smit-McPhee, THE POWER OF THE DOG (26 points)— National Society of Film Critics (@NatSocFilmCrix) January 8, 2022
Best Screenplay: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, DRIVE MY CAR (46 points)Runners-up:Pedro Almodóvar, PARALLEL MOTHERS (22 points)Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA (20 points)— National Society of Film Critics (@NatSocFilmCrix) January 8, 2022
(Best Director still to be chosen.)
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 8 January 2022 20:46 (two years ago) link
Anders Danielsen Lie is the Hottest Man in the World.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 8 January 2022 20:51 (two years ago) link
Best Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, DRIVE MY CAR and WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY (46 points)Runners-up:Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG (36 points)Céline Sciamma, PETITE MAMAN (28 points)— National Society of Film Critics (@NatSocFilmCrix) January 8, 2022
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Saturday, 8 January 2022 20:54 (two years ago) link
Up there. Just discovered Jonathan Bailey, who cuts a similar silouette, in the last week.
Anders Danielson Lie was very appealing in Reprise and Olso, August 31st, am looking forward to seeing Bergman Island and The Worst Person In the World
― Dan S, Sunday, 9 January 2022 03:54 (two years ago) link
I never know how they make these determinations, but how is Ruth Negga a supporting actress in Passing? Wasn't she in almost every scene? Maybe I'm not remembering right.
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 January 2022 04:01 (two years ago) link
she and Tessa Thompson were both great in that film, but hers did feel like the supporting role
― Dan S, Sunday, 9 January 2022 04:12 (two years ago) link
I should have checked before posting--I have their names backwards.
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 January 2022 05:08 (two years ago) link
Yeah, remind me to stay far away from Better Than (or whatever that was)
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 9 January 2022 10:50 (two years ago) link
Knowing a "not his kind of movie" swept the critics awards, I had to see what the gargoyle JW was saying in NSFC's wake. Was not disappointed.
Drive My Car is a morose, slow-paced film about coping with grief and long-festering guilt (i.e., the trials and tribulations of grief monkeys). It’s strictly an art-house sauna movie for elite, ivory-tower critics — a respectable effort by any measure, but a movie that resides in its own cave and doesn’t begin to even try to capture or engage with or reflect anything about mainstream life in the years 2020 or ’21. It could have been made in 1957 or ’63 or ’86 or ’92.NextBestPicture‘s Matt Neglia recently had the temerity to suggest that Drive My Car, having won Best Picture trophies from NSFC, LAFCA and the NYFCC, is cut from the same cloth as Goodfellas, Schindler’s List, L.A. Confidential, The Hurt Locker, The Social Network and Spotlight. Neglia is one of those film nerd types who lives on his own planet, or, if you will, inside his own rectum. There’s no reasoning with guys like this.
NextBestPicture‘s Matt Neglia recently had the temerity to suggest that Drive My Car, having won Best Picture trophies from NSFC, LAFCA and the NYFCC, is cut from the same cloth as Goodfellas, Schindler’s List, L.A. Confidential, The Hurt Locker, The Social Network and Spotlight. Neglia is one of those film nerd types who lives on his own planet, or, if you will, inside his own rectum. There’s no reasoning with guys like this.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 9 January 2022 15:23 (two years ago) link
Even better, with shades of Hedda and Louella:
https://www.showbiz411.com/2022/01/08/three-hour-japanese-drive-my-car-wins-national-society-of-film-critics-group-seeks-to-make-awards-even-more-irrelevant
I wish I knew what the point was of all this: the National Film Society of Critics voted Best Picture to “Drive My Car,” an almost three hour Japanese film that most people know nothing about. It’s a very good film, and a long one, but it was already named Best Picture by the New York and Los Angeles film critics groups. So what’s the point?Frankly, this was a big “f-you” to American and British filmmakers and films made in English. It was the same to the larger film going audience. The NSFC could have shaped the conversation about a group of films headed to the Oscars and struggling at the box office. But the message is “We’re so cool we don’t have to like anything you’re being offered.” So why should anyone bother going to theaters if the critics say forget it?I’m not talking about giving awards to blockbusters like “Spider Man” or “No Time to Die.” With good movies from Spielberg, Branagh, Campion, PTA, Joel Coen, Villeneuve, Miranda, Sorkin, not mention “CODA,” and so on, it’s kind of insulting to thumb your nose at your own business. (I’m not supposed to say this, but the film critics still don’t get if they don’t support the movie business, they will be out of jobs.)I know there’s a Film Twitter feeling that “Drive My Car” will be “Parasite,” win Best Picture and really up-end the film business. If that’s how the Oscars seem like they’re going, no one will watch the broadcast on March 27th. This is what’s happened to the Emmy Awards: the statues go to shows with small audiences, minuscule, no one watches the Emmys as a result. If the point is to make all this irrelevant, we’re headed in that direction very fast.
Frankly, this was a big “f-you” to American and British filmmakers and films made in English. It was the same to the larger film going audience. The NSFC could have shaped the conversation about a group of films headed to the Oscars and struggling at the box office. But the message is “We’re so cool we don’t have to like anything you’re being offered.” So why should anyone bother going to theaters if the critics say forget it?
I’m not talking about giving awards to blockbusters like “Spider Man” or “No Time to Die.” With good movies from Spielberg, Branagh, Campion, PTA, Joel Coen, Villeneuve, Miranda, Sorkin, not mention “CODA,” and so on, it’s kind of insulting to thumb your nose at your own business. (I’m not supposed to say this, but the film critics still don’t get if they don’t support the movie business, they will be out of jobs.)
I know there’s a Film Twitter feeling that “Drive My Car” will be “Parasite,” win Best Picture and really up-end the film business. If that’s how the Oscars seem like they’re going, no one will watch the broadcast on March 27th. This is what’s happened to the Emmy Awards: the statues go to shows with small audiences, minuscule, no one watches the Emmys as a result. If the point is to make all this irrelevant, we’re headed in that direction very fast.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 9 January 2022 15:25 (two years ago) link
Neglia is one of those film nerd types who lives on his own planet, or, if you will, inside his own rectum. There’s no reasoning with guys like this.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 9 January 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
People who live in glass rectums shouldn't throw farts.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 9 January 2022 15:34 (two years ago) link
glass rectum
About 51,700,000 results (0.47 seconds)
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 9 January 2022 15:36 (two years ago) link
wish I knew what the point was of all this: the National Film Society of Critics voted Best Picture to “Drive My Car,” an almost three hour Japanese film that most people know nothing about. It’s a very good film, and a long one, but it was already named Best Picture by the New York and Los Angeles film critics groups. So what’s the point?
I thought the point was that the critics' group liked the movie.
― jaymc, Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:09 (two years ago) link
Little of column A, little of column B ...
DRIVE MY CAR isn't my choice for movie of the year, but it's the perfect choice for movie of the year that will flummox people who think the role of critics awards is to shape the Oscars race.— A.A. Dowd (@AADowd) January 9, 2022
Theory about why Drive My Car gets critics'-group awards, look at critics' year-end lists, imagine the Venn diagram: it brings together various artistic tendencies that other films isolate. Not a consensus film by design but by accident.— Richard Brody (@tnyfrontrow) January 9, 2022
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:30 (two years ago) link
I know we're all ignoring the Golden Globes this year and, with mercy, from here on out.
BUT ... I also celebrate every time Belfast doesn't win.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 10 January 2022 13:52 (two years ago) link
The winners are unexpectedly...fine? I liked the Lucy film more than I expected, maybe Sorkin's best script? And Kidman did evoke the rather sour late middle-aged grand dame on '70s talk shows.
This may surprise you: I finished Tick on Saturday and, after surviving the first eight minutes, thought Garfield fine.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 10 January 2022 14:05 (two years ago) link
I don't blame Garfield. TTB is the worst of Jonathan Larsen + the worst of Lin-Manuel put together in a perfect shitstorm. Garfield is proper playing an annoying artiste.
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Monday, 10 January 2022 14:18 (two years ago) link
BAFTA longlists ... the big scandal being that they completely ignored The Souvenir Part II. Oh, and pretty much any performances not in the English language.
BEST FILMBeing The RicardosBelfastCODADon’t Look UpDuneHouse of GucciKing RichardLicorice PizzaNo Time To DieThe French DispatchThe Lost DaughterThe Power of the DogThe Tragedy of Macbethtick tick…BOOM!West Side StoryOUTSTANDING BRITISH FILMAfter LoveAli & AvaBelfastBenedictionBoiling PointThe Colour RoomCruellaCyranoThe DukeThe Electrical Life of Louis WainEverybody’s Talking About JamieHouse of GucciThe King’s ManLast Night in SohoMothering SundayMunich- The Edge of WarNo Time To DieOperation MincemeatPassingSpencerFILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGEA HeroBad Luck Banging or Loony PornCompartment No. 6Drive My CarFleeThe Hand of GodI’m Your ManLambThe Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldParallel MothersParis, 13th DistrictPetite MamanRiders of JusticeTitaneThe Worst Person in the WorldDOCUMENTARY14 Peaks: Nothing Is ImpossibleBecoming CousteauBillie Eilish: The World’s A Little BlurryCowFleeJFK Revisited: Through The Looking GlassLady Boss: The Jackie Collins StoryThe Lost LeonardoThe Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldThe Real Charlie ChaplinThe RescueThe Sparks BrothersSummer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)TinaThe Velvet UndergroundDIRECTORAfter LoveBelfastCODADon’t Look UpDrive My CarDuneFirst CowThe Hand of GodHappeningKing RichardLicorice PizzaThe Lost DaughterPassingPetite MamanThe Power of the DogThe Souvenir Part IIThe Tragedy of MacbethTitaneWest Side StoryZolaORIGINAL SCREENPLAYAfter LoveBeing The RicardosBelfastThe Card CounterC’mon C’monDon’t Look UpThe DukeThe French DispatchThe Hand of GodKing RichardLast Night in SohoLicorice PizzaParallel MothersPetite MamanThe Worst Person in the WorldADAPTED SCREENPLAYCODACyranoDrive My CarDuneThe Eyes of Tammy FayeThe Green KnightHouse of GucciThe Last DuelThe Lost DaughterNo Time To DiePassingThe Power of the DogThe Tragedy of Macbethtick tick…BOOM!West Side StoryLEADING ACTRESSJessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy FayeOlivia Colman, The Lost DaughterLady Gaga, House of GucciAlana Haim, Licorice PizzaJennifer Hudson, RespectEmilia Jones, CODANicole Kidman, Being The RicardosJennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look UpFrances McDormand, The Tragedy of MacbethRenate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the WorldClaire Rushbrook, Ali & AvaJoanna Scanlan, After LoveKristen Stewart, SpencerTessa Thompson, PassingRachel Zegler, West Side StoryLEADING ACTORRiz Ahmed, EncounterAdeel Akhtar, Ali & AvaMahershala Ali, Swan SongJavier Bardem, Being The RicardosDaniel Craig, No Time To DieBenedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the DogLeonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look UpPeter Dinklage, CyranoAdam Driver, House of GucciAndrew Garfield, tick tick…BOOM!Stephen Graham, Boiling PointCooper Hoffman, Licorice PizzaJoaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’monWill Smith, King RichardDenzel Washington, The Tragedy of MacbethSUPPORTING ACTRESSCaitríona Balfe, BelfastCate Blanchett, Don’t Look UpJessie Buckley, The Lost DaughterAna de Armas, No Time To DieAriana DeBose, West Side StoryAnn Dowd, MassJudi Dench, BelfastKirsten Dunst, The Power of the DogAunjanue Ellis, King RichardKathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of MacbethRita Moreno, West Side StoryRuth Negga, PassingVinette Robinson, Boiling PointMeryl Streep, Don’t Look UpAnya Taylor-Joy, Last Night in SohoSUPPORTING ACTORDavid Alvarez, West Side StoryBradley Cooper, Licorice PizzaBenicio del Toro, The French DispatchJamie Dornan, BelfastCiarán Hinds, BelfastMike Faist, West Side StoryAndrew Garfield, The Eyes of Tammy FayeTroy Kotsur, CODAJared Leto, House of GucciWoody Norman, C’mon C’monAl Pacino, House of GucciJesse Plemons, The Power of the DogMark Rylance, Don’t Look UpJ.K. Simmons, Being The RicardosKodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Being The RicardosBelfastCODADon’t Look UpDuneHouse of GucciKing RichardLicorice PizzaNo Time To DieThe French DispatchThe Lost DaughterThe Power of the DogThe Tragedy of Macbethtick tick…BOOM!West Side Story
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
After LoveAli & AvaBelfastBenedictionBoiling PointThe Colour RoomCruellaCyranoThe DukeThe Electrical Life of Louis WainEverybody’s Talking About JamieHouse of GucciThe King’s ManLast Night in SohoMothering SundayMunich- The Edge of WarNo Time To DieOperation MincemeatPassingSpencer
FILM NOT IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE
A HeroBad Luck Banging or Loony PornCompartment No. 6Drive My CarFleeThe Hand of GodI’m Your ManLambThe Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldParallel MothersParis, 13th DistrictPetite MamanRiders of JusticeTitaneThe Worst Person in the World
DOCUMENTARY
14 Peaks: Nothing Is ImpossibleBecoming CousteauBillie Eilish: The World’s A Little BlurryCowFleeJFK Revisited: Through The Looking GlassLady Boss: The Jackie Collins StoryThe Lost LeonardoThe Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldThe Real Charlie ChaplinThe RescueThe Sparks BrothersSummer of Soul (Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)TinaThe Velvet Underground
DIRECTOR
After LoveBelfastCODADon’t Look UpDrive My CarDuneFirst CowThe Hand of GodHappeningKing RichardLicorice PizzaThe Lost DaughterPassingPetite MamanThe Power of the DogThe Souvenir Part IIThe Tragedy of MacbethTitaneWest Side StoryZola
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
After LoveBeing The RicardosBelfastThe Card CounterC’mon C’monDon’t Look UpThe DukeThe French DispatchThe Hand of GodKing RichardLast Night in SohoLicorice PizzaParallel MothersPetite MamanThe Worst Person in the World
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
CODACyranoDrive My CarDuneThe Eyes of Tammy FayeThe Green KnightHouse of GucciThe Last DuelThe Lost DaughterNo Time To DiePassingThe Power of the DogThe Tragedy of Macbethtick tick…BOOM!West Side Story
LEADING ACTRESS
Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy FayeOlivia Colman, The Lost DaughterLady Gaga, House of GucciAlana Haim, Licorice PizzaJennifer Hudson, RespectEmilia Jones, CODANicole Kidman, Being The RicardosJennifer Lawrence, Don’t Look UpFrances McDormand, The Tragedy of MacbethRenate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the WorldClaire Rushbrook, Ali & AvaJoanna Scanlan, After LoveKristen Stewart, SpencerTessa Thompson, PassingRachel Zegler, West Side Story
LEADING ACTOR
Riz Ahmed, EncounterAdeel Akhtar, Ali & AvaMahershala Ali, Swan SongJavier Bardem, Being The RicardosDaniel Craig, No Time To DieBenedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the DogLeonardo DiCaprio, Don’t Look UpPeter Dinklage, CyranoAdam Driver, House of GucciAndrew Garfield, tick tick…BOOM!Stephen Graham, Boiling PointCooper Hoffman, Licorice PizzaJoaquin Phoenix, C’mon C’monWill Smith, King RichardDenzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Caitríona Balfe, BelfastCate Blanchett, Don’t Look UpJessie Buckley, The Lost DaughterAna de Armas, No Time To DieAriana DeBose, West Side StoryAnn Dowd, MassJudi Dench, BelfastKirsten Dunst, The Power of the DogAunjanue Ellis, King RichardKathryn Hunter, The Tragedy of MacbethRita Moreno, West Side StoryRuth Negga, PassingVinette Robinson, Boiling PointMeryl Streep, Don’t Look UpAnya Taylor-Joy, Last Night in Soho
SUPPORTING ACTOR
David Alvarez, West Side StoryBradley Cooper, Licorice PizzaBenicio del Toro, The French DispatchJamie Dornan, BelfastCiarán Hinds, BelfastMike Faist, West Side StoryAndrew Garfield, The Eyes of Tammy FayeTroy Kotsur, CODAJared Leto, House of GucciWoody Norman, C’mon C’monAl Pacino, House of GucciJesse Plemons, The Power of the DogMark Rylance, Don’t Look UpJ.K. Simmons, Being The RicardosKodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 14:57 (two years ago) link
The Souvenir Part II is listed under director (weird that they list the film titles).
― clemenza, Wednesday, 12 January 2022 15:29 (two years ago) link
These longlists paired with the SAG nominations this morning indicate things are definitely back to normal after last year's "no really, yay diversity!" blip.
Cast in a Motion PictureBelfast (Focus Features) CODA (Apple Original Films) Don’t Look Up (Netflix) House of Gucci (MGM/United Artists Releasing) King Richard (Warner Bros)
Female Actor in a Leading RoleJessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter) Lady Gaga (House of Gucci) Jennifer Hudson (Respect) Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos)
Male Actor in a Leading RoleJavier Bardem (Being the Ricardos) Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!) Will Smith (King Richard) Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Female Actor in a Supporting RoleCaitríona Balfe (Belfast) Cate Blanchett (Nightmare Alley) Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) Ruth Negga (Passing)
Male Actor in a Supporting RoleBen Affleck (The Tender Bar) Bradley Cooper (Licorice Pizza) Troy Kotsur (CODA) Jared Leto (House of Gucci) Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 12 January 2022 16:25 (two years ago) link
Online Film Critics Society nods ... could be worse.
Best PictureBelfastDrive My CarDuneThe Green KnightLicorice PizzaPigThe Power of the DogTitaneWest Side StoryThe Worst Person in the WorldBest Animated FeatureEncantoFleeLucaThe Mitchells vs. the MachinesRaya and the Last DragonBest DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson – Licorice PizzaJane Campion – The Power of the DogRyusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My CarSteven Spielberg – West Side StoryDenis Villeneuve – DuneBest ActorNicolas Cage – PigBenedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the DogAndrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!Oscar Isaac – The Card CounterHidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My CarBest ActressOlivia Colman – The Lost DaughterAlana Haim – Licorice PizzaRenate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the WorldAgathe Rousselle – TitaneKristen Stewart – SpencerBest Supporting ActorMike Faist – West Side StoryCiaran Hinds – BelfastTroy Kotsur – CODAKodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the DogJeffrey Wright – The French DispatchBest Supporting ActressAriana DeBose – West Side StoryAnn Dowd – MassKirsten Dunst – The Power of the DogAunjanue Ellis – King RichardRuth Negga – PassingBest Original ScreenplayBelfastA HeroLicorice PizzaMassPigBest Adapted ScreenplayDrive My CarDuneThe Lost DaughterPassingThe Power of the DogBest EditingBelfastDuneLicorice PizzaThe Power of the DogWest Side StoryBest CinematographyDuneThe Green KnightThe Power of the DogThe Tragedy of MacbethWest Side StoryBest Original ScoreDuneEncantoThe French DispatchThe Power of the DogSpencerBest Production DesignDuneThe French DispatchThe Green KnightNightmare AlleyWest Side StoryBest Costume DesignCruellaDuneThe French DispatchSpencerWest Side StoryBest Visual EffectsDuneThe Green KnightThe Matrix ResurrectionsShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsSpider-Man: No Way HomeBest Debut FeatureMaggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost DaughterRebecca Hall – PassingFran Kranz – MassMichael Sarnoski – PigEmma Seligman – Shiva BabyBest Film Not in the English LanguageDrive My CarFleeA HeroTitaneThe Worst Person in the WorldBest DocumentaryFleeProcessionThe RescueSummer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)The Velvet Underground
Best Animated FeatureEncantoFleeLucaThe Mitchells vs. the MachinesRaya and the Last Dragon
Best DirectorPaul Thomas Anderson – Licorice PizzaJane Campion – The Power of the DogRyusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My CarSteven Spielberg – West Side StoryDenis Villeneuve – Dune
Best ActorNicolas Cage – PigBenedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the DogAndrew Garfield – tick, tick…BOOM!Oscar Isaac – The Card CounterHidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car
Best ActressOlivia Colman – The Lost DaughterAlana Haim – Licorice PizzaRenate Reinsve – The Worst Person in the WorldAgathe Rousselle – TitaneKristen Stewart – Spencer
Best Supporting ActorMike Faist – West Side StoryCiaran Hinds – BelfastTroy Kotsur – CODAKodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the DogJeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch
Best Supporting ActressAriana DeBose – West Side StoryAnn Dowd – MassKirsten Dunst – The Power of the DogAunjanue Ellis – King RichardRuth Negga – Passing
Best Original ScreenplayBelfastA HeroLicorice PizzaMassPig
Best Adapted ScreenplayDrive My CarDuneThe Lost DaughterPassingThe Power of the Dog
Best EditingBelfastDuneLicorice PizzaThe Power of the DogWest Side Story
Best CinematographyDuneThe Green KnightThe Power of the DogThe Tragedy of MacbethWest Side Story
Best Original ScoreDuneEncantoThe French DispatchThe Power of the DogSpencer
Best Production DesignDuneThe French DispatchThe Green KnightNightmare AlleyWest Side Story
Best Costume DesignCruellaDuneThe French DispatchSpencerWest Side Story
Best Visual EffectsDuneThe Green KnightThe Matrix ResurrectionsShang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten RingsSpider-Man: No Way Home
Best Debut FeatureMaggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost DaughterRebecca Hall – PassingFran Kranz – MassMichael Sarnoski – PigEmma Seligman – Shiva Baby
Best Film Not in the English LanguageDrive My CarFleeA HeroTitaneThe Worst Person in the World
Best DocumentaryFleeProcessionThe RescueSummer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)The Velvet Underground
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Wednesday, 19 January 2022 14:41 (two years ago) link
All three of Aaron Sorkin's films that he's directed have earned PGA nominations: Molly's Game, The Trial of the Chicago 7 and now Being the Ricardos https://t.co/1ApQc6F8TI— Erik Anderson (@awards_watch) January 27, 2022
― Max Hamburgers (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 January 2022 16:44 (two years ago) link