This is the thread where we discuss matters pertaining to the detrius that accompanies the "End of the Year in Cinema" -- 2021

Gothams are getting handed out … Drive My Car took best international feature

Full list of Gotham Award winners:

BEST FEATURE
“The Lost Daughter” (Netflix)

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Flee” (NEON)

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
“Drive My Car” (Sideshow and Janus Films)

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
Maggie Gyllenhaal for “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix)

BEST SCREENPLAY
“The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal (Netflix)

OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE
Olivia Colman in “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix)
Frankie Faison in “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain” (Gravitas Ventures)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Troy Kotsur in “CODA” (Apple)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Emilia Jones in “CODA” (Apple)

OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SERIES
Ethan Hawke in “The Good Lord Bird” (Showtime)
Thuso Mbedu in “The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Studios)

BREAKTHROUGH SERIES — LONG FORM
“Squid Game” (Netflix)

BREAKTHROUGH SERIES — SHORT FORM
“Reservation Dogs” (FX)

BREAKTHROUGH NONFICTION SERIES
“Philly D.A.” (Topic, Independent Lens, PBS)

JURY AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
“The Harder They Fall”

Oh I forgot I also loved wheel of fortune & fantasy. Didn’t get to drive my car, will have to wait till it’s out here but what’s up with murukami short stories being turned into acclaimed 3hr films these days?

I loved Wheel -- the last third wounded me.

Vanity Fair crix's top 10:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/12/10-best-movies-2021

1. The Worst Person in the World
2. Drive My Car
3. The Power of the Dog
4. C’mon C’mon
5. Flee
6. The Souvenir Part II
7. The Humans
8. Mass
9. The Green Knight
10. Bergman Island

Of course, what we're all REALLY here for is this: https://www.artforum.com/print/202110/best-films-of-2021-john-waters-87205

JOHN WATERS’S BEST FILMS OF 2021

01. ANNETTE (Leos Carax)
02. SUMMER OF SOUL (...OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED) (Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson)
03. VORTEX (Gaspar Noé)
04. FRANCE (Bruno Dumont)
05. THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOY IN THE WORLD (Kristina Lindström, Kristian Petri)
06. MANDIBLES (Quentin Dupieux)
07. RED ROCKET (Sean Baker)
08. THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH (Joel Coen)
09. SAINT-NARCISSE (Bruce LaBruce)
10. THE ONANIA CLUB (Tom Six)

MANDIBLES (Quentin Dupieux)
The stupidest art film of the year, directed by a Gallic auteur who specializes in one-joke dumbbell comedies, about a giant fly and two French stooges, is also one of the funniest and most charming.

Waters IS the cahier du cinema

weird that Waters wouldn't be into Titane

That took me by surprise as well.

The Human Centipede director tops himself

lol

An intriguing blurb in J. Hoberman's list...

4. ON THE ROYAL ROAD: THE BURGHER KING (Elfriede Jelinek, Seagull Books)
Nobel laureate Jelinek’s tragicomic satire, translated from German by Gitta Honegger, isn’t a movie, but it should be—a lengthy monologue delivered by the Muppet Miss Piggy, eyes bleeding à la Tiresias. Regarding the unnamed king: “He tells us that already earlier we thought like him that never thinks.”

Dece list:

Submitted for the Film Comment poll pic.twitter.com/2MgGlIllYx

— Jordan Cronk 🥀 (@JordanCronk) December 2, 2021

Do you even understand how cheap it makes your Best Of The Year list seem if it hits on December 1st. At least November 26th is a point of view.

— Jingleghost (@JeremyMonjo) December 1, 2021

More gross detrius:

Best Film: LICORICE PIZZA

Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA

Best Actor: Will Smith, KING RICHARD

Best Actress: Rachel Zegler, WEST SIDE STORY

Best Supporting Actor: Ciarán Hinds, BELFAST

Best Supporting Actress: Aunjanue Ellis, KING RICHARD

Best Original Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, A HERO

Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Breakthrough Performance: Alana Haim & Cooper Hoffman, LICORICE PIZZA

Best Directorial Debut: Michael Sarnoski, PIG

Best Animated Feature: ENCANTO

Best Foreign Language Film: A HERO

Best Documentary: SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)

Best Ensemble: THE HARDER THEY FALL

Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: FLEE

Top Films (in alphabetical order)
Belfast
Don’t Look Up
Dune
King Richard
The Last Duel
Nightmare Alley
Red Rocket
The Tragedy of Macbeth
West Side Story

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)
Benedetta
Lamb
Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
Titane
The Worst Person in the World

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
Ascension
Attica
Flee
The Rescue
Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
The Card Counter
C’mon C’mon
CODA
The Green Knight
Holler
Jockey
Old Henry
Pig
Shiva Baby
The Souvenir Part II

lots of period pieces in lists this year. cell phones exist, deal with it.

NYFCC obviously voting this morning, but also, man Sight & Sound loves Joanna Hogg:

https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/50-best-films-2021

01. The Souvenir Part II
02. Petite maman
03. Drive My Car
04. Memoria
05. Titane
06. The Power of the Dog
07. What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?
08. Summer of Soul
09. Annette
10. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy

(First Cow all the way down at #17.)

And away we go!

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kodi Smit-McPhee for "The Power of the Dog" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

The movie's best performance.

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: "The Worst Person in the World" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

I can’t believe Joachim Trier of all people is hurting the chances of DRIVE MY CAR (and MEMORIA), the best position a standard-bearer arthouse film has had to being widely recognized as the best of the year since… TONI ERDMANN?

— Ryan Swen/孫天行/Sun Tianxing (@swen_ryan) December 3, 2021

oh i do love joachim trier tho

I haven't watched Trier's film yet, but isn't it almost if not as acclaimed as Drive My Car?

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Kathryn Hunter for "The Tragedy of Macbeth" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

^^^^ Have yet to see that one but it feels like a pretty inspired choice.

now watch them award Coen the Best Screenplay award.

BEST NON-FICTION FILM: "Flee" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

As much as I enjoyed Summer of Soul (and take it on faith that Haynes' VU doc was great), I'm happy to see a non-music-centric doc cited.

Um ...

BEST ACTRESS: Lady Gaga for "House of Gucci" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

The Oscars are gonna suck this year, huh?

Best actress is going to be a 5-deep slate of deep embarrassments, that seems more likely than not at this point.

Dear God

soemwhere edie falco is swearing loudly

I have it on good authority that BP is going to be a good choice, so this might be the revenge of the group's neo-Rex Reed no-taste bloc.

Lady Gaga winning feels like the critics' version of the "we're tired y'all" sentiment.

I.e. Biden winning the primary

If only Biden spoke with a Russian-Italian accent.

BEST ACTOR: Benedict Cumberbatch for "The Power of the Dog" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

The least interesting part of a good film but fine.

And in deep "who cares" territory...

BEST ANIMATED FILM: "The Mitchells vs. the Machines" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

supposed to be very good! i need to watch still.

Alfred otm.

The Mitchells vs. the Machines is a fun, ingenious, great-looking and quietly features a queer protagonist. Glad it won over any of the year's Disney offerings.

<s>a</s> fun

ugh--crypto vs. the machines

OK, maybe it is a sweep after all...

BEST DIRECTOR: Jane Campion for "The Power of the Dog" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

BEST SCREENPLAY: "Licorice Pizza" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: "West Side Story" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

BEST FILM: "Drive My Car" #NYFCC

— Falco Ink (@Sidney_Falco) December 3, 2021

God that feels good.

so why is this one the Hamaguchi of choice?

Watched "The Power of the Dog" last night. Maybe it was my COVID booster fogging up my head, but I found it almost too nuanced and subtle to follow. I did appreciate the performances and cinematography. Kirsten Dunst and Kodi Smit-McPhee were great. Jesses Plemons is always winning in schlub mode. Kind of made me want to rewatch season 2 of Fargo.