Film Awards Talk - 2021

[Peng]

Gonna be a weird season for a weird year, where several critics groups keep their original timelines, but the Oscar stretches out to April, with many other awards follow suit in adjusting their own schedules.

Anyway, here are the awards from the first major critics group this year, New York Film Critics Circle.


NYFCC

Best Film: First Cow

Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Actor: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Best Actress: Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Best Supporting Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Da 5 Bloods
Best Supporting Actress: Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm

Best Screenplay: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers
Best Foreign Language Film: Bacurau
Best Non-Fiction Film: Time
Best First Film: The 40-Year-Old Version

Best Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner, Small Axe (all films)

Special Awards:

* Kino Lorber, for their creation of Kino Marquee, a virtual cinema distribution service that was designed to help support movie theaters, not destroy them.

* Spike Lee for inspiring the New York community with his short film “New York New York” and for advocating for a better society through cinema.

[Ivan Drago]

The MCFCA (aka Music City Film Critics Association aka the guild I'm in) announces their noms on Monday. I'm as pumped as I am anxious for them.

[Philip J. Fry]

Glad for Da 5 Bloods and Wolfwalkers.

[DFA1979]

Da Five Bloods is the only major possible nominee I've seen all year. I'll try and fix that in January.

[Peng]

Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA)


Best Film: Small Axe (RU: Nomadland)


Best Director: Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (RU: Steve McQueen, Small Axe)


Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (RU: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal)
Best Actress: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (RU: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom)
Best Supporting Actor: Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (RU: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal)
Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari (RU: Amanda Seyfried, Mank)


Best Screenplay: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman (RU: Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always)


Best Animated Film: Wolfwalkers (RU: Soul)
Best Documentary: Time (RU: Collective)
Best Foreign Language Film: Beanpole (RU: Martin Eden)


Best Cinematography: Shabier Kirchner, Small Axe (RU: Joshua James Richards, Nomadland)
Best Editing: Yorgos Lamprinos, The Father (RU: Gabriel Rhodes, Time)
Best Music: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Soul (RU: Mica Levi, Lovers Rock)
Best Production Design: Donald Graham Burt, Mank (RU: Sergey Ivanov, Beanpole)


New Generation: Radha Blank, The 40-Year-Old Version

[Peng]

After seeing the reactions online, this is how I imagine LAFCA when announcing their Best Film:



Maybe they see this year’s dearth of films and decide to use their awards to add fuel and reignite the Film vs TV debate again, bless ‘em.

[Ivan Drago]

The 2020 Music City Film Critics’ Association Film Award Nominations


Best Picture

Da 5 Bloods
First Cow
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Father
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Director

Aaron Sorkin – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
David Fincher – Mank
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Florian Zeller – The Father
Spike Lee – Da 5 Bloods

Best Actor

Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Delroy Lindo – Da 5 Bloods
Gary Oldman – Mank
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Best Supporting Actor

Bill Burr – The King of Staten Island
Bill Murray – On the Rocks
Leslie Odom, Jr. – One Night In Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Supporting Actress

Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Olivia Colman – The Father
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari

Best Acting Ensemble

Da 5 Bloods
I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
One Night In Miami
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Animated Feature

Onward
Over the Moon
Scoob!
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Foreign Language Film

Another Round
Bacurau
Collective
I’m No Longer Here
The Platform

Best Documentary

Collective
Dick Johnson Is Dead
The Social Dilemma
Time
You Cannot Kill David Arquette

Best Screenplay

I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Mank
Minari
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Song

Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Husavik (My Hometown) – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Just Sing – Trolls World Tour
Rocket to the Moon – Over the Moon
Speak Now – One Night In Miami
The Plan – Tenet

Best Score

Emile Mosseri – Minari
Ludwig Göransson – Tenet
Terence Blanchard – Da 5 Bloods
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Mank
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross – Soul

Best Cinematography

Da 5 Bloods
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
Tenet

Best Editing

Mank
Nomadland
Tenet
The Father
The Invisible Man
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Production Design

Da 5 Bloods
Emma.
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
The Personal History of David Copperfield

[Philip J. Fry]

Best Animated Feature

Onward
Over the Moon
Scoob!
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Someone needs to watch more films.

[Ezee E]

And here's why I've been saying they should just combine 2020/2021 award shows.

[Philip J. Fry]

And here's why I've been saying they should just combine 2020/2021 award shows.

But the case I pointed out wasn't for a lack of films, they just didn't look for them (e.g. La Casa Lobo or a lot of anime films like A Whisker Away or Violet Evergarden).

[Ivan Drago]

But the case I pointed out wasn't for a lack of films, they just didn't look for them (e.g. La Casa Lobo or a lot of anime films like A Whisker Away or Violet Evergarden).

In my defense, I would have given Lupin III The First (or anything from GKIDS, really) a go if I weren't already super behind on screeners and just wanting to send a complete ballot by the deadline. Plus, I thought GKIDS was going to send screener links like they do every year, but they didn't. It was an odd omission.

[Philip J. Fry]

In my defense, I would have given Lupin III The First (or anything from GKIDS, really) a go if I weren't already super behind on screeners and just wanting to send a complete ballot by the deadline. Plus, I thought GKIDS was going to send screener links like they do every year, but they didn't. It was an odd omission.

I'm starting to think GKIDS is not giving Casa Lobo the necessary push because of how audience unfriendly it is.

Also, I'll disowe you if you nominated Scoob!

[Ivan Drago]

I'm starting to think GKIDS is not giving Casa Lobo the necessary push because of how audience unfriendly it is.

Also, I'll disowe you if you nominated Scoob!

Nope. I nominated Wolfwalkers, Soul and Over The Moon.

[Philip J. Fry]

Nope. I nominated Wolfwalkers, Soul and Over The Moon.

Forgiven.

[Ivan Drago]

Forgiven.

I am eternally grateful.

But yeah, I always try to review at least one GKIDS movie every year, so the fact we didn't get screeners from them this year was a big letdown for me. I'm worrying about how they're holding up during the pandemic.

[Philip J. Fry]

[Mal]

ahh of course they did. SILLY HFPA.

[Dukefrukem]

No one cares about the Globes anyway.

[Peng]

Golden Globes (noms)

Film

Best Motion Picture, Drama

The Father
Mank
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
The Trial of the Chicago 7

Best Picture, Musical or Comedy

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Hamilton
Music
Palm Springs
The Prom

Best Director, Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
David Fincher, Mank
Regina King, One Night in Miami
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins, The Father
Gary Oldman, Mank
Tahar Rahim, The Mauritanian

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
James Corden, The Prom
Lin-Manuel Miranda, Hamilton
Dev Patel, The Personal History of David Copperfield
Andy Samberg, Palm Springs

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy

Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Kate Hudson, Music
Michelle Pfeiffer, French Exit
Rosamund Pike, I Care a Lot
Anya Taylor-Joy, Emma.

Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

Sacha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Jared Leto, The Little Things
Bill Murray, On the Rocks
Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture

Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Jodie Foster, The Mauritanian
Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Helena Zengel, News of the World

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Jack Fincher, Mank
Aaron Sorkin, The Trial of the Chicago 7
Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, The Father
Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

Best Motion Picture, Animated

The Croods: A New Age
Onward
Over The Moon
Soul
Wolfwalkers

Best Picture, Foreign Language

Another Round
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us

Best Original Song, Motion Picture

"Fight For You" from Judas and the Black Messiah
"Hear My Voice" from The Trial of the Chicago 7
"Io sì (Seen)" from The Life Ahead
"Speak Now" from One Night In Miami
"Tigress & Tweed" from The United States vs. Billie Holiday

Best Original Score, Motion Picture

Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky
Ludwig Göransson, Tenet
James Newton Howard, News of the World
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Mank
Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste, Soul



Television

Best Television Series, Drama

The Crown
Lovecraft Country
The Mandalorian
Ozark
Ratched

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy

Emily in Paris
The Flight Attendant
The Great
Schitt's Creek
Ted Lasso

Best Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television

Normal People
The Queen’s Gambit
Small Axe
The Undoing
Unorthodox

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama

Jason Bateman, Ozark
Josh O'Connor, The Crown
Bob Odenkirk, Better Call Saul
Al Pacino, Hunters
Matthew Rhys, Perry Mason

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Drama

Olivia Colman, The Crown
Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
Emma Corrin, The Crown
Laura Linney, Ozark
Sarah Paulson, Ratched

Best Actor in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy Series

Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Nicholas Hoult, The Great
Eugene Levy, Schitt's Creek
Jason Sudeikis, Ted Lasso
Ramy Youssef, Ramy

Best Actress in a TV Series, Musical or Comedy

Lily Collins, Emily in Paris
Kaley Cuoco, The Flight Attedant
Elle Fanning, The Great
Jane Levy, Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist
Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek

Best Performance by an Actor, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television

Bryan Cranston, Your Honor
Jeff Daniels, The Comey Rule
Hugh Grant, The Undoing
Ethan Hawke, The Good Lord Bird
Mark Ruffalo, I Know This Much Is True

Best Performance by an Actress, Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture made for Television

Cate Blanchett, Mrs. America
Daisy Edgar-Jones, Normal People
Shira Haas, Unorthdox
Nicole Kidman, The Undoing
Anya Taylor-Joy, The Queen's Gambit

Best Supporting Actor, Television

John Boyega, Small Axe
Brendan Gleeson, The Comey Rule
Daniel Levy, Schitt's Creek
Jim Parsons, Hollywood
Donald Southerland, The Undoing

Best Supporting Actress, Television

Gillian Anderson, The Crown
Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
Julia Garner, Ozark
Annie Murphy, Schitt's Creek
Cynthia Nixon, Ratched

[Mal]

These are worse than I imagined, wow.

[megladon8]

So many IP's.

So much great content.

[Idioteque Stalker]

I can't remember another time a movie was nominated for best director but not best picture.

[Ezee E]

Said it on twitter but:
-Never heard of Music / Mauritarian until today.
-Jared Leto is the most GG Pick in a while. I should've known better than to predict Paul Raci.
-Delroy Lindo needs to be Supporting Actor.
-HFPA patting itself on the back for nominating three women directors... Now watch them vote in Sorkin.
-The Foreign Language rule is so dumb.

Waiting for Gold Derby to update to see how I predicted. I know I got Drama Actress at 100%.

[Skitch]

DELROY LINDO FOR BEST SUPPORTING WAS SO OBVIOUS HOW DO YOU BRICK THAT PICK

[Morris Schæffer]

Colman for the favorite? She already won the Oscar.