Monthly Archives: January 2023

Here’s What Won At The Golden Globes

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

I did not watch the Golden Globes this year, mostly because I had so much fun not watching them last year that I decided to keep the tradition going.  That said, it does appear that the night had a few interesting victories.  If nothing else, the Globes should put The Fabelmans and Austin Butler back into the awards conversation.

You can see the nominees here and the winners are below!

Best Motion Picture Drama
The Fabelmans

Best Motion Picture, Comedy
The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Director — Motion Picture
Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Cate Blanchett, TÁR

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Austin Butler, Elvis

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Colin Farrell, The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress, Motion Picture
Angela Bassett, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best Supporting Actor, Motion Picture
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Motion Picture – Animated
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Argentina, 1985 (Argentina)

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees Of Inisherin

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon

Best Original Song, Motion Picture
“Naatu Naatu,” Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj (RRR)

Best Television Series – Drama
House of the Dragon

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Abbott Elementary

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
The White Lotus: Sicily

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series Drama
Zendaya, Euphoria

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series, Drama
Kevin Costner, Yellowstone

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary

Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White, The Bear

Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Amanda Seyfried, The Dropout

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
Julia Garner, Ozark

Best Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Musical-Comedy or Drama Television Series
Tyler James Williams, Abbott Elementary

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Jennifer Coolidge, The White Lotus

Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Evan Peters, Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Paul Walter Hauser, Black Bird

 

Retro Television Reviews: Fantasy Island 2.4 “Best Seller/The Tomb”

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Welcome to Retro Television Reviews, a feature where we review some of our favorite and least favorite shows of the past!  On Tuesdays, I will be reviewing the original Fantasy Island, which ran on ABC from 1977 to 1986.  The entire show is currently streaming on Tubi!

Fantasy Island has a desert?  Read on to find out more.

Episode 2.4 “Best Seller/The Tomb”

(Dir by George McCowan, originally aired on October 14th, 1978)

Fantasy Island can be a strange place.

Just consider the fantasy of Neville Marlowe (Barry Sullivan).  Marlowe is an archeologist who has devoted his life to seeking the tomb of a lost Egyptian pharaoh who is believed to have been King Tut’s twin brother.  His fantasy is to finally find the tomb and to explore it with his wife (Shelley Fabares) and his associate (David Opatoshu).  He wants to do this even though the tomb, if it does exist, is said to be cursed.

Mr. Roarke informs Marlowe that he’s in luck.  There’s an archeological dig currently taking place on the island and there’s a good chance that it might finally lead to the discovery of the tomb….

Now, this brings up some interesting issues.  First off, the dig is taking place in the desert.  Since when has Fantasy Island, a tropical paradise, had a desert?  Secondly, even if you accept that idea that Fantasy Island is home to a large desert, why exactly would it also be home to the tomb of an Egyptian pharaoh?  Though the show always kept it a bit vague as to just where exactly the island was located, it’s always been suggested that it’s near Hawaii.  The actual natives of the island (as opposed to Mr. Roarke and Tattoo) all appear to be Polynesian.  When the guests get off the plane at the start of each episode, they’re given a lei and a tropical drink.  My point is that there’s never been anything about the show that would suggest that Fantasy Island is anywhere near Egypt.  Certainly, it’s possible that an Egyptian ship may have landed at Fantasy Island at some point in the past, just as it’s possible that ancient Egyptians also landed in South America.  But still, there’s no reason why a pharaoh would be buried on Fantasy Island as opposed to along the banks of the Nile.

It makes no sense but, for whatever reason, the tomb is indeed on Fantasy Island.  Entering the tomb leads to Marlowe’s wife having several nightmares about being wrapped up like a mummy.  It’s nicely creepy but it doesn’t lead to anything.  Because Marlowe decides to send the artifacts to Egypt as opposed to sending them to a British museum. he is spared the curse.

Meanwhile, Barney Hunter (Desi Arnaz, Jr.) is a bookstore clerk who suffers from crippling shyness.  His fantasy is to be a best selling author so Mr. Roarke informs him that he is now the author of the world’s most popular book about sex and, as a result, hundreds of his fans are coming to the island to meet him.  The problem with that, of course, is that Barney is a virgin.  So, you have to wonder why Mr. Roarke would make Barney the world’s leading expert on sex when he doesn’t know anything about it.  My guess is that Mr. Roarke thought it would be funny but it’s actually kind of mean-spirited.  Anyway, Barney meets Angela (Maureen McCormick), who is also a virgin.  They fall in love but Angela’s mother (Gloria DeHaven) refuses to allow Angela to see a man who has written a “filthy book.”  Again, it’s hard not to feel that Roarke is having a little fun at Barney’s expense.  Fortunately, things work out in the end and that’s good.  Arnaz and McCormick were a cute couple.

Finally, Tattoo entered a jingle contest and won!  Unfortunately, it turned out that first prize was a trip to Fantasy Island.  Mr. Roarke had a good laugh about that one and I have to admit that I did too.  Fantasy Island just has a way of sweeping you up in all of its silliness. 

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Walter Hill Edition

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

4 Or More Shots From 4 Or More Films is just what it says it is, 4 shots from 4 of our favorite films. As opposed to the reviews and recaps that we usually post, 4 Shots From 4 Films lets the visuals do the talking!

Today, we here at the Shattered Lens wish a happy 81st birthday to the great director Walter Hill.

Walter Hill is one of those legendary figures who has a devoted cult of fans but it still seems like he’s never quite gotten all of the opportunities and the acclaim that he deserved.  Perhaps because so many of his films are considered to be genre pieces, they were often not appreciated until a few years after they were first released.  But for film lovers and film students, Walter Hill is one of the most important directors of the past 50 years.

Today, we celebrate with….

4 Shots From 4 Walter Hill Films

The Warriors (1979, dir by Walter Hill, DP: Andrew Laszlo)

Southern Comfort (1981, dir by Walter Hill, DP: Andrew Laszlo)

Wild Bill (1995, dir by Walter Hill, DP: Lloyd Ahern II)

Dead For A Dollar (2022, dir by Walter Hill, DP: Lloyd Ahern II)

Joaquin Phoenix is having a moment in the Beau is Afraid Trailer

Posted on by Leonard Wilson

I can’t even begin to explain what this is about from the Trailer. Leave it to A24 and Ari Aster (Hereditary, Midsommar) to come up something so weird. Beau is Afraid stars Joaquin Phoenix (Joker), Nathan Lane & Amy Ryan (both from Only Murders in the Building), Michael Gandolfini (The Many Saints of Newark), Stephen McKinley-Henderson (Dune)and Patti Lupone (Penny Dreadful).

Beau is Afraid is due out this April.

Music Video of the Day: Is There Someone Else? by The Weeknd (2023, dir by Cliqua)

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Since today’s music video of the day is the latest video from The Weeknd, I guess now would be an appropriate time for me to make a confession.

For years, I misspelled The Weeknd’s name.  I spelled his name with three e’s instead of two.  I think I even did it on this site a few times.  No one ever called me out for it, which seems like a good thing as long as you don’t give it too much thought.  But seriously, one reason why I haven’t shared any other videos from The Weeknd is because I’ve always been kind of embarrassed by the fact that it took me so long to realize that there were only two e’s in his stage name.

Anyway, that’s my confession and I feel better now!  As for the video …. eh.  It’s kind of creepy.  Watching it, I found myself thinking about 80s De Palma.  I also found myself thinking about Daniel Craig saying, “It’s the Weeknd,” on Saturday Night Live.  Did Craig know that his introduction would become a meme?  And, even more importantly, did he know how to spell the Weeknd’s name?

Enjoy!

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the North Dakota Film Society!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The winners will be announced on January 16th!

Best Picture
AFTERSUN – Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers (A24)
BABYLON – Olivia Hamilton, Marc Platt, Matt Plouffe, producers (Paramount Pictures)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Martin McDonagh, producers (Searchlight Pictures)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang, producers (A24)
TÁR – Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan, producers (Focus Features)

Best Director
Todd Field – TÁR (Focus Features)
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)
Martin McDonagh – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures)
Steven Spielberg – THE FABELMANS (Universal Pictures)
Charlotte Wells – AFTERSUN (A24)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TÁR (Focus Features)
Mia Goth – PEARL (A24)
Margot Robbie – BABYLON (Paramount Pictures)
Taylor Russell – BONES AND ALL (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
Michelle Yeoh – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)

Best Actor
Austin Butler – ELVIS (Warner Bros.)
Colin Farrell – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures)
Brendan Fraser – THE WHALE (A24)
Felix Kammerer – ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT (Netflix)
Paul Mescal – AFTERSUN (A24)

Best Supporting Actress
Hong Chau – THE WHALE (A24)
Kerry Condon – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures)
Jamie Lee Curtis – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)
Dolly De Leon – TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Neon)
Nina Hoss – TÁR (Focus Features)

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures)
Barry Keoghan – THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN (Searchlight Pictures)
Rory Kinnear – MEN (A24)
Ke Huy Quan – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)
Mark Rylance – BONES AND ALL (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

Best Screenplay
AFTERSUN – Charlotte Wells (A24)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (A24)
THE FABELMANS – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg (Universal Pictures)
TÁR – Todd Field (Focus Features)

Best Production Design
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Dylan Cole, Vanessa Cole, Ben Procter (20th Century Studios)
BABYLON – Anthony Carlino, Florencia Martin (Paramount Pictures)
ELVIS – Bev Dunn, Catherine Martin, Karen Murphy (Warner Bros.)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Kelsi Ephraim, Jason Isvarday (A24)
THE NORTHMAN – Niamh Coulter, Craig Lathrop (Focus Features)

Best Cinematography
AFTERSUN – Gregory Oke (A24)
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – James Friend (Netflix)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Ben Davis (Searchlight Pictures)
TÁR – Florian Hoffmeister (Focus Features)
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Claudio Miranda (Paramount Pictures)

Best Film Editing
AFTERSUN – Blair McClendon (A24)
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen (Searchlight Pictures)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Paul Rogers (A24)
TÁR – Monika Willi (Focus Features)
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Eddie Hamilton (Paramount Pictures)

Best Visual Effects
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Markus Frank, Kamil Jafar, Viktor Muller, Frank Petzold (Netflix)
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon (20th Century Studios)
EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE – Benjamin Brewer, Jeff Desom, Ethan Feldbau, Zak Stoltz (A24)
NOPE – Scott R. Fisher, Jeremy Robert, Guillaume Rocheron, Sreejith Venugopalan (Universal Pictures)
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Scott R. Fisher, Seth Hill, Bryan Litson, Ryan Tudhope (Paramount Pictures)

Best Sound
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Lars Ginzel, Frank Kruse, Markus Stemler, Viktor Prášil (Netflix)
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Chris Boyes, Mike Hedges, Julian Howarth, Tony Johnson, Gary Summers, Gwen Whittle (20th Century Studios)
BABYLON – Ai-Ling Lee, Mildred Iatrou Morgan, Steven Morrow, Andy Nelson (Paramount Pictures)
TÁR – Deb Adair, Stephen Griffiths, Andy Shelley, Steve Single, Roland Winke (Focus Features)
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten (Paramount Pictures)

Best Costume Design
BABYLON – Mary Zophres (Paramount Pictures)
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – Ruth E. Carter (Marvel Studios)
CORSAGE – Monika Buttinger (IFC Films)
DON’T WORRY DARLING – Arianne Phillips (Warner Bros.)
ELVIS – Catherine Martin (Warner Bros.)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Heike Merker (Netflix)
BABYLON – Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Heba Thorisdottir (Paramount Pictures)
ELVIS – Jason Baird, Mark Coulier, Louise Coulston, Shane Thomas (Warner Bros.)
THE WHALE – Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot (A24)
X – Sarah Rubano (A24)

Best Original Score
BABYLON – Justin Hurwitz (Paramount Pictures)
BONES AND ALL – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross (MGM/United Artists Releasing)
THE FABELMANS – John Williams (Universal Pictures)
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Alexandre Desplat (Netflix)
WOMEN TALKING – Hildur Guðnadóttir (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

Best Original Song
“Ciao Papa” Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (Netflix)
“Hold My Hand” Bloodpop, Lady Gaga – TOP GUN: MAVERICK (Paramount Pictures)
“Naatu Naatu” Kala Bhairava, M. M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj – RRR (Variance Films)
“New Body Rhumba” LCD Soundsystem – WHITE NOISE (Netflix)
“(You Made It Feel Like) Home” Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross – BONES AND ALL (MGM/United Artists Releasing)

Best International Feature
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Germany
CORSAGE – Austria
DECISION TO LEAVE – South Korea
EO – Poland
THE QUIET GIRL – Ireland

Best Documentary Feature
ALL THAT BREATHES – Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann, Shaunak Sen, producers (HBO Documentary Films/Sideshow)
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons, Laura Poitras, producers (Neon)
BAD AXE – Jude Harris, Diane-Moy Quon, David Siev, Katarina Vasquez, producers (IFC Films)
FIRE OF LOVE – Shane Boris, Sara Dosa, Ina Fichman, producers (National Geographic Documentary Films/Neon)
MOONAGE DAYDREAM – Brett Morgen, producer (Neon)

Best Animated Feature
APOLLO 10 1/2: A SPACE AGE CHILDHOOD – Mike Blizzard, Bruno Felix, Richard Linklater, Tommy Pallotta, Femke Wolting, producers (Netflix)
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa Henson, Guillermo del Toro, Gary Ungar, producers (Netflix)
MAD GOD – Phil Tippett, producer (IFC Midnight/Shudder)
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON – Dean Fleischer-Camp, Andrew Goldman, Elisabeth Holm, Caroline Kaplan, Paul Mezey, producers (A24)
TURNING RED – Lindsey Collins, producer (Pixar)

The Music City Film Critics Association Honors Everything!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Nashville-based Music City Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2022!  You can check out the nominations by clicking here and you can see the winners below!

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director
The Daniels – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Actor
Brendan Fraser – The Whale

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Actress
Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Young Actor
Gabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans

Best Young Actress
Frankie Corio – Aftersun

Best Acting Ensemble 
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Music Film
Elvis

Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy

Best International Film
RRR

Best Screenplay
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu” – RRR

Best Score
Babylon

Best Sound
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Cinematography
Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water

Best Editing
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Comedy Film
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror Film
Nope

Best Action Film
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Stunt Work
Top Gun: Maverick

The Jim Ridley Award
Nicole Kidman – The Northman

Banshees Wins in San Francisco!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The San Francisco Bay Area Critics Circle announced their picks for the best of 2022 today!  You can check out the nominees by clicking here and you can see the winners below!

Best Picture
“The Banshees of Inisherin”

Honorable Mention: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Director
Todd Field, “TÁR”

Best Original Screenplay
Todd Field, “TÁR”

Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”

Best Actor
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, “TÁR”

Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Supporting Actress (TIE)
Jamie Lee Curtis, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Kerry Condon, “The Banshees of Inisherin”

Best Animated Feature
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”

Best International Feature Film
“Decision to Leave”

Best Documentary Feature
“All That Breathes”

Best Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister, “TÁR”

Best Production Design
Jason Isvarday (production designer), Kelsi Ephraim (set decorator), “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Film Editing
Paul Rogers, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”

Best Original Score
Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Women Talking”

Special Citation for Independent Cinema
“Emergency”