Here Are The 2025 Satellite Nominations


I’m not really sure why the Satellite Awards are a still a thing but they are.  (Peanut gallery: “Jokes on you, Lisa!  You’re still writing about them!”)  Here are their 2025 film nominations.

Best Picture (Drama)
Avatar: Fire And Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sentimental Value
Train Dreams

Best Picture (Comedy or Musical)
Bugonia
Father Mother Sister Brother
Marty Supreme
Nouvelle Vague
Novocaine
Sorry, Baby

Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
James Cameron – Avatar: Fire And Ash
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Best Actor (Drama)
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent

Best Actress (Drama)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Diane Lane – Anniversary
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Leonie Benesch – Late Shift
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia
Liam Neeson – The Naked Gun
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical)
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
Emma Stone – Bugonia
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Supporting Actor
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best Supporting Actress
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners

Best Original Screenplay
Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Noah Baumbach & Emily Mortimer – Jay Kelly
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Ryan Coogler – Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay
Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar – Train Dreams
Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Don McKellar & Lee Ja-hye – No Other Choice
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Will Tracy – Bugonia

Best Animated Feature
Arco
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

Best Documentary
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Come See Me in the Good Light
Cover-Up
Deaf President Now!
Ocean with David Attenborough
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Alabama Solution
The Librarians
The Perfect Neighbor

Best International Film
It Was Just an Accident
Late Shift
Little Trouble Girls
No Other Choice
Sentimental Value
Sirât
The Secret Agent
The Voice of Hind Rajab

Best Cinematography
Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
Autumn Durald Arkapaw – Sinners
Claudio Miranda – F1: The Movie
Dan Laustsen – Frankenstein
Łukasz Żal – Hamnet
Michael Bauman – One Battle After Another

Best Editing
Affonso Gonçalves & Chloé Zhao – Hamnet
Andy Jurgensen – One Battle After Another
Kirk Baxter – A House of Dynamite
Michael P. Shawver – Sinners
Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme
Stephen Mirrione – F1: The Movie

Best Production Design
Avatar: Fire And Ash
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Costume Design
Kate Hawley – Frankenstein
Malgosia Turzanska – Hamnet
Miyako Bellizzi – Marty Supreme
Paul Tazewell – Wicked: For Good
Ruth E. Carter – Sinners

Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat – Frankenstein
Hans Zimmer – F1: The Movie
Jonny Greenwood – One Battle After Another
Ludwig Göransson – Sinners
Max Richter – Hamnet
Volker Bertelmann – A House of Dynamite

Best Original Song
“Dreams as One” – Avatar: Fire And Ash
“Golden” – KPop Demon Hunters
“I Lied to You” – Sinners
“No Place Like Home” – Wicked: For Good
“The Girl in the Bubble” – Wicked: For Good
“Train Dreams” – Train Dreams

Best Makeup & Hair
Bugonia
Frankenstein
Sinners
The Smashing Machine
Tron: Ares
Wicked: For Good

Best Sound (Editing & Mixing)
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1: The Movie
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wicked: For Good

Best Visual Effects
Avatar: Fire And Ash
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Superman

Best Ensemble
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Holidays On The Lens: Snowed Inn Christmas (dir by Gary Yates)


It’s Christmas!

Tis the season that hardworking New York reporters find themselves stranded in snowy middle America and end up falling in love while saving historic inns!  In 2017’s Snowed Inn Christmas, the two reporters are played by Bethany Joy Lenz and Andrew W. Walker and the inn is located in Santa Claus, Indiana.

Yes, it’s predictable.  Most of these films are.  That’s actually a huge part of their appeal.  They take place in a much more innocent world and they celebrate the holiday season without shame or snarkiness.  The important thing is that Bethany Joy Lenz and Andrew W. Walker eventually make for a cute couple and the snowy scenery is really nice to look at.

Enjoy a Snowed Inn Christmas!

Song of the Day: The Hanukkah Song by Adam Sandler


The career path of Adam Sandler — going from making likable comedies like Happy Gilmore and The Wedding Singer to making terrible movies like That’s My Boy to then emerging as one Hollywood’s most dependable dramatic actors — is one of those things that will fascinate (and perhaps confuse) future cultural historians.  Myself, I appreciate any actor who can go from being the Razzie Champion to someone who was robbed of an Oscar.  It’s probably one of the few things that Sylvester Stallone and Adam Sandler have in common.

I would also point out that Adam Sandler is always at his most likable when he sings about Hanukkah.  Here he is with today’s song of the day.

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special James Mangold Edition


4 Shots From 4 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 is all about letting the visuals do the talking.

Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy birthday to director James Mangold!  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 James Mangold Films

Cop Land (1997, dir by James Mangold, DP: Eric Alan Edwards)

Walk the Line (2005, dir by James Mangold, DP: Phedon Papamichae))

3:10 to Yuma (2007, dir by James Mangold, DP: Phedon Papamichae)

Logan (2017, dir by James Mangold, DP: John Mathieson)

Music Video of the Day: Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer by Postmodern Jukebox (2024, dir by Sunny Holiday)


Wow, this song is dark!  I should also mention that it was written by both a Texan and a Dallasite so it’s from my part of the world!

I like Postmodern Jukebox.  Too bad about grandma.

Enjoy!