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The Directors Guild Honors The Daniels

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With each passing day, it becomes more and more likely that Everything Everywhere All At Once is going to win Best Picture.  Last night, the DGA named the film the best of 2022.  Traditionally, The Directors Guild is one of the most reliable precursors out there.

Here are the DGA winners:

NARRATIVE FEATURE FILM
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Todd Field – Tár
Joseph Kosinski – Top Gun: Maverick
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans

FIRST-TIME FEATURE FILM
Alice Diop – Saint Omer
Audrey Diwan – Happening
John Patton Ford – Emily The Criminal
Antoneta Alamat Kusijanovic – Murina
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DOCUMENTARY
Sara Dosa – Fire of Love
Matthew Heineman – Retrograde
Laura Poitras – All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
David Rohde – Navalny
Shaunak Sen – All That Breathes

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN DRAMATIC SERIES
Jason Bateman – Ozark, “A Hard Way to Go”
Vince Gilligan – Better Call Saul, “Waterworks”
Sam Levinson – Euphoria, “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird”
Aoife McCardle – Severance, “Hide and Seek”
Ben Stiller – Severance, “The We We Are”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN COMEDY SERIES
Tim Burton – Wednesday, “Wednesday’s Child is Full of Woe”
Bill Hader – Barry, “710N”
Amy Sherman-Palladino – The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, “How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?”
Christopher Storer – The Bear, “Review”
Mike White – The White Lotus, “BYG”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN MOVIES FOR TELEVISION AND LIMITED SERIES
Eric Appel – Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Deborah Chow – Obi-Wan Kenobi
Jeremy Podeswa – Station Eleven, “Unbroken Circle”
Helen Shaver – Station Eleven, “Who’s There?”
Tom Verica – Inventing Anna, “The Devil Wore Anna”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – SPECIALS
Ian Berger – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers the Globe Hungary for Democracy
Hamish Hamilton – Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show 2022
James Merryman – Norman Lear: 100 Years of Music and Laughter
Marcus Raboy – Mark Twain Prize 2022: Celebrating Jon Stewart
Glenn Weiss – The 75th Annual Tony Awards

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN VARIETY/TALK/NEWS/SPORTS – REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAMMING
Paul G. Casey – Real Time With Bill Maher, “Episode #2010”
Jim Hoskinson – The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, “Episode #1333”
David Paul Meyer – The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, “Brandi Carlile Discusses Her New Deluxe Album and Performs “You and Me on the Rock”
Liz Patrick – Saturday Night Live, “Host and Musical Guest Jack Harlow”
Paul Pennolino – Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, “Afghanistan”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN REALITY PROGRAMS
Joseph H. Guidry – The Big Brunch, “Carb Loading Brunch”
Carrie Havel – The Go Big Show, “Only One Can Win”
Rich Kim – Lego Masters, “Jurassbrick World”
Michael Shea – FBoy Island, “Do You Like Cats?”
Ben Simms – Running Wild with Bear Grylls, “Florence Pugh in the Volcanic Rainforests of Costa Rica”

OUTSTANDING DIRECTORIAL ACHIEVEMENT IN CHILDREN’S PROGRAMS
Tim Federle – Better Nate Than Ever
Bonnie Hunt – Amber Brown, “I, Amber Brown”
Dean Israelite – Are You Afraid of the Dark?, “The Tale of Room 13”
Michael Lembeck – Snow Day The Musical
Anne Renton – Best Foot Forward, “Halloween”

Vancouver Honors Everything

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The Vancouver Film Critics Circle have announced their picks for the best of the year!  You can see the nominees by clicking here and you can check out the winners below!

Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Screenplay
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Actor
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Supporting Actor
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin

Best Supporting Actress
Jessie Buckley – Women Talking

Best Documentary
All the Beauty And the Bloodshed

Best Foreign Language Film
All Quiet on the Western Front

Here Are The 2022 Nominations of the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance!

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Proving the old adage of better late than never, the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance have announced their nominations for the best of 2022.  The winners will be announced on February 26th!

Here are the nominees:

Best Picture
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“The Fabelmans”
“Tár”
“Women Talking”

Best Director
Todd Field for “Tár”
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert for “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Martin McDonagh for “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Sarah Polley for “Women Talking”
Park Chan-Wook for “Decision to Leave”

Best Actor
Austin Butler as Elvis Presley in “Elvis”
Colin Farrell as Pádraic Súilleabháin in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brendan Fraser as Charlie in “The Whale”
Gabriel LaBelle as Samuel Fabelman in “The Fabelmans”
Paul Mescal as Calum in “Aftersun”

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett as Lydia Tár in “Tár”
Viola Davis as General Nanisca in “The Woman King”
Danielle Deadwyler as Mamie Till in “Till”
Mia Goth as Pearl in “Pearl”
Michelle Yeoh as Evelyn Quan Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Best Supporting Actor
Paul Dano as Burt Fabelman in “The Fabelmans”
Brendan Gleeson as Colm Doherty in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Brian Tyree Henry as James in “Causeway”
Barry Keoghan as Dominic Kearney in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan as Waymond Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Best Supporting Actress
Angela Bassett as Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Jessie Buckley as Mariche in “Women Talking”
Kerry Condon as Siobhán Súilleabháin in “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Nina Hoss as Sharon Goodnow in “Tár”
Stephanie Hsu as Joy Wang in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Best Ensemble
“Babylon”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
“Women Talking”

Best Screenplay
“The Banshees of Inisherin” by Martin McDonagh
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” by Rian Johnson
“Tár” by Todd Field
“Women Talking” by Sarah Polley

Best Editing
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“Nope”
“Tár”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Cinematography
“The Batman”
“Elvis”
“Nope”
“Tár”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Music
“Babylon”
“The Banshees of Inisherin”
“The Batman”
“The Fabelmans”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”

Best Costume and Make-up
“Babylon”
“The Batman”
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Best Production Design
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“Babylon”
“The Batman”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”

Best Sound Work
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Batman”
“Elvis”
“Nope”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Special Effects
“Avatar: The Way of Water”
“The Batman”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“Nope”
“Top Gun: Maverick”

Best Animated Feature
“Apollo 10 1/2: A Space Age Childhood”
“Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
“Puss in Boots: The Last Wish”
“Turning Red”

The Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Honors Everything, Elvis, and The Whale!

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On the 12th, the Makeup Artists and Hair Stylists Guild announced their picks for the best of 2022.  Among the winners: Everything Everywhere All At Once, Elvis, and The Whale!

Best Contemporary Make-Up, Feature-Length Motion Picture
“The Batman” (Naomi Donne, Doone Forsyth, Norma Webb, Jemma Carballo)
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” (Michelle Chung, Erin Rosenmann, Dania A. Ridgway)
“The Menu” (Deborah LaMia Denaver, Mazena Puksto, Donna Cicatelli, Deb Rutherford)
“Nope” (Shutchai Tym Buacharern, Jennifer Zide-Essex, Eleanor Sabaduquia, Kato De Stefan)
“Spirited” (Monica Huppert, Autumn J. Butler, Vivian Baker)

Best Period and/or Character Make-Up, Feature-Length Motion Picture
“Amsterdam” (Nana Fischer, Miho Suzuki, Jason Collins)
“Babylon” (Heba Thorisdottir, Shaunna Bren Chavez, Jean Black, Mandy Artusato)
“Blonde” (Tina Roesler Kerwin, Elena Arroy, Cassie Lyons)
“Elvis” (Shane Thomas, Angela Conte)
“Till” (Denise Tunnell, Janice Tunnell, Ashley Langston)

Best Special Make-Up Effects, Feature-Length Motion Picture
“The Batman” (Michael Marino, Mike Fontaine, Yoichi Art Sakamoto, Göran Lundström)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Joel Harlow, Kim Felix)
“Elvis” (Mark Coulier, Jason Baird)
“Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical” (Barrie Gower, Emma Faulkes, Chloe Muton-Phillips)
“The Whale” (Adrien Morot, Kathy Tse, Chris Gallaher)

Best Contemporary Hair Styling, Feature-Length Motion Picture
“The Batman” (Zoe Tahir, Melissa Van Tongeran, Paula Price, Andrea Lance Jones)
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” (Camille Friend, Evelyn Feliciano, Marva Stokes, Victor Paz)
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” (Anissa E. Salazar, Meghan Heaney, Miki Caporusso)
“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery” (Jeremy Woodhead, Tracey Smith, Leslie D. Bennett)
“The Menu” (Adruitha Lee, Monique Hyman, Kate Loftis, Barbara Sanders)

Best Period Hair Styling and/or Character Hair Styling, Feature-Length Motion Picture
“Amsterdam” (Adruitha Lee, Lori McCoy-Bell, Cassandra L. Russek, Yvette Shelton)
“Babylon” (Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Ahou Mofid, Aubrey Marie)
“Blonde” (Jaime Leigh McIntosh, Lynnae Duley, Ahou Mofid, Robert Pickens)
“Elvis” (Shane Thomas, Louise Coulston)
“The Woman King” (Louisa Anthony, Jamika Wilson, Plaxedes Kelias, Charity Gwakuka)

Of the winners, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Elvis, and The Whale are all nominated for the Best Makeup and Hair-Styling Oscar, along with All Quiet On The Western Front and The Batman.  The Whale is favored by most Oscar prognosticators and it did win an award from the Guild.  But, Elvis won two awards.

We’ll see who wins the Oscar on March 12th!

The Black Reel Awards Honor The Woman King

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On February 6th, the Black Reel Awards announced their picks for the best of 2022!  The nominees can be found be clicking here and the winners can be found below!

And here they are:

OUTSTANDING FILM
THE WOMAN KING – Maria Bello, Viola Davis, Cathy Schulman & Julius Tennon, producers

OUTSTANDING ACTOR
JEREMY POPE – THE INSPECTION

OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
DANIELLE DEADWYLER – TILL

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD – THE WOMAN KING

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
BRIAN TYREE HENRY – CAUSEWAY

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
ANGELA BASSETT – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

OUTSTANDING SCREENPLAY
TILL – KEITH BEAUCHAMP, MICHAEL REILLY & CHINONYE CHUKWU, WRITERS

OUTSTANDING INTERNATIONAL FILM
SAINT OMER (FRANCE) – ALICE DIOP, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
SIDNEY – REGINALD HUDLIN, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE
THE WOMAN KING – AISHA COLEY, CASTING DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE
ZOE SALDANA – AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER

OUTSTANDING SCORE
THE WOMAN KING – TERENCE BLANCHARD, COMPOSER

OUTSTANDING ORIGINAL SONG
“LIFT ME UP” – BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER

OUTSTANDING INDEPENDENT FILM
THE INSPECTION – ELEGANCE BRATTON, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING SHORT FILM
NORTH STAR – P.J. PALMER, DIRECTOR

OUTSTANDING EMERGING DIRECTOR
NIKYATU JUSU – NANNY

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
JEREMY POPE – THE INSPECTION

OUTSTANDING BREAKTHROUGH ACTRESS
THUSO MBEDU – THE WOMAN KING

OUTSTANDING FIRST SCREENPLAY
THE INSPECTION – ELEGANCE BRATTON, WRITER

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY
NOPE – HOYTE VAN HOYTEMA, CINEMATOGRAPHER

OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – RUTH E. CARTER, COSTUME DESIGNER

OUTSTANDING EDITING
THE WOMAN KING – TERILYN A. SHROPSHIRE, EDITOR

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN
BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER – HANNAH BEACHLER, PRODUCTION DESIGNER

TAR wins in London!

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It’s debatable how much effect it will have on the Oscars but the London Film Critics Circle today announced that TAR was their pick for the best of 2022!

Here are all of the nominees and winners from London!

Film of the year
Aftersun
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
The Banshees of Inisherin
Decision to Leave
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Living
Saint Omer
Tár
Top Gun: Maverick

Foreign-language film of the year
Decision to Leave (TIE)
EO
The Quiet Girl (TIE)
RRR
Saint Omer

Documentary of the year
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Fire of Love
Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time
Moonage Daydream

British/Irish film of the year
Aftersun
The Banshees of Inisherin
Living
The Quiet Girl
The Wonder

Director of the year
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Park Chan-wook – Decision to Leave
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Screenwriter of the year
Todd Field – Tár
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once
Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin
Steven Spielberg, Tony Kushner – The Fabelmans
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Actress of the year
Cate Blanchett – Tár
Ana de Armas – Blonde
Vicky Krieps – Corsage
Florence Pugh – The Wonder
Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once

Actor of the year
Austin Butler – Elvis
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brendan Fraser – The Whale
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living

Supporting actress of the year
Hong Chau – The Whale
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Dolly De Leon – Triangle of Sadness
Nina Hoss – Tár
Guslagie Malanda – Saint Omer

Supporting actor of the year
Tom Burke – The Wonder
Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin
Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway
Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once

British/Irish actress of the year (for body of work)
Jessie Buckley – Men, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol, Women Talking
Olivia Colman – Empire of Light, Joyride, Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, Scrooge: A Christmas Carol
Florence Pugh – Don’t Worry Darling, The Wonder
Emma Thompson – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande, Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical
Letitia Wright – Aisha, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, The Silent Twins

British/Irish actor of the year (for body of work)
Harris Dickinson – See How They Run, Triangle of Sadness, Where the Crawdads Sing
Colin Farrell – After Yang, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Batman, Thirteen Lives
Ralph Fiennes – The Forgiven, The Menu
Paul Mescal – Aftersun
Bill Nighy – Living

Breakthrough British/Irish film-maker
Katy Brand – Good Luck to You, Leo Grande
Colm Bairéad – The Quiet Girl
Frances O’Connor – Emily
Georgia Oakley – Blue Jean
Charlotte Wells – Aftersun

Young British/Irish performer
Kila Lord Cassidy – The Wonder
Catherine Clinch – The Quiet Girl
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Bella Ramsey – Catherine Called Birdy
Alisha Weir – Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

British/Irish short film of the year
A Fox in the Night
Groom
Honesty
A Letter to Black Men
Scale

Technical achievement award
Athena – Matias Boucard, cinematography
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Ruth E Carter, costumes
Blonde – Leslie Shatz, sound design
Decision to Leave – Kim Ji-yong, cinematography
Elvis – Catherine Martin, costumes
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers, film editing
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Brian Leif Hansen, animation
RRR – Nick Powell, stunts
Tár – Stephen Griffiths, sound design
The Wonder – Nina Gold, casting

Dilys Powell award for excellence in film
Michelle Yeoh

Here Are The 2022 Eddie Nominations!

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The American Cinema Editors have announced their nominations for the Eddie Awards, which will celebrate the best in film editing for 2022. The winners will be announced March 5th, 2023.

I’m not really sure why any organization would wait until after the Oscar nominations to announce their own nominations but whatever.  There’s no need to be judgey, right?  Here are the nominees!

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Drama, Theatrical)
All Quiet on the Western Front – Sven Budelmann, BFS
Elvis – Matt Villa, ACE ASE & Jonathan Redmond
Tár – Monika Willi
Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton, ACE
The Woman King – Terilyn A. Shropshire, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (Comedy, Theatrical)
The Banshees of Inisherin – Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, ACE
Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bob Ducsay, ACE
The Menu – Christopher Tellefsen, ACE
Triangle of Sadness – Ruben Östlund & Mikel Cee Karlsson

BEST EDITED ANIMATED FEATURE FILM (Theatrical or Non-Theatrical)
The Bad Guys – John Venzon, ACE
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio – Ken Schretzmann, ACE & Holly Klein
Marcel the Shell with Shoes On – Dean Fleischer-Camp & Nick Paley
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish – James Ryan, ACE
Turning Red – Nicholas C. Smith, ACE

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Theatrical)
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – Amy Foote, Joe Bini & Brian A. Kates, ACE
Fire of Love – Erin Casper & Jocelyne Chaput
Good Night Oppy – Helen Kearns, ACE & Rejh Cabrera
Moonage Daydream – Brett Morgen
Navalny – Langdon Page & Maya Hawke

BEST EDITED DOCUMENTARY (Non-Theatrical)
The Andy Warhol Diaries: “Collab: Andy & Basquiat” – Steve Ross
George Carlin’s American Dream – Joe Beshenkovsky, ACE
The Last Movie Stars: “Luck is an Art” – Barry Poltermann
Lucy and Desi – Robert A. Martinez
Pelosi in the House – Geof Bartz, ACE

BEST EDITED MULTI-CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
The Conners: “Of Missing Minds and Missing Fries” – Brian Schnuckel, ACE
How I Met Your Father: “Timing Is Everything” – Susan Federman, ACE
The Neighborhood: “Welcome to the Art of Negotiation” – Chris Poulos

BEST EDITED SINGLE CAMERA COMEDY SERIES
Atlanta: “Andrew Wyeth. Alfred’s World.” – Kyle Reiter, ACE & Isaac Hagy, ACE
Barry: “710N” – Franky Guttman
Barry: “Starting Now” – Ali Greer
The Bear: “System” – Joanna Naugle
Only Murders in the Building: “I Know Who Did It” – Shelly Westerman, ACE & Payton Koch

BEST EDITED DRAMA SERIES
Andor: “One Way Out” – Simon Smith
Euphoria: “Stand Still Like the Hummingbird” – Aaron I. Butler, ACE & Julio Perez IV, ACE
Euphoria: “The Theater and Its Double” – Laura Zempel, Julio Perez IV, ACE & Nikola Boyanov
Severance: “In Perpetuity” – Geoffrey Richman, ACE & Erica Freed Marker, ACE
Severance: “The We We Are” – Geoffrey Richman, ACE

BEST EDITED FEATURE FILM (NON-THEATRICAL)
Fire Island – Brian A. Kates, ACE
Hocus Pocus 2 – Julia Wong, ACE
A Jazzman’s Blues – Maysie Hoy, ACE
Prey – Angela M. Catanzaro, ACE & Claudia Castello
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story – Jamie Kennedy

BEST EDITED LIMITED SERIES
Gaslit: “Year of the Rat” – Joe Leonard, ACE
Obi-Wan Kenobi: “Part VI” – Kelley Dixon, ACE & Josh Earl, ACE
Station Eleven: “Unbroken Circle” – Anna Hauger, ACE, David Eisenberg, Yoni Reiss & Anthony McAfee
The White Lotus: “Abduction” – Heather Persons, ACE
The White Lotus: “Arrivederci” – John M. Valerio ACE

BEST EDITED NON-SCRIPTED SERIES
Deadliest Catch: “Sailor’s Delight” – Isaiah Camp, ACE, Joe Mikan, ACE & Alexander Rubinow, ACE
Formula 1: Drive to Survive: “Hard Racing” – Cassie Bennitt, Matt Rudge, Duncan Moir, Nic Zimmermann, Jack Foxton & Neil Clarkson
Vice: “Killing for Success & Marcos Returns” – Paula Salhany, Brandon Kieffer, Andrew Pattison. Catherine Lee & Victoria Lesiw

BEST EDITED VARIETY TALK/SKETCH SHOW OR SPECIAL
A Black Lady Sketch Show: “Save My Edges, I’m A Donor!” – Stephanie Filo, ACE, Bradinn French, Taylor Mason & S. Robyn Wilson
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: “Police Interrogations” – Anthony Miale, ACE & Ryan Barger
My Next Guest Needs No Introduction with David Letterman: “Volodymyr Zelenskyy Special” – Cori Wapnowska & Jon Higgins

BEST EDITED ANIMATED SERIES
Big Mouth: “Dadda Dia!” – Felipe Salazar
Bob’s Burgers: “Some Like It Bot Part 1: Eighth Grade Runner” – Jeremy Reuben, ACE
Love, Death & Robots: “Bad Travelling” – Kirk Baxter, ACE

ANNE V. COATES AWARD FOR STUDENT EDITING
Adriana Guevara – New York University
Jazmin Jamias – American Film Institute
Tianze Sun – American Film Institute

 

The AARP Honors Top Gun: Maverick!

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To be honest, the AARP naming Top Gun: Maverick the best film of 2022 is perhaps the least surprising moment of the 2022 awards season.  Don’t get me wrong.  I love Top Gun: Maverick and it’s my pick for the best of 2022.  But I don’t think there was ever any doubt that it was going to win with an organization made up of people who saw the first Top Gun when it was originally released in theaters.

Anyway, here are all the AARP winners!  You can see all of the nominees by clicking here.

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups
Top Gun: Maverick

Best Actress
Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once)

Best Actor
Brendan Fraser (The Whale)

Best Supporting Actress
Judith Ivey (Women Talking)

Best Supporting Actor
Judd Hirsch (The Fabelmans)

Best Director
Baz Luhrmann (Elvis)

Best Screenwriter
Kazuo Ishiguro (Living)

Best Actress (TV)
Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)

Best Actor (TV)
Jeff Bridges (The Old Man)

Best TV Series
The Old Man

Best TV Movie/Limited Series
Black Bird

Best Ensemble
She Said

Best Intergenerational Movie
Till

Best Time Capsule
Elvis

Best Grownup Love Story
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Best Documentary
Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down

Best Foreign Film
The Quiet Girl (Ireland)

 

Here’s What Won At Sundance

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To be absolutely honest, I didn’t really pay much attention to the Sundance Film Festival this year.  I may or may not regret that come next December.  Traditionally, it seems that at least a few Oscar contenders begin their journey at Sundance but there’s always a chance that the big Sundance success story could turn out to be something like Zola, a film that gets a lot of festival hype but doesn’t really stick around in anyone’s mind afterwards.

Today, the 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s awards winners were announced.  Time will tell whether or not the films listed below will have much of a life outside of Sundance.  Out of the films honored, Magazine Dreams sounds like the one most likely to break out.

U.S. DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: A.V. Rockwell for “A Thousand and One”
Audience Award: “The Persian Version,” directed by Maryam Keshavarz
Directing: Sing J. Lee for “The Accidental Getaway Driver”
Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award: Maryam Keshavarz for “The Persian Version”
Special Jury Award: Acting: Lio Mehiel for “Mutt”
Special Jury Award: Ensemble: The cast of “Theater Camp,” directed by Molly Gordon and Nick Lieberman.
Special Jury Award: Creative Vision: The creative team of “Magazine Dreams,” directed by Elijah Bynum
Festival Favorite Award: “Radical,” directed by Christopher Zalla

U.S. DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project,” directed by Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson
Audience Award: “Beyond Utopia”
Directing: Luke Lorentzen for “A Still Small Voice”
Jonathan Oppenheim Editing Award: Daniela I. Quiroz for “Going Varsity in Mariachi”
Special Jury Award – Clarity of Vision: “The Stroll,” directed by Kristen Lovell & Zackary Drucke
Special Jury Award – Freedom of Expression: “Bad Press

WORLD CINEMA DRAMATIC COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “Scrapper”
Audience Award: “Shayda,” directed by Noora Niasari
Directing Award: Marija Kavtaradze “Slow”
Special Jury Award – Cinematography: Lílis Soares for “Mami Wata”
Special Jury Award – Best Performance: Rosa Marchant, “When It Melts”
Special Jury Award – Creative Vision: Sofia Alaoui for “Animalia”

WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION
Grand Jury Prize: “The Eternal Memory”
Audience Award: “20 Days in Mariupol,” directed and produced by Mstyslav Chernov

Special Jury Prize – Directing: “Smoke, Sauna Sisterhood,” Anna Hints
Special Jury Award – Creative Vision: “Fantastic Machine”
Special Jury Award – Verité: “Against the Tide”

OTHER AWARDS
NEXT Audience Award: “Kokomo City”
NEXT Innovator Award: “Kokomo City”
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize: “The Pod Generation”

SHORTS
Short Film Grand Jury Prize: “When You Left Me on That Boulevard,” directed by Kayla Abuda Galang
Short Film Jury Award – U.S. Fiction: “Rest Stop,” directed by Crystal Kayiza
Short Film Jury Award – International Fiction: “The Kidnapping of the Bride,” Sophia Mocorrea
Short Film Jury Award – Non-Fiction: “Will You Look at Me,” directed by Shuli Huang.
Short Film Special Jury Award – International Directing: “AliEN0089,” directed by Valeria Hofmann.
Short Film Special Jury Award – U.S Directing: “The Vacation,” directed by Jarreau Carrillo

The Writers Guild Announces Their Nominees For The Best Screenplays of 2022!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Earlier today, the Writers Guild of America announced their nominees for the best screenplays of 2022.  As happens every year, a lot of screenplays were deemed ineligible, largely because they weren’t written by members of the WGA.  That’s certainly fair enough.  (Among the “big” films to be declared ineligible: Triangle of Sadness, Banshees of Inisherin, RRR, and All Quiet on the Western Front.)  Here is what was nominated:

SCREENPLAY NOMINEES

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Written by Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert; A24
The Fabelmans – Written by Steven Spielberg & Tony Kushner; Universal Pictures
The Menu – Written by Seth Reiss & Will Tracy; Searchlight Pictures
Nope – Written by Jordan Peele; Universal Pictures
Tár – Written by Todd Field; Focus Features

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Screenplay by Ryan Coogler & Joe Robert Cole, Story by Ryan Coogler, Based on the Marvel Comics; Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Written by Rian Johnson; Netflix
She Said – Screenplay by Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Based on the New York Times Investigation by Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey and Rebecca Corbett and the Book She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey; Universal Pictures
Top Gun: Maverick – Screenplay by Ehren Kruger and Eric Warren Singer and Christopher McQuarrie, Story by Peter Craig and Justin Marks, Based on Characters Created by Jim Cash & Jack Epps, Jr.; Paramount Pictures
Women Talking – Screenplay by Sarah Polley, Based upon the Book by Miriam Toews; Orion Pictures/MGM

DOCUMENTARY SCREENPLAY
2nd Chance – Written by Ramin Bahrani; Showtime Documentary Films
Downfall: The Case Against Boeing – Written by Mark Bailey & Keven McAlester; Netflix
Last Flight Home – Written by Ondi Timoner; MTV Documentary Films
Moonage Daydream – Written by Brett Morgen; Neon
¡Viva Maestro! – Written by Theodore Braun; Greenwich Entertainment

How will the WGA nominations effect the Oscar nominations?  They won’t, seeing as the Oscar nominations were announced yesterday.  Personally, I respect the WGA’s commitment to not being a precursor.  The winners will be announced on March 5th.