Oppenheimer Wins In North Texas!


The North Texas Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2023 and it was a good day for Oppenheimer!  The winners are listed, in bold, below!

BEST PICTURE
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn

BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Glenn Howerton – Blackberry
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
America Ferrera – Barbie
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST DIRECTOR
Emerald Fennell – Saltburn
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
Godland
Perfect Days
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
A Disturbance in the Force
Judy Blume Forever
Little Richard: I Am Everything
The Mission
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Wish

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Robert Yeoman – Asteroid City
Rodrigo Prieto – Barbie
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Robbie Ryan – Poor Things
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn

BEST NEWCOMER
Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid/The Color Purple
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Charles Melton – May December
Allison Oliver – Saltburn
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST SCREENPLAY
Alex Convery – Air
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives

GARY MURRAY AWARD (BEST ENSEMBLE)
Air
Asteroid City
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

Here Are The 2023 Satellite Award Nominations!


Apparently, the Satellite Awards are still a thing.  The Satellites are given out by the International Press Academy so I guess they are the rivals of the Hollywood Foreign Press, the former owners of the Golden Globes.

Anyway, the Satellite nominations were announced today.  Ferrari picked up a nomination for Best Picture but I wouldn’t change your Oscar predictions just yet because the Satellites aren’t exactly the best precursor around.

Here are the film nominations!  The winners will be announced on January 27th, by which time we’ll all probably be pretty sick of the awards season in general.

Motion Picture, Drama
Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures)
Maestro (Netflix)
May December (Netflix)
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Past Lives (A24)
Ferrari (Neon)

Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Scrapper (Kino Lorber)
Barbie (Warner Bros)
The Holdovers (Focus Features)
American Fiction (MGM)
Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Dream Scenario (A24)

Motion Picture, International
United Kingdom – The Zone of Interest
Finland – Fallen Leaves
Germany – The Teacher’s Lounge
Spain – Society of the Snow
Bulgaria – Blaga’s Lessons
Italy – Io Capitano
France – Anatomy of a Fall

Motion Picture, Animated or Mixed Media
Suzume (Crunchyroll)
The Boy and the Heron (GKIDS)
Elemental (Pixar)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Columbia Pictures)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (Paramount Pictures)
Robot Dreams (Neon)

Motion Picture, Documentary
Little Richard: I Am Everything (Magnolia Pictures)
20 Days in Mariupol (PBS)
Close to Vermeer (Kino Lorber)
Stamped from the Beginning (Netflix)
American Symphony (Netflix)
Bad Press (Context Move)
Love to Love You, Donna Summer (HBO Max)
Lakota Nation vs. United States (IFC Films

Director
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig – Barbie

Actress in a Motion Picture Drama
Natalie Portman – May December
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Penélope Cruz – Ferrari
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall

Actor in a Motion Picture Drama
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Franz Rogowski – Passages

Actress in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Alma Pöysti – Fallen Leaves
Cailee Spaeny – Priscilla

Actor in Motion Picture, Comedy or Musical
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Nicolas Cage – Dream Scenario
Joaquin Phoenix – Beau Is Afraid

Actress in a Supporting Role
Rosamund Pike – Saltburn
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Juliette Binoche – The Taste of Things
America Ferrera – Barbie

Actor in a Supporting Role
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Robert DeNiro – Killers of the Flower Moon
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Screenplay, Original
David Hemingson – The Holdovers (Focus Features)
Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach – Barbie (Warner Bros)
Samy Burch (story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik) – May December (Netflix)
Celine Song – Past Lives (A24)
Justine Triet & Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)
Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer – Maestro (Netflix)

Screenplay, Adapted
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction (MGM)
Eric Roth & Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures)
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Tony McNamara – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest (A24)
Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers (Searchlight Pictures)

Original Score
Daniel Pemberton – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Columbia / Sony Pictures)
Ludwig Göransson – Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)
Robbie Robertson – Killers of the Flower Moon (Paramount Pictures)
Jerskin Fendrix – Poor Things (Searchlight Pictures)
Michael Giacchino – Society of the Snow (Netflix)
Laura Karpman – American Fiction (MGM)

Original Song
“It Never Went Away” – Jon Batiste & Dan Wilson from American Symphony
“I’m Just Ken” – Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt from Barbie
“Road to Freedom” – Lenny Kravitz from Rustin
“The Fire Inside” – Diane Warren from Flamin’ Hot
“What Was I Made For?” – Billie Eilish & Finneas from Barbie
“Peaches” – Jack Black, Aaron Horvath, Michael Jelenic, Eric Osmond & John Spiker from The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto – Killers of the Flower Moon
Linus Sandgren – Saltburn
Hoyte van Hoytema – Oppenheimer
Matthew Libatique – Maestro
Erik Messerschmidt – Ferrari
Dariusz Wolski – Napoleon
Fraser Taggart – Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

Film Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker – Killers of the Flower Moon
Nick Houy – Barbie
Kevin Tent – The Holdovers
Jennifer Lame – Oppenheimer
Michelle Tesoro – Maestro
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – Poor Things

Sound (Editing and Mixing)
Oppenheimer
Maestro
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
American Symphony
Ferrari

Visual Effects
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Michael Lasker, Alan Hawkins, Bret St. Clair & Pav Grochola
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Alex Wuttke, Jeff Sutherland, Simone Coco & Neil Corbould
Oppenheimer
The Creator
Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
Napoleon

Production Design
Maria Djurkovic & Sophie Phillips – Ferrari
Jack Fisk & Adam Willis – Killers of the Flower Moon
Kevin Thompson & Rena DeAngelo – Maestro
Ruth De Jong & Claire Kaufman – Oppenheimer
Sarah Greenwood & Katie Spencer – Barbie
Arthur Max – Napoleon

Costume Design
David Crossman, Janty Yates – Napoleon
Jacqueline West – Killers of the Flower Moon
Jacqueline Durran – Barbie
Holly Waddington – Poor Things
Francine Jamison-Tanchuck – The Color Purple
Ellen Mirojnick – Oppenheimer

Ensemble Motion Picture
Oppenheimer (Universal Pictures)

Through The Shattered Lens Wishes A Happy Birthday To Steven Spielberg


Today the Shattered Lens is happy to wish the great Steven Spielberg a happy birthday!

It’s perhaps impossible to pick just one scene or just four shots to represent the career and the talent of Steven Spielberg.  So, in honor of his birthday, I am going to share the moments when Steven Spielberg won his first two competitive Oscars, for directing and producing 1993’s Schindler’s List.  His words are even more important today.

Oppenheimer Wins In St. Louis


The St. Louis Film Critics Association have announced their picks for the best of 2023!  The winners are listed below in bold.

BEST FILM

American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
May December
Past Lives
The Zone of Interest

BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Todd Haynes – May December
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song – Past Lives

BEST ACTRESS
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon (WINNER)
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Natalie Portman – May December
Margot Robbie – Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST ACTOR
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP)
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Viola Davis – Air
Rachel McAdams – 
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (RUNNER-UP)
Julianne Moore – May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers (WINNER)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Ryan Gosling – Barbie (WINNER)
Charles Melton – May December (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

BEST ENSEMBLE
Asteroid City
Barbie (RUNNER-UP TIE)
The Holdovers (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP TIE)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction (RUNNER-UP)
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Zone of Interest

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Air
Barbie (WINNER)
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers (RUNNER-UP)
Past Lives

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Asteroid City (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Maestro (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
The Zone of Interest

BEST EDITING
The Holdovers

The Killer (RUNNER-UP)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer (WINNER)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie (WINNER)
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things (RUNNER-UP)
Priscilla

BEST MUSIC SCORE
Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP TIE)
May December (RUNNER-UP TIE)
Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
The Zone of Interest

BEST MUSIC SOUNDTRACK
Air
Barbie (WINNER)
The Holdovers

The Killer (RUNNER-UP)
Maestro

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

The Creator (WINNER)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Godzilla Minus One
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)

BEST STUNTS
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
The Iron Claw
John Wick: Chapter 4 (RUNNER-UP)
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (WINNER)




BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Anatomy of a Fall (WINNER)
Fallen Leaves
Perfect Days
The Teachers’ Lounge
The Zone of Interest (RUNNER-UP)

BEST ACTION MOVIE
Dungeons and Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Indiana Jones And The Dial Of Destiny
John Wick: Chapter 4 (WINNER-TIE)
The Killer
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One (WINNER-TIE)

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and the Heron (RUNNER-UP)
Elemental
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (WINNER)

BEST COMEDY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Bottoms
The Holdovers (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
American Symphony (WINNER-TIE)
Beyond Utopia
It Ain’t Over
Menus Plaisirs Les Troisgros
Still A Michael J. Fox Movie (WINNER-TIE)

BEST HORROR
Evil Dead Rise
Knock at the Cabin
M3GAN
Talk to Me (WINNER)
Skinamarink (RUNNER-UP)



BEST SCENE
Barbie – Gloria (America Ferrara)’s monologue on impossible standards for women (WINNER)
John Wick: Chapter 4 – Staircase Fight (RUNNER-UP)
Killers of the Flower Moon – The radio show finale
Maestro – Leonard Bernstein conducting London Symphony in Mahler’s Second Symphony in Ely Cathedral
Oppenheimer – Trinity Test

The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle Honors Poor Things


The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle has announced its picks for the best of 2023!  Here’s what won in Philadelphia!

Best Film
Winner: Poor Things
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer

Best Director
Winner: Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Runner-Up: Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Actress
Winner: Emma Stone – Poor Things
Runner-Up: Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

​Best Actor
Winner: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
​Runner-Up: Julianne Moore – May December

​Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Charles Melton – May December

Best Animated Film
Winner: The Boy And The Heron
Runner-Up: Robot Dreams

Best Foreign Film
Winner: The Boy And The Heron
Runner-Up: Anatomy Of A Fall

Best Documentary
Winner: 20 Days In Mariupol
Runner-Up: Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Cinematography
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Poor Things

Best Breakthrough Performance
Winner: Charles Melton – May December
Runner-Up: Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret

Best Directorial Debut
Winner: Celine Song – Past Lives
Runner-Up: Cord Jefferson – American Fiction

Best Screenplay
Winner: Poor Things
Runner-Up: Oppenheimer

Best Score/Soundtrack
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Poor Things

Best Ensemble
Winner: Oppenheimer
Runner-Up: Poor Things

Cheesesteak Award – for a film meant to recognize a blockbuster that’s hard to ignore
Winner: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Runner-Up: Godzilla Minus One

The Toronto Film Critics Association Named The Zone of Interest The Best Of 2023


Canada has spoken!  Today, the Toronto Film Critics Association named their picks for the best of 2023!

Best Film
Winner: ​The Zone Of Interest
Runners-Up: All of Us Strangers & Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Director
Winner: ​Jonathan Glazer – The Zone Of Interest
Runners-Up: Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon & Justine Triet – Anatomy Of A Fall

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Barbie
Runners-Up: Anatomy Of A Fall & Past Lives

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: ​Killers of the Flower Moon
Runners-Up: All of Us Strangers & Poor Things

Best Lead Performance
Winners: ​Sandra Hüller – Anatomy Of A Fall & Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Runners-Up: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers, Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers, Emma Stone – Poor Things & Kôji Yakusho – Perfect Days

Best First Feature
Winner: ​Rye Lane
Runners-Up: American Fiction & Past Lives

Allan King Best Documentary
Winner: 20 Days in Mariupol
Runners-Up: The Eternal Memory, Four Daughters & Swan Song

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: ​Fallen Leaves
Runners-Up: Anatomy Of A Fall & The Zone Of Interest

Best Animated Feature
Winner: Robot Dreams
Runners-Up: The Boy and the Heron & Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Supporting Performance
Winner: Ryan Gosling – Barbie & Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Runners-Up: Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon, Robert Downey, Jr. – Oppenheimer, Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry & Charles Melton – May December

Best Breakthrough Performance
Winner: Teyana Taylor – A Thousand And One
Runners-Up: Charles Melton – May December & Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers

Best Performance In A Canadian Film
Winner: Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry
Runners-Up: Jay Baruchel – BlackBerry & Théodore Pellerin – Solo

Here Are The 2023 Nominations of the San Diego Film Critics Society!


Here are the nominations of the San Diego Film Critics Association!  The winners will be announced on December 19th!

Best Picture
AMERICAN FICTION
ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER

Best Director
Kelly Fremon Craig – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Greta Gerwig – BARBIE
Cord Jefferson – AMERICAN FICTION
Christopher Nolan – OPPENHEIMER
Martin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Actor
Colman Domingo – RUSTIN
Zac Efron – THE IRON CLAW
Paul Giamatti – THE HOLDOVERS
Cillian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER
Jeffrey Wright – AMERICAN FICTION

Best Actress
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sandra Hüller – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Margot Robbie – BARBIE
Emma Stone – POOR THINGS

Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown – AMERICAN FICTION
Robert Downey Jr. – OPPENHEIMER
Ryan Gosling – BARBIE
Charles Melton – MAY DECEMBER
Mark Ruffalo – POOR THINGS

Best Supporting Actress
Jodie Foster – NYAD
Sandra Hüller – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Rachel McAdams – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS

Best Comedic Performance
Michael Cera – BARBIE
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Ryan Gosling – BARBIE
Nathan Lane – DICKS: THE MUSICAL
Mark Ruffalo – POOR THINGS

Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18)
Joe Bird – TALK TO ME
Christian Convery – COCAINE BEAR
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Jude Hill – A HAUNTING IN VENICE
Milo Machado-Graner – ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Original Screenplay
Samy Burch – MAY DECEMBER
Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach – BARBIE
David Hemingson – THE HOLDOVERS
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari – ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Adapted Screenplay
Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson – AMERICAN FICTION
Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
Jonathan Glazer – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Christopher Nolan, Kai Bird, Martin Sherwin – OPPENHEIMER
Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best First Feature (Director)
Chloe Domont – FAIR PLAY
Cord Jefferson – AMERICAN FICTION
Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou – TALK TO ME
A.V. Rockwell – A THOUSAND AND ONE
Celine Song – PAST LIVES

Best Documentary
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
KOKOMO CITY
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING
STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE

Best Animated Film
THE BOY AND THE HERON
CHICKEN RUN: DAWN OF THE NUGGET
NIMONA
ROBOT DREAMS
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Best Foreign Language Film
ANATOMY OF A FALL
FALLEN LEAVES
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
MONSTER
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Editing
Nick Houy – BARBIE
Jennifer Lame – OPPENHEIMER
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – POOR THINGS
Thelma Schoonmaker – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Laurent Sénéchal – ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto – BARBIE
Rodrigo Prieto – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Robbie Ryan – POOR THINGS
Hoyte Van Hoytema – OPPENHEIMER
Dariusz Wolski – NAPOLEON

Best Production Design
Ruth De Jong – OPPENHEIMER
Jack Fisk – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Sarah Greenwood – BARBIE
Arthur Max – NAPOLEON
James Price, Shona Heath – POOR THINGS

Best Visual Effects
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS

Best Costume Design
David Crossman, Janty Yates – NAPOLEON
Jacqueline Durran, Charlotte Finlay, Hope Slepak – BARBIE
Ellen Mirojnick – OPPENHEIMER
Holly Waddington, Vincent Dumas, Zsuzsa Stenger – POOR THINGS
Jacqueline West – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Sound Design
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
MAESTRO
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
OPPENHEIMER
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Use of Music
AIR
ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
BARBIE
THE HOLDOVERS
MAESTRO

Best Stunt Choreography
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
THE KILLER
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
NAPOLEON
POLITE SOCIETY

Best Ensemble
AIR
BARBIE
A HAUNTING IN VENICE
THE HOLDOVERS
OPPENHEIMER

Here Are The 2023 Nomination of the Utah Film Critics Association


The Utah Film Critics Association has announced the nominees for the best of 2023!  The winners will be announced on January 6th, 2024!

Best Picture
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

Best Achievement in Directing
Celine Song – Past Lives
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things

Best Lead Performance, Male
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers

Best Lead Performance, Female
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Natalie Portman – May December

Best Supporting Performance, Male
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie

Best Supporting Performance, Female
America Ferrera – Barbie
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Sandra Hüller – The Zone of Interest

Best Ensemble Cast
Air
Barbie
The Holdovers
The Iron Claw
Oppenheimer

Vice/Martin Award for Performance in a Science-Fiction, Fantasy, or Horror Film
Bradley Cooper – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Chris Pine – Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Iman Vellani – The Marvels
Nicolas Cage – Renfield

Best Original Screenplay
Celine Song – Past Lives
David Hemingson – The Holdovers
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach – Barbie
Justine Triet and Arthur Harari – Anatomy of a Fall
Samy Burch – May December

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Kelly Fremon Craig – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Tony McNamara – Poor Things

Best Cinematography
Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto
Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto
Maestro – Matthew Libatique
Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema
Poor Things – Robbie Ryan

Best Original Score
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Film Editing
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Visual Effects
The Creator
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature
20 Days in Mariupol
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
The Mission
Still: The Michael J. Fox Story

Best Animated Feature
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

Best Non-English Feature
Anatomy of a Fall
Godzilla Minus One
Society of the Snow
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

The Boston Online Film Critics Association Honors Killers of the Flower Moon


The Boston Online Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2023!  While the majority of the awards went Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon was named Best Picture of the year.

Top 10 of 2023
1. KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
2. OPPENHEIMER
3. THE HOLDOVERS
4. PAST LIVES
5. MAY DECEMBER
6. BARBIE
7. THE ZONE OF INTEREST
8. AMERICAN FICTION
9. POOR THINGS
10. ANATOMY OF A FALL

Best Director
Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER

Best Actress
Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Actor
Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER

Best Supporting Actor
Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER

Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

Best Screenplay
David Hemingson, THE HOLDOVERS & Samy Burch, MAY DECEMBER (TIE)

Best Ensemble
OPPENHEIMER

Best Score
Ludwig Göransson, OPPENHEIMER

Best Cinematography
Hoyte va Hoytema, OPPENHEIMER

Best Editing
Jennifer Lame, OPPENHEIMER

Best Documentary
MENUS-PLAISIRS – TROISGROS

Best International Feature
THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Animated Film
SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

Here Are The 2023 Nominations For The Black Reel Awards


The nominations for the Black Reel Awards were announced today.  The winners will be announced on January 13th, 2024.

Outstanding Film
American Fiction
The Color Purple
Origin
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Lead Performance
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
John Boyega – They Cloned Tyrone
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin
Jamie Foxx – The Burial
Kelvin Harrison Jr. – Chevalier
Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One
Sophie Wilde – Talk To Me
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction

Outstanding Director
Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple
Ava DuVerney – Origin
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Michael B. Jordan – Creed III
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One

Outstanding Supporting Performance
Erika Alexander – American Fiction
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction
Viola Davis – Air
Colman Domingo – The Color Purple
Jamie Foxx – They Cloned Tyrone
Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple
Jonathan Majors – Creed III
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Jurnee Smollett – The Burial

Outstanding Screenplay
A Thousand and One
American Fiction
Origin
Rustin
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Documentary
American Symphony
Kokomo City
Little Richard: I Am Everything
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Stamped From The Beginning

Outstanding International Film
Brother (Canada)
Our Father, the Devil (Cameroon)
Rye Lane (UK)

Outstanding Ensemble
American Fiction
The Blackening
The Color Purple
Rustin
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Voice Performance
Ariana DeBose – Wish
Ayo Edebiri – Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Brian Tyree Henry – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Independent Film
A Thousand and One
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Earth Mama
How I Learned To Fly
Rye Lane

Outstanding Short Film
ALIVE IN BRONZE: Huey P. Newton
Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
Black Girls Play: The Story of Hand Games
The Dads
The Last Repair Shop

Outstanding Emerging Director
Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple
Raven Jackson – All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Juel Taylor – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Breakthrough Performance
Halle Bailey – The Little Mermaid
Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Jerrod Carmichael – Poor Things
Archie Madekwe – Gran Turismo
Phylicia Pearl Mpasi – The Color Purple
Tia Nomore – Earth Mama
Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane
Dewayne Perkins – The Blackening
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One

Outstanding First Screenplay
A Thousand and One
American Fiction
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
The Color Purple
Earth Mama

Outstanding Score
Jon Batiste – American Symphony
Kris Bowers – Chevalier
Kris Bowers – The Color Purple
Brandford Marsalias – Rustin
Desmond Murray & Pierre Charles – They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Original Song
“Am I Dreaming” – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
“It Never Went Away” – American Symphony
“Keep It Moving” – The Color Purple
“My House” – Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
“Road to Freedom” – Rustin

Outstanding Soundtrack
The Color Purple
Creed III
The Little Mermaid
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Outstanding Cinematography
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Earth Mama
Kokomo City
Rye Lane
Silver Dollar Road

Outstanding Costume Design
Air
The Color Purple
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Rustin
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Editing
The Color Purple
Kokomo City
Origin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
They Cloned Tyrone

Outstanding Hairstyling & Makeup
A Thousand and One
Air
Bottoms
The Color Purple
Rustin

Outstanding Production Design
Chevalier
The Little Mermaid
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Rustin
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse