One Battle After Another Wins In Portland


The Portland Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2025.  The winners are listed in bold.

Best Picture
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (WINNER)
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (WINNER)
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (WINNER)
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance
Mariam Afshari, It Was Just An Accident
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later
Delroy Lindo, Sinners (WINNER)
Amy Madigan, Weapons (WINNER)
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (WINNER)
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Ensemble Cast
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

Best Animated Feature
I Am Frankelda
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Lost in Starlight
Predator: Killer of Killers (WINNER)
Stitch Head
Zootopia 2 (RUNNER-UP)

Best Documentary Feature
Direct Action
Megadoc (RUNNER-UP)
Orwell: 2+2=5 (WINNER)
Pavements
The Perfect Neighbor
Sly Lives!

Best Film Not in the English Language
Caught by the Tides
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice (WINNER)
The Secret Agent (RUNNER-UP)
Sirāt
Sentimental Value

Best Comedy Feature
Bugonia
Eephus (WINNER)
Friendship (RUNNER-UP)
The Naked Gun
Sorry, Baby
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror Feature
Frankenstein
Good Boy
The Plague
Sinners (WINNER)
28 Years Later
Weapons (RUNNER-UP)

Best Science Fiction Feature
Bugonia (WINNER)
Companion
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Predator: Badlands
Superman (RUNNER-UP)

Best Screenplay
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
Sorry, Baby

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Train Dreams

Best Costume Design
Frankenstein (RUNNER-UP)
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
The Testament of Ann Lee (WINNER)

Best Film Editing
Marty Supreme (RUNNER-UP)
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners
Train Dreams
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
28 Years Later

Best Original Score
Marty Supreme
The Mastermind
One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Sinners (WINNER)
Sirāt
Train Dreams

Best Sound Design
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Superman
28 Years Later
Warfare (WINNER)

Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (WINNER)
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Thunderbolts
28 Years Later
Warfare (RUNNER-UP)

Best Visual Effects
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
Predator: Badlands
Sinners (WINNER)
Superman (RUNNER-UP)
Thunderbolts

Here Are The 2025 Nominations of the Portland Critics Association


The Portland Critics Association has announced its nominations for the best of 2025.  And here they are:

Best Picture
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident
Park Chan-wook, No Other Choice
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance
Mariam Afshari, It Was Just An Accident
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Ralph Fiennes, 28 Years Later
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Paul Mescal, Hamnet
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

Best Ensemble Cast
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery
Weapons

Best Animated Feature
I Am Frankelda
K-Pop Demon Hunters
Lost in Starlight
Predator: Killer of Killers
Stitch Head
Zootopia 2

Best Documentary Feature
Direct Action
Megadoc
Orwell: 2+2=5
Pavements
The Perfect Neighbor
Sly Lives!

Best Film Not in the English Language
Caught by the Tides
It Was Just An Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sirāt
Sentimental Value

Best Comedy Feature
Bugonia
Eephus
Friendship
The Naked Gun
Sorry, Baby
Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Horror Feature
Frankenstein
Good Boy
The Plague
Sinners
28 Years Later
Weapons

Best Science Fiction Feature
Bugonia
Companion
Frankenstein
Mickey 17
Predator: Badlands
Superman

Best Screenplay
It Was Just An Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sorry, Baby

Best Cinematography
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

Best Costume Design
Frankenstein
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
The Testament of Ann Lee

Best Film Editing
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Production Design
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
The Phoenician Scheme
Sinners
28 Years Later

Best Original Score
Marty Supreme
The Mastermind
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirāt
Train Dreams

Best Sound Design
F1
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Superman
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Thunderbolts
28 Years Later
Warfare

Best Visual Effects
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
Frankenstein
Predator: Badlands
Sinners
Superman
Thunderbolts

Here Is The Official Cannes Lineup!


The lineup for the Cannes Film Festival has been announced.  After a rather subdued Sundance, film lovers like me are desperately looking to Cannes to add some excitement to 2024.  Considering that Cannes is going to see the premiere of new films from Francis Ford Coppola, Paul Schrader, Sean Baker, Kevin Costner, Andrea Arnold, George Miller, David Cronenberg, and Yorgos Lanthimos, it might do just that!

In the past, Cannes has always been hit-and-miss when it comes to the Oscars.  But lately, films like The Zone of Interest, Parasite, and The Tree of Life have followed success at Cannes with success with the Academy.

With that in mind, here’s the lineup.  If you’re going to Cannes in May, you’re going to have a good time!

Full lineup of the 2024 Cannes film festival.

The Second Act Quentin Dupieux (Opening Film) (Out of Competition)

Competition

L’Amour Ouf Gilles Lellouche

All We Imagine As Light Payal Kapadia

Anora Sean Baker

The Apprentice Ali Abbasi

Bird Andrea Arnold

Caught by the Tides Jia Zhangke

Emilia Perez Jacques Audiard

The Girl With the Needle Magnus von Horn

Grand Tour Miguel Gomes

Limonov: The Ballad Kirill Serebrennikov

Marcello Mio Christophe Honoré

Megalopolis Francis Ford Coppola

Motel Destino Karim Ainouz

Oh Canada Paul Schrader

Parthenope Paolo Sorrentino

The Shrouds David Cronenberg

The Substance Coralie Fargeat

Wild Diamond Agathe Riedinger

Kinds of Kindness Yorgos Lanthimos

Out of Competition

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga George Miller

Horizon, an American Saga Kevin Costner

Rumours Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Guy Maddin

She’s Got No Name Chan Peter Ho-Sun

Un Certain Regard

Armand Halfdan Ullmann Tondel

Black Dog Guan Hu

The Damned Roberto Minervini

L’Histoire de Souleymane Boris Lojkine

My Sunshine Boku No Ohisama

Norah Tawik Alzaidi

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Rungano Nyoni

Le Royaume Julien Colonna

Santosh Sandhya Suri

September Says Ariane Labed

The Shameless Konstantin Bojanov

Viet and Nam Truong Minh Quý

The Village Next to Paradise Mo Harawe

Vingt Deux! Louise Courvoisier

Who Let the Dogs Bite? Laetitia Dosch

Midnight Screenings

The Balconettes Noémie Merlant

I, The Executioner Seung Wan Ryoo

The Surfer Lorcan Finnegan

Twilight of the Warrior Walled In Soi Cheang

Cannes Premiere

C’est Pas Moi Leos Carax

Everybody Loves Touda Nabil Ayouch

The Matching Bang Emmanuel Courcol

Misericorde Alain Guiraudie

Rendez-Vous Avec Pol Pot Rithy Panh

Le Roman de Jim Arnaud Larrieu, Jean-Marie Larrieu

Special Screenings

Apprendre Claire Simon

La Belle de Gaza Yolande Zauberman

Ernest Cole, Lost and Found Raoul Peck

Le Fil Daniel Auteuil

The Invasion Sergei Loznitsa