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4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Rob Zombie Edition

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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 Rob Zombie!  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Rob Zombie Films

House of 1000 Corpses (2003, dir by Rob Zombie, DP: Alex Poppas and Tom Richmond)

The Devil’s Rejects (2005, dir by Rob Zombie, DP: Phil Parmet)

Halloween II (2009, dir by Rob Zombie, DP: Brandon Trost)

3 From Hell (2019, dir by Rob Zombie, DP: David N . Daniel)

Here’s What Won At The Golden Globes!

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I didn’t watch the Golden Globes on Sunday night.  Technically, it’s because I wasn’t feeling well and I needed to get some rest.  In reality, even if I had been healthy, I don’t know that I would have watched.  A few years ago, the Golden Globes were not televised and I discovered how liberating it was to not have to pretend to care about this stupid show.

That said, the Globes are considered an Oscar precursor, despite the fact that no one’s even sure who is voting on them nowadays.  So, here’s what won on Sunday night:

BEST MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Frankenstein
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Blue Moon
Bugonia
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
Nouvelle Vague
One Battle After Another

BEST DIRECTOR, MOTION PICTURE
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Joachim Trier – Sentimental Value
Chloe Zhao – Hamnet

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Jennifer Lawrence – Die, My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
Tessa Thompson – Hedda
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL, OR COMEDY
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked: For Good
Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone – Bugonia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Emily Blunt – The Smashing Machine
Elle Fanning – Sentimental Value
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, DRAMA
Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams
Oscar Isaac – Frankenstein
Dwayne Johnson – The Smashing Machine
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent
Jeremy Allen White – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE, MUSICAL, OR COMEDY
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice
Timothee Chalamet – Marty Supreme
George Clooney – Jay Kelly
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Paul Mescal – Hamnet
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

BEST SCREENPLAY, MOTION PICTURE
Hamnet
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE, MOTION PICTURE
F1: The Movie
Frankenstein
Hamnet
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Sirat

BEST ORIGINAL SONG, MOTION PICTURE
Avatar: Fire and Ash – “Dream as One”
KPop Demon Hunters – “Golden”
Sinners – “I Lied to You”
Train Dreams – “Train Dreams”
Wicked: For Good – “No Place Life Home”
Wicked: For Good – “The Girl in the Bubble”

BEST MOTION PICTURE, ANIMATED
Arco
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amelie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST MOTION PICTURE, FOREIGN LANGUAGE
It Was Just an Accident
No Other Choice
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirat
The Voice of Hind Rajab

GOLDEN GLOBE FOR CINEMATIC & BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Avatar: Fire and Ash
F1: The Movie
KPop Demon Hunters
Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Sinners
Weapons
Wicked: For Good
Zootopia 2

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Alfonso Arau Edition

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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 celebrate the birthday of Mexican director and actor Alfonso Arau!  It’s time for….

4 Shots From 4 Alfonso Arau Films

Calzonin Inspector (1973, dir by Alfonso Arau, DP: Jorge Stahl Jr.)

Like Water For Chocolate (1992, dir by Alfonso Arau, DP: Emmanuel Lubezki)

A Walk In The Clouds (1995, dir by Alfonso Arau. DP: Emmanuel Lubezki)

The Trick In The Sheet (2010, dir by Alfonso Arau, DP: Vittorio Storaro)

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Honors One Battle After Another

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The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2025.  And here they are:

BEST PICTURE
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Frankenstein
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST FOREIGN FILM
It Was Just an Accident (Iran/France)
Misericordia (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Arco
Boys Go to Jupiter
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Afternoons of Solitude
Cover-Up
The Encampments
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan

BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another
Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

LEAD ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

LEAD ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Mary Bronstein)
It Was Just an Accident (Jafar Panahi)
Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein)
Sentimental Value (Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier)
Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Bugonia (Will Tracy)
Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)
Hamnet (Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell)
No Other Choice (Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee & Don McKellar)
One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)

BEST ENSEMBLE
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)
Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)
One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso)

BEST EDITING
It Was Just an Accident (Amir Etminan)
Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)
Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)
Weapons (Joe Murphy)

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
Marty Supreme (Daniel Lopatin)
One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
Train Dreams (Bryce Dessner)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Miles Caton – Sinners
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Harris Dickinson – Urchin
Carson Lund – Eephus
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

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 84th 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)

Sinners Wins In Central Florida

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The Critics Association of Central Florida has announced its picks for the best of 2025!  And here they are:

Best Picture
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Director
Winner: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another

Best Actor
Winner: Timothee Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Runner-up: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Best Actress
Winner: Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Runner-up: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Runner-up: Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Amy Madigan, Weapons
Runner-up (TIE): Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good/Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Cast
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Youth Performance
Winner: Jacobi Jupe, Hamnet
Runner-up: Cary Christopher, Weapons

Best Documentary
Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
Runner-up: Stolen Kingdom

Best International Film
Winner: No Other Choice
Runner-up: It Was Just an Accident

Best Animated Film
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters / Zootopia 2 (TIE)

Best Screenplay
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Cinematography
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Score
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: One Battle After Another

Best Original Song
Winner: “Golden,” KPop Demon Hunters
Runner-up: “I Lied to You,” Sinners

Best Sound Design
Winner: F1
Runner-up: Sinners

Best Editing
Winner (TIE): One Battle After Another / Marty Supreme

Best Make-Up and Hairstyling
Winner: Frankenstein
Runner-up: Sinners

Best Production Design
Winner: Frankenstein
Runner-up: Sinners

Best Visual Effects
Winner: Avatar: Fire and Ash
Runner-up: Superman

Best Costume Design
Winner: Sinners
Runner-up: Frankenstein

Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning
Runner-up: F1

Best Hybrid Performance
Winner: Oona Chaplin, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Runner-up: Zoe Saldana, Avatar: Fire and Ash

Best First Feature
Winner: Eva Victor, Sorry Baby
Runner-up: Andrew DeYoung, Friendship

Pittsburgh Chooses Sinners

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The Pittsburgh Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2025.  And here they are:

BEST PICTURE
Winner: Sinners
Runner-Up: One Battle After Another

BEST LEAD ACTOR
Winner: Rose Byrne — If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Runner-Up: Jessie Buckley — Hamnet

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Amy Madigan — Weapons
Runner-Up: Wunmi Mosaku — Sinners

BEST FEATURED ACTOR (15 minutes or less of screen time)
Winner: William H. Macy — Train Dreams
Runner-Up: Naomi Ackie — Sorry, Baby

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Winner: Miles Caton — Sinners
Runner-Up: Chase Infiniti — One Battle After Another
Bark-through performance: Indy the Dog — Good Boy

BEST ANIMATED VOICE PERFORMANCE
Winners (Tie): Arden Cho — KPop Demon Hunters; Ke Huy Quan — Zootopia 2

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Runner-Up: Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner: Ryan Coogler — Sinners
Runner-Up: Eva Victor — Sorry, Baby

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson — One Battle After Another
Runner-Up: Rian Johnson — Wake Up Dead Man

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Autumn Durald Arkapaw — Sinners
Runner-Up: Adolpho Veloso — Train Dreams

BEST EDITING
Winner: Michael P. Shawver — Sinners
Runner-Up: Andy Jurgensen — One Battle After Another

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: Hannah Beachler — Sinners
Runner-Up: Tamara Deverell — Frankenstein

BEST SCORE
Winner: Ludwig Göransson — Sinners
Runner-Up: Jonny Greenwood — One Battle After Another

BEST SONG
Winner: “I Lied to You” — Sinners
Runner-Up: “Golden” — KPop Demon Hunters

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Winner: Steve Boeddeker — Sinners
Runner-Up: Al Nelson — F1: The Movie

BEST HAIR, MAKEUP, & COSTUMES
Winner*:* Siân Richards, Ken Diaz, Mike Fontaine, Shunika Terry (Hair and Makeup); Ruth E. Carter (Costumes) — Sinners
Runner-up: Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel, Cliona Furey (Hair and Makeup); Kate Hawley (Costumes) — Frankenstein

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Winner: KPop Demon Hunters
Runner-Up: Zootopia 2

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Winner: Sentimental Value
Runner-Up: It Was Just an Accident

BEST STUNT PERFORMANCE & CHOREOGRAPHY
Winner: Wade Eastwood — Mission: Impossible — The Final Reckoning
Runner-Up: Andy Gill — Sinners

GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD
Winner: It Was Just an Accident for director Jafar Panahi’s continued critique of the Iranian regime.

4 Shots From 4 Films: Special Ulu Grosbard Edition

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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, on what would have been his 97th birthday, we pay tribute to director Ulu Grobsard with….

4 Shots From 4 Ulu Grosbard Films

The Subject Was Roses (1968, dir by Ulu Grosbard, DP: Jack Priestley)

Straight Time (1978, dir by Ulu Grosbard, DP: Owen Roizman)

True Confessions (1981, dir by Ulu Grosbard, DP: Owen Roizman)

Georgia (1995, dir by Ulu Grosbard, DP: Jan Kiesser)

One Battle After Another Wins In Columbus!

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

Best Film
1. One Battle After Another
2. No Other Choice
3. Sinners
4. It Was Just an Accident
5. Bugonia
6. Wake Up Dead Man
7. Sentimental Value
8. Train Dreams
9. Weapons
10. Marty Supreme
11. Frankenstein

Best Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Rian Johnson, Wake Up Dead Man
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

Best Lead Performance
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet (RUNNER-UP)
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon (WINNER)
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia

Best Supporting Performance
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Sinners (RUNNER-UP)
Wake Up Dead Man

Actor of the Year (For an Exemplary Body of Work)
Josh Brolin, The Running Man, Wake Up Dead Man, and Weapons
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another and The Phoenician Scheme (RUNNER-UP)
Josh O’Connor, The History of Sound, The Mastermind, Rebuilding, and Wake Up Dead Man (WINNER)
Amanda Seyfried, The Housemaid and The Testament of Ann Lee
Emma Stone, Bugonia and Eddington

Breakthrough Film Artist
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme (Acting)
Miles Caton, Sinners (Acting)
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (Acting) (WINNER)
Carson Lund, Eephus (Directing and Screenwriting)
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby (Acting, Directing, and Screenwriting) (RUNNER-UP)

Best Cinematography
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners (WINNER)
Michael Bauman, One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Dan Laustsen, Frankenstein
Claudio Miranda, F1
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
Łukasz Żal, Hamnet

Best Film Editing
Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Stephen Mirrione, F1 (RUNNER-UP)
Joe Murphy, Weapons
Michael P. Shawver, Sinners

Best Adapted Screenplay
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (WINNER)
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams
Guillermo Del Toro, Frankenstein
Park Chan-Wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Don McKellar, and Jahye Lee, No Other Choice (RUNNER-UP)
Will Tracy, Bugonia
Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell, Hamnet

Best Original Screenplay
Ryan Coogler, Sinners (WINNER)
Zach Cregger, Weapons
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident (RUNNER-UP)
Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein, Marty Supreme
Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier, Sentimental Value

Best Score
Alexandre Desplat, Frankenstein
Ludwig Göransson, Sinners (WINNER)
Jonny Greenwood, One Battle After Another (RUNNER-UP)
Daniel Lopatin, Marty Supreme
Max Richter, Hamnet

Best Documentary
Cover-Up (RUNNER-UP)
Orwell: 2+2=5
The Perfect Neighbor
Predators (WINNER)
Seeds

Best Foreign Language Film
It Was Just an Accident (WINNER)
No Other Choice (RUNNER-UP)
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sirât

Best Animated Film
Arco
The Bad Guys 2
Elio
KPop Demon Hunters (RUNNER-UP)
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (WINNER)
Predator: Killer of Killers
Zootopia 2

Frank Gabrenya Award for Best Comedy
The Baltimorons (RUNNER-UP)
Friendship
The Naked Gun
One of Them Days (WINNER)
Splitsville

Best Overlooked Film
The Ballad of Wallis Island
The Baltimorons
The Mastermind (RUNNER-UP)
Peter Hujar’s Day
Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Warfare (WINNER)

Here Are The 2025 Nominations of the American Society of Cinematographers!

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The American Society Of Cinematographers have announced their nominations for the best of 2025.  And here they are:

Theatrical Feature Film (Sponsored by Keslow Camera)
Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC for “Sinners”
Michael Bauman for “One Battle After Another”
Darius Khondji, ASC, AFC for “Marty Supreme”
Dan Laustsen, ASC, DFF for “Frankenstein”
Adolpho Veloso, ABC, AIP for “Train Dreams”

Spotlight Award (Sponsored by Panavision)
Steven Breckon for “The Plague”
Mátyás Erdély, ASC, HSC for “Orphan”
Karl Walter Lindenlaub, ASC, BVK for “Amrum”

Documentary Award (Sponsored by Canon U.S.A.)
Mstyslav Chernov and Alex Babenko for “2000 Meters from Andriivka”
Brandon Somerhalder for “Come See Me in the Good Light”
Lars Erlend Tubaas Øymo and Tor Edvin Eliassen for “Folktales”