It’s David Lynch’s birthday. Celebrate accordingly.
In honor of this day, here’s a scene that I love from 2017’s What Did Jack Do? As Lynch listens, Jack sings about True Love’s Flame.
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Live Tweet Alert: Join #FridayNightFlix for Escape From New York!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in a few weekly live tweets on twitter. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We tweet our way through it.
Tonight, at 10 pm et, I will be hosting the third #FridayNightFlix of 2022! The movie? 1981’s Escape From New York!
If you want to join us this Friday, just hop onto twitter, start the movie at 10 pm et, and use the #FridayNightFlix hashtag! It’s a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy.
Escape From New York is available on Prime and Tubi! See you there!
Scenes That I Love: The Viola Lee Blues Montage from Richard Lester’s Petulia
Who, you may be asking yourself, could have brought George C. Scott, Julie Christie, and the Grateful Dead all together in one movie?
The answer to that question is Richard Lester, who today celebrates his 91st birthday! Though Lester is best-known for his work with the Beatles and with the Superman films, I think his best film was undoubtedly 1968’s Petulia. A sharp social satire, Petulia took a look at what happened when the counter culture and the establishment collided in San Francisco. And there’s perhaps no better symbol of that collision than George C. Scott, wearing a turtleneck and smoking cigarette while attending a Grateful Dead show.
While the band plays Viola Lee Blues, Scott wanders through 1960s San Francisco.
Scenes That I Love: The Opening of John Boorman’s Zardoz
Zardoz (1974, dir by John Boorman, DP: Geoffrey Unsworth)
Today, the Shattered Lens wishes a happy 90th birthday to the great British filmmaker, John Boorman! Here is a scene that we love, the opening of Boorman’s 1974 film, Zardoz! Fresh from directing and receiving an Oscar nomination for Deliverance, Boorman turned down a chance to direct the original Exorcist so he could bring Zardoz to cinematic life.
(Of course, Boorman would direct the first sequel to The Exorcist.)
Directed by John Boorman and featuring Sean Connery, here is the opening of Zardoz!
Everything Wins In Seattle
The Seattle Film Critics Society has announced its picks for the best of 2022! You can see all the nominees by clicking here and you can check out the winners below!
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All At Once (A24)
Best Director
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Colin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett – TÁR
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Kerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Ensemble Cast
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Bret Howe, Mary Vernieu, casting directors
Best Action Choreography
RRR
Best Screenplay
The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh
Best Animated Feature
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On – Dean Fleischer-Camp, director
Best Documentary Feature
Fire of Love – Sara Dosa, director
Best Film Not in the English Language
Decision to Leave – Park Chan-wook, director
Best Cinematography
Top Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda
Best Costume Design
Elvis – Catherine Martin
Best Film Editing
Everything Everywhere All At Once – Paul Rogers
Best Original Score
Babylon – Justin Hurwitz
Best Production Design
Babylon – Florencia Martin (Production Design); Anthony Carlino (Set Decoration)
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water – Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon, Daniel Barrett
Best Youth Performance (18 years of age or younger upon start of filming)
Frankie Corio – Aftersun
Villain of the Year
Lydia Tár – TÁR – portrayed by Cate Blanchett
2022 Achievement in Pacific Northwest Filmmaking
Sweetheart Deal, Elisa Levine, Gabriel Miller
Everything Wins In Portland
The Portland Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2022!
And here they are!
Best Picture
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (RUNNER UP)
Tár
The Banshees of Inisherin
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
James Cameron, Avatar: The Way of Water
S.S. Rajamouli, RRR
Todd Field, Tár (RUNNER UP)
Best Actor in a Leading Role
Adam Driver, White Noise
Austin Butler, Elvis
Brendan Fraser, The Whale
Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin (WINNER)
Park Hae-il, Decision to Leave (RUNNER UP)
Tom Cruise, Top Gun: Maverick
Best Actress in a Leading Role
Cate Blanchett, Tár (RUNNER UP)
Margot Robbie, Babylon
Mia Goth, Pearl
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time
Brad Pitt, Babylon (RUNNER UP)
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Paul Dano, The Fabelmans
Rory Kinnear, Men
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Dolly De Leon, Triangle of Sadness
Hong Chau, The Whale
Keke Palmer, Nope (RUNNER UP)
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Best Ensemble Cast
Amsterdam
Babylon
Everything Everywhere All at Once (RUNNER UP)
Glass Onion (WINNER)
Jackass Forever
The Menu
Best Animated Feature
Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Mad God
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Puss In Boots: The Last Wish
Turning Red (RUNNER UP)
Best Documentary Feature
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (RUNNER UP)
Fire of Love
Good Night Oppy
Moonage Daydream (WINNER)
Best Film Not in the English Language
Athena
Decision to Leave (WINNER)
EO
Happening
RRR (RUNNER UP)
Best Comedy Feature
Bros
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Jackass Forever
The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (RUNNER UP)
Triangle of Sadness
White Noise
Best Horror Feature
Barbarian (WINNER)
Bones and All
Men
Pearl
X (RUNNER UP)
Best Science Fiction Feature
After Yang
Avatar: The Way of Water (RUNNER UP)
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope (WINNER)
Prey
Best Screenplay
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once (RUNNER UP)
Jeong Seo-kyeong and Park Chan-wook, Decision to Leave
Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Rian Johnson, Glass Onion (WINNER)
Todd Field, Tár
Best Cinematography
Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
Greig Fraser, The Batman
Hoyte van Hoytema, Nope
Kim Ji-yong, Decision to Leave (RUNNER UP)
Linus Sandgren, Babylon
Russell Carpenter, Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Original Score
Alexandre Desplat, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (WINNER)
Justin Hurwitz, Babylon
M.M. Keeravaani, RRR
Michael Giacchino, The Batman (RUNNER UP)
Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin, Elvis (WINNER)
Mary Zophres, Babylon
Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
Shirley Kurata, Everything Everywhere All at Once (RUNNER UP)
Best Production Design
Avatar: The Way of Water (RUNNER UP)
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once (WINNER)
Glass Onion
Best Sound Design
Avatar: The Way of Water (RUNNER UP)
Babylon
Elvis
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
Best Visual Effects
Avatar: The Way of Water (WINNER)
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
Everything Everywhere All at Once (RUNNER UP)
Nope
Top Gun: Maverick
Best Stunts or Action Choreography
Avatar: The Way of Water
Everything Everywhere All at Once (RUNNER UP)
RRR
The Batman
Top Gun: Maverick (WINNER)
Top 10 Films Of 2022
1. Everything Everywhere All at Once
2. Tár
3. Decision to Leave
4. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
5. Top Gun: Maverick
6. RRR
7. Avatar: The Way of Water
8. Glass Onion
9. The Banshees of Inisherin
10. The Whale
The African American Film Critics Association Honors The Woman King
The African American Film Critics Association has announced their picks for the best of 2022! And here they are:
Best Picture: “The Woman King”
Best Director: Gina Prince-Bythewood (“The Woman King”)
Best Actor: Jeremy Pope (“The Inspection”)
Best Actress: Danielle Deadwyler (“Till”)
Best Supporting Actor: Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”)
Best Supporting Actress: Angela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Emerging Face: Jaylin Hall (“Till” & “Bruiser”)
Emerging Filmmaker: Carey Williams (“Emergency”)
Best Independent Feature: “Nanny”
Best Animated Feature: “Wendell & Wild”
Best Documentary: “Sidney”
Best Ensemble: “Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”
Best Writing: Rian Johnson (“Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery”)
Best International Feature: “Saint Omer”
Best Song: “Lift Me Up” (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Best Live Action Short: “We Cry Together”
Best Animated Short: “New Moon”
SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT HONOREES | 14TH ANNUAL AAFCA AWARDS
Impact Award: “Till”
The Innovator Award, presented by Nissan: Composer, Michael Abels (“Nope”)
Building Change Award, presented by Lowes: Production Designer, Hannah Beachler (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
The Beacon Award: Antoine Fuqua and Will Smith (“Emancipation”)
The Ashley Boone Award: Producer, Nate Moore (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”)
Aftersun Wins In North Dakota
The North Dakota Film Society has announced their picks for the best of 2022! You can see the nominees by clicking here and you can check out the winners below!
Best Picture
AFTERSUN – Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers (A24)
Best Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett – TÁR (Focus Features)
Best Actor
Brendan Fraser – THE WHALE (A24)
Best Supporting Actress
Dolly De Leon – TRIANGLE OF SADNESS (Neon)
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan – EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE (A24)
Best Screenplay
THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN – Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)
Best Production Design
BABYLON – Anthony Carlino, Florencia Martin (Paramount Pictures)
Best Cinematography
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Claudio Miranda (Paramount Pictures)
Best Film Editing
AFTERSUN – Blair McClendon (A24)
Best Visual Effects
AVATAR: THE WAY OF WATER – Richard Baneham, Daniel Barrett, Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon (20th Century Studios)
Best Sound
TOP GUN: MAVERICK – Chris Burdon, James H. Mather, Al Nelson, Mark Taylor, Mark Weingarten (Paramount Pictures)
Best Costume Design
BABYLON – Mary Zophres (Paramount Pictures)
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
THE WHALE – Anne Marie Bradley, Judy Chin, Adrien Morot (A24)
Best Original Score
BABYLON – Justin Hurwitz (Paramount Pictures)
Best Original Song
“Ciao Papa” Alexandre Desplat, Roeban Katz, Guillermo del Toro – GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO (Netflix)
Best International Feature
ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT – Germany
Best Documentary Feature
ALL THE BEAUTY AND THE BLOODSHED – Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John S. Lyons, Laura Poitras, producers (Neon)
Best Animated Feature
GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO – Alexander Bulkley, Corey Campodonico, Lisa Henson, Guillermo del Toro, Gary Ungar, producers (Netflix)
Everything Wins In Denver
The Denver Film Critics Society has announced its picks for the best of 2022! You can see all 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 Actress
Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Actor
Colin Farrell, “The Banshees of Inisherin”
Best Supporting Actress
Stephanie Hsu, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Supporting Actor
Ke Huy Quan, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Sci-Fi/Horror
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Animated Film
Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio
Best Comedy
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Visual FX
Avatar: The Way of Water
Best Original Screenplay
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Adapted Screenplay
Sarah Polley, “Women Talking”
Best Documentary
Good Night Oppy
Best Original Song
“Naatu Naatu,” “RRR”
Best Score
Babylon
Best Foreign Language Film
RRR
Monday Live Tweet Alert: Join Us For Shock Wave 2 and Beauty Shop!
As some of our regular readers undoubtedly know, I am involved in hosting a few weekly live tweets on twitter. I host #FridayNightFlix every Friday, I co-host #ScarySocial on Saturday, and I am one of the five hosts of #MondayActionMovie! Every week, we get together. We watch a movie. We tweet our way through it.
Tonight, for #MondayActionMovie, SweetEmmyCat is hosting 2020’s Shock Wave 2! It’s available on YouTube!
Following #MondayActionMovie, Brad and Sierra will be hosting the #MondayMuggers live tweet. Tonight’s movie, starting at 10 pm et, will be 2005’s Beauty Shop! The film is available on Prime!
It should make for a night of intense viewing and I invite all of you to join in. If you want to join the live tweets, just hop onto twitter, start Shock Wave 2 at 8 pm et, and use the #MondayActionMovie hashtag! Then, at 10 pm et, switch over to prime, start Beauty Shop and use the #MondayMuggers hashtag! The live tweet community is a friendly group and welcoming of newcomers so don’t be shy. And reviews of these films will probably end up on this site at some point over the next few weeks.
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