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Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret Wins In San Diego!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The San Diego Film Critics Society has announced its pick for the best of 2023 and, in something of an upset, Are You There God?  It’s Me, Margaret beat out American Fiction, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Oppenheimer for Best Picture!

Best Picture
AMERICAN FICTION
ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET. (WINNER)
THE HOLDOVERS
KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
OPPENHEIMER (RUNNER-UP)

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

Best Actor
Colman Domingo – RUSTIN
Zac Efron – THE IRON CLAW
Paul Giamatti – THE HOLDOVERS (RUNNER-UP)
Cillian Murphy – OPPENHEIMER
Jeffrey Wright – AMERICAN FICTION (WINNER)

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

Best Supporting Actor
Sterling K. Brown – AMERICAN FICTION
Robert Downey Jr. – OPPENHEIMER (WINNER)
Ryan Gosling – BARBIE (RUNNER-UP)
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. (WINNER)
Julianne Moore – MAY DECEMBER
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS (RUNNER-UP)

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

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. (WINNER)
Jude Hill – A HAUNTING IN VENICE
Milo Machado-Graner – ANATOMY OF A FALL (RUNNER-UP)

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

Best Adapted Screenplay
Percival Everett, Cord Jefferson – AMERICAN FICTION (RUNNER-UP)
Kelly Fremon Craig, Judy Blume – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET. (WINNER)
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 (WINNER)
Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou – TALK TO ME
A.V. Rockwell – A THOUSAND AND ONE
Celine Song – PAST LIVES (RUNNER-UP)

Best Documentary
20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (RUNNER-UP TIE)
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
KOKOMO CITY
LITTLE RICHARD: I AM EVERYTHING (RUNNER-UP TIE)
STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE (WINNER)

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

Best Foreign Language Film
ANATOMY OF A FALL (WINNER)
FALLEN LEAVES
GODZILLA MINUS ONE (RUNNER-UP TIE)
MONSTER
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (RUNNER-UP TIE)

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

Best Cinematography
Rodrigo Prieto – BARBIE
Rodrigo Prieto – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (WINNER)
Robbie Ryan – POOR THINGS
Hoyte Van Hoytema – OPPENHEIMER (RUNNER-UP)
Dariusz Wolski – NAPOLEON

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

Best Visual Effects
GODZILLA MINUS ONE (WINNER)
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
OPPENHEIMER
POOR THINGS (RUNNER-UP)

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

Best Sound Design
GODZILLA MINUS ONE
MAESTRO
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING
OPPENHEIMER (RUNNER-UP)
THE ZONE OF INTEREST (WINNER)

Best Use of Music
AIR (RUNNER-UP)
ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.
BARBIE (WINNER)
THE HOLDOVERS
MAESTRO

Best Stunt Choreography
JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 4 (WINNER)
THE KILLER
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: DEAD RECKONING (RUNNER-UP)
NAPOLEON
POLITE SOCIETY

Best Ensemble
AIR
BARBIE (RUNNER-UP TIE)
A HAUNTING IN VENICE (RUNNER-UP TIE)
THE HOLDOVERS (WINNER)
OPPENHEIMER

Breakthrough Actor
Abby Ryder Fortson – ARE YOU THERE GOD? ITS ME, MARGARET.

Special Award for Body of Work – 3 Credits
Nicolas Cage – DREAM SCENARIO, THE FLASH, THE OLD WAY, RENFIELD, THE RETIREMENT PLAN & SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL

The Women Film Critics Circle Honors Barbie and Past Lives

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Women Film Critics Circle has announced their picks for the best of 2023!

And here they are:

BEST MOVIE ABOUT WOMEN
WINNER: Barbie
RUNNERS-UP: Poor Things, A Thousand and One, The Color Purple & Origin

BEST MOVIE BY A WOMAN
WINNER: Past Lives – Celine Song
RUNNERS-UP: Saltburn – Emerald Fennell, Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet & Origin – Ava DuVernay

BEST WOMAN STORYTELLER (Screenwriting Award)
WINNER: Past Lives – Celine Song
RUNNERS-UP: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret – Kelly Fremon Craig, Origin – Ava DuVernay & Saltburn – Emerald Fennell

BEST ACTRESS
WINNER: Emma Stone – Poor Things
RUNNERS-UP: Annette Bening – Nyad, Aunjanue Ellis – Origin, Helen Mirren – Golda & Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One

BEST ACTOR
WINNER: Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
RUNNERS-UP: Charles Melton – May December, Colman Domingo – Rustin & Gael Garcia Bernal – Cassandro

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
RUNNERS-UP: Julianne Moore – May December, Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple & Jodie Foster – Nyad

BEST FOREIGN FILM BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall
RUNNERS-UP: Four Daughters, Other People’s Children & The Teacher’s Lounge

BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
WINNER: To Kill A Tiger
RUNNERS-UP: Take Care of Maya, Beyond Utopia & The Deepest Breath

BEST EQUALITY OF THE SEXES
WINNER: Barbie
RUNNERS-UP: Golda, Nyad & Rye Lane

BEST ANIMATED FEMALE
WINNER: Gwen Stacy (Hailee Steinfeld) – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
RUNNER-UP (TIE): Ember Lumen (Leah Lewis) – Elemental
RUNNER-UP (TIE): Nimona (Chloe Grace Moretz) – Nimona

BEST SCREEN COUPLE
WINNER: Annette Bening & Jodie Foster – Nyad
RUNNERS-UP: Greta Lee & John Magaro – Past Lives, David Jonsson & Vivian Oparah – Rye Lane & Haley Lu Richardson & Ben Hardy – Love at First Sight

BEST TV SERIES
WINNER: Lessons in Chemistry
RUNNERS-UP: A Small Light, The Morning Show & Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

*ADRIENNE SHELLY AWARD – For a film that most passionately opposes violence against women
WINNER: The Color Purple
RUNNERS-UP: The Royal Hotel, Barbie & Shayda

*JOSEPHINE BAKER AWARD – For best expressing the woman of color experience in America
WINNER: Killers of the Flower Moon
RUNNERS-UP: The Color Purple, A Thousand and One & Origin

*KAREN MORLEY AWARD – For best exemplifying a woman’s place in history or society, and a courageous search for identity
WINNER: Killers of the Flower Moon
RUNNER-UP: The Color Purple, A Thousand and One & Barbie

ACTING AND ACTIVISM AWARD
Lee Grant

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Dolly Parton

Here Are The 2023 Nominations of the Online Association of Female Film Critics!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Online Association of Female Film Critics has announced its nominees for the best of 2023!  The winners will be announced on December 21st!

BEST FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things

BEST DIRECTOR
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Celine Song – Past Lives
Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall

BEST MALE LEAD
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Barry Keoghan – Saltburn
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Kôji Yakusho – Perfect Days

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Greta Lee – Past Lives
Margot Robbie – Barbie
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Robert Downey, Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
John Magaro – Past Lives
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
America Ferrera – Barbie
Rachel McAdams – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Saltburn

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Beyond Utopia
The Deepest Breath
Four Daughters
Kokomo City
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
Anatomy of a Fall
Fallen Leaves
Perfect Days
The Taste of Things
The Zone of Interest

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn

BEST EDITING
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Things

BEST STUNTS
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
John Wick: Chapter 4
Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One
Polite Society

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Asteroid City
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things
Priscilla

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Raine Allen-Miller – Rye Lane
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Charlotte Regan – Scrapper
A.V. Rockwell – A Thousand and One
Celine Song – Past Lives

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Mia McKenna-Bruce – How To Have Sex
Charles Melton – May December
Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers
Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One

THE ROSIE
The OAFFC’s signature award celebrates the film that “best promotes women, their voices, and the female experience through cinema.”
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Barbie
Poor Things
Priscilla
The Royal Hotel

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association Honors Oppenheimer

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Southern Eastern Film Critics Association has named Oppenheimer the best of the year.

Here are their winners!

Top 10 Films of 2023
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. The Holdovers
4. Past Lives
5. Barbie
6. Poor Things
7. American Fiction
8. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
9. Anatomy of a Fall
10. The Zone of Interest

Best Actor
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

Best Actress
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor
Robert Downey, Jr. – Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Actress
Da’Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers

Best Ensemble
Oppenheimer

Best Director
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Original Screenplay
David Hemingson – The Holdovers

Best Adapted Screenplay
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Best Documentary
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Foreign-Language Film
Anatomy of a Fall

Best Cinematography
Hoyte Van Hoytema – Oppenheimer

Best Score
Ludwig Goransson – Oppenheimer

Poor Things Wins In Indiana

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The Indiana Film Journalists Association has named Poor Things the best film of 2023.

Listed below, in bold, are the winners in Indiana!

BEST FILM
American Fiction
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. (FINALIST)
Asteroid City
Barbie (FINALIST)
Beau is Afraid
BlackBerry
Dream Scenario
Fair Play
Godzilla Minus One
The Holdovers (FINALIST)
John Wick: Chapter 4 (FINALIST)
The Killer
Killers of the Flower Moon (FINALIST)
May December (FINALIST)
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)
Past Lives (FINALIST)
Poor Things (WINNER)
Robot Dreams (FINALIST)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
A Thousand and One

BEST ANIMATED FILM
The Boy and the Heron
Nimona
Robot Dreams (RUNNER-UP)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (WINNER)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Suzume

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
The Boy and the Heron
Godzilla Minus One (RUNNER-UP)
Monster (2023)
Past Lives
Pathaan
The Promised Land (2023)
Suzume
When Evil Lurks
The Zone of Interest (WINNER)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
20 Days in Mariupol (RUNNER-UP)
American Symphony
Beyond Utopia
Greener Pastures
Kokomo City (WINNER)
Lakota Nation vs. United States
Turn Every Page — The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Wes Anderson (screenplay / story) and Roman Coppola (story), Asteroid City
Kristoffer Borgli, Dream Scenario
Samy Burch (screenplay / story) and Alex Mechanik (story), May December (RUNNER-UP)
Chloe Domont, Fair Play
David Hemingson, The Holdovers (WINNER)
A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One
Emma Seligman and Rachel Sennott, Bottoms
Celine Song, Past Lives

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Ari Aster, Beau is Afraid
Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach, Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Daniel Goldhaber, Ariela Barer and Jordan Sjol, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Cord Jefferson, American Fiction
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and David Callaham, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Tony McNamara, Poor Things (WINNER)
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
M. Night Shyamalan, Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman, Knock at the Cabin

BEST DIRECTOR
Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
David Fincher, The Killer (2023)
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Todd Haynes, May December
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things (WINNER)
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)
Alexander Payne, The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Chad Stahelski, John Wick: Chapter 4

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Nicolas Cage, Dream Scenario
Leonardo DiCaprio, Killers of the Flower Moon
Colman Domingo, Rustin
Phoebe Dynevor, Fair Play
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)
Joaquin Phoenix, Beau is Afraid
Natalie Portman, May December
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things (WINNER)
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Willem Dafoe, Poor Things
Viola Davis, Air
Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Charles Melton, May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things (WINNER)
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

BEST VOCAL / MOTION-CAPTURE PERFORMANCE
Jack Black, The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Oscar Isaac, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Shameik Moore, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (RUNNER-UP)
Chloë Grace Moretz, Nimona
Hailee Steinfeld, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (WINNER)

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Air
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.
Asteroid City
Barbie
Beau is Afraid
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer (RUNNER-UP)
Poor Things (WINNER)
A Thousand and One

BEST EDITING
Michael Andrews, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Kirk Baxter, The Killer
Daniel Garber, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Curt Lobb, BlackBerry
Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things
Nathan Orloff, John Wick: Chapter 4
Franklin Peterson, Fair Play
Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP)
Michelle Tesoro, Maestro

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dan Laustsen, John Wick: Chapter 4 (RUNNER-UP)
Matthew Libatique, Maestro
Erik Messerschmidt, The Killer
Pawel Pogorzelski, Beau is Afraid
Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon
Robbie Ryan, Poor Things
Linus Sandgren, Saltburn
Hoyte van Hoytema, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Robert Yeoman, Asteroid City
Łukasz Żal, The Zone of Interest

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Gavin Brivik, How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Alexandre Desplat, Asteroid City
Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things
Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (WINNER)
Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Killer
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon (RUNNER-UP)
Naoki Satō, Godzilla Minus One
Marcelo Zarvos, May December

BEST STUNT / MOVEMENT CHOREOGRAPHY
Laurent Demianoff (fight / stunt coordinator), John Wick: Chapter 4 (WINNER)
Wade Eastwood (stunt coordinator) and Wolfgang Stegemann (fight coordinator), Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning, Part One
Deven MacNair (stunt coordinator), Bottoms
Constanza Macras (choreographer), Poor Things
Noon Orsatti, Shane Habberstad, Leoš Stránský, Stanimir Stamatov and Thayr Harris (stunt coordinators) and Travis Gomez (fight choreographer) & Sunny Sun (fight coordinator), Extraction 2
Marcus Shakesheff (stunt coordinator) and Alison Faulk & Luke Broadlick (choreographers), Magic Mike’s Last Dance
Jennifer White (choreographer) and Lisa Welham (associate choreographer), Barbie (RUNNER-UP)

BREAKOUT OF THE YEAR
Josiah Cross (performer), A Thousand and One
Chloe Domont (writer-director), Fair Play
Daniel Goldhaber (director / co-writer), How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Cord Jefferson (writer-director), American Fiction
Marshawn Lynch (performer), Bottoms
Charles Melton (performer, May December (RUNNER-UP)
Dominic Sessa (performer), The Holdovers
Celine Song (writer-director), Past Lives (WINNER)
Iman Vellani (performer), The Marvels

ORIGINAL VISION
Barbie (RUNNER-UP)
Beau is Afraid
Dream Scenario
Enys Men
Infinity Pool
Poor Things (WINNER)
Robot Dreams
Smoking Causes Coughing

The Edward Johnson-Ott Hoosier Award*
Director Sam Mirpoorian, Greener Pastures

*As a special honor, no runner-up is named for the Hoosier Award. It is named after founding IFJA member and longtime NUVO Newsweekly critic Edward Johnson-Ott.

Killers Of The Flower Moon Emerges From The Ashes In Phoenix

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Phoenix Film Critics Society, not to be mistaken for the Phoenix Critics Circle, has announced its picks for the best of 2023!  It’s a fiery victory for Killers of the Flower Moon!

Here are all the winners in Phoenix.

PFCS 2023 TOP TEN (in alphabetical order)
American Fiction
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Saltburn
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Holdovers

BEST PICTURE
Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST DIRECTOR
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Emma Stone – Poor Things

BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Ryan Gosling – Barbie

BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Da’Vine Joy Randoplh – The Holdovers

BEST ENSEMBLE ACTING
Oppenheimer

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
The Holdovers

BEST SCREENPLAY ADAPTED FROM OTHER MATERIAL
Killers of the Flower Moon

THE OVERLOOKED FILM OF THE YEAR
The Boys in the Boat

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Anatomy of a Fall

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
I’m Just Ken – Barbie

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Oppenheimer

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Oppenheimer

BEST FILM EDITING
Oppenheimer

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Barbie

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Barbie

BEST VISUAL EFFECTS
The Creator

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A YOUTH
Abby Ryder-Fortson – Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret

Dallas Honors The Holdovers!

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Reunion Tower (photograph by Erin Nicole Bowman)

My hometown has spoken!

The Dallas-Forth Worth Film Critics Association has named The Holdovers as the best picture of the year!  This is actually a little bit of a surprising result.  In the past, the DFWCA has usually gone with the clear front-runners, which in his case would be Oppenheimer and Killers of the Flower Moon.  That they picked The Holdovers makes me even more excited about watching that movie either this week or next.

Here are the Dallas winners!

BEST PICTURE
Winner: THE HOLDOVERS
Runners-up: OPPENHEIMER (2); KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (3); POOR THINGS (4); AMERICAN FICTION (5); PAST LIVES (6); MAESTRO (7); ANATOMY OF A FALL (8); BARBIE (9); MAY DECEMBER (10)

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Cillian Murphy, OPPENHEIMER
Runners-up: Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS (2); Bradley Cooper, MAESTRO (3); Jeffrey Wright, AMERICAN FICTION (4); Leonardo DiCaprio, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (5, tie); Colman Domingo, RUSTIN (5, tie)

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Runners-up: Emma Stone, POOR THINGS (2); Carey Mulligan, MAESTRO (3); Greta Lee, PAST LIVES (4); Sandra Huller, ANATOMY OF A FALL (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Robert Downey Jr., OPPENHEIMER
Runners-up: Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER (2); Robert De Niro, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (3); Mark Ruffalo, POOR THINGS (4); Dominic Sessa, THE HOLDOVERS (5)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
Runners-up: Danielle Brooks, THE COLOR PURPLE (2); Emily Blunt, OPPENHEIMER (3); Jodie Foster, NYAD (4); Julianne Moore, MAY DECEMBER (5)

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
Runners-up: Martin Scorsese, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON (2); Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS (3); Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS (4); Celine Song, PAST LIVES (5)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: ANATOMY OF A FALL
Runners-up: THE ZONE OF INTEREST (2); THE TASTE OF THINGS (3); SOCIETY OF THE SNOW (4); FALLEN LEAVES (5)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Runners-up: 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL (2); STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE (3); THE DEEPEST BREATH (4); THE PIGEON TUNNEL (5)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: THE BOY AND THE HERON
Runner-up: SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: David Hemingson, THE HOLDOVERS
Runner-up: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, ANATOMY OF A FALL

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: Hoyte van Hoytema, OPPENHEIMER
Runner-up: Rodrigo Prieto, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

BEST MUSICAL SCORE
Winner: Robbie Robertson, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
Runner-up: Ludwig Goransson, OPPENHEIMER

RUSSELL SMITH AWARD (best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film)
Winner: THE ZONE OF INTEREST

 

Oppenheimer Wins In North Texas!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

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.