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Here Are The 2024 Oscar Winners!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

It was quite a night for Anora and Sean Baker!  Sean Baker tied Walt Disney’s record by winning 4 Oscars in one night.  After being dismissed as an als0-ran by many critics, Anora made a comeback and swept the Oscars.  It was actually kind of fun to watch.

(As far as my predictions go, I hit 12 out of 23 correctly.  That’s one of my worst showings ever but at least I managed to stay over 50%, albeit barely.)

Best Picture

  • Anora

Best Actor

  • Adrien Brody – The Brutalist

Best Actress

  • Mikey Madison – Anora

Best Supporting Actress

  • Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez

Best Supporting Actor

  • Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Best Director

  • Sean Baker – Anora

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Conclave – Peter Straughan

Best Original Screenplay

  • Anora – Sean Baker

Best Film Editing

  • Anora

Best Cinematography

  • The Brutalist

Best Original Song

  • El Mal – Emilia Pérez

Best Original Score

  • The Brutalist

Best International Feature

  • I’m Still Here – Brazil

Best Animated Feature

  • Flow

Best Documentary Feature

  • No Other Land

Best Costume Design

  • Wicked

Best Make-up and Hairstyling

  • The Substance

Best Production Design

  • Wicked

Best Sound

  • Dune: Part Two

Best Visual Effects

  • Dune: Part Two

Best Live Action Short

  • I’m Not a Robot

Best Animated Short

  • In the Shadow of the Cypress

Best Documentary Short

  • The Only Girl in the Orchestra

My Oscar Predictions

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Okay, let’s do this!  Here are my predictions of what will win at the big show tonight!

Best Picture — Anora

Best Directing — Sean Baker, Anora

Best Actor — Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown

Best Actress — Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Supporting Actor — Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain

Best Supporting Actress — Ariana Grande, Wicked

Best Original Screenplay — A Real Pain

Best Adapted Screenplay — Conclave

Best Animated Feature — The Wild Robot

Best Production Design — Wicked

Best Cinematography — Nosferatu

Best Costume Design — Wicked

Best Film Editing — Conclave

Best Makeup and Hairstyling — Wicked

Best Sound — Dune Part II

Best Visual Effects — Dune Part II

Best Original Score — The Brutalist

Best Original Song — Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late

Best Documentary Feature — Sugarcane

Best International Feature: I’m Still Here

Best Animated Short: Yuck!

Best Documentary Short: The Only Girl In The Orchestra

Best Live Action Short: The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent

Lisa Marie’s Final 2024 Oscar Predictions

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

The Oscar nominations are due to be announced tomorrow so I guess I should post my final predictions.  2024 has been a rough year for me and my sisters.  Our Dad was in a car accident in May and, after two months of physical rehab, passed away in August while in home hospice care.  Needless to say, going to the movies was the last thing on my mind for much of 2024.

(I’m very thankful that my fellow contributors who kept the site going during our frequent absences.  Their hard work not only kept TSL alive but it also rekindled my own passion for the Shattered Lens.  I am still very much in mourning but writing for this site and sharing my thoughts with our readers has definitely helped me to regain some semblance of stability.)

So, there’s a lot of Oscar hopefuls that I have not seen.  That’s one reason why I haven’t done a best of 2024 list this year or my usual “If Lisa Marie Had All The Power” posts because there’s still a lot that I need to watch.  (I may publish them at some point in February, by which point everyone will have moved on but it will make me feel happy.)  I’m flying blind here with a lot of the potential nominees.  But I’ve been following the guilds and the critic awards and I feel reasonably confident about the predictions below.

Tomorrow morning, we’ll find out how right or wrong I am.

Best Picture

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune Part II

The Brutalist

A Real Pain

September 5

The Substance

Wicked

Best Director

Jacques Audiard for Emilia Perez

Sean Baker for Anora

Edward Berger for Conclave

Brady Corbet for The Brutalist

Coralie Fargeat for The Substance

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson in The Last Showgirl

Cynthia Erivo in Wicked

Karla Sofia Gascon in Emilia Perez

Mikey Madison in Anora

Demi Moore for in Substance

Best Actor

Adrien Brody in The Brutalist

Timothee Chalamet in A Compete Unknown

Domingo Colman in Sing Sing

Daniel Craig in Queer

Ralph Fiennes in Conclave

Best Supporting Actress

Jamie Lee Curtis in The Last Showgirl

Ariana Grande in Wicked

Margaret Qualley in The Substance

Isabella Rossellini in Conclave

Zoe Saldana in Emilia Perez

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov in Anora

Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain

Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown

Guy Pearce in The Brutalist

Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice

Here Are The 2024 DGA Nominations

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The Director Guild has announced its nominees for the best of 2024.  This is one of strongest of the precursors so A Complete Unknown getting mentioned both by the DGA and the SAG would seem to indicate that it’s going to get a Best Picture nod as well.  We’ll find out next week!

FEATURE FILM
JACQUES AUDIARD, Emilia Pérez
SEAN BAKER, Anora
EDWARD BERGER, Conclave
BRADY CORBET, The Brutalist
JAMES MANGOLD, A Complete Unknown

FIRST-TIME THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM
PAYAL KAPADIA, All We Imagine as Light
MEGAN PARK, My Old Ass
RAMELL ROSS, Nickel Boys
HALFDAN ULLMANN TØNDEL, Armand
SEAN WANG, Dìdi

Here Are The 2025 SAG Nominations

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

Due to the catastrophic wildfires currently burning in California, Tte Screen Actors Guild dispensed with their usual big nominations announcement and instead sent out a simple press release their morning.

Here are the SAG’s film nominations.  The SAG is a usually pretty good precursor so the folks who were celebrating the victory of the Brutalist on Sunday night have a bit less to celebrate today.  That said, the 2,0000-person nominating committee appear to have really liked The Last Showgirl.  Let’s keep Pamela Anderson’s Oscar hopes alive!

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
ADRIEN BRODY / László Tóth – “THE BRUTALIST”
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Bob Dylan – “A COMPLETE UNKNOWN”
DANIEL CRAIG / William Lee – “QUEER”
COLMAN DOMINGO / Divine G – “SING SING”
RALPH FIENNES / Lawrence – “CONCLAVE”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
PAMELA ANDERSON / Shelly – “THE LAST SHOWGIRL”
CYNTHIA ERIVO / Elphaba – “WICKED”
KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN / Emilia/Manitas – “EMILIA PÉREZ”
MIKEY MADISON / Ani – “ANORA”
DEMI MOORE / Elisabeth – “THE SUBSTANCE”

Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
JONATHAN BAILEY / Fiyero – “WICKED”
YURA BORISOV / Igor – “ANORA”
KIERAN CULKIN / Benji Kaplan – “A REAL PAIN”
EDWARD NORTON / Pete Seeger – “A COMPLETE UNKNOWN”
JEREMY STRONG / Roy Cohn – “THE APPRENTICE”

Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
MONICA BARBARO / Joan Baez – “A COMPLETE UNKNOWN”
JAMIE LEE CURTIS / Annette – “THE LAST SHOWGIRL”
DANIELLE DEADWYLER / Berniece – “THE PIANO LESSON”
ARIANA GRANDE / Galinda/Glinda – “WICKED”
ZOE SALDAÑA / Rita – “EMILIA PÉREZ”

Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
MONICA BARBARO / Joan Baez
NORBERT LEO BUTZ / Alan Lomax
TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET / Bob Dylan
ELLE FANNING / Sylvie Russo
DAN FOGLER / Albert Grossman
WILL HARRISON / Bobby Neuwirth
ERIKO HATSUNE / Toshi Seeger
BOYD HOLBROOK / Johnny Cash
SCOOT MCNAIRY / Woody Guthrie
BIG BILL MORGANFIELD / Jesse Moffette
EDWARD NORTON / Pete Seeger

ANORA
YURA BORISOV / Igor
MARK EYDELSHTEYN / Ivan
KARREN KARAGULIAN / Toros
MIKEY MADISON / Ani
ALEKSEY SEREBRYAKOV / Nikolai Zakharov
VACHE TOVMASYAN / Garnick

CONCLAVE
SERGIO CASTELLITTO / Tedesco
RALPH FIENNES / Lawrence
JOHN LITHGOW / Tremblay
LUCIAN MSAMATI / Adeyemi
ISABELLA ROSSELLINI / Sister Agnes
STANLEY TUCCI / Bellini

EMILIA PÉREZ
KARLA SOFÍA GASCÓN / Emilia/Manitas
SELENA GOMEZ / Jessi
ADRIANA PAZ / Epifania
ZOE SALDAÑA / Rita

WICKED
JONATHAN BAILEY / Fiyero
MARISSA BODE / Nessarose
PETER DINKLAGE / Dr. Dillamond
CYNTHIA ERIVO / Elphaba
JEFF GOLDBLUM / The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
ARIANA GRANDE / Galinda/Glinda
ETHAN SLATER / Boq
BOWEN YANG / Pfannee
MICHELLE YEOH / Madame Morrible

Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE
DUNE: PART TWO
THE FALL GUY
GLADIATOR II
WICKED

Here’s What Won At The Golden Globes

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BEST MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
The Brutalist

BEST MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Emilia Perez

BEST DIRECTOR – MOTION PICTURE
Brady Corbet for The Brutalist

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – DRAMA
Adrien Brody for The Brutalist

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Demi Moore for The Substance

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A MOTION PICTURE – MUSICAL OR COMEDY
Sebastian Stan for A Different Man

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEMALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Zoe Saldana for Emilia Perez

BEST PERFORMANCE BY A MALE ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE IN ANY MOTION PICTURE
Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain

BEST MOTION PICTURE – NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE
Emilia Perez

BEST MOTION PICTURE – ANIMATED
Flow

CINEMATIC AND BOX OFFICE ACHIEVEMENT
Wicked

BEST SCREENPLAY – MOTION PICTURE
Conclave

BEST ORIGINAL SCORE – MOTION PICTURE
Challengers

BEST ORIGINAL SONG – MOTION PICTURE
El Mal from Emilia Perez

Conclave Wins In North Carolina

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The North Carolina Film Critics Association has announced its picks for the best of 2024!

BEST NARRATIVE FILM
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Civil War
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Substance

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
Dahomey
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Will & Harper

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Transformers One
The Wild Robot

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
All We Imagine As Light
Emilia Pérez
Evil Does Not Exist
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

BEST DIRECTOR
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Luca Guadagnino – Challengers
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys
Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two

BEST ACTOR
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown
Daniel Craig – Queer
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave

BEST ACTRESS
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore – The Substance
Zendaya – Challengers

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain
Chris Hemsworth – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Denzel Washington – Gladiator II

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave

BEST VOCAL PERFORMANCE IN ANIMATION OR MIXED MEDIA
Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Lupita Nyong’o – The Wild Robot
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2
Pedro Pascal – The Wild Robot
Sarah Snook – Memoir of a Snail

BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
Wicked

BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
A Different Man
Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
The Substance

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
Sing Sing

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys
Nosferatu
The Brutalist

BEST EDITING
Anora
Challengers
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nickel Boys

BEST COSTUME DESIGN
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST HAIR AND MAKEUP
A Different Man
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST SCORE
The Brutalist
Challengers
Conclave
Nosferatu
The Wild Robot

BEST ORIGINAL SONG
“Compress/Repress” – Challengers
“El Mal” – Emilia Pérez
“Harper and Will Go West” – Will & Harper
“Kiss the Sky” – The Wild Robot
“Like a Bird” – Sing Sing

BEST SOUND DESIGN
Challengers
Civil War
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Nosferatu
The Substance

BEST STUNT COORDINATION
Dune: Part Two
The Fall Guy
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Gladiator II
Monkey Man

DIRECTORIAL DEBUT
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker
Francis Galluppi – The Last Stop in Yuma County
Zoë Kravitz – Blink Twice
Josh Margolin – Thelma
Sean Wang – Dìdi (弟弟)
Malcolm Washington – The Piano Lesson

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Carlos Diehz – Conclave
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing
Mikey Madison – Anora
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding
Adam Pearson – A Different Man

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT: Cinematography
Roger Deakins
Christopher Doyle
Greig Fraser
Emmanuel Lubezki
Hoyte van Hoytema

KEN HANKE MEMORIAL TAR HEEL AWARD
Stephen McKinley Henderson – Civil War
Jeff Nichols (Director) – The Bikeriders
Margaret Qualley – The Substance
Hunter Schafer – Cuckoo
Drew Starkey – Queer

Here Are The 2024 Nominations Of The Set Decorators Society of America

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On the 3rd, the Set Decorators Society of America announced its nominations for the best production designs of 2024.  The winners will be announced on February 5th.

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Contemporary Feature Film
Anora — Neon – Set decoration by Christopher Phelps with production design by Stephen Phelps
Civil War — A24 – Set decoration by Lizbeth Ayala with production design by Caty Maxey
Conclave — Focus Features – Set decoration by Cynthia Sleiter with production design by Suzie Davies
Emilia Pérez — Netflix – Set decoration by Cécile Deleu with production design by Emmanuelle Duplay
The Substance — Mubi – Set decoration by Cécilia Blom with production design by Stanislas Reydellet

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Period Feature Film
The Brutalist — A24 – Set decoration by Patricia Cuccia and Mercédesz Nagyváradi with production design by Judy Becker
A Complete Unknown — Searchlight Pictures – Set decoration by Regina Graves with production design by François Auduoy
Gladiator II — Paramount – Set decoration by Jille Azis and Elli Griff with production design by Arthur Max
Maria — Netflix – Set decoration by Sandro Piccarozzi and Nóra Talmaier with production design by Guy Hendrix Dyas
Nosferatu — Focus Features – Set decoration by Beatrice Brentnerova with production design by Craig Lathrop

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Fantasy or Science Fiction Film
Alien: Romulus — 20th Century Studios – Set decoration by Zsuzsanna Sipos with production design by Naaman Marshall
Beetlejuice Beetlejuice — Warner Bros. – Set decoration by David Morison and Lori Mazuer with production design by Mark Scruton
Dune: Part Two — Warner Bros. – Set decoration by Shane Vieau with production design by Patrice Vermette
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — Warner Bros. – Set decoration by Katie Sharrock with production design by Colin Gibson
Megalopolis — Lionsgate – Set decoration by Lisa Sessions Morgan with production design by Beth Mickle and Bradley Rubin

Best Achievement in Décor/Design of a Comedy or Musical Feature Film
Deadpool & Wolverine — Marvel/Walt Disney Studios – Set decoration by Naomi Moore and Imogen Lee with production design by Raymond Chan
Kinds of Kindness — Searchlight Pictures – Set decoration by Amy Silver with production design by Anthony Gasparro
Nightbitch — Searchlight Pictures – Set decoration by Ryan Watson with production design by Karen Murphy
Wolfs — Apple Studios – Set decoration by Melissa Levander with production design by Jade Healy
Wicked — Universal – Set decoration by Lee Sandales with production design by Nathan Crowley

Conclave Wins In Oklahoma

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

On the 3rd, the Oklahoma Film Critics Circle announced their picks for the best of 2024!

Top 10 Films
1. Conclave
2. Anora
3. The Brutalist
4. Challengers
5. Wicked
6. Sing Sing
7. Dune: Part Two
8. The Substance
9. I Saw the TV Glow
10. Memoir of a Snail

Best Actor
Winner: Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Runner-Up: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist

Best Actress
Winner: Mikey Madison, Anora
Runner-Up: Demi Moore, The Substance

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Runner-Up: Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown

Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Ariana Grande, Wicked
Runner-Up: Isabella Rossellini, Conclave

Best Original Screenplay
Winner: The Brutalist
Runner-Up: Anora

Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Conclave
Runner-Up: Sing Sing

Best Director
Winner: Edward Berger, Conclave
Runner-Up: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist

Best Documentary
Winner: Sugarcane
Runner-Up: Will & Harper

Best Animated Feature
Winner: The Wild Robot
Runner-Up: Flow

Best Foreign Language Film
Winner: Emilia Pérez
Runner-Up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Cinematography
Winner: Nosferatu
Runner-Up: The Brutalist

Best Score
Winner: Challengers
Runner-Up: Conclave

Best Ensemble
Winner: Conclave
Runner-Up: Sing Sing

Best First Feature
Winner: Fancy Dance, dir. Erica Tremblay
Runner-Up: The First Omen, dir. Arkasha Stevenson

Best Body of Work
Winner: Nicholas Hoult (Nosferatu, The Order, Juror #2, Garfield)
Runner-Up: Luca Guadagnino (Challengers, Queer)

Best Stunt Coordination
Winner: The Fall Guy
Runner-Up: Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

Best Indigenous Film
Winner: Sugarcane
Runner-Up: Fancy Dance

Best Performance By an Animal Actor
Winner: Peggy (a.k.a. Dogpool), Deadpool & Wolverine
Runner-Up: Jean Claude (dog), The Fall Guy