BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Drive My Car/ Flee/ The Hand of God/ A Hero/The Worst Person in the World
UPDATE: ALL OF MY CHOICES FOR THE FINAL FIVE AND THE TWO RUNNERS-UP HAVE MADE THE SHORTLIST!...
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10 BEST FILM NOMINEES FOR 2021 WILL BE:
Warner Brothers will triumph with both “Dune” and “King Richard” while Apple Original Films will also make their mark with “CODA” and “The Tragedy of Macbeth” (the latter in partnership with A24). Netflix will also have a good year with both “Tick, Tick…Boom!” and “The Power of the Dog”.
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THE NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW AWARDS RETURN MINUS ALMODOVAR , CAMPION, GYLLENHAAL, HALL AND LARRAIN
You ask how Maggie Gyllenhaal’s “The Lost Daughter” could sweep The Gotham Independent Film Awards a few nights ago and not get a single mention here, not even in their 10 Best Independent Films list?
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BEST DIRECTOR: BRANAGH, CAMPION, HAMAGUSHI, SPIELBERG AND VILLENEUVE
Spielberg will almost certainly land his eighth Oscar nomination for Best Director following “Close Encounters” (1977), “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981), “ET” (1982), “Schindler’s List” (1993) – First Oscar, “Saving Private Ryan” (1998) – Second Oscar, “Munich” (2005) and “Lincoln” (2012). This nomination would tie him with Billy Wilder as Oscar’s third most nominated director behind William Wyler with 12 nominations and Martin Scorsese with 9 nominations.
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ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: PARALLEL MOTHERS, RICARDOS, BELFAST, KING RICHARD, LICORICE PIZZA
His best film in two decades (since “Live Flesh”), with a certain Best Actress nomination for Penelope Cruz, Almodovar should make the final cut. If he does, this would be his second nomination for Best Original Screenplay following his Oscar win for “Talk to Her” in 2002
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