Good for a chilly day at the beach but little else, The Independent Spirit Awards are meaningless and forgettable. The Robert Altman Award is a sneaky, backhanded way to exclude a bunch of actors from the competitive categories.
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The East coast equivalent of the Independent Spirit Awards, The Gotham Awards are a little more mainstream, a little more accessible and definitely more satisfying. The awards and nominations make sense. Unlike their West Coast cousins, they are not always desperately straining for credibility.
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The NYFCC awarded Ryusuke Hamaguchi haunting three hour long multilingual “Drive My Car” as Best Film. Adapted from a short story by Haruki Murakami it had previously won Best Screenplay at Cannes and and Best International Feature at the Gotham Independent Film Awards.
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Her fascinating performance as Diana makes Stewart the favorite to win in this category with just her first Oscar nomination.
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Joel Coen’s highly praised adaptation of the “The Scottish Play” should make him only the second person (after Kenneth Branagh with “Hamlet” in 1996) to win a Best Screenplay nomination for adapting Shakespeare.
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