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AWARDS INTELLIGENCER: The Gotham Awards 2023 – Thelma Adams reports

November 30, 2023December 6, 2023 Thelma Adams A Thousand and One, A.V. Rockwell, Anatomy of a Fall, awards intelligencer, celine song, Charles Menton, Cipriani Downtown, gotham awards 2023, justine triet, Killers of the Flower Moon, Lily Gladstone, May December, past lives, Sandra Hüller

The Gothams get out in front of the awards season as actors return to the red carpet, and stylists heave sighs of relief. On Monday night, November 27, while I was chugging Nyquil, the Gotham Awards unfolded at Cipriani’s Downtown in Manhattan. First awarded 32 years ago in 1991, the baby sister to the West Coast Film Independent Spirit Awards launched in 1984, the event’s original mission prioritized recognizing indies as opposed to Oscars. It’s since sacrificed some of its indie street cred with a slew of special awards to attract the big-name stars (Leo! Bobby! Penelope! Greta! Bradley! Margot!), exploiting the night’s current position as the first awards ceremony out of the gate.

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TIFF 2023: Mid-Fest Awards Watch – Thelma Adams reports

September 12, 2023November 30, 2023 Thelma Adams Academy Awards, awards intelligencer, Awards watch, oscars, Oscars 2024, TIFF 2023

The stars didn’t turn out for TIFF, but that didn’t stop the flow of stellar films that provide major alternatives to Oppenheimer, Killers of the Flower Moon and Barbie for the upcoming awards season. Here are a few of my floating predictions mid-week in Toronto, where every day I’m adding new TIFF-programmed films to the list. This is still the glorious brainstorming period before the long red carpet gets streaked with footprints and marijuana butts.

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WOMEN MAKE HISTORICAL ADVANCES IN THE 2021 OSCAR RACE – Susan Granger reports

April 12, 2021April 18, 2021 Susan Granger awards intelligencer, best director race, chloe zhao, diversity, equality, oscars, women filmmakers

History was made when the Oscar nominations were released for the Best Director category. Only five women have ever been nominated before. This year, Chloe Zhao was chosen for her elegiac road-trip drama “Nomadland,” along with first-time feature-filmmaker Emerald Fennel for her #MeToo revenge comedy “Promising Young Woman.” Chloe Zhao, the first woman of color nominated for Best Director, is the most nominated woman in a single year in Oscar history, since she’s also competing as Best Picture producer, along with Adapted Screenplay and Editing. That’s a record-breaking four nominations in a single year.

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Oscars 2020 Primer and Prediction – Susan Granger reports

February 5, 2020February 5, 2020 Susan Granger 0 Comments academy awards 2020, awards intelligencer, marriage story, OSCARS 2020, parasite, predictions

For movie lovers, here’s the bad news and the good news. Last year, movie ticket sales in the United States & Canada were about $11.4 million, a 4% decrease from 2018. The good news is that the international box-office will exceed $30 billion for the first time ever. More films from streaming services are in the awards race, recognizing quality, no matter how it’s delivered. And I predict we’ll soon see the simultaneous release of movies at home and in theaters. This year the Oscars are on Feb. 9th; last year’s was on Feb. 24th; next year’s will be on Feb.28th. That means campaigners have fewer weeks this year to get their movies seen.

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AWARDS INTELLIGENCER: Early Oscars Buzz for LEAVE NO TRACE — Jennifer Merin reports

June 25, 2018November 30, 2023 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments awards intelligencer, debra granik, EDA Awards, leave no trace, motw, Movie of the Week, oscars, thomasin mckenzie

Beloved by Sundance and other top film festivals, as well as by the Academy and indie awards organizations and a long list of awards-presenting critics groups, Debra Granik is attracting early Oscars buzz for Leave No Trace, her third narrative feature. AWFJ selected Leave No Trace as Movie of the Week for June 29, and an informal poll of AWFJ members shows that the film is placing high on most members’ lists of best 2018 films to date. AWFJ says Leave No Trace has legs that will lead to Oscars, come awards season