Cinema and Popcorn

Now that the 2021's editions of Venice Film Festival and TIFF have announced their winners and there are the first reviews of NY Film Festival's major award hopefuls releases, I believe it's safe to start predicting which titles will compete for some major Oscar gold. A note about The Power of the Dog and Belfast which got the audiences' recognition at TIFF (with the later taking the People's Choice and The Power of the Dog received the Silver Lion at Venice). King Richard also got a lot of love at Telluride Film Festival and The Tragedy of Macbeth is getting rave reviews at New York Film Festival the moment we talk. A note to Sundance hit Sian Heder's CODA - which took home the Grand Jury Prize - Dramatic - and Asghar Farhadi's A Hero , which got lots of love during Cannes Film Festival and won the film festival's Grand Prix (but since it is a foreign language film, will it get stuck in Best International Film category? I believe and I hope not). D

  Kenneth Branagh's cinematic charm Belfast has taken home TIFF's top honor - the People Choice's Award. It's great news for Belfast 's growing Oscar buzz. Since 2008 every TIFF People's Choice Award winner got nominated for Best Picture (with the only exception being Nadine Labaki's Where Do We Go Now? , a foreign language film), with 5 of them taking home the Oscar for Best Picture. Runners up are Scarborough and Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog , with the late also being listed as a major awards player this season. Things are shaping up in the awards season, don't you think?

Hey, everyone! I've been absent from film world due to job and academic issues. As some already know, I am a nurse and these COVID times haven't been easy. PLUS, I was under extreme pressure due to my nursing specialization internships and my other personal obligations. Now, I am free from my academic life and I'm back from vacation... I guess it's time for some movie talk! Soon, Academy Awards 2022 nominations predictions , movie reviews and other posts. For those who kept following the blog (I mean, old posts), a sincere "Thank you!". Let's go back to work now!