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BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE The most open Oscar races of the year seem to be the supporting acting ones. The category placement of Michelle Williams as a lead for The Fabelmans opened a huge gap in the Best Supporting Actress predictions and... God!... How exciting it really is! Sarah Polley's Women Talking has been collecting rave reviews since the day it first hit fall film festival circuit, with both Claire Foy and Jessie Buckley receiving some of the best reviews of their careers and the movie's MVPs status. Since Foy got THAT ATROCIOUS SNUB for First Man (2018) despite being in a career's sweet spot thanks to the acclaim (and popularity and awards love) of The Crown TV series, then an Academy Award nomination would not only be a recognition for her performance, but also an apology from the AMPAS. As for Jessie Buckley, she can benefit from some career hit: an impressive breakthrough performance in Beast (2017), followed by an Oscar worthy (but snubed) turn

The Gotham Independent Film Awards have kicked-off the awards season for movies! Although they are not a reliable indicator about future award prospects of many independent movies here, they give us a clue about which movies we should start putting our money on. Tár is the most nominated production here with 4 nods, while Women Talking , Aftersun and Everything Everywhere All At Once scored 3 nominations each. It sure is great news for Aftersun , considered the smallest awards player of the 4, since it will help generating buzz for the critics associations prizes season (and it has recently made a huge impression at the British Independent Film Awards nominations, scoring the impressive number of 16 nominations!). So, have a look and start re-thinking your Oscar charts. Never forget the Gothams have a small committee for each pair of categories, which means the nods are not a product of a huge voting event. It will mostly indicate some tendencies coming critics prizes. BEST FEATURE

Genre: Drama; Action. Director: Edward Berger Writers:   Ian Stokell,  Lesley Paterson &  Edward Berger , b ased on All Quiet on the Western Front   by Erich Maria Remarque Starring:  Felix Kammerer,  Albrecht Schuch,  Daniel Brühl &  Sebastian Hülk  All Quiet on the Western Front may draw instant comparisons to the Sam Mendes’ 2019’s title 1917 (which was a great box-office success and it received 10 Academy Awards nominations, including Best Picture), but Edward Berger’s movie feels like a far more grounded tribute to the lives changed (and lost) because of WWI. In fact, All Quiet on the Western Front is no “one mission movie” - there’s no message to deliver, no one to rescue – it is a far more complex take, a piece of anti-war manifesto, a critic to nationalism, a lullaby to an entire generation of young men who “didn’t come back” from the trenches. Based on the 1929 novel of the same name by Erich Maria Remarque, this source material has already been translated to the