Cinema and Popcorn

The Oscar night! So, it's time for the winners predictions! We have to keep in mind: I believe when a movie gets nominated across the board, it means the movie is appreciated and people will go for it, so I am not expecting The Power of the Dog to just win Best Director and I believe the enthusiasm around Dune might earn it a win in some unexpected category (I say it will be in Best Costume Design). Word of mouth pays off and campaigns are landed by studios, so there's a lot of things going on for the Oscars that don't happen for other awards - so I am expecting surprises.  All members are allowed to vote for the winner across all categories, and the nominee with the most votes wins. However, there are a few categories – such as Best International Feature Film – where members have to have seen all of the nominees in order to vote. For Best Picture, picking the winner is trickier because of the preferential ballot, but that would make for an entire post of its own! So, le...

Last week was a busy week awards-wise. The Golden Globes took place and the SAG announced their nominees. With the boycott around the Golden Globes, SAG Award rise as the major Oscar precursor. In addition, a big couple of critics groups have announced their winners, but that's a matter for another post (since they are so many). But let's have a look. GOLDEN GLOBES The 79th Golden Globe Awards winners were announced on Sunday night via social media and not  in a nationally televised gala, like the years before - a "must" stop moment for movie stars and celebrities who get together to celebrate their movies and... well, get dr*nk! It marks the Hollywood FOREIGN Press Association 's fall from grace experienced over the past year since a piece of Los Angeles Times revealed that the organization included zero Black members and was involved in some suspect financial practices. Still, some studios celebrated the wins via social media (like 20th Century Studios, which b...

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...