Cinema and Popcorn

Funny that a movie no one was really talking about took home the top prize of Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) 2018 - Peter Farrely's Green Book . While the movie draws some initial comparisons to Driving Miss Daisy , it seems it goes a bit deeper. The story of a friendship between a white chauffeur and a black jazz music star, according to reviews the movie pays respect to both leads' social backgrounds without sacrifing its feel-good vibe. Yeah! A feel-good movie won TIFF (maybe the very first since Slumdog Millionaire ). And guess what? I added Green Book in my Oscar nominees predictions charts at the GoldDerby last Friday! Lucky me! And now, Green Book enters the race for the Academy Award for Best Picture: since 2008,only 1 of the TIFF winners (2011's Where Do We Go Now? ) was not Best Picture nominated, with Slumdog Millionaire (2008), The King's Speech (2010) and 12 Years a Slave (2012) taking home the Oscar for Best Picture at the end of t...

I will write an article about "Academy Awards 2019 Best Actress Race: The Bloodbath" (seriously, I've already started writing it and a study on Robert Downey Jr. too because of "Celebrating The Avengers", but TIFF and Oscar race are priorities now)... I was predicting all these actresses to enter the race and while I was pretty sure Layne would be a revelation (I trust Jenkins) and that Roberts would become an easy frontrunner after seeing Ben is Back teaser (seriously, her expression when she hugs Lucas Hedges is so moving it is Oscar-worthy alone), I was not expecting Moore and Davis to be these well-received! Right now, for Best Actress, I'm considering: Glenn Close ( The Wife ), Olivia Colman ( The Favourite ), Lady Gaga ( A Star Is Born ), Kiki Layne ( If Beale Street Could Talk , not many reviews yet, but early reactions are quite positive), Julia Roberts ( Ben is Back ), Viola Davis ( Widows ), Julianne Moore ( Gloria Bell ), Nicole Kidman (...

GOLDEN LION : Roma , Alfonso Cuarón He will now have to battle all the "Netflix tabu" in order to shine in front of the AMPAS' eyes! This prestige prize only feeds Cuarón's Oscar dreams and it might also be a right push for Netflix to release Roma in theatres and not only on streaming (fingers crossed!!!) Grand Jury Prize: The Favourite , Yorgos Lanthimos The movie is more of a film festival candy than "mainstream awards" cup of tea, but it seems Lanthimos brings his most "conventional" film yet without sacrificing his more grotesque pleasures. The movie is officially on the radar for the main award categories (Best Film/Picture and Best Director) now Silver Lion for Best Director: Jacques Audiard, The Sisters Brothers While The Sisters Brothers doesn't seem like Best Picture and Best Director material for the AMPAS tastes, maybe it can be good enough for Best Adapted Screenplay consolation prize. Audiard is brilliant as a direc...