#Christin Hinojosa

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So saw this as post it seems to be about Materialists as it’s a certain cApS blog :

“You are seeing ABSURD coverage on a film , that won't even release international and it's being posted internationally during the filming and you still don't get what's coming VERY SOON? “

My reading comprehension must be f up because:

“Sony Pictures has bought international rights to “Materialists,” Celine Song’s follow up to “Past Lives” which is nominated for best picture and original screenplay at the Oscars. The worldwide deal for “Materlialists” excludes certain territories.

A24 will handle the U.S. release of “Materialists” which Song will write, direct and produce alongside 2Am and Killer Films. Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal are in talks to star.

The deal for the package was negotiated by Sony Pictures’ Joe Matukewicz, president of worldwide acquisitions and his team Virginia Longmuir, EVP of business affairs, Katie Anderson, VP of worldwide or acquisitions, Elan Kovo, VP of business development brought the package to the studio. Deadline was first to report news of the sale.”

And

“we can reveal that Sony Pictures has boarded another of the European Film Market’s most in-demand projects: Past Lives director Celine Song’s next movie, Materialists, which A24 is selling.

In what we understand to be an eight-figure deal, Sony has taken all of international excluding Russia, China and Japan. A24 will handle the U.S. release.

Coming off the Oscar Best Picture nominee Past Lives, Song’s next movie is a rom-com which is attracting A-list talent. Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans and Pedro Pascal are in talks to star.

Past Lives producers Christine Vachon and Pam Koffler of Killer Films and 2Am’s David Hinojosa are behind the movie, which Song also scripts and produces. The team is aiming to start as early as this spring’

And

Sony Pictures Television [US] – (2024) - World-wide - All media

A24 [US] – United States-Theatrical

Stage 6 Films [US] – (2024) - Non-US - All media

VVS Films [CA] – (2024) - Canada - All Media

Definitely look like it’s going to be released international.🙄

No one ever said she was smart lmao 🧜🏻‍♀️

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'...I expect Past Lives to triumph here and while American Fiction seems like a very possible runner-up I can’t help but think that the post-Oscar snub popularity of films like May December and All of Us Strangers could be strong pushes for FI voters...

Here are my predictions for the 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards for film and television, where I expect Beef, The Last of Us to do well.

BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer)

Predicted winner: Past Lives Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon

Possible spoiler: All of Us Strangers Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey...

BEST DIRECTOR

Predicted winner: Celine Song – Past Lives

Possible spoiler: Todd Haynes – May December

Other nominees:

Andrew Haigh – All of Us Strangers William Oldroyd – Eileen Ira Sachs – Passages

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE Predicted winner: Greta Lee – Past Lives

Possible spoiler: Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers...'

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B-10 : Oscar 2024 Predictions - A Film Fan's Perspective

The 96th Academy Awards, a.k.a. The Oscars®, are set to happen on March 11 at 4:30 AM IST. The celebrations of the Oscar season are at their full peak. Amid the fun and excitement - and less than 24 hours for the ceremony to start, here's a look at the movie categories and our predictions of the winners. These are predictions based on the trends, previous award ceremonies this year (like Golden Globes, BAFTA, Critics Choice, and SAG), and the winners - along with my perspective. So sit back and stay with me till the end:-

P.S. SPOILER ALERT!!!!

Best Picture

Nominees: 

American Fiction – Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson, and Jermaine Johnson, producers

Anatomy of a Fall – Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, producers

Barbie – David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley, and Robbie Brenner, producers

The Holdovers – Mark Johnson, producer

Killers of the Flower Moon – Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese, and Daniel Lupi, producers

Maestro – Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning, and Kristie Macosko Krieger, producers

Oppenheimer – Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, and Christopher Nolan, producers

Past Lives – David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon, and Pamela Koffler, producers

Poor Things – Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos, and Emma Stone, producers

The Zone of Interest– James Wilson, producer

Prediction: Oppenheimer 

It's highly doubtful that the Academy would not give the highest honor to Nolan's cinematic masterpiece of the year. Not doing so would lead to havoc.

Best Director

Nominees: 

Justine Triet – Anatomy of a Fall

Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things

Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest

Prediction: Christopher Nolan

Nolan has given the ultimate blockbuster of the year - a period film with intense acting and technical excellence. It's time to make up for the snubs of the past.

Best Actor

Nominees: 

Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein

Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin

Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham

Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison

Prediction(s): Cillian Murphy

With his wins at the Golden Globe, BAFTA, and the SAG, it's time for the Irishman to get the golden man for his first role as a leading man in a Nolan (after playing supporting or character roles in movies like The Dark Night Trilogy, Inception, and Dunkirk).

Best Actress

Nominees: 

Annette Bening – Nyad as Diana Nyad

Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon as Mollie Burkhart

Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall as Sandra Voyter

Carey Mulligan – Maestro as Felicia Montealegre

Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter

Prediction(s): Emma Stone/Lily Gladstone/Sandra Hüller

The competition for best actress is intense - as Gladstone has showcased her method acting (which might make her the first Native American to win the trophy). Meanwhile, Stone's feminist portrayal of a woman on her purpose to stand for equality and liberation seems Oscar-worthy (with her acting wins this year). Hüller, on the other hand, has given a breathtaking performance in the trilingual thriller.

Best Supporting Actor

Nominees: 

Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison

Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon as William King Hale

Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss

Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken

Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things as Duncan Wedderburn

Prediction(s): Robert Downey Jr

RDJ might be memorable for Tony Stark/Iron Man. However, it's his portrayal of Strauss that's going to win this year. With two previous nominations (including one for portraying Charlie Chaplin), RDJ would likely be the first Marvel hero to win the Golden Man. He would also repeat the feat of Actor-Supporting Actor wins for the same film - after 1959's Ben Hur (Charlton Heston - Charles Laughton), 2003's Mystic River (Sean Penn - Tim Robbins), and 2013's Dallas Buyers Club (Matthew McCoughnahey - Jared Leto).

Best Supporting Actress

Nominees:

Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer

Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia

America Ferrera – Barbie as Gloria

Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll

Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers as Mary Lamb

Prediction(s): Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Randolph's portrayal of a grieving mother stuck in a boarding school during the holiday season involves her comedic timing and emotional depth.

Best Original Screenplay

Nominees:

Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari

The Holdovers – David Hemingson

Maestro – Bradley Cooper and Josh Singer

May December – Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch and Alex Mechanik

Past Lives – Celine Song

Prediction(s): Anatomy of A Fall/The Holdovers

While the former is this year's Palme d'Or winner and Golden Globe-winning screenplay, the latter is what would become a holiday classic. It's going to be a tough contest between the two films.

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nominees:

American Fiction – Cord Jefferson; based on the novel Erasure by Percival Everett

Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach; based on characters created by Ruth Handler

Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan; based on the biography American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin

Poor Things – Tony McNamara; based on the novel by Alasdair Gray

The Zone of Interest – Jonathan Glazer; based on the novel by Martin Amis

Prediction(s): Oppenheimer/American Fiction

The former might be possible with the guaranteed Best Picture & Director awards - which could make Nolan another director to win writing, directing, and producing Oscars. However, the latter would pose a tough competition - as it has already won the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award, the Critics Choice Award, and several other precursor accolades. Its poignant exploration of race, family, and the American dream resonates with critics and audiences.

Best Animated Feature

Nominees:

The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki

Elemental – Peter Sohn and Denise Ream

Nimona – Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan, and Julie Zackary

Robot Dreams – Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé, and Sandra Tapia Díaz

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, and Amy Pascal

Prediction(s): Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse/The Boy and the Heron

It'll be Marvel's turn to preside over this category - with its innovative animation style, captivating story, and emotional connection. However, the Golden Globe-winning Japanese anime with a timeless tale of loss and resilience is a strong contender for the American animated film.

Best International Feature Film

Nominees:

Io capitano (Italy) – directed by Matteo Garrone

Perfect Days (Japan) – directed by Wim Wenders

Society of the Snow (Spain) – directed by J. A. Bayona

The Teachers' Lounge (Germany) – directed by İlker Çatak

The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) – directed by Jonathan Glazer

Prediction(s): The Zone of Interest

The Grand Prix-winning tale of a Nazi leader's family living next to Auschwitz is a tale that will send chills down the spine.

Best Documentary Feature Film

Nominees:

Bobi Wine: The People's President – Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp, and John Battsek

The Eternal Memory – Maite Alberdi

Four Daughters – Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha

To Kill a Tiger – Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe, and David Oppenheim

20 Days in Mariupol – Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, and Raney Aronson-Rath

Prediction(s): 20 Days in Mariupol

A tale about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, 20 Days in Mariupol has won several documentary awards at multiple film festivals and award ceremonies. If it wins, it would be another film about the dark side of Russia to win the Oscar.

Best Documentary Short Film

Nominees:

The ABCs of Book Banning – Sheila Nevins and Trish Adlesic

The Barber of Little Rock – John Hoffman and Christine Turner

Island in Between – S. Leo Chiang and Jean Tsien

The Last Repair Shop – Ben Proudfoot and Kris Bowers

Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó – Sean Wang and Sam Davis

Prediction(s): The Last Repair Shop

Showing Los Angeles as one of the few United States cities to offer and fix musical instruments for its public school students at no cost, it might win the Oscar - as it has previously won the Critics Choice Documentary Award for the same category.

Best Live Action Short Film

Nominees:

The After – Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham

Invincible – Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron

Knight of Fortune – Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk

Red, White and Blue – Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane

The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar – Wes Anderson and Steven Rales

Prediction(s): The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

I guess it's time for Anderson to win his Oscar now - with his colors, symmetry, and star cast.

Best Animated Short Film

Nominees:

Letter to a Pig – Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter

Ninety-Five Senses – Jared and Jerusha Hess

Our Uniform – Yegane Moghaddam

Pachyderme – Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko – Dave Mullins and Brad Booker

Prediction(s): War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John and Yoko

Inspired by and featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono's peace anthem "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)," It is a simplistic take on war and humanity - which the Academy might honor.

Best Original Score

Nominees:

American Fiction – Laura Karpman

Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny – John Williams

Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson †

Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson

Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix

Prediction: Oppenheimer

With his 54th nomination (and final because of his retirement), John Williams has entertained with his latest rendition of one of Hollywood's greatest film franchises. However, Goransson's Oppenheimer soundtrack adds tension to the film's plot - particularly with "Can You Hear the Music?" He can easily add an Oscar to his collection of Awards for Oppenheimer.

Best Original Song

Nominees:

"The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot – Music and lyrics by Diane Warren

"I'm Just Ken" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt

"It Never Went Away" from American Symphony – Music and lyrics by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson

"Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" from Killers of the Flower Moon – Music and lyrics by Scott George

"What Was I Made For?" from Barbie – Music and lyrics by Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell

Prediction: What Was I Made For?

It's likely a second win for the Eilish-O'Connell siblings - after No Time to Die. 

Best Sound

Nominees:

The Creator – Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van der Ryn, Tom Ozanich, and Dean Zupancic

Maestro – Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich, and Dean Zupancic

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon, and Mark Taylor

Oppenheimer – Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo, and Kevin O'Connell

The Zone of Interest – Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn

Prediction: Oppenheimer

It's Nolan's year when it comes to technical awards. The sound design and editing show that Nolan has duly followed the laws of physics - and ensured tension in the other scenes.

Best Production Design

Nominees:

Barbie – Production Design: Sarah Greenwood; Set Decoration: Katie Spencer

Killers of the Flower Moon – Production Design: Jack Fisk; Set Decoration: Adam Willis

Napoleon – Production Design: Arthur Max; Set Decoration: Elli Griff

Oppenheimer – Production Design: Ruth De Jong; Set Decoration: Claire Kaufman

Poor Things – Production Design: James Price and Shona Heath; Set Decoration: Zsuzsa Mihalek

Prediction(s): Barbie/Poor Things

Fantasy films have eye-grabbing sets and decorations that are attractive to the Academy voters. It can be either of the two women-centric films.

Best Cinematography

Nominees:

El Conde – Edward Lachman

Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto

Maestro – Matthew Libatique

Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema

Poor Things – Robbie Ryan

Prediction(s): Oppenheimer

Hoytema's camerawork captures expansive desert vistas and painfully intimate close-ups using IMAX film cameras (in color and monochrome). A win for him is confirmed

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Nominees:

Golda – Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby, and Ashra Kelly-Blue

Maestro – Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou, and Lori McCoy-Bell

Oppenheimer – Luisa Abel

Poor Things – Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier, and Josh Weston

Society of the Snow – Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí, and Montse Ribé

Prediction(s): Maestro

Although other movies have dominated the major categories, a Bradly Cooper film can win an Oscar this year - with the magnificent transformation of the lead actor into Leonard Bernstein. 

Best Costume Designing

Nominees:

Barbie – Jacqueline Durran

Killers of the Flower Moon – Jacqueline West

Napoleon – Janty Yates and Dave Crossman

Oppenheimer – Ellen Mirojnick

Poor Things – Holly Waddington

Prediction(s): Barbie/Poor Things

Like many fantasy films, it's a tough pick between the two films in costumes - like the production design category.

Best Film Editing

Nominees:

Anatomy of a Fall – Laurent Sénéchal

The Holdovers – Kevin Tent

Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker

Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame

Poor Things – Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Prediction(s): Oppenheimer

It goes with saying for the technical awards and Nolan - with the montages, parallel storytelling, and transitions that accompany the screenplay.

Best Visual Effects

Nominees:

The Creator – Jay Cooper, Ian Comley, Andrew Roberts, and Neil Corbould

Godzilla Minus One – Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi, and Tatsuji Nojima

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 – Stéphane Ceretti, Alexis Wajsbrot, Guy Williams, and Theo Bialek

Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – Alex Wuttke, Simone Coco, Jeff Sutherland, and Neil Corbould

Napoleon – Charley Henley, Luc-Ewen Martin-Fenouillet, Simone Coco, and Neil Corbould

Prediction: Godzilla Minus One

I'm deeply offended that Oppenheimer didn't get a nomination in this category. However, with the nominees, I'd have to pick Godzilla - with its first-ever nomination in the franchise - and also because it is a visual spectacle besides Oppenheimer this year.

That's all for now. Let's see who wins what this year. See you at the Oscars.

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Oscars 2024 Nominations

The 2024 Oscar nominations have been announced. Best Picture American Fiction (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers) Anatomy of a Fall (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers Barbie (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers) The Holdovers (Mark Johnson, Producer) Killers of the Flower Moon (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers) Maestro (Bradley Cooper, Steven Spielberg, Fred Berner, Amy Durning and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers) Oppenheimer (Emma Thomas, Charles Roven and Christopher Nolan, Producers) Past Lives (David Hinojosa, Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler, Producers) Poor Things (Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone, Producers) The Zone of Interest (James Wilson, Producer) Best Directing Justine Triet (Anatomy of a Fall) Martin Scorsese (Killers of the Flower Moon) Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer) Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things) Jonathan Glazer (The Zone of Interest) Best Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper (Maestro) Colman Domingo (Rustin) Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers) Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer) Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction) Best Actress in a Leading Role Annette Bening (Nyad) Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon) Sandra Hüller (Anatomy of a Fall) Carey Mulligan (Maestro) Emma Stone (Poor Things) Best Actor in a Supporting Role Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction) Robert De Niro (Killers of the Flower Moon) Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer) Ryan Gosling (Barbie) Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things) Best Actress in a Supporting Role Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer) Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple) America Ferrera (Barbie) Jodie Foster (Nyad) Da’Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers) Best Writing (Adapted Screenplay) American Fiction (Written for the screen by Cord Jefferson) Barbie (Written by Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach) Oppenheimer (Written for the screen by Christopher Nolan) Poor Things (Screenplay by Tony McNamara) The Zone of Interest (Written by Jonathan Glazer) Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Anatomy of a Fall (Screenplay by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari The Holdovers (Written by David Hemingson) Maestro (Written by Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer) May December (Screenplay by Samy Burch; Story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik) Past Lives (Written by Celine Song) Best Animated Feature The Boy and the Heron (Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki) Elemental (Peter Sohn and Denise Ream) Nimona (Nick Bruno, Troy Quane, Karen Ryan and Julie Zackary) Robot Dreams (Pablo Berger, Ibon Cormenzana, Ignasi Estapé and Sandra Tapia Díaz) Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller and Amy Pascal) Best Documentary Feature Film Bobi Wine: The People’s President (Moses Bwayo, Christopher Sharp and John Battsek) The Eternal Memory (Nominees to be determined) Four Daughters (Kaouther Ben Hania and Nadim Cheikhrouha) To Kill a Tiger (Nisha Pahuja, Cornelia Principe and David Oppenheim) 20 Days in Mariupol (Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner and Raney Aronson-Rath) Best International Feature Film Io Capitano (Italy) Perfect Days (Japan) Society of the Snow (Spain) The Teacher’s Lounge (Germany) The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom) Best Animated Short Film Letter to a Pig (Tal Kantor and Amit R. Gicelter) Ninety-Five Senses (Jerusha Hess and Jared Hess) Our Uniform (Yegane Moghaddam) Pachyderme (Stéphanie Clément and Marc Rius) War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (Dave Mullins and Brad Booker Best Live-Action Short Film The After (Misan Harriman and Nicky Bentham) Invincible (Vincent René-Lortie and Samuel Caron Knight of Fortune (Lasse Lyskjær Noer and Christian Norlyk) Red, White and Blue (Nazrin Choudhury and Sara McFarlane The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Wes Anderson and Steven Rales) Best Documentary Short Film The ABCs of Book Banning (Sheila Nevins and Trish… https://chorus.fm/news/oscars-2024-nominations/

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PAST LIVES wins Audience Award at the 10th edition of Sundance Film Festival: London

Picturehouse Central, 9 July 2023 — Sundance Institute and Picturehouse announced tonight that the 2023 Sundance Film Festival: London’s Audience Award is presented to Past Lives written and directed by Celine Song. The film is produced by David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon, and stars Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro.  StudioCanal will release the film in UK cinemas from 8…

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Dazed and Confused (1993) dir. Richard Linklater

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Dazed and Confused (1993) dir. Richard Linklater

[denimbex1986]

'…Weekly Commentary: Barbenheimer has burst into the Oscar race with Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” and Greta Gerwig’s “Barbie” finally landing in theaters with critical acclaim and a possible colossal box office haul.

Of all the movies screened up to this point this year, Nolan’s movie is one of two films that could have all the key ingredients to win the Academy Awards’ most coveted prize. It’ll be a colossal guild player (watch out for the SAG ensemble), and the regional critics could make it a darling during the precursor season. The ongoing strikes could have a ripple effect on films that are dropping in the later months since their teams won’t be able to promote them in the same way as earlier titles…

The submission deadline for general categories is Nov. 18, 2023. Preliminary shortlist voting will begin on Dec. 18, with the results announced on Dec. 21. The voting period will run from Jan. 11-16, 2024, with the official nominations announcement on Jan. 23.

The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, Mar. 10.

AND THE PREDICTED NOMINEES ARE: “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) Dan Friedkin, Martin Scorsese, Bradley Thomas, Daniel Lupi “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) Emma Thomas, Charles Roven, Christopher Nolan “Maestro” (Netflix) Fred Berner, Bradley Cooper, Amy Durning, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Kristie Macosko Krieger, Todd Phillips, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.) Quincy Jones, Scott Sanders, Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey “Past Lives” (A24) David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon “Saltburn” (Amazon Studios) Emerald Fennell, Josey McNamara, Tom Ackerley, Margot Robbie “The Holdovers” (Focus Features) Mark Johnson, Bill Block, David Hemingson “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures) Avi Arad, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Amy Pascal, Christina Steinberg “May December” (Netflix) Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Christine Vachon “The Zone of Interest” (A24) Ewa Puszczynska, James Wilson NEXT IN LINE “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) “Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) “Dumb Money” (Sony Pictures) “Air” (Amazon Studios) “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures) “The Book of Clarence” (Sony Pictures) “Nightbitch” (Searchlight Pictures) “The Killer” (Netflix) “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) OTHER TOP-TIER POSSIBILITIES “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures) “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) “The Iron Claw” (A24) “Ferrari” (Neon) “BlackBerry” (IFC Films) “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Challengers” (MGM) “El Conde” (Netflix) “Priscilla” (A24) ALSO IN CONTENTION “Fair Play” (Netflix) “Foe” (Amazon Studios) “Rustin” (Netflix) “Asteroid City” (Focus Features) “Nyad” (Netflix) “A Little Prayer” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Golda” (Bleecker Street) “Next Goal Wins” (Searchlight Pictures) “Memory” (No U.S. Distribution) “Shortcomings” (Sony Pictures Classics) ALL ELIGIBLE TITLES (ALPHABETIZED BY STUDIO)** “A Haunting in Venice” (20th Century Studios) “The Bikeriders” (20th Century Studios) “Beau is Afraid” (A24) “Dream Scenario” (A24) “The Iron Claw” (A24) “Past Lives” (A24) “Priscilla” (A24) “Showing Up” (A24) “When You Finish Saving the World” (A24) “You Hurt My Feelings” (A24) “The Zone of Interest” (A24) “Air” (Amazon Studios) “The Burial” (Amazon Studios) “Cassandro” (Amazon Studios) “Foe” (Amazon Studios) “Saltburn” (Amazon Studios) “Flora and Son” (Apple Original Films) “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple Original Films/Paramount Pictures) “Napoleon” (Apple Original Films/Sony Pictures) “Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie” (Apple Original Films) “Across the River and Into the Trees” (Bleecker Street) “Golda” (Bleecker Street) “The Origin” (Bleecker Street) “Untitled Mike Leigh Film” (Bleecker Street) “Suzume” (Crunchyroll) “The YouTube Effect” (Drafthouse Films) “Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken” (DreamWorks Animation) “Trolls Band Together” (DreamWorks Animation) “Asteroid City” (Focus Features) “Drive Away Dolls” (Focus Features) “Every Body” (Focus Features) “The Holdovers” (Focus Features) “My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3” (Focus Features) “A Thousand and One” (Focus Features) “How Do You Live?” (GKids) “BlackBerry” (IFC Films) “Monica” (IFC Films) “R.M.N.” (IFC Films) “The Pot au Feu” (IFC Films) “Migration” (Illumination) “Flamin’ Hot” (Hulu/Searchlight Pictures) “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” (Illumination) “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate) “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” (Lionsgate) “John Wick Chapter 4” (Lionsgate) “Joy Ride” (Lionsgate) “Baby Ruby” (Magnet Releasing) “Little Richard: I Am Everything” (Magnolia Pictures) “Master Gardener” (Magnolia Pictures) “The Stones and Brian Jones” (Magnolia Pictures)

“Untitled Ernest Cole Documentary” (Magnolia Pictures) “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quanumania” (Marvel Studios) “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” (Marvel Studios) “The Marvels” (Marvel Studios) “Bottoms” (MGM/Orion) “Boys in the Boat” (MGM) “Challengers” (MGM) “Creed III” (MGM) “Landscape with Invisible Hand” (MGM) “The Nickel Boys” (MGM) “Untitled Cord Jefferson Movie” (MGM) “The Eternal Memory” (MTV Documentary Films) “The Delinquents” (Mubi) “Fallen Leaves” (Mubi) “The Settlers” (Mubi) “Unclenching the Fists” (Mubi) “Anatomy of a Fall” (Neon) “Eileen” (Neon) “How to Blow Up a Pipeline” (Neon) “La Chimera” (Neon) “Longlegs” (Neon) “Mothers’ Instinct” (Neon) “Perfect Days” (Neon) “Robot Dreams” (Neon) “Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget” (Netflix) “The Deepest Breath” (Netflix) “El Conde” (Netflix) “Fair Play” (Netflix) “The Killer” (Netflix) “Leave the World Behind” (Netflix) “Leo” (Netflix) “Maestro” (Netflix) “The Magician’s Elephant��� (Netflix) “May December” (Netflix) “Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie” (Netflix) “The Monkey King” (Netflix) “Nimona” (Netflix) “Nyad” (Netflix) “Pain Hustlers” (Netflix) “Rebel Moon” (Netflix) “Reptile” (Netflix) “Rustin” (Netflix)

“Society of the Snow” (Netflix) “Stamped from the Beginning” (Netflix) “About Dry Grasses” (No U.S. Distribution) “Banel Et Adams” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Bastard” (No U.S. Distribution) “Black Flies” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Breaking Ice” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Burti Flower” (No U.S. Distribution) “Caste” (No U.S. Distribution) “Club Zero” (No U.S. Distribution) “Firebrand” (No U.S. Distribution) “Four Daughters” (No U.S. Distribution) “Goodbye Julia” (No U.S. Distribution) “Hopeless” (No U.S. Distribution) “How to Have Sex” (No U.S. Distribution) “If Only I Could Hibernate” (No U.S. Distribution) “Il Sol Dell’Avvenire” (No U.S. Distribution) “Jeunesse” (No U.S. Distribution) “L’Ete Dernier” (No U.S. Distribution) “Le Regne Animal” (No U.S. Distribution) “Lee” (No U.S. Distribution) “Les Meutes” (No U.S. Distribution) “Memory” (No U.S Distribution) “Monster” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Mother of All Lies” (No U.S. Distribution) “The New Boy” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Old Oak” (No U.S. Distribution) “Omen” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Passion of Dodin Bouffant” (No U.S. Distribution) “Rapito” (No U.S. Distribution) “Rein a Perdre” (No U.S. Distribution) “Rosalie” (No U.S. Distribution) “The Settlers” (No U.S. Distribution) “Simple Comme Sylvain” (No U.S. Distribution) “Terrestrial Verses” (No U.S. Distribution) “Trans Los Angeles” (No U.S. Distribution) “Untitled Diane Warren Documentary Project” (No U.S. Distribution) “Bob Marley: One Love” (Paramount Pictures) “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One” (Paramount Pictures) “PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie” (Paramount Pictures) “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem” (Paramount Pictures) “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (Paramount Pictures) “Please Don’t Destroy This Project” (Peacock) “Elemental” (Pixar) “Camp Hideout” (Roadside Attractions) “Chevalier” (Searchlight Pictures) “Magazine Dreams” (Searchlight Pictures) “Next Goal Wins” (Searchlight Pictures) “Nightbitch” (Searchlight Pictures) “Poor Things” (Searchlight Pictures) “Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures) “Theater Camp” (Searchlight Pictures) “The Book of Clarence” (Sony Pictures) “Dumb Money” (Sony Pictures) “The Equalizer 3” (Sony Pictures) “Kraven the Hunter” (Sony Pictures) “No Hard Feelings” (Sony Pictures) “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (Sony Pictures) “Freud’s Last Session” (Sony Pictures Classics) “A Little Prayer” (Sony Pictures Classics) “The Miracle Club” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Persian Version” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Shadya” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Shortcomings” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Teachers Lounge” (Sony Pictures Classics) “They Shot the Piano Player” (Sony Pictures Classics) “Ferrari” (Neon) “Cocaine Bear” (Universal Pictures) “The Exorcist: Believer” (Universal Pictures) “Fast X” (Universal Pictures) “M3gan” (Universal Pictures) “Oppenheimer” (Universal Pictures) “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” (Warner Bros.) “Barbie” (Warner Bros.) “Blue Beetle” (Warner Bros.) “The Color Purple” (Warner Bros.) “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.) “The Flash” (Warner Bros.) “Wonka” (Warner Bros.) “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” (Warner Bros.) “The Little Mermaid” (Walt Disney Pictures) “Wish” (Walt Disney Pictures) ** This official list is incomplete…'

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First Reformed (2017)

“You believe in martyrdom, Reverend?”

Country: United States / United Kingdom / Australia

Written & Directed by: Paul Schrader

Cinematography by: Alexander Dynan

Edited by: Benjamin Rodriguez Jr.

Produced by: Christine Vachon, Deepak Sikka, Frank Murray, Gary Hamilton, Jack Binder, David Hinojosa, Greg Clark & Victoria Hill

Music by: Brian Williams

Production Design by: Grace Yun

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BEST PICTURE

THE NOMINEES ARE:

5. Licorice Pizza, dir. Paul Thomas Anderson

Produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, & Adam Somner

Not so much a paean for a world long lost, but rather an uncanny conjuring of its moods and attitudes, relishing in some while interrogating others. Appears to be in conversation with its era’s own portrait of a bygone California, American Graffiti, employing many of that film’s devices and cultural assertions, asking us to pay close attention to the dissonance of its message to modern eyes and ears. Deceptively tricky.

4. Drive My Car, dir. Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Produced by Akisiha Yamamoto

An intertextual treatise on the power of artistic expression to transcend language, as well as the challenge of grieving for someone whom you have hopelessly unresolved issues with, using the text to exorcise those feelings of resentment. Masterful.

3. The Power of the Dog, dir. Jane Campion

Produced by Jane Campion, Iain Canning, Roger Frappier, & Tanya Seghatchian

An expertly constructed subversion of the western genre where toxic masculinity is the bad guy, paying close attention to how Phil’s performance of machismo tortures those around him, as well as himself with his internalized homophobia, but is perhaps most interesting in its exploration of how that vindictiveness and desire to control breeds its own wickedness in its targets- its titular “power,” as it were.

2. Zola, dir. Janicza Bravo

Produced by Kara Baker, Dave Franco, Elizabeth Haggard, David Hinojosa, Vince Jolivette, Christine Vachon, & Gia Walsh

A frenetic, simultaneously vapid and ruminative vision of our times. Bravo intrinsically understands what was so compelling about A’Ziah King’s infamous twitter thread, knowing precisely when to deliberately leave things surface level and when to probe the deeper implications of what’s being presented to us. A stunning tonal balancing act.

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1. The Souvenir Part II, dir. Joanna Hogg

Produced by Ed Guiney, Joanna Hogg, Andrew Lowe, Emma Norton, & Luke Schiller

“Did you avoid the temptation to be obvious?”

Takes the first film’s subtextual connecting of the act of filmmaking to the work of processing trauma and makes it explicit in inspired, remarkably vulnerable fashion. Hogg varies her tactics here, peppering in bolder cinematic flourishes and unexpectedly comedic beats, expanding the scope of her vision in ways that are somehow both gutsy and refined. Feels borderless.

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Greta Lee & Teo Yoo Set To Star In A24’s ‘Past Lives’

EXCLUSIVE: Greta Lee and Teo Yoo are set to star in A24’s Past Lives, from writer-director Celine Song, with filming set to begin later this year. John Magaro also is on board in a key supporting role.

Christine Vachon and Pamela Koffler will produce for Killer Films, with David Hinojosa joining to produce via 2AM. A24 and CJ ENM will co-finance and produce the film. Plot details are being kept under wraps.

Lee’s credits include the Fox animated show HouseBroken and a recurring role on the upcoming season of The Morning Show. Yoo’s credits include New Year Blues and Black Money.

(via Deadline)