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reel-drone · 2 years ago

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If Joshua Picked the Oscars

Best Picture of The Year : Tár

For notable

Direction: Todd Field

Writing: Todd Field

Performance(s): Cate Blanchett, Nina Hoss, & Noémie Merlant

Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister

Editing: Monika Willi

Best Director

WINNER: Moneyboys by C. B. Yi

RUNNERS-UP:

Charlotte Wells for Aftersun

Kristoffer Borgli for Sick of Myself

Jerzy Skolimowski for EO

Luca Guadagnino for Bones and All

Best Actor

WINNER: Eden Dambrine in Close

RUNNER UPs

Colin Farrell in After Yang

Cosmo Jarvis in It Is In Us All

Kai Ko in Moneyboys

Paul Mescal in Aftersun

Best Actress

WINNER: Kristine Thorpe in Sick of Myself

RUNNERS-UP

Kayije Kagame in Saint Omer

Guslagie Malanda in Saint Omer

Françoise Lebrun in Vortex

Mia Goth in Pearl

Best Original Screenplay

WINNER: Charlotte Wells for Aftersun

RUNNERS-UP:

Kristoffer Borgli for Sick of Myself

Saul Williams for Neptune Frost

C.B. Yi for Moneyboys

Laura Paredes & Laura Citarella for Trenque Lauquen

Best Adapted Screenplay

WINNER: David Kajganich for Bones and All

RUNNERS-UP:

Jerzy Skolimowski and Ewa Piaskowska for EO

Andrew Litvack, Léa Mysius, and Claire Denis for Stars at Noon

Kogonada for After Yang

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio

Best Score

WINNER: Athena by Benoit Heitz (GENER8ION)

Best Song of 2022 (Featured in a Movie)

WINNER: Stars at Noon by Tindersticks

Best Editing of 2022

WINNER: After Yang (dir. Kogonada)

RUNNER UPS

Bret Morgen for Moonage Daydream

Blair McClendon for Aftersun

Paul Rogers for Everything Everywhere All At Once

Agnieszka Glińska for EO

Best Cinematography of 2022

WINNER (TIE): Athena (by Matias Boucard) and EO (by Michal Dymek)

RUNNERS-UP:

Joyland (by Joe Saade)

Moneyboys (by Jean-Louis Uialard)

Close (By Frank van den Eeden)

Neptune Frost (by Anisia Uzeyman)

Best Sound of 2022

WINNER: Kyle Edward Ball for Skinamarink

Best Short Live Action Film

WINNER: Tremor by Rudolf Fitzgerald-Leonard

RUNNER UP: Starfuckers by Antonio Marziale

Best Short Documentary Film

WINNER: Will You Look At Me? by Huang Shuli

Best Actor in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Justin H. Min (in After Yang)

RUNNERS-UP:

Bai Yufan (in Moneyboys)

Sami Slimane (in Athena)

Gustav De Waele (in Close)

Pablo Schils in Tori & Lokita

Best Actress in a Supporting Role

WINNER: Alina Khan (in Joyland)

RUNNERS-UP:

Hong Chau (in The Whale)

Charlbi Dean Kriek (in Triangle of Sadness)

Dolly De Leon (in Triangle of Sadness)

Stephanie Hsu in Everything Everywhere All At Once

Best Documentary of The Year

WINNER: Moonage Daydream

RUNNERS-UP

All The Beauty and the Bloodshed

The Fire Within

Best Costume and Production Design

WINNER: Neptune Frost

Best Horror Film

WINNER: Terrifier 2

RUNNERS-UP

Skinamarink

Pearl

You Won’t Be Alone

The Outwaters

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silalcarin · 2 years ago

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Coming back to this and remembering when awards season was still feeling good, feeling right, in the Supporting Actress category.

Angela was robbed at the SAG Awards and Oscars. I'm still upset about it. (I'm deliberately not including the BAFTAs because I didn't watch The Banshees of Inisherin.)

I've watched both Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Everything Everywhere All at Once, twice now in fact, and I'm not sorry to say this: Jamie was *NOT* memorable in EEAAO. She was gone from the movie for stretches of time, that I actually forgot she was even in the movie a few times. The true stand-outs were Michelle, Ke, and Stephanie. The studio A24 should not have campaigned both Jamie and Stephanie for Supporting Actress; they should've just focused on campaigning and marketing and promoting Stephanie's performance for the category. In fact, Jamie being nominated totally froze out Filipina actress Dolly de Leon's performance in Triangle of Sadness and prevented her from getting nominated (Dolly was nominated at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs, and Satellite Awards, but did not garner an Oscar nomination).

Meanwhile, Angela lived and breathed Queen Ramonda. You could feel her anguish and sorrow and frustration when she talks about how she's lost her entire family, how she's through with suffering so much loss in so little time. I'm not even a mother myself at this point, yet I still felt like I could relate to her. A lot of mothers could relate to her. My own mother said that she could relate to her. Angela carried that movie with all that emotion.

And that's not even getting into the more personal details: Jamie is White, a self-admitted nepo baby, and had never been nominated for an Oscar before. Angela is Black, doesn't come from an acting family, graduated from the Yale School of Drama, and had been nominated for an Oscar before but did not win for her Lead performance in What's Love Got to Do with It.

It's pretty obvious that one of the major reasons they voted for Jamie was because it was akin to a Consolation Award, an apology for never nominating her before, despite her role not being nearly as memorable as her other film roles, nor as noteworthy as Stephanie's in EEAAO, and it was more like a Lifetime Achievement Award than something she actually deserved to win based on her own merits. If Angela had won as she should have, it would've felt like a genuine win because she was just that damn good. (The fact that Angela already won the Golden Globe and Critics Choice Awards over Jamie should've helped put the odds in her favor, but for some unfathomable reason, that didn't happen.)

End rant.

#angela bassett #black panther #black panther wakanda forever #golden globes #the golden globes #golden globe awards #golden globe awards 2023 #stephanie hsu #dolly de leon #anti jamie lee curtis #anti nepotism #anti nepo baby #may delete this later #my post

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joeygoeshollywood · 2 years ago

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Oscars 2023: My Fantasy Winners and Nominees

Here are my fantasy winners and nominees of this year’s Oscars. And I encourage you all to share yours!

Best Picture

Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

The Banshees of Inisherin Barbarian Emergency The Fabelmans Good Luck to You, Leo Grande The Northman RRR Top Gun: Maverick Triangle of Sadness

Best Actor

Winner: Brendan Fraser - The Whale

Nominees:

Austin Butler - Elvis Nicholas Cage - The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent Colin Farrell - The Banshees of Inisherin Paul Mescal - Aftersun

Best Actress

Winner: Michelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Cate Blanchett - TÁR Viola Davis - The Woman King Danielle Deadwyler - Till Emma Thompson - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

Best Supporting Actor

Winner: Ke Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Paul Dano - The Fabelmans Brandon Gleeson - The Banshees of Irisherin Barry Keoghan - The Banshees of Irisherin Rory Kinnear - Men

Best Supporting Actress

Winner: Dolly De Leon - Triangle of Sadness

Nominees:

Hong Chau - The Whale Kerry Condon - The Banshees of Irisherin Jamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once Stephanie Hsu - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Director

Winner: The Daniels - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Robert Eggers - The Northman Martin McDonagh - The Banshees of Irisherin Ruben Östlund - Triangle of Sadness Steven Spielberg - The Fabelmans

Best Original Screenplay

Winner: The Banshees of Irisherin

Nominees:

Everything Everywhere All at Once Good Luck to You, Leo Grande TÁR Triangle of Sadness

Best Adapted Screenplay

Winner: Women Talking

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front Emergency She Said The Whale

Best Cinematography

Winner: The Batman

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front Empire of Light The Northman Top Gun: Maverick

Best Editing

Winner: Everything Everywhere All at Once

Nominees:

Elvis The Fabelmans The Northman Top Gun: Maverick

Best Production Design

Winner: Babylon

Nominees:

The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Elvis Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

Best Costume Design

Winner: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Nominees:

Babylon Elvis Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris The Woman King

Best Makeup & Hairstyling

Winner: Elvis

Nominees:

The Batman Blonde Crimes of the Future The Whale

Best Score

Winner: The Batman

Nominees:

Babylon The Banshees of Irisherin Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio Women Talking

Best Original Song

Winner: “Naatu Naatu” - RRR

Nominees:

“Ciao Papa” - Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio "Hold My Hand” - Top Gun: Maverick "Lift Me Up” - Black Panther: Wakanda Forever “Still Holding My Hand” - Ronald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

Best Sound

Winner: Top Gun: Maverick

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front Avatar: The Way of Water Elvis Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Visual Effects

Winner: Avatar: The Way of Water

Nominees:

The Batman Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Nope Top Gun: Maverick

Best International Feature

Winner: RRR (India)

Nominees:

All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany) Close (Belgium) Petite Maman (France)

Best Animated Feature

Winner: Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio

Nominees:

The Bad Guys Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Minions: The Rise of Gru Turning Red

ORIGINAL CATEGORIES

Best Ensemble

Winner: Triangle of Sadness

Nominees:

Babylon Everything Everywhere All at Once The Menu Women Talking

Best Comedy

Winner: Emergency

Nominees:

Bodies Bodies Bodies Brian and Charles Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Triangle of Sadness Vengeance

Best Stunts

Winner: RRR

Nominees:

The Batman Bullet Train Everything Everywhere All at Once The Woman King

Best Breakthrough Filmmaker

Winner: Cooper Raif - Cha Cha Real Smooth

Nominees:

Zach Cregger - Barbarian BJ Novak - Vengeance S.S. Rajamouli - RRR Charlotte Wells - Aftersun

Best Breakthrough Actor

Winner: Donald Elise Watkins - Emergency

Nominees:

Daryl McCormick - Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Paul Mescal - Aftersun Brandon Perrea - Nope Michael Ward - Empire of Light

Best Breakthrough Actress

Winner: Alisha Weir - Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical

Nominees:

Vanessa Burghardt - Cha Cha Real Smooth Charlbi Dean - Triangle of Sadness Li Jun Li - Babylon Thuso Mbedu - The Woman King

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sherrysicle · 2 years ago

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Excerpts from my report on Mugler exploring the brand's marketing.

Muses

Who is the Mugler woman?

Mugler’s history is full of muses and celebrities, “it” girls who have donned Mugler’s work. From Diana Ross and Demi Moore in Indecent Proposal, to the supermodels like Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss, and Cindy Crawford.

“I want to dress the people who inspire me, and for them to be equally inspired by the brand.” - Casey Cadweller

Walking down the runway swinging their hips and posing dramatically, these women exude attitude and confidence. They never look less than perfect, not a hair out of place, with makeup always done. They are always the center of attention, and they always get what they want.

Casey Cadweller has continued the tradition with the castings in his fashion shows and campaigns, people like Bella Hadid, Dominique Jackson, Lourdes Leon, Arca, and Megan Thee Stallion. Another interesting thing is that Casey often brings back models from different campaigns, which creates almost a mythology of muses.

This strategically builds upon celebrity culture, as well as diva culture, to craft an image of the Mugler customer, and having a consistent cast of collaborators also strengthens brand identity.

To wear Mugler is not just to wear clothes, it’s an entire attitude and lifestyle. It’s to be the Mugler woman (or man, or non-binaries, because that’s what Mugler is about too).

Inclusivity

Even when Thierry Mugler was the creative director in the 80s, when fashion was exclusively cisgender white models, he championed diversity, with models of different ages and races, as well as drag queens, pornstars, and transgender women. His designs themselves are also largely inspired by gay culture.

“I want Mugler to be for many different types of women, of all ages, sizes, colours, and for any moment of the day.” - Casey Cadwaller

Today, Casey Cadwaller continues the brand’s history of inclusivity with his castings in his campaigns. Although the industry has become more diverse with more models of different races, it still remains very exclusionary.

Casey does not just cast a token plus-size model and a few people of colour, he takes it a step further, working with models of all sizes, ages, and gender. People like Hunter Schafer, trans actress, Shalom Harlow who is almost 50, basketball player Liz Cambage who is over 2 meters tall, Megan Thee Stallion, who is much curvier than most runway models, and Paralympic Medalist Madison de Rozario. This shows Mugler’s commitment to promoting diversity of all kinds.

However, the range of sizing on their actual garments is very small, only ranging from 34-44 French, so no one over a size large can fit in their clothes. The small size range might be due to the larger costs of a more inclusive one (Mcall, 2018) but when a large part of the brand identity is centered around creating clothes for every person they should try. This shows a lack of sincerity and a disconnect between what the brand presents and what they actually sell. This makes their brand appear inauthentic and undermines their supposed values.

Viral Fashion Shows

Although fashion shows are a physical touchpoint, Mugler’s shows are held in a way that’s specifically designed for them to go viral, and they do.

Their latest fashion show had big, heavy equipment and dolly cameras specifically there just to film the models, moving with them, capturing them at every angle imaginable. These clips are all edited together with trap music, sped up and slowed, zooming in and out. These clips are sliced together with fast transitions, providing different and new shots every second, which helps keep the viewer’s interest even with the ever-shortening attention spans (2019) which is essential in today’s attention economy of algorithms that value viewer retention (Kastrenakes, 2021).

Beyond the technical reasons, their shows are also very theatrical, sometimes even more akin to a performance than a runway, which translates very well to short-form video, the new big thing in social media (Kastenholz, 2022), making them especially prone to going viral. It is impossible to escape from clips of Arca snatching a bag from the front row and Dominique Jackson dancing downstairs on the for you page (Note: other brands like Coperni and (Di)vision have also done similar things, it’s becoming increasingly prevalent in fashion (Dazed, 2022)).

All this work has translated into many viral moments.

An example of this is in their Instagram reels of the shows, which do much better than both their feed posts and other non-fashion-show reels do, most achieving millions of views, with around 100-200k likes.

There’s also word-of-mouth and earned media contributing to increased exposure. There’s a lot of coverage from online commentators and reviewers, reuploads of clips from the fashion show (eg. i-D posted many) from other accounts, and even fan edits.

All this has paid off tremendously, and the numbers (SocialBlade, 2023) reflect this. They have reached a new peak in follower growth this past month, when many reels of their latest collections were posted, with 90k new followers. Other major peaks have been the second week of June 2022 and the first week of April 2021, which coincides with their fashion shows, held on June 8th and March 31st respectively.

Fashion shows have always been fashion houses’ biggest marketing event, but gone are the days of fashion shows being exclusive, held for journalists and buyers with a ticket, now anyone anywhere can tune in to watch them.

It’s no longer enough to just have a fashion show, and Mugler understands that. They have planned the event to essentially be one giant photo op/hype machine.

Personal Tiktok

TikTok is the fastest-growing app (Koyak, 2021), and is especially popular with Gen Z, which makes up 60% of its users according to Forbes (Muliadi, 2022). Mugler is also a relatively early adopter of the platform, posting their first video in October 2020 and regularly posting since March 2021, considering how some big fashion houses like Chanel don’t have a page even to this day, and the ones that do not post consistently.

Other than the typical content also on their reels, most of their TikToks give a behind-the-scenes look to their photoshoots and fashion shows.

The photoshoots themselves are very unique, with models falling back, voguing, or taking selfies on motorcycles, which will interest the viewers as they are intrigued.

The models are also scantily clad in skin-tight Mugler catsuits, or leotards with extreme cutouts, posing provocatively, kissing, and at the end of the day sex sells. Their most popular videos also feature famous celebrities and models like Rina Sawayama and Sora Choi.

Alex Consani brings viewers backstage while yelling slang like “cunt” and “slay”. They do plenty of transition videos, a staple of the platform, and participate in TikTok trends, like “Are you in Paris? Oui'' and the model walk trend, which is often seen in non-fashion brand pages but is less common in the luxury fashion brand space.

This is unlike other social media pages by luxury houses (even Mugler’s own Instagram page), which are far more serious, and feature extremely polished and professional videos. Their more organic approach appeals to the Gen Z audience, who values authenticity, (Schmidt, 2023). They’re speaking their language, listening to their music, and using their platform.

Their TikTok page does not feel like a brand pushing product, it feels personal and more organic. It has a voice of its own and speaks to the consumer as a friend.

Non-Fungible Tokens

Mugler has partnered with Marc Tudisco, a German 3D and digital artist, to create a set of digital collectibles called “We Are All Angel”.

They have a profiler where people can answer questions about their personality to find their “Angel crew”. The animations are dynamic and 3D, however, this is more of a promotional tool as it does not have any effect on which collectible people receive. The collectibles were sold on OpenSea on 7th February 2023, and are assigned randomly. The collectible buyers received will be revealed on the 10th. They will also receive a metal print of the collectible.

Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have a reputation for being cash grabs, but this foray into the metaverse is in line with their brand identity of always looking at the future, and they mention how Thierry Mugler himself has said that “the real world is not enough” to justify this project, writing “it's all about moving to the metaverse—a limitless virtual playground; a space to dream, escape, transform”.

However, these words ring hollow in the face of the fact that the collectibles are just that- pieces to view, and they do not connect to any digital world. Their promise of empowering “all human beings to sculpt their own identity” is undermined by the random assignment of the collectibles.

These concerns might leave a bad case in the consumer’s mouth, and turn people off from the brand. Perhaps due to people not liking NFTs, there has been little promotion on their social media beyond YouTube and Twitter (where NFTs are more acceptable), although it is all over their website where people cannot leave disapproving comments. The use of the phrase “digital collectible” instead of “NFT” also suggests a wish to distance the brand from its bad reputation.

In any case, the collaboration was successful, with all 300 collectibles selling out on the same day it was released. Sold at 0.2 ETH each, it has made close to 100k USD.

#mugler #2023 #merchandising #writing #marketing

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popcornbutterflymedia · 2 years ago

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#film #film: a very good girl #actress: kathryn bernardo #actress: dolly de leon #director: petersen vargas

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artistaforever · 1 year ago

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The ladies of A Very Good Girl

#kathryn bernardo #dolly de leon #chie filomeno #filipino #filipino fc #asiancentral #userthing #filipina #femalestunning #kapamilya #kapamilya actress #september 2023 #film: a very good girl

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avnj0gia · 2 years ago

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#2023 oscars #polls

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voguecovers · 4 months ago

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• Vogue Philippines, October 2024

Filipino actress Dolly de Leon, photographer Artu Nepomuceno

❛ Dolly wearing Ziv Rei Alexi and Wataru Sakuma, styling Neil de Guzman and Leanne Ledesma, head of content Bea Valdes

Puppet designed Mikayla R. Teodoro, made by Puppet Theater, Manila

special thanks to, Christopher Mohnani, Managing Director for Circuit Performing Arts Venues and Rita Nazareno | Location at Samsung Performing Arts Theater

#vogue cover #vogue #vogue magazine #magazine #cover magazine #cover #vogue cover magazine #dolly de leon #vogue philippines #ziv rei alexi #wataru sakuma

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deadlinecom · 8 months ago

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onenettvchannel · 9 months ago

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FLASH REPORT OVERNIGHT: 'Kathryn Bernardo' wins Best Actress at the 72nd FAMAS Awards

(Written by Luz Isidora Noceda, Hailey Alohilani Banks and Rhayniel Saldasal Calimpong / Regional Correspondent and Oceanside High School news intern of Disney XD News & Freelance News Writer, Online Media Reporter and News Presenter of OneNETnews)

MANILA, NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION -- Filipina star of Kapamilya Channel (formerly ABS-CBN) and Star Cinema's film actress named Kathryn Chandria Manuel Bernardo from Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija wins Best Actress at The Manila Hotel's Fiesta Pavilion, wrapping up recently to announce the awardees from nominations Sunday night (May 26th, 2024 at 11:27pm -- Manila local time) at the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) awards.

Ms. Bernardo won the award at FAMAS for her individual performance in the 2023 movie drama "A Very Good Girl" beating several Best Actress nominees of Maricel Dador Soriano's "In His Mother's Eyes", Charlie April Rose Dizon's "3rd World Romance", Marian Rivera Gracia-Dantes' "Rewind", Sharon Gamboa Cuneta's "Family of 2" and Eugena Roxas Domingo's "Becky & Badette".

FAMAS is an annual event that celebrates excellence in Philippine cinema and now expanded to TV shows in our most generations today. Established and held first in the mid-July 1953, it has a rich history of recognizing outstanding achievements in the film and TV industry to honor exceptional performances, storytelling and technical aspects of motion pictures. Nominations are based on various categories, including the likes of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing (excluding CapCut) and technical awards.

They also recognizes Filipino iconic actors and actresses, documentary & short films, and outstanding contributions to the industry. FAMAS has played a crucial role in shaping Philippine cinema by honoring talent, creativity and dedication. It continues to inspire national filmmakers, actors and industry professionals from the big names in film studios.

In the overnight acceptance speech, Ms. Bernando said she has no expectations from receiving any award at first when she accepted the film of "A Very Good Girl": "Unang-una, ang bigat pala ng ano no, ng tropeo niyo. Ito ang una ko. Thank you so much po FAMAS. No'ng tinanggap ko ang pelikula na 'A Very Good Girl', di naman ako nag-eexpect anumang award o nominasyon. Tinanggap ko ang pelikula na to dahil naniniwala ako sa materyal, naniwala ako sa mga kasama ko. Umaapaw lang po 'yung saya kasi nabigyan ako ng pagkakataon na makagawa ng ganitong klaseng pelikula na minahal at sinuportahan ng mga tao. Ang pelikulang ito ay produkto ng pagsusumikap, pagmamahal at pagsinta, so maraming salamat ng lahat ng sumuporta, nagbigay ng oras at lahat ng nagmahal sa pelikulang ito", Ms. Bernardo said.

Bernardo also shared the award with Star Cinema and co-actress named Ms. Dolly Earnshaw de Leon: "Your very good girl, very happy girl tonight. Thank you so much FAMAS", she ended her speech.

Fans of Ms. Bernardo, the former individual love team of KathNiel are overjoyed and excitement with the FAMAS awards night. 'A Very Good Girl' film is available to stream online, only on Netflix Philippines. An award-winning film production provided by Star Cinema from ABS-CBN Films.

A big SPECIAL THANKS to Mr. Matt Reinheart of AllHitz24 in Dumaguete City and Dom Banana of CETV Philippines for contributing an overnight news tip.

SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Jayco Manangan via YT VIDEO

SOURCE: *https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cmg8v66lYQ [Referenced YT VIDEO via Jayco Manangan] *https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FAMAS_Award *https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/2024/5/26/kathryn-bernardo-wins-famas-best-actress-trophy-for-a-very-good-girl-mallari-gets-best-picture-2351 [Referenced News Article via ABS-CBN News] and *https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2024/05/27/2358306/kathryn-bernardo-wins-1st-famas-best-actress-award [Referenced News Article via The Philippine Star]

-- OneNETnews Team

#showbiz news #flash report #kathryn bernardo #FAMAS #the manila hotel #national capital region #NCR #a very good girl #film #award winning #drama movie #fyp #OneNETnews

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crowdvscritic · 1 year ago

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behind the scenes // ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS (2022)

Have you ever wondered how Best of the Year lists are chosen? Each year publications like Entertainment Weekly and The Hollywood Reporter conduct anonymous interviews with Academy members to reveal their Oscar votes, often with article titles like “brutally honest” and “juicy.” I understand not wanting to burn any bridges with friends or colleagues, but I usually finish those pieces annoyed. If you’ve got an opinion, own it! How do know if I can trust your judgment or taste?

In the spirit of transparency, I’m doing my small part to be the change I wish to see in the world. (Exactly the scenario someone had in mind when altering Gandhi’s words to fit on a bumper sticker.) Last year I voted in the St. Louis Film Critics Association Best of the Year for the first time, and I’m sharing my behind-the-scenes look at how we narrowed down the 800+ eligible films of the year to our 23 winners and how I chose my votes. Apologies in advance it's not a "juicy" take—there's not a lot of drama in our group!

These were the key 2022 dates for our decisions:

Saturday, December 10th: Individual nominations due to SLFCA leadership

Sunday, December 11th: Tie-Breaker Meeting to determine final nominees

Saturday, December 17th: Final ballots due

As a reminder, I can’t speak for how every critic in the group prioritizes viewing or votes. Another critic in the group may have completely different strategy even if we end up voting for the same nominee!

How the Ballots Work

Like many awards shows, I’m kicking this explainer off with Best Supporting Actor and Actress. I didn’t have any cuts when I submitted my ballot—I was looking for people to fill my five slots. The real decision-making was about their order.

In the first round of voting, our ballots are ranked, with our first choice earning five points toward the performer’s total and fifth place earning one point. For example, I contributed five points each to Andre Braugher and Carey Mulligan’s totals for their performances in She Said as well as two points to Angela Basset’s total for her Black Panther role. While those three made the cut for SLFCA’s nominations, not enough of the other critics ranked Adrien Brody, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dolly De Leon, Kate Hudson, Rami Malek, Pedro Pascal, or John David Washington highly enough for them to make the final nominations. Curtis and De Leon were just a few points away from making the cut.

More performers our critics loved: Jessie Buckley, Women Talking; Hong Chau, The Whale; Tom Hanks, Elvis; Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway; Anthony Hopkins, Armageddon Time; Nina Hoss, Tár; Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once; Barry Keoghan, The Banshees of Inisherin; Keke Palmer, Nope; Eddie Redmayne, The Good Nurse; Mark Rylance, Bones and All; Jeremy Strong, Armageddon Time

Watching as Many Movies as Possible

More than 800 eligible films were released in 2022 . (One of our members compiled them all into a Letterboxd list.) In the 10 days before my nominations were due, I watched She Said, Triangle of Sadness, Vengeance, and White Noise, all of which made my picks for Best Screenplay. I also watched titles I nominated in other categories (Babylon, Emily the Criminal, The Fabelmans, RRR, “Sr.”), plus a few that didn’t make the cut (Armageddon Time, Devotion, The Menu, Something From Tiffany’s, The Wonder).

But what about the films I hadn't seen that SLFCA nominated? That’s what the week between the Tie-Breaker Meeting and the final ballot due date is for. In those seven days, I checked out The Banshees of Inisherin, Tár, and Women Talking, which were movies I had expected to be nominated regardless of my support.

More screenplays on my long list: Amsterdam, The Menu, See How They Run

More screenplays our critics loved: After Yang, Aftersun, All Quiet on the Western Front, Bodies Bodies Bodies, Elvis, Empire of Light, Happening, Nope, Three Thousand Years of Longing, Till, The Whale

Choosing Nominees

In the Cinematography, Editing, and Visual Effects categories, I focused on an advocacy strategy. Before I met most of my fellow St. Louis Film Critics Association members, I was regularly updated with their film recommendations in a private Facebook group. As early as September, members shared headlines about the Awards Season, and based on chatter I’d seen in the group and in the film world at large, I figured support would be strong for films like Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, She Said, and Top Gun: Maverick. I was less sure about sentiment for Amsterdam, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, See How They Run, Triangle of Sadness, and The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, so I prioritized them on my ballot.

More films on my long list: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (VFX), RRR (Editing), She Said (Editing), The Woman King (VFX)

A few more films our critics loved: All Quiet on the Western Front (Cinematography), Avatar: The Way of Water (Cinematography, Editing), The Batman (VFX), Decision to Leave (Editing), Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness (VFX), Empire of Light (Cinematography), Three Thousand Years of Longing (VFX), Women Talking (Editing)

Breaking Ties

After we submitted our ballots, we met as a group at a restaurant to hash out ties. The longest and most passionate debate broke out over the Best Scene category because there was a six-way (!) tie for third place. We ultimately decided to keep four of those six scenes and nominate six films total. We typically only include five nominees, but exceptions can be made in the case of a tie.

A few more scenes our critics loved: Scarlet Witch vs. the Illuminati in Dr. Strange and the Multiverse of Madness, the Home Alone-inspired sequence in Violent Night

Prioritizing Nominees

After nominations were finalized at our our Tie-Breaker Meeting, I counted 20 nominated films I had not seen, 14 of which were only nominated in 1 category each. (I did not join the group till the summer, so I was not watching for most of the year knowing about this deadline!) I knew I would not have the time to watch them all, so I prioritized by asking these questions:

How many nominations did each film have? The Banshees of Inisherin, Women Talking, and Tár each earned between 4 and 11 noms, so they were highest priority

Could I watch every nominee in a category? All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Apollo 10½, Jackass Forever, and Wendell & Wild each only earned one nom, but I prioritized them so I could complete the Animated, Comedy, and Documentary categories

Had I watched enough noms to vote in a category? To vote in a category, I had to watch at least three nominees. I prioritized the twice-nominated in Decision to Leave so I could vote in Best International Feature, but I decided to skip voting in the Horror category because I would’ve needed to watch four films to vote (and because this horror-averse viewer probably would have found all four of them quite upsetting!)

More films on my long list: Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (Action), The Lost City (Comedy), Marry Me (Comedy), Minions: The Rise of Gru (Comedy), See How They Run (Comedy), The Woman King (Action)

A few more films our critics loved: Bad Axe (Documentary), The Bad Guys (Animated), The Banshees of Inisherin (Comedy), Barbarian (Horror), The Batman (Action), Broker (International), Bros (Comedy), Clerks III (Comedy), Corsage (International), EO (International), Lightyear (Animated), Navalny (Documentary), The Sea Beast (Animated), Smile (Horror)

Announcing the Winners

For me, the final round of voting is a combination of picking clear favorites in a category and trying to get your favorite films represented somewhere on the ballot. Winners are announced in a press release and shared on the SLFCA website. And in just a few weeks the process starts all over again with the new year!

You can see the full list of winners and nominees for 2022 at STLFilmCritics.org, and here are how my nominations shook out in the categories not featured above:

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