#the gothams film festival 2024

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"A Different Man" gana el premio a la Mejor Película en el Festival de Cine The Gothams 2024 😭✨ muy bien merecido 👏🏼

A Different Man wins Best Feature en The Gothams Film Festival 2024 😭✨ very well deserved 👏🏼

[hellish-cruelty]

24th November, 2024

Watched Payel Kapadia's All We Imagine As Light last week and my heart has grown fonder since. It reminded me of why I love cinema as much as I do. I was drowning in the same overused stories, until this came like fresh air and saved me a little.

Kapadia's brilliant soulful scenes are enthralling and yet so unassuming. It's for everyone who lives in faraway cities where loneliness collects itself in a bundle. You'll feel your loneliness recede slowly as you become one with the movie. You'll see yourself in Prabha, a caged nurse shun by her husband and Anu, an adventurous fierce woman, both navigating life, longing and social realities in Mumbai. Though, this Mumbai is not laced with dreams but with darkness and melancholy. A city of illusion and impermanence, and yet one must imagine the light. Under the city's shimmering blue, I reimagined myself in it's female friendships, desire and insecurities. The film explores countless themes without overdoing it. One dialogue that stuck with me is 'Class is a privilege. Reserved for the Privileged.'.

The film reveals itself like poetry, the verses of which I found in Agnes Varda (female solidarity, cats), Chantal Ackerman (how it deals with loneliness in cities, city as a character), Edward Yang (social alienation, fractured modernization) and many more. The tenderness and sensibility of the film stays with you, slowly healing, slowly transforming something in you.

I love loneliness. I love love women. I love love love cinema.

All We Imagine As Happiness.

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10/20-22/2024 Daily OFMD Recap

TLDR; Happy very Belated Birthday Rachel House! David Jenkins; Rhys Darby; Taika Waititi; Con O'Neill; Samba Schutte; Vico Ortiz; Kristian Nairn; Nathan Foad; Boris McGiver; Tiny Boats Raffle! Articles; Fan Spotlight; amuseoffyre; Love Notes!

== Happy Birthday Rachel House! ==

Oct 20 was our dear Mary Reed's Birthday! She's been a staple in so many Aotearoa films and TV, and we hope to keep getting to see all her fantastic work for many more years!

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== David Jenkins ==

Chaos Dad has confirmed that the "summer teeth" was Alyssa Lane and Alex Sherman's doing!

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And some love for this OFMD pumpkin!!!

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== Rhys Darby ==

Okay so this is really for Rhys AND Taika, and Jemaine-- but Guess what? It's been 10 years since WWDITS 2014 came out! In celebration there's a a limited edition bluray out! I'm still waiting to hear back whether or not it's region free.. because it's got some cool stuff!

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I didn't see him in the trailer, but it's also been announced that Rhys will be joining Ke Huy Quan and Sean Astin in the new movie Love Hurts coming to theatres on Feb 7, 2025!

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== Taika Waititi ==

Taika was out in Tokyo with Rita for her concert! We got some silly behind the scenes shots of him and Bret from Flight of the Conchords!

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Also -- more news for Taika -- he helped to Executive Produce all 10 episodes, but also directed one of the episodes! It premieres on Nov 19 on Hulu!

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Source: Taika's Instagram And in case you haven't seen enough of Taika -- he's out taking selfies with fans!

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== Con O'Neill ==

For those of you who still have access to Max-- Our Izzy Hands, Con O'Neill showed up episode 5 of The Penquin as Gotham's Chief of Police!

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== Samba Schutte ==

Samba's been so busy with interviews about Advanced Chemistry! First up is Beyond the Glam!

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Next up is Watch or Pass with Samba and the writer Alec Moore!

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Not an interview-- but Samba did a voting short that he shared on his Instagram as well!

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== Vico Ortiz ==

Did any of yall join Vico for Drag Your King this Saturday? I wasn't able to make it but looking forward to the video once it's available! You may already know this-- but Vico has been doing A LOT of voice work lately. They've narrated Metal From Heaven (August Clarke) which you can check out here! They are also the narrator for The Stars Too Fondly!

Are you in LA on October 25th? Hit up the LA Femme Int'l Film Festival where you can see Vico's film Lesbophilia! Get tickets here!

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== Kristian Nairn ==

Kristian was digging through some old stuff and found these awesome Wonder Woman Bracelets <3

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Reminder UK Crew! Kristian and Nathan will be at MCM Comic Con in London Oct 25 - 27!

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== Boris McGiver ==

Another trailer for Father Bonnet's new show Teacup! Warning-- it's creepy AND bloody! Just in time for Halloween!

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== Tiny Boats Raffle ==

Okay so I'm MANY days late on this one-- the Tiny Boats Charity Raffle is up! They've announced all their charities! Wanna learn more on how you can win one of Auntie's tiny boats? Visit their Linktr.ee! Or @ofmd-buys-boats on tumblr! It's super cool that all the charities were chosen by the cast! Here's the Entry Form: TinyCrewBigRaffle Entry Form and Entry Guide!

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= A Muse of Fyre =

Back again with a new muppet is @amuseoffyre! I can't tell you how damn impressive this Ned Low is! He's practically sinister!

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== Love Notes ==

Hey there lovelies. It's been a long beginning of the week for me.. as you can see I'm several days late again.

I just wanted to send a quick reminder that I badly needed this week.. and that is that we are not defined by our low points.

Sometimes things are not gonna go our way, no matter how much we plan, or try to make them do it, and sometimes we just gotta let the tide take us in a direction until it calms the hell down. When it finally does, you're gonna still be the same kind, and wonderful person you've always been-- maybe with some new outlooks or experiences, or even some new lessons learned. We're never the same person we were the day before, but we can still hold onto the things that make us us. Your kindness, your love, your laughter, and your tears... and so much more. Hard times don't define us lovelies, we define us. I hope this week goes in an upward direction for you, and the tides calm down a bit. Please know, even when I'm not around I'm always thinking of you. Take care <3

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[onlydylanobrien]

‘SNL 1975’ Finds Its Garrett Morris, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase And John Belushi

By Justin Kroll, Anthony D'Alessandro January 30, 2024 10:00am

Lamorne Morris playing Garrett Morris, Dylan O’Brien playing Dan Aykroyd, Cory Michael Smith playing Chevy Chase and Matt Wood playing John Belushi

EXCLUSIVE: Lamorne Morris, Dylan O’Brien, Cory Michael Smith and Matt Wood have joined the cast of Sony Pictures’ SNL 1975 that will be directed by Jason Reitman and based on the real-life behind the scenes accounts of the opening night of Saturday Night Live. Morris will play Garrett Morris, O’Brien will play Dan Aykroyd, Smith will play Chevy Chase, and Wood will play Belushi. The original screenplay is written by Reitman and Gil Kenan.

On October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. SNL 1975 is the true story of what happened behind the scenes that night in the moments leading up to the first broadcast of NBC’s SNL. It depicts the chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, counting down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”

The screenplay is based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and Kenan with all the living cast members, writers and crew. Reitman, Kenan, Jason Blumenfeld, Erica Mills and Peter Rice are producing.

Morris can currently be seen in FX’s fifth season of Noah Hawley’s hit drama series Fargo as North Dakota Deputy Witt Farr. He joined the cast of Netflix’s Unstable for season two opposite Rob Lowe. Prior to this, he starred as the titular lead in the hybrid live-action/animated Hulu series Woke, inspired by the life and art of cartoonist Keith Knight.

O’Brien was most recently starring in Ponyboi, which premiered as one of ten films in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. Up next, he will be seen in the feature films Caddo Lake, from the writing-directing team of Logan George and Celine Held and producer M. Night Shyamalan, and Anniversary, a thriller co-starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Zoey Deutch and Phoebe Dynevor. His other credits include Searchlight feature Not Okay from writer-director Quinn Shephard, the critically-acclaimed crime drama The Outfit, opposite Mark Rylance, Zoey Deutch, and Johnny Flynn; Paramount’s Love and Monsters and the popular Maze Runner franchise

Best known for his role on as the Riddler on the popular Fox series Gotham, Smith can currently be seen as Julianne Moore’s son in Todd Haynes’ May December. He most recently starred as Varian Fry in Anna Winger’s limited series Transatlantic opposite Gillian Jacobs and Corey Stoll for Netflix. Smith has also worked with Todd Haynes in both Carol (as private investigator Tommy Tucker) and Wonderstruck.

Wood has appeared in the original Broadway cast of Spongebob Squarepants and as husky kid icon Augustus Gloop in the Broadway First National Tour of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Television credits include Law and Order: SVU, Instinct and Difficult People.

Morris is represented by CAA, Entertainment 360, The Lede Company, and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger & Light. O’Brien is repped by William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Principal Entertainment LA, and Lichter, Grossman, Nichols, Feldman, Rogal, Shikora & Clark. Smith is repped by Circle of Confusion. Wood is repped by BRS/Gage Talent Agency.

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[anothersebastianblog]

Calendar of events that Sebastian could attend in the second half of 2024:

ADM screening at Bergmann Center (Fårö) june 26th

ADM screening at KVIFF (CR) june 29th-30th, july 6th

ADM screening at the Chicago Sundance Institute june 29th-30th

Ethan’s bday july 13th

Video call with Don july 16th

Chace’s bday july 18th

ADM screening at New Horizon film festival in Poland july

Charles’s bday July 25th

Kevin Feige’s walk of fame star ceremony july 25th CONFIRMED

San Diego comic con july 27th CONFIRMED

ADM screening at Melbourne film festival aug 8-25th

ADM screening at the new zeland film festival aug 1st and 5th

D23 aug 9-10-11th

Sebastian’s bday aug 13th

The apprentice at Telluride aug 31st CONFIRMED

Annabelle’s 40th bday Sept 5th

The Apprentice at TIFF sept 5th

ADM screening at Deauville ff + sebastian receiving the rising star award sept 9th - 10th CONFIRMED

ADM screening and pre recorded Q&A for Film Independent (LA) sept 11th CONFIRMED

ADM at LIFF (Leeds) sept 14th

ADM premiere and redcarpet CONFIRMED sept 17th

ADM at Cinéfest Sudbury (Ontario) sept 18th

ADM releases in theaters sept 20th

Sebastian at the TODAY SHOW sept 20th CONFIRMED

ADM screening + Q&A with cast (NY) sept 20th and 21st CONFIRMED

ADM at fantastic fest (Austin) sept 22nd CONFIRMED

Sebastian @ Jimmy Kimmel live (LA) sept 25th CONFIRMED

ADM q&a in LA sept 24 and 25th CONFIRMED

ADM at VIFF (vancouver) sept 26th and 28th

LA premiere of The Apprentice sept 29th

BAFTA screening of ADM + q&a oct 2nd CONFIRMED

Sebastian at Graham Norton Show oct 4th CONFIRMED

Sebastian at WTF pocast Oct 7th CONFIRMED

Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong on CBS Morning talking TA Oct 8th CONFIRMED

NYC premiere of The Apprentice Oct 8th CONFIRMED

ADM at Sitges FF oct 3rd-12th

THE APPRENTICE releases in theaters oct 11th

Sebastian at Zurich ff oct 12th CONFIRMED

TA at BFI london ff oct 15th and 17th CONFIRMED

Danish premiere of TA oct 16th CONFIRMED

Sebastian attends the annual Academy Museum Gala oct 20th CONFIRMED

CDFA awards oct 28th CONFIRMED

Sebastian awarded at SCAD Savannah FF (Georgia) nov 2nd CONFIRMED

Sebastian awarded at Miami ff nov 3rd CONFIRMED

Liverpool comic con nov 9th and 10th CONFIRMED

Governor awards nov 17th CONFIRMED

The leading men Party by LaMagazine (LA) nov 20th CONFIRMED

FYC event for The Apprentice (LA) nov 21st CONFIRMED

Gotham Awards dec 2nd CONFIRMED

The tonight show starring Jimmy Fallon dec 5th CONFIRMED

American Cinematheque Awards dec 6th CONFIRMED

thunderbolts* reshoots dec 10-18th atlanta CONFIRMED

American cinematheque Q&A in LA dec 18th CONFIRMED

Tokyo Comic Con dec 28-29-30th CONFIRMED

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Nominees Announced for Inaugural Gotham TV Awards 🌟Congratulations to #TobiasMenzies for #Manhunt on @appletv+

Nominees are selected by committees of film and television critics, journalists, film curators and festival programmers.

The 2024 Gotham TV Awards Ceremony will be held live and in person at 7 p.m. on 4th June 2024, at Cipriani 25 in New York City.

Posted 17th May 2024

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Review: The People's Joker (2022)

Just because I left Fort Lauderdale, and with it Popcorn Frights, behind when I moved to Boston last year doesn't mean I have to give up on horror festivals. And just as I managed to sneak in a trip to the Telluride Horror Show amidst my adventures in Utah back in 2022, so too did I find that -- where else? -- Salem, Massachusetts hosted the annual Salem Horror Show in April and May. Tonight was the first night, and they screened one of the festival's token non-horror films in The People's Joker, a queer Batman spoof made without any official approval from DC Comics or Warner Bros. (They originally had a screening of Hocus Pocus planned with Kathy Najimy as a special guest, but Najimy had to cancel at the last minute.) How was it?

The People's Joker (2022)

Not rated

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Score: 4 out of 5

The People's Joker exists in a place very similar to that enjoyed by Escape from Tomorrow. In both cases, you have independent filmmakers making unlicensed, unauthorized use of American pop iconography, Disney in the case of Escape from Tomorrow and DC Comics in the case of this film, as a way of satirizing and critiquing it with a particular focus on its corporate ownership and its role in the modern economy. Unlike Disney, which permitted the release of Escape from Tomorrow, DC Comics and Warner Bros. actively tried to clamp down on this film, which was ultimately saved by fair use laws protecting parodies like this. And of the two, I'd argue that this film pulls off what it was trying to do a lot better. While both films are elevated by a particular psychedelic edge and punk-rock attitude, Escape from Tomorrow was too incoherent to really stick the landing or even really convey what it was trying to say, while The People's Joker manages to successfully pull off being not only a dark parody of Batman in which the Joker is the hero, but also a hilarious comedy in its own right, a queer coming-out story, a satire of the entertainment industry (especially stand-up and sketch comedy), and a film that manages to get its message across loud and clear. For obvious reasons, I don't expect this to be more than a cult classic, but it's one I enjoyed and do not regret watching.

In this take on Batman's most iconic villain, one that's most obviously based on the movie Joker but draws on many versions of the character (as well as elements of Harley Quinn), the Joker is now a trans woman who leaves her disapproving mother in Smallville, Kansas for Gotham City in the hopes of becoming a comedian like her idol, UCB Live star Ra's al Ghul. There, upon being exposed to the gatekeeping and hypocrisy of the world of mainstream standup comedy, which here serves largely to prop up a corporate-run dystopia even as it still claims the legacy of those who once spoke truth to power, she starts her own underground "anti-comedy" troupe in an abandoned carnival that comes to be comprised of many of Batman's traditional baddies from the comics. (Her trademark gag is inviting people onstage to tell the world their saddest experiences and then huffing Smilex and laughing her ass off at their misery, because after all, this is still the Joker we're talking about.) This eventually puts her on a collision course with Batman himself, who's depicted as not only the jackbooted thug that more cynical deconstructions of superhero comics have framed him as, but also a perverted closet case on top of it. (Let's just say, this film gets a lot of mileage out of all those jokes you've heard about his relationship with his sidekick Robin.)

The film ain't exactly subtle in what it's saying. UCB Live is a clear-cut parody of Saturday Night Live, right down to the fact that Lorne Michaels is a character in the film, and moreover, its initialism is lifted straight from the famed Chicago comedy troupe the Upright Citizens Brigade that played such a major role in the development of standup and sketch comedy in the '90s and '00s, including producing multiple SNL stars. And while the film never names him so directly, you also get the sense that its writer, director, and star Vera Drew really isn't a fan of Joe Rogan or the standup circle he's built around himself, either. The Joker's introduction to UCB Live's casting has her body being scanned and her being deemed a potential comedy superstar because she has a small penis and is therefore mistaken for the kind of insecure man who the industry is built upon. Her comic idol Ra's starred in a Borat-like film whose main joke was making fun of foreigners. The whole reason Batman, an avatar of the elite if ever there was one (being the CEO of Wayne Enterprises and all), comes after her is because she directly criticizes and threatens the ruling class in a way that the corporate, sanitized world of UCB Live merely pretends to. Drew is somebody who clearly has experience with comedy and the people who inhabit it, and is very much writing that experience into the meat of the story, a metaphorical representation of an entertainment industry that, in her view, only cloaks itself in populism and progressive language enough that it can fend off criticism without actually making any meaningful changes.

Much of this is told through a mix of a riotous and raunchy comedy and the Joker's romance with her fellow comic Jason Todd, aka "Mr. J", a trans man who's envisioned here as a mix of Robin and the edgelord Jared Leto version of the Joker from the DC Extended Universe. The gags came flying at a mile a minute, and often had me busting my gut in laughter. The whole cast is game for the material, with Drew making the Joker a compelling anti-hero not just as a comic presence but also as somebody whose journey from a Midwestern girl-trapped-in-a-boy's-body to a flamboyant Clown Princess of Crime was one that I found myself genuinely invested in. Kane Distler as Mr. J was also an interesting presence, somebody whose relationship with the Joker starts promisingly only for him to turn emotionally abusive and self-centered (complete with a "gaslighting" pun that had me cracking up), indicating that, when he transitioned, he wound up embracing the most noxious forms of hypermasculinity. And as for the style of the film, Drew goes for an exaggerated feel that combines live-action filmmaking, highly stylized CGI, what appears to be a mannequin representing Poison Ivy, and very crude animation both 2D and 3D to create a feeling that reminded me of watching Adult Swim or surfing Newgrounds back in the 2000s. There clearly wasn't much of a budget here, so Drew instead leaned on creativity, both her own and the dozens of artists worldwide who each contributed to the film. It was as unique a film to watch as it was an entertaining comedy, one that demonstrated a lot of talent and commitment on the part of everybody involved.

The Bottom Line

There's no way in hell that The People's Joker is ever getting a wide release, but if it plays near you, I highly recommend seeking it out, as a twisted, countercultural sendup of everything from superheroes to mainstream comedy to who gets to call themselves "the counterculture".

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Colman Domingo's captivating performance in Sing Sing earned him the coveted Best Actor award at the 2024 Gotham Awards, outshining formidable nominees like Nicole Kidman, Adrien Brody, and Demi Moore. This win not only solidifies Domingo's position as a standout performer but also underscores the growing momentum of the Oscars race. Domingo is the lead in Sing Sing, a prison drama that brings to life a man, Divine G, who is wrongly accused and eventually finds redemption through the arts when he becomes part of a prison theater group. This poignant exploration of the power of art was premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in 2023 but has been released after careful timing to avoid competing with another notable Domingo film, Rustin. Accepting his award, Domingo expressed heartfelt gratitude, saying, "I'm just very grateful for this, to be seen in this way, to do the work that my heart desires, and my soul desires, making work that I truly believe can make a difference in this world." Vbrunophotog, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Gotham Awards Celebrate Independent Cinema The Gotham Awards, which take place annually in New York City, honor independent films. While not the Oscars or Golden Globes, Gothams often seem to act as a referendum on awards season, signaling when and which films and performances may find an audience beyond small groups. This year's saw an all-male field of winners, a rare enough occurrence in its own right that its gender-neutral acting categories are continuing to rile the industry. The highest prize in the ceremony for Best Feature was A Different Man, a thought-provoking film on the themes of identity and self-perception. The film centers around an actor suffering from neurofibromatosis, a condition causing facial disfigurement. This character undergoes a transformation through a medical procedure, and the physical change transforms into an existential crisis because he confronts a new identity with the emergence of another character who accepts his condition confidently. The win surprised director Aaron Schimberg, who humbly remarked on the strength of the competition. Standout Performances and Bold Stories Domingo's win was accompanied by recognition for his co-star, Clarence Maclin, who earned Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of himself in Sing Sing. Maclin, a former inmate of the Sing Sing prison, brought authenticity to the film, which Domingo praised for its depiction of individuals finding salvation through creativity. Other notable wins for the night were RaMell Ross, who took home the Best Director prize for Nickel Boys, which is an adaptation of a Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, telling a gripping story about friendship and resilience in the context of a Florida reform school. Brandon Wilson, a star of the film, was also recognized as Breakthrough Performer, yet another accolade for the film. Ross's innovative approach to storytelling, presenting events entirely through the characters' perspectives, has drawn critical acclaim, even as the film battles to maintain visibility during awards season. The Best Screenplay award was given to His Three Daughters, a poignant, emotion-filled story of sibling bonding as they come together to nurse their terminally ill father. With Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, and Carrie Coon, among its stars, the script penned by Azazel Jacobs had truly stood out in the portrayal of the complexities of family. A Night of Surprises The Gotham Awards often celebrate bold and unorthodox films, and this year was no different. In addition to Sing Sing and A Different Man, other nominees such as Anora, Babygirl, and Nickel Boys highlighted the diversity of independent cinema. International filmmaking was also recognized with All We Imagine as Light winning Best International Feature and No Other Land taking Best Documentary Feature. As Zendaya received the Spotlight Award, she described the honor as "quite the privilege." Meanwhile, other Hollywood luminaries such as Jessica Chastain, Zoe Kravitz, and Saoirse Ronan attended the event and lent their glamour to the celebration of cinematic artistry. Oscars Outlook With the Golden Globe nominations just days away, the Gotham Awards have only added to the hype around the Oscars. This year's race remains an open affair, with no clear front-runner for Best Picture. Films like Sing Sing and A Different Man are starting to make some noise, but others, like Nickel Boys, might gain traction from the momentum that has resulted from their Gotham wins. As the awards season unfolds, the recognition of Colman Domingo and other Gotham winners highlights the profound impact of authentic, emotionally resonant storytelling. These films not only captivate audiences but also spark meaningful conversations, reaffirming the enduring power of cinema. Read the full article

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[ad_1] Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light as picked up another laurel. The film has won Best International Feature trophy at the reputed Gotham Awards 2024 on Monday night. This makes many wonder if India really made the right choice sending Laapataa Ladies to the Oscars instead. Other nominees in the category included, Green Border, Hard Truths, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell and Vermiglio. The Gothams Film Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday in New York. Accolades for Kapadia All We Imagine As Light also won top honour at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2024 on Sunday. According to the official Instagram page of APSA, All We Imagine… received the Jury Grand Prize and Boong was named the Best Youth Film. Kapadia’s “All We Imagine”, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, is the first film from India ever to win the Grand Prix award at the prestigious European gala. The Malayalam-Hindi movie follows Prabha (Kani Kusruti), a Mumbai nurse whose life is thrown in disarray when she receives a rice cooker from her estranged husband. Divya Prabha plays Anu, her roommate and colleague, who is struggling to find a private spot in the city to spend time with her boyfriend. Prabha’s best friend Parvati (Chhaya Kadam), a widow, is being forced out of her home by property developers. All We Imagine… is an official India-French co-production between petit chaos from France and Chalk & Cheese and Another Birth from India. After the Gotham Awards win, many cinephile were upset about it not representing India at the Oscars. “Indian Film board who selected Oscars entry looking like absolute fools right now. All We imagine as Light is absolutely poetic cinema,” wrote a person. “Hoping it gets a nomination for something even though it is snubbed for Best Foreign Language Film. Like in score or cinematography.” Here’s the full list of winners at Gotham Awards: Best Feature A Different Man: Aaron Schimberg, director; Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, producers (A24) Best International Feature All We Imagine as Light: Payal Kapadia, director; Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films) Best Documentary Feature No Other Land: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, directors; Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, producers (Antipode Films) Best Director RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Best Screenplay His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs (Netflix) Breakthrough Director Vera Drew, The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence) Outstanding Lead Performance Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24) Outstanding Supporting Performance Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24) Breakthrough Performer Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine As Light as picked up another laurel. The film has won Best International Feature trophy at the reputed Gotham Awards 2024 on Monday night. This makes many wonder if India really made the right choice sending Laapataa Ladies to the Oscars instead. Other nominees in the category included, Green Border, Hard Truths, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell and Vermiglio. The Gothams Film Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street on Monday in New York. Accolades for Kapadia All We Imagine As Light also won top honour at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA) 2024 on Sunday. According to the official Instagram page of APSA, All We Imagine… received the Jury Grand Prize and Boong was named the Best Youth Film. Kapadia’s “All We Imagine”, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in May, is the first film from India ever to win the Grand Prix award at the prestigious European gala. The Malayalam-Hindi movie follows Prabha (Kani Kusruti), a Mumbai nurse whose life is thrown in disarray when she receives a rice cooker from her estranged husband. Divya Prabha plays Anu, her roommate and colleague, who is struggling to find a private spot in the city to spend time with her boyfriend. Prabha’s best friend Parvati (Chhaya Kadam), a widow, is being forced out of her home by property developers. All We Imagine… is an official India-French co-production between petit chaos from France and Chalk & Cheese and Another Birth from India. After the Gotham Awards win, many cinephile were upset about it not representing India at the Oscars. “Indian Film board who selected Oscars entry looking like absolute fools right now. All We imagine as Light is absolutely poetic cinema,” wrote a person. “Hoping it gets a nomination for something even though it is snubbed for Best Foreign Language Film. Like in score or cinematography.” Here’s the full list of winners at Gotham Awards: Best Feature A Different Man: Aaron Schimberg, director; Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, producers (A24) Best International Feature All We Imagine as Light: Payal Kapadia, director; Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films) Best Documentary Feature No Other Land: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, directors; Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, producers (Antipode Films) Best Director RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) Best Screenplay His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs (Netflix) Breakthrough Director Vera Drew, The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence) Outstanding Lead Performance Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24) Outstanding Supporting Performance Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24) Breakthrough Performer Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios) [ad_2] Source link

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Sebastian Stan at Gotham Film Festival 2024 💖❤️‍🔥

[awardswatcherik]

AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 258: Gotham Nominations, AFI FEST, 'Babygirl,' 'Gladiator II' and More

On episode 258 of The AwardsWatch Podcast, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and Associate Editor Sophia Ciminello talk about the Gotham Awards nominations, the world premieres of AFI FEST 2024 and two films we saw outside of the festival that will be in the Oscar race. Always considered the kickoff of awards season, the Gotham Awards nominations were revealed this…

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Holidays 1.23

Holidays

Archery Day

Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]

Belly Laugh Day

Birthday of the Grand Duchess (Luxembourg)

Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island)

BPDCN (Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm) Awareness Day

Cold, Cold, Cold Day

Day of Hathor (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Django Day

Ed Roberts Day (California)

Fundación del Estado Plurinacional Holiday (Bolivia)

Grandmother's Day (Bulgaria)

International Integrative Health Day

Maternal Health Awareness Day (New Jersey)

Measure Your Feet Day

National Aiden Day

National Fay Day

National Freedom Day

National Handwriting Day

National King Day

National Musician Day (Día Nal. del Músico; Argentina)

National Pedro Day

National Reading Day

National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day

National School Nurse Day

National Security Technician Day

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Parts of India)

One-Tooth Rhee Landing Day

Paul Pitcher Day (Cornwall)

Ranked Choice Voting Day

Snowdrop Day (French Republic)

Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day

Tiananmen Square Day

Wakakusa Yamayaki (Grass Burning; Japan)

Women in Medicine Day

World Endangered Writing Day

World Freedom Day (South Korea, Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day

National Pie Day

National Rhubarb Day

Rhubarb Pie Day

4th Tuesday in January

National Speak Up and Succeed Day [4th Tuesday]

Independence & Related Days

Foundation Day (Lichtenstein)

Kingdom of Abrus (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Gann-Hgal (Zeliangrong People’s New Year’s Festival; Parts of India)

Festivals Beginning January 23, 2024

Empire State Producers Expo (Syracuse, New York) [thru 1.24]

Key West Food and Wine Festival (Key West, Florida) [thru 1.28]

Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival (Drvengrad, Serbia) thru 1.27]

Mile O Fest (Key West, Florida) [thru 1.27]

Northern Green (St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 1.25]

Unified Wine & Grape Symposium (Sacramento, California) [thru 1.25]

Wheat Industry Winter Conference (Washington, DC) [thru 1.26]

Feast Days

Abakuh (Egyptian Christian; Martyr)

Agathangelus (Christian; Martyr)

Asclas (Christian; Martyr)

Banba (a.k.a. Banbha; Matron Goddess of Ireland; Celtic Book of Days)

Bernard of Vienne (Christian; Saint)

Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (Christian)

Bruma VII (Pagan)

Clement of Ancyra (Christian; Martyr)

Cunning Linguine Day (a.k.a. Get Your Tongue Round Some Linguine Day; Pastafarian)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness)

Édouard Manet (Artology)

Emerentiana (Christian; Virgin)

Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

Eusebius (Christian; Saint)

Georg Baselitz (Artology)

Ildefonsus of Toledo (Christian; Saint)

Jean-Michel Atlan (Artology)

John the Almsgiver (Christian; Saint)

Knot Magic Day (Cornwall; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Leon Golub (Artology)

Lufthildis (Christian; Virgin)

Maimbod (Christian; Martyr)

Marianne of Molokai (Christian; Blessed)

The Peasants (Muppetism)

Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))

Ragwort Dance (Pixies Only; Shamanism)

Raymond of Pennafort (a.k.a. Rayman;  Christian; Confessor) [Original Date]

Samuel (Positivist; Saint)

Sergei Eisenstein (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 23 [9 of 72]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The A-Team (TV Series; 2003)

Barney Miller (TV Series; 1975)

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (WB Animated Film; 2018)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Boys For Pele, by Tori Amos (Album; 1996)

Bushfire Fairytales, by Jack Johnson (Album; 2001)

The Butterfly Effect (Film; 2004)

Casablanca (Film; 1943)

Dave the Barbarian (Animated TV Series; 2004)

Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton (Novel; 1944)

Fear on the Pier or What’s Up, Duck? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 145; 1962)

Happy Circus Days (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

The Herring Murder Mystery (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1944)

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, recorded by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)

Inkheart (Film; 2008)

Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier (Novel; 1936)

Katherine, by Anya Seton (Historical Novel; 1954)

Lady in the Lake (Film; 1947)

Material Girl, by Madonna (Song; 1985)

Mythbusters (TV Series; 2003)

Neck ’n’ Neck (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The New Spirit (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Our Friend the Atom (Animated DIsnet TV Cartoon; 1957)

Puppy Tale (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Roots (TV Mini-Series; 1977)

Skeleton Frolics (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)

Spice World (Film; 1998)

Star Trek: Picard (TV Series; 2020)

Station to Station, by David Bowie (Album; 1976)

Strange Magic (Animated Film; 2015)

Suspicious Minds, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1969)

They’re Off (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

TNT For Two or Fright Cargo (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 146; 1962)

Trust, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1981)

The Way You Do the Things You Do, by The Temptations (Song; 1964)

West of the Pesos (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 33 & 34 1965)

Today’s Name Days

Hartmut, Heinrich, Nikolaus (Austria)

Ema, Emercijana, Vjera (Croatia)

Zdeněk (Czech Republic)

Emerentius (Denmark)

Räni, Reeno, Rene (Estonia)

Eine, Eini, Enna, Enni (Finland)

Banard (France)

Esmerentia, Guido, Hartmut (Germany)

Agathangelos, Dionisis (Greece)

Rajmund, Zelma (Hungary)

Armando, Emerenziana, Ramona (Italy)

Grieta, Ortrude, Rieta (Latvia)

Algimantas, Gailigedas, Gunda, Raimundas (Lithuania)

Emil, Emilie, Emma (Norway)

Emerencja, Ildefons, Jan, Klemens, Maria, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Wrócisława (Poland)

Clement, Paulin (Romania)

Miloš (Slovakia)

Ildefonso (Spain)

Frej, Freja (Sweden)

Clem, Clement, Clementine, Ksenia, Oksana (Ukraine)

Emerald, Esmeralda, Rachael, Rachel, Rachelle, Rae, Ramon, Ramona, Raquel, Ray, Raymond, Raymundo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 23 of 2024; 343 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 4 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 13 (Bing-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 13 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 12 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 23 White; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 10 January 2024

Moon: 96%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 23 Moses (1st Month) [Samuel]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 34 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 2 of 28)

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Holidays 1.23

Holidays

Archery Day

Asian Corpsetwt Day [Every 23rd]

Belly Laugh Day

Birthday of the Grand Duchess (Luxembourg)

Bounty Day (Pitcairn Island)

BPDCN (Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm) Awareness Day

Cold, Cold, Cold Day

Day of Hathor (Ancient Egypt; Everyday Wicca)

Django Day

Ed Roberts Day (California)

Fundación del Estado Plurinacional Holiday (Bolivia)

Grandmother's Day (Bulgaria)

International Integrative Health Day

Maternal Health Awareness Day (New Jersey)

Measure Your Feet Day

National Aiden Day

National Fay Day

National Freedom Day

National Handwriting Day

National King Day

National Musician Day (Día Nal. del Músico; Argentina)

National Pedro Day

National Reading Day

National Report Pharmaceutical Fraud Day

National School Nurse Day

National Security Technician Day

Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's Jayanti (Parts of India)

One-Tooth Rhee Landing Day

Paul Pitcher Day (Cornwall)

Ranked Choice Voting Day

Snowdrop Day (French Republic)

Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day

Tiananmen Square Day

Wakakusa Yamayaki (Grass Burning; Japan)

Women in Medicine Day

World Endangered Writing Day

World Freedom Day (South Korea, Taiwan)

Food & Drink Celebrations

International Sticky Toffee Pudding Day

National Pie Day

National Rhubarb Day

Rhubarb Pie Day

4th Tuesday in January

National Speak Up and Succeed Day [4th Tuesday]

Independence & Related Days

Foundation Day (Lichtenstein)

Kingdom of Abrus (Declared; 2017) [unrecognized]

New Year’s Days

Gann-Hgal (Zeliangrong People’s New Year’s Festival; Parts of India)

Festivals Beginning January 23, 2024

Empire State Producers Expo (Syracuse, New York) [thru 1.24]

Key West Food and Wine Festival (Key West, Florida) [thru 1.28]

Küstendorf International Film and Music Festival (Drvengrad, Serbia) thru 1.27]

Mile O Fest (Key West, Florida) [thru 1.27]

Northern Green (St. Paul, Minnesota) [thru 1.25]

Unified Wine & Grape Symposium (Sacramento, California) [thru 1.25]

Wheat Industry Winter Conference (Washington, DC) [thru 1.26]

Feast Days

Abakuh (Egyptian Christian; Martyr)

Agathangelus (Christian; Martyr)

Asclas (Christian; Martyr)

Banba (a.k.a. Banbha; Matron Goddess of Ireland; Celtic Book of Days)

Bernard of Vienne (Christian; Saint)

Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (Christian)

Bruma VII (Pagan)

Clement of Ancyra (Christian; Martyr)

Cunning Linguine Day (a.k.a. Get Your Tongue Round Some Linguine Day; Pastafarian)

Day of Hathor (Egyptian Goddess of Drunkenness)

Édouard Manet (Artology)

Emerentiana (Christian; Virgin)

Espousals of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Christian)

Eusebius (Christian; Saint)

Georg Baselitz (Artology)

Ildefonsus of Toledo (Christian; Saint)

Jean-Michel Atlan (Artology)

John the Almsgiver (Christian; Saint)

Knot Magic Day (Cornwall; Starza Pagan Book of Days)

Leon Golub (Artology)

Lufthildis (Christian; Virgin)

Maimbod (Christian; Martyr)

Marianne of Molokai (Christian; Blessed)

The Peasants (Muppetism)

Phillips Brooks (Episcopal Church (USA))

Ragwort Dance (Pixies Only; Shamanism)

Raymond of Pennafort (a.k.a. Rayman;  Christian; Confessor) [Original Date]

Samuel (Positivist; Saint)

Sergei Eisenstein (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Prime Number Day: 23 [9 of 72]

Shakku (赤口 Japan) [Bad luck all day, except at noon.]

Premieres

The A-Team (TV Series; 2003)

Barney Miller (TV Series; 1975)

Batman: Gotham by Gaslight (WB Animated Film; 2018)

The Blair Witch Project (Film; 1999)

Boys For Pele, by Tori Amos (Album; 1996)

Bushfire Fairytales, by Jack Johnson (Album; 2001)

The Butterfly Effect (Film; 2004)

Casablanca (Film; 1943)

Dave the Barbarian (Animated TV Series; 2004)

Dragonwyck, by Anya Seton (Novel; 1944)

Fear on the Pier or What’s Up, Duck? (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 145; 1962)

Happy Circus Days (Terrytoons Cartoon; 1942)

The Herring Murder Mystery (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1944)

I Left My Heart in San Francisco, recorded by Tony Bennett (Song; 1962)

Inkheart (Film; 2008)

Jamaica Inn, by Daphne du Maurier (Novel; 1936)

Katherine, by Anya Seton (Historical Novel; 1954)

Lady in the Lake (Film; 1947)

Material Girl, by Madonna (Song; 1985)

Mythbusters (TV Series; 2003)

Neck ’n’ Neck (Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Cartoon; 1928)

The New Spirit (Disney Cartoon; 1942)

Our Friend the Atom (Animated DIsnet TV Cartoon; 1957)

Puppy Tale (Tom & Jerry Cartoon; 1954)

Roots (TV Mini-Series; 1977)

Skeleton Frolics (Color Rhapsody Cartoon; 1937)

Spice World (Film; 1998)

Star Trek: Picard (TV Series; 2020)

Station to Station, by David Bowie (Album; 1976)

Strange Magic (Animated Film; 2015)

Suspicious Minds, recorded by Elvis Presley (Song; 1969)

They’re Off (Disney Cartoon; 1948)

TNT For Two or Fright Cargo (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 146; 1962)

Trust, by Elvis Costello (Album; 1981)

The Way You Do the Things You Do, by The Temptations (Song; 1964)

West of the Pesos (WB LT Cartoon; 1960)

The Witch of Pickyoon, Parts 1 & 2 (Underdog Cartoon, S1, Eps. 33 & 34 1965)

Today’s Name Days

Hartmut, Heinrich, Nikolaus (Austria)

Ema, Emercijana, Vjera (Croatia)

Zdeněk (Czech Republic)

Emerentius (Denmark)

Räni, Reeno, Rene (Estonia)

Eine, Eini, Enna, Enni (Finland)

Banard (France)

Esmerentia, Guido, Hartmut (Germany)

Agathangelos, Dionisis (Greece)

Rajmund, Zelma (Hungary)

Armando, Emerenziana, Ramona (Italy)

Grieta, Ortrude, Rieta (Latvia)

Algimantas, Gailigedas, Gunda, Raimundas (Lithuania)

Emil, Emilie, Emma (Norway)

Emerencja, Ildefons, Jan, Klemens, Maria, Rajmund, Rajmunda, Wrócisława (Poland)

Clement, Paulin (Romania)

Miloš (Slovakia)

Ildefonso (Spain)

Frej, Freja (Sweden)

Clem, Clement, Clementine, Ksenia, Oksana (Ukraine)

Emerald, Esmeralda, Rachael, Rachel, Rachelle, Rae, Ramon, Ramona, Raquel, Ray, Raymond, Raymundo (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 23 of 2024; 343 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 4 of 2024

Celtic Tree Calendar: Luis (Rowan) [Day 3 of 28]

Chinese: Month 12 (Yi-Chou), Day 13 (Bing-Xu)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 13 Shevat 5784

Islamic: 12 Rajab 1445

J Cal: 23 White; Twosday [23 of 30]

Julian: 10 January 2024

Moon: 96%: Waxing Gibbous

Positivist: 23 Moses (1st Month) [Samuel]

Runic Half Month: Peorth (Womb, Dice Cup) [Day 14 of 15]

Season: Winter (Day 34 of 89)

Zodiac: Capricorn (Day 2 of 28)