“All Quiet on the Western Front” led this morning’s BAFTA nominations with a whopping 14 nods. If you don’t have this one as one of your final ten for the Best Picture Oscar then you haven’t been paying much attention.
“TÁR,” “The Banshees of Inisherin” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” keep chugging along. They’ve been the most consistent players this awards season. I’m especially grateful Todd Field’s film is being recognized this widely.
Ana de Armas (Blonde) gets a Lead Actress nomination. This is major win for her. She’s had a lot of momentum these last few weeks. Will she get Oscar nominated as well?
“Top Gun: Maverick” and “The Fabelmans” snubbed. Big hit for their Oscar chances. The only nomination Spielberg’s film received was for Screenplay. Michelle Williams is nowhere to be found either. When it comes to ‘Maverick’ I didn’t expect it to do well as it’s very much a jingoistic American picture that the Brits didn’t care for too much.
“Women Talking” snubbed in everything including Adapted Screenplay, a category which many believed it was the frontrunner to win the Oscar. Sarah Polley’s film is underperforming at almost every level this awards season. It goes wide this Friday.
I think we can most certainly scratch off “Aftersun” in the Best Picture race. If the hometown BAFTAS can’t even nominate it then it’s game over for Charlotte Wells’ film.
SHOCK: Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Woman King) in as Best Director. The Director jury most likely wanted a female filmmaker in the category, but over Charlotte Wells?
All signs are pointing towards Eddie Redmayne (The Good Nurse) getting a Best Supporting Actor nod.
BEST FILM
“All Quiet On The Western Front”
“The Banshees Of Inisherin”
“Elvis”
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
“Tár”
OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM
“Aftersun”
“The Banshees Of Inisherin”
“Brian And Charles”
“Empire Of Light”
“Good Luck To You, Leo Grande”
“Living”
“Roald Dahl’s Matilda The Musical”
“See How They Run”
“The Swimmers”
“The Wonder”
OUTSTANDING DEBUT BY A BRITISH WRITER, DIRECTOR OR PRODUCER
“Aftersun” – Charlotte Wells
“Blue Jean” – Georgia Oakley
“Electric Malady”
“Good Luck To You, Leo Grande”
“Rebellion”
FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
“All Quiet On The Western Front”
“Argentina, 1985”
“Corsage”
“Decision To Leave”
“The Quiet Girl”
DOCUMENTARY
“All That Breathes”
“All The Beauty And The Bloodshed”
“Fire Of Love”
“Moonage Daydream”
“Navalny”
ANIMATED FILM
“Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio”
“Marcel The Shell With Shoes On”
“Puss In Boots: The Last Wish”
“Turning Red”
DIRECTOR
“All Quiet On The Western Front” – Edward Berger
“The Banshees Of Inisherin” – Martin Mcdonagh
“Decision To Leave” – Park Chan-wook
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
“Tár” Todd Field
“The Woman King” – Gina Prince-bythewood
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“The Banshees Of Inisherin” – Martin Mcdonagh
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
“The Fabelmans” – Tony Kushner, Steven Spielberg
“Tár” – Todd Field
“Triangle Of Sadness” – Ruben Östlund
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“All Quiet On The Western Front” – Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell
“Living” – Kazuo Ishiguro
“The Quiet Girl” – Colm Bairéad
“She Said” – Rebecca Lenkiewicz
“The Whale” – Samuel D. Hunter
LEADING ACTRESS
Cate Blanchett – “Tár”
Viola Davis – “The Woman King”
Danielle Deadwyler – “Till”
Ana De Armas – “Blonde”
Emma Thompson – “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande”
Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
LEADING ACTOR
Austin Butler – “Elvis”
Colin Farrell – “The Banshees Of Inisherin”
Brendan Fraser – “The Whale”
Daryl Mccormack – “Good Luck To You, Leo Grande”
Paul Mescal – “Aftersun”
Bill Nighy – “Living”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Angela Bassett – “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”
Hong Chau – “The Whale”
Kerry Condon – “The Banshees Of Inisherin”
Dolly De Leon – “Triangle Of Sadness”
Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Carey Mulligan – “She Said”
SUPPORTING ACTOR
Brendan Gleeson – “The Banshees Of Inisherin”
Barry Keoghan – “The Banshees Of Inisherin”
Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Eddie Redmayne – “The Good Nurse”
Albrecht Schuch – “All Quiet On The Western Front”
Micheal Ward – “Empire Of Light”
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