Michael Patterson polled various critics and sorts who attended the Telluride Film Festival and the list put Son of Saul (a film I still have not seen) at the top of the list. Son of Saul is on track to get more attention than just Foreign Language Feature (which it’s expected to win). It isn’t just that it’s a “holocaust movie.” There’s more to it. If enough Academy members see it, it should do very well. Michael’s list ended up looking like this:
1) Son of Saul (4.44
2) Anomalisa (4.42)
3) Spotlight (4.41)
4) Steve Jobs (4.31)
5) Beasts of No Nation (4.27)
6) Carol (4.11)
7) 45 Years (4.06)
8) Taxi (4.00)
9) Black Mass (3.85)
10) Time to Choose (3.57)
11) Room (3.50)
12) Suffragette (3.49)
13) He Named Me Malala (2.83)“Son of Saul” tops The Professionals poll for TFF #42. You might recall from last week that “Saul” also topped Indiewrie’s Critic’s poll for the fest as well. Compared to past poll leaders, “Saul” lagged a bit. In 2014 “Birdman” lead the Pros ratings with a combined 4.72. Even second place film “Foxcatcher” rated better at 4.63.
In 2013, “12 Years a Slave led the way with a 4.7 rating. In 2012, the first year for the project, “The Central Park Five was on top with a 4.7 rating as well.
The critics participating:
Nick Allen/Chicago Film Critics Assn. member/RogerEbert.com
Alex Billington/FirstShowing.net..
David Ehrlich/Time Out New York
Greg Ellwood/HitFix
Scott Feinberg/The Hollywood Reporter
Eric Kohn/Indiewire
Mark Johnson/AwardsCircuit.com
Tomris Laffly/Movie Mezzanine/Film Journal
Kenny Miles/The Movie Blog
Christopher Schiller/ScriptMag.com
Sasha Stone/Awards Daily
Kristopher Tapley/Variety/InContention
Anne Thompson/Thompson on Hollywood
I imagine Anomalisa will get a distributor very soon. I really want to see it as well. Impressive scores for Spotlight and Steve Jobs too.
I gave Paddy’s comment a like.
Anomalisa getting hella praise out of TIFF. A lot of folks absolute favorite picture there. Killing me that it doesn’t have any kind of US distribution/release date.
So Birdman scored higher than any and every other film at Telluride in the last four years. Better than The Central Park Five, better than 12 Years a Slave and better than Son of Saul.
Fuck this.
So Anomalisa is sitting at a 98 on Metacritic with 9 reviews and 6 perfect scores. Carol is still at 98 with 10 reviews and 6 perfect scores as well. This is shaping up to a fantastic year at the festivals.
Watch out for Geza Rohrig. I could totally see him sneaking into the BA lineup this year. In fact I hope he does. What a great and exciting nominee he would be!