BEST PICTURE Bugonia (Focus Features) Frankenstein (Netflix) Hamnet (Focus Features) Jay Kelly (Netflix) Marty Supreme (A24) One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) Sentimental Value (Neon) Sinners (Warner Bros.) Train Dreams (Netflix) Wicked: For Good (Universal Pictures) BEST ACTOR Timothée Chalamet – Marty Supreme (A24) Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros.) Joel Edgerton – Train Dreams (Netflix) Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics) Michael B. Jordan – Sinners (Warner Bros.) Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (Neon) BEST...

You can subscribe to the Buzzmeter newsletter here. The news hit this morning that Netflix has won the bidding war to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery. This was such a dangerous idea that a group of anonymous producers pleaded with Congress to stop the sale. Netflix released the news this morning, an $82 billion sale that will make people at both companies a lot of money: “Our mission has always been to entertain the world,” said Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix. “By combining...

AFI MOTION PICTURES OF THE YEAR AVATAR: FIRE AND ASH BUGONIA FRANKENSTEIN HAMNET JAY KELLY MARTY SUPREME ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER SINNERS TRAIN DREAMS WICKED: FOR GOOD Special citation for It Was Just an Accident AFI TELEVISION PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR ADOLESCENCE ANDOR DEATH BY LIGHTNING THE DIPLOMAT THE LOWDOWN THE PITT PLUR1BUS SEVERANCE THE STUDIO TASK

Some may hate AI.  I have figured out how to work with it to build a contest. That's right—a contest. You can register and make your predictions for the Golden Globes. There is a leaderboard to show who is predicting what. The application is a work in progress, and I expect some glitches. But for now, it appears to be working well enough to bring it to you. There might be a situation where it slows down or crashes the server; if...

The American Film Institute announces its top ten tomorrow, and I'd wager it's probably the most "important" precursor to the Best Picture race, with the exception of the Critics' Choice. It used to be that AFI announced much earlier and thus, their predictive influence mattered more, but they're basically on top of each other this year, with AFI tomorrow and the Critics' Choice on Friday. One Battle After Another has now won the Gothams, the New York Film Critics and the National...

Best Film:  One Battle After Another Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another Best Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another Best Actress: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another Best Supporting Actress: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value Best Directorial Debut: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby Breakthrough Performance: Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another Best Original Screenplay: Ryan Coogler, Sinners Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar, Train Dreams...

The tribe has spoken and they love Paul Thomas Anderson and One Battle After Another. The latest in what will be one award win after another is Atlanta. They have a pretty good track record with Best Picture, especially of late as the Oscars become more influenced by the critics than they ever have been before. 2024: Anora 2023: Oppenheimer 2022: Everything Everywhere 2021: Licorice Pizza (CODA) 2020: Nomadland 2019: Parasite 2018: A Star is Born (Green Book) 2017: Lady Bird (The...

We did not remark upon the passing of Tom Stoppard, the great playwright who inspired many to become or attempt to become writers or actors back when I was a very young woman. I just read in the comments someone mention his death, so I thought it would be good to reference the David Mamet essay in the Free Press on Stoppard. Lovely, as always, as only Mamet can, writes: I’ve nothing more to share with a general readership save this: The...

A year or two ago, my son began to struggle with separation anxiety. I never dealt with that myself, so it was hard for me to wrap my logical adult brain around the struggle happening inside my young son’s undeveloped mind. It was a trying time for us as a family—learning, understanding, and most importantly, trying to empathize with what he was going through. But then one day, my son discovered a show he fell in love with called Young David, created...

Best Film: One Battle After Another Best Actress: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Best Director: Jafar Panahi, It Was Just An Accident Best Screenplay: Marty Supreme Best Actor: Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent Cinematography: Sinners Supporting Actress: Amy Madigan, Weapons Best Non-Fiction Film: My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow Best Animated Film: KPop Demon Hunters Best First Film: Eephus Best Supporting Actor: Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another Best International Film: The Secret Agent Here...