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Below is a full list of the 2024 award recipients, announced by the National Board of Review: Best Film:  Wicked Best Director:  Jon M. Chu, Wicked Best Actor: Daniel Craig, Queer Best Actress: Nicole Kidman, Babygirl Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain Best Supporting Actress: Elle Fanning, A Complete Unknown Best Ensemble: Conclave Breakthrough Performance: Mikey Madison, Anora Best Directorial Debut: India Donaldson, Good One Best Original...

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Spirit Awards Announce Nominees

It is hard to get excited about these now because of what they've done to the acting categories -- with Best Lead and Best Supporting. I hate it beyond any measure. But here you go. These awards have a few bright spots but overall bug as hard as the Gothams do. Sorry, that's just the truth. As with the Gothams, the point here is inclusivity and intersectionality and has...

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Oscars 2025: An Honest Review of Wicked

I didn't expect to like Wicked. I'm not a musicals person because I have an allergic reaction to people breaking into song in the middle of a scene. Very few people have made musicals I find even watchable, much less tolerable. To find musicals I love is extremely rare. They do exist. I cut my teeth on Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers musicals. Singing in the Rain is great,...

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The Brutalist, Nickel Boys Win at New York Film Critics Circle

Best Picture: The Brutalist Best Director: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist Best Screenplay: Sean Baker, Anora Best International Feature: All We Imagine As Light Best Actress: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths Supporting Actress: Carol Kane, Between the Temples Best Non-Fiction Film: No Other Land Best Cinematography: Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys Best First Film: Janet Planet Best Supporting Actor, Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain First up,...

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Oscars 2025: Do the Gothams Matter?

The Gothams announced their winners last night and many were shocked that they didn't adhere to the consensus -- or at least what pundits thought would happen (which doesn't really mean anything). Anora was locked out, but then, so where many of the expected winners. But two things should be considered. The first, they use the eternally irritating "gender-inclusive" method for both acting categories. Ten nominees, one agonizing winner....

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Gotham Awards Announcing Live

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The Contender Tracker

SO FAR... Best Picture Anora
Conclave
Emilia Perez
The Brutalist
Dune 2
The Substance
Wicked
A Real Pain
September 5
A Complete Unknown
Sing Sing
Gladiator II
Nickel Boys
Saturday Night
Hard Truths
All We Imagine as Light
The Piano Lesson
Inside Out 2

Best Actor Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Daniel Craig, Queer
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Paul Mescal, Gladiator II
John David Washington, The Piano Lesson
Peter Sarsgaard, September 5

Best Actress
Mikey Madison, Anora
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofía Gascón, Emilia Perez
Demi Moore, The Substance
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
Angelina Jolie, Maria
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Lupita Nyong'o, A Quiet Place Day One
Kate Winslet, Lee
Zendaya, Challengers
Jodie Comer, The Bikeriders
Anya Taylor-Joy, Furiosa
June Squibb, Thelma

Best Supporting Actor
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Denzel Washington, Gladiator II
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Stanley Tucci, Conclave
Samuel L. Jackson, The Piano Lesson
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
John Magaro, September 5
Paul Raci, Sing Sing

Best Supporting Actress
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Nickel Boys
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Rachel Sennott, Saturday Night

Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Edward Berger, Conclave
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Denis Villeneuve, Dune 2
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

Tim Fehlbaum, September 5
Ridley Scott, Gladiator II
Jon Chu, Wicked
Jason Reitman, Saturday Night
Payal Kapadia.  All We Imagine as Light
Greg Kwedar, Sing Sing
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
George Miller, Furiosa

Adapted Screenplay
Conclave
The Piano Lesson
The Life of Chuck
Nickel Boys
Dune 2
Inside Out 2
Furiosa

Original Screenplay
The Brutalist
Anora
A Real Pain
A Complete Unknown
Saturday Night
Sing Sing
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Emilia Perez
The Substance
Challengers

Cinematography
The Brutalist
Dune 2
Gladiator II
Conclave
Wicked
Furiosa

Best Editing
Conclave
Anora
The Brutalist
Gladiator II
Saturday Night
Nickel Boys
Dune 2

Production Design
Wicked
The Brutalist
Dune 2
Saturday Night
Gladiator II
Conclave
Furiosa

Sound Mixing + Editing
Wicked
Dune 2
Saturday Night
Gladiator II
Twisters
Furiosa

Costumes
Wicked
The Brutalist
Dune 2
Gladiator II
Conclave
Furiosa

Visual Effects
Dune Part Two
Twisters
Gladiator II
A Quiet Place: Day One
Deadpool & Wolverine
Alien: Romulus
Wicked
Furiosa
Dune 2
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
  Original Score The Brutalist
The Room Next Door
Conclave
Blitz
Challengers
Emilia Perez
The Piano Lesson
Inside Out 2
The Wild Robot
Original Song
Makeup and Hair Wicked
Furiosa
Maria
Gladiator II
The Piano Lesson
Conclave
Dune Part 2
Animated Feature Full List of eligible film

Inside Out 2
Moana 2
The WildRobot
Flow
Wild Robot
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Piece by Piece
If
Despicable Me 4

Documentary Feature
Full List of eligible films

Will & Harper
Sugarcane
Zurawski v Texas
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story
Dahomey
Am I Racist
Daughters
Food, Inc. 2
Mad about the Boy – The Noel Coward Story


International Feature
Full List of eligible films

Emilia Perez
I'm Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
Dahoney
Santosh


Live Action Short
Documentary Short
Animated Short

Predictions

Interviews

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