Best Film: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Supporting Actress: Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Adapted Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, All Quiet on the Western Front
Breakthrough Performance: Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Breakthrough Performance: Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans
Best Directorial Debut: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Best Animated Feature: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Best International Film: Close
Best Documentary: Sr.
Best Ensemble: Women Talking
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick
NBR Freedom of Expression Awards:
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Argentina, 1985
Top Films (in alphabetical order):
Aftersun
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
RRR
Till
The Woman King
Women Talking
Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order):
All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Decision to Leave
EO
Saint Omer
Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All That Breathes
Descendant
Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Wildcat
Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):
Armageddon Time
Emily the Criminal
The Eternal Daughter
Funny Pages
The Inspection
Living
A Love Song
Nanny
The Wonder
To Leslie
RRR again… Gleeson – not that expected from this group, maybe? A more popular pick than was being assumed? Or is it less surprising than I think?
The Banshees of Inisherin and Everything Everywhere All at Once have definitely done enough already (multiple wins above the line from NBR and/or NYFCC) to confirm that they’re legit contenders for the win at the end of the season. TÁR has done enough except for not making the top 10 here. Nothing else major has failed to make that list, though, as far as I can tell. The Fabelmans (director + LaBelle, a special award, but these have seemed to not be meaningless in terms of this rule in the past) and Top Gun: Maverick have possibly done enough, although most likely not. They probably need a big win from LAFCA. The rest definitely still have work to do there, as far as the NBR-NYFCC-LAFCA rule is concerned.
Generally, though, the fact that it’s only winning director, if that, of the Oscar categories, so far, is not a good sign for The Fabelmans. I still don’t think Maverick can win picture at the Oscars, but who knows?! What else would it win above the line, though? Anyway, I’ve been leaning towards EEAAO for a while and these results do nothing to change that.
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Good winners overall but I’m most happy for Michelle Yeoh and the double Farrell/Gleeson win. Also kudos to Edward Berger for his All Quiet screenplay win: wondering if that could translate to an Oscar nom?
How sad is it for this assemblage of greybeards and academics to say out of every American film released this year, we couldn’t find one better than a hoary retread of a jingoistic popcorn film?
The Lumiere Brothers weep.
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Isn’t Taylor Swift the biggest whorey retread of all?
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Because she’s overrated. And a generation of music fans have been duped be her faux-profundity and simple melodies.
I guess modern music fans just REALLY like rehashing how much they hate their exes
I feel like that’s all she is. And she comes from a place of immense power, and she’s known for dropping hints at who they are. It’s kind of icky. Not as gross as revenge porn, but probably more damaging.
Despite all these big pop stars touting empowerment and self-worth and inner strength deep down they’re all just a bunch of phonies (at the risk of sounding a little too Holden Caulfield-y). Like that cloying, self-pitying documentary Lady Gaga did crying about how her aunt’s death affected her so deeply despite the fact that she died years before she was born. The only person in that whole piece of drivel with any sense was her grandmother – a person who would ACTUALLY have a reason to express the amount of grief Gaga does – she she basically tells her that it was in the past and to stop dwelling on it. Swift, Gaga: all these stars are a bit too self-important for their own good
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Better her getting an original song Oscar nom than that show’s own annual rubber stamp a la Adam Sandler and the People’s Choice awards *coughDianeWarrencough*
well, Chase… I think the original Top Gun is a 0 of a film, just mere propaganda. Haven’t seen the new one, but the raves have intrigued me, so probably I will rent it in the next days, to see if it is actually a good film. But I wouldn’t ever, ever, ever, dismiss a film because it is a popcorn/blockbuster. Jaws, Die Hard or Mad Max: Fury Road (a reboot!) are probably among the best films ever made. We can’t pretend some of Hitchcock’s biggest hits (Psycho, I am looking at you) weren’t made mostly oriented to be huge b.o. hits, and the list is endless… you could dismiss it for being a BAD film or just mediocre, but not for being a hit.
To compare, is like saying that “Disintegration”, The Cure’s masterpiece, would be crap, just because it was – surprisingly – a worldwide hit in album sells.
Top Gun: Maverick was surprisingly good. Was it the best movie of the year? Hardly. But it’s so much more entertaining than 90% of the blockbuster crap Hollywood shits out (looking at you, Marvel and DC). It was well-crafted, had a great cast (Cruise and Powell being the standouts), and sported a surprising amount of emotional weight that may or may not work for you. As far as blockbusters go, it was a worthy one
I loved Top Gun: Maverick because it united the Country. It will probably get rerelease again before the Oscars. It deserves all the awards coming it’s way.
It did get an IMAX re-release this past weekend. Didn’t do well. But I think most people who want to see it have seen it already and/or can catch it anywhere VOD/online now.
Someone check on Sammy……
…..Sammy, you breathing, mate?
Shocked at TAR and The Whale exclusion….
Someone tell me, what is NBR’s track record of their top 10 getting in for Oscar? Or their acting winners?
2000 – Julia Roberts
2001 – Halle Berry, Jim Broadbent
2002 – Chris Cooper
2003 – Sean Penn
2004 – Jamie Foxx
2005 – Philip Seymour Hoffman
2006 – Forest Whitaker, Helen Mirren
2007 – none though all four were nominated
2008 – Penelope Cruz
2009 – none though all five winners (due to a tie in lead actor) were nominated
2010 – Christian Bale
2011 – Christopher Plummer
2012 – none
2013 – none
2014 – Julianne Moore
2015 – Brie Larson
2016 – Casey Affleck
2017 – none
2018 – Regina King
2019 – Renee Zellweger, Brad Pitt
2020 – Yuh-jung Youn
2021 – Will Smith
Sammy is probably reformulating a plan to pick a new favorite and act like nothing happened
There’s not a single person winning or film here among the winners I find unworthy of their win. That’s how exciting this awards season is. It makes that last one pale by comparison imo. YAYY for Close and Aftersun and yeah, I personally love the wins for both Top Gun Maverick and Steven Spielberg. Definitely not the most inspired of choices for Picture but I can’t be mad whatsoever watching a film I found freaking phenomenal like Top Gun win the top honor even if I feel there were so many more worthy ones.
As pointed out already the NBR rarely agrees with The Oscars anyway. I remember JC Chandor’s terrific A Most Violent year killing it in these awards and being snubbed completely come Oscars nominations’ morning.
This is potentially one of the most popcorn fields we’ve seen in the expanded era.
Big Popular Entertainment
EEAAO
Maverick
The Way of Water
RRR
Glass Onion
Pinocchio
Elvis
Wakanda Forever/Woman King
AQOTWF
then a rung down
The Fabelmans
Babylon
Therefore, I think those smaller dramas and indies that in recent years might’ve got a look in might get shut out. The mustering of big films will have a cascading effect and seize the narrative of this season.
Certain
Banshees
the rest are vulnerable
Women Talking
Tar
Till
The Whale
Aftersun
Decision to leave
etc etc
The more these late breakers like Avatar and Babylon and Pinocchio and Glass Onion will land, the harder it gets for these small films to breath. A few will make it, but I’m only certain about Banshees. Some that otherwise might get into a 10 nom year like Aftersun could be a distant memory by March.
Pinocchio and Wakanda are not significant contenders.
I’m aware but these films are still present in the race given their pedigree and warm reception so given their aggregating presence the only smaller nominee I’m convinced will walk in to BP nomination is Banshees, it’s going to be a battle for the rest, even the likes of Women Talking and Tar; the choices between viable candidates are going to get brutal.
Banshees, Tar and Women Talking will be fine.
I’d like to think so 🙂
I would hold my breath with Pinochio… reviews are enthusiastic about GdT’s expansion/reimagination
And thus, the Maverick backlash begins…
I don’t think it would ultimately win BP at the Oscars. But it’s a very good populist film that should get some recognition.
I can see Film Editing and Sound noms, maybe even Cinematography or Best Picture if they’re feeling generous
I forgot to mention in my post on The Inspection that the Animal Collective song “Crucible” was used perfectly in this film. It’s easily the best song of the year I’ve heard in a film. It’s ridiculously gorgeous. Give it a listen.
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At what point does Janelle Monae become more famous as an actor than a musician.
I think her acting is way better.
shame on you
I like the Top Gun and Spielberg wins. I wonder if Fraser is going to be Best Actor, or if we are seeing a fade that may lead to a Farrell or Butler victory. I have not really seen much at the theater this year besides Top Gun and Elvis. I liked Butler a lot and have watched parts of the movie many times, like the “Suspicious Minds” and the ending. I loved Butler in Tarantino’s “Once…” as well. He would be a decent win and shouldn’t bear the brunt of people’s hate for the Malek win. They’re not the same.
Fraser’s performance is not in the same league as those of Farrell and Butler.
I wouldn’t be mad if those are the acting winners at the Oscars too
I love this win. My top 3 films all made the top 10 so I’m happy. Finally seeing Fabelmans tonight.
Let me know your thoughts!
I loved it. Classic filmmaking that takes its time.
Williams should be winning supporting actress. If Dano is supporting than so is she. It’s very balanced. The whole Judd Hirsh thing is kinda silly though. It’s a quick cameo at best.
Well I’ve been saying and hoping that her campaign team switches strategies for her to go supporting at Oscar so she has enough time to build momentum for a win. Or else she missed her chance at an almost for sure win in a weak year in supporting actress.
In the ’90s, an action movie as good as Top Gun: Maverick came out every year or so. But I don’t recall Air Force One or True Lies sweeping the Oscars.
Precisely! When an action movie as good as Top Gun: Maverick starts to become a rare thing, then it stands out once it comes out… also, the 90’s had a wider variety of films and genres making money at the box office, so finding more popular movies to award was easier… regardless, I only see Top Gun: Maverick sweeping technical awards at the Oscars (a la Dune, Mad Max: Fury Road, etc.)…
Top Gun vs. Avatar in the tech categories will be one of the more interesting contests.
From everything I’ve heard, I’m really looking forward to the new Avatar…
I think RRR may have a chance of winning a couple of tech Oscars like editing and cinematography
Nominations maybe, I see wins as doubtful
So a remake of Top Gun wins the NBR best film?
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh-k.
so… following getting up to date with the 2022 releases…
“See How They Run” *** 1/2 C+
Actually pretty fun, but full of pacing problems that prevent it from becoming a ride like “Clue”, which should have been – specially with this cast – its main reference? Great work all around, and maybe costumes and sets should deserve to be into Awards consideration. I’d say it’s rewatchable, and enjoyable, but a minor disappointment, thinking about what it could have been.
“After Yang” **** / B-
Full of ideas, but suffering from a too slow pace and an editing that could be confusing unless you become aware that you’re perceiving the memories of two characters at the same time, and their point of view. Solid work by everyone, specially Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja, the child actor, who always feels natural. Not a masterpiece, but an interesting film, nevertheless.
Given that “Bodies Bodies Bodies”, “Top Gun: Maverick” and “Jurassic World: Dominion” are already available for rent, in Amazon, probably they will be viewed in the next days, but tomorrow, Guillermo del Toro’s Pinochio is released on Netflix, so that will probably be my next.
jurassic world is on Peacock, as is Vengeance. As is the Below Deck franchise. Laugh all you want at Below Deck but it captures the working at a restaurant experience perfectly even though it’s on a boat.
remember, I don’t live in the USA.
Maybe you could fly to the US this weekend to save that two bucks I just mentioned you might be able to save!
that’s actually funny to read…
but also, I vowed to not fly back to the USA till anyone from a third party seats at the Oval Office… so I guess, I will never go back.
C’mon. Trump was more or less a third party candidate, he just had to convince Republicans he was one of them.
Still works. And well, Trump is just a wilder, less educated version of the Bush family.
late to the party here, but all quiet on the western front.
is that a remake of the film from around 1930?
It’s at least an adaptation of the same source material.
It’s another adaptation of a seminal German novel about WWI, only this is the first German production of the film (which is significant given the origins of the novel)…
Its a German language remake of the novel that the 1930 film was based on. It is on Netflix and is excellent, definitely worth seeing
Solid NBR showing all round, they’ve had more egregious showings than this, even with their well-documented middlebrow Spielberg bias. Won’t be too influential but gives us a taste of the race ahead.
TG: Maverick would also be a very worthy nominee, it’s easily the best blockbuster I’ve seen so far this decade and a hell of a lot better than some recent comparable nominees like Ford v Ferrari. That said, a win would feel too far as I prefer and adore the original yet couldn’t find room for it in my 1986 top 10, it would just indicate to me the decline in (mainstream) cinema competition for Maverick to win.
Time magazine has named MIchelle Yeoh ”Icon of the Year.” A busy gal. She’s doing ”American Born Chinese” for Disney+, and ”The Brothers Sun” for Netflix. Plus, she’s in ”A Haunting in Venice,” directed by Kenneth Branagh. It’s like she’s in everything everywhere all at once!
https://time.com/icon-of-the-year-2022-michelle-yeoh/
She’s killing it and I feel like we’re all here for it. She’s the one person I want to see win the Best Actress Oscar if Cate ends up losing for Tar. I sort of wish there was a tie. Just finished watching their amazing, AMAZING conversation on Actors On Actors. Love both those two incredible ladies so much and it’s amazing seeing Michelle enjoying so many opportunities worthy of the immense talent she’s displayed throughout her phenomenal career after all these decades.
She’s earned the right to be at this place in her career and then some.
Plus today it was announced that she joined the cast of the film version of Wicked.
Wicked the Musical: The Movie is going to be a disaster.
20 years too late and split into 2 parts “for artistic purposes” (read: more money)? Yeah, it’ll be a disaster alright. But Jeff Goldblum as the Wizard is *chefs kiss* sublime
Congrats to the NBR for embarrassing themselves once again with the worst pick since A Most Violent Year.
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That’s one of my favorite movies. I thought that Chastain should have won and Isaac should have been nominated. I’ve watched that four or five times, and I don’t rewatch that many movies. My favorite scene is the “this was very disrespectful.”
That was the year they ignored The Immigrant !
I think that’s what Meryl’s applauding.
Probably because The Immigrant – like all of James Gray’s films – was dull as dishwater
Nice to see CLOSE for International Feature.
It’s my favourite film this year.
Hey buddy, me too. Love that you love it so much as well.
Just saw a trailer for ”Close” the other day. Can’t wait to see it!
I hope you’ll love it. It’s simply brilliant and easily among the best films I’ve seen the last decade.
I love this movie!!!
So, how come RRR is in the top 10 and left out of the International film? Does it mean, it would be their actual pick for international film?
You can only be in one of their top 10 lists. They build their top 10 then add films to other lists based on what didn’t make their main 10 (or 11 really)
so, then, RRR is technically the REAL International film winner.
Yeah I’m pretty sure that is how they operate, the same thing happened with Roma and Cold War
it’s really silly, isn’t it?
Yeah let’s be honest the entire group is silly. The only reason we pay attention to them is because they are first (give or take NYCC) and even then we forget about them in a week when other precursors come out
yes, I think in LAFCA we will see Tár, Blanchet (even thought LAFCA could really well go to Yeoh) and Fraser… probably Quan again.
Not entirely sure admit Fraser, I get the feeling he won’t really slow up much until globes/ cca/ industry but we’ll see. Otherwise yep I agree
I mean this IS the NBR we’re talking about lol
I find it super odd they would give All Quiet on the Western Front best screenplay ahead of films like Women Talking that made their best picture list but then only put it on the international films list…
Otherwise nothing too shocking. I was predicting Fabelmans for best film – not too far off if it got director. More often than not their winning film gets a picture nom but not a win, that seems about right for Top Gun.
NBR doesn’t mean much but it is in my view the true start of awards season so a good time to think about where the race is at now…
We seem to have settled on a top 5 prior to Avatar being seen (Woman Talking, Top Gun, Everything Everywhere, Banshees, Fabelmans) then if Avatar is what people are saying it is then that might be a top 6… Then its just about what the other 4 slots are. Tar, The Whale, Babylon, Elvis are missing here but that doesn’t mean much they could all very much get in (Pinocchio is still possible too but I must say after seeing it I took it out of my predictions). Otherwise Glass Onion, The Woman King, Till seem like the most likely others off this list to go the distance
It makes me happy to see RRR keep doing so well but I will be pretty shocked if it gets picture nom at Oscar and I don’t see Aftersun making it with the industry, sorry to the passionate supporters of it.
I forgot She Said on the list too, that could easily be one of the 10 that didn’t make it in here
terrible it didn’t. It’s in my top 5 so far.
No one really likes Women Talking. It’s a virtue signal place-holder like Woman King.
I haven’t seen it but language like “nobody actually likes this, they are just voting for it because xyz” is generally dumb hyperbole that I don’t care for. It’s fine, you can just say you don’t like it.
The Women King is great. Strip away everything that makes it important and it’s still one of the best choreographed action films of the year with some great performances ( a couple of minor gripes from me aside)
nah
Cool. Great argument.
like movies like argument (pro tip: those 2 movies are crap)
Have to say here that Aftersun is making a slowly but noticable traction in the race. It made the top 10 list which is huge. Let’s see how it goes with Critics awards and GG!
What a day for RRR. Justice exists
I don’t think it deserves it by any means, but RRR is solidifying its chances to be nominated at Picture, Director, Song and maybe Screenplay (original? adapted?) at the Oscars. Maybe some techs as well
Screenplay is very unlikely. Visual effects, production design and editing are possible
costume as well… even Sound. The movie excells on techs.
But honestly, I am only rooting for Naatu Naatu… and see the two stars singing and dancing on stage… swoon…
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Glad to see Till, The Women King & RRR make the top 10 but come on, why not She Said?
For me, there are a good 13-14 films that I loved this year and some combination of those 13-14 keep making it in and I get bummed whenever any of those other 3-4 miss, Lol
So happy for the Aftersun love. Would like to have seen She Said love too!!
If it happens, I want it to be known that I was the first here to champion Top Gun 2.
This is where I kiss my arm repeatedly to show that I love myself.
Note: Saw elsewhere that Cruise is being awarded some sorta Producing Prize at the PGA. I’m telling you, this might be the rollercoaster pulling out of the starting gate.
I would be thrilled if Top Gun won but it’s gonna miss in Script and unless it somehow breaks that stat, its path to win ends. Even CODA that broke several stats at once didn’t break the Script stat aka the most important win that secures Picture win. Avatar has the same problem and additional one that it won’t have acting noms or SAG (actors HATE mo’cap). Top Gun might sneak Cruise in Actor which would help but, again, lack of Script in a combo with director snub (shame), hurts.
I refuse to acknowledge anyone who says So and So can’t win because that combo has never happened before.
Every year something that’s never happened before happens.
I take that into conisderation. I’m just pointing out that Script has been a constant must-have for aspiring winners for over a decade. Not impossible if it gets Editing + Actor and wins Editing and some other techs but tough.
Usually one of the NBR’s top five goes on to win an Academy Award but which one varies. I’d pick Yeoh, but Farrell might have a shot if the wins keep racking up.
Rooting for Babylon this season, but it’s cool to see Avatar and Top Gun notices. Let’s see a return to big budgets epics, at least for ONE year
It should matter whether or not those big budget epics are actually good.
Yes, God forbid, the richest should definitely be awarded for being rich!
Lol what?
exactly what you read. Top Gun and Avatar are basically more of the same. Why reward originality, when you can reward overblown sequels?
Exactly, when all is said and done and I make my top 10, I won’t include Top Gun, even though I’ve been championing it’s BP prospects even before it was released. It’s a good film, a great film if you want to compare it to others in the genre. But there’s nothing in the film that’s remotely comparable to something like Vengeance or The Banshees of Inishiren (to use two of my fave mainstream films of the year)
Licorice Pizza & Da 5 Bloods for 2020 & 2021 respectively (With their directors) so hopefully we can get some interesting choices for 2022.
NBR is hardly a juggernaut for Oscar. FACT: Just looking at the 2000’s (last 22 years), only 3 NBR Best Picture winners went on to win the Oscar – No Country for Old Men, Slumdog Millionaire, Greenbook.
OK, so what. It’s nice for a film like Finding Neverland or The Hours to say they won the NBR.
It would have even be nicer if they won the Oscar. Being an Academy Award winner is way more prestigious than winning an NBR.
Well, neither of those films was really deserving, but that’s not the point either of us are making.
I’m just saying, it’s not all about the Oscars.
Winning an Academy Award is the ultimate prize for anyone working in the film industry. Anyone who claims otherwise is either lying or bitter.
That statement is pretty bizarre:
Actually, a healthy person will not live their life in pursuit of awards. Just ask Alexander Payne, Julie Christie, Albert Finney, George C Scott, Marlon Brando, Alan Alda, etc. Sure as armchair Oscar players, we care, but if we actually went through the trouble of making a feature length film, OScar would be the last thing on our minds.
Yeah, but The Hours won a Pulitzer (the book) and was turned into an opera!
The Hours will be read centuries from now. Provided the Earth survives that long.
That’s the Book – NOT the Film.
The movie will survive because students won’t want to read the book.
Yes, it’s got terrific cinematography and a touching Val Kilmer, but otherwise Top Gun is just an average film imo with nearly every pedestrian aspect of the first. Its win here is a bit scary though as these people also picked the Godawful Green Book. Is Janelle Monáe really a contender this year?! She also just won the same from the Atlanta film critics, whatever meaning that has. With so much competition, this is coming out of nowhere to me.
well, it’s kind of hight time for Monáe, she could have been easily nominated for Moonlight and Hidden Figures as well. Hope she makes the cut
You would have nominated her for Moonlight? Yeah she was good in a supporting ensemble kind of way, but her role was so slight it hardly merits a full-on Supporting Actress nom, especially going up against Naomie Harris’ incredible turn
I think that if Harris’ role would have been less showy, Monae (remember, she was also great in Hidden Figures that year, so it was like a “double-whammo”) could hav been nominated. I believe it was a combo of both factors, Monae could have split votes between her two supporting turns, both less showy than Harris, and therefore Harris got the nom and Monae was just let out for both
Don’t you dare disparage the word average by using it to define Top Gun!
NBR are essentially meaningless in the grand scheme of things and I try and pay them no mind.
as meaningless as Pundit’s Choice. I expect those to be as awful as their TV nominations.
Interesting thing though over the years they’ve made some very good choices !
Yet another example of how critics have dumbed down as well as their audiences.
And, yet another Awards group that gives AFTERSUN the back of the hand, “Best First Movie” kind of award rather than one of the biggies. It is nice that it made the Top 10.
These people are not critics
It is mostly academics right? The distinction between the 2 is relatively minimal if we are being honest (not to minimise either).
The phrasing is something along the lines of there being some academics among the voters. I doubt that they’re a notable section of the votership but no one seems to specifically know who votes for these things.
Oh so I know they are kinda secretive but then who do we think makes up the majority if not academics? Industry? Critics? Festival organisers? It is a pretty confusing group
The perception I’ve gotten based on very little is that the largest group might not even be any of those things but rather just socialites who happen to move in a particular social scene. But who knows.
Yeah bizarre, doing a bit more of a deep dive they seem to be centred around 9 universities in NYC so I wonder whether a lot of the voting members are alumni who got involved while at uni and academics and students and it kinda builds like that.
Regardless, not a group to pay too much attention to but interesting due to its early spot in the race
The National Board of Review characterizes its membership on its website as ”film enthusiasts, filmmakers, professionals, academics and students.” I once had a good friend who was a member of NBR. I think he paid a few hundred dollars a year to join: to see the films and Q&As with actors.
My girl Michelle!!!!
My latest precursors table after the announcements of IPA and NBR, to be updated after the AFI’s announcement tomorrow:
Avatar: The Way of Water (2): IPA, NBR
The Banshees of Inisherin (2): IPA, NBR
Everything Everywhere All at Once (2): IPA, NBR
The Fabelmans (2): IPA, NBR
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2): IPA, NBR
RRR (2): IPA, NBR
Till (2): IPA, NBR
Top Gun: Maverick (2): IPA, NBR
Women Talking (2): IPA, NBR
Aftersun (1): NBR
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (1): IPA
Elvis (1): IPA
Living (1): IPA
TÁR (1): IPA
Triangle of Sadness (1): IPA
The Woman King (1): NBR
Thrilled that Aftersun, The Banshees of Inisherin, Women Talking and The Fabelmans all made it in. But Tar missing out is super disappointing.