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    2020 Awards Season

    2020 AWARDS SEASON

    "BEST Movies of 2019 - So Far" no longer applies, she here's a new thread. The awards season traditionally begins with the Golden Globes. Here they are.

    THE GOLDEN GLOBE AWARDS
    (Including TV because it's so great these days. Wouldn't want to have missed "Succession" and "Fleabag.")

    The source is the Guardian.


    Best film – drama

    1917 – WINNER
    The Irishman
    Joker
    Marriage Story
    The Two Popes

    Best actress in a film – drama
    Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
    Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
    Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
    Charlize Theron, Bombshell
    Renée Zellweger, Judy – WINNER

    Best actor in a film – drama
    Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
    Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
    Adam Driver, Marriage Story
    Joaquin Phoenix, Joker – WINNER
    Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

    Best film – musical or comedy
    Dolemite is My Name
    Jojo Rabbit
    Knives Out
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – WINNER
    Rocketman

    Best actress in a film – musical or comedy
    Ana De Armas, Knives Out
    Awkwafina, The Farewell – WINNER
    Cate Blanchett, Where’d You Go, Bernadette
    Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart
    Emma Thompson, Late Night

    Best actor in a film – musical or comedy
    Daniel Craig, Knives Out
    Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    Taron Egerton, Rocketman – WINNER
    Eddie Murphy, Dolemite is My Name

    Best supporting actor in a film
    Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
    Al Pacino, The Irishman
    Joe Pesci, The Irishman
    Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – WINNER

    Best score – film
    Little Women
    Joker – WINNER
    Marriage Story
    1917
    Motherless Brooklyn

    Best limited series or TV film
    Catch-22
    Chernobyl – WINNER
    Fosse/Verdon
    The Loudest Voice
    Unbelievable

    Best actress in a limited series or TV film
    Kaitlyn Dever, Unbelievable
    Joey King, The Act
    Helen Mirren, Catherine the Great
    Merritt Wever, Unbelievable
    Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon – WINNER

    Best director – film
    Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
    Sam Mendes, 1917 – WINNER
    Todd Phillips, Joker
    Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
    Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    Best actress in a TV series – drama

    Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
    Olivia Colman, The Crown – WINNER
    Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
    Nicole Kidman, Big Little Lies
    Reese Witherspoon, The Morning Show

    Best supporting actress in a TV series, limited series or TV film
    Patricia Arquette, The Act – WINNER
    Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
    Toni Collette, Unbelievable
    Meryl Streep, Big Little Lies
    Emily Watson, Chernobyl

    Best song – film
    Beautiful Ghosts, Cats
    I’m Gonna Love Me Again, Rocketman – WINNER
    Into the Unknown, Frozen II
    Spirit, The Lion King
    Stand Up, Harriet

    Best TV series – musical or comedy
    Barry
    Fleabag – WINNER
    The Kominsky Method
    The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
    The Politician

    Best supporting actress in a film
    Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
    Annette Bening, The Report
    Laura Dern, Marriage Story – WINNER
    Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
    Margot Robbie, Bombshell

    Best film – animated
    Frozen II
    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
    The Lion King
    Missing Link – WINNER
    Toy Story 4

    Best screenplay – film
    Marriage Story
    Parasite
    The Two Popes
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – WINNER
    The Irishman

    Best actor in a TV series – drama
    Brian Cox, Succession – WINNER
    Kit Harington, Game of Thrones
    Rami Malek, Mr Robot
    Tobias Menzies, The Crown
    Billy Porter, Pose

    Best film – foreign language
    The Farewell
    Les Misérables
    Pain and Glory
    Parasite – WINNER
    Portrait of a Lady on Fire

    Best actress in a TV series – musical or comedy
    Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
    Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs Maisel
    Kirsten Dunst, On Becoming a God in Central Florida
    Natasha Lyonne, Russian Doll
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag – WINNER

    Best TV series – drama
    Big Little Lies
    The Crown
    Killing Eve
    The Morning Show
    Succession – WINNER

    Best supporting actor in a TV series, limited series or TV film

    Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
    Kieran Culkin, Succession
    Andrew Scott, Fleabag
    Stellan Skarsgård, Chernobyl – WINNER
    Henry Winkler, Barry

    Best actor in a TV series – musical or comedy

    Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
    Bill Hader, Barry
    Ben Platt, The Politician
    Paul Rudd, Living With Yourself
    Ramy Youssef, Ramy – WINNER

    Best actor in a limited series or TV film
    Christopher Abbott, Catch-22
    Sacha Baron Cohen, The Spy
    Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice – WINNER
    Jared Harris, Chernobyl
    Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

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    A 2018 omission

    In the Favorite Films section cinemabon just posted:
    I wonder why "They shall not grow old" wasn't nominated for an Oscar? I believe its one of the greatest documentary films of all time.
    Colige suspe
    Thanks for the heads up cinemabon on this interesting looking 2018 film which I missed. It has a Metascore of 91% and does seem an oversight by the Oscars committee.
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    INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM nominations

    Czech Republic, THE PAINTED BIRD
    Estonia, TRUTH AND JUSTICE
    France, LES MISÉRABLES
    Hungary, THOSE WHO REMAINED
    North Macedonia, HONEYLAND
    Poland, CORPUS CHRISTI
    Russia, BEANPOLE
    Senegal, ATLANTICS
    South Korea, PARASITE
    Spain, PAIN AND GLORY
    Haven't yet seen TRUTH AND JUSTICE, LES MISERABLES or THOSE WHO REMAINED. It looks like in the US, at least, PARASITE is the favorite. I have problems with it and would easily go insted for PAIN AND GLORY. I liked CORPOS CHRISTI, HONEYLAND and BEANPOLE. But there are reasons for considering CORPUS CHRISTI minor and BEANPOLE too depressing for the Academy and HONEYLAND is a documentary. Maybe in time THE PAINTED BIRD will be the one film writers remember, of the others. Of course PARASITE won at Cannes. . .

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    The 2020 Oscar Nominations - THE COMPLETE LIST

    The 2020 Oscar Nominations - The Complete List
    Source: ET

    Leading movies: Joker (11 nominations), and The Irishman, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, and 1917 (10 nominations each)

    BEST PICTURE
    Ford v Ferrari
    The Irishman
    Jojo Rabbit
    Joker
    Little Women
    Marriage Story
    1917
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    Parasite

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
    Sam Mendes, 1917
    Todd Phillips, Joker
    Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
    Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
    Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    Adam Driver, Marriage Story
    Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
    Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes

    ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
    Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
    Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
    Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
    Charlize Theron, Bombshell
    Renée Zellweger, Judy

    ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
    Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
    Al Pacino, The Irishman
    Joe Pesci, The Irishman
    Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE

    Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
    Laura Dern, Marriage Story
    Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
    Florence Pugh, Little Women
    ]Margot Robbie, Bombshell

    ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
    Knives Out, Written by Rian Johnson
    Marriage Story, Written by Noah Baumbach
    1917, Written by Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Written by Quentin Tarantino
    Parasite, Screenplay by Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won

    ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    The Irishman, Screenplay by Steven Zaillian
    Jojo Rabbit, Screenplay by Taika Waititi
    Joker, Written by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver
    Little Women, Screenplay by Greta Gerwig
    The Two Popes, Written by Anthony McCarten

    ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
    How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
    I Lost My Body
    Klaus
    Missing Link
    Toy Story 4

    INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
    Corpus Christi (Poland)
    Honeyland (North Macedonia)
    Les Misérables (France)
    Pain and Glory (Spain)
    Parasite (South Korea)

    DOCUMENTARY - FEATURE
    American Factory
    The Cave
    The Edge of Democracy
    For Sama
    Honeyland

    DOCUMENTARY - SHORT SUBJECT
    In the Absence
    Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)
    Life Overtakes Me
    St. Louis Superman
    Walk Run Cha-Cha

    LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
    Brotherhood
    Nefta Football Club
    The Neighbors' Window
    Saria
    A Sister

    ANIMATED SHORT FILM
    Dcera (Daughter)
    Hair Love
    Kitbull
    Memorable
    Sister

    ORIGINAL SCORE
    Joker - Hildur Guðnadóttir
    Little Women - Alexandre Desplat
    Marriage Story - Randy Newman
    1917 - Thomas Newman
    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker - John Williams

    ORIGINAL SONG

    "I'm Standing With You," from Breakthrough
    "Into the Unknown," from Frozen II
    "Stand Up," from Harriet
    "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again," from Rocketman
    "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away," from Toy Story 4

    SOUND EDITING

    Ford v Ferrari
    Joker
    1917
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker

    SOUND MIXING
    Ad Astra
    Ford v Ferrari
    Joker
    1917
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    PRODUCTION DESIGN

    The Irishman
    Jojo Rabbit
    1917
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    Parasite

    CINEMATOGRAPHY
    The Irishman
    Joker
    The Lighthouse
    1917
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
    Bombshell
    Joker
    Judy
    Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
    1917

    COSTUME DESIGN
    The Irishman
    Jojo Rabbit
    Joker
    Little Women
    Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

    FILM EDITING
    Ford v Ferrari
    The Irishman
    Jojo Rabbit
    Joker
    Parasite

    VISUAL EFFECTS

    Avengers: Endgame
    The Irishman
    The Lion King
    1917
    Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
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    Peter Bradshaw's comments in the GUARDIAN on the Oscar nominations

    I have a lot of sympathy for what Bradshaw says about the list, except that I don't like THE IRISHMAN. See: "Oscars 2020: shallow Joker squats on top of patchy and infuriating nominations" (Peter Bradshaw)

    Agree that JOKER is shallow. Greta Gerwig should be included in more than Best Adapted Screenplay, and more black artists. Taron Egerton deserved mention, and it's "infuriating" that the Safdie brothers' breakthrough with Adam Sandler's amazing performance "did not make the cut." So sad for Sandler and josh and Benny. Failure to acknowledge Awkwafina will alienate Asian-Americans. And so on. Lupita Nyong.

    Are they trying for another year of limited and exclusive selections? #OscarsSoWhite is flooding Twitter again.
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    Snubs

    Some 2020 Oscar "Snubs"


    MIDSOMMER, UNCUT GEMS, FAREWELL

    For more information see IndieWire's "27 Great Movies Completely Rejected by the Oscars in 2020" HERE.

    The Farewell some thought was a major "snub," but it's an Amierican film, though shot in China in Chinese. Obviously Portrait of a Lady on Fire, the French film by Céline Sciamma, was excluded since France put forward Les Misérables as their candidate. I can't comment on any of these since I haven't seen them yet.

    It's not entirely surprising that the rough-to-watch Uncut Gems, with its unappealing hero, was omitted from any award nominations. It is not a people-pleaser film. But it is a big shame that Adam Sandler won't get even mentioned for his career best performance as an actor. How painful is that!

    Some other "snubs" mostly make sense to me, since I was not a fan of Booksmart, didn't like the sound of Her Smell, Midsommer is, after all, a horror movie. . . and there are always snubs. The worst is when the best picture Oscar goes to the wrong film, as with Brokeback Mountain losing to Crash in 2006 - an Academy mistake I can never forgive.

    Analysis of the Oscar choices in Screen Daily HERE.
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    Sag awards

    The 2020 SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards (film & TV)
    Source: E News


    BRAD PITT & JENNIFER ANNISTON MEET, CORDIALLY

    FILM

    Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
    Bombshell
    The Irishman
    Jojo Rabbit
    Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
    Parasite

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
    Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
    Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
    Lupita Nyong'o, Us
    Charlize Theron, Bombshell
    Renée Zellweger, Judy

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role in a Motion Picture
    Christian Bale, Ford v Ferrari
    Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
    Adam Driver, Marriage Story
    Taron Egerton, Rocketman
    Joaquin Phoenix, Joker

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    Laura Dern, Marriage Story
    Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
    Nicole Kidman, Bombshell
    Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
    Margot Robbie, Bombshell

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
    Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
    Jamie Foxx, Just Mercy
    Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
    Al Pacino, The Irishman
    Joe Pesci, The Irishman

    Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
    Avengers: Endgame
    Ford v Ferrari
    The Irishman
    Joker
    Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood
    TV

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series
    Patricia Arquette, The Act
    Toni Colette, Unbelievable
    Joey King, The Act
    Emily Watson, Chernobyl
    Michelle Williams, Fosse/Verdon

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a TV Movie or Limited Series
    Mahershala Ali, True Detective
    Russell Crowe, The Loudest Voice
    Jared Harris, Chernobyl
    Jharrel Jerome, When They See Us
    Sam Rockwell, Fosse/Verdon

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Comedy Series
    Christina Applegate, Dead to Me
    Alex Borstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
    Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
    Catherine O'Hara, Schitt's Creek
    Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Fleabag

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series
    Alan Arkin, The Kominsky Method
    Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
    Bill Hader, Barry
    Andrew Scott, Fleabag
    Tony Shalhoub, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series
    Barry
    Fleabag
    The Kominsky Method
    The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
    Schitt's Creek

    Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Drama Series
    Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Show
    Helena Bonham Carter, The Crown
    Olivia Colman, The Crown
    Jodie Comer, Killing Eve
    Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid's Tale

    Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Drama Series
    Sterling K. Brown, This Is Us
    Steve Carell, The Morning Show
    Billy Crudup, The Morning Show
    Peter Dinklage, Game of Thrones
    David Harbour, Stranger Things

    Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series
    Big Little Lies
    The Crown
    Game of Thrones
    The Handmaid's Tale
    Stranger Things

    Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Comedy or Drama Series
    Game of Thrones
    Glow
    Stranger Things
    The Walking Dead
    Watchmen
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    The Oscars


    Best Picture
    WINNER: "Parasite"
    "Ford v Ferrari"
    "The Irishman"
    "Jojo Rabbit"
    "Joker"
    "Little Women"
    "Marriage Story"
    "1917"
    "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"

    Best Directing

    WINNER: Bong Joon Ho for "Parasite"
    Martin Scorsese for "The Irishman"
    Todd Phillips for "Joker"
    Sam Mendes for "1917"
    Quentin Tarantino for "Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood"

    Best Actor in a Leading Role

    WINNER: Joaquin Phoenix in "Joker"
    Antonio Banderas in "Pain and Glory"
    Leonardo DiCaprio in "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood"
    Adam Driver in "Marriage Story"
    Jonathan Pryce in "The Two Popes"

    Best Actress in a Leading Role

    WINNER: Renée Zellweger in "Judy"
    Cynthia Erivo in "Harriet"
    Scarlett Johansson in "Marriage Story"
    Saoirse Ronan in "Little Women"
    Charlize Theron in "Bombshell"
    Renée Zellweger in "Judy"

    Best Actress in a Supporting Role
    WINNER: Laura Dern in "Marriage Story"
    Kathy Bates in "Richard Jewell"
    Scarlett Johansson in "Jojo Rabbit"
    Florence Pugh in "Little Women"
    Margot Robbie in "Bombshell"

    Best Actor in a Supporting Role
    WINNER: Brad Pitt in "Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood"
    Tom Hanks in "A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood"
    Anthony Hopkins in "The Two Popes"
    Joe Pesci in "The Irishman"
    Al Pacino in "The Irishman"

    Original Score
    WINNER: "Joker"
    "Little Women"
    "Marriage Story"
    "1917"
    "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"

    Original Song

    WINNER: "(I'm Gonna) Love Me Again" from "Rocketman"
    "I Can't Let You Throw Yourself Away" from "Toy Story 4"
    "I'm Standing With You" from "Breakthrough"
    "Into The Unknown" from "Frozen II"
    "Stand Up" from "Harriet"

    Adapted Screenplay
    WINNER: "Jojo Rabbit"
    "The Irishman"
    "Joker"
    "Little Women"
    "The Two Popes"

    Original Screenplay
    WINNER: "Parasite"
    "Knives Out"
    "Marriage Story"
    "1917"
    "Once upon a Time...in Hollywood"

    Animated Short Film
    WINNER: "Hair Love"
    "Dcera (Daughter)"
    "Kitbull"
    "Memorable"
    "Sister"

    Live Action Short Film
    WINNER: "The Neighbors' Window"
    "Brotherhood"
    "Nefta Football Club"
    "Saria"
    "A Sister"

    Documentary Feature
    WINNER: "American Factory"
    "The Cave"
    "The Edge of Democracy"
    "For Sama"
    "Honeyland"

    Documentary Short Subject
    WINNER: "Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You're a Girl)"
    "In the Absence"
    "Life Overtakes Me"
    "St. Louis Superman"
    "Walk Run Cha-Cha"

    International Feature Film
    WINNER: South Korea, "Parasite"
    Poland, "Corpus Christi"
    North Macedonia, "Honeyland"
    France, "Les Misérables"
    Spain, "Pain and Glory"

    Animated Feature Film
    WINNER: "Toy Story 4"
    "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World"
    "I Lost My Body"
    "Klaus"
    "Missing Link"

    Costume Design
    WINNER: "Little Women"
    "The Irishman"
    "Jojo Rabbit"
    "Joker"
    "Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood"

    Makeup and Hairstyling

    WINNER: "Bombshell"
    "Joker"
    "Judy"
    "Maleficent: Mistress of Evil"
    "1917"

    Sound Editing
    WINNER: "Ford v Ferrari"
    "Joker"
    "1917"
    "Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood"
    "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"

    Sound Mixing
    WINNER: "1917"
    "Ad Astra"
    "Ford v Ferrari"
    "Joker"
    "Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood"

    Film Editing
    WINNER: "Ford v Ferrari"
    "The Irishman"
    "Jojo Rabbit"
    "Joker"
    "Parasite"

    Production Design
    WINNER: "Once upon a Time...in Hollywood"
    "The Irishman"
    "Jojo Rabbit"
    "1917"
    "Parasite"

    Visual Effects
    WINNER: "1917"
    "Avengers: Endgame"
    "The Irishman"
    "The Lion King"
    "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker"
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    The Oscars were (mostly) obvious, but still. . .


    I have said elsewhere: Hollywood is patting itself on the back for choosing a Korean film but of course didn't pick a good one like BURNING but a slick but basically crude one like PARASITE.
    See my review: http://www.chrisknipp.com/writing/vi...php?f=1&t=4298

    Giving PARASITE the double "Best" nomination was pointless. . It also made no sense to have only one foreign film in the Best Picture category and all the others American, and then pick the foreign film. If they were going to give foreign films a crack at Best PIcture, they should have nominated other foreign films in this category.

    The world outside South Korea certainly went wild over PARASITE this year, starting with Cannes. They went overboard. Best "International Feature" would have been enough. In my opinion more than enough. It would have been nice to give that to PAIN AND GLORY - or even CORPUS CHRISTI.

    I liked Laura Dern in Marriage Story - a droll performance - but that was a much smaller, less significant role than Brad Pitt's sophisticated, touching portrayal of a fading stunt man, which was almost on a par with Leo's role.
    But certainly one of the Oscars that most pleased me was Brad Pitt's.

    THE JOKER is a shallow movie and the lead performance is a corny, exaggerated one. A typical error of giving an acting award to something that is conspicuously, in this case crudely, "actror-y" rather than a subtle performance.

    UNCUT GEMS should have won something for Adam Sandler, and its sibling directors should have been nominated.

    Scarlett Johansson's performance in MARRIAGE STORY has more soul and humanity than Rene Zellweger's in JUDY - they gave the prize for technique, not feeling.

    JOJO RABBIT is a silly, odd film, and I imagine Scorsese and Greta Gerwig must have secretly felt more than a little stung at its winning Adapted Screenplay over their serious efforts.

    Whose clever idea was it to change the name of BEST FOREIGN FILM to INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM? What is an "international feature film"? Aren't American films international? What is "international"? Why should a Korean film be "international"? Isn't it just Korean? Why is a French film more "international" than a Hollywood one? "International" is such a stupid term. But, form out point of view, we know what "FOREIGN" means - foreign to Americans. The trouble was someone thought it was embarrassing to admit some movies are "foreign" to us.
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