#Nom: Adapted Screenplay

[theoscarsproject]

Goodfellas (1990). The story of Henry Hill and his life in the mafia, covering his relationship with his wife Karen and his mob partners Jimmy Conway and Tommy DeVito.

I mean, what's there to say about this that hasn't been said before? It's not just a perfect gangster film, but pretty much a perfect film, weaving in all the best components of crime, romance, coming of age, rise to the tops and falls to the bottom. Plus, God, it's funny. Just wildly good, and truly one of Scorsese's best. 9.5/10.

[ojacksonscohen]

you know i think its bold of the barbie producers to push all post premiere marketing to gosling/ken and then be surprised that he gets the pity nomination instead of margot

like the movie was cute but it certainly did not deserve acting nominations. i can see an argument for greta getting a director nomination, bc frankly im shocked she got an adapted screenplay nomination for that script

[lizardsfromspace]

The backlash to the snub of Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig (for directing) at the Oscars is bizarre for a lot of reasons, but one of them is that they're going with a "the Academy hates women directors!" narrative even though there is a female nominee for best director this year, Justine Triet.

But this one quote is just. Jokerfying

...Margot Robbie was kept out of Best Actress by Annette Benning's nod for Nyad. That's the one everyone hates and thinks is undeserving, too. But instead the stakes being Barbie Is Feminism And If It Loses Feminism Loses means you have to dismiss a film written & directed by a woman, and single out...Lily Gladstone? She's insulting a film about a real survivor of real Native American genocide to burnish Barbie. She's not only insulting actresses and female filmmakers in the name of feminism, and attacking sex workers, she's dismissing the stories of real women too

And, again: Poor Things, Killers of the Flower Moon, and Anatomy of a Fall didn't keep Barbie out of Best Actress! That was Nyad! But that doesn't fit her narrative about how the Oscars only like it when women ~suffer~ so she has to bash *checks notes* the first ever Native American nominated for Best Actress instead

(To be fair I checked the article; she doesn't mention Nyad once; it doesn't mention Justine Triet once, either)

I mean the Academy did give it eight nominations. America Ferrera, Ryan Gosling, adapted screenplay and Best Picture. The Academy obviously considered it important. Ferrera's nom is likely entirely down to the monologue scene, too, so it's not like they're mad about that.

(actually a lot of people are going "hohoho, didn't it just prove the movie's point that they only nominated Gosling?" like. They very much did nominate America Ferrera, can they like. Read)

And her case doesn't make the slightest bit of sense bc, again, the surprise nom that deprived Robbie of a Best Actress nom wasn't a dark movie about feminine suffering, it was a Netflix sports biopic

[yourdailykitsch]

Diego Luna To Star Opposite Taylor Kitsch In Hostage Thriller ‘Eleven Days’

EXCLUSIVE: Diego Luna is set to star in the indie thriller Eleven Days opposite Taylor Kitsch from Concussion director Peter Landesman.

The film is set in the sweltering heat of a Texas summer in 1974, when ruthless prisoner Federico Carrasco (Luna) plays a deadly game against Jim Estelle (Kitsch), head of the Texas Department of Corrections, after taking over Huntsville Penitentiary and holding dozens hostage when his pre-planned escape goes awry. Lines between captor and captive, and justice and survival, begin to blur as the siege spirals for 11 endless, terrifying days. 

The screenplay is written by Kevin Sheridan with revisions by Landesman, based on the book Eleven Days In Hell: The 1974 Carrasco Prison Siege at Huntsville, Texas by William T. Harper. The film, which will shoot in Texas in September, is produced by Vincent Newman and Vance Howard.

Luna has already him self quite a year following the second season of the Disney+ series Andor. Luna earned some of the best reviews of his career and while he missed out on an Emmy nomination the series did land an Outstanding Drama Series nom among 14 total nominations. It has been hailed by critics as emotionally powerful, timely, and one of the most artistically rich Star Wars projects to date.

Luna also received Golden Globe and Gotham TV Award nominations for his role in Hulu’s first Spanish-language limited series La Máquina, where he plays the self-destructive manager of an aging boxer. He stars alongside longtime collaborator Gael García Bernal, and the pair produced the series through their company La Corriente del Golfo, which they founded in 2018 to tell global stories across film, TV, theater and audio.

Up next, Luna stars opposite Jennifer Lopez in Bill Condon’s adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, a Sundance standout set for release by Lionsgate on October 10. Luna was introduced to worldwide audiences with his starring role in Alfonso Cuarón’s 2001 award-winning road epicY Tu Mama Tambien, alongside García Bernal.

[stephreviews]

Flirt Milk (2025)

Nom Jued (Neel Kawich) is an average guy with a boring life, but one day he joins a photography club at the university. Phra Aek (Pooh Poohrin), a junior, helps him to take photos one day using his favorite camera. Due to an accident, Nom Jued breaks Phra Aek's camera. To pay off his debt, Nom Jued starts working at a cafe.

I don't even know what to say about this drama. It was based off of a book, but the screenplay read like someone who wrote a single short-form fanfiction decided "you know what, I could write screenplay". So I'm not sure if it was just adapted super poorly or if the source material also sucks, but God damn.

First of all, every conflict that arises is resolved in like 3 seconds. Also everything jumps around so much. Phra Rong (Pha Rong? On MDL it says Pha Rong but istg they said Phra Rong the whole show so now I'm confused. MDL is gaslighting me) was literally a prick at first by review bombing the cafe and posting the video about Pai, and then all of a sudden we're just supposed to believe he suddenly fell for Pai and Phra Rong is cool now? And they never full addressed that. But everything's fine!

Nom Jued's best friends are like, insanely pushy and forceful about him getting together with Kornthep until one day they're just cool with Phra Aek?

Nong Noei looked like he was going to bring some sort of conflict between Nom Jued and Phra Aek but he just backs off.

Honestly Yingyam and Beauty have the most conflict between them and they're the 3rd couple. I was honestly the most confused about why they were there. They weren't really related to Nom Jued, Phra Aek, Phra Rong, or Pai at all? I mean, I appreciate a lesbian. But it was very confusing.

Also the sudden weddings at the end came out of nowhere 😭 I just had no idea what was going on the whole time. Why did I watch this? Mostly out of a strange fascination and because the chemistry between every couple still slapped

Overall: 2/10 wtf did I just watch

Chemistry? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Stereotypical bottom who has no idea what's going on? 0/10 me too bestie

Terrible wig on Phra Aek? 4/10 that shit's hilarious

Finding out 9 episodes in that the 2nd couple's actors were 17 and 26? -♾️ ow my eyes

The Wig™️

[femme-foucault]

Alright "final" Oscar nom predictions:

The Oscar nominations were supposed to come out on the 17th but were pushed back due to the wildfires, so now they are out on the 23rd. I know the main story on Film Internet right now is the AI controversy with The Brutalist, but since that story didn't break until after voting ended, I don't see that controversy hurting nominations for that film. It might affect wins, but it depends. So I'm keeping it in my predictions for now.

As usual, my predictions are in alphabetical order, not by personal preference.

Best Picture: Anora, The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune Pt 2, Emilia Perez, A Real Pain, Sing Sing, The Substance, Wicked

Yes, I'm still hope-dicting Sing Sing. The BAFTA noms gave me some hope. Let me be delusional. It could very well be Nickel Boys instead of Sing Sing.

Director: Jacques Audiard (Emilia Perez), Sean Baker (Anora), Edward Berger (Conclave) Brady Corbet (The Brutalist), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance)

Ugh, I caved and predicted Audiard even though I'm not happy about it. I would love to see Villeneuve (Dune Pt 2) get in here but I highly doubt it. I know Fargeat is a stretch but they are going to want a woman in there because of all the pushback in the past few years and Fargeat has been nominated at a number of pre-cursors.

Best Actress in a Lead Role: Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofia Gascon (Emilia Perez), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance)....and someone else idk.

No idea who that fifth slot is, but I highly doubt it's Angelina Jolie (Maria) anymore and I've taken Nicole Kidman out of my predictions too because her movie (Babygirl) has not been nominated as much as people thought it would be just a month ago. In that climate, I do think Erivo is getting in for Wicked -- she won't win, but with Jolie and Kidman out I'd be surprised if she wasn't nominated. After the Globes, maybe Fernanda Torres (I'm Still Here)?

Best Actor in a Lead Role: Adrien Brody (The Brutalist), Timothee Chalamet (A Complete Unknown), Daniel Craig (Queer), Colman Domingo (Sing Sing), Ralph Fiennes (Conclave)

Craig is the one I am weakest on but we'll see.

Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jamie Lee Curtis (The Last Showgirl), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Felicity Jones (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldana (Emilia Perez)

Honestly, Saldana and Grande are the only ones I am 100% sure of. It's a two-woman race there, but anyone else could be nominated. Now I have finally seen The Brutalist, I think Jones is this year's Emily Blunt -- the "tag along" nomination that accompanies two competitive acting performances in a best picture front runner (even though The Brutalist is much more divisive than Oppenheimer and I think a weaker movie (I was with it right up until the last 20 minutes, which I wasn't a fan of)). Selena Gomez might get in for EP if that movie over-performs even though she was terrible in that movie but being terrible has never stopped them from nominating someone before.

Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice)

I put Borisov in because he keeps being nominated at precursors, though if anyone misses, it's him, not Pearce -- even though Pearce didn't get nominated at SAG. I have fiiiiiinally taken out Clarence Maclin even though he gave my favorite male supporting role of the year because Sing Sing is not getting the love it deserves :(

Adapted Screenplay: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune Pt 2, Emilia Perez, Sing Sing

I am going on a limb and guessing Dune Pt 2, even though I don't think the first one got in. I think Conclave wins here.

Original Screenplay: Anora, A Real Pain, The Substance....Idk what else, but Anora is probably winning. Especially because it looks like Emilia Perez might be winning Best Picture noooooooooooo so I could see it being like last year, where the two screenplay awards go to movies that weren't winning anything else that they wanted to award.

No real guesses for all the techies because there is always a few tech categories in something that I haven't seen. I think Dune Pt 2 is going to be nominated in many tech categories, but I still think Wicked is probably winning Costume and Production Design (though pre-AI controversy, I could have seen The Brutalist taking the latter) unless Emilia Perez just really over-performs.

[denimbex1986]

'Shortly after the Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday morning, “Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan recalled watching Cillian Murphy transform into J. Robert Oppenheimer for the first time.

“It was really in the hair and makeup tests, which we shoot on Imax and in black-and-white,�� Nolan told Variety. “You start to see the actor bringing an icon to life, putting the hat on, the cigarette in the corner of his mouth. You’re starting to see how he moves. It’s a thrilling moment. It is on every film. Seeing Cillian put this iconography together, it reminded me of my hair and makeup tests with Heath Ledger for the Joker.”

“Oppenheimer” earned 13 noms, the most of any films this year. Nolan goes into Oscar night with individual nominations for director and adapted screenplay. Murphy and Emily Blunt are first-time nominees for their work. Robert Downey Jr. also picked up a supporting actor nom.

Murphy learned of his best actor nod from his home country of Ireland. “Thankfully, I live in a time zone that I don’t have to get up at 5 a.m.,” he told Variety. “It was already organized for me. We’ve had a few days off and I’ve been at home, which has been very, very pleasant. I’m actually in my parents’ house in Cork city. I was with my parents and my wife today. So that was really nice.”

He was in his childhood kitchen when the nominations were revealed. “We had a cup of tea and a slice of cake. It was quite nice,” Murphy said. “My mom made a sponge cake. It was very tasty.”

Below, Murphy speaks with Variety about what the nomination means to him and what the real Oppenheimer would think of the film.

This is your first Oscar nomination. The film has been a huge success. How do you wrap your mind around all of this?

Words don’t really do it justice. I think the superlatives fail you at this point. I’m so truly honored and kind of overwhelmed. But most of all, proud of the movie, and proud that it has achieved so much. It exceeded all of our expectations, any of any of us who are involved in making this movie. I get people coming up to me on the street all the time and they say, “I’ve watched the movie five times.” And then these are older people, and they’re younger people and they’re boys and girls. It’s crazy. And then to be recognized by the Academy like we have been, it’s just kind of mind-blowing.

Who from the movie texted you first this morning?

It all came at one time. Everybody. We’re a very tight unit. We’re all very close so it’s lovely to share it with your friends.

Who are you bringing to the Oscars?

I’ll bring my wife and my boys, hopefully. That’s the plan so far.

Has anyone given you advice about going to the Oscars as a nominee?

I have friends that have gone to it in the past. They all say it’s a wonderful experience that you never forget. I gotta go in with an open heart and enjoy it because it may never happen again. So that’s my attitude.

You’ve been doing awards season and meeting a lot of people, but is there someone you still want to meet at the Oscars?

I believe the universe will decide who you meet or not. I’m less about making a beeline for someone’s table. If you bump into someone, you bump into someone and it’s meant to be.

Do you get starstruck?

I met some of the guys from “Succession.” That’s my favorite show on the telly. I’m so heartbroken that it’s finished.

What do you think J. Robert Oppenheimer would think of all this?

That’s a really good question. I think he’d be quite confused, in a pleased way. I think he’d be happy that if nothing else, maybe people will think about nuclear weapons in a more focused way than we tend to because, you know, half the population on the planet lives in a country that has nuclear weapons and we just don’t think about it because there are more pertinent and pressing things going on in our lives. But this is there. It’s like the sword of Damocles hanging over all of us all the time. Perhaps he might be pleased because that was kind of his life’s mission, was to be candid about the state that the world is in.

I have to ask about the “Peaky Blinders” movie – when do you start shooting?

[Laughs] If there’s more stories to tell, I am going to be there. I’m really, really proud of the TV show. I think we made something very special. We made 36 hours of what I consider to be high quality TV. For the film, it will have to be special. But I’m there, man. If there’s a good script, I’m there.

Your next film, “Small Things Like These,” is opening the Berlin Film Festival. [Based on Claire Keegan’s historical novel of the same name, the film tells the story of Ireland’s infamous Magdalen laundries.]

It’s a film that’s very important to me. I’ve produced it, and I’m acting in it. And it’s an adaptation of a book, which is one of my favorite books. We’re the first Irish film to open Berlin.

Why is it one of your favorite books?

It’s heartbreaking and beautiful and quiet and political. It has all the qualities that I enjoy. I hope we’ve been able to do it justice in the adaptation.

Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are also producers.

Their company paid for the movie and we produced it together. I pitched it to Matt when we were out in the desert and shooting “Oppenheimer.”

Do you pitch it to him in between takes or do you say, “Let’s go to dinner. I want to pitch you something?”

I wasn’t going for dinner. I wasn’t eating. It was in between set-ups. I think it was during one of the rain set-ups. There’s no time wasted on a Chris Nolan film. There is rarely sitting around. There are no seats. But on this occasion it was a night shoot. We were waiting for the rain towers to get fixed and I pitched him this idea and he went for it.

They don’t serve dinner at the Oscars, so will you bring a snack with you?

Maybe I’ll bring some of mom’s sponge cake in my wife’s handbag.'

[theoscarsproject]

Born on the Fourth of July (1989). The biography of Ron Kovic. Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, he becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country for which he fought.

Echoing what many have said on Letterboxd, but this truly has to be one of Tom Cruise's best performances. He's vulnerable in a way he rarely lets himself be here, both as the boy who enters the war sold on the promise of patriotism and heroism and as the broken man spat out of it, failed by the country he wanted only to serve. It's a great performance in a scathing, albeit flawed indictment of the Vietnam War and America, and I only wish the script and other performers really matched it (although Willem Dafoe is, as always, tremendous too). 7/10.

[iriswestallenn]

The conversations around Barbie are very weird to me. Retrospectives are happening too fast on film twitter to be honest. Looking back at Fight Club years later makes sense, American Psycho, etc... but how are we already looking back at Barbie, a movie that came out last year as being *checks notes* not that good actually lmao and not deserving of award recognition? Mind you it will walk away with two, at most, oscar wins so what are we really upset about?

Same people mad at the America Ferrera nom I bet had nothing to say about RDJ getting a nom for tropic thunder, or Johnny Depp getting a nom for playing a fucking pirate. All comedies. So do we want the academy to acknowledge comedies (and horror) or just the ones we personally like?

I want to end on this 'Ryan being nominated and not Margot is dumb' convo and I hope what I'm about to say makes sense lol. Ryan and Margot gave the same level of performance IN MY OPINION. They just did. Very good performances that are on par with each other so if you snub one, snub the other haha I don't care. BUT at the end of the day it wasn't margot vs ryan because they are not in the same category. Y'all are trying way too hard with the "this was exactly what the movie was trying to say" narrative when it comes to these nominations. It's never going to be that serious. Margot will be on that stage as a producer if Barbie wins picture. Greta got the adapted screenplay nomination. Again, what are we really upset about?

Barbie was a huge achievement that deserves most of the noms it got, the snubs are not a big deal, the movie is good, the monologue is corny to you lmao get over it.

[modwyr]

now i know the oscars are dumb and stupid but barbie getting an adapted screenplay nom over killers of the flower moon. these people are stupid stupid.

[dykehaus]

something like barbie getting an adapted screenplay nom and not killers of the flower moon is...

[bisluthq]

allegedly ryan wanted it ends with us to be what gets blake oscar noms which is so fucking funny. like I assumed he was daft but imagine seeing it ends with us and being like yes baby this will get you your Oscar! like I found this on interview clip on twitter like wdym Ryan was writing??? x. com/camis_unicorn/status/1821613368454844694?s=46&t=IQZ_ZUJzo-tBB5f6VKJlpw

idk that I’d say Ryan is daft AT ALL. Sorry. I think he’s very fucking clever because you don’t get to his level of success by just lucking out repeatedly. I also don’t think he’s trying to score an Oscar nom for Blake any more than he’s trying to score one for himself for Deadpool and Wolverine (I think he’s hopeful they get some like for VFX and maybe best adapted screenplay even but I don’t think he’s expecting Best Leading Actor noms for himself because he’s not generally speaking a delusional person at all). What I think he’s trying to do is ensure that this movie is a commercial success, because I think Ryan measures success with money not awards nominations tbh, and he doesn’t want his wife to have wasted her time on something that underperforms so he’s gone into hyperdrive to ensure that it… doesn’t. I’m also confused as to why you’re confused he’s writing? He wrote on all the Deadpool movies and he writes the ads he makes etc. Like he absolutely does write. It’s weird he’s writing on something he’s uninvolved with but presumably he felt it wouldn’t do well commercially without his edits idk 🤷🏻‍♀️💀

[chappell-roans]

also i said it before and i’ll say it again. all of us strangers getting not one nomination is a crime, actually. if i had my way it’d have noms (not necessarily wins, but noms) for best picture, best actor (andrew scott), supporting actor & actress (paul mescal & claire foy), best cinematography, best editing, maybe sound, maybe adapted screenplay, maybe director (andrew haigh, who is great btw, check out weekend and 45 years). anyways feeling normal and good.

and noms aren’t the end of the world this is just my little dream world. anyway.

[solovelyanddry]

#the noms for best adapted screenplay and ruffalo are bad enough but the costumes literally hurt the storytelling in the ffilm! --- hi, i haven't seen the film, but just from what I've read i think it sounds awful and i can't believe how highly rated it is, even by otherwise intelligent people of my acquaintance (i don't say friend, because if they knew me better they'd never recommend this movie to me). Could you elaborate on what you've mentioned about the costumes? I'd be very interested to know!

I just want to preface this by saying that I've only seen the film once (that was enough) and I may have missed some dialogue or a scene that completely refutes my entire argument below.

If you've seen any stills or clips from the film, you've probably seen some of Bella Baxter's (Emma Stone's character) wardrobe. Everyone else in the film is wearing (to my untrained eye) more or less period fashion, maybe a little heightened.

Bella, on the other hand, has a much more avant-garde style, usually keeping the leg-of-mutton sleeve shape but incorporating strange fabrics and patterns, unique structural flourishes, and shorts and slips which give her an underdressed feel compared to the rest of the cast. This is established from her first appearance and continues throughout the end of the film. If you haven't seen the film, you might assume that these clothes tell you about the character - she stands out from everyone else and she is an independent thinker.

EXCEPT! Nobody in the film comments on her clothing. Not when she wanders out half-dressed into the streets of Lisbon, not when she returns home to London wearing some dress-shorts. Not once. Nobody interacts with her differently because of what she wears. She can basically wear whatever she wants with no social reaction. What she says and does do have consequences (well, kinda - survival sex work in this film is treated as quirky profession one does for a few months so you can afford to go to medical school [as a woman in Victorian-era Paris]), but the visual signifiers of her "otherness" have no impact on the plot. She stands out in a crowd to the audience, but apparently not to anyone in the crowd.

ALSO! These clothes - these very unique pieces that allow Bella to express her unique soul? Did she make them? Did she order them or purchase a variety of garments that she mixes and matches to make new outfits? Nope! They were all bought for her by her father-figure! Until the very end of the film, everything you see her in was something that Willem Dafoe's character had provided her with.

For these reasons, the costuming is actively working against the script. Bella is given clothes that nobody else is wearing, which seems to be an expression of this precocious, supposedly feminist character - except nobody ever seems to notice how peculiarly she is dressed AND all of the clothes were bought for her by a man.

This all fits into the extremely shallow "feminism" or "socialism" of the film (Bella says that she's going to a socialist meeting once, and then ends the movie in her walled-off estate garden, living off her father and husband's money). It's even worse when you read the book and find out that there is a whole epilogue where the "real" person that Bella is based on gives her side of the story and de-fantasizes the whole tale, revealing it to be a misogynist narrative born out of her husband's insecurities about being married to a brilliant woman.

[ladyhawke]

Yhara Zayd did a wonderful video on the Barbie discourse. And it boiled down: (not verbatim quotes but)

“lack of noms proves Barbie’s point? Her point was that women have to work 10x as hard to get in the door and here you are erasing significance of women WHO DID THAT just cause Barbie didn’t get it?”

“If that movie wins Best Picture— that’s Margot’s award- she’s a producer! Greta was not ignored for hard work she put in. It’s still nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay. If Barbie wins—that’s her award!”

“This [discourse] at is core is a version of white feminism that we see often in award shows”

A comment/quote on the vid, I saw that perfectly encapsulates my thoughts on this: “When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.”

haven’t watched the video but agree with all of this, the fact that these people have barely celebrated america ferrera’s nomination just shows how blatant they are

[reflections-in-a-critical-eye]

https://twitter.com/JLRees/status/1749929660383744101?t=JbT0Ork5Gvhoo4JWJ1BhXg&s=19

See I think with context, this quote could've made sense if Barbie was just better. I think it was a fine movie and it's great so many people liked it, but I find it hard to rally behind Margot Robbie when the other actresses nominated are genuinely better. Some of the other nominations like RG for best actor or AF for best actress are pretty baffling too

Original article: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2024-01-23/barbie-oscar-snubs-greta-gerwig-margot-robbie-movie-point

I'm already tired of the Barbie discourse and it's only been 24h since the noms were announced. Some people are acting really dumb right now and it's getting old. I don't like the less subtle digs at other actresses (somehow the Barbie feminism version doesn't apply to other women nominated in major categories). Not only that, but to include in a piece the line "If only Barbie survived becoming the next victim in a mass murder plot". That actually happened in real life, wth? What editor approved this in LA Times?

Barbie has some 7 nominations if I remember correctly, in major categories as well, including best adapted screenplay and best picture. The online reaction to it, with people acting as if the movie was snubbed across the board is ridiculous. Barbie also has establish some sort of cultural impact, with or without the awards. It will be remembered more for its box office hit and having most likely the largest number of people going to the movie theater after a global pandemic.