#ala kachuu - take and run

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Ala Kachuu: take and run (2020).

dir. Maria Brendle.

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2022 Movie Odyssey

Well, it’s another record set for the the latest date that this list has ever appeared. As per tradition on this blog, this is the complete list of films I saw for the first time in their entirety over the last calendar year. They are listed in the order of completion and with a respective rating out of ten from me. Each rating (my ratings system and eligibility rules are explained here) is based on my personal imdb rating. All half-points are rounded down.

March was defined entirely by my blog’s annual 31 Days of Oscar marathon (in which I limit myself to watching films nominated for an Academy Award or Honorary Academy Award winning films). June and early July were defined almost entirely by viewing submissions for Viet Film Fest - which contributed heavily to the amount of short films (one will notice tons of MGM short films and Popeye as well; the latter I believe I will be completing later in 2023) seen this year.

In sum, I saw 207 films that were new to me in 2021 (a sharp decline from 329 in 2021). 116 of those were features (films defined as forty-one minutes or longer); 91 were short films (forty minutes or shorter). My yearly goal to watch more pre-1980 films than 1980 and after - so as to ensure that I my viewing habits are well-rounded, chronologically - failed for the first time in at least eleven years. Among features, I saw six more features released 1980 and after. Adding both features and shorts, the deficit was nineteen. My professional situation in the second half of the year did not help matters.

What follows is the entire list of the 2022 Movie Odyssey:

JANUARY

The Fly’s Last Flight (1949 short) – 6/10

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) – 7.5/10

Hilda and Mountain King (2021) – 7/10

Babes in Toyland (1961) – 6/10

Sidewalk Stories (1989) – 8.5/10

The Donut King (2020) – 7.5/10

The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021) – 9.5/10

Baby Wants Spinach (1950 short) – 6/10

Chicana (1979 short) – 6/10

Start Cheering (1938) – 6/10

Ladies of the Chorus (1949) – 6.5/10

Drive My Car (2021, Japan) – 10/10

Belle (2021, Japan) – 6/10

La bestia debe morir (The Beast Must Die) (1952, Argentina) – 9.5/10

The Stork’s Holiday (1943 short) – 5/10

Beach Peach (1950 short) – 6/10

American Revolution 2 (1969) – 6/10

The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971) – 8/10

Big Fella (1937) – 5.5/10

What Price Fleadom (1948 short) – 6/10

A Hero (2021, Iran) – 7.5/10

Nightmare Alley (1947) – 9/10

Flee (2021) – 8.5/10

One Ham’s Family (1943 short) – 6/10

FEBRUARY

Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953, France) – 7.5/10

The Doll (1919, Germany) – 9/10

Father Goose (1964) – 7/10

Death on the Nile (2022) – 6/10

MARCH (31 Days of Oscar)

Audible (2021 short) – 8/10

When We Were Bullies (2021 short) – 6/10

On My Mind (2021 short, Denmark) – 6.5/10

Please Hold (2020 short) – 8/10

The Dress (2020 short, Poland) – 7.5/10

The Long Goodbye (2020 short) – 6/10

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run (2020 short, Switzerland/Kyrgyzstan) – 8/10

Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom (2015, Ukraine) – 7.5/10

Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) – 7/10

Three Songs for Benazir (2021 short, Afghanistan) – 7.5/10

Lead Me Home (2021 short) – 7/10

The Queen of Basketball (2021 short) – 8.5/10

A Mighty Wind (2003) – 7/10

The Ladykillers (1955) – 9.5/10

A Patch of Blue (1965) – 9/10

Robin Robin (2021 short) – 8.5/10

Boxballet (2020 short) – 7.5/10

Affairs of the Art (2021 short) – 6.5/10

Bestia (2021 short, Chile) – 8/10

The Windshield Wiper (2021 short) – 7/10

Nightmare Alley (2021) – 7/10

Midnight Express (1978) – 6/10

Don’t Look Up (2021) – 4/10

The Power of the Dog (2021) – 8.5/10

CODA (2021) – 7/10

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) – 6.5/10

King Richard (2021) – 7.5/10

Loves of a Blonde (1965, Czechoslovakia) – 8/10

APRIL

Love Me or Leave Me (1955) – 6.5/10

The Batman (2022) – 8/10

Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022) – 8.5/10

Mahapurush (The Holy Man) (1965, India) – 6/10

Penny Serenade (1941) – 7.5/10

The Proud Valley (1940) – 7/10

The Oyster Princess (1919, Germany) – 7.5/10

When the Cat’s Away (1935 short) – 6/10

Turning Red (2022) – 7/10

Bull Durham (1988) – 7/10

Pillow Talk (1959) – 8/10

The Ancestral (2022, Vietnam) – 4/10

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) – 8/10

Anaïs in Love (2021, France) – 6/10

MAY (VFF submissions marked with asterisk)

Time After Time (1979) – 7/10

Memoria (2021, Colombia) – 7/10

An Inn in Tokyo (1935, Japan) – 7.5/10

Lady on a Train (1945) – 6/10

Petite Maman (2021, France) – 9/10

Gym Jam (1950 short) – 6/10

How Green is My Spinach (1950 short) – 7/10

Bi, Don’t Be Afraid (Bi, đừng sợ!) (2010, Vietnam) – 6/10

Jitterbug Jive (1950 short) – 6/10

Popeye Makes a Movie (1950 short) – 5/10

Footy Legends (2006) – 7/10

Ganashatru (An Enemy of the People (1989, India) – 7/10

Quick on the Vigor (1950 short) – 6/10

Rio in Rhythm (1950 short) – 8/10

Let’s Stalk Spinach (1951 short) – 6/10

Container (2021 short, Canada) – 8/10*

Free Your Mind (2021 short) – experimental film; score withheld*

Why Am I Still Alive? (2019 short, Canada) – 6.5/10*

No Man of Her Own (1950) – 7.5/10

Double-Cross Country Race (1951 short) – 5.5/10

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982) – 7/10

Alpine for You (1951 short) – 6.5/10

The Farmer and the Belle (1950 short) – 6/10

Punch and Judo (1951 short) – 7/10

Thrill of Fair (1951 short) – 6/10

Antonio Gaudí (1984) – 6.5/10

Go for Broke! (1951) – 6.5/10

Spellbound (2002) – 7/10

JUNE

Gomenasai (2022 short) – score withheld*

Love, Laugh, Doom, Tears (2021 short) – 6.5/10*

Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (2021, Japan) – 6.5/10

ALETHEIA (2022 short) – 6/10*

Vacation with Play (1951 short) – 6/10

good enough (2021 short) – 6/10*

Granny Boot Camp (2022 short) – 7/10*

Closing Time (2021 short) – 4/10*

A Realm of Return (2020, Canada) – 6/10*

Trespasser (2022 short) – 6/10*

Cà Phê 179 (2021 short, Canada) – 5/10*

Mabel (2022 short) – 7/10*

A Crack in the Mountain (2022) – 8/10*

Luv, Me (2021 short) – 7/10*

All I Ever Wanted (2021 short) – 7/10*

Exposed (2020 short) – 6/10*

Project Lullaby: CHOICE (2021 short) – experimental film; score withheld*

MiMi (2022 short, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Monkey in the Middle (2022 short, Vietnam) – 6/10*

Crouching Comic (2021 short) – 7/10*

Niềm đam mê (La passion) (2021 short, France) – 7/10*

Spring Roll Dream (2022 short, United Kingdom) – 8/10*

Me (Mom) (2019 short) – 7/10*

After Taste (2022 short, Vietnam) – 5.5/10*

Popeye’s Pappy (1952 short) – 5/10

Lightyear (2022) – 6/10

Friend or Phony (1952 short) – 5/10

Iris (2022 short) – 7/10*

Stinkfrucht (Taste of Home) (2022 short, Germany) – 8/10*

The Greatest Poem (2022 short) – 7/10*

Breakdown (2022 short) – 6/10*

Thuy & T. (2021 short) – experimental film; score withheld*

Talk to Me (2022 short) – 7/10*

Places and Times (2022 short) – 7/10*

It Was Time to Reconnect (2022 short) – 6/10*

The Aberrant (2022 short) – 6/10*

Thunderclouds (2022 short) – 7/10*

Fourth Block (2022 short) – 6.5/10*

My Mother’s Daughter (2022 short) – 7/10*

Mai Tell-Tale (2022 short) – 5/10*

Đêm Tối Rực Rỡ! (The Brilliant Darkness!) (2022, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Elvis (2022) – 6.5/10

Big Bad Sindbad (1952 short) – 5/10

Once Upon a Bridge in Vietnam (2022, France) – 6/10*

Buffalo Boy (2004, Vietnam) – 7.5/10

The Wiz (1978) – 6/10

Maika (2022, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Jimmy in Saigon (2022) – 7/10*

JULY

Memento Mori: Earth (2022, Vietnam) – 7.5/10*

Children of the Mist (2021, Vietnam) – 8/10*

Side Seeing: The Movie (2022, Vietnam) – 4/10*

Camouflage – Vietnamese Brush Strokes with History (2018) – 6/10*

Tiệc Trăng Máu (Blood Moon Party) (2020, Vietnam) – 7/10*

The Rescuers (1977) – 6/10

My Vietnam (2022) – 4/10*

Memoryland (2021, Vietnam) – 6.5/10*

Popalong Popeye (1952 short) – 6/10

The Black Cauldron (1985) – 4/10

Nope (2022) – 7/10

Shuteye Popeye (1952 short) – 6/10

Swimmer Take All (1952 short) – 6/10

Tots of Fun (1952 short) – 7/10

Oliver & Company (1988) – 5/10

AUGUST

The Rescuers Down Under (1990) – 6/10

The Prince and the Pauper (1990 short) – 6/10

The Gang’s All Here (1943) – 6/10

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970) – 7.5/10

Three Women (1924) – 6/10

SEPTEMBER

Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022) – 7/10

Pressure Point (1962) – 6/10

See How They Run (2022) – 7/10

The Woman King (2022) – 7/10

OCTOBER

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court (1949) – 6/10

Babes in Arms (1939) – 6/10

Meet Danny Wilson (1952) – 6/10

The Scapular (1968, Mexico) – 7.5/10

Misterios de ultratumba (Black Pit of Dr. M) (1959, Mexico) – 7/10

The Masque of Red Death (1964) – 7/10

Two Boobs in a Balloon (1935 short) – 6.5/10

Nut Guilty (1936 short) – 6/10

The Red House (1947) – 7/10

NOVEMBER

El vampiro negro (1953, Argentina) – 7.5/10

Minnie the Moocher (1942 short) – 7/10

9 to 5 (1980) – 7.5/10

The World at Their Feet (1970) – 7.5/10

The Grandmother (1970 short) – experimental film; score withheld

Le Million (1931, France) – 7.5/10

Two Billion Hearts (1995) – 7/10

Ancient Fistory (1953 short) – 6/10

The Fabelmans (2022) – 8/10

Shaving Muggs (1953 short) – 6/10

Baby Wants a Bottle (1953 short) – 6/10

Johnny Guitar (1954) – 7/10

Glass Onion (2022) – 7.5/10

Popeye, the Ace of Space (1953) – 6/10

Island in the Sun (1957) – 6/10

DECEMBER

The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) – 8/10

Firemen’s Brawl (1953 short) – 6/10

Popeye’s Mirthday (1953 short) – 6/10

Toreadorable (1953 short) – 5/10

Bride and Gloom (1954 short) – 5/10

Fright to the Finish (1954 short) – 7/10

Greek Mirthology (1954 short – 6/10

Popeye’s 20th Anniversary (1954 short) – 5/10

Private Eye Popeye (1954 short) – 6/10

Taxi-Turvy (1954 short) – 6/10

A Job for a Gob (1955 short) – 6/10

Mister and Mistletoe (1955 short) – 6/10

Avatar: The Way of Water (2022) – 7.5/10

So closes out, finally, the 2022 Movie Odyssey. Thanks to you all for being a part, whichever ways large or small, of it.

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All Oscar-nominated short films at the 94th Academy Awards

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Green’s Party Guide to the 2022 Oscar Nominated Short Films

After last year’s Academy Awards telecast being a very low-rated year, they are panicking about how to draw in new viewers and they have apparently decided the best way to have a good telecast is to cut multiple categories from the live broadcast (presenting the award earlier in the evening and showing a clip of the acceptance speech that is). LAME! Especially because among those categories are the Short Films categories for Animated, Live Action and Documentary. I have been a longtime champion of these categories and it is very disheartening to hear the Academy is going to cut them from the live telecast in favor of comedy and music segments. 

This is also the very reason why I am excited to continue my annual tradition of showcasing the Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Short Film, Best Live Action Short Film and Best Documentary Short Film (read my 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021 guides). This year’s nominated short films are available from ShortsTV both in theaters and online. I’ve watched all of them and had time to think about them. Here are my thoughts and predictions:

2022 Shorts TV poster

Best Animated Short:

The New Yorker’s Affairs of the Art (Canada / U.K.) was directed by Joanna Quinn (a previous Best Animated Short nominee for Famous Fred). The character of Beryl (voiced by Mena Trussler) and her family continue their obsessions with drawing, taxidermy and more. Beast (Chile) is stop-motion animation with porcelain dolls. It is a NSFW tale of a secret police agent who trains dogs to torture prisoners of war. Anyone who thinks animation is only for kids should (or should not?) watch this! Boxballet (Russia) is an offbeat romance between a ballerina and a boxer. This is practically a silent film! Netflix’s Robin Robin (U.K.) was produced by Aardman Animations (of Wallace and Gromit and Shaun the Sheep fame). This stop-motion musical is about a bird raised by mice and the personal journey of self-discovery. With no Pixar this year, this is considered the frontrunner. At 30 minutes, its also the longest. In The Windshield Wiper (U.S. / Spain), a man sits in a cafe while smoking and ponders the answer to the question “what is love?”. What follows are various scenarios of love in numerous world locations.

Will Win: Robin Robin is the frontrunner thanks to the name recognition of Aardman and the star power of voice actors Gillian Anderson and Richard E. Grant.

Should Win: I really got into The Windshield Wiper. The meandering and abstract approach to its storytelling is not going to be for everyone, but it had something to say about love and the search for love in the modern era and how similar it is all over the world. Director Alberto Mielgo was also a visual consultant on Oscar-winning Best Animated Feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.

Best Live Action Short:

At 38 minutes Ala Kachuu - Take and Run (Switzerland / Kyrgyzstan) is the longest of the “short” live action nominees. It is about a young woman in Kyrgyzstan who is kidnapped and forced into marriage. It shows the woman’s desire for freedom and free will in contrast with the culture and societal expectations. The New Yorker’s On My Mind (Denmark) is actually directed by Martin Strange-Hansen, who previously won an Oscar for Best Live Action Short for 2002′s This Charming Man. In this one, a man is at a bar in the morning and he insists on using the karaoke machine to sing “Always on My Mind”. He needs to sing it right now, today...even though no one is in the bar. There is a reveal as to why it is so urgent, but I won’t be spoiling it. In the sci-fi short Please Hold (U.S.), a young man is imprisoned and it shows a not-too-distant-future where everything is automated and you can’t speak to a human, even when it comes to the justice system. In The Dress (Poland), a young woman with dwarfism works in a rural motel as a maid, smokes like a chimney and play slots. But things change when a man passing through shows an interest in her. It shows the sexual awakening she has as a result of this would-be romance and the harsh realities she has to deal with on a daily basis. WePresent’s The Long Goodbye (U.K.) has the star power of lead actor/co-writer Riz Ahmed, an Oscar nominee for lead actor last year for Sound of Metal. This short film accompanied Ahmed’s 2020 album of the same name. It begins with a British-Pakistani family at home and then things take a turn when armed guards show up in the neighborhood. Not going to get into spoilers, but Ahmed gets to show off his rap skills.

Will Win: This is hard to call. As with most years, there are some really dark and super serious films. This year there is a common theme about human suffering. I predict that the Academy is going to go with the name recognition of The Long Goodbye, mainly because Riz Ahmed was robbed of an Oscar last year. IMHO, it feels like an extended music video as opposed to a short film that develops the story and characters in a short amount of time.

Should Win: Again this is hard. Please Hold gets credit for being highly ambitious. But I think there should be a tie between On My Mind and The Dress. On My Mind presents a situation very quickly and the reveal is a big emotional payoff. The Dress is the kind of story you don’t normally see getting the film treatment, especially in such a raw emotional way. 

Best Documentary Short:

Such a wide diversity in this year’s doc short category. In Netflix’s Audible (U.S.), a high school football player from the Maryland School for the Deaf in Frederick, MD tries to defend the team’s winning streak while dealing with the loss of a friend. Netflix’s Lead Me Home (U.S.) looks at people living on the street in several West Coast cities and the homeless crisis in those cities. The New York Times’ The Queen of Basketball (U.S.) was directed by Ben Proudfoot, who directed A Concerto Is a Conversation, which was nominated for Best Documentary Short last year. This year, Proudfoot is profiling Lucy Harris, who was the first woman to officially be drafted into the NBA and scored the first basket in women’s Olympics history. This little-known piece of basketball history was executive produced by Shaquille O’Neal. Netflix’s Three Songs for Benazir (Afghanistan) follows a young Afghan refugee living in a camp for displaced persons in Kabul. HBO Documentary’s When We Were Bullies (U.S.) shows the documentary’s director Jay Rosenblatt looking back at a bullying incident that he was involved with fifty years earlier. It is deeply personal and he confronts his complicity in the incident as he tracks down and re-connects with his old classmates and teachers.

Will Win: This is a hard one to call, but I think its going to be The Queen of Basketball. It presents an engaging subject, archival footage of classic NBA and Olympics footage, a piece of history that most people don’t know about, and the name recognition of Shaq as a producer.

Should Win: Its hard when comparing five subject that are very different in scope and subject, especially with so much serious issues being examined. But of all of these docs, I thought When We Were Bullies was the most innovative in that it connects a number of coincidences, it is a filmmaker examining himself and his own story, and combining animation with the modern-day interviews, along with something to say about learning from things you did that you’re not proud of.

This year’s Oscar Nominated Short Films can be seen online from ShortsTV and in movie theaters, including West Newton Cinema, Landmark Kendall Square Cinema and Coolidge Corner Theatre in the Boston area. For tickets and info: https://tickets.oscar-shorts.com/tickets/

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2022 Oscars — Winners

Best Picture “Belfast” “CODA” — WINNER “Don’t Look Up” “Drive My Car” “Dune” “King Richard” “Licorice Pizza” “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “West Side Story”

Best Director Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast” Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car” Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza” Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” — WINNER Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

Best Actor Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos” Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog” Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick, Boom” Will Smith, “King Richard” — WINNER Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Best Actress Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” — WINNER Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter” Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers” Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos” Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”

Best Supporting Actor Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast” Troy Kotsur, “CODA” — WINNER Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog” JK Simmons, “Being the Ricardos” Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”

Best Supporting Actress Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter” Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” — WINNER Judi Dench, “Belfast” Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog” Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”

Best Adapted Screenplay “CODA,” Sian Heder — WINNER “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe “Dune,” Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion

Best Original Screenplay “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh — WINNER “Don’t Look Up,” Adam McKay, Story by McKay and David Sirota “King Richard,” Zack Baylin “Licorice Pizza,” Paul Thomas Anderson “The Worst Person in the World,” Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

Best Animated Feature “Encanto” — WINNER “Flee” “Luca” “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” “Raya and the Last Dragon”

Best Cinematography “Dune” — WINNER “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” “West Side Story”

Best Costume Design “Cruella” — WINNER “Cyrano” “Dune” “Nightmare Alley” “West Side Story”

Best Editing “Don’t Look Up” “Dune” — WINNER “King Richard” “The Power of the Dog” “Tick, Tick, Boom”

Best International Feature Film “Drive My Car” — WINNER “Flee” “The Hand of God” “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” “The Worst Person in the World”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling “Coming 2 America” “Cruella” “Dune” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” — WINNER “House of Gucci”

Best Production Design “Dune” — WINNER “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” “West Side Story”

Best Original Score “Don’t Look Up” “Dune” — WINNER “Encanto” “Parallel Mothers” “The Power of the Dog”

Best Original Song “Be Alive” from “King Richard” “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” “No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die” — WINNER “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”

Best Sound “Belfast” “Dune” — WINNER “No Time to Die” “The Power of the Dog” “West Side Story”

Best Visual Effects “Dune” — WINNER “Free Guy” “No Time to Die” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

Best Documentary Feature “Ascension” “Attica” “Flee” “Summer of Soul” — WINNER “Writing with Fire”

Best Documentary Short Subject “Audible” “Lead Me Home” “The Queen of Basketball” — WINNER “Three Songs for Benazir” “When We Were Bullies”

Best Animated Short “Affairs of the Art” “Bestia” “Boxballet” “Robin Robin” “The Windshield Wiper” — WINNER

Best Live Action Short “Ala Kachuu- Take and Run” “The Dress” “The Long Goodbye” — WINNER “On My Mind” “Please Hold”

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The Academy has spoken. The nominations for the 94th annual Academy Awards have been announced. Some minor surprises? No acting awards for DON'T LOOK UP. People speculated that Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio would get nods. No Best Director nomination for Denis Villeneuve, but he did garner a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. No Lady Gaga nod. Dame Judi Dench pulling a nod while her more lauded costar Caitríona Balfe didn't get one. Jesse Plemons who was largely ignored garnering a nomination (a slot that IMO should have gone to Jared Leto for HOUSE OF GUCCI or even Ben Affleck for THE TENDER BAR).

It's a love affair. Two couples are nominated. Penelope Cruz and husband Javier Bardem and Kirsten Dunst and her fiance Jesse Plemons.

Record making. Jane Campion is the first female director to get two nomination. Denzel Washington is the most nominated Black actor.

BEST ACTRESS Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter) Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

BEST ACTOR Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos) Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick … Boom!)

"Aside from your own, which nominated movie do you wish you were part of?

“The Worst Person in the World.” It is one of my favorite films of the year. The way Joachim Trier makes films, tells stories is so poignant and inventive and fresh and alive. You can’t help but want to be in the dance numbers in “West Side Story.” To fall in love like Alana [Haim] in “Licorice Pizza” and hang out in the desert in Arrakis in “Dune” and watch Timmy Chalamet becoming the king he’s always meant to be." - Andrew Garfield

Will Smith (King Richard) Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth) Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter) Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) Judi Dench (Belfast) Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Troy Kotsur (CODA) Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog) J.K. Simmons (Being the Ricardos) Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

BEST PICTURE Belfast CODA Don’t Look Up Drive My Car Dune King Richard Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog West Side Story

BEST DIRECTOR Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) Steven Spielberg (West Side Story) Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car) Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

BEST COSTUME DESIGN Cyrano (Massimo Cantini Parrini) Dune (Jacqueline West) Nightmare Alley (Luis Sequeira) West Side Story (Paul Tazewell) Cruella (Jenny Beavan)

BEST SOUND Belfast Dune No Time to Die The Power of the Dog West Side Story BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Don’t Look Up (Nicholas Britell) Dune (Hans Zimmer) Encanto (Germaine Franco) Parallel Mothers (Alberto Iglesias) The Power of the Dog (Jonny Greenwood)

BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY CODA (Sian Heder) Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe) Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve) The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal) The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion) BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY Belfast (Kenneth Branagh) Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay & David Sirota) Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) King Richard The Worst Person in the World BEST ANIMATED SHORT Affairs of the Art Bestia Boxballet Robin Robin The Windshield Wiper BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT Ala Kachuu — Take and Run The Dress The Long Goodbye On My Mind Please Hold BEST FILM EDITING Don’t Look Up (Hank Corwin) Dune (Joe Walker) King Richard (Pamela Martin) The Power of the Dog (Peter Sciberras) Tick, Tick… Boom! (Myron Kerstein & Andrew Weisblum) BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING The Eyes of Tammy Faye House of Gucci Coming 2 America Cruella Dune BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells vs. The Machines Raya and the Last Dragon BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Ascension Attica Flee Summer of Soul Writing With Fire BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT Audible Lead Me Home The Queen of Basketball Three Songs for Benazir When We Were Bullies BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Be Alive” — Beyoncé Knowles-Carter & Darius Scott (King Richard) “Dos Oruguitas” — Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto) “Down to Joy” — Van Morrison (Belfast) “No Time to Die” — Billie Eilish & Finneas O’Connell (No Time to Die) “Somehow You Do” — Diane Warren (Four Good Days) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Dune (Greig Fraser) Nightmare Alley (Dan Lausten) The Power of the Dog (Ari Wegner) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Bruno Delbonnel) West Side Story (Janusz Kaminski) BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE Drive My Car (Japan) Flee (Denmark) The Hand of God (Italy) Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan) The Worst Person in the World (Norway) BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Dune (Zsuzsanna Sipos & Patrice Vermette) Nightmare Alley (Tamara Deverell & Shane Vieau) The Power of the Dog (Grant Major & Amber Richards) The Tragedy of Macbeth (Stefan Dechant & Nancy Haigh) West Side Story (Rena DeAngelo & Adam Stockhausen) BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Dune Free Guy Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings No Time to Die Spider-Man: No Home

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Todos los nominados a los Oscar 2022

La ceremonia de entrega se llevará a cabo el 27 de marzo en el Dolby Theatre de Los Ángeles y habrá host, aunque todavía no se reveló quién . The power of the dog es la que lidera con 12 nominaciones, le sigue Dune con 10, Belfast y West Side Story con 7.

Otros datos a tener en cuenta es que Jane Campion (The power of the Dog) se convierte en la primera mujer en estar nominada en dos categorías: mejor directora y mejor guionista de guion adaptado.

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) se convierte en la primera persona en estar nominado en siete categorías diferentes.

Y en CODA, Troy Kotsur se convierte en el segundo actor sordo en estar nominado a una categoría como mejor actor de reparto

Por acá tenemos la lista completa de los nominados:

Mejor Película

Belfast

CODA

Don’t Look Up

Drive My Car

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Mejor Director

Kenneth Branagh, Belfast

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza

Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Steven Spielberg, West Side Story

Mejor Actor

Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos

Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog

Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!

Will Smith, King Richard

Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Mejor Actriz

Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Olivia Colman, The Lost Daughter

Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Nicole Kidman, Being the Ricardos

Kristen Stewart, Spencer

Mejor Guión Adaptado

CODA, Sian Heder

Drive My Car, Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Takamasa Oe

Dune, Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts & Denis Villeneuve

The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal

The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion

Mejor Guión Original

Belfast, Kenneth Branagh

Don’t Look Up, Adam McKay & David Sirota

King Richard, Zach Baylin

Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson

The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier & Eskil Vogt

Mejor Actor de Reparto

Ciaran Hinds, Belfast

Troy Kotsur, CODA

Jesse Plemons, The Power of the Dog

JK Simmons, Being the Ricardos

Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog

Mejor Actriz de Reparto

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Ariana DeBose, West Side Story

Judi Dench, Belfast

Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard

Mejor Canción Original

«Be Alive», King Richard

«Dog Orguitas», Encanto

«Down to Joy,» Belfast

«No Time to Die,» No Time To Die

«Somehow You Do,» Four Good Days

Mejor Película Animada

Encanto

Flee

Luca

The Mitchells vs. The Machines

Raya and the Last Dragon

Mejor Banda Sonora Original

Nicholas Britell, Don’t look Up

Hans Zimmer, Dune

Germaine Franco, Encanto

Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers

Jonny Greenwood, The Power of the Dog

Mejor Película Internacional

Drive My Car

Flee

The Hand of God

Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom

The Worst Person in the World

Mejor Cinematografía

Dune, Greig Fraser

Nightmare Alley, Dan Lausten

The Power of the Dog, Ari Wegner

The Tragedy of Macbeth, Bruno Delbonnel

West Side Story, Janusz Kaminski

Mejor Diseño de Vestuario

Cruella

Cyrano

Dune

Nightmare Alley

West Side Story

Mejor Diseño de Sonido

Belfast

Dune

No Time To Die

The Power of the Dog

West Side Story

Mejor Maquillaje y Peinado

Coming 2 America

Cruella

Dune

The Eyes of Tammy Faye

House of Gucci

Mejor Cortometraje Live-action

Ala Kachuu – Take and Run

The Dress

The Long Goodbye

On My Mind

Please Hold

Mejor Cortometraje Animado

Affairs of the Art

Bestia

Boxballet

Robin Robin

The Windshield Wiper

Mejores Efectos Visuales

Dune

Free Guy

No Time To Die

Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings

Spider-Man: No Way Home

Mejor Edición

Don’t Look Up

Dune

King Richard

The Power of the Dog

tick, tick…BOOM!

Mejor Diseño de Porducción

Dune

Nightmare

The Power of the Dog

The Tragedy of Macbeth

West Side Story

Mejor Cortometraje Documental

Audible

Lead Me Home

The Queen of Basketball

Three Songs for Benazir

When We Were Bullies

Mejor Documental

Ascension

Attica

Flee

Summer of Soul

Writing with Fire

[diaryofanangryasianguy]

06/08/21

Bride kidnapping haunts rural Kyrgyzstan, causing young women to flee

Bride kidnapping is common in parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the Caucasus, and Central Asia. In rural Kyrgyzstan, where over 60% of the country’s population lives, surveys suggests 1 in 3 marriages begins with a kidnapping. There, bride kidnapping is known as “ala kachuu,” which translates as “to take and run away.” It became illegal in 1994, but the practice continues today, especially in rural areas.

A typical bride kidnapping occurs in a public place. A group of young men locates the young woman that one has chosen for his wife – whom he may know, but perhaps not well – and carries her, screaming and struggling, into a waiting car. The kidnapping victim is taken to the groom’s family home, where the women of the family attempt to talk her into consenting to the marriage. At this stage, some victims are rescued by their father or other male relatives. More often, though, having been kidnapped is so shameful that the victim or her family agrees to marriage rather than risk the stigma of being a “used” woman.

[lotsafilms]

2022 Academy Award picks

Caught up with all the Oscars Best Picture nominations to bring my total film count from 2021 up to 43 (according to my IMDb). Here is my ranking of the grand prize, along with my choices for each award along with wild guesses for lesser categories, runner-ups and ‘snubbed’ entries (1 per film).

Picture (ranked best to worst, with ratings): Licorice Pizza - 9/10 Belfast - 8/10 Dune - 8/10 The Power of the Dog - 7/10 Drive My Car - 7/10 West Side Story - 7/10 Nightmare Alley - 6/10 CODA - 6/10 Don't Look Up - 6/10 King Richard - 6/10

Director: BEST: Steven Spielberg – West Side Story RUNNER-UP: Kenneth Branagh – Belfast SNUB: Denis Villeneuve - Dune

Actor: BEST: Denzel Washington – The Tragedy of Macbeth RU: Benedict Cumberbatch – The Power of the Dog SNUB: Leonardo DiCaprio - Don’t Look Up

Actress: BEST: Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter SNUB: Alana Haim - Licorice Pizza

Supporting Actor: BEST: Troy Kotsur – CODA RU: Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog SNUB: John Cena - The Suicide Squad

Supporting Actress: BEST: Ariana DeBose – West Side Story RU: Judi Dench – Belfast SNUB: Kathryn Hunter - The Tragedy of Macbeth

Original Screenplay: BEST: Paul Thomas Anderson  - Licorice Pizza RU: Kenneth Branagh - Belfast SNUB: Wes Anderson - The French Dispatch

Adapted Screenplay: BEST: Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe - Drive My Car RU: Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog SNUB: Rebecca Hall - Passing

Animated Feature: BEST: Encanto RU: Luca SNUB:  Batman: The Long Halloween

International Feature: BEST: Drive My Car

Documentary Feature: GUESS: Summer of Soul SNUB:  The Sparks Brothers

Documentary Short Subject: GUESS: Lead Me Home

Live Action Short: GUESS: Ala Kachuu - Take and Run

Animated Short: BEST: Robin Robin SNUB: Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas

Original Score: BEST: Hans Zimmer - Dune RU: Jonny Greenwood - The Power of the Dog SNUB: Tom Holkenborg - Godzilla vs. Kong

Original Song: BEST: “No Time to Die“ -  No Time to Die RU: "Dos Oruguitas" - Encanto SNUB:  "So May We Start" - Annette

Sound: BEST: Dune RU: The Power of the Dog SNUB: Nightmare Alley

Cinematography: BEST: Greig Fraser - Dune RU: Bruno Delbonnel - The Tragedy of Macbeth SNUB: Mike Eley - The Dig

Production Design: BEST: Dune RU:  West Side Story SNUB:  Last Night in Soho

Costume Design: BEST: West Side Story RU: Dune SNUB: House of Gucci

Makeup and Hairstyling: BEST: House of Gucci RU: Dune SNUB: Don't Look Up

Visual Effects: BEST: Dune RU: Spider-Man: No Way Home SNUB: Zack Snyder's Justice League

Editing: BEST: Dune RU: The Power of the Dog SNUB: New York Ninja

Cheer Moment (fuck this): BEST: Avengers: Endgame RU: The Matrix SNUB: West Side Story

[nuovocparadiso]

Ala Kachuu: take and run (2020).

dir. Maria Brendle.

[iphyslitterator]

Movie Thoughts: Live Action Shorts

5. On My Mind: I respect that Martin Strange-Hansen was processing his daughter's death through art.

4. The Long Goodbye: I like Riz Ahmed, and I'm frustrated I didn't like this film. I did not know it was a companion to an album, which explains why he went into a rap soliloquy at the end. Plot-wise, I was the wrong kind of disoriented, and the very (very) pointed shaky-cam made it worse. But I respect that he's addressing racism in the U.K., and I suspect I resonated less with this than with Please Hold because I'm American.

3. The Dress (HBO Max): This felt slow and a little prurient, but it grew on me, largely because of an excellent performance from Anna Dzieduszycka. It was good to see a film protagonist with dwarfism who isn't Peter Dinklage, and it definitely made me think.

2 or 1. Ala Kachuu - Take and Run: I assumed Please Hold was my favorite, but I keep thinking about this.... It's about bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan, and it was surreal to see entire communities participate in a teenage girl's capture and rape as if it's completely normal. All those old ladies! Her parents! It has a dystopian unjust imprisonment vibe not dissimilar to Please Hold. And Alina Turdumamatova was phenomenal: beautiful, sad, angry, hurt, vibrant. Her face when they kill her sister's goat was haunting. God, and then they cut to the mutton on the dinner table, that was so fucked up, this movie is sticking with me.

1 or 2. Please Hold (HBO Max): I love a high-concept dystopian short story. This isn't as good as last year's Two Distant Strangers, but it's still a mesmerizing, nerve-wracking depiction of an impersonal capitalistic criminal legal system that's barely an extrapolation from the present day. Had a phone call with my mom where I think we talked about every minute of the film, so I won't rehash that here and instead will just say: Watch this. It's timely.

[topsportsasia]

Oscars 2022 results: 'The Long Goodbye', 'The Windshield Wiper' are best short films

Oscars 2022 results: ‘The Long Goodbye’, ‘The Windshield Wiper’ are best short films

awards: Academy Awards (Oscars)organization: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)edition: 94thdate: March 27, 2022venue: Dolby Theatre, Los Angeles, California, United Stateshosts: Regina Hall, Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykesproducers: Will Packer, Shayla Cowandirector: Glenn Weiss CATEGORY: BEST LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM NOMINEES“Ala Kachuu-Take and Run“Maria Brendle, Nadine Lüchinger“The…

[cinemaspire]

Oscar Predictions ‘22

Best Picture  Belfast Coda Don’t Look Up Drive My Car Dune King Richard Licorice Pizza Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog West Side Story

Who will win: CODA Who I want to win: Licorice Pizza or The Power of the Dog

Lead Actress Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter) Penélope Cruz (Parallel Mothers) Nicole Kidman (Being the Ricardos) Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Who will win:  Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye) Who I want to win: Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Lead Actor Javier Bardem (Being the Ricardos) Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) Andrew Garfield (tick, tick … BOOM!) Will Smith (King Richard) Denzel Washington (The Tragedy of Macbeth)

Who will win: Will Smith (King Richard) Who I want to win: Benedict Cumberbatch or Denzel Washington

Supporting Actress Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter) Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) Judi Dench (Belfast) Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog) Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Who will win: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story) Who I want to win: Jessie Buckley or Kirsten Dunst

Supporting Actor Ciarán Hinds (Belfast) Troy Kotsur (CODA) Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog) JK Simmons (Being the Ricardos) Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

Who will win:  Troy Kotsur (CODA) Who I want to win: Jesse Plemons or Kodi Smit-McPhee

Director Kenneth Branagh (Belfast) Drive My Car (Ryûsuke Hamaguchi) Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza) Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Who will win: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog) Who I want to win: Paul Thomas Anderson, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi, or Jane Campion

Animated Feature Encanto Flee Luca The Mitchells Vs the Machines Raya and the Last Dragon

Who will win: Encanto Who I want to win: Flee

Animated Short Affairs of the Art Bestia Boxballet Robin Robin The Windshield Wiper

Who will win: Boxballet Who I want to win: Affairs of the Art or Bestia

Adapted Screenplay  CODA (Sian Heder) Drive My Car (Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe) Dune (Eric Roth, Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve) The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal) The Power of the Dog (Jane Campion)

Who will win: CODA (Sian Heder) Who I want to win: Drive My Car, The Lost Daughter, or The Power of the Dog

Original Screenplay Belfast (Kenneth Branagh) Don’t Look Up (Adam McKay, David Sirota) Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) King Richard (Zach Baylin) The Worst Person in the World (Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier)

Who will win: Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson) Who I want to win: Licorice Pizza (Paul Thomas Anderson)

Cinematography Dune Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog The Tragedy of Macbeth West Side Story

Who will win: Dune Who I want to win: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Documentary Feature Ascension Attica Flee Summer of Soul Writing With Fire

Who will win: Flee Who I want to win: Flee

Documentary Short Subject Audible Lead Me Home The Queen of Basketball Three Songs for Benazir When We Were Bullies

Who will win: Audible Who I want to win: N/A

Live Action Short Film Ala Kachuu – Take and Run The Dress The Long Goodbye On My Mind Please Hold

Who will win: Please Hold Who I want to win: Ala Kachuu or Please Hold

International Film Drive My Car Flee The Hand of God Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom The Worst Person in the World

Who will win: Drive My Car Who I want to win: Drive My Car or The Worst Person in the World

Film Editing Don’t Look Up Dune King Richard The Power of the Dog tick, tick… BOOM!

Who will win: King Richard Who I want to win: The Power of the Dog

Sound Belfast Dune No Time to Die The Power of the Dog West Side Story

Who will win: Dune Who I want to win: The Power of the Dog

Production Design Dune Nightmare Alley The Power of the Dog The Tragedy of Macbeth West Side Story

Who will win: West Side Story Who I want to win:  The Tragedy of Macbeth

Original Score Don’t Look Up Dune Encanto Parallel Mothers The Power of the Dog

Who will win: Dune Who I want to win: The Power of the Dog

Original Song “Be Alive” (King Richard) “Dos Oruguitas” (Encanto) “Down to Joy” (Belfast) “No Time to Die” (No Time to Die) “Somehow You Do” (Four Good Days)

Who will win: “No Time to Die” (No Time to Die) Who I want to win: N/A

Makeup & Hair Coming 2 America Cruella Dune The Eyes of Tammy Faye House of Gucci

Who will win: The Eyes of Tammy Faye Who I want to win: Dune

Costume Design  Cruella Cyrano Dune Nightmare Alley West Side Story

Who will win: Cruella Who I want to win: Nightmare Alley

Visual Effects Dune Free Guy Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings No Time to Die Spider-Man: No Way Home

Who will win: Dune Who I want to win: Dune

[awardseason]

2022 Oscars — Nominees

Best Picture “Belfast” “CODA” “Don’t Look Up” “Drive My Car” “Dune” “King Richard” “Licorice Pizza” “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “West Side Story”

Best Director Kenneth Branagh, “Belfast” Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car” Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza” Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog” Steven Spielberg, “West Side Story”

Best Actor Javier Bardem, “Being the Ricardos” Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog” Andrew Garfield, “Tick, Tick, Boom” Will Smith, “King Richard” Denzel Washington, “The Tragedy of Macbeth”

Best Actress Jessica Chastain, “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” Olivia Colman, “The Lost Daughter” Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers” Nicole Kidman, “Being the Ricardos” Kristen Stewart, “Spencer”

Best Supporting Actor Ciarán Hinds, “Belfast” Troy Kotsur, “CODA” Jesse Plemons, “The Power of the Dog” JK Simmons, “Being the Ricardos” Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”

Best Supporting Actress Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter” Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story” Judi Dench, “Belfast” Kirsten Dunst, “The Power of the Dog” Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”

Best Adapted Screenplay “CODA,” Sian Heder “Drive My Car,” Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Takamasa Oe “Dune,” Jon Spaihts and Denis Villeneuve and Eric Roth “The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal “The Power of the Dog,” Jane Campion

Best Original Screenplay “Belfast,” Kenneth Branagh “Don’t Look Up,” Adam McKay, Story by McKay and David Sirota “King Richard,” Zack Baylin “Licorice Pizza,” Paul Thomas Anderson “The Worst Person in the World,” Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

Best Animated Feature “Encanto” “Flee” “Luca” “The Mitchells vs. the Machines” “Raya and the Last Dragon”

Best Cinematography “Dune” “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” “West Side Story”

Best Costume Design “Cruella” “Cyrano” “Dune” “Nightmare Alley” “West Side Story”

Best Editing “Don’t Look Up” “Dune” “King Richard” “The Power of the Dog” “Tick, Tick, Boom”

Best International Feature Film “Drive My Car” “Flee” “The Hand of God” “Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom” “The Worst Person in the World”

Best Makeup and Hairstyling “Coming 2 America” “Cruella” “Dune” “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” “House of Gucci”

Best Production Design “Dune” “Nightmare Alley” “The Power of the Dog” “The Tragedy of Macbeth” “West Side Story”

Best Original Score “Don’t Look Up” “Dune” “Encanto” “Parallel Mothers” “The Power of the Dog”

Best Original Song “Be Alive” from “King Richard” “Dos Oruguitas” from “Encanto” “Down to Joy” from “Belfast” “No Time to Die” from “No Time to Die” “Somehow You Do” from “Four Good Days”

Best Sound “Belfast” “Dune” “No Time to Die” “The Power of the Dog” “West Side Story”

Best Visual Effects “Dune” “Free Guy” “No Time to Die” “Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” “Spider-Man: No Way Home”

Best Documentary Feature “Ascension” “Attica” “Flee” “Summer of Soul” “Writing with Fire”

Best Documentary Short Subject “Audible” “Lead Me Home” “The Queen of Basketball” “Three Songs for Benazir” “When We Were Bullies”

Best Animated Short “Affairs of the Art” “Bestia” “Boxballet” “Robin Robin” “The Windshield Wiper”

Best Live Action Short “Ala Kachuu- Take and Run” “The Dress” “The Long Goodbye” “On My Mind” “Please Hold”

[viktorjerner]

Tippning inför Oscarsgalan 2022 (Uppdatering: 21/23 rätt!)  Nedan följer mina val av de filmer, skådespelare och filmarbetare som jag tror kommer ta hem guldgubbar på nattens Oscarsgala. Detta har inget att göra med vilka som jag VILL ska vinna, utan de jag väljer här är de som jag tror är mest sannolika vinnare. Mina val är markerade med ✅

Bästa film "Belfast" "CODA" ✅ "Don't Look Up" "Drive My Car" "Dune" "King Richard" "Licorice Pizza" "Nightmare Alley" "The Power of the Dog" "West Side Story"

Bästa regi "Belfast," Kenneth Branagh "Drive My Car", Ryusuke Hamaguchi "Licorice Pizza", Paul Thomas Anderson "The Power of the Dog", Jane Campion ✅ "West Side Story", Steven Spielberg Bästa kvinnliga huvudroll Jessica Chastain i "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" Olivia Colman i "The Lost Daughter" Penélope Cruz i "Parallella mödrar" ✅ Nicole Kidman i "Being the Ricardos" Kristen Stewart i "Spencer" Bästa manliga huvudroll Javier Bardem i "Being the Ricardos" Benedict Cumberbatch i "The Power of the Dog" Andrew Garfield i "tick, tick...BOOM!" Will Smith i "King Richard" ✅ Denzel Washington i "The Tragedy of Macbeth" Bästa kvinnliga biroll Jessie Buckley i "The Lost Daughter" Ariana DeBose i "West Side Story" ✅ Judi Dench i "Belfast" Kirsten Dunst i "The Power of the Dog" Aunjanue Ellis i "King Richard" Bästa manliga biroll Ciarán Hinds i "Belfast" Troy Kotsur i "CODA" ✅ Jesse Plemons i "The Power of the Dog" J.K. Simmons i "Being the Ricardos" Kodi Smit-McPhee i "The Power of the Dog" Bästa foto "Dune" ✅ "Nightmare Alley" "The Power of the Dog" "The Tragedy of Macbeth" "West Side Story" Bästa filmredigering "Don't Look Up" "Dune" ✅ "King Richard" "The Power of the Dog" "tick, tick...BOOM!" Bästa ljud "Belfast" "Dune" ✅ "No Time to Die" "The Power of the Dog" "West Side Story" Bästa originalmusik "Don't Look Up" "Dune" ✅ "Encanto" "Parallella mödrar" "The Power of the Dog" Bästa originalsång "Be Alive" från "King Richard" "Dos Oruguitas" från "Encanto" "Down To Joy" från "Belfast" "No Time To Die" från "No Time to Die" ✅ "Somehow You Do" från "Four Good Days" Bästa kostym "Cruella" ✅ "Cyrano" "Dune" "Nightmare Alley" "West Side Story" Bästa makeup & hår "Coming 2 America" ("En prins i New York 2") "Cruella" "Dune" "The Eyes of Tammy Faye" ✅ "House of Gucci" Bästa produktionsdesign "Dune" ✅ "Nightmare Alley" "The Power of the Dog" "The Tragedy of Macbeth" "West Side Story" Bästa internationella film "Drive My Car" (Japan) ✅ "Flykt" (Danmark) "The Hand of God" (Italien) "Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom" (Bhutan) "Världens värsta människa" (Norge) Bästa animerade långfilm "Encanto" ✅ "Flykt" "Luca" "Familjen Mitchell mot maskinerna" "Raya och den sista draken" Bästa animerade kortfilm "Affairs of the Art" "Bestia" "Boxballet" "Robin Robin" ✅ "The Windshield Wiper" Bästa dokumentär (långfilm) "Ascension" "Attica" "Flykt" "Summer of Soul" ✅ "Writing with Fire" Bästa dokumentär (kortfilm) "Audible" "Lead Me Home" "The Queen of Basketball" ✅ "Three Songs for Benazir" "When We Were Bullies" Bästa kortfilm "Ala Kachuu - Take and Run" "The Dress" "The Long Goodbye" ✅ "On My Mind" "Please Hold" Bästa visuella effekter "Dune" ✅ "Free Guy" "No Time to Die" "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings" "Spider-Man: No Way Home" Bästa manus på annan förlaga "CODA" ✅ "Drive My Car" "Dune" "The Lost Daughter" "The Power of the Dog" Bästa originalmanus "Belfast" "Don't Look Up" "King Richard" "Licorice Pizza" ✅ "Världens värsta människa"

[roseauerbach]

2022 Magic 8-Ball Oscar Picks: Because it's not like you've seen all the shorts either.

Best Picture: CODA

Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

Lead Actress: Penelope Cruz, Parallel Mothers

Lead Actor: Denzel Washington, The Tragedy of Macbeth

Supporting Actress: Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog

Supporting Actor: Troy Kotsur, CODA

Original Screenplay: Don’t Look Up

Adapted Screenplay: The Lost Daughter

Cinematography: Dune

Editing: The Power of the Dog

Animated Feature: Luca

Animate Short: Robin Robin

Live-Action Short: Ala Kachuu - Take and Run

International Feature: The Hand of God

Documentary Feature: Summer of Soul

Documentary Short: Three Songs for Benazir

Score: Dune

Song: No Time to Die

Sound: Belfast

Costume Design Cyrano

Makeup and Hairstyling: The Eyes of Tammy Faye

Production Design: Dune

Visual Effects: Spider-Man: No Way Home

As always, if you really want to win your Oscar pool, your real best bet is to look at the guild awards and filter them through the "What do a bunch of semi-retired 70-year-old well-off white guys think all the other semi-retired 70-year-old well-off rich white guys are voting for?" But when it comes to those categories for which you have no context, just remember that my Magic 8-Ball has historically done slightly better than chance would dictate. It accepts cuts of your pool winnings via me.