By Matt Neglia
Our Patreon podcast series for "Last Best Picture" continues with a new month but this time we are changing things up a bit. From now on, we will be providing 5 choices of previous nominees/winners for Best Picture to be voted on by you for review on the podcast instead of the previous 10 choices. The choices were all selected based on their relation to an Oscar contender being released this awards season. Those films are "A Star Is Born," "Beautiful Boy," "Suspiria," "First Man" and "Can You Ever Forgive Me?" The winner will be announced on September 30th Episode 110 of the podcast and then reviewed some time in the month of October. Stay tuned for September's winner ("The Social Network") which will go up later this month and you can now listen to August's winner "The Silence Of The Lambs." Head on over to the polls page to vote and take a look at the new films below. A STAR IS BORN (1937)
THE STORY: A young woman comes to Hollywood with dreams of stardom, but achieves them only with the help of an alcoholic leading man whose best days are behind him.
THE CAST: Janet Gaynor & Fredric March THE TEAM: William A. Wellman (Director/Writer), Robert Carson, Dorothy Parker & Alan Campbell (Writers) THE RUNNING TIME: 111 Minutes THE OSCARS: Best Writing (Story) & Special Award (Won), Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Assistant Director & Best Writing (Screenplay) THE LOST WEEKEND (1945)
THE STORY: Writer Don Birnam (Ray Milland) is on the wagon. Sober for only a few days, Don is supposed to be spending the weekend with his brother, Wick (Phillip Terry), but, eager for a drink, Don convinces his girlfriend (Jane Wyman) to take Wick to a show. Don, meanwhile, heads to his local bar and misses the train out of town. After recounting to the bartender (Howard da Silva) how he developed a drinking problem, Don goes on a weekend-long bender that just might prove to be his last.
THE CAST: Ray Milland & Jane Wyman THE TEAM: Billy Wilder (Director/Writer) & Charles Brackett (Writer) THE RUNNING TIME: 99 Minutes THE OSCARS: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor & Best Screenplay (Won), Best Cinematography, Best Film Editing & Best Original Score (Nominated) THE RED SHOES (1948)
THE STORY: In this classic drama, Vicky Page (Moira Shearer) is an aspiring ballerina torn between her dedication to dance and her desire to love. While her imperious instructor, Boris Lermontov (Anton Walbrook), urges to her to forget anything but ballet, Vicky begins to fall for the charming young composer Julian Craster (Marius Goring). Eventually Vicky, under great emotional stress, must choose to pursue either her art or her romance, a decision that carries serious consequences.
THE CAST: Moira Shearer, Anton Walbrook & Marius Goring THE TEAM: Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger (Directors/Writers) & Keith Winter (Writer) THE RUNNING TIME: 133 Minutes THE OSCARS: Best Art Direction & Best Original Score (Won), Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay & Best Film Editing (Nominated) APOLLO 13 (1995)
THE STORY: This adaptation of the non-fiction novel by Tom Wolfe chronicles the first 15 years of America's space program. By focusing on the lives of the Mercury astronauts, including John Glenn (Ed Harris) and Alan Shepard (Scott Glenn), the film recounts the dangers and frustrations experienced by those involved with NASA's earliest achievements. It also depicts their family lives and the personal crises they endured during an era of great political turmoil and technological innovation.
THE CAST: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris & Kathleen Quinlan THE TEAM: Ron Howard (Director), William Broyles Jr. & Al Reinert (Writers) THE RUNNING TIME: 140 Minutes THE OSCARS: Best Film Editing & Best Sound Mixing (Won), Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score & Best Visual Effects (Nominated) AMERICAN HUSTLE (2013)
THE STORY: Irving Rosenfeld (Christian Bale) dabbles in forgery and loan-sharking, but when he falls for fellow grifter Sydney Prosser (Amy Adams), things change in a big way. Caught red-handed by FBI agent Richie DiMaso (Bradley Cooper), Irv and Sydney are forced to work under cover as part of DiMaso's sting operation to nail a New Jersey mayor (Jeremy Renner). Meanwhile, Irv's jealous wife (Jennifer Lawrence) may be the one to bring everyone's world crashing down. Based on the 1970s Abscam case.
THE CAST: Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper, Amy Adams, Jeremy Renner & Jennifer Lawrence THE TEAM: David O. Russell (Director/Writer) & Eric Warren Singer (Writer) THE RUNNING TIME: 138 Minutes THE OSCARS: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Film Editing, Best Costume Design & Best Production Design
You can follow Matt and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars & Film on Twitter at @NextBestPicture
Comments
|
BEST PICTURE Roma (24) - AACTA, AWFJ, CC, CFCA, DFCS, KCFCC, LAFCA, LEJA, LFCC, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PFCC, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, TFCA, VFCS, WAFCA The Favourite (8) - AFCC, BIFA, FFCC, GALECA, HFCS, IFCA, KCFCC, PCC Green Book (6) - GG, NBR, NFCS, NTFCA, PFCS, PGA If Beale Street Could Talk (5) - AFCA, BSFC, COFCA, GWNYFCA, IPA A Star Is Born (5) - DFCC, DFWFCA, GFCA, IPA, StLFCA Black Panther (2) - AAFCA, BFCC The Hate U Give (2) - IFJA, LAOFCS The Rider (2) - IFP, NSFC BlacKkKlansman - IPA Bohemian Rhapsody - GG Cold War - EFA Eighth Grade - DFCS Leave No Trace - SDFCS Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - UFCA You Were Never Really Here - BOFCA BEST DIRECTOR Alfonso Cuaron (36) - AACTA, AFCC, AWFJ, CC, CFCA, COFCA, DFCC, DFCS, DFWFCA, FFCC, GALECA, GFCA, GG, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LEJA, LFCC, LVFCS, NCFCA, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, TFCA, UFCA, WAFCA Lynne Ramsey (5) - BOFCA, BSFC, LAOFCS, MCFCA, OAFFC Spike Lee (4) - LAOFCS, NFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA Barry Jenkins (3) - AFCA, GWNYFCA, PFCC Ryan Coogler (2) - AAFCA, BFCC Debra Granik (2) - LAFCA, SDFCS Bo Burnham - IFP Bradley Cooper - NBR Yorgos Lanthimos - BIFA Adam McKay - DFCS Pawel Pawlikowski - EFA Paul Schrader - VFCS BEST ACTOR Ethan Hawke (32) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, CFCA, DFCS, DFCS, GALECA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, IFJA, IFP, KCFCC, LAFCA, LFCC, LVFCS, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, SEFCA, SDFCS, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, VFCS, WFCC Christian Bale (8) - CC, DFWFCA, GG, HFCS, KCFCC, MCFCA, NFCS, PFCC Rami Malek (7) - AACTA, GG, IFCA, IPA, LAOFCS, OAFFC, NTFCA Bradley Cooper (4) - BFCC, DFCC, LEJA, WAFCA Viggo Mortensen (2) - NBR, PFCS Joe Cole - BIFA Willem Dafoe - IPA Marcello Fonte - EFA Ben Foster - COFCA Joaquin Phoenix - FFCC John C. Reilly - BSFC John David Washington - AAFCA BEST ACTRESS Olivia Colman (23) - AACTA, AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BIFA, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GG, IFCA, IPA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LFCC, MCFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, OAFFC, SEFCA, TFCA, VFCS, WFCC Toni Collette (13) - BOFCA, CFCA, DFCS, GFCA, HFCS, IFP, LAOFCS, NFCS, NTFCA, OFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, VFCS Lady Gaga (6) - CC, DFCC, LVFCS, NBR, PFCS, WAFCA Melissa McCarthy (6) - BSFC, FFCC, NYFCO, PCC, SFFCC, VFCS Glenn Close (4) - CC, GG, IPA, SDFCS Yalitzia Aparicio (3) - GWNYFCA, LEJA, OFCC Regina Hall (3) - AAFCA, NYFCC, VFCS Viola Davis (2) - BFCC, PFCC Elsie Fisher - UFCA Nicole Kidman - NFCS Joanna Kulig - EFA Amandla Stenberg - IFJA BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Richard E. Grant (21) - AFCA, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, GALECA, IPA, KCFCC, LFCC, NFCS, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SDFCS, SFCS, StLFCA, VFCS Mahershala Ali (13) - AACTA, BFCC, CC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GG, HFCS, IFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, NTFCA, PFCS, WAFCA Sam Elliott (5) - AFCC, GFCA, IFJA, LVFCS, NBR Michael B. Jordan (5) - MCFCA, NCFCA, OFCC, OFCS, SFFCC Steven Yeun (5) - FFCC, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, NSFC, TFCA Russell Hornsby (3) - AAFCA, LAOFCS, UFCA Timothee Chalamet - SDFCS Hugh Grant - UFCA Josh Hamilton - DFCS Alessandro Nivola - BIFA BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Regina King (36) - AFCA, AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CC, COFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GG, GWNYFCA, IFCA, IFJA, IPA, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NBR, NCFCA, NSFC, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, WAFCA Rachel Weisz (7) - BIFA, DFCS, HFCS, NFCS, LFCC, OAFFC, VFCS Emma Stone (4) - AFCC, GFCA, NTFCA, PFCS Olivia Colman (2) - CFCA, UFCA Nicole Kidman (2) - AACTA, SDFCS Amy Adams - KCFCC Sakura Ando - FFCC BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY If Beale Street Could Talk (10) - AFCA, BFCC, CC, CFCA, GWNYFCA, LEJA, NBR, NCFCA, OAFFC, OFCS BlacKkKlansman (9) - AAFCA, COFCA, DFCS, GFCA, KCFCC, OFCC, SEFCA, SFFCC, StLFCA Can You Ever Forgive Me? (7) - AWFJ, BSFC, FFCC, IPA, LAFCA, PFCS, WAFCA The Hate U Give (3) - IFJA, LAOFCS, PFCC The Death Of Stalin (2) - NSFC, SDFCS Black Panther - NFCS Leave No Trace - LVFCS Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - UFCA BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY The Favourite (18) - AACTA, AFCC, AWFJ, BIFA, DFWFCA, GALECA, HFCS, KCFCC, LFCC, NCFCA, NFCS, NYFCO, OAFFC, PCC, SEFCA, SFCS, TFCA, WAFCA First Reformed (12) - BOFCA, CC, CFCA, IFJA, IFP, NBR, NYFCC, OFCC, OFCS, SFFCC, TFCA, VFCS Sorry To Bother You (5) - AFCA, BFCC, FFCC, GWNYFCA, MCFCA Eighth Grade (4) - COFCA, GFCA, SDFCS, UFCA Green Book (3) - DFCS, GG, PFCS Vice (3) - DFCS, LAOFCS, StLFCA A Quiet Place (2) - DFCS, LVFCS Roma (2) - IPA, LEJA Cold War - EFA BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Roma (34) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, BSFC, CC, CFCA, COFCA, DFWFCA, GFCA, GWNYFCA, HFCS, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, NSFC, NTFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCS, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, WAFCA The Ballad Of Buster Scruggs - SDFCS Cold War - FFCC The Favourite - BIFA First Man - DFCC U-July 22 - EFA The Rider - SDFCS A Star Is Born - IPA BEST COSTUME DESIGN The Favourite (5) - BIFA, IPA, LVFCS, PFCS, SDFCS Black Panther (3) - CC, LEJA, SFCS Dogman - EFA BEST FILM EDITING Roma (6) - AWFJ, CFCA, IPA, LEJA, LVFCS, PFCS First Man (4) - AFCA, BSFC, CC, WAFCA Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2) - OFCS, SFCS Widows (2) - COFCA, MCFCA American Animals - BIFA Cold War - EFA Game Night - SDFCS If Beale Street Could Talk - GWNYFCA Minding The Gap - LAFCA The Other Side Of The Wind - SFFCC Searching - LAOFCS Vice - StLFCA You Were Never Really Here - BOFCA BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING Black Panther - LEJA Dogman - EFA The Favourite - BIFA Vice - CC BEST ORIGINAL SCORE If Beale Street Could Talk (12) - BSFC, CFCA, COFCA, HFCS, IFCA, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, NYFCO, OFCS, PCC, WAFCA First Man (7) - AFCC, CC, FFCC, GFCA, GG, IPA, PFCS Black Panther (3) - DFCS, HMMA, MCFCA BlacKkKlansman (2) - SFFCC, StLFCA Isle Of Dogs (2) - DFWFCA, HMMA Mandy (2) - AFCA, SFCS Suspiria (2) - IFJA, LVFCS You Were Never Really Here (2) - BIFA, BOFCA Annihilation - UFCA Mary Queen Of Scots - HMMA BEST ORIGINAL SONG A Star Is Born (13) - CC, DFCS, GFCA, GG, HFCS, HMMA, IFCA, IPA, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, PFCS Black Panther (2) - AAFCA, HMMA RBG - HMMA Sherlock Gnomes - HMMA BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN The Favourite (8) - BIFA, CFCA, FFCC, GFCA, NFCS, PFCS, SDFCS, SFCS Black Panther (6) - CC, LAFCA, MCFCA, SFFCC, StLFCA, WAFCA Isle Of Dogs - LVFCS Mary Poppins Returns - IPA Roma - LEJA The Summer - EFA BEST SOUND MIXING The Captain - EFA First Man - MCFCA A Quiet Place - IPA Roma - LEJA You Were Never Really Here - BIFA BEST SOUND EDITING A Quiet Place - IPA BEST VISUAL EFFECTS Black Panther (5) - CC, IPA, LEJA, NCFCA, PFCS Avengers: Infinity War (4) - DFCS, LAOFCS, NFCS, StLFCA Ready Player One (2) - LVFCS, SDFCS Annihilation - FFCC Border - EFA Early Man - BIFA First Man - HFCS Mission: Impossible - Fallout - SFCS BEST ANIMATED FEATURE Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse (30) - AFCA, AAFCA, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CC, CFCA, COFCA, DFCS, DFCS, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAFCA, LAOFCS, LEJA, MCFCA, NCFCA, NYFCC, NYFCO, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PGA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA Isle Of Dogs (13) - BSFC, DFWFCA, HFCS, IPA, LVFCS, NFCS, NTFCA, OAFFC, PFCS, SEFCA, SDFCS, TFCA, WAFCA Incredibles 2 (3) - IFCA, NBR, PFCC Mirai - FFCC BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM Roma (36) - AAFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BFCC, BOFCA, CC, CFCA, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GFCA, GG, GWNYFCA, HFCS, IFJA, IPA, KCFCC, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NSFC, NTFCA, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, SEFCA, SFCS, SFFCC, StLFCA, UFCA, VFCS, WAFCA Shoplifters (5) - BSFC, COFCA, FFCC, LAFCA, SDFCS Burning (4) - AFCA, GWNYFCA, LAFCA, TFCA Cold War (4) - LFCC, NBR, NYFCC, NYFCO BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Won't You Be My Neighbor? (35) - AFCA, AFCC, AWFJ, BOFCA, BSFC, CC, DFCS, DFWFCA, GALECA, GFCA, HFCS, IFCA, IFJA, KCFCC, LAOFCS, LEJA, LVFCS, MCFCA, NCFCA, NFCS, NTFCA, NYFCO, OAFFC, OFCC, OFCS, PCC, PFCC, PFCS, PGA, SEFCA, SFFCC, StLFCA, TFCA, UFCA, WAFCA Minding The Gap (7) - CFCA, GWNYFCA, IDA, IPA, NSFC, NYFCC, VFCS Shirkers (3) - COFCA, FFCC, LAFCA Three Identical Strangers - (3) DFCC, DFCS, SDFCS Quincy (2) - AAFCA, BFCC Bergman - A Year In A Life - EFA Free Solo - SFCS Hale County This Morning, This Evening - IFP RBG - NBR AuthorsNicole Ackman Archives
January 2019
Categories
All
|
RSS Feed
|
Contact Us |
Subscribe To Our Newsletter |