It may be a bit facile to begin with talking
about award contention, but Darkest Hour really is that kind of film.
Not exact matches
Farhadi won an Academy
Award for directing 2011's A Separation, and he's back again (and in
contention for another Oscar) with a film
about an Iranian married couple who undergo an ordeal when the wife is attacked in the couple's new home.
A Fantastic Woman, Chilean director Sebastián Lelio's best foreign language Oscar nominee, is not the first film
about a trans woman to be in
contention for an Academy
Award.
«The Revenant» (Jan. 8) «The Revenant» is one of the most talked
about movies in
contention for the 2015 — 16
award season.
In Music, nominees include Sam Smith, Halsey and St. Vincent and there are two Special Recognition
awards for JAY - Z's «Smile,» from his album 4:44
about his mother's coming out and In a Heartbeat, the animated short film in
contention for an Oscar nomination this coming Tuesday.
And over the course of 8 days, the festival will play a variety of upcoming releases, including
about a dozen films aiming for
awards season
contention.
«In
Contention has always been
about establishing a conversation throughout the
awards season, with fans and industry insiders alike, and as a part of HitFix, that conversation will only grow.
I picked up the ebook on sale because there's been tremendous buzz
about this book, and I figure it will be up for
award contention in these next few