It gets a little more complicated when you're dealing with something
like foreign language film.
Not exact matches
Like fellow French - Canadian drama Incendies (see below) the previous year, Monsieur Lazhar earned an Oscar nomination for best
foreign -
language film.
Even with the presence of a rare outright misfire (Third Person, from Crash director Paul Haggis), SPC managed to boost its already - high average Metascore by a few points last year, thanks to widely praised
films like Mr. Turner (the year's # 2 drama, behind Boyhood), Leviathan (2014's best - reviewed
foreign -
language film), and Sundance hit Whiplash.
BEST
FOREIGN -
LANGUAGE FILM «A Touch of Sin» (Films We
Like) Runners - up «Blue Is the Warmest Color» (Mongrel Media) «The Hunt» (Mongrel Media)
It feels
like the most German comedy ever made, but its Oscar and Bafta nominations for best
foreign -
language film suggest the fears and frailties it needles away at are universal.
most noms for a
film that did not make my top ten list: Sicario (10 nominations) which came in at # 13 on my year - end list most noms for a
film not nominated for Oscar's Best Picture: Carol (19 nominations) most noms for a
film nominated for Oscar's Best Picture: Mad Max Fury Road (16 nominations) most noms for a
film I was lukewarm on: Straight Outta Compton (4 nominations) most noms for a
film I didn't
like at all really: The Revenant (2 nominations) most noms for a
film that received ZERO Oscar attention: Spy (7 nominations) most noms for a
film that received only 1 Oscar nomination: Creed (6 nominations) most noms for a
foreign language film: Phoenix (2 nominations)... hmm.
I didn't see nearly as many
foreign -
language or documentary titles as I would have
liked, and I'm sure I could program a strong festival out of all the
films I was unable to see.
There is no question that Denis Villeneuve has been on a roll of late enjoying great success with movies
like his Oscar - nominated
foreign -
language film Incendies, Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival and now Blade Runner 2049, which is earning buzz for a second consecutive Oscar Best Director nomination following last year's Arrival.
Its
like they collectively seek to smother out all
foreign language films by not acknowledging their presence.
This script requires undivided attention, and even then you better take notes, because all the acronyms and financial
language makes it feel
like a
foreign film.
3 -4-5-6 nominees, give me a break, especially when having only three
foreign -
language films make all of BFCA seem
like a bunch of amateurs who don't watch
foreign films (which is probably true, for the most part).
Even Joe Konrath, as high - profile a proponent of the revolution in publishing as I know of, claims only that for many authors paper is becoming a subsidiary right,
like foreign language or
film rights (note that Konrath first blogged about this almost four years ago.