Along with a best
picture nod in comedy, it earned nominations for Ralph Fiennes as best actor, and Wes Anderson for screenplay and director.
Not exact matches
Stormzy,
in a more overt acknowledgement of God,
nods to the Last Supper
in his album's artwork (
pictured, left).
Most of the best
picture nominees
in recent years are nothing like the Star Wars franchise and, unfortunately, I can't see The Last Jedi getting the
nod no matter how great it is.
Every sound is uniquely filtered by that odd maze of flaps
in your ears, and every little twist or
nod of your head alters the whole aural
picture.
Pictured above: IKEA console + sheepskin / / Land of
Nod chair / / Lulu & Georgia «Sauri» rug
in Iris (gifted) / / Minted gallery wall (see bottom of post for exact sources) / / Target basket and planter
As a
nod to family and all of that rich history, why not hang framed
pictures on a tree by the sign -
in or dessert table, where everyone can have a chance to look at all of the old photographs?
Early
in her reign, the Queen begins to become watched by the nation for her style, she is
pictured in 1956 at the races
in Epsom wearing a dress coat with a strong
nod to the very popular «new look», nipped
in at the waist with a wide flared skirt.
Sorry, Game Night, but David Fincher's 1997 film, «The Game,» remains the undisputed expert
in balancing the parts making up its concept and,
in the bigger
picture, the kind of game night
in which repeats will still summon the
nods.
The trio of «The Artist,» «The Tree of Life» and «Midnight
in Paris» each received Best
Picture and Best Director
nods — the first time three Cannes debuts managed that feat.
Ellison is also one of only four honorees ever to receive two Best
Picture nominations
in the same year, with HER and AMERICAN HUSTLE, both earning
nods in 2014.
Here
pictured left with Julianne Nicholson and Juliette Lewis, Streep has earned a
nod for her performance as Violet Weston
in August: Osage County.
The big thing that's been sticking
in my craw this year is that the OPs have already christened Dreamgirls as the Best
Picture favorite, with supporting
nods likely for Eddie Murphy and Jennifer Hudson, not to mention the scads of talent eligible
in other categories.
So, though it was inexplicably denied best
picture and director nominations, Todd Haynes» «Carol» ended up with six
nods, including actress nominations for co-equal stars Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, a result that validated the Weinstein Co.'s controversial decision to put Mara
in the supporting category.
Hans Zimmer could contend for Best Original Score and when you toss
in a possible Best
Picture nod and the longshot possibility of a Director, Screenplay, or Supporting Actor
nod, this could be a double - digit nominee next January 2013.
Kenyan actress Nyong» o has earned a
nod for her role as Patsey
in 12 Years a Slave, here
pictured with Best Supporting Actor nominee Michael Fassbender.
The 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations have been announced and Jordan Peele's completely different but also masterful social thriller Get Out, scored five
nods in total including Best Director and Screenplay for Peele, as well as Best
Picture, Actor, and Editing.
Anonymous Content films, «The Revenant» and «Spotlight» earned a total of 18 Oscar nominations between the two, including a
nod for each
in the Best
Picture and Best Director category.
It's a Best
Picture nominee for the 2013 Oscar season and its female lead, Emmanuelle Riva, earned a Best Actress
nod, making her the oldest nominee
in Oscar history.
The 12 nominations for «The King's Speech» — including crucial
nods in key categories such as Best
Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay — means Tom Hooper's historical drama (and not David Fincher's Facebook film) is -LSB-...]
So one of my faves of the year, «The Big Sick,» got an original screenplay
nod in a stacked category, but no best
picture (I had fingers and toes crossed but wasn't expecting it) and, shockingly, horribly, no Holly Hunter
in supporting!
Women
in Love (which received key marquee
nods and critical support) and Ryan's Daughter (4 nominations and public enthusiasm) surely would have also been nominated for a 7 wide Best
Picture race.
As well as putting everything on the line creatively, Riggan has to manage personal and professional complications arising from clashes with his co-star, an intense, Sean Penn - like Method devoté played by Edward Norton (giving rise to a hilarious Fight Club
nod in another meta - joke), an unwise affair with the show's needy ingénue (Andrea Riseborough), and the appearance of his estranged, semi-rehabbed daughter (Emma Stone
pictured, below right, like Keaton giving a career - best performance).
In 2013 the only Best
Picture nominee not to receive a PGA
nod was «Amour.»
Roadside Attractions» third weekend of «Forever My Girl» finished 12th with $ 2.6 million at 1,427 venues, leaving it
in a tie with two other titles — the Neon / 30West's «I, Tonya,» which received three Academy Awards
nods, at 1,450 locations, up 490, for a $ 22.6 million total; and Viva
Pictures Distribution's second weekend of Bollywood drama «Padmaavat» at 354 screens.
But Jordan Peele got a directing
nod, Daniel Kaluuya is
in the lead actor pack, and it got a Best
Picture nomination, too.
(His finest work, by far, is
in Jean Renoir's Grand Illusion, which was nominated for Best
Picture but received no other
nods.)
Emma Stone's «La La Land» led Monday's Golden Globe nominations, picking up seven
nods including Best Performance by an Actress
in a Motion
Picture — Musical or Comedy for the 28 - year - old.
What You Need To Know: On the slim off - chance that you've heard none of the deafening buzz surrounding Steve McQueen «s «Hunger» and «Shame» follow - up (which also stars Michael Fassbender), let's get to it: by all accounts (our own included), lead Chiwetel Ejiofor is anything from a good bet to a surefire winner for this year's Best Actor Oscar, with the film itself a likely player
in the Best
Picture race and any number of the other actors (Fassbender foremost among them) potentially primed for Supporting Actor
nod.
by Bill Chambers Although it inspired the quintessential U.S. crime
picture of the past decade, Ringo Lam's 1987 Hong Kong action - thriller City on Fire suffers
in a freshly - Americanized form: Dubbed and revised dialogue does not Reservoir Dogs make it, and the few
nods to western pop - culture induce groans.
Whether these elements will translate to a Best
Picture nod remains to be seen, but regardless, Alfredson could still figure into the Best Director race à la Bennett Miller for «Foxcatcher,» a category that has been very kind to foreign filmmakers
in recent years.
Not winning any Critics Choice awards, not having either a Globe
nod or a BAFTA
nod for director makes it a really really long shot that it can pull off Best
Picture — though, of course,
in a year like this one anything is possible.
A period Western with
nods to Ford classics like «She Wore a Yellow Ribbon» and «The Searchers,» the
picture is filming here at Ghost Ranch — 21,000 acres of God's country, 60 miles north of Santa Fe — where one - time resident Georgia O'Keeffe painted canvases with images of the mesa that towers
in the distance.
Reunited two years later on a chilly late - afternoon on the balcony of a West Hollywood hotel room, the sun setting, other guests on display on their own terraces («I bet there is a lot of debauchery at this hotel,» Ronan guesses, to which Gerwig answers, «Not us... we're just drinking Cokes»), the pair settle
in with blankets, clasping hands throughout a lengthy conversation about their lovely movie, which was nominated Tuesday for five Oscars, including best
picture and director, and
nods for Ronan and Metcalf.
Just yesterday it had a superb showing
in yesterday's Independent Spirit nominations, where it beat the more hotly fancied likes of «The Visitor» to a Best
Picture nomination, only two days after landing an unexpected
nod in the -LSB-...]
Yeah, it got a Best
Picture nod, but
in so many ways, Selma still got shafted.
Amy Adams of «Big Eyes,» who earned a Best Actress
in a Motion
Picture — Musical or Comedy
nod, could slip
in at the Oscars instead of Aniston, however.
The upcoming fan uproar for all things «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» — You won't see me
in the picket line, but just sit back and watch the populist hatred grow today and this month for «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» getting ONLY five nominations (Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Original Score, Film Editing, and Visual Effects) and no
nod for Best
Picture.
It's been considered likely that the Oscar Best Actor nominees will consist of Carell, Cumberbatch, Redmayne, and «Birdman» actor Michael Keaton, who earned a Best Actor
in a Motion
Picture — Musical or Comedy
nod because «Birdman» was considered a comedy.
In a
nod to the films that spurred this one, writer - director James Toback (The Gambler) makes a brief appearance near the end of the
picture.
The Best Actor
in a Motion
Picture — Drama category included some of the actors long considered locks for an Oscar Best Actor
nod: «Foxcatcher» actor Steve Carell, Cumberbatch, and «Theory» actor Eddie Redmayne.
Mary J. Blige garnered a supporting actress
nod for her role
in Netflix drama Mudbound, while Jordan Peele's Get Out will be up for Best Motion
Picture, Musical or Comedy.
Damien Chazelle's homage to old Hollywood received a
nod for Best Motion
Picture, Musical Or Comedy; Stone and Gosling each got recognition
in their respective acting categories; and Chazelle was nominated
in Best Director and Best Screenplay.
Indeed, though frontrunners Gravity and 12 Years a Slave scored heavily as had been expected, with 19 nominations between them, far more noteworthy is the major love that has been thrown
in the direction of the Bale - starrer, whose ace ensemble (Bale and Bradley Cooper
pictured) resulted
in an acting
nod for all four of its stars - which is very rare, indeed.
Currently teetering as a will - it - or - won't - it Best
Picture hopeful, Moonrise Kingdom has performed surprisingly well
in the precursors, landing a Golden Globe
nod for Best
Picture — Comedy, getting shortlisted by the AFI, and clinching a heap of Indie Spirit nominations.
The biggest question mark will be for the acting
nods, since we all know that without a SAG nomination, your «Best
Picture» prospects are pretty much dead
in the water.
Though I don't have much more than a
nodding acquaintance with either action auteur, it seems that Chan
in Rumble
in the Bronx has succeeded at making a personal project
in the Hong Kong manner
in a putatively American setting, while Woo
in Broken Arrow has made a slam - bang Hollywood
picture in which personal touches are visible, if mainly applied with an eyedropper.
Because the list of «Best
Picture» contenders has been expanded over the years, the film could land a «Best
Picture»
nod if it receives universal acclaim and manages to garner
in some worthy box office success.
In the movie categories, the revenge thriller scored nods for Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, with Frances McDormand singled out in the Female Actor in a Leading Role category, and Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell both shortlisted in the Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Rol
In the movie categories, the revenge thriller scored
nods for Performance by a Cast
in a Motion Picture, with Frances McDormand singled out in the Female Actor in a Leading Role category, and Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell both shortlisted in the Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Rol
in a Motion
Picture, with Frances McDormand singled out
in the Female Actor in a Leading Role category, and Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell both shortlisted in the Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Rol
in the Female Actor
in a Leading Role category, and Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell both shortlisted in the Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Rol
in a Leading Role category, and Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell both shortlisted
in the Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Rol
in the Performance by a Male Actor
in a Supporting Rol
in a Supporting Role.
Earlier
in the evening, McDormand's «Three Billboards» co-star Sam Rockwell was named Best Supporting Actor; the film received a total of seven nominations, including Best
Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and another Best Supporting Actor
nod for Woody Harrelson.
That included Steven Spielberg's Pentagon Papers drama «The Post» (best
picture, best actress for Meryl Streep), the first adapted screenplay
nod for a superhero movie
in the Wolverine sequel «Logan» and two animated film nominations: «Ferdinand» and the much - mocked «The Boss Baby.»