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Emilia Pérez takes 13 Oscar Nominations

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Only one of the 10 films nominated for best picture was directed by a woman- Coralie Fargeat’s controversial horror  The Substance, and Fargeat was also the only female screenwriter with solo credit across the 10 scripts in contention. Brady Corbet’s three-and-half hour epic, The Brutalist, about a Hungarian Holocaust survivor of second world war played by Adrien Brody coming to post war America to be an architect, took 10 nominations, as did Wicked, the hit adaptation of the Broadway show. James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown, came away with eight nominations, as did Edward Berger’s papal thriller Conclave, starring … Continue reading Emilia Pérez takes 13 Oscar Nominations

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Pylon

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A young boy and his sister wander through a field on a hazy summer’s day wherethey are confronted by a gang of older boys who force the child up an electricitypylon — with earth-shattering ramifications. Barnaby Blackburn’s devastating short British drama PYLON is a poignant exploration of fractious family relationships, the horrors siblings subject each other to, and the indelible marks they leave. The film was made with Ken Loach’s production company Sixteen Films and has qualified for the 2025 BAFTAs.Barnaby Blackburn is an award winning writer/director. At the age of 26 he won aBAFTA for writing promos for the BBC’s Winter … Continue reading Pylon

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Oppenheimer wins seven Oscars, Emma Stone won best actress

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Oppenheimer  was named the best picture, Christopher Nolan, Emma Stone, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Da Vine Joy Randolph and Bille Eilish and Finneas O’Connell all won the Oscars at 96th Academy Awards spanning from 1927, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. Best Picture American Fiction (Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson, Producers)Anatomy of a Fall (Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion, Producers)Barbie (David Heyman, Margot Robbie, Tom Ackerley and Robbie Brenner, Producers)The Holdovers (Mark Johnson, Producer)Killers of the Flower Moon (Dan Friedkin, Bradley Thomas, Martin Scorsese and Daniel Lupi, Producers)Maestro (Bradley … Continue reading Oppenheimer wins seven Oscars, Emma Stone won best actress

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Oppenheimer corners seven Bafta Awards

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Irish actor Cilian Murphy ( Best Actor for playing J Robert Oppenheimer known as the father of the atom bomb), Robert Downey Jr ( Best Supporting Actor) and British Director Christopher Nolan, including best film all won on Oppenheimer as the film dominated with seven Bafta Awards. Poor Things picked up five including best actress for Emma Stone. Best Supporting Actress went to Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers. Award for the Best British film went to The Zone of Interest, about the concentration camp commander and his family who lived outside the walls of Auschwitz during World War Two.The … Continue reading Oppenheimer corners seven Bafta Awards

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Oppenheimer’s 13 Oscar nominations

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Oppenheimer’s examination of the dawn of the Atomic Age, earned 13 nominations in the 86th Academy Awards on Tuesday. Poor Things a feminist fantasy set in a steampunk world of mutants and male chauvinist pigs earned 11 nominations, closely followed by Killers of the Flower Moon, a historical crime drama with 10 nominations. Barbie last year’s biggest box office hit earned eight nominations. Best Actor will be between Paul Giamatti, playing a boaring school teacher in “the Holdovers”, Cilliam Murph, who portrays J Robert Oppenheimer, the leader of the Manhattan Project in Oppenheimer.  Best Actress will be between Lily Gladstone … Continue reading Oppenheimer’s 13 Oscar nominations