Awards Season 2024: Academy Award Nominations

As announced earlier this afternoon, here are some of the official nominations for the 96th Academy Awards:

BEST PICTURE

American Fiction

Anatomy Of A Fall

Barbie

The Holdovers

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Maestro

Oppenheimer

Past Lives

Poor Things

The Zone Of Interest

BEST DIRECTOR

Jonathan Glazer (The Zone Of Interest)

Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things)

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Martin Scorsese (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Justine Triet (Anatomy Of A Fall)

BEST ACTOR

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

BEST ACTRESS

Annette Bening (Nyad)

Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy Of A Fall)

Carey Mulligan (Maestro)

Emma Stone (Poor Things)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)

Robert De Niro (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Ryan Gosling (Barbie)

Mark Ruffalo (Poor Things)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)

Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)

America Ferrera (Barbie)

Jodie Foster (Nyad)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

With regards to my predictions, I got 29/35 (83%)

A couple of big surprises (dare I say... snubs?) with no love for Greta Gerwig or Margot Robbie. Given the cultural juggernaut that was Barbie, it seems like a bit of an oversight not to nominate its director or leading actress. Lovely to see Hayao Miyazaki get another nomination for The Boy And The Heron (and a nice surprise to see Nimona get a Best Animated Feature nomination). Jodie Foster gets an Oscar nomination, nearly 30 years since her last nod. Lily Gladstone becomes the first Indigenous actor to be nominated for Best Actress.    

Oppenheimer leads the field with a huge 13 nominations, with Poor Things taking 11 nods and Killers Of The Flower Moon with 10 nominations. 

Congratulations to all nominees!

The 96th Academy Awards will be held on Sunday 10th March 2024, at the Dolby Theatre at the Hollywood & Highland Center. Jimmy Kimmel will be returning to host for the fourth time.

There's now a little bit of a break in awards season insanity (inanity?) - we'll be picking it back up again on the weekend of 17th/18th February, with the DGA Awards and BAFTA Film Awards respectively.

Awards Season 2024: BAFTA Film Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 77th British Academy (BAFTA) Film Awards were announced this afternoon, by Naomi Ackie (I Wanna Dance With Somebody, Star Wars: The Rise Of Skywalker) and Kingsley Ben-Adir (One Night In Miami, Barbie). Here's a selection of the nominees:

BEST FILM

Anatomy Of A Fall

The Holdovers

Killers Of The Flower Moon

Oppenheimer

Poor Things

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

All Of Us Strangers

How To Have Sex

Napoleon

The Old Oak

Poor Things

Rye Lane

Saltburn

Scrapper

Wonka

The Zone Of Interest

LEADING ACTOR

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Colman Domingo (Rustin)

Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Barry Keoghan (Saltburn)

Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Teo Yoo (Past Lives)

LEADING ACTRESS 

Fantasia Barrino (The Color Purple)

Sandra Hüller (Anatomy Of A Fall)

Carey Mulligan (Maestro)

Vivian Oparah (Rye Lane)

Margot Robbie (Barbie)

Emma Stone (Poor Things)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Robert De Niro (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Jacob Elordi (Saltburn)

Ryan Gosling (Barbie)

Paul Mescal (All Of Us Strangers)

Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Emily Blunt (Oppenheimer)

Danielle Brooks (The Color Purple)

Claire Foy (All Of Us Strangers)

Sandra Hüller (The Zone Of Interest)

Rosamund Pike (Saltburn)

Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

DIRECTOR

Bradley Cooper (Maestro)

Jonathan Glazer (The Zone Of Interest)

Andrew Haigh (All Of Us Strangers)

Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Alexander Payne (The Holdovers)

Justine Triet (Anatomy Of A Fall)

A full list of nominees in all categories can be found here.

BAFTA previously announced longlists for all categories, so you can see what was in contention for nominations here.

Oppenheimer leads the way with a massive 13 nominations, with Poor Things in second place with 11, and Killers Of The Flower Moon and The Zone Of Interest with nine apiece.

There are a couple of interesting omissions from the lists: whilst both were included on the longlist in the relevant categories, neither Leonardo DiCaprio or Lily Gladstone were nominated for their performances in Killers Of The Flower Moon. No Best Picture nod for Barbie, or Director nomination for Greta Gerwig (although I don't think this necessarily hurts their chances at the Oscars next week). Like I always say, BAFTA do skew toward British talent so the inclusion of films like All Of Us Strangers, The Zone Of Interest, and Saltburn is to be expected.  

The nominees for the 2024 Rising Star award - the only BAFTA awarded by public vote- have also been announced: this year's nominees are Phoebe Dynevor (Bridgerton), Ayo Edebiri (The Bear), Jacob Elordi (Saltburn), Mia McKenna-Bruce (How To Have Sex), and Sophie Wilde (Talk To Me). Find out more about them, and cast your vote here.

The 77th BAFTA Film Awards will be handed out in just a month's time (on Sunday 18th February) in a ceremony to be hosted by the rather marvellous David Tennant. 

Congratulations to all nominees!

If I'm right, then our next stop this awards season will be the Razzies nominations on Monday (22nd January). Should be interesting to see what they come up with this year...

Awards Season 2024: Critics Choice Awards Winners

 

Yesterday (14th January 2024) saw the 29th Critics Choice Awards. Hosted by Chelsea Handler for the second year in a row, they honoured the best of film and TV in 2022 across 37 categories. 

Here are a full list of the Critics' Choice Awards movie winners: 

Best Picture: Oppenheimer

Best Actor: Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Best Actress: Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Best Acting Ensemble: Oppenheimer

Best Director: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Best Original Screenplay: Barbie

Best Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction

Best Comedy: Barbie

Best Foreign Language Film: Anatomy Of A Fall

Best Animated Feature: Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse

Best Score: Oppenheimer

Best Song: "I'm Just Ken" (Barbie)

Best Production Design: Barbie

Best Editing: Oppenheimer

Best Costume Design: Barbie

Best Hair & Makeup: Barbie

Best Visual Effects: Oppenheimer

Best Cinematography: Oppenheimer

Best Young Actor/Actress: Dominic Sessa (The Holdovers)

Oppenheimer took away eight awards, whilst Barbie took home six. The "Barbenheimer" juggernaut continues...

Congratulations to all winners!

Up next this awards season are the BAFTA Film Award nominations, which will be announced on Thursday (18th January 2024).

Awards Season 2024: Golden Globes Winners

Last night (Sunday 7th January 2024), the winners of the 81st Annual Golden Globe Awards, for both television and film. were announced, in a ceremony hosted by comedian Jo Koy (Haunted Mansion, Don't Make Him Angry, The Monkey King). It was broadcast on CBS in the US, after the group ended a longstanding relationship with broadcaster NBC. 

This is the first ceremony since Dick Clark Productions and Eldridge Industries took control of the Golden Globes, following the disbanding of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) in June 2023. A group of voters consisting of 300 journalists representing 76 countries selected the nominees and eventual winners. 

Here is the full list of film winners.

Best Motion Picture (Drama): Oppenheimer

Best Motion Picture (Musical or Comedy): Poor Things

Best Director: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Best Actor (Drama): Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Best Actor (Comedy or Musical): Paul Giamatti (The Holdovers)

Best Actress (Drama): Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Best Actress (Comedy or Musical): Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Best Screenplay: Justine Triet and Arthur Harari (Anatomy Of A Fall)

Best Original Score: Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)

Best Original Song: "What Was I Made For?" (Barbie)

Best Foreign Language Film: Anatomy Of A Fall

Best Animated Feature Film: The Boy And The Heron

Cinematic And Box Office Achievement: Barbie


Oppenheimer was the runaway winner of the evening, picking up five awards (having been nominated for eight), with French courtroom drama Anatomy Of A Fall, Barbie, Alexander Payne's The Holdovers, and Poor Things tying with two awards apiece. 

Despite multiple nominations, Past Lives, Maestro. May December, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Zone Of Interest went away emptyhanded. 

Lily Gladstone made history as the first Indigenous actor to win a Golden Globe, taking home the Best Actress (Drama) award for Killers Of The Flower Moon (the film's only award, despite being nominated for seven); she is of Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce heritage, and spoke Blackfeet at the start of her powerful acceptance speech.

The "Cinematic And Box Office Achievement" award is for films that grossed at least $100 million domestically and $150 million worldwide, hence its rather eclectic nominations list (with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, John Wick: Chapter 4, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Oppenheimer, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour all included along with the eventual winner, Barbie). Does smack a little bit of the Oscars' botched attempt for a "Most Popular Film" category, but it seems they've at least given it a bit more thought. 

But perhaps they should have given a bit more thought to their choice of host. Jo Koy's opening monologue has been variously described by other media outlets as "cringeworthy", "painful", "unfunny", "awkward", and "distasteful". I watched some of it online and decided that there were better things I could be doing with my time, like alphabetising my spice rack. Koy's stand-up specials are well thought of; however, I don't think many people will be going to seek them out if this hosting gig is their first exposure to him. 

No lifetime achievement awards this time round (so no Cecil B. DeMille or Carol Burnett Awards) but they may be reinstated in coming years. Fair enough. 

Congratulations to all winners!

Coming up for awards season, Wednesday (10th January) sees the announcement of this years' Director's Guild Awards.