Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Film: Oscar Nominations 2023-24


Barbie (c) Warner Brothers


Oscar nominations day is always full of highs and lows. While one tries to stay impartial, an interested bystander one might say, i do have my favorites, and there are invariably films everyone else loves that leave me baffled. This year, the top ten predicted to make it, made it, as did most of the actors. Oppenheimer got the most nominations with 13.  The biggest surprise has to be America Ferrera, who received her first Oscar nomination for Barbie, while she didn’t get many nominations in other award bodies (but had a lot of fan support). It’s odd that Ferrera got in but Margot Robbie, who plays the titular Barbie, did not. And I guess Barbie directed itself. I was very happy to see the Nyad women get nominated as the acting got rave reviews, but the film did not. And of course, happy millionth nomination for Maestro himself, John Williams. 


Congrats to all.   The Oscars will be handed out on Sunday, March 10 on ABC.


2023-2024 Oscar Nominations 


Past Lives (c) A24


Surprises for the Interested Bystander

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 



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


Maestro (c) Netflix


ACTRESS 

Annette Bening, Nyad 
Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon 
Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall 
Carey Mulligan, Maestro 
Emma Stone, Poor Things 



ACTOR 

Bradley Cooper, Maestro 
Colman Domingo, Rustin 
Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers 
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer 
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction 



The Color Purple (c) Warner Bros.


SUPPORTING ACTRESS 

Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer 
Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple 
America Ferrera, Barbie 
Jodie Foster, Nyad 
Da'vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers 



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 



ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY 

Anatomy of a Fall, Justine Triet, Arthur Harari 
The Holdovers, David Hemingson 
Maestro, Bradley Cooper & Josh Singer 
May December, Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik 
Past Lives, Celine Song 



ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 

American Fiction, Cord Jefferson 
Barbie, Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach 
Oppenheimer, Christopher Nolan 
Poor Things, Tony Mcnamara 
The Zone of Interest, Jonathan Glazer 


Society of the Snow (c) Netflix


INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM 

Io Capitano, Italy 
Perfect Days, Japan 
Society Of the Snow, Spain 
The Teachers' Lounge, Germany 
The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom 



ANIMATED FEATURE FILM 

The Boy and the Heron 
Elemental 
Namona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse 



DOCUMENTARY FEATURE FILM 

Bobi Wine: The People's President 
The Eternal Memory 
Four Daughters 
To Kill a Tiger 
20 Days in Mariupol 


Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny (c) Paramount Pictures


ORIGINAL SCORE 

American Fiction, Laura Karpman 
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, John Williams 
Killers Of the Flower Moon, Robbie Robertson 
Oppenheimer, Ludwig Göransson 
Poor Things, Jerskin Fendrix 



ORIGINAL SONG 

The Fire Inside from Flamin' Hot 
I'm Just Ken from Barbie
It Never Went Away from American Symphony
Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People) from Killers of the Flower Moon
What Was I Made For? from Barbie



CINEMATOGRAPHY 

El Conde, Edward Lachman 
Killers of the Flower Moon, Rodrigo Prieto 
Maestro, Matthew Libatique 
Oppenheimer, Hoyte Van Hoytema 
Poor Things, Robbie Ryan 



Nsapoleon (c) Apple TV+


COSTUME DESIGN 

Barbie, Jacqueline Durran 
Killers Of the Flower Moon, Jacqueline West 
Napoleon, Janty Yates, Dave Crossman 
Oppenheimer, Ellen Mirojnick 
Poor Things, Holly Waddington 



FILM EDITING 

Anatomy of a Fall, Laurent Sénéchal 
The Holdovers, Kevin Tent 
Killers Of the Flower Moon, Thelma Schoonmaker 
Oppenheimer, Jennifer Lame 
Poor Things, Yorgos Mavropsaridis 



MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING 

Golda, Karen Hartley Thomas, Suzi Battersby and Ashra Kelly-Blue 
Maestro, Kazu Hiro, Kay Georgiou and Lori Mccoy-Bell 
Oppenheimer, Luisa Abel 
Poor Things, Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston 
Society of the Snow, Ana López-Puigcerver, David Martí and Montse Ribé 



PRODUCTION DESIGN 

Barbie, Sarah Greenwood, Katie Spencer 
Killers of the Flower Moon, Jack Fisk, Adam Willis 
Napoleon, Arthur Max, Elli Griff 
Oppenheimer, Ruth De Jong, Claire Kaufman 
Poor Things, James Price, Shona Heath, Zsuzsa Mihalek 



The Zone of Interest (c) A24


SOUND 

The Creator, Ian Voigt, Erik Aadahl, Ethan Van Der Ryn, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic 
Maestro, Steven A. Morrow, Richard King, Jason Ruder, Tom Ozanich and Dean Zupancic 
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Chris Munro, James H. Mather, Chris Burdon and Mark Taylor 
Oppenheimer, Willie Burton, Richard King, Gary A. Rizzo and Kevin O'Connell 
The Zone of Interest, Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn 



VISUAL EFFECTS 

The Creator 
Godzilla Minus One
Guardians Of the Galaxy Vol. 3 
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 
Napoleon 




ANIMATED SHORT FILM 

Letter to a Pig 
Ninety-Five Senses 
Our Uniform 
Pachyderme 
War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko 



Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó (c) Walt Disney Studios


DOCUMENTARY SHORT FILM 

The ABCs Of Book Banning 
The Barber of Little Rock 
Island In Between 
The Last Repair Shop 
Nǎi Nai & Wài Pó 



LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM 

The After 
Invincible 
Knight of Fortune 
Red, White and Blue 
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar




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