Film The 98th Annual Academy Awards

[Sawyer]

Seeing Zoe Saldana doing T-Mobile commercials the same year she won an Oscar feels like the ultimate nail in the coffin of Emilia Perez’s relevance.

 

[blueharvest]

 

[Sawyer]

Kind of wish someone had made such a case for broadcast/basic cable shows at the Emmys before streaming became the only way to watch anything and broadcast became a ghost town.

 

[Kane52630]

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Dwayne Johnson, Julia Roberts and Ariana Grande Set for ‘Actors on Actors’ Season 23

Variety unveils the Actors on Actors lineup, which includes conversations with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Adam Sandler and Ariana Grande

variety.com

• Friday, Dec. 5: Ariana Grande (“Wicked: For Good”) and Adam Sandler (“Jay Kelly”)
• Saturday, Dec. 6: Julia Roberts (“After the Hunt”) and Sean Penn (“One Battle After Another”)
• Sunday, Dec. 7: Jonathan Bailey (“Wicked: For Good,” “Jurassic World Rebirth”) and David Corenswet (“Superman”)
• Monday, Dec. 8: Dwayne Johnson (“The Smashing Machine”) and Brendan Fraser (“Rental Family”)
• Tuesday, Dec. 9: Gwyneth Paltrow (“Marty Supreme”) and Jacob Elordi (“Frankenstein”)
• Wednesday, Dec. 10: Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”) and Hugh Jackman (“Song Sung Blue”)
• Thursday, Dec. 11: Sydney Sweeney (“Christy”) and Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”)
• Friday, Dec. 12: Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”) and Alexander Skarsgård (“Pillion”)
• Saturday, Dec. 13: Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) and Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”)
• Sunday, Dec. 14: Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”) and Jeremy Allen White (“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”)
• Monday, Dec. 15: Oscar Isaac (“Frankenstein”) and Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”)
• Tuesday, Dec. 16: Colin Farrell (“Ballad of a Small Player”) and Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”)
• Wednesday, Dec. 17: Jennifer Lawrence (“Die My Love”) and Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”)

 

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https://www.avclub.com/2025-film-independent-spirit-award-nominations

Best Director
Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Lloyd Lee Choi, Lucky Lu
Ira Sachs, Peter Hujar’s Day
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Best Feature
Peter Hujar’s Day
The Plague
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams
Twinless

Best Screenplay
A Little Prayer
Sorry, Baby
Sovereign
Splitsville
Twinless


Best Documentary
Come See Me in the Good Light
Endless Cookie
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan


Best First Feature
Blue Sun Palace
Dust Bunny
East of Wall
Lurker
One of Them Days


Best Supporting Performance
Naomi Ackie, Sorry, Baby
Zoey Deutch, Nouvelle Vague
Kirsten Dunst, Roofman
Rebecca Hall, Peter Hujar’s Day
Nina Hoss, Hedda
Jane Levy, A Little Prayer
Archie Madekwe, Lurker
Kali Reis, Rebuilding
Jacob Tremblay, Sovereign
Haipeng Xu, Blue Sun Palace


Best Lead Performance
Everett Blunck, The Plague
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kathleen Chalfant, Familiar Touch
Chang Chen, Lucky Lu
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Dylan O’Brien, Twinless
Keke Palmer, One of Them Days
Théodore Pellerin, Lurker
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Ben Whishaw, Peter Hujar’s Day


Best Breakthrough Performance
Liz Larsen, The Baltimorons
Kayo Martin, The Plague
Misha Osherovich, She’s the He
SZA, One of Them Days
Tabatha Zimiga, East of Wall


John Cassavetes Award
The Baltimorons
Boys Go to Jupiter
Eephus
Esta Isla (This Island)
Familiar Touch


Robert Altman Award
The Long Walk — director Francis Lawrence, casting director Rich Delia, ensemble cast Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Joshua Odjick, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Garrett Wareing


Best First Screenplay
Blue Sun Palace
Friendship
Lurker
One of Them Days
Outerlands

Best Cinematography
Blue Sun Palace
Dust Bunny
Peter Hujar’s Day
Train Dreams
Warfare


Best Editing
Eephus
Good Boy
Splitsville
The Testament of Ann Lee
Warfare

Best International Film
All That’s Left of You
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
A Poet
The Secret Agent
Sirat


Producers Awards – Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Emma Hannaway
Luca Intili
Tony Yang


Someone to Watch Award – Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Tatti Ribeiro, director of Valentina
Neo Sora, director of Happyend
Annapurna Sriram, director of ****toys


Truer Than Fiction Award – Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Tony Benna, director of Andre Is an Idiot
Rajee Samarasinghe, director of Your Touch Makes Others Invisible
Brittany Shyne, director of Seeds

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Best New Scripted Series
Adolescence
Common Side Effects
Forever
Mr Loverman
North of North


Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Citizen Nation
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
Pee-Wee as Himself
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae


Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
Sydney Chandler, Alien: Earth
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Ethan Hawke, The Lowdown
Lennie James, Mr Loverman
Anna Lambe, North of North
Lola Petticrew, Say Nothing
Seth Rogen, The Studio
Lovie Simone, Forever
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Noah Wyle, The Pitt


Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
Ariyon Bakare, Mr Loverman
Babou Ceesay, Alien: Earth
Sharon D. Clarke, Mr Loverman
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Stephen McKinley Henderson, A Man on the Inside
Poorna Jagannathan, Deli Boys
Xosha Roquemore, Forever
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex
Ben Whishaw, Black Doves


Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series
Asif Ali, Deli Boys
Wally Baram, Overcompensating
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Michael Cooper Jr., Forever
Ernest Kingsley Junior, Washington Black


Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Chief of War — Charlie Brumbly, Luciane Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Goods, Te Ao O Hinepehinga, Benjamin Hoetjes, Siua Ikale’o, Keala Kahuanui-Paleka, Mainei Kinimaka, Kaina Makua, Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka, James Udom

 

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[Shinobi Shaw]

Just as I predicted, One Battle is going to sweep.

I'm going to be upset for Coogler and Lindo.

 

[Babillygunn]

I don’t even think OBAA was in my top 5 best films this year.

I’d put Sinners, Train Dreams, Sentimental Value, Frankenstein and maybe even Eddington above it.

But what do I know?

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I don’t even think OBAA was in my top 5 best films this year.

I’d put Sinners, Train Dreams, Sentimental Value, Frankenstein and maybe even Eddington above it.

But what do I know?

Good sir, you always get it.

I love PTA's work, but I have so many misgivings about this film. All it does is reinforce stereotypes and provides a fantasy that certain white men have about black women and it just really, really put a bad taste in my mouth.

Just goes to show why Hollywood loves it and wants to award it.

 

[Sawyer]

Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Dwayne Johnson, Julia Roberts and Ariana Grande Set for ‘Actors on Actors’ Season 23

Variety unveils the Actors on Actors lineup, which includes conversations with Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Adam Sandler and Ariana Grande

variety.com

• Friday, Dec. 5: Ariana Grande (“Wicked: For Good”) and Adam Sandler (“Jay Kelly”)
• Saturday, Dec. 6: Julia Roberts (“After the Hunt”) and Sean Penn (“One Battle After Another”)
• Sunday, Dec. 7: Jonathan Bailey (“Wicked: For Good,” “Jurassic World Rebirth”) and David Corenswet (“Superman”)
• Monday, Dec. 8: Dwayne Johnson (“The Smashing Machine”) and Brendan Fraser (“Rental Family”)
• Tuesday, Dec. 9: Gwyneth Paltrow (“Marty Supreme”) and Jacob Elordi (“Frankenstein”)
• Wednesday, Dec. 10: Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked: For Good”) and Hugh Jackman (“Song Sung Blue”)
• Thursday, Dec. 11: Sydney Sweeney (“Christy”) and Ethan Hawke (“Blue Moon”)
• Friday, Dec. 12: Stellan Skarsgård (“Sentimental Value”) and Alexander Skarsgård (“Pillion”)
• Saturday, Dec. 13: Michael B. Jordan (“Sinners”) and Jesse Plemons (“Bugonia”)
• Sunday, Dec. 14: Kate Hudson (“Song Sung Blue”) and Jeremy Allen White (“Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere”)
• Monday, Dec. 15: Oscar Isaac (“Frankenstein”) and Teyana Taylor (“One Battle After Another”)
• Tuesday, Dec. 16: Colin Farrell (“Ballad of a Small Player”) and Jessie Buckley (“Hamnet”)
• Wednesday, Dec. 17: Jennifer Lawrence (“Die My Love”) and Leonardo DiCaprio (“One Battle After Another”)

Lotta weird pairings in that bunch.

Only ones that stand out IMO are Corenswet/Bailey (for… reasons) and MBJ/Plemons (Friday Night Lights reunion).

 

[Kane52630]

Lotta weird pairings in that bunch.

Only ones that stand out IMO are Corenswet/Bailey (for… reasons) and MBJ/Plemons (Friday Night Lights reunion).

Someone at Variety must hate Ethan Hawke.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

Someone at Variety must hate Ethan Hawke.

Big time.

He looks over it in that still.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Good sir, you always get it.

I love PTA's work, but I have so many misgivings about this film. All it does is reinforce stereotypes and provides a fantasy that certain white men have about black women and it just really, really put a bad taste in my mouth.

Just goes to show why Hollywood loves it and wants to award it.

I really need to hear this.

 

[Shinobi Shaw]

I really need to hear this.

You're just not woke enough my friend.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

You're just not woke enough my friend.

 

[Drizzle]

• Thursday, Dec. 11: Sydney Sweeney (“Christy”)

 

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[Shinobi Shaw]

The Running Man really came and went.

 

[Kane52630]

I guess, but also it wasn't really aiming for awards.

 

[Drizzle]

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Love the Frankenstein love but I'd probably knock Wicked: For Good out and put Weapons there instead.

The Running Man really came and went.

I don't think the reviews helped its case.

 

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