By Alan Hurst In what was expected to be a big night for Netflix, with a total of 34 nominations going into the 77th Annual Golden Globes, the streaming behemoth emerged with only two wins (Laura Dern for Marriage Story and Olivia Coleman for The Crown). Perhaps most surprising was the complete shut out of…
By John H. Foote With the glut of film awards being handed out this past month, the big ones still to come, I have decided to give annual awards too. These are the winners of the first annual Foote Film Awards. Best Picture – THE IRISHMAN Best Director – Martin Scorsese for THE IRISHMAN Best…
By John H. Foote Every so often a film comes about that is wildly acclaimed, and I am on the outside looking in, not comprehending the acclaim. It happened with The Artist (2011), fun film, built on a gimmick, but Best Picture? Please! I felt the same gnawing annoyance about Slumdog Millionaire (2008), which I…
By John H. Foote The SAG nominees announced this morning provided a few surprises with who was snubbed and included. On the outside looking in are Adam Sandler in Uncut Gems, Saoirse Ronan in Little Women and Robert De Niro in The Irishman. Up for Best Supporting Actress are Scarlett Johansson in Jo Jo Rabbit,…
By John H. Foote Why all the screaming that no female directors were among the nominees for Best Director at the Golden Globes this year? Frankly, their films were good, but not good enough. When Penny Marshall was overlooked for a Best Director nomination in 1990 for her powerful medical film Awakenings, no one said…
By Alan Hurst Golden Globe nominations for the best in movies and television from 2019 are in and, as with every year, a few surprises in terms of who’s in and who’s out. Netflix’ The Irishman and Marriage Story continue their awards trajectory with multiple nominations in the Best Motion Picture – Drama category, and…
By John H. Foote For the second consecutive year, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFC) honoured a film not in English as their Best Film of the year. Parasite, an acclaimed film since winning the top prize at Cannes last May, took Best Picture honours as well as Best Director for Bong Joon Ho.…
By Nick Maylor As the end of the year approaches and Oscar nominations are right around the corner, I cannot help this unpleasant premonition I am having: Taron Egerton will likely be snubbed for a Best Actor Oscar nomination. As we’ve discussed, the competition for the Best Actor statue is some of the stiffest in…
By John H. Foote The unpredictable New York Film Critics Circle announced their awards today, once again surprising us with some of their choices. The Irishman won the Best Picture Award from the New York Film Critics, the most prestigious of the Critics groups passing out year-end awards. This marks the second consecutive year that…
By John H. Foote Martin Scorsese’s masterful crime epic The Irishman won Best Picture today from the National Board of Review. The film also won for its screenplay and the Icon Award for Scorsese, Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Adam Sandler won Best Actor for his feverish high wire act in Uncut Gems, while…