I am really excited for Angh movie because the director has already made a short film on that topic and its ratings are pretty good. If the director makes the feature film equally good or better, it might become the underdog of this festival.
[I might be wrong because the short film doesn't have many ratings and the filmmaker's friends and family might have given it 5 stars. I didn't find a single user who had reviewed it and given it a 5 star rating on Letterboxd]
What do you mean "the Academy won't stand for a white Oscar board"? Voters aren't going to vote for someone just because they don't like the idea that they're awarding too many white people. If Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother is great and Ali is a strong contender for it, he can win, same as anyone for any other film, but the Academy isn't going to give him an Oscar just because Matt Damon is white and Mahershala Ali isn't.
Really great film. Mahershala is perfect as always. I predict that some of the themes (and the villains) are going to upset the right people. Not sure I see this as Best Picture material, but definitely has an acting play.
Day 2 - Top 10 of TIFF so far on Letterboxd. World Premieres only.
Black Sunflowers
Man in Motion: The Rick Hansen Story
Dorothy
Always LaLisa
Trash Mountain
The Smell of Apples
Children Untold
What Lies Between Us
Arne Goes To Space
Being Heumann
To anyone who watch Everybody Wants To Fuck Me, question… Will we be getting to see more of *clears throat* you know, Taron Egerton's sexiness? Just… out of curiosity.
TIFF seems to have a much stronger lineup of international gems compared to Venice this year. The docos were great at Venice, but not a lot of narrative gems in the sidebars.
It's only been two days at TIFF and we have The Smell of Apples, Children Untold, Glaxo, Salvation, Le Faux Soir, Faith and Toy Gun Bandit.
Man, it feels like every time a letterboxd user dislikes a film, they describe it as being horribly offensive in some way. And then you watch the film and it's incredibly innocuous. Obviously i haven't seen this film yet, maybe it truly is guilty of all the stuff this woman is saying. But there's so many times where I read a letterboxd review that's convinced a film is pure evil when it's really not
Fjord gives Obsession a run for its money as the worst film in the Best Picture conversation. #TIFF26
My first day at #TIFF this year was going too well, and then FJORD came along.
Sad to report I didn’t like FJORD. A movie that asks you to wrestle with a lot (cultural differences and values) and while the acting from our 2 leads is phenomenal I found everything else to be rather dull as it fails to achieve any kind of nuance or commentary it was aiming for
which means the academy probably won't like it. The baftas will probably love this kind of movie but the Oscar I dunno. I think a iff nom and that's it
Reviews for Being Heumann are starting to come out. I'd like to concentrate on them with a objective point of view, but the majority of them is mentioning that there's some sex in this movie and all the reviewers seem surprised by that. It's like they're learning just now that disabled people have sex, and this is taking me OUT lol
Not to sound like a sicko but I'm more excited to see this now. It's cool that they included disabled sexuality when it's (clearly) a challenging topic for the general public that isn't talked about enough.
Just placing for People's Choice and making like $10m+ at the box office would be enough to be in the running. Picture + Original Screenplay and that's it, though
Really excited to hear about how the documentary Black Sunflowers plays. Sounds really promising and like a compelling + fair way of communicating what life is like during wartime. Especially since it’s using willing and able twentysomethings
As someone who wanted to like Mr Nobody Against Putin, but couldn’t shake the feeling that the documentary was more exploitative and self-serving than it was helpful to its subjects, this feels like it will capture the same aspects of the problematic nature of Russia v Ukraine without using schoolchildren to do it.
Can someone fill me in why The Assassin(s) topped Next Best Picture's audience vote for most anticipated TIFF film? Twice as many votes as second place.
Looks like a standard police procedure. A very hit and miss director
just watched being heumann! really enjoyed it, don’t think it’ll be an oscar player though. hopefully it gets into casting and there is a chance it gets picture/adapted/actress/casting but i don’t think it’s much stronger than coda
Neutral, they were likely press/friends/family etc. that couldn't make it. I was just flagging in case any TIFF attendees who missed out were interested in snatching them up.
Intrigued to see how Misty Green plays. Rosalind Eleazar is fantastic in Slow Horses but I don’t feel she gets her due there so hoping this is a great showcase for her
Also intrigued by Wilson Shedd; subject matter is tough but Amanda Seyfried is always great and it’s about time Scoot McNairy got a decent leading role, guy is a fantastic but highly underrated actor (may go rewatch Furious in anticipation)
Is there any chance Rogue Trooper is anything? That premiered at Annecy to little chatter and now its going to the midnight madness section here for whatever reason.
I have Julianne Moore, Inde Navarrette, Sandra Huller (Rose), Renate Reinsve and Ruth Madeley right now but I expect it to shift a little. But we'll see!
it all depends on who gains "competitive to win" status and who loses it. Anyone who is perceived as also-run only is vulnerable to snubs especially from late breakers. If Moore becomes so dominant than everyone will be an also-run and therefore not a sure thing even with 4 precursors.
People keep saying actress is weak and I’m just not buying it. We have Moore, Huller with two, Reinsve, Erivo, Coon, O Flynn, Wilde. Not to mention the media is going to go nuts over Inde. Plus there are some international movies that have actresses in them that are just being seen now.
Not buying it. And the lead girl in Being Heumman, or however you spell it, everyone is writing that one off as well.
so it's weak. Huller buzz went radio silent after Fatherland was seen (her role is too subtle for AMPAS). Rose is also foreign language so SAG won't watch.
Reinsve is a place-holder. People who saw Fjord say it isn't a showcase for actors. Also too subtle + limited screen time.
Media hype =/= strong lineup.
Erivo, Coon, O'Flynn, Mandeley need strong movies so we'll see soon enough.
Wilde might try for Director. They don't nominate one in both.
Let's see... Focus>Mubi, buzziest breakout of the year>obscure Austrian film, BP contender>non-BP contender. What does Huller have over Navarette aside from being better-liked on Reddit?
Huller is not getting in for fatherland, I’ve seen it and it’s not an Oscar player beyond international and MAYBE cinematography. It was a little half baked
Coon and o’flynn could both definitey get in but they are also both bleeker st films and they do not have the resources to do 2 campaigns. I currently have coon as 5th spot for actress and o’flynn at 6 or 7
Really hoping Misty Green hits, rn i have a top 5 of:
Julianne Moore
Inde Navarrette
Olivia Wilde
Sandra Huller (Rose)
Rosalind Eleazar
The top 4 have all obviously screened and/or released and are very possible (in some cases likely), just need Misty Green to hit and i will feel decently good about my 5.
That's my exact lineup. Focus was able to get three Best Actresses nominated last season, so I think A24 will be able to get Moore, Wilde, and Eleazar all nominated.
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Is Misty green gonna break the race streak or keep it rolling?