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Variety’s Actors on Actors series is a very unique show in that it usually puts up two actors from high-interest projects to talk to each other on camera. They did it with Margot Robbie and Cillian Murphy for the Barbenheimer craze, and they even reunited Emily Blunt and Anne Hathaway for a Devil Wears Prada reunion.

With Sebastian Stan being attached to so many buzzed-about projects like Thunderbolts* and A Different Man, he’s revealed that he was actually up for a spot on Variety’s interview show, but there’s one problem—nobody wants to be paired with him.

Sebastian Stan on The Apprentice Snub

During a screening of the Donald Trump biopic The Apprentice, Stan went on to talk about how his movie is kind of being snubbed by certain publicists...

“Glen Powell delivers one hell of a performance.”

That is the headline of Connor Jameson’s (The First Picture House) review for Netflix’s “Hit Man,” the critically acclaimed comedy directed by Richard Linklater. In the film, Powell plays Gary Johnson, a professor moonlighting as a hit man for his city police department, descending into dangerous, dubious territory. Gary adopts numerous personas throughout the film, and that is what provides Powell with the opportunity to shine. The actor not only rises to the occasion as a leading man, but makes the movie work with his “entrancing” performance.

With raves like that (and the movie’s 95% freshness rating on Rotten Tomatoes), it’s no wonder that Powell is leading Gold Derby’s odds to take home the Golden Globe for Best Film Comedy/Musical Actor.

Anthony Francis (The Movie Revue) writes, “Glen Powell has never been as charismatic, nor has he...

Welcome to Oscar Experts Typing, a weekly column in which Gold Derby editors and experts Joyce Eng and Christopher Rosen discuss the Oscar race — via Slack, of course. This week, we discuss the dark horses that could disrupt the consensus five in Best Actor.

Christopher Rosen: Hello, Joyce! You’re no doubt riding on the high of the news that Conan O’Brien will host this year’s Oscars, a decision that seems absolutely perfect and immediately raises my interest in the ceremony on March 2, 2025. But we’re not here to type about Conan. Instead, our focus this week is on the fellas in the Best Actor race. The remains the most static of our acting races — lacking both the depth of field and loud stan armies of the Best Actress race that we typed about last week. When we did our ridiculously early 2025 Oscar picks in March, we both picked Ralph Fiennes,...

American director, screenwriter and producer Todd Haynes has been named president of the international jury of the 75th Berlin International Film Festival. The Berlinale diamond jubilee (a 75th anniversary) will take place from February 13-23, 2025.

”Todd Haynes is a dazzlingly gifted writer and director with an impressive range; his body of work is at once stylistically versatile but also unmistakably his,” Berlinale Director Tricia Tuttle said in a Thursday statement. “Ever since his debut feature ‘Poison’ won the Teddy Award in 1991, the Berlinale has followed and loved his filmmaking, and we are overjoyed to have him join the festival as the President of the International Jury for our 75th edition.”

The Teddy Award is the festival’s queer-film prize. “Poison” also won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Haynes’ 2002 film “Far From Heaven” was nominated for four Oscars.

His other notable work includes “Safe” (1995), “Velvet Goldmine” (1998), the...

Renate Reinsve is like you’ve never seen her before in the vicious schoolyard psychodrama “Armand.” The Norwegian actress teams up with writer/director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel (the grandson of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman) to play an emotionally traumatized and career-busted actress summoned to the academy of her young son (of the title) to suss out a classroom skirmish involving Armand and another boy. An atmosphere of hysteria and panic floods in when her prior relationship to that other boy’s parents starts to sway emotions and allegiances and reveal past betrayals. It’s a role even more ambitious and demanding than the one that made her an international star in “The Worst Person in the World” as a millennial romantic in creative and personal freefall.

And she’s falling to pieces again here, too. The hothouse, single-location movie premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival,...

If the 2025 Oscars nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict as the nominees and winners? Since our predictions center opened on July 1, 2024, more than 5,500 people have made their forecasts in 18 top categories. So who’s out front to claim these golden trophies, according to the Gold Derby Oscar predictions 2025?

Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 97th Academy Awards, updated on November 11, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Oscar snapshots on July 3, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 29, August 6, August 19, August 28, September 11, September 19, September 23, September 30, October 7, October 14, October 22, October 28, and November 4.

Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: “Wicked” in Best Picture, Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”) in Best Actress, and both “September 5” and “The Substance” in Best Original Screenplay.

See Make your Oscar predictions right now — it’s fun and easy!

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Sebastian Stan, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, which was recorded in front of an audience at the Miami Film Festival Gems event last week, is one of the top young actors in Hollywood. Though he’s only 42, he has been acting on screens big and small for more than 20 years. He has been a part of giant blockbusters (he plays Bucky Barnes in Marvel’s superhero movies) and prestige projects (I, Tonya on film and Pam & Tommy on TV). And he has received Emmy, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award noms. But he has never had a year as big as his 2024.

This year, Stan is in the running for a best actor Oscar nomination for not one but two performances: as Edward, an aspiring actor afflicted with the craniofacial condition neurofibromatosis who undergoes groundbreaking facial reconstructive surgery, in Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man,...

Aaron Schimberg’s A Different Man has a mighty fine narrative vehicle for its centerpiece. There’s no doubt about that. The Sebastian Stan-starrer is absolutely gorgeous to look at, funny as hell, and proudly boasts the acting chops of its insane cast. Oh and did I mention the music? Umberto Smerilli’s soundtrack practically carries the movie. But since we’re not the type to jump on the hype train mindlessly, this seems like a safe enough space for me to tell you what I really think about the movie. Because if you ask me, I think A Different Man plays a bit too fast and loose with the idea of body dysmorphia for my liking. And all that “deep” stuff about appropriation and rejection were just name-dropped to make it come off deeper than it actually is. I’ll elaborate on all that as I go on.

It has already been a great year for Sebastian Stan thanks to his acclaimed performances in “A Different Man” and “The Apprentice” and the awards buzz and recognition that has come with each film. But the party won’t stop in 2025, even if Stan doesn’t land among the Best Actor nominees.

In May, Stan returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Bucky Barnes a.k.a. The Winter Soldier in Marvel’s “Thunderbolts.”

On Saturday, during Disney’s first-ever D23 fan convention in Brazil, a new extended trailer for “Thunderbolts” made its debut, highlighting Stan’s effortless and brutal efficiency as Barnes as well as the project’s comedic tone.

“Thunderbolts” is Marvel’s answer to “The Suicide Squad” or an evolution off “Guardians of the Galaxy.” The film unites several Marvel antagonists, including Stan’s Barnes, Florence Pugh’s Yelena Belova, David Harbour’s Red Guardian (“Black Widow...

Next week we’ll start getting serious awards contenders on streaming when “Emilia Perez” debuts on Netflix. This week, though, it’s a light week. Which is not to say our top pick, coming-of-age comedy “My Old Ass,” isn’t worth watching on Prime Video, because it is — and the film’s young star Maisy Stella received a breakthrough award nomination from the Gotham Awards earlier this month.

Stella stars as Elliott, an 18-year-old who, during a mushroom trip, meets her 39-year-old self, played by Aubrey Plaza. Armed with her older self’s advice — and her phone number, so she can text her follow-up questions — Elliott navigates the excitement and heartbreak of the summer before college. It’s the kind of quirky indie comedy Sundance used to produce in droves. It’s now streaming on Prime Video.

Here are some other movies to stream this weekend:

“Black Cab”: Affable...

After her 2021 breakout in The Worst Person in the World, Renate Reinsve’s 2022 and 2023 seemed fairly quiet for the viewer, but she was working on no shortage of projects that finally saw the light of day this year. Following A Different Man, Handling the Undead, Another End, and Presumed Innocent, she leads Armand, which marks the feature debut from Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, the grandson of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman. Norway’s selection for Best International Film was picked up by IFC, who have unveiled the first trailer and news that they’ll release the Cannes selection for a qualifying run in NYC starting November 29, followed by a limited release on February 7 and a wide release on February 14 next year.

Here’s the synopsis: “When defamed actress Elisabeth (Renate Reinsve) is abruptly called into a parent-teacher meeting after hours, she is presented with scathing allegations that trigger a tangled web...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

A Different Man (Aaron Schimberg)

There are a lot of ways A Different Man could go and a lot of things it could be. Aaron Schimberg’s uniquely uncomfortable, uncomfortably unique feature sometimes plays as a reverse-Frankenstein medical horror, a tragic life-imitates-art satire, and a spiraling relationship drama. To its ambitious and distinct credit, it attempts packaging them all into ominous-sounding harmony, as if Charlie Kauffman’s surrealist Escher concoctions became a Twilight Zone episode modeled after David Lynch’s Elephant Man or Beauty and the Beast. It’s a dark, hilarious, and deeply unsettling portrait of a disfigured man that’s also an unflinching mirror of a looks-focused industry. – Jake K. (full review)

Where to Stream: VOD

Green Border (Agnieszka Holland...

Renate Reinsve’s cinematic reign is here.

The “Worst Person in the World” Cannes Best Actress winner leads Norwegian thriller “Armand,” which will be released in theaters after Reinsve already made her American debut with “A Different Man.”

For “Armand,” Reinsve stars as defamed actress Elisabeth, who is abruptly called into a parent-teacher meeting after hours after her six-year-old son allegedly started a fight with his cousin on elementary school property. As the official synopsis teases, while Elisabeth is “presented with scathing allegations, a tangled web of accusations between parents and faculty is triggered … As Elisabeth struggles to uncover the truth amid the empty school rooms and dark corridors, a chaotic fight for redemption arises where desire, madness, and obsession prevail.”

Ellen Dorrit Petersen, Thea Lambrechts Vaulen, Endre Hellestveit, Øystein Røger, and Vera Veljovic co-star

Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, the grandson of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman, makes his feature directorial debut with “Armand.

Aaron Schimberg’s 2024 darkly comic psychological thriller “A Different Man” (2024) begins as a psychological story about the insecurity of identity before taking a dive into the sci-fi genre and then finally transforming into a meta-commentary on identity as well as a satirical exploration of representation in the arts. But most importantly, it is about self-hatred leading to self-sabotage on account of searching for beauty in accordance with physical attributes governed by society.

A Different Man (2024) Plot Synopsis & Movie Summary: Who is Edward Lemuel?

A majority of the first act leading into the second act of the film follows Edward Lemuel (Sebastian Stan), a Juilliard-trained struggling actor suffering from neurofibromatosis, which leads to his face adorned with neurofibromas, and considering the profession he is based on, it becomes hard for him to audition for roles beyond ones directly related to his disfigurement. When the film opens, we see him having aced...

When the Berlin International Film Festival returns for its 75th ceremony in 2025, it will be doing so without any official footprint on X.

That’s because the German movie festival just revealed its intention to exit the social media site formerly known as Twitter by the end of the year.

“The Berlinale has decided to say goodbye to X on Dec 31, 2024. Thank you for following us here all these years,” organizers shared on X on Monday. “Stay connected with all things Berlinale on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube and our website. See you there!”

The Berlinale has decided to say goodbye to X on Dec 31, 2024. Thank you for following us here all these years. Stay connected with all things Berlinale on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, and our website. See you there! #Berlinale pic.twitter.com/ZpsXM2d3DO

— Berlinale (@berlinale) November 4, 2024

The festival did not give any specific reason for its...

Sebastian Stan is being honored!

The 42-year-old Emmy-nominated actor was honored with the Maverick Award during the closing ceremony of the 2024 Scad Savannah Film Festival on Saturday (November 2) in Savannah, Georgia.

Sebastian looked sharp in an off-green suit as he was presented with the award during the signature screening of his new movie A Different Man.

Here’s a synopsis of the movie: Aspiring actor Edward (Stan) undergoes a radical medical procedure to drastically transform his appearance. But his new dream face quickly turns into a nightmare, as he becomes obsessed with reclaiming what was lost.

If you didn’t know, Sebastian had to wear facial prosthetics for his scenes in the first half of the movie. See how Sebastian responded to a journalist who called his character a “beast.”

The movie was released back in September. Watch the trailer here!

Click through the gallery inside for 25 pictures of Sebastian Stan at the film festival…...

‘Anora’, del director Sean Baker, encabeza las nominaciones. © Gotham| Universal Pictures | A24

Ya se conocen los nominados a los Gotham, unos galardones que premian lo mejor del cine independiente estadounidense y que dan el pistoletazo de salida oficial (como cada año) a la temporada de premios.

Este año, Anora, de Sean Baker – que, por cierto, acaba de estrenarse en cines españoles –, es la película con más nominaciones, con un total de cuatro. Muy de cerca le siguen Nickel Boys, de RaMell Ross, y I Saw the TV Glow, de Jane Schoenbrun, ambas con tres nominaciones cada una.

La 34 edición de los Premios Gotham se celebrará el 2 de diciembre. A continuación, os dejamos la lista completa de nominados:

Mejor PELÍCULA

Anora

Babygirl

Challengers

A Different Man

Nickel Boys

Mejor PELÍCULA Internacional

All We Imagine As Light

Green Border

Hard Truths

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Vermiglio

Mejor INTERPRETACIÓN Principal

Pamela Anderson,...

Nominations voting is from January 8-12, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 17, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2, and air live on ABC at 7 p.m. Et/ 4 p.m. Pt. We update our picks throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

As we enter the fall/holiday season, “Wicked” (Universal) is gathering early buzz for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. Other standouts include “The Substance” (Mubi), “A Different Man” (A24), “Longlegs” (Neon), “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.), “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix), and “Maria” (Netflix). But the race will heat up with the arrival of “Nosferatu” (Focus Features) on Christmas.

“Wicked,” Jon M. Chu’s adaptation of the Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz and Winnie Holzman, delivers the backstory between the Wicked Witch of the West and Glinda. Before they become bitter enemies,...

Mit den Gotham Awards wird traditionell die Awards-Saison eröffnet. Sean Bakers Palmen-Gewinner hat jetzt die meisten Nominierungen für die Verleihung am 2. Dezember erhalten.

Sean Bakers „Anora“ ist viermal für den Gotham Award nominiert (Credit: Festival de Cannes)

Wenn am 2. Dezember mit der Verleihung der Gotham Awards die Awards-Season eröffnet wird, kann sich Sean Bakers „Anora“ die meisten Hoffnungen machen, ausgezeichnet zu werden; der Palmengewinner wurde insgesamt viermal nominiert.

Die Geschichte über eine New Yorker Stripperin, die sich in einen russischen Oligarchen verliebt, ist neben Halina Reijns „Babygirl“, Luca Guadagninos „Challengers – Rivalen“, Aaron Schimbergs „A Different Man“ und RaMell Ross‘ „Nickel Boys“ in der Kategorie Bester Film nominiert, Hauptdarstellerin Mikey Madison konkurriert in der geschlechterübergreifend vergebenen Kategorie Beste Hauptrolle mit Pamela Anderson („The Last Showgirl“), Adrien Brody („The Brutalist“), Colman Domingo („Sing Sing“), Marianne Jean-Baptiste („Hard Truths“), Nicole Kidman („Babygirl“), Keith Kupferer („Ghostlight“), Demi Moore („The Substance“), Saoirse Ronan („The Outrun...

Anora, Nickel Boys, Challengers and I Saw the TV Glow were among the multiple 2024 Gotham Award nominees announced today by The Gotham Film & Media Institute, Filmmaker‘s publisher. Anora, winner of this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or, received the most nominations — four, including Best Picture, Best Director, Outstanding Lead Performance and Outstanding Supporting Performance. Among other films making their mark with multiple nominations are Good One, A Different Man, The Brutalist and The Fire Inside. On the documentary side, this year’s Berlin Festival Documentary Award, No Other Land, joins other international titles (Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Intercepted and […]

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Anora, Nickel Boys, Challengers and I Saw the TV Glow were among the multiple 2024 Gotham Award nominees announced today by The Gotham Film & Media Institute, Filmmaker‘s publisher. Anora, winner of this year’s Cannes Palme d’Or, received the most nominations — four, including Best Picture, Best Director, Outstanding Lead Performance and Outstanding Supporting Performance. Among other films making their mark with multiple nominations are Good One, A Different Man, The Brutalist and The Fire Inside. On the documentary side, this year’s Berlin Festival Documentary Award, No Other Land, joins other international titles (Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Intercepted and […]

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Gotham Award nominee Anora

The first major set of nominations of the year were announced today, with Sean Baker's tale of troubled fairytale romance, Anora, leading the pack. I Saw The TV Glow, The Brutalist and The Fire Inside also made an impression in what was otherwise a wide open field. It's the first indication of which titles might make it to the Oscars in 2025.

"We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by nominating committees who bring their independent perspective to the selection process," said Gotham Film & Media Institute executive director. Jeffrey Sharp. "This year's nominations celebrate voices from across the globe, embodying the growing embrace of international cinema by audiences everywhere."

The winners will be announced on 2 December in a special ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Those nominations in full:

Best Feature Anora Babygirl Challengers A Different Man Nickel...

The first nominations of the season are in as contenders for the 34th Gotham Awards were unveiled on Tuesday, with Anora, Hard Truths, and The Last Showgirl among 39 features and 25 performances in the running for nine awards.

Nominees were announced via X and seesAnora, whichleads the way on four nods,Babygirl, Challengers, A Different Man, and Nickel Boys up for the best feature prize, while Pamela Anderson, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Mikey Madison, and Demi Moore are in the running for best lead performance.

Nickel Boys and I Saw The TV Glow each earned three nominations, while Hard Truths garnered two.

The nominations for the 34th Gothams Awards were unveiled on Tuesday, with Anora, Hard Truths, and The Last Showgirl among 39 features and 25 performances in the running for nine awards.

Nominees were announced via X and seesAnora, whichleads the way on four nods,Babygirl, Challengers, A Different Man, and Nickel Boys up for the best feature prize, while Pamela Anderson, Adrien Brody, Saoirse Ronan, Mikey Madison, and Demi Moore are in the running for best lead performance.

International feature film nominees are All We Imagine As Light, Green Border, Hard Truths, Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell, and Vermiglio.

The inaugural best...

“Anora,” a free-wheeling comedy about a sex worker who becomes entangled with the family of a Russian oligarch, led the Gotham Awards, picking up four nominations, including a nod for best feature.

“Nickel Boys,” the story of two African-American teens who are sent to an abusive reform school, and “I Saw the TV Glow,” a psychological horror film about high schoolers who begin to lose touch with reality, were close behind with three nods apiece.

“Nickel Boys” will vie for best feature alongside “Anora.” Other nominees for the top prize include the erotic drama “Babygirl,” the black comedy “A Different Man” and “Challengers,” a love triangle that unfolds against the backdrop of professional tennis. There were several notable omissions, with critically heralded films like “The Brutalist” and “Conclave” passed over for a best feature nomination. “The Brutalist” did earn two nominations for its star Adrien Brody and for the supporting turn of Guy Pearce.

Awards season is officially underway, according to the Gotham Film & Media Institute, and “Anora,” “Babygirl,” “Challengers,” “A Different Man,” and “Nickel Boys” are among the films in competition at this year’s Gotham Awards.

On Tuesday, the membership-based, non-profit independent film group announced its nominees for the 2024 Gotham Awards, the “start of the annual awards season” according to press materials. “Anora” led with four nominations, including Best Feature, Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison, Best Supporting Performance for Yura Borisov, and Best Director for Sean Baker.

The other Best Feature nominees included “Babygirl” (which landed Nicole Kidman a nomination for Best Lead Performance), “Challengers,” “A Different Man” (which also received recognition for Adam Pearson in Best Supporting Performance), and “Nickel Boys” (which had two other nominations – Best Director for RaMell Ross and Breakthrough Performance for Brandon Wilson).

Other highlights among the nominees include Demi Moore and Pamela Anderson in the Best Lead Performance category,...

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today the nominations for the 34th edition of The Gothams, including 39 feature films and 25 performances in nine award categories. Leading the Best Feature nominees are Anora, Babygirl, Challengers, A Different Man, and Nickel Boys.

“We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by nominating committees who bring their independent perspective to the selection process. This year’s nominations celebrate voices from across the globe, embodying the growing embrace of international cinema by audiences everywhere. We look forward to celebrating our nominees and our Gotham tributes in a few weeks,” said Sharp.

The 2024 Gothams will be held live and in person at 7 pm on Monday, December 2nd at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Best Feature

Anora

Sean Baker, director; Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, producers (Neon)

Babygirl

Halina Reijn, director; David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Halina Reijn, producers (A24)

Challengers

Luca Guadagnino,...

Sean Baker’s Cannes Palme d’Or-winning Anora from Neon has nabbed four Gotham Award nominations today including Best Feature, Best Director, Outstanding Lead Performance for Mikey Madison and Outstanding Supporting Performance for Yura Borisov.

Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers from Orion/Amazon MGM was nominated for Best Feature. The studio’s Nickel Boys by RaMell Ross had noms for Best Feature and Best Director.

The indie-centric awards last year removed a longstanding budget cap on eligibility, an opening for bigger budget studio and streamer fare to submit for consideration.

A24 films were everywhere with multiple nominations for Babygirl, I Saw The TV Glow, Sing Sing and A Different Man. The Brutalist, Janet Planet and Love Lies Bleeding had noms as well.

The October noms and early December ceremony are industry bellwethers, coming at the start of awards season in the crush of fall festival buzz.

“We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams,...

“Anora,” “Babygirl,” “Challengers,” “A Different Man” and “Nickel Boys” have been nominated as the best films of 2024 by the 2024 Gotham Awards, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced on Tuesday.

Sean Baker’s “Anora” led all films with four nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director and Outstanding Lead and Supporting Performances for Mikey Madison and Yuri Borisov.

In the gender-neutral Gotham acting categories, other nominees included Pamela Anderson for “The Last Showgirl,” Adrien Brody and Guy Pearce for “The Brutalist,” Nicole Kidman for “Babygirl,” Marianne Jean-Baptiste for “Hard Truths,” Demi Moore for “The Substance” and Saoirse Ronan for “The Outrun.”

Eligibility for the Gotham Awards used to be restricted to films that came in under a $35 million budget cap, but the awards did away with that rule last year. Currently, the definition of a film eligible for the Gothams is “filmmaking with a point of view … where the vision of an individual director,...

The Gotham Film and Media Institute announced Tuesday the nominations for the 34th annual Gothams, honoring 39 features and 25 performances across nine award categories. Nominees were chosen by a group of journalist- and programmer-led committees. This is the first major awards body to share nominations for the year in film, and here, the Gothams are led by “Anora,” “Babygirl,” “Challengers,” “A Different Man,” and “Nickel Boys” in the Best Feature category.

“We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by nominating committees who bring their independent perspective to the selection process. This year’s nominations celebrate voices from across the globe, embodying the growing embrace of international cinema by audiences everywhere. We look forward to celebrating our nominees and our Gotham tributes in a few weeks,” said Gotham Film and Media Institute executive director Jeffrey Sharp.

Per the Institute, nominees are chosen by committees of film critics, journalists,...

It’s officially awards season, baby. While there are still more than four months to go before we cross the finish line at the Academy Awards, this afternoon the Gotham Awards—honoring independent film—announced their crop of 2024 nominees, officially kickstarting campaign season and offering the first clues about which...

Mit der Preisverleihung und dem Screening von Mati Diops „Dahomey“ geht heute Abend die 62. Viennale zu Ende. Schon jetzt konnten die Veranstalter eine erfreuliche Bilanz ziehen.

„The Village Next to Paradise“ wird heute Abend mit dem Wiener Filmpreis ausgezeichnet (Credit: Doris Erben/Freibeuterfilm)

Mo Harawes „The Village Next to Paradise”, der auch auf der Liste der möglichen Filme für eine Nominierung für den European Film Award steht, wird heute Abend zum Abschluss der 62. Viennale mit dem Wiener Filmpreis ausgezeichnet.

In der Jurybegründung heißt es dazu: „Die Jury verleiht den Wiener Filmpreis 2024 an einen Film, dem es mit eindrücklicher Offenheit gelingt, eine Realität zu zeigen, die aus europäischem Blickwinkel häufig abstrakt bleibt – oder in Form von Newsberichten zur Schlagzeile verkürzt wird. In Somalia, und großteils mit lokalem Team und Set-unerfahrenen Schauspieler:innen gedreht, erzählt ‚The Village Next to Paradise‘ zuvorderst vom Alltag einer Familie. Einstellung um Einstellung verschiebt sich unsere Wahrnehmung der mehrschichtigen Verzweigungen,...

If the 2025 Oscars nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict as the nominees and winners? Since our predictions center opened on July 1, 2024, more than 5,100 people have made their forecasts in 18 top categories. So who’s out front to claim these golden trophies, according to the Gold Derby Oscar predictions 2025?

Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 97th Academy Awards, updated on October 28, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Oscar snapshots on July 3, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 29, August 6, August 19, August 28, September 11, September 19, September 23, September 30, October 7, October 14, and October 22.

Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: “A Real Pain” in Best Picture, “Challengers” in Best Score for Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, and “Sing Sing” (“Like a Bird”) in Best Song for Adrian Quesada & Abraham Alexander. Note that the music score for “Dune: Part Two” was deemed ineligible last week,...

Mexico’s official entry to the Oscars, “Sujo,” made a sweep of the 22nd Morelia Int’l Film Festival (Ficm), winning the festival’s Ojo Awards for Best Film, Director and Screenplay.

Co-helmer-scribes Astrid Rondero and Fernanda Valadez, whose debut pic “Identifying Features” won a couple of Sundance awards and took the Best International Feature prize at the Gotham Awards in 2021, also snagged the Sundance Grand Jury Prize for World Cinema with “Sujo,” their sophomore feature, in January.

Hailed by Variety as an “optimistic alternative to violent drug war movies,” the poignant coming-of-age story revolves around the impact of drug cartels on the youth. The tale follows young Sujo (played by Kevin Uriel Aguilar Luna and Juan Jesús Varela) who grows up surrounded by their violence. When his father, a sicario (hired assassin), is killed, he becomes a target but Sujo’s intrepid aunt rescues him.

Sujo’s win caps...

If the 2025 Oscars nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict as the nominees and winners? Since our predictions center opened on July 1, 2024, more than 4,900 people have made their forecasts in the categories for picture, directing, acting, writing and animation (below-the-line categories were added in early October). So who’s out front to claim these golden trophies, according to the Gold Derby Oscar predictions 2025?

Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 97th Academy Awards, updated on October 22, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Oscar snapshots on July 3, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 29, August 6, August 19, August 28, September 11, September 19, September 23, September 30, October 7 and October 14.

Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: “September 5,” the Paramount Pictures historical drama about the 1972 Munich Olympic hostage crisis, in Best Picture, plus Edward Berger in Best Director for “Conclave,” the Focus Features mystery-thriller film.

Tuesday afternoon, a joyful crowd of industryites gathered at the Grand Auditorium in Cannes for the 8th Mipcom Cannes Diversity TV Awards, introduced on stage by Mipcom director Lucy Smith as “the industry’s only awards to champion and promote diversity and inclusion in all its forms in the international television industry.”

Standing next to her, Mark Garner, head of Global Fast for A&e Networks, and Mip Markets’ Diversity Advisory Board member added: “I’m proud to be a continuous founding sponsor of the Awards, highlighting the “stumbling” debuts of the awards “in a hidden cocktail bar in Cannes.” Garner underscored that since then, diversity voices have grown, and his group’s mission is to mentor those of the future. “When we commit to elevate authentic voices, we get spectacular voices,” he said.

The ceremony was again hosted by Femi Oke, media expert and co-founder of the diverse moderators’ bureau “Moderate The Panel,...

The British Independent Film Awards (Bifas) has unveiled the documentary and international film longlists for its 2024 ceremony, with films including in-videogame title Grand Theft Hamlet and Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or winner Anora.

Grand Theft Hamlet is on the 12-strong best feature documentary list. The film is the debut feature from directorial duo Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane; it premiered at SXSW this year and was recently acquired for a UK-Ireland theatrical release. It follows two struggling actors who find solace from lockdown isolation by staging William Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the online Grand Theft Auto game.

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‘A Different Man’ (2024) stands as one of the most emotionally gripping films of the year, pushing the boundaries of character transformation and identity with a visceral and unapologetic approach. Directed by Aaron Schimberg, known for his previous explorations of disfigurement and otherness, the film continues to explore the alienation of individuals who society deems "different." This time, Schimberg tackles a narrative that feels both personal and universal, underscored by the powerful performances of its lead actors. 'A Different Man' not only manages to provoke conversations about the body, identity, and societal judgment, but it also delves into how our perceptions of ourselves shift over time. The film follows Edward, played by Sebastian Stan, a man with neurofibromatosis who undergoes reconstructive surgery in an effort to escape his disfigured past and begin a new life. After his surgery, Edward becomes obsessed with an actor, Oswald (Adam Pearson), who portrays...

Sebastian Stan is about to have a very busy awards season. The man best known to devotees of the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Bucky Barnes (a.k.a. the Winter Soldier) is earning raves for his portrayal of a young Donald J. Trump in Ali Abbasi's biographical drama "The Apprentice." Stan could very well earn further plaudits for his performance in "A Different Man," which already won him a Silver Bear for Best Performance at last February's Berlin International Film Festival. Here's hoping he doesn't overdo it, because after the Oscars are handed out next March, it'll be time to start promoting his role in the MCU extravaganza "Thunderbolts*".

Stan has had a fairly blessed career to this point. He's worked with some of the best directors to ever do it, and has that steady MCU franchise gig to keep him busy should the roles ever inexplicably dry up.

Sebastian Stan is on an absolute tear this fall, making appearances in acclaimed indies like A24’s “A Different Man” and the more recent young Donald Trump biopic, “The Apprentice,” evincing his range beyond superhero films. Of course, he’s made his name on his long-running role as Bucky Barnes/The Winter Solider in the Marvel universe films, having played the character in five movies, one TV series, and a seventh film on the way with next summer’s “Thunderbolts*” film.

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Filmmakers and distributors of awards-hopefuls have until Nov. 4 to submit their category preference — drama versus musical or comedy — to the Golden Globes organization, which reserves the right to overturn any classification that it finds egregiously inaccurate.

Some of this year’s cases are inarguable — for instance, Netflix’s Emilia Pérez, in which characters spontaneously burst into song, is clearly a musical (if not a comedy), and A24’s The Brutalist, in which an immigrant faces all sorts of harrowing hurdles, is clearly a drama. There are, however, also plenty of close-calls, about which many have made assumptions, but, in most cases, not confirmed.

The Hollywood Reporter has been working the phones and can now report which way almost every contender is breaking. This intel is, of course, subject to change prior to Nov. 4, and to being overturned by the Globes thereafter — but it is current as of this writing.

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After leading dark comedy “A Different Man” and Donald Trump biopic “The Apprentice,” Sebastian Stan is slated for iconic filmmaker Elaine May’s fifth and final feature, “Crackpot.” However, production is still waiting on a shadow director for the 92-year-old May.

Stan said during “The Big Picture” podcast that he is on board the project, which was first announced in 2019. Dakota Johnson is set to co-lead alongside Stan, but Stan said he still doesn’t know the status of the film — and he’s casting his net in hopes of helping May find a shadow director to insure the movie. It’s a common set practice with older filmmakers.

“I have this thing, I don’t know if it’ll ever get going,” Stan said. “I have this thing that Elaine May was going to direct. It was going to be her last film and her first film since ‘Ishtar.

The Oscar for Best Makeup and Hairstyling is particularly tough to predict early on because of the complicated system by which the nominees are determined in two stages. First, upwards of 15 members of the branch who attend special screenings cast preferential ballots with the top 10 vote-getters moving on to the second stage (it was a lucky seven till 2021). Those members from the first stage and any other members who either attend screenings of excerpts from these semi-finalists or attest that they have seen them cast preferential ballots and the top five films are nominated; that is up from three in years past. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2025 Oscar predictions for Best Makeup and Hairstyling.)

The award for Best Makeup was introduced in 1981, following an outcry over the lack of recognition for Christopher Tucker‘s groundbreaking work on “The Elephant Man” (1980). Hairstylists began sharing the award with makeup artists in 1993 when “Mrs. Doubtfire” won.

The 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival (Hiff) has officially unveiled its 2024 winners.

The festival, which took place from October 4 through October 14, marked the U.S. premiere of John Crowley’s “We Live in Time,” with screenings of “Nightbitch,” “A Real Pain,” “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point,” and R.J. Cutler’s Martha Stewart Netflix documentary “Martha” among the acclaimed features.

Now, IndieWire can exclusively announce the films that the Hiff jury and audience members selected for the top awards. “Armand,” also Norway’s 2025 Oscar submission, won the Hiff Award for Best Narrative Feature. “Armand” stars “A Different Man” and “Worst Person in the World” breakout Renate Reinsve as a mother of a seemingly disturbed six-year-old; the film debuted at Cannes before screening at Hiff. “Armand” is directed by Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, the grandson of Liv Ullmann and Ingmar Bergman. IFC Films has U.S. distribution rights for “Armand.”

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Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in ‘We Live in Time’ (Photo Credit: Peter Mountain / A24)

As usual, A24 is on a rampage this year. The studio/distributor has released early the Oscar contenders Sing Sing and A Different Man. They’ve given us the horror gems MaXXXine and Love Lies Bleeding. They’ve made us think with Civil War and Planet Janet. They’ve even brought audiences two of the strangest films of the year with Tuesday and I Saw the TV Glow. And now, we’ve got their innovative little love story, We Live in Time.

We Live in Time is about a talented chef named Almut (Florence Pugh from Midsommar) and a smart marketing exec named Tobias. The two meet in a chance encounter, fall in love, and navigate the blue skies and stormy weather of a ten-year relationship.

The story of We Live in Time is typical sappy romance stuff.

A crucial change in Gold Derby’s Oscar odds for Best Actor now has Ralph Fiennes saying, “Amen.” The “Conclave” star has officially broken his tie with Colman Domingo (“Sing Sing”) at the upcoming 2025 Oscars. Fiennes now has leading 4/1 odds to win the trophy, compared to Domingo’s second-place odds of 9/2. It goes without saying that it’s still quite early in this awards season, and things will undoubtedly keep changing as our Experts, Editors and Users continue to update their predictions.

Fiennes plays Cardinal Thomas Lawrence in the Focus Features mystery-thriller from director Edward Berger. Following the death of the Pope, Lawrence is tasked with overseeing the election of the successor, but he soon realizes many of the candidates have personal scandals that could upend the church. Fellow cast members include Stanley Tucci as Cardinal Bellini, John Lithgow as Cardinal Tremblay, Sergio Castellitto as Cardinal Tedesco and Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes.

If the 2025 Oscars nominations were announced today, what would Gold Derby predict as the nominees and winners? Since our predictions center opened on July 1, 2024, more than 4,700 people have made their forecasts in the categories for picture, directing, acting, writing and animation (below-the-line categories were added in early October). So who’s out front to claim these golden trophies, according to the Gold Derby Oscar predictions 2025?

Below, see a snapshot in time of our racetrack odds for the 97th Academy Awards, updated on October 14, 2024. See how the odds and rankings have changed over time by examining our previous Oscar snapshots on July 3, July 9, July 16, July 23, July 29, August 6, August 19, August 28, September 11, September 19, September 23, September 30 and October 7.

Now expected to receive a nomination since the last update: Saoirse Ronan in Best Supporting Actress for playing Rita in Steve McQueen‘s historical war drama film “Blitz.” She’s also expected to be nominated in Best Actress for “The Outrun.

In a weekend of wide releases, indies included, A24’s Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh-starring We Live In Time popped on five screens with the third best limited opening of the year after Yorgos Lanthimos’ Kinds Of Kindness and Jason Reitman’s Saturday Night.

The romance by John Crowley grossed $225.9k opening weekend for a per-screen average of $45.9k. We Live in Time is looking at an estimated $225k for the four-day holiday frame (Monday is Indigenous Peoples Day/Columbus Day in the U.S.) for a $51k PSA.

The film, which world premiered at TIFF last month, had multiple sold-out Q&As in LA this weekend and strong exit polls in both opening markets (NY/LA). Limited national expansion next week before going wide on 10/25. It’s a non-linear look at a years-long relationships and marriage.

A24’s A Different Man starring Sebastian Stan grossed $46.9k on 103 screens...

John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush and Kristine Froseth won top acting awards at Spain’s prominent Sitges Fantasy Film Festival, which wrapped its 57th edition on Oct. 13.

Making a sweep of the fest with three awards was Austrian Best International Feature Oscar entry “The Devil’s Bath” by Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala. Drawn from historical facts, the Austrian-German co-production is described by Variety critic Jessica Kiang as a “story so pitilessly bleak you may want to look away; the filmmaking craft is so compelling that you can’t.” The historical horror drama, which vied for the Berlinale Golden Bear in February, follows Agnes, a depressed newlywed, who instead of committing suicide, considered taboo by her Christian community, commits a crime that would lead to her execution. The “suicide by proxy” practice was said to be common in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in German-speaking Central Europe and Scandinavia.

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It seems like a given that Sebastian Stan would have been warned against portraying controversial figure Donald Trump in The Apprentice, but one studio CEO went a step further in his caution.

During a conversation with The New York Times published ahead of the film’s release in theaters today, the actor shared what his family and friends said when he told them he was taking on the role and noted that he spoke to people before agreeing to it.

“Pretty sure my mom said, ‘At least you get to shave,'” Stan said. “But I asked a lot of people about it, actually. A CEO of a studio told me not to do it because I was going to alienate half the country, and a casting director, who I respect very much said, ‘We don’t need another Trump movie, you’re never going to get any applause for it.