Adam
Will BERGMAN ISLAND be my favorite film of 2021 – or of all time?
Who will I empathize with more: Jessica Chastain, after damaging her skin ‘for her art’ wearing makeup while shooting THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE, or her seemingly irredeemable televangelist character?
Will THE LAST DUEL’S he said/he said/she said battling POVs pay off?
How much more potent will THE POWER OF THE DOG be after we’ve completed our Jane Campion Oeuvre-view?
Will LANGUAGE LESSONS not make me regret watching a “pandemic movie”?
Josh
Is there a way to wipe my memory of DUNE before I see DUNE?
Can Wes Anderson master the anthology film format with THE FRENCH DISPATCH?
Will TOP GUN: MAVERICK deliver justice for Iceman?
Will THE HARDER THEY FALL do right by one of the best casts of the fall?
Will FINCH be more WALL-E or TURNER & HOOCH?
“Cleo can't swim,” ROMA
Rolling in the surf, FROM HERE TO ETERNITY
Walking into the sea, PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE
Seaside silhouettes, DAUGHTERS OF THE DUST
Jane’s dance, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?
Adam
How ‘out of sight’ will NO SUDDEN MOVE be?
What will I see in ALL LIGHT, EVERYWHERE?
How fully will ROADRUNNER: A FILM ABOUT ANTHONY BOURDAIN satiate my post-pandemic appetite for food and travel–and make me miss its subject?
Will SIBERIA force me to finally reckon with “one of the more important directors currently living”? or Where will SIBERIA place Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara in the pantheon of cinema’s best actor-director collaborators?
What does Jafar Panahi meets “Pulp Fiction” look like (THERE IS NO EVIL)?
Josh
Will I catch GREEN KNIGHT fever?
Can LUCA live up to its influences?
Never mind Sia (or MUSIC) ... can Questlove direct? (SUMMER OF SOUL)
Am I too old for ZOLA?
Is UNDINE really about a mermaid?
Adam
Edith Bouvier Beale, GREY GARDENS (1975)
Chris MacNeil (Ellen Burstyn), THE EXORCIST (1973)
Mabel Longhetti (Gena Rowlands), A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE (1974)
Charlotte Andergast (Ingrid Bergman), AUTUMN SONATA (1978)
Mrs. Chasen (Vivian Pickles), HAROLD AND MAUDE (1971)
Josh
Catherine Scorsese, ITALIANAMERICAN (1974)
Jillian (Melinda Dillon), CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND (1977)
Rebecca (Cicely Tyson), SOUNDER (1972)
Charlotte A. Cavatica (voiced by Debbie Reynolds), CHARLOTTE’S WEB (1973)
Preach’s mom (Mary Larkins), COOLEY HIGH (1974)
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Adam
Will win: Nomadland
Should win: Sound of Metal
Should have been nominated: First Cow
Take out: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Josh
Will win: Mank
Should win: Sound of Metal
Should have been nominated: First Cow
Take out: The Trial of the Chicago 7
Michael
Will win: Nomadland
Should win: Judas and the Black Messiah
Egregious omission: First Cow
Take out: Promising Young Woman
Adam
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: David Fincher, Mank
Egregious omission: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Take out: Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Michael
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Egregious omission: Kitty Green, The Assistant
Take out: Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Josh
Will win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Should win: Chloe Zhao, Nomadland
Egregious omission: Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Take out: David Fincher, Mank
Adam
Will win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Carrie Coon, The Nest
Take out: n/a
Josh
Will win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Carrie Coon, The Nest
Take out: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Michael
Will win: Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman
Should win: Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Julia Garner, The Assistant
Take out: Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
Adam
Will win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Kingsley Ben-Adir, One Night in Miami
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Josh
Will win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Shaun Parkes, Mangrove
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Michael
Will win: Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal
Should win: Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Egregious omission: Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Take out: Gary Oldman, Mank
Adam
Will win: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Should win: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Egregious omission: Margo Martindale, Blow the Man Down
Take out: n/a
Josh
Will win: Glenn Close, Hillbilly Elegy
Should win: Amanda Seyfried, Mank
Egregious omission: Yeri Han, Minari
Take out: Olivia Colman, The Father
Michael
Will Win: Youn Yuh-jung, Minari
Should Win: Young Yuh-jung, Minari
Egregious omission: Talia Rider, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Take out:
Josh
Will win: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Should win: Lakeith Stanfield, Judas and the Black Messiah
Egregious omission: Orion Lee, First Cow
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Adam
Will win: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Should win: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Egregious omission: Malachi Kirby, Mangrove
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
Michael:
Will win: Daniel Kaluuya, Judas and the Black Messiah
Should Win: Paul Raci, Sound of Metal
Egregious omission: Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
Take out: Sacha Baron Cohen, Trial of the Chicago 7
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Josh
James Stevens, THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
Dr. Hannibal Lecter, THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
Anthony, THE FATHER
Van Helsing, BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA
Richard Nixon, NIXON
SOGGY BOTTOM. That’s it. That’s the question.
When shall we meet again, Ethan
In thunder, lightning, or in rain? (THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH)
Will JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH powerfully teach a new generation about Fred Hampton, and anoint Daniel Kaluuya as one of his generation’s best?
Will THE UNBEARABLE WEIGHT OF MASSIVE TALENT be the new “Being John Malkovich” or “JCVD”?
Will I finally watch - and appreciate - The Matrix sequels in preparation for THE MATRIX 4?
What’s our annual capacity, as a nation, for Lin-Manuel Miranda? (IN THE HEIGHHTS; ENCANTO; RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT; TICK, TICK… BOOM; VIVO)
Have we missed Baz Luhrmann? (UNTITLED ELVIS PRESLEY PROJECT)
Can we convince Sarah to go see THE NORTHMAN?
What is M. Night Shyamalan up to? (OLD)
Can Sia direct a narrative feature? (MUSIC)
