Red Mosquito

Killers is #1. Argo has spoken.

Pack it up, we're done here.

That placement of Past Lives is rotten. It's such a fluid and graceful piece of filmmaking, full of artful little details. I was super impressed with it, and how vivid and effortless its storytelling is

Obviously coming at it from completely different directions aesthetically, thematically and narratively, but the reasons I loved Past Lives are very similar to the reasons I loved Killers of the Flower Moon

The most annoying part of Past Lives isn't even the story about which insecure, annoying simp she will choose to love--it's the transitions between every scene which are just like shots of stuff in the room with the most boring movie-score-music playing over it. just a waste of time!

I know, I know, the movie isn't even about the simps. It's about her. The simps are just underwritten objects the movie uses to advance our main character's journey

The Argonaut wrote:The most annoying part of Past Lives isn't even the story about which insecure, annoying simp she will choose to love--it's the transitions between every scene which are just like shots of stuff in the room with the most boring movie-score-music playing over it. just a waste of time!

1. That's not even close to what the story's about
2. Objects in rooms, evidence of life in living spaces, is indeed a recurring motif; I wonder why they did that? It was probably an accident!
3. The score is one of the highlights

Sit down and think about how in your haste to dismiss this movie you ended up sounding like Bammer writing about international cuisine

It wasn't painterly enough for Argo. These things happen.

It's plenty painterly

His words, not mine.

Oppenheimer was the big winner of the night, after scooping seven awards including best picture and best actor for Cillian Murphy
The film, which had 13 nominations, also wins best supporting actor for Robert Downey Jr, as well as best director for Christopher Nolan, plus film editing, cinematography and original score
Emma Stone is awarded best actress for her role in Poor things, which also won best production design, make-up and costume design
The best supporting actress award goes to The Holdovers' star Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Barbie - last year's highest grossing film - receives just one award for best original song written by Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas. The pair performed live, as did actor Ryan Gosling
Anatomy of a Fall wins best original screenplay, while American Fiction scoops the adapted screenplay gong
It's a historic night for some, as Ukraine wins its first ever Oscar with best documentary 20 Days in Mariupol, and the UK wins best international film for The Zone of Interest

Best picture
Winner: Oppenheimer
American Fiction
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Past Lives
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best actress
Winner: Emma Stone - Poor Things
Annette Bening - Nyad
Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Huller - Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan - Maestro

Best actor
Winner: Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer
Bradley Cooper - Maestro
Colman Domingo - Rustin
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers
Jeffrey Wright - American Fiction

Best supporting actress
Winner: Da'Vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers
Emily Blunt - Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks - The Color Purple
America Ferrera - Barbie
Jodie Foster - Nyad

Best supporting actor
Winner: Robert Downey Jr - Oppenheimer
Sterling K Brown - American Fiction
Robert De Niro - Killers of the Flower Moon
Ryan Gosling - Barbie
Mark Ruffalo - Poor Things

Best director
Winner: Oppenheimer - Christopher Nolan
Anatomy of a Fall - Justine Triet
Killers of the Flower Moon - Martin Scorsese
Poor Things - Yorgos Lanthimos
The Zone of Interest - Jonathan Glazer

Best original song
Winner: What Was I Made For? - Barbie (Billie Eilish, Finneas O'Connell)
The Fire Inside - Flamin' Hot (Diane Warren)
I'm Just Ken - Barbie (Mark Ronson, Andrew Wyatt)
It Never Went Away - American Symphony (Jon Batiste, Dan Wilson)
Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) - Killers of the Flower Moon (Scott George)

Best original score
Winner: Oppenheimer
American Fiction
Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things

Best adapted screenplay
Winner: American Fiction
Barbie
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
The Zone of Interest

Best original screenplay
Winner: Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Maestro
May December
Past Lives

Best international feature
Winner: The Zone of Interest
Io Capitano
Perfect Days
Society of the Snow
The Teachers' Lounge

Best animated feature
Winner: The Boy and the Heron
Elemental
Nimona
Robot Dreams
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best documentary feature
Winner: 20 Days in Mariupol
Bobi Wine: The People's President
The Eternal Memory
Four Daughters
To Kill a Tiger

Best cinematography
Winner: Oppenheimer
El Conde
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Poor Things

Best sound
Winner: The Zone of Interest
The Creator
Maestro
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Oppenheimer

Best film editing
Winner: Oppenheimer
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Poor Things

Best visual effects
Winner: Godzilla Minus One
The Creator
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
Napoleon

Best costume design
Winner: Poor Things
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer

Best production design
Winner: Poor Things
Barbie
Killers of the Flower Moon
Napoleon
Oppenheimer

Best make-up and hairstyling
Winner: Poor Things
Golda
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Society of the Snow

Best animated short
Winner: War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Letter to a Pig
Ninety-Five Senses
Our Uniform
Pachyderme

Best documentary short
Winner: The Last Repair Shop
The ABCs of Book Banning
The Barber of Little Rock
Island In Between
Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó

Best live action short
Winner: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
The After
Invincible
Knight of Fortune
Red, White and Blue

Killers of the Flower Moon came up empty at the Academy Awards despite receiving 10 nominations.

Bradley Cooper’s Maestro is going home empty-handed. Despite being nominated for seven Oscars, and heavily favored to win one for Best Makeup and Hairstyling, Maestro fell victim to Poor Things, which had a ton of support in the below-the-line crafts categories.

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Emma Stone wins best actress over Lily Gladstone in Oscars’ biggest surprise.

Apart from KOTFM not winning any awards at all, this felt like the biggest surprise of the show for me.

Thanks Anders

Jorge wrote:Thanks Anders

No problem. It's what I was looking for when going in here, so hopefully the same for others.

All winners on the previous page