Academy Awards for 2023

I love American Fiction

The Academy Awards for 2023 are airing on Sunday, March 10, 2024 on ABC-TV. I’ve given up on seeing all the nominees.  The ones I DID see I have starred (*), and I’ve linked to my reviews the first time listed.

*American Fiction – my favorite

*Anatomy of a Fall – maybe the best

*Barbie – good movie, great box office

*The Holdovers – I’m very fond

Killers of the Flower Moon

*Maestro – my least favorite

*Oppenheimer – worthy

*Past Lives – I liked it, but it seemed SO long since I saw it

*Poor Things – surprisingly good

*The Zone Of Interest – it’s good, but so bleak

*Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest

*Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things

*Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer. My rooting interest

Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

*Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall

*Bradley Cooper, Maestro

Colman Domingo, Rustin – damn Netflix…

*Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

*Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer – maybe the best

*Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction – my favorite

Annette Bening, Nyad

Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

*Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall. I’m invoking the Diane Keaton rule. She won for Annie Hall, but her strong performance in Waiting For Mr. Goodbar sealed it. Hüller was also great in The Zone Of Interest.

*Carey Mulligan, Maestro

*Emma Stone, Poor Things

*Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction

Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon

*Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer. The old rust bucket wins in a battle between Iron Man and the Hulk.

*Ryan Gosling, Barbie

*Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

 Best Supporting Actress

*Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

*Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple

*America Ferrera, Barbie

Jodie Foster, Nyad

*Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers. Yes.

*Anatomy of a Fall – the best 

*The Holdovers – I’m fond of this

May December

*Maestro

*Past Lives

*American Fiction – very good

*Barbie – adapted from what? A toy? My rooting interest.

*Oppenheimer

*Poor Things

*The Zone of Interest

The Boy and the Heron

Elemental

Nimona

*Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Robot Dreams

*Barbie – three very different movies, but my rooting interest is here

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

*Oppenheimer

*Poor Things

*Barbie

Killers of the Flower Moon

Napoleon

*Oppenheimer

*Poor Things – my pick

El Conde

Killers of the Flower Moon

*Maestro

*Oppenheimer – my pick

*Poor Things

*Anatomy of a Fall

*The Holdovers

Killers of the Flower Moon

*Oppenheimer – my marginal favorite

*Poor Things

*Golda

*Maestro

*Oppenheimer

*Poor Things – very surreal, so sure

Society of the Snow

The Creator

*Maestro

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

*Oppenheimer

*The Zone of Interest – in a competition between an atomic bomb and the steady drone of the Holocaust, the latter

The Creator

Godzilla Minus One

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One

Napoleon

*American Fiction

*Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny 

Killers of the Flower Moon

*Oppenheimer

*Poor Things -yes

The Fire Inside (Flamin’ Hot)

*I’m Just Ken (Barbie) -yes

It Never Went Away (American Symphony)

Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People) (Killers of the Flower Moon)

*What Was I Made For? (Barbie)

Bobi Wine: The People’s President

The Eternal Memory

Four Daughters

To Kill a Tiger

20 Days in Mariupol

*The Teachers’ Lounge, Germany

Io Capitano, Italy

Perfect Days, Japan

Society of the Snow, Spain

*The Zone of Interest, United Kingdom. For sure

I’ll note the shorts separately after I see some today.

Author: Roger

I'm a librarian. I hear music, even when it's not being played. I used to work at a comic book store, and it still informs my life. I won once on JEOPARDY! - ditto.

2 thoughts on “Academy Awards for 2023”

  1. OK, I have to put in a good work for Nyad. If you don’t have Netflix, that makes it hard. But Annette Bening puts it all out there. Bluster, sags, frustration, egotism, grueling physicality. We were both so impressed with her, with Jodie Foster, with Rhys Ifans (you may remember him from the otherwise blah film Notting Hill as the wacky roommate). The swimming sequ3ences range from harrowing to stunningly beautiful. Bening would be a worthy winner, not resting on her laurels at all.

    I have only seen Lily Gladstone on two episodes of the latest season of Reservation Dogs on Hulu. That work alone was so impressive, but I haven’t seen Killers, partly because I don’t want to line Scorcese’s pockets after his otherwise lazy casting, the usual suspects, as it were.

    My feelings about Barbie are best kept to myself. I find my opinion differs with those of even my closest friends, including my kid and their partner, who thought it was delightful and revelatory. Perhaps I will blog about that one soon.

    I don’t even watch the damned show anymore. But we do pick likely winners and those on our “hearts” list. And Oppenheimer, Cillian Murphy especially, look like big winners. Amy

  2. I have one female friend who despises Barbie, thinks it’s anti-male, et al. We all bring our experiences to the media we consume, whether it be music, movies, TV, or whatever. Your opinion isn’t wrong.

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