A Quick Hello + Updated Oscar Charts
Sunday, November 26, 2023 at 10:00AM by Nathaniel R
As the long holiday weekend comes to a close I wanted to come in and surprise you with a quick hello. I've been very absent. I'm fully aware. I've even written about the existential crisis but opted not to publish (for now, he said ominously? playfully?). Anyway, since it's gratitude season and a long holiday weekend I have to thank Cláudio for holding down the fort so beautifully. And thanks also to Nick, Juan Carlos, Eric, Glenn, Abe, and Chris for their November articles! I thought briefly about writing a big sequel to Cláudio's "thankful for" post, but I will still be doing the Film Bitch Awards even if I do nothing else (hopefully I'll do something else) so don't want to give everything away just yet as to what excited me most this year's movie haul. So instead I opted to spend the spare hours inbetween holiday commitments to update the Oscar charts.
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Awards season is about to hit full throttle. So it was long past time and there's quite a bit of movement on each chart. The big festival surprise was of course American Fiction so that has disrupted several charts. Overall it feels like a messy volatile year, punditry wise, which is my favourite kind of year. So many movies feel like they could get a lot of nominations... or come up much shorter than people were expecting. I have things to say about Ferrari, Maestro, The Holdovers, The Taste of Things and Killers of the Flower Moon but I keep trying to learn my lesson about over-promising. Wish me luck. xoxo
Oscars (23), Punditry
Reader Comments (17)
Nathaniel, so happy to hear from you. I hope you're doing ok. Thanks for all the work :)
Great to hear from you, Nathaniel. You've been missed!
I admit I was starting to get curious if The Film Experience had now become Claudio's Film Experience 🤣
Glad you're well Nathaniel, and thanks for updating the charts!
Are the Globes the first major noms we get?
Nice to know you're still out there,others have kept it going esp Claudio with some very interesting articles,his post about Natalie Portman is one i'd like him to revisit.
So nice to have you back! You're one of my favourite writers-on-film on the internet so happy for any and all writing and predictions and updates you're able to put up here
Thank you for your kind words and I share everyone's enthusiasm about seeing your updated predictions. So much has changed!
thank goodness you're ok; it was getting a little too all about eve around here for my liking
but i can't believe you're equating bradley cooper with judy garland [sacrilege!]
Hey Nathaniel,
I’m so happy that you are doing alright and to see a post from you. I may have gotten concerned a bit. I was glad the site was updated every day, Muchos ánimos Claudio. But as someone that has been reading the site for about 17 or 18 years, and had to correct the DVD giveaway back in 2010 about Ambersons 😉🤣 it was noticeable the absence of you, so I’m happy that you are doing your best. I apologize for missing that your post about it. But as a fellow Michigander, I’m always cheering for you and hope the best for you.
@par: What the heck do you mean by "getting a little too all about eve "?
"Where have you gone, Nathaniel R?
Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you
Woo, woo, woo"
Hello!
You've been missed. I'm happy to see you here.
I hope you're ok.
Great to hear from you Nathaniel! Have really missed your writing.
Claudio is a great talent, but we love and miss you. And we miss your voice!
I frequent this site so much for your insights, Nathaniel.
You're the reason this is my favourite film blog.
While I appreciate a lot of Claudio's insights, it has been lacking without you.
Nice to see you back and thank you for the updated predictions!
I'm intrigued by the fact that you are relatively bullish on Saltburn - did you see it before predicting it? I thought Pike was fantastic but the movie is such a mess I cannot see it getting nominated.
I am glad to see you're back -- sending you the best!!
The Movies will always be here. Take care of yourself first, Nathaniel.
Emma Stone has 3 Oscar nominations, not 2!