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Which Best Actress would you have voted for 25 years ago in the Oscar race?

• Brenda Blethyn, Secrets & Lies (BAFTA, GLOBE, LAFCA, CANNES, BSFC)
• Diane Keaton, Marvin's Room
• Frances McDormand, Fargo (SAG, OSCAR, NBR, CFCA, KCFCC, CCA, SEFCA)
• Kristin Scott Thomas, The English Patient (NBR *supporting)
• Emily Watson, Breaking The Waves (NYFCC, NSFC)

This is why we do Gold, Silver, and Bronze medals here at TFE. It's easier that way! Anyway... 1996 was one of those years like 1950, 1974, 1987, 1995, or 2006 that Best Actress fans will be debating forever. Do you think 2021/22 will be like that or will we look back on the current race as a mild 'coulda been better' one? 

Donnie Linko

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• Playbill Antonio Banderas is doing Sondheim's Company as Bobby in Spain right now. He's surely the oldest Bobby ever (at 61 when the plot is very much about being in your 30s) but we'd so love to see this.

Canadian Screen Awards Nominations

by Nathaniel R

Nominations have been announced for the annual Canadian Screen Awards (formerly known as the Genies for film, and Geminis for TV).

Best Motion Picture  

• DRUNKEN BIRDS (6 nominations) - a Mexican man tries to find a lost love in Montréal
• NIGHT OF THE KINGS (2 nominations) - In the Ivory Coast's most dangerous prison, a new convict tries to survive the night by entertaining the prisoners with a story. [Streaming on Hulu]
• NIGHT RAIDERS  (11 nominations) - a mom joins a vigilante group to rescue her daughter [Available to rent online]
• SCARBOROUGH (11 nominations) - three poor children become friends
• WILDHOOD  (6 nominations) - a two-spirit teen runs away from home in this LGBTQ coming of age film.

Full list of nominees and a few comments after the jump...

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curated for your distraction/amusement so you don't have to spend time on twitter...

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— tim leong (@timleong) February 16, 2022

More after the jump including a perfect Nicole Kidman FYC, Cyrano, Screenplay truths, Honorary Oscars, Barry Keoghan, and Laine Kazan's amazing pipes (we had no idea)...

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Berlinale Prize Winners: Claire Denis, Carla Simón, and Isabelle Huppert

by Nathaniel R

The annual Berlinale proved to be yet another excellent film festival for female filmmakers. France's legendary auteur Claire Denis (Beau Travail, White Material, 35 Shots of Run) took Best Director for her latest Both Sides of the Blade (pictured above) which stars two incredible French titans of acting, Vincent Lindon and Juliette Binoche. This is Denis' very first prize at one of the Big Three European festivals if you can believe it. The top prize of the festival, the Golden Bear, went to rising Catalan filmmaker Carla Simón (Summer 1993) for her ensemble drama Alcaras about a family who may lose their farm.  

Complete list of winners after the jump and we do expect at least a couple of them to pop up in next year's International Feature Film Oscar race since the buzz often starts at Berlin for some entries to that category...

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