All Oscar Charts Revised!

by Nathaniel R

It never fails to be alarming but right about this time every year in early October, suddenly EVERYONE who is involved with the business of film awardage is abruptly working overtime after six months of hibernation. What's more, even film events that have nothing to do with the impending Oscar race, also land in October like New Fest (a festival we've truly longed to indulge in but have never been able to due to simultaneous NYFF/Middleburg). We only wish we could figure out some way to join everyone else in hibernation from March through September each year and still have an audience left in October so we'd be better rested. (Maybe less frequent posting in those months or a substack to fill in gaps? Subscribe plz.)

Next week, for instance, is insanity. There are Oscar related screenings and events in Los Angeles, NYFF events / premieres in New York, New Fest events in New York, and the Middleburg Film Festival in Virginia with our annual Oscar panel plus celebrity honorees attending like Stephanie Hsu, Noah Baumbach, and many more as a stop on their Oscar campaign trails. The jampacked schedule continues like this (though names and places and celebrities in attendance change) basically through the close of Oscar voting early next year. No time to breathe (that's okay) or write (not okay!). This is not a complaint so much as a "whew. here we go again". Until we get to full cateogry articles, see the updated charts!

EVERY OSCAR CHART  Prediction Index | Picture | Director | Actress | Actor | Supporting Actress | Supporting Actor | International Feature |  Screenplays | Visual Charts | Music Charts | Animated Feature |  Charts of International Submissions

Apologies for the Momentary Lull.

Dear readers, We apologize for the lack of the normal volume of writing/updates. There have been significant unavoidable struggles off site. Because life is life, these are naturally paired with other time-consuming things that are entirely unrelated like moving apartments in a couple of weeks plus festivals (NYFF screenings begin today and then Middleburg). While we collect ourselves check out the updated Oscar charts for Picture, Director,  Actress, Actor, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, International Film, Screenplays, Visuals, Sound if you haven't yet. More soon.

Also please consider following on Instagram and subscribing to the new substack which I'll be using to experiment a bit or in case we go dark or decide to switch hosting platforms or whatnot. 

New "Supporting Actress Smackdown" Schedule

Apologies to do this but we have scheduling changes (a lot going on chez Nathaniel) 

SMACKDOWN "1951" -NEW DATE: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19th, 2022
1951 will be our "year of the month" for another few weeks. Email us your votes on the Smackdown (anytime before September 17th) with "1951" in the subject line. You should rate each performance you've seen on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (perfection) hearts. Feel free to include blurbs which we might quote but they aren't necessary.

• Joan Blondell, The Blue Veil    - good luck finding!
• Mildred Dunnock, Death of a Salesman    - available on YouTube
• Lee Grant, Detective Story.   - rentable from multiple sources
• Kim Hunter, A Streetcar Named Desire - streaming on HBOMax / rentable elsewhere
• Thelma Ritter, The Mating Season - available on YouTube

SMACKDOWN "2004" -NEW DATE: MONDAY, OCTOBER 24th, 2022
Email us your votes on the Smackdown (anytime before October 20th) with "2004" in the subject line of your email. You should rate each performance you've seen on a scale of 1 (poor) to 5 (perfection) hearts. Feel free to include blurbs which we might quote but they aren't necessary.

• Cate Blanchett, The Aviator -  streaming on HBOMax / rentable elsewhere
• Laura Linney, Kinsey -  - rentable from multiple sources
• Virginia Madsen, Sideways -  streaming on HBOMax / rentable elsewhere
• Sophie Okonedo, Hotel Rwanda -  streaming on HBOMax / rentable elsewhere
• Natalie Portman, Closer -  - rentable from multiple sources

Since this will bring us up to date on film years, we might try little experiments thereafter for fun. 

Last day for our summer fundraiser - reader requests!

Thank you to those who donated in our summer fundraiser. Though we didn't earn enough to get to Venice for the festival the donations will help keep the roof over TFE's head. If you donated one of the following amounts we'll be in touch for your requests...

$50 - Choose a topic for an upcoming post
$150 - A long piece on the movie or actor or topic of your choice
$200 - "Supporting Actress Smackdown Special". Pick one movie with multiple supporting actresses in it and we'll do a mini Smackdown debating those performances!
$400 - For you high rollers out there, order up a whole theme week of your own choice. Daily posts on that topic! Could make a fun gift for yourself or someone you love with their favourite movie/star/thematic element/genre whatever. (Unless you give us a date a month in advance we'll pick the week)

If you've already donated those amounts, which a few of you have, email us to make your request!

Happy Birthday to... Me

me chillin' with the boyfriends cat. my #1 favourite relaxation technique

Hello dearest readers. Today is my birthday (I want no gifts for myself other than donations -- here's our fundraiser since we'd love to go to Venice again and keep active through the fall film season. Or if you'd like to subscribe you can see that in the sidebar and choose a small monthly donation amount). 

Let's have fun with lists, shall we? Obviously movies aren't made with any one person in mind -- that would be insane -- but have you ever felt like a movie was made just for you or was just what you needed or found yourself unable to not obsess? Because nostaglia has struck me, herewith are the (mostly) movies from each year from 1989 forward that felt (at the time) like personal gifts to me...

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