by Nathaniel R
The Oscar-adjacent portion of our annual Film Bitch Awards is complete (i.e. if Nathaniel had a ballot)...
BEST ACTRESS / SUPPORTING ACTRESS
It surely won't surprise you to see Jessica Chastain, Kathryn Hunter, Kirsten Dunst, Martha Plimpton, and Ruth Negga name-checked give our long and noisy enthusiasms for those performances. But that's just five of the ten fine actresses honored. We also made room for Polly Draper, Aunjanue Ellis, Olivia Colman, Reinata Reinsve, and Tessa Thompson so click over for those write-ups.
VISUALS - all categories now announced, each with write-ups.
SOUND & MUSIC - Score (we have two category types there) were added as well as writeups for each category to complete this page.
Would love to hear your 'best of's or comments on these of course!
Please to note: These are not and have never been predictions in all their years (Final oscar nom predictions are here) but, rather, personal choices. Punditry and naming your own "bests" are two things that should never be confused for each other which is why precursor awards season can be so disorienting for us here at TFE (how do so many -- including critics groups -- get these different impulses confused?!?)
OVERALL NOTES
Power of the Dog led with ten nominations (which is surely no surprise given the top ten list). Dune and Zola were tied for second with 7 nominations each. Benedetta is the sole film from the top ten list to receive no nominations. But that doesn't mean we don't love it. There are only five spots in each field available!
WHAT'S NEXT?
There are still more fun i.e. "Off-Oscar" categories to come like "diva of the year", "best action sequence", "best limited performances or cameos" and more but we'll have to take a few day break now to discuss Oscar nominations. They hit tomorrow morning. May all your wishes for Oscar nominations come true... unless they conflict with mine.