NBR Winners

[Sabin]

Sonic wrote about whether or not there's been an internet narrative but deleted it. I don't think that's exactly what's been happening. The strongest narrative has been centered around The Fabelmans, sight-unseen. But there's been rumblings that it could factor into the Best Picture race. Mister Tee has very much been dismissive of it, saying it's the same chatter that we hear about every blockbuster, whether it's The Dark Knight, Marvel, or what have you.

Ever since I saw Top Gun: Maverick, I've been somewhat positive on its chances both as a very likely nominee and having an outside chance at winning. It's massively successful, almost everybody likes it (good for a preferential ballot), but what sets it apart from other blockbusters is people speak about it in the industry as the movie that saved movies. This is a film that spiked to number one after its third or fourth month. That never happens. But more so, it managed to do that among countless franchise fatigues. And pretty much everybody likes it.

There's been a lot of conversation about Hollywood being too "woke" and insular and how they need to change. I'm not really going to delve into that (I do think it's a mistake to think of the industry as operating primarily as anything other than risk averse), but this is a movie with sensibilities that I think Hollywood will take marching orders from for a little bit.

It's also going into the awards season as an underdog. Not a bad place to be.

I'm not going to say it will win but in a weak year with no strong frontrunner, who knows?

[Reza]

Best Film: Top Gun: Maverick

Can't wait to see Mister Tee's reaction

[Big Magilla]

Best Film: Top Gun: Maverick
Best Director: Steven Spielberg, The Fabelmans
Best Actor: Colin Farrell, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Actress: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Supporting Actor: Brendan Gleeson, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Supporting Actress: Janelle Monáe, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Original Screenplay: Martin McDonagh, The Banshees of Inisherin
Best Adapted Screenplay: Edward Berger, Lesley Paterson, Ian Stokell, All Quiet on the Western Front
Breakthrough Performance: Danielle Deadwyler, Till
Breakthrough Performance: Gabriel LaBelle, The Fabelmans
Best Directorial Debut: Charlotte Wells, Aftersun
Best Animated Feature: Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Best International Film: Close
Best Documentary: Sr.
Best Ensemble: Women Talking
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Claudio Miranda, Top Gun: Maverick

NBR Freedom of Expression Awards:
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Argentina, 1985

Top Films (in alphabetical order):

Aftersun
Avatar: The Way of Water
The Banshees of Inisherin
Everything Everywhere All at Once
The Fabelmans
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
RRR
Till
The Woman King
Women Talking

Top 5 International Films (in alphabetical order):

All Quiet on the Western Front
Argentina, 1985
Decision to Leave
EO
Saint Omer

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order):

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
All That Breathes
Descendant
Turn Every Page – The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb
Wildcat

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order):

Armageddon Time
Emily the Criminal
The Eternal Daughter
Funny Pages
The Inspection
Living
A Love Song
Nanny
The Wonder
To Leslie