Weird Cinema

Oscar season has arrived with regional critics weighing in on the years best. With Oscar season becoming more vast and hard to follow, I devised a way to follow the entire season where every win counts towards a running point total. This will put the entire season into context and put emphasis on all the awards, not just what the industry deems worthy.

For starters, any critics group with accreditation will be considered as well as film festival awards, television (industry) awards, guilds, and of course, the Oscars. These awards will be weighted differently on the basis of cultural significance, membership body, and industry importance. Each category is weighed the same save for best picture which gets an extra bonus point. The points will be broken down into the following categories:

Points’ Key

● Oscars: 10 points

● Guilds: 6 points

– DGA, PGA, SAG, WGA

● Industry (Television): 5 points

– Golden Globes, Critics Choice, BAFTA, Indie Spirits

● Film Festival Circuit: 4 points

– Cannes, Venice, TIFF

● Major regional critics: 3 points

– LAFCA, NYFCC, Gotham

● Regional critics: 1 point

○ Best Picture Bonus Bonus: +1

Each win for the major 20 categories (excluding songs), will count towards the running total, so winning at the Oscars A LOT is crucial to taking the top prize. The point system is a way for the entirety of the film community to have a say in which film.truly deserves “Best Picture” at the end of Oscar night. It’s also to have more fun with the season as a whole. It’s important to remember these awards are purely for entertainment — not for yelling at pundits and anger.

A few links that Oscar fans need to follow:

● Next Best Pictures’ award page

● Awards Watch schedule

NPB and Awards Watch house all the winners and nominations. Check out those two sites for better coverage on the season.

Oscar Point Leaders (points)

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Best Picture

1. Killers of the Flower Moon (14)
2. Poor Things (9)
3. Anatomy of a Fall (7)
4. Past Lives (6)
4. The Zone of Interest (6)
4. Oppenheimer (6)
7. American Fiction (5)
8. Barbie (2)
8. The Holdovers (2)

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Director

1. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (10)
2. Jonathon Glazer, The Zone of Interest (5)
3. Matteo Garrone, Io Capitano (4)
4. Tran Anh Hùng, The Pot-Au-Feu (4)
5. Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon (4)
6. Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things (3)
7. Greta Gerwig, Barbie (1)
8. Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (1)

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Screenplay

1. Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall (6)

2. Guillermo Calderon, Pablo Larrain, El Conde (4)
2. Yuji Sakamoto, Monster (4)
4. David Hemingson, The Holdovers (3)
4. Tony McNamara, Poor Things (3)
4. Samy Burch, May December (3)
8. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (1)
8. Tony McNamara, Poor Things (1)

Adapted

1. Tony McNamara, Poor Things (4)
2. Cord Jefferson, American Fiction (2)
2. Eric Roth, Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon (2)
4. Jonathon Glazer, Zone of Interest (1)
4. Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer (1)

Original

1. David Hemingson, The Holdovers (5)
2. Greta Gerwig, Noah Baumbach, Barbie (2)
3. Celine Song, Past Lives (1)
3. Samy Burch, May December (1)
3. Josh Singer, Bradley Cooper, Maestro (1)

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Lead Actor

1. Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer (7)
2. Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers (6)
3. Peter Sarsgaard, Memory (4)
3. Koji Yakusho, Perfect Days (4)
5. Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction (1)
5. Mads Mikkelsen, The Promised Land (1)
5. Bradley Cooper, Maestro (1)

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Lead Actress

1. Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon (12)
2. Emma Stone, Poor Things (9)
3. Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall (6)
4. Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla (4)
4. Merve Dizdar, About Dry Grasses (4)
5. Lily Gladstone, The Unknown Country (3)

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Supporting Actor

1. Charles Melton, May December (9)
2. Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things (5)
2. Ryan Gosling, Barbie (5)
4. Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer (4)

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Supporting Actress

1. Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers (21)
2. Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (3)

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Cinematography

1. Hoyte Van Hoytema, Oppenheimer (13)
2. Thien An Pham, The Yellow Coccoon Shell (4)
3. Rodrigo Prieto, Barbie (3)
3. Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon (3)
3. Robbie Ryan, Poor Things (3)
6. Jamie D. Ramsay, All of Us Strangers (1)
6. Jonathon Ricqueborg, The Pot-Au-Feu (1)

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Editing

1. Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer (6)
2. Laurent Senechal, Anatomy of a Fall (3)
3. Jonathon Albers, All of Us Strangers (1)
3. Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon (1)

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Production Design

1. Sarah Greenwood, Barbie (7)
2. Nathan Parker, The Kitchen (1)

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International

1. Anatomy of a Fall (18)
2. The Zone of Interest (5)
3. Godzilla: Minus One (1)
3. Fallen Leaves (1)
3. The Boy and the Heron (1)

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Original Score

1. Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer (7)
2. Mica Levi, Zone of Interest (3)
3. Robbie Robertson, The Killers of the Flower Moon (2)

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Animated Feature

1. Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse (11)
2. The Boy and the Heron (9)
3. Robot Dreams (2)

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Documentary

1. Still: A Michael J. Fox (8)
2. Menus-Plasiris — Les Troisgois (4)
3. Four Daughters (3)
4. 20 Days in Mariupol (2)
4. Kokomo City (2)
4. American Symphony (2)
7. Smoke Sauana Sisterhood (1)
7. Geographies of Solitude (1)
7. The Eternal Memory (1)

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Sound Design

1. Enys Men (1)

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Costume Design

1. Holly Waddington, Poor Things (2)
2. Beki Ebisuwa, Femme (1)
2. Jacqueline Durran, Barbie (1)

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Makeup & Hair

1. Femme (1)

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Visual Effects (VFX)

1. The Creator (2)
2. Godzilla: Minus One (1)
2. The Kitchen (1)

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Added Award shows for the week of Devember 10-17:
Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) (1)
Boston Society of Film Critics (BSFC) (1 pt)
Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) (3 pt)
Las Vegas film Critics Society (LVFCS) (1)
New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) (1)
Phoenix Critics Circle (PCC) (1)
Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) (1)
Boston Online Film Critics Association (BOFCA) (1)
Toronto Film Critics Association (TFCA) (1)
Philadelphia Film Critics Circle (PFCC) (1)
St. Louis Film Critics Association (STLFCA) (1)

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Award point totals will be updated every Sunday at 12pm PST