This week’s “Display screen Discuss” podcast wraps up final weekend’s Movie Impartial Spirit and Display screen Actors Guild awards, and co-hosts Ryan Lattanzio and Anne Thompson share their last Oscar nominations predictions forward of the ceremony on Sunday. (Anne’s last 23 class picks are right here, and our shorts predictions are right here.)
We additionally have a look at two deaths that passed off within the span of 24 hours this week, Michelle Trachtenberg and Gene Hackman. In the meantime, Netflix launched viewership knowledge for the second half of 2024, and it’s telling how small viewers curiosity was in quite a lot of the streamer’s 2025 Oscar contenders.
On the Spirits, “Anora” was the large winner with three high awards, and director Sean Baker gave a strong speech about how indies have to maintain careers going ahead.
On the SAG Awards, the large shock was Timothée Chalamet lastly notching a win for his efficiency as Bob Dylan in “A Full Unknown.” Will that repeat on the Oscars? No, and we clarify why. What about “Conclave”’s ensemble win? With BAFTA and SAG high wins and the Oscar preferential poll, “Conclave” is the mainstream selection for a lot of voters. However “Anora” took the DGA, WGA, and PGA, which additionally has a preferential poll.
Right here’s what the ten Greatest Image nominees are more likely to win:
“Depraved”: Costume Design, Manufacturing Design
“Emilia Pérez”: Zoe Saldaña for Supporting Actress, “El Mal” for Greatest Music, Greatest Worldwide Function
“Dune: Half Two”: Sound, Visible Results
“A Full Unknown”: Within the working for Greatest Sound and Greatest Actor, however might win nothing.
“Conclave”: Greatest Tailored Screenplay, Enhancing
“I’m Nonetheless Right here”: Greatest Worldwide Function is a risk.
“Nickel Boys”: An extended shot for Tailored Screenplay
“The Substance”: Make-up and Hairstyling, Greatest Actress Demi Moore
“The Brutalist”: Greatest Actor Adrien Brody, Unique Rating, Greatest Cinematography
“Anora”: Greatest Director, Greatest Unique Screenplay, Greatest Image, with Mikey Madison within the working for Greatest Actress
Greatest Documentary is the hardest class to name: “Porcelain Conflict” competes with “No Different Land” and “Sugarcane.”
In the meantime, Netflix June-to-December 2024 viewership knowledge signifies views had been low for movies like “Maria” (800,000 views) and “Emilia Pérez” (1,500,000 views). “The Piano Lesson,” shut out of the Oscars, was larger (5,100,000 views).
We wrap up with a tribute to the late nice Gene Hackman. We each picked “Night time Strikes” as our favourite Hackman movie. Over a long time, the actor confirmed mastery of the craft of performing: He might play terrifying villains (“Unforgiven”), difficult heroes (“The Dialog”), and anti-heroes (“The French Connection”). IndieWire additionally ranks his 12 finest movies.