Category: FYC
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FYC: ‘Elvis’ for Best Costume Design
Catherine Martin is a four-time Oscar winner with two wins for her Production Design work and another two wins for her Costume Design work. She has a pair of wins for her work on Moulin Rouge! (2001) and another pair of wins for her work on The Great Gatsby (2013), both films she worked on with her husband, writer-director…
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FYC: ‘Elvis’ for Best Film Editing
When it was announced Baz Luhrmann was taking on the Elvis Presley story, many could already envision the glitz and the glamour the writer-director would bring to the film. Part of Luhrmann’s visual storytelling style is the sharp yet bombastic editing that pieces together every craft in his films. In Elvis, the film’s editing becomes its…
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FYC: ‘TÁR’ for Best Original Screenplay
Todd Field summons the audience’s attention when he places the end credits at the beginning of the film to gear up for the two-and-a-half-hour symphony he is about to command. When people hear the term “Original Screenplay,” they immediately equate it with the most outrageous idea. In this category at the Oscars, there are plenty…
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FYC: ‘Babylon’ for Best Original Score
When Damien Chazelle announced his next film was going to be Babylon, the excitement of the young director returning to musicals ignited a flame on Film Twitter. Sadly, the film turned out to not be a musical but Chazelle gifted us with something even better that is far from the sanitized musical La La Land.…
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FYC: Angela Bassett for Best Supporting Actress
It’s far past time that we start referring to Angela Bassett as “Academy Award Winner Angela Bassett.” Thirty years after her first Oscar nomination for her portrayal of Tina Turner in What’s Love Got To Do With It? (for which she frankly should have won), Angela Bassett stands now as a front-runner to win the…
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FYC: ‘Turning Red’ for Best Animated Feature
While the winner for this year’s Best Animated Feature seems all but set, 2022 was a great year for animated films. I’d like to think in another season, Turning Red would be the awards darling of the year. Or, at the very least, in another season, I’d like to think Turning Red got the theatrical…
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FYC: ‘Fire of Love’ Best Documentary
Fire of Love tells the story of volcanologists Maurice and Katia Krafft. The Kraffts were revolutionaries in the study of volcanology, being two of the first volcanologists to capture the volcanoes up close on film. While the documentary focuses on the lives and careers of the Kraffts, including their tragic fate, it opens up the…
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FYC: Colin Farrell for Best Actor
This piece contains spoilers for The Banshees of Inisherin. “You used to be nice. Or did you never used to be? Oh, God. Maybe you never used to be.” When that line of dialogue was uttered by a crestfallen Colin Farrell during the emotional climax of The Banshees of Inisherin, a loud crack was heard…
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FYC: TÁR for Best Picture
During the pandemic, Focus Features gave Todd Field the option to write about anything for his return to cinema after a 16-year break. Within a 12-week time frame, Field delivered a draft to the studio. In response, he received no notes and total creative freedom. Field describes his experience making the film as “the most…
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FYC: Daniel Giménez Cacho for Best Lead Actor
I remember seeing Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, at the 2022 AFI Film Festival and feeling slightly hesitant about the film. It wasn’t because of the mixed reviews or the long run time, but just that I haven’t always been the biggest fan of Alejandro González Iñárritu films. I respect his craft,…
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