Best Picture. April 2022

[Nora]

Group 2:

• Don't Worry Darling
• Elvis
• Emancipation
• Empire of Light
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Flamin' Hot
• Foe
• Golda
• The Good Nurse
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever
• Happening
• L'Immensita
• I Wanna Dance with Somebody
• Jerry and Marge Go Large
• Joika
• The Killer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Lady Chatterley's Lover
• Living
• The Lost King
• Maggie Moore(s)
• Manodrome
• The Menu
• Misanthrope

[picolandia]

These are Mennonites:




Germanic speaking neoprotestant people living outside of the civilization as rural workers. Nothing related to the Latin American culture (They aren't Catholic, they don't speak Spanish and they don't tend to be married with outsiders of their own communities or be involved in local politics). The novel is based on Venezuela, although the real events happened in Bolivia. But part of the longer years of the abuse was precisely the mode of life and isolation of the communities from the authorities.

In this case, the cast is apt to indicated "otherness" and "isolation".

And, remember this (great) film about the Mennonites in Mexico.

[fla616]

Group 2:

• Don't Worry Darling
• Elvis
• Emancipation
• Empire of Light
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
• The Fabelmans
• Flamin' Hot
• Foe
• Golda
• The Good Nurse
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever
• Happening
• L'Immensita
• I Wanna Dance with Somebody
• Jerry and Marge Go Large
• Joika
• The Killer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• Lady Chatterley's Lover
• Living
• The Lost King
• Maggie Moore(s)
• Manodrome
• The Menu
• Misanthrope

Kasi Lemmons is not a good director but McCarten movies are beloved by the Academy, I dunno about removing that movie already

[Nora]

Kasi Lemmons is not a good director but McCarten movies are beloved by the Academy, I dunno about removing that movie already

This is the best picture category and not the best screenplay's...

[Nora]

Group 3:

• Monkey Man
• My Policeman
• Napoleon
• Next Goal Wins
• The Northman
• Novembre
• Nyad
• Le Otto Montagne
• The Pale Blue Eye
• Poor Things
• Presences
• Raymond & Ray
• Red, White and Water
• Revoir Paris
• Rustin
• She Came to Me
• She Said
• Shirley
• Showing Up
• Spaceman of Bohemia
• The Son
• Spoiler Alert
• The Swimmers
• TAR
• Tchaikovsky's Wife
• Thirteen Lives
• Three Thousand Years of Longing
• Till
• Triangle of Sadness
• True Love
• The Whale
• White Noise
• Wicked
• Women Talking
• The Wonder
• The Zone of Interest

[GeorgeEastman]

Remove The Northman from the next poll.

[Nora]

32 movies (feels like the World Cup) will be decreased again soon (to 16 Joke ):

• Armageddon Time
• Asteroid City
• Avatar 2
• Babylon
• Bones & All
• Broker
• The Brutalist
• David O. Russell Film
• Decision to Leave
• Disappointment Blvd.
• Emancipation
• Empire of Light
• The Fabelmans
• The Greatest Beer Run Ever
• Jerry and Marge Go Large
• The Killer
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• The Lost King
• The Menu
• Next Goal Wins
• Novembre
• Le Otto Montagne
• The Pale Blue Eye
• Poor Things
• Rustin
• Shirley
• The Son
• TAR
• Three Thousand Years of Longing
• Triangle of Sadness
• The Whale
• White Noise

[GeorgeEastman]

Starting to wonder if Empire of Light will be 2023. If Searchlight were honest in that they'll keep it to a maximum of five theatrical releases per year and the rest goes to Hulu, then I can't fully grasp their roster for this upcoming season.

Confirmed theatrical Searchlight releases 2022:
- The Banshees of Inisherin (October 21, likely going to fall festivals?)
- The Menu (November 18, not sure if festivals?)

Films that feels like potential theatrical Searchlight releases 2022:
- Poor Things (Venice bound?)
- Next Goal Wins (TIFF? It's testing and feels "commercial?")
- Chevalier (Telluride?)

Which leaves Empire of Light out. I guess it can release late in LA/NY and expand wider in January and hence not being really counted as a "2022" film fully, but idk?

[Cameroon]

Maybe it was the weed and outstanding theater presentation, but I caught the Elvis trailer before The Northman today and that shit sure hit different than it does on a YouTube clip. Played great in the packed theater, and it got me thinking whether the punditry's actually been underrating that movie's awards potential. It's not like Warner Bros. has a ton of other ponies this year. Sure, it looks super corny. So was Bohemian Rhapsody. Who knows, maybe Butler nails it.

[DeoGame]

Starting to wonder if Empire of Light will be 2023. If Searchlight were honest in that they'll keep it to a maximum of five theatrical releases per year and the rest goes to Hulu, then I can't fully grasp their roster for this upcoming season.

Confirmed theatrical Searchlight releases 2022:
- The Banshees of Inisherin (October 21, likely going to fall festivals?)
- The Menu (November 18, not sure if festivals?)

Films that feels like potential theatrical Searchlight releases 2022:
- Poor Things (Venice bound?)
- Next Goal Wins (TIFF? It's testing and feels "commercial?")
- Chevalier (Telluride?)

Which leaves Empire of Light out. I guess it can release late in LA/NY and expand wider in January and hence not being really counted as a "2022" film fully, but idk?

Yeah, Searchlight has a lot of stuff on their plate this year. Don't forget Flamin' Hot, Rye Lane and See How They Run.

It'll be interesting to see what makes it this year and what gets delayed to next or thrown onto Hulu. They will have to make some tough choices.

As is, here's what I'm thinking:

Theatrical:
- The Menu
- Banshees of Inisherin
- Poor Things
- Next Goal Wins
- Empire of Light

Hulu:
- Flamin' Hot
- Rye Lane

Could Go Either Way:
- See How They Run (Should play well to the Only Murders crowd on Hulu, but star-studded)
- Chevalier (I could see this playing a fest and the reaction determining where it ends up)

Edit:

I'm diving through Searchlight's Twitter right now. See How They Run is theatrical, 2022.

https://www.twitter.com/SeeHowTheyRun_

[Cinesnatch]

Maybe it was the weed and outstanding theater presentation, but I caught the Elvis trailer before The Northman today and that shit sure hit different than it does on a YouTube clip. Played great in the packed theater, and it got me thinking whether the punditry's actually been underrating that movie's awards potential. It's not like Warner Bros. has a ton of other ponies this year. Sure, it looks super corny. So was Bohemian Rhapsody. Who knows, maybe Butler nails it.

I've assumed that the movie is going to do extremely well commercially, and I've still underrated its chances, mainly because of The Great Gatsby and Rocketman. But, if Butler gets otherworldly reviews, maybe the movie can break those barriers.

[GeorgeEastman]

Yeah, Searchlight has a lot of stuff on their plate this year. Don't forget Flamin' Hot, Rye Lane and See How They Run.

It'll be interesting to see what makes it this year and what gets delayed to next or thrown onto Hulu. They will have to make some tough choices.

As is, here's what I'm thinking:

Theatrical:
- The Menu
- Banshees of Inisherin
- Poor Things
- Next Goal Wins
- Empire of Light

Hulu:
- Flamin' Hot
- Rye Lane

Could Go Either Way:
- See How They Run (Should play well to the Only Murders crowd on Hulu, but star-studded)
- Chevalier (I could see this playing a fest and the reaction determining where it ends up)

Edit:

I'm diving through Searchlight's Twitter right now. See How They Run is theatrical, 2022.

https://www.twitter.com/SeeHowTheyRun_

Didn't even think about that one. Yeah it looks very stacked.

[luckycloud]

Here's where my thinking is currently:

Killers of the Flower Moon
The Fabelmans
Babylon
Women Talking
Avatar 2
The Son
Empire of Light
Rustin
Thirteen Lives
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Decision to Leave
Poor Things
She Said
Tár
Nope
The Whale
The Banshees of Inisherin
Next Goal Wins
White Noise
Napoleon
The Killer
The Good Nurse
Broker
Asteroid City