Jade Bahr Posted December 21, 2023 Share Posted December 21, 2023 KOTFM on oscar short lists: https://www.awardsdaily.com/2023/12/21/oscars-2024-academy-releases-short-lists/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 Can't believe they nominated DeNiro but not Leo - again 😭 The 2023 North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) Nominations The North Carolina Film Critics Association (NCFCA) have announced their nominations representing the best in film for 2023. The winners will be announced January 3rd, 2024. Here are this year’s nominees… BEST NARRATIVE FILM American Fiction Barbie Godzilla Minus One The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Zone of Interest BEST DIRECTOR Celine Song – Past Lives Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Greta Gerwig – Barbie Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Barbie John Wick: Chapter 4 Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer Ryan Gosling – Barbie Charles Melton – May December Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things BEST ACTRESS Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller – Anatomy Of A Fall Greta Lee – Past Lives Margot Robbie – Barbie Emma Stone – Poor Things BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE Asteroid City Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY All of Us Strangers American Fiction Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things BEST EDITING Barbie John Wick: Chapter 4 Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things BEST COSTUME DESIGN Barbie The Color Purple Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN Asteroid City Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things BEST SCORE The Killer Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-north-carolina-film-critics-association-ncfca-nominations/ Meanwhile Lily collecting more wins Also Rachel McAdams developing her momentum Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatosh Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 I think it's dissapointing Leo gets overlooked at some critics nominations. But at least he got in at the important ones. Here's a video about the visual effects in KOTFM. Very interesting and well done because I never noticed that it wasn't real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pami Posted December 22, 2023 Share Posted December 22, 2023 41 minutes ago, akatosh said: I think it's dissapointing Leo gets overlooked at some critics nominations. But at least he got in at the important ones. Here's a video about the visual effects in KOTFM. Very interesting and well done because I never noticed that it wasn't real. I totally agree, I'm not saying he should win or be nominated every single time, but come on...it was a tremendous work! The three main actors in this movie gave award worthy performances. On the other hand I'm really happy for Lily. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 @akatosh @Pami Well it can always be worse. Poor guy. Thoughts on ‘Maestro’ & Bradley Cooper Hate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 23, 2023 Share Posted December 23, 2023 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association’s 2023 Film Awards Nominees We will be announcing our winners in-person at Rochester’s Dryden Theatre on January 6th, 2024. Best Picture: • All of Us Strangers • Asteroid City • Barbie • The Holdovers • Killers of the Flower Moon • May December • Oppenheimer • Past Lives • Poor Things • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Best Director: • Greta Gerwig, Barbie • Todd Haynes, May December • Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer • Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon • Celine Song, Past Lives Lead Actress: • Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon • Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall • Greta Lee, Past Lives • Natalie Portman, May December • Emma Stone, Poor Things Adapted Screenplay: • Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers • Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. • Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon • Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer • Tony McNamara, Poor Things Best Cinematography: • Mátyás Erdély, The Iron Claw • Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon • Matthew Libatique, Maestro • Hoyte Van Hoytema, Oppenheimer • Robbie Ryan, Poor Things Best Editing: • Nick Houy, Barbie • Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon • Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer • Keith Fraase, Past Lives • Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things Best Original Score: • Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, The Killer • Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon • Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer • Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things • Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse https://awardsradar.com/2023/12/22/nominatons-gwnyfca/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 Watch out Zac Efron is coming for his 1rst Best Actor nom 😏 DiscussingFilm Critic Awards 2024: The Nominations The winners of the 2024 DiscussingFilm Critics Awards will be announced on January 6. Best Picture All of Us Strangers Anatomy of a Fall Barbie Killers of the Flower Moon May December Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Zone of Interest Best Director Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon Todd Haynes, May December Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest Best Actress Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Greta Lee, Past Lives Emma Stone, Poor Things Best Supporting Actor Ryan Gosling, Barbie Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry Robert DeNiro, Killers of the Flower Moon Charles Melton, May December Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer Best Film Ensemble Barbie The Color Purple Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Best Adapted Screenplay All of Us Strangers American Fiction Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Best Original Score The Boy and The Heron Killers of The Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse Best Cinematography Killers of The Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Poor Things Saltburn Best Film Editing Anatomy of A Fall John Wick: Chapter 4 Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Poor Things Best Costume Design Barbie The Color Purple Killers of the Flower Moon Poor Things Priscilla Best Sound Killers of The Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse The Zone of Interest https://discussingfilm.net/2023/12/23/discussingfilm-critic-awards-2024-the-nominations/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatosh Posted December 24, 2023 Share Posted December 24, 2023 At least somebody appreciates Leo's talent in KOTFM: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatosh Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Leo needs some votes: https://www.justjared.com/2023/12/24/who-is-your-favorite-actor-of-2023-vote-in-just-jareds-poll/?=morehere Merry Christmas!🎅🎄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 ^done ✔️ Didn't know Matt Bomer has such a strong fanbase. He's amazing in "Fellow Travelers"; if you haven't watch this show I highly recommend He and Jonathan Bailey are gorgeous Speaking of this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxford25 Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 Thanks to ALL who posted the latest Leo news, pix, and vids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarwater Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 5 hours ago, Jade Bahr said: ^done ✔️ Didn't know Matt Bomer has such a strong fanbase. He's amazing in "Fellow Travelers"; if you haven't watch this show I highly recommend He and Jonathan Bailey are gorgeous Speaking of this Even after seeing the photo, I still have no clue who Matt is 😅 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 25, 2023 Share Posted December 25, 2023 2 hours ago, Sugarwater said: Even after seeing the photo, I still have no clue who Matt is 😅 I mostly know him because he's ... well... gorgeous White Collar is a pretty good crime show with him in the main role, then of course the Magic Mike movies with him in a supporting role as stripper Ken. He isn't super famous but as he said himself as a openly gay actor it's not always easy for him to get the same offers as "straight" actors like Leo for example. Fans also wanted him and Alexis Bledel desperately in the 50 shades movies but the producers made very clear "a gay actor wouldn't fit the fantasy". It was pretty disturbing. May their homophobic asses rot in hell. https://ew.com/article/2012/08/09/bret-easton-ellis-50-shades-matt-bomer/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatosh Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 Lily Gladstone Once Used Her Allowance to Buy VHS of Titanic, Starring Future Costar Leonardo DiCaprio (Exclusive) “I pre-ordered the double VHS set from Toys ‘R’ Us,” recalls Lily Gladstone, who stars opposite Leonardo DiCaprio in 'Killers of the Flower Moon' Twenty-five years before Lily Gladstone shared the screen with Leonardo DiCaprio in Killers of the Flower Moon, she was somewhat of a Titanic fanatic. “I loved that movie,” the star says in the new issue of PEOPLE. “It was one of the first things I spent my allowance on,” continues Gladstone. “I pre-ordered the double VHS set from Toys ‘R’ Us when that was still around.” For the 37-year-old Montana native, the frenzy around the Oscar-winning epic — which hit theaters in 1997 and was released on VHS the following summer — is still fresh in her mind. “I remember the Blockbuster commercial, [with store employees] hearing the crowd of young women approaching,” she says. “[The workers] set the Titanic on the shelf, and then you hear all the young ladies, and they're like, ‘Uh-oh, here they come.’ ” Gladstone, however, wasn’t exactly a part of Leo-mania. “I loved that movie for the film and for Kate Winslet. Leo was great in it because Jack Dawson was great,” Gladstone explains of his stowaway character. “And it's funny, whenever I had crushes in sixth grade — because the year that it came out for me — I would kind of project my crushes into Jack Dawson. It was never on Jack Dawson,” she adds. Titanic wasn’t her introduction to DiCaprio. “I had been a fan of Leo long before that. My first film that I watched him in was, I can't remember which one came first, but it was either What’s Eating Gilbert Grape or This Boy's Life,” she continues. “I loved Romeo + Juliet.” Her favorite, however, was The Man in the Iron Mask. In the 1998 loose adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel, DiCaprio played both King Louis XIV and his twin brother Phillippe, who lived in exile. “I already knew at that point I wanted to be an actor,” she says, “and getting to see one actor play that kind of duality, it was really cool.” More than two decades later, after auditioning for director Martin Scorsese’s historical drama Killers of the Flower Moon, she landed the role of Mollie, an Indigenous Osage woman whose family was killed for their oil-rich land in 1920s Oklahoma. DiCaprio costars as her duplicitous husband Ernest, who has a hand in their deaths. Gladstone’s nuanced performance as his trusting wife has made her an awards season favorite and generated deafening Oscar buzz. (If she gets a nomination and wins, Gladstone, who has Blackfeet and Nez Perce ancestry, would be the first Native American to claim Best Actress honors.) Just before they began filming Killers in 2021, Gladstone was in Oklahoma on location and re-familiarizing herself with DiCaprio’s and Scorsese’s films. “I was watching The Departed, and it was the scene where Leo's character is on the phone with Matt Damon's character. They call each other. It's like, ‘Whose number is this?’ And it is just this incredible, tense face off where they're both kind of afraid to talk,” she recalls of the 2006 crime drama. “I was just watching the scene, and then I get a text on my phone from some unmarked number saying, ‘Hey, this is Leo. Do you want to come over for dinner?’ I look at it and I'm just like, ‘Is this really him?’ ” continues Gladstone. “So then I text production and be like, ‘Hey, did Leo ask for my number?’ [They respond], ‘Yeah, yeah, that's him.’ ” Gladstone headed to the house where DiCaprio was staying, and his private chef cooked them dinner. Afterward “we hung out by the fire outside, just [talking] about, I don’t know, our childhoods,” says Gladstone. Though costarring with DiCaprio, whose movies she grew up watching, would blow the minds of many, Gladstone always had faith the success she’s now enjoying would one day be possible. “My dad always put it in my head that this would be my path,” says Gladstone. “And when you’re younger, you kind of believe that.” Killers of the Flower Moon is now available on demand. For more on Lily Gladstone, pick up the new issue of PEOPLE. https://people.com/lily-gladstone-recalls-buying-vhs-of-titanic-years-before-leonardo-dicaprio-costar-exclusive-8419055 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatosh Posted December 26, 2023 Share Posted December 26, 2023 A clip of the new behind the scenes special on the Titanic 4k Blu-Ray. Like always Kate has lovely things to say about Leo.🥰 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 ‘The Wolf of Wall Street’ Turns 10 Martin Scorsese’s “The Wolf of Wall Street” was released 10 years ago yesterday. Its resonance still looms large. This year, we had two separate Scorsese polls — for critics and readers — and “The Wolf of Wall Street” kept cementing its legacy as the filmmaker’s best film of the 21st Century. According to these polls, it’s either ‘Wolf’ or “The Departed” as the best film Scorsese’s released since 1999. A 10-year-anniversary write-up from Esquire makes claim of ‘Wolf of Wall Street’ being such a prescient film that it ended up predicting the Trump era. I don’t necessarily think it just predicted Trump as much as just this massive cultural change of excess and outrage, which would happen just a few years later. Yes, “The Wolf of Wall Street” opened 10 years ago this week. Directed by Scorsese, the $100 million film grossed $407 million and became the director’s highest grossing film. Critics were split on it, but time has been very kind to ‘Wolf’. I can remember its opening week, the film receiving a dreaded C on CinemaScore, and some journalists being outright pissed at Scorsese’s statement about ego. The main complaints had to do with ‘Wolf’ being materialistic, encouraging greedy behavior, extreme wealth, and advocating for the criminal individuals portrayed in the film. Variety journalist Whitney Friedlander called the film "three hours of cash, drugs, hookers, repeat" and argued that the film was a "celebration of this lifestyle.” I don’t think she got it. In a September interview with GQ, Scorsese revealed that he was, at first, unaware of the heated debate surrounding the film. He mentioned then discovering that there were two distinct camps among critics: one that loved the film and another that was disappointed by the lack of a clear moral condemnation for lead character Jordan Belfort's actions. Scorsese himself seemed unfazed by the criticism, stating that such moralistic attitudes were "beyond boring." Scorsese went on to describe an infamous advanced screening of ‘Wolf’ in New York City, which led to heated debate over the moral positioning of the film: Apparently, I was told this: there were two camps [in New York], one camp that loved the picture, the other that was furious and said that I didn’t take a moral stand on [‘Wolf Of Wall Street’ protagonist] Jordan Belfort, and one of the critics from the other camps that liked the picture, said, ‘Do you really need Martin Scorsese to tell you that that’s wrong? The moral rot in ‘Wolf’ was clear as day. You didn’t need critics to point it out, or not understand it. Scorsese's had the last laugh since his sprawling crime epic has become one of the most timely movies of the last decade. Its IMDb score is a highly impressive 8.2 based on 1.5 million votes — it’s also listed as the 132nd greatest film of all-time on IMDb. Many critics included it on their best of 2010s lists. It also features the best performance of Leonardo DiCaprio’s career. It is certainly the riskiest performance from the actor who has never been freer or more playful than as Belfort, the former stockbroker, financial criminal, entrepreneur, speaker, and author who scammed his way to millions. ‘Wolf’ is also the film that introduced many young millennials, and Gen Z, to Scorsese. This epic of high debauchery had scenes veering towards pure slapstick comedy. In a way, it’s as fervently comic a satire as, say, Scorsese’s timely 1983 indictment of ego and fame, “The King of Comedy.” The film predicted a divisive country that was about to combust at any second. Scorsese held up a mirror up to America and reminded us that these are the kinds of guys that own, and continue to flourish, the most power. In a way’ “GoodFellas”, “Casino”, and “The Wolf of Wall Street” can be seen as an unofficial trilogy about the criminal class slowly moving into the mainstream. Outrageously entertaining, the film continues to gather up an audience. This past September, it climbed to the top of the Netflix charts and spawned more conversation than it ever has before. It’s very hard to deny that Scorsese’s film keeps striking a chord with movie audiences, and continues to do so, no doubt due to its scathing relevance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jade Bahr Posted December 27, 2023 Share Posted December 27, 2023 The Wolf of Wall Street’s “I’m Not Leaving” Scene Is Just as Powerful a Decade On Martin Scorsese’s exploration of corporate greed celebrates 10 years on December 25. DiCaprio’s performance – and the film’s warning – has proven ever more prescient. There’s a scene about halfway through Killers Of The Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese’s 2023 epic about the murders of members of the Osage Nation, when Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio have a heated debate about the best way to shoot a man in the head. De Niro’s character, genocidal landowner William Hale is adamant that, when you’re trying to make a hit look like suicide, the front of the head is the way to go. “You told him to do it in the front of the head? Then why he do it in the back of the head?” De Niro demands. “It’s too simple; the front is the front and the back is the back!” “I told him the front of the head, just like you told me. I promise you. I swear on my children!” DiCaprio’s character, the gurning, slow-witted killer Ernest Burkhart stammers. For a film of such leaden subject matter, the scene is surprisingly – and intentionally – funny, with DiCaprio building on his broader comic sensibilities most recently on display in 2021’s Don’t Look Up. Both performances are effective, but DiCaprio’s humour is arguably even more acute when it takes a more insidious form. Instead of a bumbling bumpkin, DiCaprio’s powers shine best when the humour is paired with intelligence and even a malicious, self-satisfied air. We’ve seen it in Django Unchained but, a decade after it’s release, his role as Jordan Belfort in 2013’s The Wolf Of Wall Street (also Scorsese) is yet to be bettered. From his endless extra-marital screwing around to throwing “fun tokens” at FBI guys in cheap suits, DiCaprio electrifies as perhaps the most compelling character in his oeuvre. Nowhere is the essence of Belfort’s self-deception, his epic corporate greed and yes, DiCaprio’s skill, so readily displayed as in the much-memed “I’m not fucking leaving!” speech, delivered at the 02:15:40 mark. In just over two minutes, Belfort’s rallying speech to his troops offers up the most concentrated shot of the quiet menace that laces Scorsese’s most prophetic film. “For years I’ve been telling you guys never to take no for an answer, right?” a contrite Belfort begins, addressing his most loyal stockbrokers, all of whom are gathered as if in mourning for a monarch. “To keep pushing and never hang up the phone… this deal that I’m about to sign, barring me from Stratton, barring me from my home… it’s me taking no for an answer. It’s them selling me and not the other way around. It’s me being a hypocrite.” We can see Belfort’s regret here – not at his actions, but that he has been caught out. Were his hands not tied, had real justice been allowed to triumph, Belfort would continue righteously ripping people off because that is what he deserves to do. Then things really ramp up. “You know what? I’m not leaving,” Belfort whispers to the crestfallen crowd. “I’m not fucking leaving!” he screams to rapturous applause, hugging, and general joyous disbelief among his adherents. “The show goes on! This is my home. They’re gonna need a fuckin’ wreckin’ ball to take me out of here,” Belfort announces as female employees grasp each other, and mouth “I love you!” at him. Like many scenes in The Wolf Of Wall Street, it’s utterly grotesque. What the memes miss is that we aren’t meant to be rooting for Belfort (even if he does look like Leonardo DiCaprio). We’re meant to be horrified by his hubris, and by the cult-like devotion of his followers, each as morally bankrupt as him. DiCaprio, red-faced, struts, screams and peacocks across the front of the room. “They’re going to need to send in the National Guard, or fuckin’ Swat team ‘cause i ain’t goin’ nowhere! Fuck them!” In his violent refusal to step down, despite the full weight of the law commanding him to do so, we see an eerie foreshadowing of another red-faced Wall Street guy refusing to leave office, this time on the 6th of January 2021. As well as being a riotously entertaining time at the cinema, The Wolf Of Wall Street served up a stark warning about greed, populism and entitlement. Scorsese recently recounted that some critics missed the point of the film, prompting another critic to ask “Do you really need Martin Scorsese to tell you that that’s wrong?”. It turns out, maybe some of us did. A decade on, the “I’m not fucking leaving!” scene remains not just a masterclass in minacious comedic performance, and a DiCaprio highlight reel staple, but a warning against unhinged, charismatic leaders. We need to pay more attention than ever, because try as we might, just like Jordan Belfort, they’re not going anywhere, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatosh Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 Aww these two 🥰 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sugarwater Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 I’ve eaten off of those 43 minutes ago, akatosh said: Aww these two 🥰 I’ve eaten off those very plates and drank from those cups many Summers. Cool! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akatosh Posted December 28, 2023 Share Posted December 28, 2023 ^ Wow that‘s cool! 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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