The Hollywood Reporter (Weekly)
The Gold Rush Is On
THR’s awards analyst on how the Oscar race was impacted by the Golden Globes, BAFTA longlists and more
BEST PICTURE American Fiction
This satire about race in America, from first-time filmmaker Cord Jefferson, was left off BAFTA’s best film longlist of 10 titles on Jan. 5 (it did make four other longlists), then lost both Golden Globes for which it was competing — best musical/comedy picture and actor — on Jan. 7.
Anatomy of a Fall
The French winner of Cannes’ Palme d’Or made it onto seven BAFTA longlists, including best film and actress. Sandra Hüller won the National Society of Film Critics’ best actress prize Jan. 6. And the film won two Golden Globes, for best non-English-language film and best screenplay.
Oppenheimer
After landing on 15 BAFTA longlists (tied with Barbie and Killers of the Flower Moon for the most of all films), the historical epic dominated at the Golden Globes, winning five prizes, namely best drama film, director, actor, supporting actor and score (more than twice as many as any other film).
Past Lives
Celine Song’s directorial debut made six BAFTA longlists, including best film, and was chosen as 2023’s best picture by the NSFC. But a day later, the film lost all five Golden Globes Awards for which it was nominated, including best drama picture, director, actress and screenplay.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Charles Melton May December
The breakout didn’t make the BAFTA longlist and lost to Robert Downey Jr. at the Globes but was the NSFC’s pick and was the only supporting actor chosen by both New York Times film critics Jan. 4 as deserving of an Oscar nomination.
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie
Davis Guggenheim’s portrait of the actor made BAFTA’s longlist and on Jan. 7 won four Creative Arts Emmys — but it being celebrated as a TV doc could make doc branch Academy members reluctant to include it among their final five.