Oscars Predictions: Best Film Editing – ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Picking Up Momentum From Critics’ Groups
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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Film Editing All of Us Strangers
Weekly Commentary: Lafca has only been handing out prizes for editing since 2012. Out of the past 11 winners, six became Oscar nominees with one winner among them – “Gravity” (2013). Interestingly, last year’s Lafca recipient “Aftersun,” was the first narrative...
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2024 Oscars Predictions:
Best Achievement in Film Editing All of Us Strangers
Weekly Commentary: Lafca has only been handing out prizes for editing since 2012. Out of the past 11 winners, six became Oscar nominees with one winner among them – “Gravity” (2013). Interestingly, last year’s Lafca recipient “Aftersun,” was the first narrative...
- 12/10/2023
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Ari Aster's 2018 film "Hereditary" contains a great deal of shadow-lurking, a scene of spontaneous human combustion, several decapitations, allusions to demonic powers, and at least one Satanic cult. However, if one were to ask a "Hereditary" fan about the film, they would mention Toni Collette's amazing performance before any of the above elements. They will also likely recall the scenes of sheer panic, the harrowing sense of guilt, and the unnerving presence of actor Milly Shapiro as the scary young Charlie. This is, of course, the way Aster wanted it. "Hereditary" may have supernatural elements, but it is, first and foremost, a story about the breakdown of the family unit. It's about intergenerational trauma and how our most grievous pains are handed directly to us by our mothers. It's a nightmare, but more in the Freudian sense.
"Hereditary" was edited by Lucian Johnston and Jennifer Lame, the latter...
"Hereditary" was edited by Lucian Johnston and Jennifer Lame, the latter...
- 11/28/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Playwright Annie Baker has developed a distinctive style in which silences often speak louder than words, the words themselves mean more than what’s actually said, and routine conversations and events have the power of earth-shattering revelations. It’s an approach to drama that demands us to pay close attention to every line of dialogue and every flicker of emotion on an actor’s face, lest we miss crucial details. In some ways, that’s a deeply cinematic approach to dramaturgy, recalling the economy of Robert Bresson and Harold Pinter’s work, except that Baker’s is far more emotionally immediate.
The plot of Baker’s quiet and often moving feature directorial debut, Janet Planet, details the bond between 11-year-old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) and her acupuncturist mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), in rural Western Massachusetts in the summer of 1991 just before Lacy enters the sixth grade. The closest that the film...
The plot of Baker’s quiet and often moving feature directorial debut, Janet Planet, details the bond between 11-year-old Lacy (Zoe Ziegler) and her acupuncturist mother, Janet (Julianne Nicholson), in rural Western Massachusetts in the summer of 1991 just before Lacy enters the sixth grade. The closest that the film...
- 10/8/2023
- by Kenji Fujishima
- Slant Magazine
When it comes to predicting the Oscar winner for Best Film Editing, you can’t go wrong by looking for the movie with the most cuts. Past winners “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2008), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2016), “Ford v Ferrari” (2020), “Dune” (2022) and last year’s champ “Everything Everywhere All at Once” included high-octane action sequences with frenetic cutting. A slew of winners — including “Saving Private Ryan” in 1999, “Black Hawk Down” (2002), “The Hurt Locker” (2010), “Hacksaw Ridge” (2017) and “Dunkirk” (2018) — have been war pictures. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2024 Oscar predictions for Best Film Editing.)
Oscar voters also embrace film editors who skillfully juggle multiple storylines, as was the case with “Traffic” (2001) and “Crash” (2006). And they like films that expertly inter-cut music with images, such as “Cabaret” (1973), “Chicago” (2003), “Whiplash” (2015), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2019) and 2021 winner “Sound of Metal.” Special effects extravaganzas like “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004) and “Gravity” (2014) won by...
Oscar voters also embrace film editors who skillfully juggle multiple storylines, as was the case with “Traffic” (2001) and “Crash” (2006). And they like films that expertly inter-cut music with images, such as “Cabaret” (1973), “Chicago” (2003), “Whiplash” (2015), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2019) and 2021 winner “Sound of Metal.” Special effects extravaganzas like “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004) and “Gravity” (2014) won by...
- 9/13/2023
- by Paul Sheehan and Jacob Sarkisian
- Gold Derby
Nominations voting is from January 11–16, 2024, with official Oscar nominations announced on January 23, 2024. Final voting is February 22–27, 2024. And finally, the 96th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 10, and air live on ABC at 8 p.m. Et/ 5 p.m. Pt. We update predictions throughout awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2024 Oscar picks.
The State of the Race
It’s the season of complex narratives and existential crises, led by Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” (Universal), the early favorite, Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster “Barbie” (Warner Bros.), Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple TV+/Paramount), Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid” (A24), and Celine Song’s “Past Lives” (A24).
Other contenders include Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.), the follow-up to his Oscar winner, Yargos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” (Searchlight), Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” (Netflix), Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” (Apple TV...
The State of the Race
It’s the season of complex narratives and existential crises, led by Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” (Universal), the early favorite, Greta Gerwig’s blockbuster “Barbie” (Warner Bros.), Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Apple TV+/Paramount), Ari Aster’s “Beau Is Afraid” (A24), and Celine Song’s “Past Lives” (A24).
Other contenders include Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros.), the follow-up to his Oscar winner, Yargos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” (Searchlight), Wes Anderson’s “Asteroid City,” Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” (Netflix), Ridley Scott’s “Napoleon” (Apple TV...
- 8/17/2023
- by Bill Desowitz
- Indiewire
When it comes to predicting the Oscar winner for Best Film Editing, you can’t go wrong by looking for the movie with the most cuts. Past winners “The Bourne Ultimatum” (2008), “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2016) and “Ford v Ferrari” (2020) included high-octane action sequences with frenetic cutting. And a slew of other champs — including “Saving Private Ryan” in 1999, “Black Hawk Down” (2002), “The Hurt Locker” (2010), “Hacksaw Ridge” (2017) and “Dunkirk” (2018) — have been war pictures. (Scroll down for the most up-to-date 2021 Oscar predictions for Best Film Editing.)
Oscar voters also embrace film editors who skillfully juggle multiple storylines, as was the case with “Traffic” (2001) and “Crash” (2006). And they like films that expertly inter-cut music with images, such as “Cabaret” (1973), “Chicago” (2003), “Whiplash” (2015), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2019) and last year’s winner “Sound of Metal.” Special effects extravaganzas like “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004) and “Gravity” (2014) won by deftly blurring the lines between the real and the fantastic.
Oscar voters also embrace film editors who skillfully juggle multiple storylines, as was the case with “Traffic” (2001) and “Crash” (2006). And they like films that expertly inter-cut music with images, such as “Cabaret” (1973), “Chicago” (2003), “Whiplash” (2015), “Bohemian Rhapsody” (2019) and last year’s winner “Sound of Metal.” Special effects extravaganzas like “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2004) and “Gravity” (2014) won by deftly blurring the lines between the real and the fantastic.
- 1/23/2022
- by Paul Sheehan
- Gold Derby
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2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Film Editing
Updated: Dec 27, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: While there have been a few examples of...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Oscars Collective
Visit each category, per the individual awards show from The Oscars Hub
Revisit the prediction archive of the 2021 season The Archive
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2022 Oscars Predictions:
Best Film Editing
Updated: Dec 27, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: While there have been a few examples of...
- 12/27/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
It should come as no surprise that “Dune” will most likely land an Oscar nomination for frequent Denis Villeneuve collaborator Joe Walker. The crafts spectacle comes together as Walker stitches score, sound design and all elements of the epic to follow Paul Arrakis (Timothée Chalamet), whisking audiences away into an unmatchable immersive experience.
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” editor Peter Sciberras strikes a perfect balance between sweeping vistas and the tension between Benedict Cumberbatch’s Phil Burbank and Kodi Smit McPhee’s enigmatic Peter.
Joel Coen didn’t just direct and adapt but he also co-edited “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” as he has many of his past projects under the pseudonym Reginald Jaynes, alongside Lucian Johnston. As Roderick Jaynes, with his brother Ethan, Coen has been nominated twice in the past. It remains to be seen if he is recognized on his own.
But Kenneth Branagh’s...
Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” editor Peter Sciberras strikes a perfect balance between sweeping vistas and the tension between Benedict Cumberbatch’s Phil Burbank and Kodi Smit McPhee’s enigmatic Peter.
Joel Coen didn’t just direct and adapt but he also co-edited “The Tragedy of Macbeth,” as he has many of his past projects under the pseudonym Reginald Jaynes, alongside Lucian Johnston. As Roderick Jaynes, with his brother Ethan, Coen has been nominated twice in the past. It remains to be seen if he is recognized on his own.
But Kenneth Branagh’s...
- 11/4/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Stars: Florence Pugh, Jack Reynor, Will Poulter, William Jackson Harper, Vilhelm Blomgren, Ellora Torchia, Archie Madekwe, Dag Andersson, Björn Andrésen, Anders Back | Written and Directed by Ari Aster
Midsommar is the sophomore effort and highly anticipated follow up in director Ari Aster’s filmography, after his critically acclaimed directorial feature debut Hereditary, released in 2018. Midsommar follows Dani (Florence Pugh) along with her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) and two of his classmates Mark and Josh (Will Poulter and William Jackson Harper) who are invited to a rural mid-summer festival that takes place every ninety years in Sweden. Much like Aster’s predecessor, it is best to head into Midsommar with as little knowledge as possible regarding the events within the film. Avoid all trailers and promotional material and what you’ll experience is a spellbinding majestic provocative horror at its most dire and gleeful best.
The greatest strength of Aster’s...
Midsommar is the sophomore effort and highly anticipated follow up in director Ari Aster’s filmography, after his critically acclaimed directorial feature debut Hereditary, released in 2018. Midsommar follows Dani (Florence Pugh) along with her boyfriend Christian (Jack Reynor) and two of his classmates Mark and Josh (Will Poulter and William Jackson Harper) who are invited to a rural mid-summer festival that takes place every ninety years in Sweden. Much like Aster’s predecessor, it is best to head into Midsommar with as little knowledge as possible regarding the events within the film. Avoid all trailers and promotional material and what you’ll experience is a spellbinding majestic provocative horror at its most dire and gleeful best.
The greatest strength of Aster’s...
- 7/4/2019
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Ari Aster delivered a modern horror classic last year with “Hereditary,” and from the looks of it he could very well do it again this summer with the release of “Midsommar.” The sun-kissed psychological horror movie has been described by Aster as his version of a break-up movie, and that’s at least where the new official trailer from A24 starts. Rising indie stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor play a struggling couple who reluctantly take a summer trip together only for their relationship to derail because of a sinister cult.
The official synopsis from A24 reads: “A couple’s vacation to a Swedish village takes a sinister turn when the insular townspeople invite them into a series of rituals that render their pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving, in this dread-soaked and viscerally disquieting psychological thriller.”
Aster teased “Midsommar” earlier this year, telling fans, “It’s very macabre. But people shouldn’t go in expecting ‘Hereditary.
The official synopsis from A24 reads: “A couple’s vacation to a Swedish village takes a sinister turn when the insular townspeople invite them into a series of rituals that render their pastoral paradise increasingly unnerving, in this dread-soaked and viscerally disquieting psychological thriller.”
Aster teased “Midsommar” earlier this year, telling fans, “It’s very macabre. But people shouldn’t go in expecting ‘Hereditary.
- 5/14/2019
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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