MTFB Oscar Update: Supporting Acting / TFF Films and the Best of the 2020's / Awards for TFF Films / Interviews and Profiles: Washington and Arnold

Here are updated nomination predictions for the Supporting Acting categories for the 97th Academy Awards.  These categories were last predicted on Oct. 28th.  An actor's previous rank appears to the right of their names in parentheses.  TFF #51 actors/films are in Bold.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

3) Saoirse Ronan/Blitz (4)

5) Felicity Jones/The Brutalist (5)

Others: Selena Gomez/Emilia Perez, Ariana Grande/Wicked and Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor/Nickel Boys.

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

2) Denzel Washington/Gladiator II (2)

3) Guy Pearce/The Brutalist (3)

4) Clarence Maclin/Sing Sing (4)

Others: John Magaro/September 5, Jeremy Strong/The Apprentice and Yura Borisov/Anora.

TFF FILMS AND THE BEST OF THE HALF DECADE

Jordan Ruimy/World of Reel invited me and more than one hundred other "critics" to name a  list of the Best films of the first half of the 2020's.  The results were posted Saturday.  Among the top twenty were eight that played at one of the decade's TFFs.  They were: TAR, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, The Power of the Dog, Poor Things, Anora, Aftersun and All of Us Strangers. 

Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer topped the list.  My List for the poll was: Nomadland, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, The Power of the Dog and The Zone of Interest.

The complete list from World of Reel is linked here.

AWARDS FOR TFF FILMS

Mikey Madison to recieve Breakthrough Performance Award from Palm Springs Fest.

INTERVIEWS AND PROFILES

Director Malcolm Washington and writer Virgil Williams on The Piano Lesson from TIFF.net.

Andrea Arnold for Bird from Mubi.com.