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2012 Oscar Predictions

With the Oscars kicking off this Sunday, the 26th, I’ve finalized my predictions, including both Will Win and Should Win cateogries. Check them out below and follow @TheFilmStage for updates! 

Best Picture
WILL WIN: “The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”
“Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“The Help”
“Moneyball”
“War Horse”
SHOULD WIN: “The Tree of Life”

Best Actor
Demian Bichir, “A Better Life”
WILL WIN: George Clooney, “The Descendants”
Jean Dujardin, “The Artist”
SHOULD WIN: Gary Oldman, “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”
Brad Pitt, “Moneyball”

Best Actress
Glenn Close, “Albert Nobbs”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: Viola Davis, “The Help”
Rooney Mara, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
Meryl Streep, “The Iron Lady”
Michelle Williams, “My Week With Marilyn”

Best Supporting Actor
Kenneth Branagh, “My Week With Marilyn”
Jonah Hill, “Moneyball”
Nick Nolte, “Warrior”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: Christopher Plummer, “Beginners”
Max Von Sydow, “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close”

Best Supporting Actress
Berenice Bejo, “The Artist”
SHOULD WIN: Jessica Chastain, “The Help”
Melissa McCarthy, “Bridesmaids”
Janet McTeer, “Albert Nobbs”
WILL WIN: Octavia Spencer, “The Help”

Best Director
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
WILL WIN: Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
SHOULD WIN: Terrence Malick, “The Tree of Life”
Alexander Payne, “The Descendants”
Martin Scorsese, “Hugo”

Best Original Screenplay
Woody Allen, “Midnight in Paris”
JC Chandor, “Margin Call”
SHOULD WIN: Asghar Farhadi, “A Separation”
WILL WIN: Michel Hazanavicius, “The Artist”
Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo, “Bridesmaids”

Best Adapted Screenplay
WILL WIN: Alexander Payne, Nat Faxton, Jim Rash, “The Descendants”
John Logan, “Hugo”
George Clooney, Grant Heslov, Beau Willimon, “The Ides of March”
Aaron Sorkin, Steven Zaillian, “Moneyball”
SHOULD WIN: Bridget O’Connor, Peter Straughn, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”

Best Animated Feature
“A Cat In Paris”
“Chico & Rita”
“Kung Fu Panda 2”
“Puss in Boots”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Rango”

Best Foreign Language Film of the Year
Bullhead (Belgium)
Footnote (Israel)
In Darkness (Poland)
Monsieur Lazhar (Canada)
WILL & SHOULD WIN: A Separation (Iran)

Original Score
“The Adventures of Tintin,” John Williams
WILL WIN: “The Artist,” Ludovic Bource
“Hugo,” Howard Shore
SHOULD WIN: “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” Alberto Iglesias
“War Horse,” John Williams

Best Original Song
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Man or Muppet,” The Muppets; Music and Lyric by Bret McKenzie
“Real in Rio,” Rio; Music by Sergio Mendes and Carlinhos Brown, Lyric by Siedah Garrett

Best Achievement in Art Direction
“The Artist”
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Hugo”
“Midnight in Paris”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Cinematography
“The Artist”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
“Hugo”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “The Tree of Life”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Costume Design
“Anonymous”
“The Artist”
“Hugo”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Jane Eyre”
“W.E.”

Best Documentary Feature
“Hell and Back Again”
“If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front”
“Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory”
“Pina”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Undefeated”

Best Documentary Short Subject
“The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement?”
“God Is the Bigger Elvis”
“Incident in New Baghdad”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Saving Face”
“The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom”

Best Achievement in Film Editing
WILL WIN: “The Artist”
“The Descendants”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
SHOULD WIN: “Hugo”
“Moneyball”

Best Achievement in Makeup
“Albert Nobbs”
SHOULD WIN: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
WILL WIN: “The Iron Lady”

Best Animated Short Film
Dimanche/Sunday
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore
WILL & SHOULD WIN: La Luna
A Morning Stroll
Wild Life

Best Live Action Short Film
“Pentecost”
“Raju”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “The Shore”
“Time Freak”
“Tuba Atlantic”

Best Achievement in Sound Editing
SHOULD WIN: “Drive”
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
WILL WIN: “Hugo”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Sound Mixing
“The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Hugo”
“Moneyball”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”
“War Horse”

Best Achievement in Visual Effects
“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2”
“Hugo”
“Real Steel”
WILL & SHOULD WIN: “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”
“Transformers: Dark of the Moon”

(Source: thefilmstage.com)

Top 30 Classic Films I Saw For First Time In 2011

Here are my favorite films that I had my first-time viewing of in 2011. Film, year and date seen.

30. Blue Valentine (2010) (1.19.11)

29. American Graffiti (1973) (1.5.11)

28. Blow Out (1981) (7.16.11)

27. Don’t Look Now (1973) (11.2.11)

26. Carrie (1976) (4.18.11)

25. Killer’s Kiss (1955) (8.28.11)

24. Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) (3.6.11)

23. Dogville (2003) (4.10.11)

22. The Last Picture Show (1971) (9.6.11)

21. The City of Lost Children (1995) (1.6.11)

20. A Night at the Opera (1935) (12.26.11)

19 Walkabout (1971) (6.17.11)

18. Out of the Past (1947) (12.7.11)

17. Repulsion (1965) (12.25.11)

16. Anatomy of a Murder (1959) (10.22.11)

15. Beauty and the Beast (1946) (7.1.11)

14. Straw Dogs (1971) (6.16.11)

13. Dancer in the Dark (2000) (5.22.11)

12. Sweet Smell of Success (1957) (3.5.11)

11. Grand Illusion (1937) (6.3.11)

10. Kes (1969) (8.27.11)

9. Being There (1978) (7.29.11)

8. Andrei Rublev (1966) (1.11.11)

7. The Red Shoes (1948) (1.8.11)

6. Breaking the Waves (1996) (5.20.11)

5. The Rules of the Game (1939) (11.5.11)

4. Stalker (1979) (4.8.11)

3. Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972) (4.8.11)

2. La dolce vita (1960) (1.16.11)

1. Solaris (1972) (2.13.11)

(Source: thefilmstage.com)

My Top 20 Albums of 2011

20. Basement Jaxx - Attack the Block OST

19. PJ Harvey - Let England Shake

18. Nicholas Jaar - Space is Only Noise

17. Bill Callahan - Apocalypse

16. Bright Eyes - The People’s Key

15. The Decemberists - The King is Dead

14. Cut Copy - Zonoscope

13. Jay-Z & Kanye West - Watch the Throne

12. The Black Keys - El Camino

11. Sigur Ros - Inni

10. Alexandre Desplat - The Tree of Life OST

9. Radiohead - The King of Limbs

8. Panda Bear - Tomboy

7. Drive OST

6. Kurt Vile - Smoke Ring For My Halo

5. The Roots - Undun

4. Grouper - A I A: Dream Loss/ Alien Observer

3. Fleet Foxes - Helplessness Blues

2. Bon Iver - Bon Iver, Bon Iver

1. Stephen Malkmus - Mirror Traffic

My Top 15 Films of 2012

As of Jan. 6th, 2012:

1. Snowtown

2. Wuthering Heights

3. Chicken with Plums

4. Kill List

5. Sleepless Night

6. The Kid with a Bike

7. God Bless America

8. Beyond the Black Rainbow 

9. Magic Valley

10. Your Sister’s Sister

11. You’re Next

12. Turn me on, goddammit

13. The Grey

14. The Deep Blue Sea

15. Friends with Kids

(Source: thefilmstage.com)

TIFF - Day 0

Up early and made it to JFK and through security with ease. Now waiting to board in an hour. If all goes well I’ll be seeing Moneyball and Ides of March this afternoon. Look for my Coriolanus review to go up as well. Looking forward to my fifth TIFF! As always, follow @TheFilmStage for updates.