There are still more than four months left in one of the
most atypical
Oscar
races in
memory, but the American critics associations have
recently
promoted the film
Nomadland
as a favorite for the statuettes of the
Hollywood Academy
.
Nomadland
took home the best film of 2020 from the
Boston Society of Film Critics
(BSFC) and the
Chicago Film Critics Association
(CFCA).
Additionally,
Nomadland
was a finalist in the same category for the
Los Angeles Film Critics Association
(LAFCA)
awards
.
The case of the Los Angeles awards has its crumb since they chose
Small Ax
as the best film of the year
, a television series consisting of five films directed by
Steve McQueen
and that, except for last minute changes, will be able to compete in the Emmy but not in the
Oscars
.
Nomadland's
options
in the great cinema gala are even clearer in the section of best direction, since the Chinese director
Chloé Zhao
made poker in this category by winning at the awards
of the New York Film Critics Circle
(NYFCC) and those of his colleagues in
Los Angeles,
Boston
and
Chicago
.
These accolades are in addition to
Nomadland's
successful stint
on the festival circuit, where he won the
Golden Lion at the Venice
Film Festival
and where he also
won the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival
(TIFF).
Starring
Frances McDormand
,
Nomadland
tells the story of a woman who
hits
the road in the United States to live in a motorhome after losing her job and her husband.
OSCAR POSTHUMO FOR CHADWICK BOSEMAN?
Another name that figures with more and more weight for the Hollywood awards season is that of
Chadwick Boseman
, the star of
Black Panther
(2018) who died in August at the age of 43 due to cancer.
Thanks to
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
, which was his last film,
Boseman
posthumously won the best actor award from critics in Los Angeles and Chicago.
He also triumphed at the critics' awards in New York, which instead awarded him best supporting actor for the same film.
As for actresses,
Sidney Flanigan
(
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
) asks for passage after taking the award for best female performer from critics in New York and Boston.
From there, the situation is more uncertain with many films and artists looking for space.
For example,
First Cow
took the award for best picture at the NYFCC honors, which recognized
Delroy Lindo
(
Da 5 Bloods
) as best actor.
Carey Mulligan won
the LAFCA Best Actress Award for
Promising Young Woman
.
The Boston critics gave the best actor award to a veteran like
Anthony Hopkins
for his role in
The Father
.
And Chicago journalists awarded
Frances McDormand
Best Actress for
Nomadland
.
The 93rd edition of the
Oscars will
be held on April 25, 2021 after being delayed for two months, like the rest of the Hollywood awards, to adapt to the exceptional context of the pandemic that has kept theaters closed for months.
For this reason, the
Oscars will
also allow films that have only been released online to be eligible for the statuettes.
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