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With so many categories, and so much time on my hands, I thought I’d expand my Emmy Picks this year to include the awards that are usually relegated to the Creative Arts presentations. The Guest Acting categories are notoriously hard to pick, so there are more “potential surprises” in store than the major awards. Those picks will come later this week.
GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES Michael Braugher, The Gilded Age Néstor Carbonell, Shōgun Michael Emerson, Fallout Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Elsbeth Arian Moayed, Elsbeth John Turturro, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Potential surprises: Corbin Bernsen, The Curse Kyle MacLachlan, Fallout Rob Morgan, Winning Time Sam Waterston, Law & Order
Ineligible: Murray Bartlett, James Cromwell, Lamar Johnson, Arian Moayed (for Succession), Nick Offerman, Keivonn Woodward
In my dreams: Lance Reddick, Bosch: Legacy
GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES Glenn Close, The New Look Claire Foy, The Crown Marcia Gay Harden, The Morning Show Jane Krakowski, Elsbeth Yûko Miyamoto, Shōgun Sarah Paulson, Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Potential surprises: Laura Benanti, The Gilded Age Michaela Coel, Mr. & Mrs. Smith Sharon Horgan, Mr. & Mrs. Smith Natalie Morales, The Morning Show Constance Schulman, The Curse
Ineligible: Hiam Abbass, Cherry Jones, Melanie Lynskey, Storm Reid, Anna Torv, Harriet Walter
In my dreams: Rachael Ray, The Curse
GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY SERIES Jon Bernthal, The Bear Ryan Gosling, Saturday Night Live Christopher Lloyd, Hacks John Mulaney, The Bear Bob Odenkirk, The Bear Jerry Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Potential surprises: Nate Bargatze, Saturday Night Live Matthew Broderick, Only Murders in the Building Mel Brooks, Only Murders in the Building Steve Buscemi, Curb Your Enthusiasm Timothée Chalamet, Saturday Night Live Ted Danson, Curb Your Enthusiasm Tony Goldwyn, Hacks Hal Linden, Hacks Christopher MacDonald, Hacks Will Poulter, The Bear Bruce Springsteen, Curb Your Enthusiasm
Ineligible: Luke Kirby, Oliver Platt (moved to Supporting Actor), Sam Richardson
In my dreams: Ethan Hawke, Reservation Dogs
GUEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDY SERIES Olivia Colman, The Bear Jamie Lee Curtis, The Bear Kaitlin Olson, Hacks Sarah Paulson, The Bear Maya Rudolph, Saturday Night Live J. Smith-Cameron, Hacks
Potential surprises: Jane Adams, Hacks Mayim Bialik, Young Sheldon Ayo Edebiri, Saturday Night Live Hannah Einbinder, Julia Lily Gladstone, Reservation Dogs Christina Hendricks, Hacks Helen Hunt, Hacks Gillian Jacobs, The Bear Allison Janney, Curb Your Enthusiasm Sanaa Lathan, Curb Your Enthusiasm Jane Lynch, Only Murders in the Building Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Only Murders in the Building Emma Stone, Saturday Night Live
Ineligible: Becky Ann Baker, Judith Light, Sarah Niles, Harriet Walter
Programming Note: This will likely be the last of these columns I’ll write for the year. My attempts at curation have failed to wrangle the massive behemoth of streaming into something manageable. I think there’s still a place for it, but not sure exactly what form it will take next. Thanks for reading.
FILM Top Pick Hit Man – Netflix 6/7 In a real conundrum here. On the one hand, this is one of my most anticipated movies of the year, and by all accounts a return to form for Richard Linklater. But it’s also indicative of the problem with Hollywood, that this well-regarded crowd pleaser was turned down by every major studio and instead will go to streaming after the smallest of limited releases. No one’s a bigger advocate of going to see movies in theaters than I, yet this will still likely be the way I end up seeing it.
New Releases A Prince – Criterion I.S.S. – Paramount+ with Showtime 6/3 *Let the Canary Sing – Paramount+ 6/4 *The Price of Nonna’s Inheritance – Netflix 6/4 *Under Paris – Netflix 6/5 *Am I OK? – Max 6/6 *Basma – Netflix 6/6 *Big City Greens: Spacecation – Disney+ 6/7 *No Way Up – AMC+ 6/7 *Protecting Paradise: The Story of Niue – Disney+ 6/8 Perfect Days – Hulu 6/6 Mothers’ Instinct – Prime Video 6/7 Poolman – Prime Video 6/7 Mob Land – Prime Video 6/10 Origin – Hulu 6/10 *Exhuma – AMC+ 6/14 *Clotilda: The Return Home – Disney+ and Hulu 6/17 *Here to Climb – Max 6/18 *Inheritance – Netflix 6/19 Bread & Roses – AppleTV+ 6/21 *Trigger Warning – Netflix 6/21 Prey (2024) – Hulu 6/22 *Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple – Max 6/22 Out of Darkness – Paramount+ with Showtime 6/24 The Old Oak – Prime Video 6/24 *I Am Celine Dion – Prime Video 6/25 *Drawing Closer – Netflix 6/27 Problemista – Max 6/28 *The Devil’s Bath – AMC+ 6/28 *A Family Affair – Netflix 6/28 *Fancy Dance – AppleTV+ 6/28 Freelance – Prime Video 6/28
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Essential Viewing 1917 – Netflix Anchorman – Hulu Another Round – Criterion The Barbarian Invasions – Criterion Blazing Saddles – Paramount+ Borat – Hulu The Breakfast Club – Netflix Carlito’s Way – Starz Chicago – Paramount+ Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – Max Dazed and Confused – Criterion Dog Day Afternoon – Paramount+ Ferris Bueller’s Day Off – Hulu Fight Club – Hulu Hausu – Criterion High Noon (1952) – Paramount+ In the Bedroom – Paramount+ John Wick series – Peacock Koyaanisqatsi – Prime Video L.A. Confidential – Criterion La La Land – Netflix The LEGO Movie – Netflix Minari – Max Notting Hill – Starz Office Space – Hulu The Other Guys – Max and Peacock Paris Is Burning – Criterion Persona – Criterion Philadelphia – Peacock The Quiet Man – Paramount+ The Royal Tenenbaums – Criterion Saving Private Ryan – Peacock The Seventh Seal – Criterion Shutter Island – Paramount+ Stand by Me – Prime Video Terms of Endearment – Criterion There Will Be Blood – Paramount+ Thief – Criterion The Watermelon Woman – Criterion Casino Royale (2006) – Paramount+ with Showtime 6/12 Carol – Netflix 6/17 Aftersun – Netflix 6/21
Spotlight Collection Paul Schrader – Criterion Like any filmmaker with this long a career, his movies are hit or miss. But when Schrader hits, as he’s done recently, few things are better. This assortment of movies includes some of his most acclaimed flicks, like Affliction, Mishima, Light Sleeper and Auto Focus. And there’s also some of his older work that I’ve never seen, including Blue Collar, Hardcore and The Comfort of Strangers. And for the morbidly curious, there’s also The Canyons, his misbegotten “erotic” “thriller” starring Lindsay Lohan and porn star James Deen. Someone on Letterboxd will almost certainly call this a “misunderstood masterpiece” in the next month.
Hidden Gems 50/50 – Max About Time – Peacock Bandits – Max Brokeback Mountain – Peacock Burn After Reading – Netflix Far from Heaven – Peacock Girlhood – Criterion How Do You Know – Starz If Beale Street Could Talk – Peacock It Follows – Hulu Jennifer’s Body – Peacock A Knight’s Tale – Prime Video Limbo (2020) – Peacock The Lookout – Paramount+ with Showtime Lord of War – Hulu Money Monster – Hulu Nights and Weekends – Criterion Open Water – Max Over the Hedge – Hulu Saved! – Peacock The Skin I Live In – Max State and Main – Criterion Sugar – Max The Terminal – Peacock Tomboy – Criterion Water Lilies – Criterion Keanu – Max 6/3
FILM Top Picks Stop Making Sense – Max 5/3 Let It Be – Disney+ 5/8 The former remains the gold standard for concert docs, and the 4K restoration done by A24 finally makes its streaming debut. But the latter is pretty much the holy grail for lost media. The Oscar-winning documentary about the Beatles’ end was famously unavailable for years on DVD or streaming. Disney+ long ago promised it would see the light of day, but it’s been years since Peter Jackson’s Get Back series premiered. So this is one of the rarest things in the age of streaming: appointment viewing.
New Releases The Breaking Ice – Criterion *The Idea of You – Prime Video 5/2 3 Days in Malay – Hulu 5/3 The American Society of Magical Negroes – Peacock 5/3 The Flood – Hulu 5/3 Skeletons in the Closet – AMC+ 5/3 *Unfrosted – Netflix 5/3 Manodrome – Starz 5/8 Biosphere – Hulu 5/10 Eileen – Hulu 5/10 The Iron Claw – Max 5/10 Wanted Man – Hulu 5/10 American Fiction – Prime Video 5/14 The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes – Starz 5/14 Birth/Rebirth – Hulu 5/17 He Went That Way – Hulu 5/17 Nightwatch: Demons Are Forever – AMC+ 5/17 The Sweet East – Hulu 5/17 *The Blue Angels – Prime Video 5/23 The Seeding – Hulu 5/23 *Atlas – Netflix 5/24 Ferrari – Hulu 5/24 *My Oni Girl – Netflix 5/24 Sentinel – Hulu 5/24 The Boys in the Boat – Prime Video 5/28 *Lainey Wilson: Bell Bottom Country – Hulu 5/29 *MoviePass, MovieCrash – Max 5/29 Silent Night (2023) – Starz 5/29 The Promised Land – Hulu 5/30 A Part of You – Netflix 5/31 Stopmotion – AMC+ 5/31 Sympathy for the Devil – Hulu 5/31 T.I.M. – Hulu 5/31
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Essential Viewing 10 Things I Hate About You – Paramount+ 12 Angry Men (1957) – Prime Video Adaptation – Criterion A.I. Artificial Intelligence – Prime Video Airplane! – Prime Video All About My Mother – Max Amélie – Criterion The Apartment – Criterion Being There – Criterion Bernie – Criterion Big – Hulu Big Night – Paramount+ The Birdcage – Prime Video Blindspotting – Starz The Blues Brothers – Prime Video Boogie Nights – Paramount+ The Bridge on the River Kwai – Criterion The Cabin in the Woods – Peacock Call Me by Your Name – Prime Video Cast Away – Hulu Days of Heaven – Paramount+ The Deer Hunter – Prime Video Don’t Look Now – Criterion Fantastic Mr. Fox – Disney+ and Hulu Fatal Attraction – Prime Video The Florida Project – Max Four Weddings and a Funeral – Prime Video Frida – Paramount+ with Showtime Gattaca – Prime Video Get Out – Peacock Gilda – Prime Video Glory – Prime Video The Hurt Locker – Peacock Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) – Prime Video Jaws – Starz Jurassic Park – Peacock King Kong (2005) – Peacock Koyaanisqatsi – Prime Video The Last Detail – Prime Video The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou – Hulu The Lighthouse – Max Malcolm X – Prime Video The Manchurian Candidate (1962) – Criterion The Mummy (1999) – Peacock The Night of the Hunter – Prime Video On the Waterfront – Criterion and Prime Video Once – Hulu Point Break (1991) – Paramount+ Psycho (1960) – Max Rear Window (1954) – Max Revolutionary Road – Paramount+ with Showtime The Royal Tenenbaums – Hulu Run Lola Run – Prime Video Rushmore – Hulu Schindler’s List – Prime Video Shampoo – Prime Video Sideways – Hulu Silver Linings Playbook – Max Some Like It Hot – Prime Video Stand by Me – Paramount+ with Showtime Step Brothers – Peacock Terms of Endearment – Criterion and Paramount+ That Thing You Do! – Hulu True Grit (2010) – Paramount+ Uncle Buck – Peacock Vertigo – Prime Video Whiplash – Prime Video Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? – Criterion Wonder Woman – Peacock Die Hard – Hulu 5/3 Die Hard with a Vengeance – Hulu 5/3 I Am Not Your Negro – Hulu 5/15
Spotlight Collection 1999 – Criterion Arguably the finest year for film of all time, Criterion offers up some of the best movies from 25 years ago. This includes some long-time Criterion titles like The Virgin Suicides, Beau Travail and Ghost Dog, as well as some hidden gems from legendary directors like The Straight Story, Following and Bringing Out the Dead.
Hidden Gems Annihilation – Paramount+ Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead – Paramount+ The Big Heat – Prime Video Breach – Prime Video CB4 – Starz Dark Waters – Netflix The Dead Don’t Die – Max Everybody Wants Some – Paramount+ and Prime Video Hellboy II: The Golden Army – Max In the Cut – Paramount+ The Matrix Resurrections – Netflix Money Monster – Hulu Postcards from the Edge – Criterion The Swimmer – Prime Video White House Down – Hulu Knock at the Cabin – Peacock 5/24
Nostalgia Picks Drew Peterson: Untouchable – Prime Video I Know What You Did Last Summer – Paramount+ with Showtime Major Payne – Starz Not Another Teen Movie – Prime Video Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion – Paramount+
20. Whale Rider (dir. Niki Caro) A movie for families that’s not for little kids. This used to be a regular occurrence, but good luck finding one these days. A beautiful celebration of Maori culture – and a sharp critique of patriarchal society – Whale Rider features an absolutely stunning performance from Keisha Castle-Hughes, who at the time became the youngest nominee for Best Actress ever. A truly special film you should watch with your whole family.
19. Shattered Glass (dir. Billy Ray) Anyone who laughed at Hayden Christensen’s turn as the sand-hating Anakin Skywalker in two Star Wars prequels ought to give this biopic a look. As the squirmy fabulist Stephen Glass, he’s absolutely perfect, worming his way into his colleagues good graces, letting his puppy dog eyes mask his pathological lies. Caught in the middle is the equally terrific Peter Sarsgaard as Glass’s editor. He’s not fooled but still has to deal with the fallout of this deception.
18. Matchstick Men (dir. Ridley Scott) Speaking of deception… remember when we used to get a few good-to-great con artist movies every year? Well, that’s gone now, too. But in 2003 we got plenty, and this one still stands as the best. Nicolas Cage gives another excellent performance as Roy, a con man with lots of tics. In lesser hands, this would be annoying and overdone. But with Ridley Scott’s steady oversight, it’s a delightful dramedy, especially when Alison Lohman shows up as Roy’s long-lost daughter. Featuring a stacked cast of “that guys,” including Bruce McGill, Bruce Altman and Sam Rockwell, this is a hidden gem worth seeking out.
17. Big Fish (dir. Tim Burton) After the disastrous Planet of the Apes remake, Burton returned strong with this adaptation that finds room for all his favorite things, but with the huge heart of past films like Ed Wood and Edward Scissorhands. It’s a truly wonderful fable that’s among the year’s most visually stunning films. The only mystery is how Albert Finney missed out on a Best Supporting Actor nomination. (Well that, and how Burton lost his fastball after this.)
16. A Mighty Wind (dir. Christopher Guest) Another knockout improvised comedy from Guest’s usual band of mischief makers. Except this one has a ton of killer songs: impeccably crafted parodies of every permutation of folk. It surely deserved an Oscar win for Mitch & Mickey’s duet “A Kiss at the End of the Rainbow” – written by real-life couple Michael McKean and Annette O’Toole – but it ran up against the buzzsaw of a film we’ll get to later.
Parks and Recreation premiered 15 years ago this week. While those first six episodes never quite achieved liftoff, the show improved drastically in Season 2, hitting its stride in an abbreviated third season. The show embraced serialization with Leslie’s challenging campaign for city council against a wealthy idiot. (The eventual similarities to the 2016 presidential election weren’t lost on anyone.)
The most big-hearted of Michael Schur’s programs, its greatest strength was its complex characters. Big dummy Andy (Chris Pratt) proved to be a hard worker when challenged. April (Aubrey Plaza) eventually broke down her rigid walls for those closest to her. While the iconic Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman) got co-opted by the very libertarians he was mocking, he eventually embraced a generous spirit. And of course there’s the perpetually hapless Jerry/Larry/Gary/Terry (Jim O’Heir), who may be the most well-adjusted person in the entire department.
Below are my 10 favorite episodes. All of them made me laugh, but some of them made me tear up, too.
10. “Moving Up” (Season 6, Episode 21) The three-year time jump at the end of the episode was a big surprise, but this episode stands out as one of the best because it’s arguably the one that most shows how much these people actually care for each other: pushing them to be their best, encouraging them after setbacks and achieving greatness together.
9. “Are You Better Off?” (Season 5, Episode 22) One of the brilliant contradictions of Parks and Rec is how much faith it has in other people – a Michael Schur staple – as long as they’re not members of the public. After barely beating Bobby Newport a year before, Leslie’s constituents start a recall campaign. They’re fed up with her modest improvements to their lives, mostly in the form of providing better park access at the expense of another Paunch Burger location. Threaded throughout this hilarious half-hour is Andy’s best Bert Macklin outing, as he investigates which woman left a positive pregnancy test at the cabin. His excitement often gets ahead of his intelligence – typical Andy – but the cliffhanger gave us one of the best GIFs ever.
8. “Win, Lose or Draw” (Season 4, Episode 22) Spoilers if you started this list and hadn’t finished the show (appreciate your readership, but why?): In this superb finale, Leslie loses to Bobby Newport. It’s a gut punch. But an automatic recount yields the same vote disparity, but with Leslie victorious. While Leslie started out a bit annoying – and even her closest friends could find her to be that way, even as the character was toned down a bit – she was always her friends’ biggest cheerleader. You couldn’t help but root for her.
7. “Lil Sebastian” (Season 3, Episode 16) Unlike Ron, I am not an outdoorsman. I don’t melt when I see a cute animal (outside of cats and dogs). But like Baby Yoda, the appeal of Lil Sebastian is undeniable. So it’s no surprise when all of Pawnee turns out for a tribute to the late miniature horse. As usual, Andy’s tribute song is sublimely awful yet sincere. But while there were never two more dedicated civil servants than Leslie and Ben, their secret relationship nearly derails the big event, with literally explosive results.
6. “Flu Season” (Season 3, Episode 2) “Stop. Pooping.” With two words from a very sweaty Rob Lowe, this episode became an all-timer. But the secret weapon of this episode is the character-based humor. When Chris and Leslie act deliriously from the flu, they actual impress Ann and Ben, respectively. It’s a good reminder not to put people on a pedestal, and not be afraid to be vulnerable.
FILM Top Pick The Zone of Interest – Max 4/5 The absolute best of movie of 2023, bar none. It just won two well-deserved Oscars (Best International Feature and Best Sound) and is a must-see for everyone. But it’s a challenging film, so put your phone away, turn out the lights and prepare to see evil.
New Releases Anselm – Criterion Mambar Pierrette – Criterion Pet Sematary: Bloodlines – Prime 4/2 The Treasure of Foggy Mountain – Prime 4/2 Wish – Disney+ 4/3 Lord of Misrule – Hulu 4/4 *Música – Prime 4/4 *Baghead – AMC+ 4/5 *Girls State – AppleTV+ 4/5 *How to Date Billy Walsh – Prime 4/5 She Came to Me – Hulu 4/5 Metalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar – Max 4/6 The Exorcist: Believer – Prime 4/9 The Channel – Hulu 4/12 *The Greatest Hits – Hulu 4/12 *Mayhem! – AMC+ 4/12 Amish Stud: The Eli Weaver Story – Hulu 4/18 *Late Night with the Devil – AMC+ 4/19 Migration – Peacock 4/19 *Rebel Moon, Part Two: The Scargiver – Netflix 4/19 Saw X – Starz 4/19 Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths, Part 1 – Max 4/22 Barber – Hulu 4/25 Boy in the Walls – Hulu 4/25 *Infested – AMC+ 4/26 The Holdovers – Prime 4/29
Essential Viewing The Adventures of Tintin – Prime After Hours – Criterion American Graffiti – Netflix An American Werewolf in London – Starz The Aviator (2004) – Prime The Big Lebowski – Hulu Black Swan – Max Born on the Fourth of July – Netflix Bridesmaids – Peacock Captain Phillips – Hulu Carlito’s Way – Peacock Chinatown – Prime Cloud Atlas – Paramount+ Dazed and Confused – Peacock The Fifth Element – Hulu Four Weddings and a Funeral – Peacock Galaxy Quest – Paramount+ with Showtime The Godfather – Peacock The Godfather Part II – Peacock Heat (1995) – Criterion The Host (2006) – Hulu Infernal Affairs – Max Inherent Vice – Paramount+ Inside Job – Prime Inside Man (2006) – Netflix Jacob’s Ladder (1990) – Paramount+ with Showtime The King of Comedy – Paramount+ The Last Temptation of Christ – Prime Lost in Translation – Max Magnolia – Paramount+ The Matrix – Netflix Mission: Impossible – Peacock Mission: Impossible III – Peacock Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol – Peacock The New World – Max Notting Hill – Peacock Ocean’s Eleven – Hulu Once upon a Time in China – Max Out of Sight – Prime Planes, Trains and Automobiles – Paramount+ Rosemary’s Baby – Prime Saturday Night Fever – Paramount+ and Prime Scott Pilgrim vs. the World – Max A Serious Man – Max Snatch – Prime The Social Network – Max Spider-Man – Peacock Spider-Man 2 – Peacock Team America: World Police – Paramount+ Titanic – Prime To Catch a Thief – Prime To Die For – Starz Tombstone – Peacock Tropic Thunder – Peacock The Watermelon Woman – Max Little Women (2019) – Hulu 4/22
Spotlight Collection One Night – Criterion I love movies that take place during one crazy night, and Criterion has rounded up some of the best of these across all genres. Their lineup includes Before Sunrise, Collateral, My Dinner with Andre, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? as well as the original Night of the Living Dead and Assault on Precinct 13.
Hidden Gems Inland Empire – Max Juliet, Naked – Max The Kingdom (2007) – Starz Life of Crime – Peacock Love & Sex – Starz Paul – Peacock Ricki and the Flash – Starz Ricochet – Starz Source Code – Max The Station Agent – Paramount+ and Prime Take Shelter – Hulu Testament of Youth – Starz The Truth About Charlie – Prime Yes, God, Yes – Hulu 4/22 Isn’t It Romantic – Hulu 4/28
Nostalgia Picks Billy Madison – Peacock Happy Gilmore – Netflix and Peacock The Land Before Time – Netflix Liar Liar – Peacock
BEST PICTURE 12 Years a Slave American Hustle Captain Phillips Dallas Buyers Club Gravity Her Nebraska Philomena The Wolf of Wall Street
Should have won: No complaints here Not even nominated: The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
12 Years a Slave won Best Picture, is the most recent movie inducted into the National Film Registry, and is generally regarded as one of the best movies of the decade. And you know what? It’s properly rated. But it’s also essentially impossible to sit through more than once. It is easily the most brutal, unflinching movie (or show) ever made about America’s original sin. And occasionally Steve McQueen’s showiness undercuts the importance of the story. But in a time when school boards and legislatures are trying to downplay the horror of history and presidential candidates are saying, “America was never a racist country,” this remains a truly important film.
So it feels a little silly to praise the greatness of Katniss Everdeen right after that. But Catching Fire remains one of the decade’s best blockbusters, a truly entertaining and (no joke) inspiring film a decade later. I’d happily add it to this list to make an even 10, or even swap out the other Jennifer Lawrence movie.
BEST DIRECTOR Steve McQueen, 12 Years a Slave David O. Russell, American Hustle Alfonso Cuarón, Gravity Alexander Payne, Nebraska Martin Scorsese, The Wolf of Wall Street
Should have won: Alfonso Cuarón Not even nominated: Spike Jonze, Her
Cuarón had already proven himself to be one of the world’s great craftsman after Children of Men, which was barely acknowledged by the Academy. But Gravity appropriately dominated this year’s nominees, with a well-deserved win here and a slew of technical trophies.
But I must once again dump on American Hustle – a fun but severely flawed movie – and demand that Spike Jonze take Russell’s place for Her, a true masterpiece.
BEST ACTOR Christian Bale, American Hustle Bruce Dern, Nebraska Leonardo DiCaprio, The Wolf of Wall Street Chiwetel Ejiofor, 12 Years a Slave Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
Should have won: Leonardo DiCaprio Not even nominated: Oscar Isaac, Inside Llewyn Davis
The McConaugh-sance was a great time for movies, and the famous Texan’s Oscar win for this movie was the culmination of a great comeback story. But nothing he does as real-life HIV patient Ron Woodruff compares to just one scene in The Wolf of Wall Street, a feat of undeniable physical presence and comic timing that no one could compete with.
As time goes on, American Hustle‘s hype (which even I wasn’t immune to) looks more and more like, as my dad would say, “an Emperor’s New Clothes movie.” So while its nominations in all four acting categories is still impressive, each of those nods has an easy swap for a much better performance. So goodbye to Christian Bale – arguably the best of the quartet – and hello to Oscar Isaac. He still hasn’t been nominated in the ensuing decade, which is criminal. But he may not give a better performance than he does in the Coens’ black comedy about the Greenwich Village folk scene. As the Sisyphean singer-songwriter unable to make progress after the death of his musical partner, he’s about as weary as they come, yet still pushing on.
BEST ACTRESS Amy Adams, American Hustle Cate Blanchett, Blue Jasmine Sandra Bullock, Gravity Judi Dench, Philomena Meryl Streep, August: Osage County
Should have won: No complaints here Not even nominated: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
While I greatly enjoy all the other performers, it’s really no contest. None of those I would count among their greatest performances, whereas Blanchett knocks it out of the park again in Woody Allen’s dramedy.
Brie Larson eventually went on to Oscar success just two years later in the emotional gut-punch Room. But she should have been nominated and won before then for her astonishing, ground-level work in Short Term 12, where she plays one of the last empathetic stops for troubled kids before they’re thrust into an uncaring world.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Barkhad Abdi, Captain Phillips Bradley Cooper, American Hustle Jared Leto, Dallas Buyers Club Michael Fassbender, 12 Years a Slave Jonah Hill, The Wolf of Wall Street
Should have won: Barkhad Abdi Not even nominated: Daniel Brühl, Rush
Abdi’s life should have changed forever after being cast the Somali pirate in the Captain Phillips. And it did, sort of. But Hollywood’s racism kept him from any big roles in the following decade. He had minor roles in Good Time and Blade Runner 2049, and a recurring role in The Curse, but that’s been about it aside from indie movies you’ve probably never heard of. And it’s a real shame, because Abdi is magnificent in the film, and it’s even more astonishing considering it was his first performance.
Which is why Leto’s win is all the more disgusting. Even beyond the indignity of a cis performer playing a trans character, he’s not good in the film and generally not a good actor. (To say nothing of the allegations against him.) I’d easily boot him for Daniel Brühl, who’s been a reliable presence in everything from Inglourious Basterds to the MCU. As Niki Lauda, the determined race car driver locked in a heated – but respectful – rivalry with James Hunt (Chris Hemsworth), he’s terrific.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Sally Hawkins, Blue Jasmine Jennifer Lawrence, American Hustle Lupita Nyong’o, 12 Years a Slave Julia Roberts, August: Osage County June Squibb, Nebraska
Should have won: No complaints here Not even nominated: Margot Robbie, The Wolf of Wall Street
I still can’t believe this was Nyong’o’s first performance in a feature film. This is a debut as important as Orson Welles or Alan Rickman. The arrival of a major talent. A slam-dunk, 100% obviously, wholly deserved win.
So what else is there to talk about? Well, I’d swap Lawrence for another feisty blonde Long Island housewife. Margot Robbie was basically unknown to American audiences until this year. She was memorable in About Time, but absolutely iconic here as Jordan Belfort’s second wife Naomi.
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY American Hustle Blue Jasmine Dallas Buyers Club Her Nebraska
Should have won: No complaints here Not even nominated: About Time
Not a great year for this category if American Hustle and Dallas Buyers Club made it in. But at least the Academy got this one right. Her is one of the most insightful movies ever made about platonic and romantic relationships, to say nothing of society’s relationship to technology. It felt prescient at the time, but has only grown more relevant in the ensuing decade.
I’d kick out DBC for About Time, a movie that still floors me every time I see it. Richard Curtis’s best film presents a new, more romantic version of time travel in a moving coming-of-age story that has few peers.
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY 12 Years a Slave Before Midnight Captain Phillips Philomena The Wolf of Wall Street
Should have won: Before Midnight Not even nominated: The Spectacular Now
My love for this series knows no bounds, so yes I’m honoring it yet again even after awarding Before Sunset nine years ago. It’s that good, that wise, that special.
The Spectacular Now is a much more heartbreaking look at relationships, but it should have been raised up above the flurry of YA adaptations we got in the 2010s.
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE The Croods Despicable Me 2 Ernest & Celestine Frozen The Wind Rises
Should have won: The Wind Rises Not even nominated: Monsters University
Frozen was (and I suppose still is) a legitimate phenomenon. But to me it represents the start of Disney’s autopilot era, with a focus on popular but annoying songs (more on that later) and merchandising. It’s simply no comparison to what was sold as Hayao Miyazaki’s last film. While he still had one more feature in him – which may win this year – this deeply personal biopic of aeronautical engineer Jiro Horikoshi is deeply romantic, visually stunning and often overwhelming.
And while Monsters University is none of those things, it’s still a lot of fun yet with a tremendous amount of heart. It could easily take the place of any of the mainstream nominees.
What else did they get wrong?
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) The Missing Picture (Cambodia) The Hunt (Denmark) The Great Beauty (Italy) Omar (Palestine)
Should have won: The Hunt Not even nominated: The Grandmaster (Hong Kong)
The Great Beauty lives up to its title. But Paolo Sorrentino’s reflection on a life filled with decadence can’t help but feel a little bit like “rich people’s problems.” The Hunt, though, is a terrifying story that could happen to anyone. Like The Crucible or “The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street,” it’s a timeless allegory about mass hysteria, violent retribution and the innocent victims caught in the middle.
BEST ORIGINAL SONG “Happy” from Despicable Me 2 “Let It Go” from Frozen “The Moon Song” from Her “Ordinary Love” from Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom
Should have won: “The Moon Song” Not even nominated: “Please Mr. Kennedy” from Inside Llewyn Davis
“Let It Go” was always going to win. Unlike a lot of nominees, it wasn’t some end-credits filler. It was integral to the story and a genuine phenomenon. But, like fellow nominee “Happy,” it’s really fucking annoying. “Drive your car into oncoming traffic” annoying. “Launch yourself into outer space” annoying. “Puncture your eardrums” annoying. So, the only real choice is “The Moon Song,” which may feel like a trifle but in context is rapturous.
You’ll notice this year there are only four nominees, and that’s because they disqualified “Alone Yet Not Alone,” the title track from a forgetten Christian period drama. Whatever you think of the song – it’s not really any better or worse than some of the sap they’ve nominated before or since – the disqualification is bullshit. The composer, a longtime Academy member, personally called a lot of voters and asked them to consider the song, which hardly seems unethical. But if they were going to cut it, they should have replaced it with a song that should have been there from the beginning: the delightful “Please Mr. Kennedy” from Inside Llewyn Davis.
BEST PICTURE All of Us Strangers Anatomy of a Fall Asteroid City Godzilla Minus One How to Blow Up a Pipeline Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Past Lives Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Zone of Interest
BEST DIRECTING Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall Wes Anderson, Asteroid City Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
BEST ACTOR Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers Barry Keoghan, Saltburn Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
BEST ACTRESS Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall Greta Lee, Past Lives Margot Robbie, Barbie Emma Stone, Poor Things
BEST PICTURE American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest
Will win: Oppenheimer Could win: Barbie Should win: The Zone of Interest Should have been nominated: All of Us Strangers
The skinny: Barbenheimer was the big story of 2023, so it’s appropriate it will come down to the two biggest movies of the year for Best Picture. But by this point it’s not much of a race anymore. Barbie‘s surprise misses in Director and Actress show there’s not quite as much love for the runaway hit among the Academy as there was in the general public. And now that Oppenheimer has won pretty much every precursor, it looks like this race is over. And that’s fine! It’s easily the best live-action movie put out by a major studio this past year. It’s no Zone of Interest, but that movie’s a one-of-one.
BEST DIRECTING Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest
Will win: Christopher Nolan Could and should win: Jonathan Glazer Should have been nominated: Celine Song, Past Lives
The skinny: No matter what happens in Best Picture, Nolan’s had this locked up for a long time. A DGA win just confirmed what we already knew.
BEST ACTOR Bradley Cooper, Maestro Colman Domingo, Rustin Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Will win: Cillian Murphy Could win: Paul Giamatti Should win: Jeffrey Wright Should have been nominated: Barry Keoghan, Saltburn
The skinny: A solid lineup with actors I like. But while I would hardly call Murphy undeserving, he’s not the most impressive part of a very impressive film. I’d rather one of his closest competitors win this year. Both Wright and Giamatti have been reliable character actors for decades, both bringing their special talents to two thorny but lovable lead parts. And as much as Cooper is hungry for that Oscar, I’d easily swap him out for Barry Keoghan, the best part of the much-discussed Saltburn.
BEST ACTRESS Annette Bening, Nyad Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall Carey Mulligan, Maestro Emma Stone, Poor Things
Will and should win: Lily Gladstone Could win: Emma Stone Should have been nominated: Margot Robbie, Barbie
The skinny: It seemed like Lily Gladstone had this all sewn up. But then more people finally saw Poor Things and Emma Stone (a previous winner for La La Land) pulled ahead. But a SAG win sealed the deal for Lily, one of my favorite actresses of the last few years. Her acceptance speech should be one for the ages.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer Ryan Gosling, Barbie Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things
Will and should win: Robert Downey Jr Could win: Mark Ruffalo Should have been nominated: Charles Melton, May December
The skinny: As excellent as this lineup is, excluding Melton is awards malpractice. Even in a movie that presents actors as craven, unfeeling parasites, Melton is astonishing. So now we’re back to where we were in the summer, with Downey cruising to victory. Again, nothing wrong with that, even if I think more about the smaller turns by Matt Damon and David Krumholtz.
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple America Ferrera, Barbie Jodie Foster, Nyad Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Will and should win: Da’Vine Joy Randolph Could win: Jodie Foster Should have been nominated: Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
The skinny: Certainly one of the odder lineups in recent memory, but it was genuinely a weaker year for this category. Randolph is easily the frontrunner here, and she’d be my personal pick. I’d also swap Ferrera (not even the third-best performance in Barbie) for Rachel McAdams in Kelly Fremon Craig’s unsung Judy Blume adaptation.
FILM Top Pick The Last Temptation of Christ – Peacock Martin Scorsese’s finest achievement remains this adaptation of Nikos Kazantzakis’ eternally controversial novel. Even if you’re not religious, the film has an undeniable power thanks to its focus on Jesus’s humanity and sacrifice.
New Releases Napoleon – AppleTV+ Our Body – Criterion Our Father, the Devil – Criterion Five Nights at Freddy’s – Prime Video 3/5 The Marsh King’s Daughter – Hulu 3/5 Marlowe – Prime Video 3/7 Ricky Stanicky – Prime Video 3/7 Wonka – Max 3/8 What Happens Later – Paramount+ with Showtime 3/10 My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 – Prime Video 3/12 The Stones and Brian Jones – Hulu 3/14 Children of the Corn (2023) – Hulu 3/15 Dream Scenario – Max 3/15 Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour – Disney+ 3/15 Trolls: Band Together – Peacock 3/15 The Treasure of Foggy Mountain – Prime Video 3/17 Expend4bles – Starz 3/20 Back on the Strip – Starz 3/21 Road House (2024) – Prime Video 3/21 On Fire – Peacock 3/22 You’ll Never Find Me – AMC+ 3/22 Paint – Hulu 3/29 Brian and Charles – Starz 3/30
Essential Viewing 9 to 5 – Peacock 127 Hours – Max The Abyss (1989) – Paramount+ Airplane! – Paramount+ Alien – Peacock Animal House – Netflix Arrival – Peacock Back to the Future – Peacock Batman (1989) – Prime Video The Big Lebowski – Peacock Birdman – Hulu Blade Runner 2049 – Hulu Bonnie & Clyde – Netflix Brokeback Mountain – Peacock Bull Durham – Prime Video Cabaret – Max Devil in a Blue Dress – Netflix and Starz Drive My Car – Criterion Dune (2021) – Hulu Dunkirk – Hulu El Norte – Criterion Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Peacock Fast Times at Ridgemont High – Peacock The Favourite – Hulu Forgetting Sarah Marshall – Max Frances Ha – Criterion Friday Night Lights – Prime Video Goodfellas – Hulu The Green Knight – Max Harry Potter series – Peacock If Beale Street Could Talk – Starz Inception – Hulu Inside Llewyn Davis – Paramount+ Inside Man (2006) – Starz King Kong (1933) – Max L.A. Confidential – Hulu The Last Waltz – Prime Video A League of Their Own – Peacock Lost in Translation – Peacock Love & Basketball – Netflix Miller’s Crossing – Paramount+ Mulholland Dr. – Criterion My Cousin Vinny – Hulu and Peacock The Purple Rose of Cairo – Prime Video Raging Bull – Criterion Raising Arizona – Paramount+ Requiem for a Dream – Paramount+ with Showtime Reservoir Dogs – Criterion Road to Perdition – Prime Video Romeo + Juliet – Paramount+ Scream (1996) – Max Scream 2 – Max Sin City – Paramount+ with Showtime Snowpiercer – Peacock Stand by Me – Hulu Step Brothers – Netflix Super 8 – Prime Video Superbad – Peacock Take Shelter – Prime Video The Tree of Life – Hulu V for Vendetta – Peacock Frida – Prime Video 3/14 Carol – Paramount+ with Showtime 3/19 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Peacock 3/1 and Netflix 3/31 Kill Bill: Vols. 1 & 2 – Peacock 3/1 and Netflix 3/31 Jackie Brown – Peacock 3/31 John Wick 1-3 – Peacock 3/31
Spotlight Collection N/A
Hidden Gems American Movie – Criterion Black Dynamite – Starz Desperately Seeking Susan – Prime Video Dredd – Peacock Drive Angry – Hulu Drugstore Cowboy – Paramount+ with Showtime Enough Said – Hulu and Paramount+ with Showtime The Farewell – Max The Good Girl – Paramount+ Good Time – Max Grindhouse – Starz Hanna – Peacock Observe and Report – Max Return to Me – Prime Video The Rundown – Starz Sexy Beast – Hulu The Silent Partner – Criterion Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 – Prime Video Thank You for Smoking – Hulu The Virgin Suicides – Criterion Win Win – Hulu Sleeping with Other People – Paramount+ with Showtime 3/11 Keeping the Faith – Peacock 3/31 Open Water – Starz 3/31
Nostalgia Picks Bend It Like Beckham – Hulu Bring It On – Prime Video
