NOMADLANDDisney / Buena Vista | 2020 | 108 min | Rated RDirected by Chloé Zhao BUY: $14.99RENT: $5.99 BR: $22.99 BR: $29.99 BR: $29.99 OFFICIAL SYNOPSIS Following the economic collapse of a town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and explores an unconventional life in the vast landscape of the American West. Along the way, she forms unbreakable bonds with other … Read More Tuesday Releases: Nomadland
We knew coming into the 93rd Academy Awards that this would be an unprecedented year. Not only was it the most extended Oscars season in history, but it took place during a time when shared theatrical experiences were nonexistent. This year’s Oscars made history. Chloé Zhao became the first female director of color to win Best Directing. Only the second female to ever win … Read More Oscars Watch: 93rd Academy Awards
The most extended Oscars award season culminates tomorrow with the 93rd Academy Awards. 2020 was a year that tested us as a people, and it’s not over yet. But it’s essential to take a step back and hopefully be able to breathe a slight sense of normalcy, if only in experiencing the yearly tradition of Hollywood awarding itself. Thanks to the quarantine, I was … Read More Oscars Watch: 93rd Academy Awards Predictions
In a virtual event hosted by Melissa Villaseñor, the 36th annual Independent Spirit Awards took place Thursday night. The big winner of the night was “Nomadland” and Chloé Zhao, which looks to repeat at the Oscars on Sunday as well. It won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. “Sound Of Metal” won a pair of acting awards while “Promising Young Woman” … Read More Oscars Watch: 36th Film Independent Spirit Awards
NOMADLAND BEST PICTUREBEST DIRECTINGBEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLEBEST CINEMATOGRAPHYBEST FILM EDITINGBEST WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY) Following the economic collapse of the small town of Empire, Nevada, Fern packs her van to explore a life outside conventional society as a modern-day nomad in the American West. Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Chloé Zhao “Nomadland” is the front-runner in Best Picture. It … Read More 2021 Oscars Challenge: [33] “Nomadland” (Six Nominations)
Get that Oscar ready for Chloé Zhao, at least in the directing category. Not only did she unprecedentedly sweep the critics’ awards this year, but she’s also now won the Directors Guild’s highest honor for her work on “Nomadland.” Awarded for his first feature, Darius Marder won the First-Time Narrative Feature award for his directing work on “Sound Of Metal.” And, “The Truffle Hunters, … Read More Oscars Watch: 73rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards
We’re still over a month away from the Oscars, but tonight, we got another piece of the puzzle. The Producers Guild announced their winners, with “Nomadland” taking the top prize. The groundswell around director Chloé Zhao was apparent, but the Best Picture narrative was still pretty undetermined. “The Trial of the Chicago 7” has all the precursory wins that generally lead to a Best … Read More Oscars Watch: 32nd Annual Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards
After the longest-running Academy Award season, the nominations for 2020 were finally announced this morning by Priyanka Chopra-Jonas and Nick Jonas. It was also officially announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences president David Rubin that the Awards would take place between the Dolby Theatre and Union Station in Los Angeles, a first for the Oscars. For the nominations, it seems … Read More Oscars Watch: 93rd Academy Awards Nominees
The University Of Southern California announced the recipient of the 33rd annual Scripter Award, which honors what they consider to be the best in adapted screenplays for the year. No huge surprise this year, with Chloé Zhao continuing her victory lap, winning for the screenplay of Best Picture hopeful, “Nomadland.” Also no surprise was the winner in the episodic series category, with “The Queen’s … Read More Oscars Watch: 33rd Annual University Of Southern California (USC) Scripter Awards
Early tomorrow morning, the nominees for the longest Oscars award season of all-time will be announced by Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. At 5:19AM PST nonetheless. An unprecedented year for everyone will finally answer some questions about what has been deemed the best movie of the year? There are some solid “locks” in some categories. “Nomadland” and Chloé Zhao were the darlings of the … Read More Oscars Watch: My Predictions for the 93rd Academy Awards Nominations
With just a few short days before the Academy announces their nominees for the Best of 2020, the Georgia Film Critics Association has chimed in with their award winners. “Nomadland” and Chloé Zhao were the big winners yet again, winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay, with Joshua James Richards winning Best Cinematography. “Sound Of Metal” was a two award winner, taking … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
If you were wondering which films might be nominees in the Oscar’s Best Film Editing category, the American Cinema Editors have announced their nominations for the 71st Eddie Awards. Best Picture front-runners “Mank,” “Nomadland,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7” landed as expected, while “Minari” and “Sound Of Metal,” who are leaning toward getting a Best Picture nomination as well, show up here … Read More Oscars Watch: 71st Annual American Cinema Editors (ACE) Eddie Award Nominees
As we draw closer to the 92nd Academy Award nominations being announced, the Producers Guild chimes in with their nominees today. Some of the nominees seem like no-brainers like “Nomadland,” “Minari,” “Mank,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” At the Oscars, they will be showing up in a lot of categories, so a Best Picture nomination seems likely. Then … Read More Oscars Watch: 32nd Annual Producers Guild Award Nominees
With Oscar nominations a week away, “Nomadland,” “Minari,” and inclusion were the big winners out of the Detroit Film Critics Society awards. Chloé Zhao won Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for her work on “Nomadland,” while the film itself won Best Picture and Frances McDormand won for Best Actress. “Minari” won Best Ensemble, Best Adapted Screenplay for Lee Isaac Chung, and Best Supporting … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Detroit Film Critics Society Awards
Taye Diggs hosted the 26th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards Sunday night. With a few actors in the studio to help present and many more available on Zoom calls, the awards were given out for one of the most unprecedented years in memory. Taking the big awards was “Nomadland,” which took Best Picture and Best Director, as well as Best Cinematography and Best Adapted Screenplay. … Read More Oscars Watch: 26th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards
If there’s one thing being proved this awards season, it’s that “Nomadland” transcends geography, genders, and race by winning for either Best Picture or Best Director and in a lot of cases, both. The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association was one of those groups that awarded it both. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Soul” were big winners, taking home three awards apiece. “Minari” and “One … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Latino Entertainment Journalists Association Awards
The awards are still coming in for 2020’s beloved “Nomadland,” this time being awarded Best Picture by the Las Vegas Film Critics Society. Chloé Zhao was also awarded yet another Best Director honor while Joshua James Richards won the Best Cinematography award. Another multi-winner was “Judas and the Black Messiah.” Not only did Daniel Kaluuya win Best Supporting Actor but the film also won … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Can “Nomadland” get any more buzzy? Not only has been sweeping the critics’ awards, it is now a Golden Globe winner. The Phoenix Film Critics Society followed suit, naming it Best Picture and awarding Chloé Zhao for Best Director and Joshua James Richards for Best Cinematography. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” won Best Actor and Best Costume Design, “The Trial of the Chicago 7” won … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
In a hybrid setting between two venues, one in New York and one in Los Angeles, and a virtual environment of Zoom calls in all the nominees’ houses, the 78th annual Golden Globe Awards commenced. With no real red carpet moments, the stars turned out on Instagram to show off their latest award fashion. The actual audience of the show was made of masked … Read More Oscars Watch: 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards
All the “Nomadland” and Chloé Zhao supporters out there must be ecstatic with the way the critics’ award season has panned out. Not only Zhao and “Nomadland” been the majority winners, they’ve swept more than I’ve ever seen a film and a director sweep in a given year. They’ve won again with the Southeastern Film Critics Association, taking Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Even the critics North of our borders loved “Nomadland,” as the Vancouver Film Critics Circle awarded it with Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actress. “Minari” was shown some love as well, winning Best Foreign Language Film and Best Supporting Actress. Daniel Kaluuya continued his surge for Best Supporting Actor front-runner, and Aaron Sorkin beat out Jack Fincher and Emerald Fennell for Best Screenplay … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards
“Nomadland” won almost everywhere it could throughout the Iowa Film Critics Association Awards, winning Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, and even a first win in the Best Score category. No other film won more than one award, with “Sound of Metal,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and “Minari” all winning awards for acting and “One Night In Miami” winning Best Song. BEST PICTURE “Nomadland” … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Iowa Film Critics Association Awards
FEBRUARY 19, 2021 <Click film’s poster to see info/trailer> NOMADLAND Directed By: Chloé ZhaoStudio: Searchlight Pictures After losing everything in the Great Recession, a woman embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. Starring: Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Linda May, Swankie, Bob Wells, and Derek EndresGenre: DramaCountry: USA | Germany (English)Rating: R (for some full nudity)Runtime: 107 minutes … Read More Friday Releases: Nomadland & Flora and Ulysses
The International Press Academy showed tons of love to “Nomadland,” awarding it Best Motion Picture (Drama), Best Director, and Best Actress (Drama) at their 25th Satellite Awards. Other films with multiple wins included “Mank,” “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” and “Sound Of Metal.” MOTION PICTURE BEST MOTION PICTUREDRAMA “Nomadland BEST MOTION PICTURECOMEDY OR MUSICAL “The Forty-Year-Old Version” BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao“Nomadland” BEST ACTRESS IN A MOTION … Read More Oscars Watch: 25th Annual International Press Academy Satellite Awards
“Nomadland” was the big winner of the Seattle Film Critics Society Awards, not only winning the top prize of Best Picture, but taking Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing. The only film that had a chance of beating it was “Minari,” which ended up winning Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance, and Best Film Not in the English Language. “Tenet” … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Seattle Film Critics Society Awards
The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association spread their love around this year between “Nomadland,” “Promising Young Woman,” “Mank,” and “Minari.” Winning Best Picture and Best Cinematography was “Nomadland,” as well as continuing the unprecedented run for Chloé Zhao and her Best Director sweep of the awards season. “Minari” won Best Foreign Language Feature and Russell Smith Award for best low budget film. “Promising Young … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
“Nomadland” was the big winner at the Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, winning five awards including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. “Minari” and “One Night In Miami” had a good showing as well, winning multiple awards, as was “Soul,” which grabbed three awards. BEST FILM “Nomadland” BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao“Nomadland” BEST ACTOR Chadwick Boseman“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” BEST ACTRESS … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
Up in Canada, the Toronto Film Critics Association showed their love for “Nomadland,” awarding it with their Best Picture honor, as well as Best Director to Chloé Zhao and Best Actress to Frances McDormand. Daniel Kaluuya continues to earn awards for his supporting role in “Judas and the Black Messiah,” hopefully continuing on a trajectory that will lead him to an Oscar nomination BEST … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
A trip across the pond to London and the London Film Critics Circle Awards tells us that “Nomadland” is just as popular overseas as it is here in the States. Winning four awards including Film of the Year and Screenwriter of the Year, “Nomadland” continues its hot streak. However, Chloé Zhao did not win Director of the Year, which went to Steve McQueen and … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 London Film Critics Circle Awards
In a week that will not only see Golden Globe Award nominations, but Screen Actors Guild as well, the Atlanta Film Critics Circle kicks it off with their picks of 2020’s best. No huge surprise, they picked “Nomadland” for Best Picture and Chloé Zhao for Best Director. Following suit with other trends, Carey Mulligan and Riz Ahmed both won in the leading actress and … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Awards
Mark down another win for “Nomadland” and Chloé Zhao, both of which have been dominating this awards season. Linda May even picked up her first award for Best Newcomer. Speaking of first awards, Steven Yeun grabbed his first Best Actor award for his performance in “Minari.” The film also brought home Best Supporting Actress and Foreign Language film. Best Ensemble went to “The Trial … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 North Texas Film Critics Association Awards
The Film Independent Spirit Award nominations were announced this morning online, with Olivia Wilde, Barry Jenkins, and Loverne Cox announcing the nominees via their homes and Zoom cameras. A new feature to this year’s Spirit Awards is the television category, which honors series in their debut seasons. The ceremony departs from its usual Saturday before the Oscars time slot, instead airing Thursday, April 22 … Read More Oscars Watch: 36th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees
“Nomadland” all but swept the Online Film Critics Society Awards, winning a total of six awards including Best Picture, Director, Actress, Adapted Screenplay, Editing, and Cinematography. Emerald Fennell came away with a pair of awards for her film “Promising Young Woman,” winning Best Debut Feature and Best Original Screenplay. Also grabbing a pair of wins was “Soul,” with Best Animated Feature and Best Original … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Online Film Critics Society Awards
AFI MOVIES OF THE YEAR “Da 5 Bloods”Netflix “Judas And The Black Messiah”Warner Bros. “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”Netflix “Mank”Netflix “Minari”A24 “One Night In Miami…”Amazon Studios “Nomadland”Searchlight Pictures “Soul”Disney+Pixar “Sound Of Metal”Amazon Studios “The Trial Of The Chicago 7”Netflix AFI TV PROGRAMS OF THE YEAR “Better Call Saul”AMC “Bridgerton”Netflix “The Crown”Netflix “The Good Lord Bird”Showtime “Lovecraft Country”HBO “The Mandalorian”Disney Plus “Mrs. America”Hulu “The Queen’s Gambit”Netflix … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 American Film Institute’s Top 10 Films and Television Shows of the Year
In the first Best Picture tie of this award’s season, the Kansas City Film Critics Circle honored both “Nomadland” and “Promising Young Woman” with its biggest award. They both won two additional awards, with “Nomadland” winning Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Chloé Zhao, while “Promising Young Woman” won Best Actress for Carey Mulligan and Best Original Screenplay for Emerald Fennell. M. I. … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
The Houston Film Critics Society has handed out yet more awards to “Nomadland,” honoring them with Best Picture, Best Director for Chloé Zhao, and Best Cinematography. “Promising Young Woman” took home a pair of awards (Best Actress and Best Screenplay), as did “One Night In Miami…” (Best Supporting Actor and Best Original Song), “Tenet” (Best Visual Effects and Best Stunt Coordination), and “Soul” (Best … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Houston Film Critics Society Awards
If we’re learning anything from this season’s critics awards, it is how much they all loved “Nomadland.” Not only did the San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle award the film their Best Picture category, but Chloé Zhao also won yet another Best Director and Best Editing award. “First Cow” was honored with Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Production Design while “Soul” … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle Awards
“Nomadland” continues it steamrolling of the critics awards this season, being awarded Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing by the St. Louis Film Critics Association. Giving it a run for its money was “Promising Young Woman,” which was runner-up for both Best Film and Best Director, but beat out “Nomadland” for Best Actress, with Carey Mulligan winning over France McDormand … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
“Nomadland” was the bigger winner coming out of the North Dakota Film Society Awards, winning not only Best Picture and Best Director for Chloé Zhao, but also Best Actress for Frances McDormand, Best Cinematography, and Best Film Editing. “Mank,” which was the most nominated by the group, took a pair of awards: Best Production Design and Best Original Score. “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm” was also … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 North Dakota Film Society Awards
Tonight, the IFP Gotham Awards was a beacon of inclusivity. People of vast gender, ethnicity, race, etc. were among those awarded, presenting, and overall honored… and almost all of it was done from home. Yes, that meant their was some lag-time when people were thrown to, live. But the overall message of the evening was never lost. Hopefully the Academy was taking notes, because … Read More Oscars Watch: 30th Independent Film Project Gotham Awards
The National Society of Film Critics gave their top honors to “Nomadland” and director Chloé Zhao. The film also won Best Cinematography and Best Actress for France McDormand. They also echoed the love for Delroy Lindo (“Da 5 Bloods”), Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”), and Maria Bakalova (“Borat Subsequent Moviefilm”) which means these actors all took one step closer to getting recognized by the … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 National Society Of Film Critics Awards
Even the Alliance Of Women Film Journalists are honoring “Parasite” with their Best Film category, along with Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Non-English Language Film. BEST FILM “Nomadland” BEST DIRECTOR Chloé Zhao“Nomadland” BEST ACTOR Chadwick Boseman“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” BEST ACTRESS Frances McDormand“Nomadland” BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Leslie Odom Jr“One Night In Miami” BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE Yuh-Jung … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Alliance Of Women Film Journalists Awards
Look across the board at the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Award winners and it’s easy to see why they made “Nomadland” their Best Picture winner. Chloé Zhao, herself, won three awards for the film, for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Editing. The film also won Best Cinematography and Frances McDormand won Best Lead Actress. The other darlings of the … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards
Although “Nomadland” won Chicago Indie Critics’ Best Independent Film, the big news here ended up being Spike Lee breaking Chloé Zhao’s streak for Best Director, winning for his work on “Da 5 Bloods,” which also tied for Best Studio Film with “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom.” Chadwick Boseman took three awards, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and the Impact Award. Viola Davis took her first … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Chicago Indie Critics Awards
Chloé Zhao continues her impressive streak, as she takes her sixth (out of six) Best Director awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association Awards. “Nomadland” also took Best Picture, Best Actress (for Frances McDormand), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Cinematography. The rest of the evening was scattered amongst several different films including “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” “Sound Of Metal,” and … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
There’s no denying that “Nomadland” has serious groundswell at the moment. Not only did the Indiana Film Journalists Association award it their top honor of Best Film over “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (which won for Best Ensemble), but director Chloé Zhao is also currently running the table in the Best Director category. Including the win here, she’s now five for five in the category. … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
Sweeping the 9th Annual Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards was Chloé Zhao and her film “Nomadland.” Not only did the film win Best Picture, Chloé Zhao also won Best Director and Best Editing. Frances McDormand also won Best Actress for her performance and Joshua James Richards won Best Cinematography for his work on the film. Delroy Lindo, Paul Raci, and Maria Bakalova also … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Boston Online Film Critics Association Awards
Coming off her buzzed about 2017 film, “The Rider,” Chloé Zhao and her latest film, “Nomadland,” is the first critics awards darling of the season, taking the Boston Society’s top honors of Best Picture and Best Director along with Best Cinematography. Charlie Kaufman was awarded Best Screenplay for “I’ve Been Thinking Of Ending Things,” which also took Best Editing. “The Father” also grabbed a … Read More Oscars Watch: 2020 Boston Society Of Film Critics Awards
With COVID-19 wrecking havoc on our way of life, it’s nice to be able to turn to staples like sports and awards season to take our mind off of it. This year looks a little different, as the Academy Awards have been pushed back until April. The first out of the gate still, will be the Independent Film Project’s Gotham Awards. The nominees were … Read More Oscars Watch: 30th Independent Film Project Gotham Award Nominees
