THE
OUTLINE 2016
OSCARS WARM-UP
Awards season is in full swing, and the golden daddy of them all, the self-congratulating glittery gang- bang that is the Oscars, will be hooraying for Hollywood on the 28th of this month. So, whether you’ll be hosting an all-night Oscars party, downloading a rip of the ceremony from an illegal file- sharing site, or not giving a single fuck about such frivolous nonsense, here’s Outline film scribes Jay and Smiley with a lowdown on the nominations.
So, the big winners of the nomination race are Alejandro Iñárritu’s brutal revenge epic Te Revenant, and George Miller’s demented post- apocalyptic demolition derby Mad Max: Fury Road, with 12 and 10 nominations, respectively. Tere’s a lot of Academy love, too, for Ridley Scott’s survivalist yarn Te Martian with 7 noms, and a good showing for Sapphic smoocher Carol, cold war borer Bridge of Spies, and Catholic-botherer Spotlight, with 6 nominations apiece. Te craft and technical categories look to be a pitched battle between Mad Max, Te Revenant, Te Martian, and Te Force Awakens, but let’s have a look at the main nominees…
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Best Picture
THE BIG SHORT BRIDGE OF SPIES BROOKLYN MAD MAX: FURY ROAD THE MARTIAN THE REVENANT ROOM
SPOTLIGHT
Big surprises here are the exclusion of Carol, which featured heavily in films-of-the-year lists; there’s no mention of Te Hateful Eight, which is pretty baffling; and the excellent NWA biopic Straight Outta Compton isn’t included. So, to the ever growing embarrassment of the Academy, it’s a largely straight-white-guy year. Having said that, it’s good to see nods for the sublime isolation drama Room and touching period trans- Atlantic romance Brooklyn, both of which revolve around strong female leads. No matter though; this is pretty much a two-horse race between Spotlight and Te Revenant, which leave our pick of the bunch, the inspired housing-market-crash-comedy drama Te Big Short at the starting gate.
What will win: Spotlight What we’d like to win: Te Big Short
Best Director
ADAM MCKAY THE BIG SHORT GEORGE MILLER MAD MAX: FURY ROAD ALEJANDRO G. IÑÁRRITU THE REVENANT LENNY ABRAHAMSON ROOM TOM MCCARTHY SPOTLIGHT
Nothing for Spielberg, Tarantino, or Scott, but it’s hard to find fault with the list. Te sheer audacity and ambition of both Iñárritu’s element-defying, natural-light-only work on Te Revenant and Miller’s relentless, organic- effect laden Mad Max look set to secure one of them a gong, and rightly so. But, once again, Anchorman director Adam McKay’s first foray into more serious matters is a spectacular coming of age, and it deserves serious attention.
WWW: Alejandro G. Iñárritu WWLTW: Adam McKay (Jay)/ George Miller (Smiley)
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