The panel places the highest two contenders — Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After One other” and Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of “Hamnet” — manner above the sector, every with double the factors of No. 3 (Will Tracy’s script for Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Bugonia”).
Amy Nicholson writes that Anderson’s movie “impressed by” Thomas Pynchon’s 1990 novel “Vineland” “feels as if it was written this morning about this very second,” as its sociopolitical references sometimes appear ripped from present headlines. “Time is round; Anderson’s craft and perception are everlasting.”
“Park Chan-wook may sneak in there with ‘No Different Alternative,’ ” says Robert Daniels. “It performed so nicely at TIFF, they wanted so as to add a number of screenings as a result of it saved promoting out, making it the toughest ticket to seize.”
Dave Karger says, “I’d like to see two of my Telluride favorites, ‘Bugonia’ and ‘Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere,’ make the minimize.” Glenn Whipp bemoans the unlikelihood of Daniel Craig incomes an appearing nod as sly sleuth Benoit Blanc. Nonetheless, he throws out into the universe, “Why not a nom for Rian Johnson, the creator of all of the twisty ‘Knives Out’ surprises?” There’s definitely precedent: Johnson was nominated for every of the primary two “Knives Out” screenplays.
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1. “One Battle After One other”
2. “Hamnet”
3. “Bugonia”
4. “Hedda”
5. “Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller”
T6. “No Different Alternative”
T6. “The Secret Agent”
8. “Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere”
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Robert Daniels
1. “Hamnet”
2. “One Battle After One other”
3. “Hedda”
4. “No Different Alternative”
5. “Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere”
“Proper now, the one two movies I believe are locks are ‘Hamnet’ and ‘One Battle After One other.’ Park Chan-wook may sneak in there with ‘No Different Alternative.’ It performed so nicely at TIFF, they wanted so as to add a number of screenings as a result of it saved promoting out, making it the toughest ticket to seize.”
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Dave Karger
1. “One Battle After One other”
2. “Hamnet”
3. “Bugonia”
4. “The Secret Agent”
5. “Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere”
“As with finest director, ‘One Battle After One other’s’ Paul Thomas Anderson and ‘Hamnet’s’ Chloé Zhao are the early favorites right here, with an eclectic group of screenplays seeking to spherical out the class. I’d like to see two of my Telluride favorites, ‘Bugonia’ and ‘Springsteen: Ship Me from Nowhere,’ make the minimize.”
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Amy Nicholson
1. “One Battle After One other”
2. “Hedda”
3. “Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller”
4. “Hamnet”
5. “Kiss of the Spider Girl”
“Thomas Pynchon’s ‘Vineland,’ printed in 1990, hinges on a gaggle of fascist-fighting militants within the Sixties. Paul Thomas Anderson’s adaptation feels as if it was written this morning about this very second. Time is round; Anderson’s craft and perception are everlasting.”
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Anne Thompson
1. “Hamnet”
2. “One Battle After One other”
3. “The Secret Agent”
4. “Bugonia”
5. “28 Years Later”
“Chloé Zhao’s ‘Hamnet’ and Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After One other’ will duke it out.”
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Katie Walsh
1. “One Battle After One other”
2. “Hamnet”
3. “Bugonia”
4. “Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller”
5. “The Lifetime of Chuck”
“Which class is ‘One Battle’ touchdown in? I hear nice issues about ‘Wake Up Useless Man,’ and the final ‘Knives Out’ landed an tailored screenplay nom. ‘Hamnet’ additionally looks like a lock.”
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Glenn Whipp
1. “One Battle After One other”
2. “Hamnet”
3. “Bugonia”
4. “No Different Alternative”
5. “Wake Up Useless Man: A Knives Out Thriller”
“We’re most likely by no means going to stay in a world the place we see Daniel Craig nominated for his pleasant flip as Benoit Blanc, the world’s best detective. However why not a nom for Rian Johnson, the creator of all of the twisty ‘Knives Out’ surprises?”
