With “One Battle After One other” sporting a big lead in one of the best image race, it’s no shock its beloved auteur, 11-time nominee Paul Thomas Anderson, would take pleasure in an identical cushion within the directing class in Spherical 1.
Amy Nicholson says “One Battle” “isn’t his greatest movie — deciding that might begin an actual fistfight — but it surely’s worthy sufficient to say a prize that’s lengthy overdue.” Glenn Whipp writes, “The listing of nice administrators who by no means gained an Oscar is ridiculous. Kubrick, Hitchcock, Altman, Fellini. Might this be the 12 months that [Anderson] breaks out of that membership, distinguished although it could be?”
Noting Anderson may bump that nominations complete to 14 this 12 months (as author, director and producer), Dave Karger says, “This class may effectively include two feminine filmmakers for the primary time in 5 years,” naming Bigelow and Zhao amongst his picks.
Katie Walsh factors out that, surprisingly, “Ryan Coogler has by no means been nominated for greatest director, and Jafar Panahi threads an unimaginable tonal needle.”
Greatest image | Greatest animated function | Greatest worldwide function
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
T2. Kathryn Bigelow, “A Home of Dynamite”
T2. Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
4. Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
5. Jafar Panahi, “It Was Simply an Accident”
6. Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Worth”
7. Park Chan-wook, “No Different Alternative”
8. Invoice Condon, “Kiss of the Spider Lady”
RogerEbert.com
Robert Daniels
1. Kathryn Bigelow, “A Home of Dynamite”
2. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
3. Jafar Panahi, “It Was Simply an Accident”
4. Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
5. Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Worth”
“With 11 prior nominations and 0 wins, the Oscar has lengthy eluded Paul Thomas Anderson. However with ‘One Battle After One other’ incomes raves and an academy that has honored overdue administrators three of the final 4 ceremonies (Jane Campion, Christopher Nolan, Sean Baker), possibly that is his 12 months.”
Turner Basic Films
Dave Karger
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
2. Kathryn Bigelow, “A Home of Dynamite”
3. Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
4. Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Worth”
5. Jafar Panahi, “It Was Simply an Accident”
“On nomination day, 11-time Oscar nominee Paul Thomas Anderson will doubtless develop into a 14-time Oscar nominee. Surprisingly, he’s by no means gained in any class. However this might definitely be his 12 months. In the meantime, this class may effectively include two feminine filmmakers for the primary time in 5 years.”
Los Angeles Instances
Amy Nicholson
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
2. Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
3. Kathryn Bigelow, “A Home of Dynamite”
4. Park Chan-wook, “No Different Alternative”
5. Invoice Condon, “Kiss of the Spider Lady”
“Paul Thomas Anderson has 11 Academy Award nominations (no shock there) and 0 wins. What!? ‘One Battle After One other’ isn’t his greatest movie — deciding that might begin an actual fist combat — but it surely’s worthy sufficient to say a prize that’s lengthy overdue.”
IndieWire
Anne Thompson
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
2. Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
3. Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
4. Kathryn Bigelow, “A Home of Dynamite”
5. Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Worth”
“If ‘Sinners’ wins greatest image, director may go to ‘One Battle After One other’s’ Paul Thomas Anderson after 11 nominations (and no wins) for arguably his most bravura film thus far. Each ‘Hamnet’ director Chloé Zhao and ‘Home of Dynamite’s’ Kathryn Bigelow have gained earlier than.”
Tribune Information Service
Katie Walsh
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
2. Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
3. Jafar Panahi, “It Was Simply an Accident”
4. Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
5. Kathryn Bigelow, “A Home of Dynamite”
“It must be Anderson, however I can see the academy recognizing former winners like Kathryn Bigelow and Chloé Zhao. Ryan Coogler has by no means been nominated for greatest director, and Jafar Panahi threads an unimaginable tonal needle with ‘It Was Simply an Accident’ (the Palme d’Or helps too).”
Los Angeles Instances
Glenn Whipp
1. Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other”
2. Ryan Coogler, “Sinners”
3. Chloé Zhao, “Hamnet”
4. Joachim Trier, “Sentimental Worth”
5. Kathryn Bigelow, “A Home of Dynamite”
“The listing of nice administrators who by no means gained an Oscar is ridiculous. Kubrick, Hitchcock, Altman, Fellini. Might this be the 12 months that Paul Thomas Anderson breaks out of that membership, distinguished although it could be? With ‘One Battle After One other,’ he has the film to do it.”
