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Dont let the wintry backdrop fool you, saysThe A.V.
The Holdoversis a warm honeyed cider of a film.
Priscilla
Is Sofia Coppolas latest destined to wind up theInfamoustoElvissCapote?
Thats due in part to whatWesley Morriscalls his emotional finesse.
Whatever it is studio technicians do seated at those knobby soundboards, Payne achieves with acting and characterization.
Giamatti doesnt let the characters quirks overwhelm his choices this mans pathos runs deep, writesLindsey Bahr.
(Amazingly, hes only been nominated once, forCinderella Man.)
Though withAmerican Fictions Jeffrey Wright also in the race, is there room for two comedic performances?
Critics are calling the hitman thriller weirdly funny, though the tonal mix isnt working for everyone.
Leaning further into the comedy might have worked, says our ownBilge Ebiri.
But Fassbenders submerged performance and Finchers controlled direction are a bit too cool to be deadpan.
Still, the films version of Priscilla Presley is a woman whose strength lies in her passivity.
Teyana Taylor,A Thousand and One
What are the Gotham Awards good for?
(Its a sort that the Oscars rarely notice,Vultures Alison Willmore wrote at the time.
But theres a majesty to the character, and to how intensely Taylor inhabits her.)
Sessa will have to hope his films hold over voters is strong enough to earn him some coattail attention.
For Gosling, that could be Kenough.
But Randolph is that good.
She deserves to be the early front-runner.
Foy was the supporting player who got nominated alongside star Andrew Scott rather than the movies bunch of boys.
Lord knows there are seats to be had in this category, so consider her one to watch.
