This year’s Oscar race is heating up as many of the year’s highly-anticipated movies premiered at major film festivals, and another one just threw its hat into the ring. Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth recently saw the light of day, and it’s receiving some major Oscar buzz.

Coen’s take on one of William Shakespeare’s seminal plays had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, where it was met with overwhelmingly positive receptions. It currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with high praise for its leads Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, but is it poised to become an Oscar front-runner?

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It’s too early to say how well will Macbeth fare in the Best Picture race since the field was pretty crowded even before it came out. The Power of the Dog was hailed as one of the front runners before Belfast won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF, and some people are still putting their money on Dune since it broke the mold for sci-fi and action movies.

Whatever happens in the race for Best Picture, Washington and McDormand will most likely get nominations for their stellar performances. You can decide for yourself if this film is worth the hype when it gets a limited theatrical release on Christmas, or wait until January 14, 2022 to see it on Apple TV+.

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Major Oscar winners are usually pretty easy to predict because all the ceremonies leading up to the Academy Awards give us all the insight we need. The race is pretty predictable in many of the leading categories this year, but we still have no clue who’s going to pick up the trophy for the best actress come Oscar night.

The list of this year’s contenders includes Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman). The tricky part? None of them established herself as a front-runner nor scored repeated victories at major award shows.

Leading awards prediction website Gold Derby is singling out Mulligan as the front-runner, but we wouldn’t be too quick to put our money on her. She came out victorious at the Critics’ Choice Awards and National Board of Review Awards, but critics aren’t voting at the Oscars.

Davis is often mentioned as a possible winner, especially after her SAG Awards win. However, despite being highly respectable, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom failed to score Oscar nominations in other major categories, reducing Davis’ chances with the Academy voters.

The newcomer Andra Day managed to beat all of her Oscar competitors at the Golden Globes, but that still didn’t grant her the status of the front-runner. The same goes for Frances McDormand, who recently won the best actress award at the BAFTAs—where Davis, Day, and Mulligan didn’t even score nominations.

Even months into the Oscar race, nothing is crystal clear. No matter who wins the best actress at the Oscars, one thing is for sure—when one of them picks up the trophy with the bewildered look on her face, she won’t be faking the shock.

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It’s never too early to start predicting the next year’s Oscar winners, but the race usually heats up during the fall’s festival season. The first major contenders are emerging, and Nomadland established itself as the most serious candidate after two major festival wins.

This poignant drama about an elderly woman who becomes a van-dwelling modern-day nomad stars Frances McDormand, and it had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. It was instantly met with critical acclaim and went on to win the Golden Lion.

After winning in Venice, Nomadland also won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, becoming the first film in history to pick up top awards at both festivals. Many movies that won big at TIFF, including Green Book and 12 Years a Slave went on to win the best picture at the Oscars, so could Nomadland be the next one in line?

The race is still too early to call, and many other top Oscar contenders still haven’t seen the light of day. Nomadland is a huge hit with art-house lovers, but we’re yet to see if the Oscar voters will respond to its slow pace.

David Fincher’s passion project Mank could stand a much better chance because Academy members have a habit of going for movies about filmmaking. An Oscar victory is also long-overdue for Fincher, but it’s too early to judge this movie since the critics are yet to see it.

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This year’s Oscar race is heating up as many of the year’s highly-anticipated movies premiered at major film festivals, and another one just threw its hat into the ring. Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth recently saw the light of day, and it’s receiving some major Oscar buzz.

Coen’s take on one of William Shakespeare’s seminal plays had its world premiere at the New York Film Festival, where it was met with overwhelmingly positive receptions. It currently holds a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with high praise for its leads Denzel Washington and Frances McDormand, but is it poised to become an Oscar front-runner?

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It’s too early to say how well will Macbeth fare in the Best Picture race since the field was pretty crowded even before it came out. The Power of the Dog was hailed as one of the front runners before Belfast won the People’s Choice Award at TIFF, and some people are still putting their money on Dune since it broke the mold for sci-fi and action movies.

Whatever happens in the race for Best Picture, Washington and McDormand will most likely get nominations for their stellar performances. You can decide for yourself if this film is worth the hype when it gets a limited theatrical release on Christmas, or wait until January 14, 2022 to see it on Apple TV+.

The post “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is the Latest Movie Receiving Oscar Buzz appeared first on toppoptoday.com.

Major Oscar winners are usually pretty easy to predict because all the ceremonies leading up to the Academy Awards give us all the insight we need. The race is pretty predictable in many of the leading categories this year, but we still have no clue who’s going to pick up the trophy for the best actress come Oscar night.

The list of this year’s contenders includes Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom), Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday), Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman), Frances McDormand (Nomadland), Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman). The tricky part? None of them established herself as a front-runner nor scored repeated victories at major award shows.

Leading awards prediction website Gold Derby is singling out Mulligan as the front-runner, but we wouldn’t be too quick to put our money on her. She came out victorious at the Critics’ Choice Awards and National Board of Review Awards, but critics aren’t voting at the Oscars.

Davis is often mentioned as a possible winner, especially after her SAG Awards win. However, despite being highly respectable, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom failed to score Oscar nominations in other major categories, reducing Davis’ chances with the Academy voters.

The newcomer Andra Day managed to beat all of her Oscar competitors at the Golden Globes, but that still didn’t grant her the status of the front-runner. The same goes for Frances McDormand, who recently won the best actress award at the BAFTAs—where Davis, Day, and Mulligan didn’t even score nominations.

Even months into the Oscar race, nothing is crystal clear. No matter who wins the best actress at the Oscars, one thing is for sure—when one of them picks up the trophy with the bewildered look on her face, she won’t be faking the shock.

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It’s never too early to start predicting the next year’s Oscar winners, but the race usually heats up during the fall’s festival season. The first major contenders are emerging, and Nomadland established itself as the most serious candidate after two major festival wins.

This poignant drama about an elderly woman who becomes a van-dwelling modern-day nomad stars Frances McDormand, and it had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival. It was instantly met with critical acclaim and went on to win the Golden Lion.

After winning in Venice, Nomadland also won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival, becoming the first film in history to pick up top awards at both festivals. Many movies that won big at TIFF, including Green Book and 12 Years a Slave went on to win the best picture at the Oscars, so could Nomadland be the next one in line?

The race is still too early to call, and many other top Oscar contenders still haven’t seen the light of day. Nomadland is a huge hit with art-house lovers, but we’re yet to see if the Oscar voters will respond to its slow pace.

David Fincher’s passion project Mank could stand a much better chance because Academy members have a habit of going for movies about filmmaking. An Oscar victory is also long-overdue for Fincher, but it’s too early to judge this movie since the critics are yet to see it.

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