The countdown to 96e Oscar night has begun. Where can we see the finalists in the Best Film category? Follow the leader.
American Fiction (vf: American fiction)
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Actor (Jeffrey Wright)
- Best Supporting Actor (Sterling K. Brown)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best soundtrack
Tasty adaptation of the novel Erasure (2011, Graywolf) by Percival Everett, this first production by screenwriter Cord Jefferson (The Good Place, Watchmen) seduces by the power of his dialogues, the relevance of his reflections on the feeling of belonging to his community, otherness, racism, the culture of banishment and right-thinking, as well as his formidable humor.
Manon Dumais, The Press
Where to watch the film?
Indoors.
Anatomy of a fall
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Actress (Sandra Hüller)
- Best Director (Justine Triet)
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best editing
If he mentions Force majeureby Ruben Östlund, for its hostile winter landscapes, its anxiety-inducing closed doors and the ambiguity that runs through it until the end, Anatomy of a fall also comes close to it through its brilliant and nuanced analysis of the power relations existing within a couple.
Manon Dumais, The Press
Where to watch the film?
Indoors.
barbie
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Supporting Actor (Ryan Gosling)
- Best Supporting Actress (America Ferrera)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best costumes
- Best song : I’m Just Ken (Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt)
- Best song : What Was I Made For (Billie Eilish and Finneas)
The world of Barbie imagined by Gerwig is simply fantastic. The aesthetic is splendid, everything is beautiful, smooth… and pink! The ingenious attention to detail is its great strength.
Marissa Groguhé, The Press
Where to watch the film?
Available on Crave and on video on demand.
The Holdovers (vf: Those who remain)
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Actor (Paul Giametti)
- Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Joy Randolph)
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best editing
We have known Alexander Payne as more biting in social satire (Citizen Ruth, Election). The Holdovers, an altogether conventional work, is however deeper than it seems at first glance. It is about mourning, privilege, abandonment, failure, transmission, the family that we choose rather than the one that is sometimes imposed on us.
Marc Cassivi, The Press
Where to watch the film?
On video on demand.
Killers of the Flower Moon (vf: The American note)
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Actress (Lily Gladstone)
- Best Supporting Actor (Robert De Niro)
- Best Director (Martin Scorsese)
- Best Cinematography
- Best editing
- Best costumes
- Best production design
- Best song : Wahzhazhe (A Song For My People)
- Best soundtrack
In Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese directs his two favorite actors, Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio, together for the first time. But it is Lily Gladstone who is the cornerstone of this intrigue with socio-political thriller overtones. The masterful film review of a great master at the top of his art.
Marc Cassivi, The Press
Where to watch the film?
On video on demand and on Apple TV.
Maestro
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Actor (Bradley Cooper)
- Best Actress (Carey Mulligan)
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best sound
- Best makeup and best hair
Bradley Cooper co-wrote and directed, while playing the lead role, Maestro, a splendid and moving film about the life (especially as a couple) of the famous American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein. This inventive and inspired film on the theme of duality, conceived as a symphonic work, tells the story of 30 years of an atypical marriage. Bernstein, whom Cooper plays with panache, was bisexual. Carey Mulligan is exceptional as his wife, actress and activist Felicia Montealegre.
Marc Cassivi, The Press
Where to watch the film?
On Netflix.
Oppenheimer
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Director
- Best Actor (Cillian Murphy)
- Best Supporting Actress (Emily Blunt)
- Best Supporting Actor (Robert Downey Jr.)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best editing
- Best costumes
- Best makeup and best hair
- Best sound
- Best soundtrack
The qualities ofOppenheimer are numerous. Exceptional cast, led by Cillian Murphy in the greatest role of his brilliant career. Deconstructed story, but clear and engaging. Christopher Nolan delivers stunning and fascinating, but often cold, films. Here, he tells the true story of a man and his loved ones, giving us the impression of being a privileged witness. This sensation reaches its height during the famous explosion scene, which has already marked the history of cinema.
Pascal LeBlanc, The Press
Where to watch the film?
On video on demand.
Past Lives (vf: Our past lives)
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Original Screenplay
Past Lives, favorite of the last Sundance Festival, tells through three physical or virtual encounters, 12 years apart, a love story, from the first pre-adolescent emotions. There are accents ofIn the Mood for Love in the beauty of these simple and elegant plans, as in this philosophical and poetic story, subtle and touching, about the life choices we make and the reflection they provoke when the past meets the present.
Marc Cassivi, The Press
Where to watch the film?
On video on demand.
Poor Things (vf: Poor creatures)
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Director (Yorgos Lanthimos)
- Best Actress (Emma Stone)
- Best Supporting Actor (Mark Ruffalo)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best editing
- Best costumes
- Best makeup and best hair
- Best soundtrack
The Greek Yorgos Lanthimos distills his irresistible black humor in this subversive fable about hypocrisy, of adults and men in particular, which has the overtones of a feminist pamphlet against patriarchy.
Marc Cassivi, The Press
Where to watch the film?
Indoors.
The Zone of Interest (vf: The area of interest)
Appointments
- Best film
- Best Director (Jonathan Glazer)
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best International Film
- Best sound
In The area of interest, the characters reveal themselves in all their human mediocrity. The result is a terrifyingly effective Holocaust drama, where horror and beauty coexist at every moment, and which connects the past to the present in a moving way.
Manon Dumais, The Press
Where to watch the film?
Indoors.