TIt’s time for me to introduce “Brady’s” again. This is a completely personal awards list for films released in the UK in the calendar year just past, and is quite different from the Guardian’s University Critics of the Year poll.
Twelve months have passed since AI refuses to go away, two small letters that meant nothing until recently, now a big worry that has given us shivers of anxiety . The conclusion of the writers’ strike should have established the primacy of creative humanity and the preservation of AI as a tool. But studios are keen to find efficient and profitable ways to leverage their intellectual property, and Lionsgate has in fact struck a deal with artificial intelligence company Runway to handle its back catalogue. Anxious thoughts. I, too, winced when I watched Alien: Romulus, a movie that used AI to bring back a very prominent British actor in a major role, and seemed very pleased with how clever this was. . What happened to originality?
Add to this the reappearance of last year’s panto villain, heartless corporate bee-counter and Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav in public, and the boos have gotten even louder. Last year, his studio was accused of scrapping the completed Batgirl movie for tax breaks. In hindsight, it appears to have disappointed 94-year-old Clint Eastwood, one of Warner Bros.’ most legendary names. His latest film as a director is a legal thriller called Juror #2, which Warner Bros. released in a small number of theaters. Appears on screen when preparing to dump to stream. Well, it’s not a masterpiece (although some critics seem to almost claim it is, mixing bravado and contrarianism). But it deserves a fair hearing.
This was also the year that Daniel Day-Lewis dramatically came out of retirement and was reported to be filming a movie directed by his son Ronan. This drama is a collaboration between the two and depicts the dynamic relationship between a father and son. It’s a high-risk adventure, but perhaps not as risky as some other feature films, and it’s great to have Day-Lewis back.
For me, 2024 wasn’t a vintage year for Hollywood or high-concept, high-prestige, luxury car star vehicles, but there was plenty of great work from other parts of the world if you were willing to look. . Great film by Alice Rohrwacher, Payal Kapadia, Sean Baker, Jane Schoenbrunn, and more. Here I will introduce the works I selected. As before, you can also comment on the winners and talk about the person or movie that should have won the award.
Best movie award
La Chimera
Everything we imagine as light
zone of interest
anora
all of us strangers
red island
Love Lies Bleeding
I saw the glow on TV
my favorite cake
beast
Best Director Award
Alice Rohrwacher “La Chimera”
Jonathan Glaser “Zone of Interest”
Robin Campillo of Red Island
Andrew Haig “To Strangers”
Sean Baker of Anora
Bertrand Bonello “The Beast”
kidnapping of Marco Verrocchio
Rodrigo Moreno “The Delinquent”
Yorgos Lanthimos “For the poor”
Agnieszka Holland of Green Border
Best Actress Award
Demi Moore “The Substance”
Sandra Hüller “Zone of Interest”
Emma Stone talks about pity and kindness
Anora’s Mikey Madison
Piano lessons with Daniel Deadwyler
Kani Kusruti is dedicated to all that we imagine as light
Divya Prabha for all that we imagine as light.
Chaya Kadam To all that we imagine as light
Cynthia Erivo “Wicked”
Saoirse Ronan in “Outrun”
Best Actor Award
Cillian Murphy takes care of little things like this
Andrew Scott “All of Us Strangers”
Paul Mescal “To Strangers”
Josh O’Connor “La Chimera” and “Challengers”
Jeffrey Wright “American Fiction”
Christian Friedel “Zone of Interest”
Koji Yakusho “Perfect Days”
Daniel Craig “Queer”
Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
maverick hugh grant
Best Supporting Actress Award
Isabella Rossellini performs at the conclave
Claire Foy “To Strangers”
Isabelle Huppert “The Crime is Mine”
Emily Watson for little things like this
Blitz’s Kathy Burke
Lesley Manville “Queer”
Louise Mauroy Panzani “Oma Gloria”
Sakura Ando “Monster”
Merve Dysdal “On Dry Grass”
Elizabeth Debicki of MaXXXine
Best Supporting Actor Award
Jeremy Allen White “Iron Claw”
Denzel Washington “Gladiator II”
Jamie Bell “To Strangers”
Alfred Castro of The Settlers
Jesse Plemons “A Certain Kindness”
Jeremy Strong “The Apprentice”
Yuri Borisov “Anora”
michael potts piano lessons
nicolas cage long legs
Tom Hardy of Byriders
Best Cinematography Award
Hélène Louvard “La Chimera”
Jeanne Lapoiry “Red Island”
Jamie Ramsay, For Strangers
Lukasz Zal in the zone of interest
Ranabil Das is for everything we imagine as light
Franz Lustig “Perfect Days”
Blitz’s Yorick Le Saux
Yunus Roy Imah “Outrun”
Anora’s Drew Daniels
Yoshio Kitagawa “Evil does not exist”
best documentary
grand theft hamlet
occupied city
a sudden glimpse of something deeper
black box diary
coup soundtrack
long journey home
Made in England: Powell and Pressburger Films
Beatles’64
copa 71
cult kids
Best Screenplay Award
Jonathan Glaser “Zone of Interest”
Osgood Perkins for people with long legs
Bertrand Bonello, Guillaume Breau, Benjamin Charbitt “The Beast”
Radu Jude “Don’t expect too much from the end of the world”
Andrew Haigh “To Our Strangers”
Bas DeVos here
Peter Straughan in the Conclave
Justin Kritkes (Challengers)
David Zellner “Sasquatch Sunset”
Rose Glass and Weronika Tofilska “Love Lies Bleeding”
Best debut work
Thien Anh Pham “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”
Ramata-Tourey Sea (Bunnell & Adama)
Luna Carmoon for Horde
Amru al-Qadi to Layla
Felipe Galvez Haberle of The Settlers
Giacomo Abruzzese “Disco Boy”
Paola Cortezzi “There’s Still Tomorrow”
Baloji of Omen (Ogre)
Amanda Nell Yu stars in Tiger Stripes
Cord Jefferson “American Fiction”
Most likely to be overlooked by boomer MSM
hundreds of beavers
