“Triangle of Sadness” has much to be happy about.
Can the Ruben Ostlund-directed class satire “Triangle of Sadness” become the first Palme d’Or winner since “Parasite” to make a major Oscar splash? It certainly helps that the film picked up two high-profile Globe nominations: In addition to one for best comedy or musical, “Triangle of Sadness” snagged a supporting-actress nomination for Dolly de Leon, who plays a cruise-ship cleaner turning the tables on her rich charges. That’s a big boost for the Filipina actress, who also picked up a supporting-performance win from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association on Sunday.
Will Smith has another awards-show setback.
In a weak year for the best-actor race, the Oscars face a tricky decision: Should voters nominate Will Smith for the escaped-slave drama “Emancipation,” even though Smith slapped the presenter Chris Rock at the last ceremony and is banned from attending the Oscars for the next decade? The Globes have no such baggage, but even with an expansive best-actor lineup that spread 10 nominees over the drama and musical-comedy categories, they still found no room to include Smith — indeed, “Emancipation” was snubbed across the board.
“Banshees” and “Babylon” come on strong
No film did better with the Golden Globes today than Martin McDonagh’s “The Banshees of Inisherin,” which led the field with eight nominations. In fact, this dark comedy about feuding best friends picked up every single nomination it could be plausibly considered for. In addition to ones for best comedy, director, screenplay, and score, the Globes nominated all four members of its main cast, from leading man Colin Farrell to supporting players Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon. “Babylon” got a boost, too: After some raucous, polarizing peek-outs last month, Damien Chazelle’s Hollywood bacchanal snagged five nominations, including key nods for cast members Margot Robbie, Diego Calva and Brad Pitt.
The “Fabelmans” men are left out
When two performers from one film are in contention for the same race, it creates a dilemma: Will they split votes among the movie’s fans, resulting in an unfortunate snub of one or both? Only “The Banshees of Inisherin” managed to get both its supporting actors into contention this year, while in the Globes’ supporting-actress category, Jamie Lee Curtis trumped her “Everything Everywhere All At Once” co-star Stephanie Hsu, and “Women Talking” contenders Foy and Buckley were both excluded.
Perhaps that’s what happened with “The Fabelmans,” which was clearly one of the Globes’ favorite titles: Steven Spielberg’s autobiographical family drama earned major nominations for drama, director, lead actress, screenplay, and score, but the film’s potent pair of supporting-actor candidates, Paul Dano and Judd Hirsch, may have split the vote too thinly. No matter: That Globe is almost certain to go to “Everything Everywhere All At Once” star Ke Huy Quan, who’s swept every awards stop so far. If he decides to attend the Globes, expect his speech to be the night’s most viral clip.
