Michael Patterson

MTFB Oscar Predix: Second Wave for Seven Remaining Categories / Hamlet Trailer / Visitations: Jesse Buckley and Nina Gold MTFB OSCAR PREDIX: SECOND WAVE FOR SEVEN REMAINING CATEGORIES  CINEMATOGRAPHY 1) Sinners (1) 2) One Battle After Another (2) 3) Train Dreams...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Feb. 26. 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Predix: Round Two of the Middle Six Categories / TFF #52 and BAFTA MTFB OSCAR PREDIX: ROUND TWO OF THE MIDDLE SIX CATEGORIES BEST CASTING 1) Sinners (1) 2) One Battle After Another (2) 3) Marty Supreme (3) 4...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Feb. 23. 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Update: the Big Eight's Second Round / Visitations: Hamnet and Sentimental Value MTFB OSCAR UPDATE:THE BIG EIGHT'S SECOND ROUND BEST PICTURE 1) One Battle After Another (1) 2) Sinners (2) 3) Hamnet (3) 4) Sentimental Valu...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Feb. 19. 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Take: First Predix for the Seven Remaining Feature Categories /Is Hamnet Still Viable for Best Picture? / Visitations: Hamnet MTFB OSCAR TAKE: FIRST PREDIX FOR THE SEVEN REMAINING FEATURE CATEGORIES Over the couple of posts I have loading my picks to win the Oscar 1...

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Spying on Cannes / Visitations: Hamnet SPYING ON CANNES  We continue to be in the "in-between times".  That is to say between the Oscar nomination announcement and the actual Osca...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Feb. 5, 2026:
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The Playlist 150 / Visitations: The Secret Agent THE PLAYLIST 150 I'm continuing our gaze ahead to TFF #53 with a look today at The Playlist's 150 most anticipated films. I'm scouring that...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Feb. 2, 2026:
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Looking to TFF #53 / BAFTA Nominees Announced / Behind the Scenes: Hamnet and H Is for Hawk / Visitations: The Secret Agent LOOKING TO TFF #53 Every year about this time MTFB moves into a transition phase as Oscar season closes in on completion (with nominees ann...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 29, 2026:
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Oscar Odds and Ends / Trailer for Tuner / Visitations: Sentimental Value OSCAR ODDS AND ENDS Now that we have Oscar nominees, here are some tidbits about what did and didn't happen: *MTFB goes 95/125 in predicting...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 26, 2026:
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Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 22, 2026:
It's Oscar Nomination morning:
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MTFB'S Final Oscar Nomination Predictions for All 24 Categories / The Experts Weigh In MTFB's Final Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE 1) One Battle After Another (1) 2) Hamnet (3) 3) Sinners (2) 4) Marty Supreme (4) 5)...

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MTFB Oscar Take: Shorts / Oscar 2026 Commentary / Trailer for H Is for Hawk / Visitations: Mescal, Buckley and More MTFB OSCAR TAKE: SHORTS Here's the first, and perhaps only, MTFB predictions for nominees in the three Shorts categories.  The shorts catego...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 19, 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Take: Updates to Above the Line Categories / Online Film Critics Nominees / Visitations: Hamnet UPDATES TO ABOVE THE LINE CATEGORIES Here's the latest take on the eight "Above the Line " categories for Oscar nominations that are being ...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 15, 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Take: 3rd predictions for Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair, Sound and Visual Effects / Golden Globes '26 and TFF #52 / BAFTA Longlists and TFF #52 / PGA and TFF #52 MTFB OSCAR TAKE: THIRD PREDICTIONS FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUMES, MAKEUP/HAIR, SOUND AND VISUAL EFFECTS  Today we update the final five fe...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 12, 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Update: Cinematography, Editing, Score and Song / SAG Nominees / ADG Nominees MTFB OSCAR TAKE: UPDATES FOR CINEMATOGRAPHY, EDITING, SCORE AND SONG. Here are MTFB's third predictions for nominations for cinematography, ...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 8, 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Take: International, Doc, Animated and Casting #3 / National Society of Film Critics and TFF #52/ Critics Choice Awards and TFF #52 MTFB OSCAR TAKE: SECOND PREDICTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL, DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED FEATURES AND CASTING Here's MTFB's third round of Oscar nomi...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 5, 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Update: Supporting Acting and Screenplays #5 / Visitations: Maggie O'Farrell (author of Hamnet) MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: SUPPORTING ACTING AND SCREENPLAYS HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Here's MTFB's fifth take on the Oscar races for the Supporting acting...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Jan. 1, 2026:
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MTFB Oscar Take: Updated Predictions for Best Picture, Direction and Lead Acting / Visitations: Sentimental Value and Pillion MTFB OSCAR TAKE: UPDATES PREDICTIONS FOR BEST PICTURE, DIRECTION AND LEAD ACTING Here's the fifth set of predictions for the four major cate...

Michael's telluride Film Blog for Dec. 29, 2025:
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MTFB Oscar Take: Updated Predix for Production Design, Costumes, Makeup/Hair, Sound and Visual Effects / Nominations: Satellite Awards and USC Scripter Award / Trailer for Riz Ahmed's Hamlet / Visitat... MTFB OSCAR TAKE: UPDATED PREDIX FOR PRODUCTION DESIGN, COSTUMES, MAKEUP/HAIR, SOUND AND VISUALE EFFECTS  Today we update the final five feat...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for 12-22-25:
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Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Dec. 18, 2025:
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MTFB Oscar Take: Second Predictions for International, Documentary and Animated Features and Casting / New York Film Critics Online Announce 2025 Nominees / Visitations MTFB OSCAR TAKE: SECOND PREDICTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL, DOCUMENTARY AND ANIMATED FEATURES AND CASTING BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE 1) Sentiment...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for 12-15-25:
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MTFB Oscar Take: Supporting Acting and Screenplays #4 MTFB OSCAR TAKE: SUPPORTING ACTING AND SCREENPLAYS #4 Here are the updated predictions for the Supporting Acting and Screenplay categories. ...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Dec. 11, 2025:
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MTFB Oscar Take: Best Picture, Direction and Lead Acting / More of the Deluge: Golden Globes, L.A. Film Critics, Critic's Choice and The American Film Institute / La Grazia Trailer MTFB OSCAR TAKE:  BEST PICTURE, DIRECTION AND LEAD ACTING #4 BEST PICTURE 1) One Battle After Another (1) 2) Hamnet (2) 3) Sinners (3) 4) Ma...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Dec. 8, 2025:
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MTFB Oscar Update: First Predix for the Final Five Feature Categories . The Deluge Begins: New York Film Critics Circle, Gotham Awards, National Board of Review MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: FIRST PREDIX FOR FINAL FIVE FEATURE CATEGORIES Today we add final five feature categories with initial predictions for P...

Michael's telluride Film Blog for Dec. 4, 2025:
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MTFB Oscar Update: First Predix for Four Categories / Cover-Up Trailer / Visitations: Buckley, Mescal, White and More MTFB OSCAR UPDATE: FIRST PREDIX FOR FOUR CATEGORIES Today we add four more categories with initial predictions for Cinematography, Editing, ...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Dec. 1. 2025:
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MTFB Oscar take: Supporting Acting and Screenplays / Cover-up Trailer and Interview / 1.5 Mill MTFB OSCAR TAKE: UPDATING SUPPORTING ACTING AND SCREENPLAYS Before we head into the predictions for Oscar categories that haven't appeared i...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Nov. 24, 2025:
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MTFB Oscar Predictions #3: Best Pic, Direction, Lead Acting / European Film Awards Nominations and TFF / Visitations: Zhao, Baumbach, Linklater and Hawke MTFB OSCAR PREDICTIONS #3: BEST PIC, DIRECTION, LEAD ACTING MTFB begins its expansion of Oscar nomination predictions today by updating four...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Nov. 20, 2025:

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MTFB Oscar Take: Where We're At / Looks at Jay Kelly MTFB OSCAR TAKE: WHERE WE'RE AT I'm through the second wave of predictions for the 2026 Oscars and the eight " Above the Line" categories. ...

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MTFB Oscar Predictions: Screenplays #2 / Critic's Choice Awards and Documentaries MTFB OSCAR PREDICTIONS: SCREENPLAYS #2 Today I am concluding my second wave of Oscar predictions for this year with the focus on the Screen...

Michael's Telluride Film Blog for Nov. 13, 2025:
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