Los Angeles Times - 26.11.2019

(Nancy Kaufman) #1
JUSTIN CHANG
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Pedro Almodóvar,“Pain and Glory”
Claire Denis,“High Life”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”

»The academy’s consistently adventurous
and world-cinema-conscious branch might
just stand by Bong and Almodóvar.

KENNETH TURAN
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Pedro Almodóvar,“Pain and Glory”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”

»Foreign-language auteurs Bong
and Almodóvar could make it in.

GLENN WHIPP
LOS ANGELES TIMES

Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Greta Gerwig,“Little Women”

»“Parasite” is Bong at his best, starting as a
dark comedy and pivoting to a masterful,
insightful horror story of class struggle.

DAVE KARGER
IMDB & TCM

Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Greta Gerwig,“Little Women”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”

»Over a decade after exes Kathryn Bigelow
and James Cameron faced off here, might
partners Baumbach and Gerwig be next?

TOM O’NEIL
GOLD DERBY

Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time”
Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Pedro Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory”

»A victory by a South Korean filmmaker
once seemed impossible, but voters have
recently preferred cool art-house cineastes.

ANNE THOMPSON
INDIEWIRE

Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”
Pedro Almodóvar,“Pain and Glory”

»Potential first-time nominees Bong and
Baumbach could face such vets as
Scorsese, Tarantino and Almodóvar.

BuzzMeter


(Our panel of Oscar experts share their picks)


Genaro MolinaLos Angeles Times

BONG JOON HO


{ DIRECTOR }


»The Envelope has gathered top film critics, writers


and awards pundits to bring you the Buzzmeter, their


weekly look at how 10 key Oscar categories are shaping


up. This week, six of our panelists give their take on


the director race, with Martin Scorsese and Quentin


Tarantino duking it out with South Korean master Bong


Joon Ho. You can see all our panelists’ picks at


once at latimes.com/buzzmeter. And you can vote for


your own in our weekly online polls.


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