"It was Safdie versus Safdie this past autumn with the directing duo splitting to do their own thing even if their own thing ended up being kind of loosely the same. The brothers both picked to make a sports biopic just not in the way many of us traditionally expect A24-released, focused on a figure many of us don't know, more vibes than arc-led and it seemed like Benny might have the more obvious awards play with The Smashing Machine."
"After both Challengers and Queer failed to seduce enough of the Academy, it seemed like director Luca Guadagnino would be on safer ground with After the Hunt, an older-skewing, campus-set drama about a #MeToo fallout. Weinstein reportage drama She Said might not have set the Oscars alight but this one was led by Oscar-winning American sweetheart Julia Roberts, supported by Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield and T"
The current awards landscape favored big-budget films such as Sinners, One Battle After Another and Frankenstein, reversing last year’s indie-driven narrative. Several high-profile actors including Julia Roberts, Dwayne Johnson, George Clooney, Emily Blunt and Adam Sandler were left out of the nomination race. The Safdie brothers split projects, with Benny’s The Smashing Machine starring Dwayne Johnson earning Venice attention but underperforming commercially and critically compared with Josh’s more immediate Marty Supreme. Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt aimed for a safer Academy appeal after Challengers and Queer underperformed, featuring Julia Roberts and Andrew Garfield in a #MeToo campus drama.
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