{"id":22364,"date":"2021-09-19T20:55:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-19T15:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/belfast-wins-peoples-choice-award-at-toronto-fest-is-oscar-next\/"},"modified":"2021-09-19T20:56:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-19T15:26:11","slug":"toronto-fest-peoples-choice-award-belfast-wins-oscar-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/toronto-fest-peoples-choice-award-belfast-wins-oscar-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Toronto fest People&#8217;s Choice Award: &#8216;Belfast&#8217; wins Oscar next?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el\" aria-label=\"Video - Oscars 2021: Chadwick Boseman snubbed, Frances McDormand howls\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">And just like that, we have our first major contender for the best picture <a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/oscars\/2021\/09\/08\/oscars-2022-awards-tracker-kristen-stewart-princess-diana-oscar-isaac\/5748897001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Academy Award<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">On Saturday night, <a href=\"\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/11\/10\/kenneth-branaghs-epic-mustache-poirots-superpower-murder-orient-express\/843140001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Kenneth Branagh<\/a>&#8216;s semi-autobiographical crowd-pleaser &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ja3PPOnJQ2k&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Belfast<\/a>&#8221; took home the\u00a0coveted\u00a0People&#8217;s Choice Award at the <a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/10\/toronto-film-festival-best-movies-trailers\/8264172002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Toronto International Film Festival<\/a>. The film, which follows a boy (Jude Hill) and his family in tumultuous 1960s Ireland, boasts 89% positive reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/belfast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>, and features an all-star cast led by <a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/02\/19\/barb-star-go-vista-del-mar-jamie-dornan-ripped-shirts\/4500441001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jamie Dornan<\/a>, <a href=\"\/story\/life\/movies\/2019\/04\/17\/judi-dench-russian-spying-james-bond-red-joan\/3486448002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Judi Dench<\/a>, Ciar\u00e1n Hinds\u00a0and\u00a0&#8220;Outlander&#8221; breakout <a href=\"\/story\/life\/tv\/2016\/05\/04\/caitriona-balfe-outlander-starz-money-monster\/83873736\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Caitriona Balfe<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">In the last decade, nine\u00a0of the 10 winners of TIFF&#8217;s audience-voted top prize\u00a0have received nominations for best picture at the Oscars. Three have gone on to win, including last year&#8217;s <a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/04\/25\/oscars-chloe-zhao-first-woman-color-win-best-director-nomadland\/7333435002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">&#8220;Nomadland.&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With its latest victory and warm reception at Telluride Film Festival last month, &#8220;Belfast&#8221; is now on the exact same upward trajectory as two other heartwarming best picture winners: &#8220;Slumdog Millionaire&#8221; and &#8220;The King&#8217;s Speech,&#8221; both of which also world-premiered at Telluride and clinched TIFF&#8217;s top award, before repeating at Oscar.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Toronto Film Festival:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/15\/toronto-film-festival-2021-best-movies-representation\/8331498002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">The 6 best films for representation to add to your movie list<\/a><\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_vp gnt_em_vp__yt\" data-g-r=\"vp_tp\" data-c-vt=\"youtube\" aria-label=\"YouTube video\" aria-live=\"polite\"><a class=\"gnt_em_vp_a gnt_em_vp__yt_a\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=Ja3PPOnJQ2k&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-g-r=\"vp_tg\" data-c-vpattrs=\"{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;Ja3PPOnJQ2k&quot;, &quot;id&quot;:&quot;8405959002&quot;}\" aria-label=\"Play YouTube video\"><img alt=\"\" class=\"gnt_em_vp_img gnt_em_vp_img__yn\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Ja3PPOnJQ2k\/maxresdefault.jpg\" onload=\"if(this.naturalWidth&lt;200){this.setAttribute(&#039;onload&#039;,&#039;this.classList.remove(&#039;gnt_em_vp_img__yn&#039;)&#039;);this.src=\" https:=\"\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"\"><svg class=\"gnt_em_vp_svg\"><use xlink:href=\"#gnt_svg_video_play\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/aside>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the <a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/05\/27\/oscars-2022-academy-awards-move-march-allow-streaming-eligibility\/7466933002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Oscars ceremony still more than six months away<\/a>\u00a0on March 27, 2022, there&#8217;s always a fear of peaking too early in the season. (&#8220;A Star is Born,&#8221; anyone?) But for now, &#8220;Belfast&#8221; has all the momentum going into its Nov. 12 release in theaters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Toronto festival was an otherwise muted affair: low on star power at its in-person screenings\u00a0and offering limited film selections for journalists covering the fest\u00a0virtually. It did bring to focus some important Oscar races.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Ranked:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/10\/toronto-film-festival-best-movies-trailers\/8264172002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">All the best films we saw at Toronto International Film Festival<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Jessica Chastain has &#8216;Eyes&#8217; on the prize\u00a0<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Belfast-wins-Peoples-Choice-Award-at-Toronto-fest-Is-Oscar.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain) gives a joyful noise while Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield) looks on in &quot;The Eyes of Tammy Faye.&quot;\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;The Eyes of Tammy Faye&#8221; (now in theaters) seems like the type of movie that&#8217;s reverse-engineered to win Oscars. It stars a well-respected actor (<a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/12\/jessica-chastain-describes-emotional-transformation-eyes-of-tammy-faye\/8282284002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jessica Chastain<\/a>) playing\u00a0a famous person\u00a0(televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker), caked in heavy\u00a0makeup and donning a litany of wigs as she sings, cries and pops pills. Chastain is able to seamlessly blend into Tammy&#8217;s role. She nails Tammy&#8217;s Minnesota accent, high-pitched voice and conveys her infectious enthusiasm for others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/11\/red-carpet-fashion-toronto-international-film-festival\/8266659002\/\" data-t-l=\":l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - See Lily-Rose Depp, Jessica Chastain, more stars at the 2021 Toronto Film Festival\" data-g-r=\"nav_mo\" data-g-tn=\"pgcss\" data-g-mtn=\"pg8266659002\" data-g-moh=\"hpgm\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-expanded=\"false\" onmousedown=\"event.stopPropagation()\" onmouseup=\"event.stopPropagation()\" data-c-id=\"8266659002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1632065111_972_Belfast-wins-Peoples-Choice-Award-at-Toronto-fest-Is-Oscar.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">This is a convincing and sometimes heartbreaking portrayal, of a misunderstood character. It&#8217;s also one of rare instances where prosthetics are not distracting from the performance. Although critics are mixed on the film itself (67% positive reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/the_eyes_of_tammy_faye_2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a>), they&#8217;re near-unanimous in their praise of Chastain. And with two acting Oscar nominations already under her belt for 2011&#8217;s &#8220;The Help&#8221; and 2012&#8217;s &#8220;Zero Dark Thirty,&#8221; academy voters may think that Chastain, with her ardent\u00a0devotion to the craft of acting, is overdue for a win.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Are we going to get into trouble?&#8217;:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/12\/jessica-chastain-describes-emotional-transformation-eyes-of-tammy-faye\/8282284002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Jessica Chastain went incognito at a church for &#8216;Tammy Faye&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">&#8216;Dear Evan Hansen\u2019 had a rocky debut at Toronto fest<\/h2>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:348px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1632065111_51_Belfast-wins-Peoples-Choice-Award-at-Toronto-fest-Is-Oscar.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Ben Platt reprises his Tony-winning role in the film adaptation of musical &quot;Dear Evan Hansen.&quot;\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Ben Platt&#8217;s road to EGOT just hit a speedbump. The golden-voiced actor won Emmy, Grammy and Tony awards for his emotionally naked turn in Broadway musical &#8220;Dear Evan Hansen,&#8221; playing an awkward teen caught in a web of lies after a classmate&#8217;s suicide. But any hopes of completing his awards quadfecta dissipated following brutal reviews out the film&#8217;s opening night debut, with some critics calling Platt, who is 27,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/dear-evan-hansen-review-ben-platt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">&#8220;comically miscast\u201d <\/a>and too \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2021\/sep\/14\/dear-evan-hansen-review-ghoulish-ben-platt-sinks-high-school-musical\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">distracting<\/a>\u201d\u00a0\u00a0to convincingly portray a high-schooler. The musical drama has an unfavorable 48% <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/m\/dear_evan_hansen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Rotten Tomatoes<\/a> score, with other critics dinging the story&#8217;s queasy morals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Having seen the film (in theaters Sept. 24), the level of vitriol on Twitter about Platt&#8217;s age seems unnecessarily cruel. He, of course, sounds fantastic, and has some genuinely great moments with co-stars Julianne Moore\u00a0and Kaitlyn Dever, even if his overwrought performance could&#8217;ve been dialed down more from stage to screen. Regardless, with A-listers Andrew Garfield (&#8220;Tick, Tick &#8230; Boom!&#8221;) and Peter Dinklage (&#8220;Cyrano&#8221;) also starring in high-profile movie musicals later this year, Platt will likely be overshadowed in the highly competitive best actor Oscar race.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Dear Evan Hansen&#8217;:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/09\/dear-evan-hansen-movie-adaptation-ben-platt-toronto-film-festival\/5779329001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Director Stephen Chbosky has no doubts about Ben Platt&#8217;s casting<\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:597px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1632065111_152_Belfast-wins-Peoples-Choice-Award-at-Toronto-fest-Is-Oscar.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Denzel Washington, left, and Frances McDormand take on the Bard in the forthcoming &quot;The Tragedy of Macbeth.&quot;\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"gnt_ar_b_h2\">Something worthy this way comes\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Toronto festivals now in the rearview, many of this year&#8217;s mostly anticipated titles have already screened for\u00a0audiences. But there are still plenty more unseen films coming down the pipeline. Steven Spielberg&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A5GJLwWiYSg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">&#8220;West Side Story&#8221;<\/a> (in theaters Dec. 10) and Guillermo del Toro&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=k-qVV8zyVmI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">&#8220;Nightmare Alley&#8221;<\/a> (Dec. 17) debuted new trailers to great enthusiasm online this week, as did Adam McKay&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SL9aJcqrtnw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">&#8220;Don&#8217;t Look Up&#8221;<\/a> (Dec. 10) the week before.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">But perhaps the most exciting movie on the docket\u00a0is &#8220;The Tragedy of Macbeth,&#8221; which will make its world premiere Sept. 24 at the New York Film Festival before its release in theaters and on Apple TV+ later this year. The black-and-white Shakespeare adaptation stars <a href=\"\/story\/life\/movies\/2017\/11\/21\/denzel-washington-roman-j-israel-esq-diversity-and-wanting-disappear\/881556001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Denzel Washington<\/a> and Frances McDormand as Lord and Lady Macbeth, respectively, and is directed by Joel Coen (of the Coen Brothers).<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">If it&#8217;s as incredible\u00a0as it sounds on paper, McDormand could very well have back-to-back Oscar wins after last year&#8217;s &#8220;Nomadland,&#8221; tying Katharine Hepburn with four best actress trophies. Two-time winner Washington, last honored for 2002&#8217;s &#8220;Training Day,&#8221; could also extend his record as the most winning Black performer if he triumphs again this year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Last Oscar tracker:<\/strong><a href=\"\/story\/entertainment\/movies\/oscars\/2021\/09\/08\/oscars-2022-awards-tracker-kristen-stewart-princess-diana-oscar-isaac\/5748897001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-t-l=\":b|e|inline click|${u}\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Kristen Stewart vaults to the front of the best-actress race as Princess Diana<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em__lp gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"\/picture-gallery\/entertainment\/movies\/2021\/09\/02\/venice-film-festival-2021-helen-mirren-penelope-cruz-red-carpet\/5688402001\/\" data-t-l=\":l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - Venice Film Festival 2021: See top winners Pen\u00e9lope Cruz and Audrey Diwan\" data-g-r=\"nav_mo\" data-g-tn=\"pgcss\" data-g-mtn=\"pg5688402001\" data-g-moh=\"hpgm\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-expanded=\"false\" onmousedown=\"event.stopPropagation()\" onmouseup=\"event.stopPropagation()\" data-c-id=\"5688402001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/1632065111_360_Belfast-wins-Peoples-Choice-Award-at-Toronto-fest-Is-Oscar.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And just like that, we have our first major contender for the best picture Academy Award.\u00a0 On Saturday night, Kenneth Branagh&#8216;s semi-autobiographical crowd-pleaser &#8220;Belfast&#8221; took home the\u00a0coveted\u00a0People&#8217;s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, which follows a boy (Jude Hill) and his family in tumultuous 1960s Ireland, boasts 89% positive reviews on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"featured_media":22365,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,3,105,106],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Belfast-wins-Peoples-Choice-Award-at-Toronto-fest-Is-Oscar.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22364"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22364"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22364\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22364"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22364"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/centralrecorder.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22364"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}