‘First Reformed’ leads nominations
In the first nominations announcement of the awards season, the Independent Filmmaker Project’s 28th Gotham Awards have given a boost to Yorgos Lanthimos’ festival sensation The Favourite and Paul Schrader’s acclaimed First Reformed.
Both films picked up three mentions, including in the top feature category. This year, there are a surprising number of studio films looking to make competitive awards runs, including Black Panther, Green Book, First Man, A Star Is Born and Widows.
Adam Driver’s work in BlackKklansman drew him an actor nomination alongside Ben Foster in Leave No Trace, Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Ethan Hawke in First Reformed and Lakeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You.
Actress nods go to Glenn Close in The Wife, Toni Collette in Hereditary, Kathryn Hahn in Private Life, Regina Hall in Support the Girls and Michelle Pfeiffer in Where Is Kyra?