Linda May and Swankie, two of the featured performers in “Nomadland,” are attending the Oscars. The two nonprofessional actors are the plus-ones of Chloé Zhao (nominated for four Academy Awards) and the movie’s nominated cinematographer, Joshua James Richards (who is also Zhao’s partner). “Nomadland,” based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 nonfiction book of the same name, hired some of the real people Bruder had interviewed during her reporting journey, including May, Swankie, van-dwelling guru Bob Wells and many others.
In an interview with Variety, during which she was at a Walmart preparing for her trip to Los Angeles, May talked about her experience making “Nomadland” — and the idea of going to the Academy Awards.
“I can’t believe it!” May exclaimed. “I got the schedule yesterday.”
She continued with a gush. “And Josh — I get to ride to the Oscars with Josh. I love Josh, and I flirted with...
In an interview with Variety, during which she was at a Walmart preparing for her trip to Los Angeles, May talked about her experience making “Nomadland” — and the idea of going to the Academy Awards.
“I can’t believe it!” May exclaimed. “I got the schedule yesterday.”
She continued with a gush. “And Josh — I get to ride to the Oscars with Josh. I love Josh, and I flirted with...
- 4/25/2021
- by Kate Aurthur
- Variety Film + TV
Filmmaker Chloè Zhao, as any Oscar fan probably knows, has set a record this year, becoming the first woman ever to be nominated for four individual Oscars in a single year, with her work on “Nomadland” being cited for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Film Editing and Best Adapted Screenplay. Though “Nomadland” is considered by many to be the front-runner in several Oscar categories, one contest that is proving to be particularly hot this year is the writing race.
Having already won the Critics Choice and the USC Scripter Awards, Zhao’s screenplay is locked in an extremely competitive contest against two other award-winning screenplays — Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller‘s “The Father” which triumphed at the BAFTAs and the writing team behind “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which won this year’s Writers Guild Award (where “Nomadland” and “The Father” were ineligible). Add to that two other highly-regarded screenplay adaptations — Kemp Powers...
Having already won the Critics Choice and the USC Scripter Awards, Zhao’s screenplay is locked in an extremely competitive contest against two other award-winning screenplays — Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller‘s “The Father” which triumphed at the BAFTAs and the writing team behind “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which won this year’s Writers Guild Award (where “Nomadland” and “The Father” were ineligible). Add to that two other highly-regarded screenplay adaptations — Kemp Powers...
- 4/14/2021
- by Tom O'Brien
- Gold Derby
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 SAG Awards Predictions:
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role In A Motion Picture
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: This is the place for Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) to cement her status as the one to beat since she won...
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2021 SAG Awards Predictions:
Best Performance By A Female Actor In A Leading Role In A Motion Picture
Updated: Apr. 1, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: This is the place for Carey Mulligan (“Promising Young Woman”) to cement her status as the one to beat since she won...
- 4/1/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
On Wednesday night, Nomadland took home the Best Picture award at the PGA’s virtual ceremony—a significant win on more than one level, since, in the 31 years since the PGA Awards began, it has predicted the Oscars Best Picture winner no less than 21 times. However, last year was an exception to this rule, as 1917 won at PGA but lost out to Parasite at the Oscars. So it will be very interesting to see if PGA restores their Oscar-predicting power this time around.
During the PGA show, accepting the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, one of Nomadland‘s producers Peter Spears said via video, “In a year when we have been living such isolated lives, we were proud to make a movie about community and what connects us… You honor the entire Nomadland company with this award….[including its] community of nomads that taught us about the power of resilience,...
During the PGA show, accepting the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures, one of Nomadland‘s producers Peter Spears said via video, “In a year when we have been living such isolated lives, we were proud to make a movie about community and what connects us… You honor the entire Nomadland company with this award….[including its] community of nomads that taught us about the power of resilience,...
- 3/25/2021
- by Antonia Blyth
- Deadline Film + TV
The Producers Guild of America’s 32nd annual PGA Awards ceremony is underway tonight, one of the bellwethers of the Oscar season. The virtual ceremony is handing out honors recognizing the year’s best in producing across film, TV and documentaries.
The PGA actually got the ball rolling Saturday, announcing winners in four of its 14 categories during the guild’s virtual A Day With the PGA Awards Nominees event. We’ll be updating the rest tonight as they are unveiled during a ceremony that has attracted a serious A-list roster of presenters: Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Sacha Baron Cohen, Carey Mulligan, Steven Yeun, Amanda Seyfried Paul Raci, Regina King, Eddie Redmayne, Swankie, Riz Ahmed, Darren Criss, Kaley Cuoco, Daveed Diggs, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Nicole Kidman, Paul Mescal, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jurnee Smollett.
That list includes a representative for each of the films up for the night’s marquee Darryl F.
The PGA actually got the ball rolling Saturday, announcing winners in four of its 14 categories during the guild’s virtual A Day With the PGA Awards Nominees event. We’ll be updating the rest tonight as they are unveiled during a ceremony that has attracted a serious A-list roster of presenters: Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Sacha Baron Cohen, Carey Mulligan, Steven Yeun, Amanda Seyfried Paul Raci, Regina King, Eddie Redmayne, Swankie, Riz Ahmed, Darren Criss, Kaley Cuoco, Daveed Diggs, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Nicole Kidman, Paul Mescal, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jurnee Smollett.
That list includes a representative for each of the films up for the night’s marquee Darryl F.
- 3/25/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: This year’s Oscar nominees Viola Davis, Daniel Kaluuya, Sacha Baron Cohen, Carey Mulligan, Steven Yeun, Amanda Seyfried and Paul Raci are among those who have been added as presenters for the the Producers Guild’s 32nd annual PGA Awards, which will take place later this week in a virtual ceremony.
Others included on the list of presenters set Monday include Regina King, Eddie Redmayne and Nomadland‘s Swankie. They join the previously announced Riz Ahmed, Darren Criss, Kaley Cuoco, Daveed Diggs, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Nicole Kidman, Paul Mescal, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jurnee Smollett.
Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7, Kaluuya’s Judas and the Black Messiah, Davis’ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Seyfried’s Mank, Yeun’s Minari, Swankie’s Nomadland, King’s One Night In Miami, Mulligan’s Promising Young Woman and Rici’s Sound of Metal...
Others included on the list of presenters set Monday include Regina King, Eddie Redmayne and Nomadland‘s Swankie. They join the previously announced Riz Ahmed, Darren Criss, Kaley Cuoco, Daveed Diggs, Gal Gadot, Mindy Kaling, Nicole Kidman, Paul Mescal, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Sarah Jessica Parker and Jurnee Smollett.
Baron Cohen’s Borat Subsequent Moviefilm and The Trial of the Chicago 7, Kaluuya’s Judas and the Black Messiah, Davis’ Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Seyfried’s Mank, Yeun’s Minari, Swankie’s Nomadland, King’s One Night In Miami, Mulligan’s Promising Young Woman and Rici’s Sound of Metal...
- 3/22/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Picture
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Netflix’s “Mank” led the fray with 10 nominations, but the story of this lineup is Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” and Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” nabbing all the “essentials” of a best picture winner, including director,...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Picture
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Netflix’s “Mank” led the fray with 10 nominations, but the story of this lineup is Searchlight Pictures’ “Nomadland” and Focus Features’ “Promising Young Woman” nabbing all the “essentials” of a best picture winner, including director,...
- 3/18/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Two women made the cut in best director, which is a first in the category, with only one first-time filmmaker making the cut (Fennell). Feeling there would be a swell in the European vote, BAFTA...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Mar. 18, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Two women made the cut in best director, which is a first in the category, with only one first-time filmmaker making the cut (Fennell). Feeling there would be a swell in the European vote, BAFTA...
- 3/18/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
A version of this story about “Nomadland” appears in the Oscar Nominations Preview issue of TheWrap’s awards magazine.
Cinematographer Joshua James Richards, an awards magnet for his gorgeous orangey work on “Nomandland,” has spent most of his career out in the real, rural world. His credits include three features with “Nomadland” director (and his partner in life), Chloé Zhao, all made in the American West or Midwest, where scorpions dance maniacally along the desert floor. (More on that below.)
And sometimes, while working long days in cold, harsh conditions, even something as benign as a light source can be amusing. While filming “Nomadland,” Richards was operating the camera and filming Frances McDormand, playing the main character, Fern, as she rearranged items in the Ford van that is also her home. The scene required more glow, and he attached a tiny LED penlight to the camera. Richards glanced at Zhao,...
Cinematographer Joshua James Richards, an awards magnet for his gorgeous orangey work on “Nomandland,” has spent most of his career out in the real, rural world. His credits include three features with “Nomadland” director (and his partner in life), Chloé Zhao, all made in the American West or Midwest, where scorpions dance maniacally along the desert floor. (More on that below.)
And sometimes, while working long days in cold, harsh conditions, even something as benign as a light source can be amusing. While filming “Nomadland,” Richards was operating the camera and filming Frances McDormand, playing the main character, Fern, as she rearranged items in the Ford van that is also her home. The scene required more glow, and he attached a tiny LED penlight to the camera. Richards glanced at Zhao,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Joe McGovern
- The Wrap
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Supporting Actress
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The win for Jodie Foster at the Golden Globes for “The Mauritanian” was just the boost she needed at this moment, likely getting many more voters to watch the film before voting. With her moving up,...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Supporting Actress
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The win for Jodie Foster at the Golden Globes for “The Mauritanian” was just the boost she needed at this moment, likely getting many more voters to watch the film before voting. With her moving up,...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The WGA weighed in and gave some gas for the campaigns for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which will have the largest amount of screenwriters ever nominated at nine, surpassing “Toy Story,” which had seven. “The White Tiger...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Adapted Screenplay
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The WGA weighed in and gave some gas for the campaigns for “Borat Subsequent Moviefilm,” which will have the largest amount of screenwriters ever nominated at nine, surpassing “Toy Story,” which had seven. “The White Tiger...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Cinematography
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Łukasz Żal got into this race for “Cold War” and this category never has just newcomers so expect his work for “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” to make some headway, perhaps even with American Society of Cinematographers.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Cinematography
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: Łukasz Żal got into this race for “Cold War” and this category never has just newcomers so expect his work for “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” to make some headway, perhaps even with American Society of Cinematographers.
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Film Editing
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: 50,000 feet out, “Sound of Metal” could go the way of Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash” (2013), which won editing and sound mixing, after surprising wins at BAFTA and other guilds. “The Trial of the Chicago 7...
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Film Editing
Updated: Mar. 4, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: 50,000 feet out, “Sound of Metal” could go the way of Damien Chazelle’s “Whiplash” (2013), which won editing and sound mixing, after surprising wins at BAFTA and other guilds. “The Trial of the Chicago 7...
- 3/4/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Currently streaming on Hulu, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland has been an award season darling so far, already picking up best director and best drama motion picture accolades at the 78th Golden Globes Awards. The film follows Frances McDormand as a woman named Fern who takes seasonal jobs to make ends meet as she travels across the country after her husband dies. Zhao's movie captures lush and realistic views of the American West, and at times, it even looks like a documentary with tight close-ups of actual nomads. But is Nomadland actually based on a true story? In part, yes.
While Fern's story is fictional, Zhao's script and film are based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. So, which parts of the movie are based on reality? Here's what you need to know.
What Is the Nomadland Book About?
In her book, Bruder closely follows nomads,...
While Fern's story is fictional, Zhao's script and film are based on Jessica Bruder's 2017 nonfiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century. So, which parts of the movie are based on reality? Here's what you need to know.
What Is the Nomadland Book About?
In her book, Bruder closely follows nomads,...
- 3/3/2021
- by Stacey Nguyen
- Popsugar.com
We’ve already written more generally about how director and writer Chloé Zhao used documentary techniques to blur real life and fiction in her neo-western drama Nomadland, which is now available to stream on Hulu. One of the chief filmmaking choices Zhao made was to utilize non-actors to play fictionalized versions of themselves. Characters like Linda May and Swankie are played by real-life nomads who live in their vans. Bob Wells, a vlogger and author who writes about life lived in his refurbished van, is the most famous of the actual nomads to appear in Nomadland. Wells is an older American in his 60s who runs a website and YouTube channel called CheapRVliving. Both platforms chronicle his life living in a van.
“Society told me that this was the worst possible thing that could happen to me, to live in a van,” Wells told PBS’ Independent Lens in January. “To be homeless,...
“Society told me that this was the worst possible thing that could happen to me, to live in a van,” Wells told PBS’ Independent Lens in January. “To be homeless,...
- 2/24/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine what they mean for the awards season.
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2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Director
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine what they mean for the awards season.
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actress In A Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been...
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Actress In A Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been...
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
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2021 Golden Globe Predictions:
Best Motion Picture (Drama)
Updated: Feb. 24, 2021
Awards Prediction Commentary: The Golden Globes nominations were announced on Feb. 3, with Netflix’s “Mank” from David Fincher leading with six nods. As the ceremony approaches on Feb. 28, the categories have been analyzed to determine...
- 2/24/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
— — Nomadland (2020) Video Movie Review, a Searchlight Pictures movie written and directed by Chloé Zhao and stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn, Bob Wells, Linda May, Swankie, Karie Lynn McDermott Wilder, Rachel Bannon, Annette Webb, Makenzie Etcheverry, and Brandy Wilber. In this video review, I talk about the [...]
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Nomadland (2020): An Emotionally Immersive Film From Chloé Zhao...
Continue reading: Video Movie Review: Nomadland (2020): An Emotionally Immersive Film From Chloé Zhao...
- 2/23/2021
- by Alex Srednoselac
- Film-Book
Nomadland, the Oscar-tipped feature film from Chloé Zhao, debuted on Hulu Friday after getting a limited theatrical release in the U.S. The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern, an older woman and working class widow who travels the American west in a van, in which she also lives. Though Nomadland is not a true story or a documentary, the film often blurs the line between fiction and reality by centering real places and communities, as well as casting a number of real people who are playing fictionalized versions of themselves.
To further capture the feel of the nomadic experience, Zhao used a bare bones crew who traveled in vans and stayed in motels for the four-month production. Many critics and early reviewers, including our review out of TIFF last September, responded to a more authentic representation of America than we tend to get in mainstream cinema. When one considers...
To further capture the feel of the nomadic experience, Zhao used a bare bones crew who traveled in vans and stayed in motels for the four-month production. Many critics and early reviewers, including our review out of TIFF last September, responded to a more authentic representation of America than we tend to get in mainstream cinema. When one considers...
- 2/19/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
System of a Down is a renowned, Grammy-winning hard rock band, but the new Garin Hovannisian-directed documentary Truth To Power at Oscilloscope Laboratories shows a different side of them — specifically putting the spotlight on the band’s frontman, Serj Tankian.
Opening in virtual theaters today, Truth to Power brings audiences into the world of Tankian. Through exclusive interviews and original footage personally filmed by the international rock star, the docu pulls the curtain back as we see his revolutionary music career, his work in social justice and how he uses his platform for political change. His decades-long campaign for formal U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide was finally approved by Congress in 2019. He’s loved by his fans but has a very divisive relationship with the government.
The film features insight from his bandmates, producer Rick Rubin, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello as well as social...
Opening in virtual theaters today, Truth to Power brings audiences into the world of Tankian. Through exclusive interviews and original footage personally filmed by the international rock star, the docu pulls the curtain back as we see his revolutionary music career, his work in social justice and how he uses his platform for political change. His decades-long campaign for formal U.S. recognition of the Armenian Genocide was finally approved by Congress in 2019. He’s loved by his fans but has a very divisive relationship with the government.
The film features insight from his bandmates, producer Rick Rubin, Rage Against the Machine’s Tom Morello as well as social...
- 2/19/2021
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
“No, I’m not homeless. I’m just houseless. Not the same thing, right?” says Academy Award-winner Frances McDormand as Fern, in the trailer for Chloé Zhao‘s new, award-winning film Nomadland.
The critically-acclaimed drama is playing in select theaters now (check showtimes here) but if you’d prefer to watch the Golden Globe-nominated film from home, we’ve found a couple of ways to stream Nomadland online on Hulu.
Nomadland: Release Date and Where to Watch It
Following a run in IMAX theaters earlier this year (which earned...
The critically-acclaimed drama is playing in select theaters now (check showtimes here) but if you’d prefer to watch the Golden Globe-nominated film from home, we’ve found a couple of ways to stream Nomadland online on Hulu.
Nomadland: Release Date and Where to Watch It
Following a run in IMAX theaters earlier this year (which earned...
- 2/19/2021
- by John Lonsdale
- Rollingstone.com
Jim Batts says in his review of the film, “Writer/director Chloe Zhao, in adapting the book by Jessica Bruder, uses a real cinema verite style, with her camera becoming a “fly on the wall” drinking in the “alien world” on the fringes of “nine to five” society.”
This Friday, meet Vanguard. Nomadland is now playing in select IMAX theaters. The film opens in theaters and on Hulu This Friday, February 19. Reserve your tickets now: http://WatchNomadland.com
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
The post Nomadland...
This Friday, meet Vanguard. Nomadland is now playing in select IMAX theaters. The film opens in theaters and on Hulu This Friday, February 19. Reserve your tickets now: http://WatchNomadland.com
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
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- 2/18/2021
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
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Chloé Zhao’s Oscar contender “Nomadland” premiered to critical acclaim at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, and now it’s available for viewers to stream at home on Hulu. Beginning Friday, Feb. 19, the film will run on IMAX and regular screens in areas where movie theaters are open, and will be available to stream at the same time on Hulu.
There’s no additional purchase necessary; like 2020’s “Palm Springs,” “Nomadland” will premiere on the streaming service’s regular tier. Not a subscriber? You can join for just $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year at its most basic level, or upgrade to commercial-free (at $11.99 per month) or Hulu plus live TV (starring at $64.99 per month).
Thanks to corporate synergy,...
Chloé Zhao’s Oscar contender “Nomadland” premiered to critical acclaim at the 2020 Venice Film Festival, and now it’s available for viewers to stream at home on Hulu. Beginning Friday, Feb. 19, the film will run on IMAX and regular screens in areas where movie theaters are open, and will be available to stream at the same time on Hulu.
There’s no additional purchase necessary; like 2020’s “Palm Springs,” “Nomadland” will premiere on the streaming service’s regular tier. Not a subscriber? You can join for just $5.99 per month or $59.99 per year at its most basic level, or upgrade to commercial-free (at $11.99 per month) or Hulu plus live TV (starring at $64.99 per month).
Thanks to corporate synergy,...
- 2/18/2021
- by Jean Bentley
- Indiewire
The Hi-Pointe Theater, at 1005 McCausland Ave in St. Louis, is the best place to see movies. Frances McDormand in Nomadland opens this Friday February 19th at The Hi-Pointe. The Hi-Pointe’s site can be found Here. Read Jim Batts’ We Are Movie Geeks review of Nomadland Here
Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
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Following the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, Fern (Frances McDormand) packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The third feature film from director Chloé Zhao, Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern’s mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
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- 2/16/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
“Nomadland” reaped a leading six nominations for the 2021 Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) International Awards: Best Picture, Direction and Screenplay (writer/director Chloe Zhao), Actress (Frances McDormand), Supporting Actor (David Strathairn) and Supporting Actress (Swankie).
Joining this Searchlight Pictures release in the top race are five-time nominee “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” four-time contenders “The Father” and “Promising Young Woman” and “Minari.” Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Aussie academy won’t stage the 10th annual edition of these awards in Hollywood as they usually do, but will instead present a highlights package of clips and acceptance speeches, debuting on Aacta’s YouTube channel on Friday, March 5 Pst / Saturday, March 6 Aedt.
In an attempt to move with the times and recognize the prominence of streaming content in 2020, this is the first year that the Australian International Awards added four global television awards to their honors, singling out the best drama series,...
Joining this Searchlight Pictures release in the top race are five-time nominee “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” four-time contenders “The Father” and “Promising Young Woman” and “Minari.” Due to the ongoing pandemic, the Aussie academy won’t stage the 10th annual edition of these awards in Hollywood as they usually do, but will instead present a highlights package of clips and acceptance speeches, debuting on Aacta’s YouTube channel on Friday, March 5 Pst / Saturday, March 6 Aedt.
In an attempt to move with the times and recognize the prominence of streaming content in 2020, this is the first year that the Australian International Awards added four global television awards to their honors, singling out the best drama series,...
- 2/15/2021
- by Rob Licuria
- Gold Derby
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) announced its nominees in the film and newly-created television categories for its 10th Aacta International Awards.
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” leads the film nominations, earning six nods, including best film, best direction in a film and nods for stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn and Swankie. “The Trial of the Chicago 7” follows with five nominations. The late Chadwick Boseman earned two nominations posthumously for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (for which Boseman’s co-star Viola Davis was also nominated) and “Da 5 Bloods.”
For the past ten years, the Aacta International Awards have honored excellence in film, with awards in seven categories. But in 2021, the Australian Academy expanded the awards to include four television awards.
Nominees for the Aacta International Award for best drama series are “The Crown,” “I May Destroy You,” “The Mandalorian,” “Mystery Road” and “The Queen’s Gambit,” with “Afterlife,...
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” leads the film nominations, earning six nods, including best film, best direction in a film and nods for stars Frances McDormand, David Strathairn and Swankie. “The Trial of the Chicago 7” follows with five nominations. The late Chadwick Boseman earned two nominations posthumously for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” (for which Boseman’s co-star Viola Davis was also nominated) and “Da 5 Bloods.”
For the past ten years, the Aacta International Awards have honored excellence in film, with awards in seven categories. But in 2021, the Australian Academy expanded the awards to include four television awards.
Nominees for the Aacta International Award for best drama series are “The Crown,” “I May Destroy You,” “The Mandalorian,” “Mystery Road” and “The Queen’s Gambit,” with “Afterlife,...
- 2/13/2021
- by Angelique Jackson
- Variety Film + TV
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts (Aacta) today announced the nominees for its 10th Aacta International Awards with Searchlight’s Nomadland in the lead at six mentions including Best Film, Director, Actress, Screenplay and Supporting Actress and Actor. Also scoring several mentions are DreamWorks/Netflix’s The Trial Of The Chicago 7, Netflix’s Mank, Focus’ Promising Young Woman and Sony Pictures Classic’s The Father.
This is also the first year Aacta has extended the awards to include global TV across four new categories: Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Series and Best Actress in a Series with The Crown, The Mandalorian, Schitt’s Creek, Mrs America, The Undoing and The Queen’s Gambit among nominees. (See the full list below.)
Held in Los Angeles, the Aacta International Awards will produce a highlights package of acceptance speeches which will be available to watch on Aacta...
This is also the first year Aacta has extended the awards to include global TV across four new categories: Best Drama Series, Best Comedy Series, Best Actor in a Series and Best Actress in a Series with The Crown, The Mandalorian, Schitt’s Creek, Mrs America, The Undoing and The Queen’s Gambit among nominees. (See the full list below.)
Held in Los Angeles, the Aacta International Awards will produce a highlights package of acceptance speeches which will be available to watch on Aacta...
- 2/13/2021
- by Nancy Tartaglione
- Deadline Film + TV
Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland” celebrates a journey of self-discovery as Fern, played by Frances McDormand, is left, as she puts it, houseless.
The journey is a liberating one as Fern travels from Empire, Nev., and meets real-life nomads along the way — people who live on the margins of society.
There is much beauty in Fern’s personal journey of self-discovery as well as in the stunning cinematography of the vast American West, captured by Joshua James Richards. And if anyone can understand Zhao’s vision, it’s Richards — this is their third collaboration. The two previously worked on “The Rider” and “Songs My Brother Taught Me.”
“Chloé and I spent a lot of time on the road because of our last two movies,” Richards says. Their travels gave them a taste of the nomadic lives depicted in their latest film.
Early conversations revolved around how to capture the performances and...
The journey is a liberating one as Fern travels from Empire, Nev., and meets real-life nomads along the way — people who live on the margins of society.
There is much beauty in Fern’s personal journey of self-discovery as well as in the stunning cinematography of the vast American West, captured by Joshua James Richards. And if anyone can understand Zhao’s vision, it’s Richards — this is their third collaboration. The two previously worked on “The Rider” and “Songs My Brother Taught Me.”
“Chloé and I spent a lot of time on the road because of our last two movies,” Richards says. Their travels gave them a taste of the nomadic lives depicted in their latest film.
Early conversations revolved around how to capture the performances and...
- 2/11/2021
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
Variety's Awards Circuit is home to the official predictions for the upcoming Oscars from Film Awards Editor Clayton Davis. Following Academy Awards history, buzz, news, reviews and sources, the Oscar predictions are updated regularly with the current year's contenders in all categories. Variety's Awards Circuit Prediction schedule consists of four phases, running all year long: Draft, Pre-Season, Regular Season and Post Season. Eligibility calendar and dates of awards will determine how long each phase lasts and will be displayed next to revision date.
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season
2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Supporting Actor
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021
Awards Commentary:
Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”) bounces back with a Critics Choice nomination after missing Globes and SAG. There’s a three-horse race seemingly afoot with Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Daniel Kaluuya...
To see all the latest predictions, of all the categories, in one place, visit The Collective
Draft>>>Pre Season>>>Regular Season>>>Post Season
2021 Oscars Predictions:
Best Supporting Actor
Updated: Feb. 11, 2021
Awards Commentary:
Paul Raci (“Sound of Metal”) bounces back with a Critics Choice nomination after missing Globes and SAG. There’s a three-horse race seemingly afoot with Sacha Baron Cohen (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Daniel Kaluuya...
- 2/11/2021
- by Clayton Davis
- Variety Film + TV
"I maybe spent too much of my life just remembering." Searchlight Pictures has debuted one final trailer for Nomadland, which is now opening in theaters in the US in a few weeks (here's the teaser & other trailer). It will also launch on Hulu the same day for everyone to watch. The third feature from acclaimed filmmaker Chloe Zhao, the film follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the "Great Recession", embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. A story about our changing times. Starring Frances McDormand. It also features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. This is currently the Best Picture frontrunner for the Oscars from 2020, and it could end up winning (deserves it). If you haven't seen it yet, we...
- 2/10/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“One of the things I love most about this life, is there’s no final goodbye’s, let’s just say, I’ll see ya down the road,” a nomad and non-professional actor says to Frances McDormand in Chloé Zhao‘s critically acclaimed drama “Nomadland.”Co-starring David Strathairn, the film, a soulful, sad American Western drama about economic hardship and life on the open road is otherwise, free of stars and populated with real nomad, non-professional actors, many of whom are excellent revelations like Linda May and Swankie.
Continue reading New ‘Nomadland’ Trailer: France McDormand Wanders & Reflects In Chloé Zhao’s Acclaimed American West Drama at The Playlist.
Continue reading New ‘Nomadland’ Trailer: France McDormand Wanders & Reflects In Chloé Zhao’s Acclaimed American West Drama at The Playlist.
- 2/10/2021
- by Edward Davis
- The Playlist
For Nomadland, writer-director Chloé Zhao adapted Jessica Bruder’s 2017 book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century into a screenplay, got Frances McDormand to star in the movie, and hasn’t looked back since.
The film, the third in the Beijing-born Zhao’s trilogy of a sort on the state of the American West after 2015’s Songs My Brother Taught Me and 2017’s The Rider, has been among the most honored so far this movie-awards season. The streak started with a rare double: snagging the Golden Lion at Venice and the Audience Award at Toronto – two Oscar-bellwether wins. It since has picked up Best Picture, Actress and Screenplay wins from various key critics groups, was named to the Top 10 films list at AFI and scored nominations in all three categories in the past week alone from the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Nominations also include from the USC Scripters,...
The film, the third in the Beijing-born Zhao’s trilogy of a sort on the state of the American West after 2015’s Songs My Brother Taught Me and 2017’s The Rider, has been among the most honored so far this movie-awards season. The streak started with a rare double: snagging the Golden Lion at Venice and the Audience Award at Toronto – two Oscar-bellwether wins. It since has picked up Best Picture, Actress and Screenplay wins from various key critics groups, was named to the Top 10 films list at AFI and scored nominations in all three categories in the past week alone from the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Nominations also include from the USC Scripters,...
- 2/8/2021
- by Patrick Hipes
- Deadline Film + TV
Chloé Zhao has made three feature films to date, each of them blending narrative storytelling with non-fiction. Her debut, Songs My Brothers Taught Me, told the story of Native American siblings struggling to find their place in a changing world. The Rider cast cowboy Brady Jandreau as a version of himself, reliving the true story of his near-fatal head injury. And while her new film, Nomadland, casts professional actors like Frances McDormand and David Strathairn for the first time, it rounds out its ensemble with real ‘Nomads’; people who have taken to living in camper vans in what would be their retirement, forced instead to seek itinerant labor around the country to make ends meet.
All three films deal with survival and identity, and each of them pack an emotional punch that hits with greater fervor because of the lines Zhao blurs between fact and fiction. Based on Jessica Bruder...
All three films deal with survival and identity, and each of them pack an emotional punch that hits with greater fervor because of the lines Zhao blurs between fact and fiction. Based on Jessica Bruder...
- 2/8/2021
- by Joe Utichi
- Deadline Film + TV
Chloé Zhao’s acclaimed film “Nomadland,” a road drama that’s expected to be a major awards player, has modified its release plan due to the pandemic.
The movie — starring Frances McDormand as a woman who leaves her small town to travel the American west — will debut in select Imax venues on Jan. 29 before opening in traditional theaters and drive-in locations on Feb. 19. On the same day as its wide release in February, “Nomadland” will premiere on Hulu.
Searchlight Pictures, the Disney-owned specialty studio, is distributing the film and plans to premiere it internationally throughout the spring (pandemic permitting) starting on March 4.
Prior to its theatrical rollout, “Nomadland” made rounds on the festival circuit, winning top prizes at Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. It also landed on many critics’ best of the year lists, including Variety’s Peter Debruge. In his review, Debruge called the film an “ode to American independence.
The movie — starring Frances McDormand as a woman who leaves her small town to travel the American west — will debut in select Imax venues on Jan. 29 before opening in traditional theaters and drive-in locations on Feb. 19. On the same day as its wide release in February, “Nomadland” will premiere on Hulu.
Searchlight Pictures, the Disney-owned specialty studio, is distributing the film and plans to premiere it internationally throughout the spring (pandemic permitting) starting on March 4.
Prior to its theatrical rollout, “Nomadland” made rounds on the festival circuit, winning top prizes at Venice Film Festival and Toronto Film Festival. It also landed on many critics’ best of the year lists, including Variety’s Peter Debruge. In his review, Debruge called the film an “ode to American independence.
- 1/14/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
“I’m not the kind of filmmaker who just makes films,” Chloé Zhao told IndieWire earlier this year. “I have to be in love with my subject matter and want to learn more about it. Someone once said to me that passion doesn’t sustain, but curiosity does. I have to be excited by little things I discover along the way.” Zhao’s approach is just one reason the upcoming “Nomadland” ranks among the best films of 2020. Starring two-time Oscar winner Frances McDormand, the acclaimed drama won the Golden Lion at Venice and the People’s Choice Award at TIFF.
McDormand stars as Fern, a woman in her sixties who rebounds from losing everything in the Great Recession by journeying through the American West as a van-dwelling nomad. While the film also stars “Good Night, and Good Luck” Oscar nominee David Strathairn in a key supporting role, the majority of...
McDormand stars as Fern, a woman in her sixties who rebounds from losing everything in the Great Recession by journeying through the American West as a van-dwelling nomad. While the film also stars “Good Night, and Good Luck” Oscar nominee David Strathairn in a key supporting role, the majority of...
- 12/14/2020
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Imagine a place on the map so tied to its industries that when the work disappears, so does the place. This shouldn’t be so hard to imagine; it is, in so many ways, the story of America’s once-towering industrial cities. It could also describe the places beyond the gutted downtowns and main streets, areas whose populations hover in the low thousands, or hundreds, or even less — municipalities so diffuse that the eradication of the local identities, traditions, and people anchored to the geography can be literal. A zip code can be,...
- 12/4/2020
- by K. Austin Collins
- Rollingstone.com
Critically-acclaimed director Chloe Zhao’s latest film, “Nomadland,” became an early Oscar favorite after bowing at the Venice Film Festival earlier this year, and could see her make history as the first Asian American female to win the best director prize.
The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a widow who has been left houseless after the gypsum mine that had propped up the town of Empire closes for good. Fern lives and travels through America in her white van, encountering other real-life nomads on her journey. Zhao spoke to Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast about “Nomadland,” listen below!
Zhao, the critically-acclaimed director behind “The Rider” and “Songs my Brothers Taught Me,” says she had “always wanted to make a road movie,” especially one that looked at the American West. Her new film is based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder, and...
The film stars Frances McDormand as Fern, a widow who has been left houseless after the gypsum mine that had propped up the town of Empire closes for good. Fern lives and travels through America in her white van, encountering other real-life nomads on her journey. Zhao spoke to Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast about “Nomadland,” listen below!
Zhao, the critically-acclaimed director behind “The Rider” and “Songs my Brothers Taught Me,” says she had “always wanted to make a road movie,” especially one that looked at the American West. Her new film is based on the nonfiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century” by Jessica Bruder, and...
- 12/3/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
It started with a trip to the press office to pick up your badge, now conveniently located in the far corner of your living room. On the way out, you run into some fellow critics and ask about what they’re excited to see, although one seems preoccupied with a bird right outside the window and the other is lazily grooming themselves before settling in for a feline nap. Then it’s off to the big opening night gala event, which is taking place past the mail table but just...
- 9/17/2020
- by David Fear
- Rollingstone.com
Frances McDormand says she’s always dreamt of hitting the road.
She told her husband when she was 45 that she had plans to change her name to Fern when she turns 65 and “start smoking Lucky Strikes, drinking Wild Turkey and I’d hit the road in my Rv.”
Her dreams sort of came true with “Nomadland.” The 63-year-old Oscar winner stars in the new Searchlight Pictures as Fern, a woman who lives in her van and joins a community of drifters. The film, directed by Chloe Zhao, is based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 non-fiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.”
Among McDormand’s co-stars are Linda May, Swankie, Bob Wells and Derek Endres, real-life people who live on the road, but portray slightly fictionalized versions of themselves in the movie.
The Telluride Film Festival hosted a drive-in screening of “Nomadland” on Friday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena,...
She told her husband when she was 45 that she had plans to change her name to Fern when she turns 65 and “start smoking Lucky Strikes, drinking Wild Turkey and I’d hit the road in my Rv.”
Her dreams sort of came true with “Nomadland.” The 63-year-old Oscar winner stars in the new Searchlight Pictures as Fern, a woman who lives in her van and joins a community of drifters. The film, directed by Chloe Zhao, is based on Jessica Bruder’s 2017 non-fiction book “Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century.”
Among McDormand’s co-stars are Linda May, Swankie, Bob Wells and Derek Endres, real-life people who live on the road, but portray slightly fictionalized versions of themselves in the movie.
The Telluride Film Festival hosted a drive-in screening of “Nomadland” on Friday night at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena,...
- 9/12/2020
- by Marc Malkin
- Variety Film + TV
Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland was one of the hottest tickets at Venice and Toronto this year. Screening on the last day of competition in Venice, it was certainly worth the wait.
Starring Frances McDormand as the nomad in question, we follow Fern as she wanders the American west, constantly uprooting herself as she follows seasonal work: packing for Amazon, picking beets, cleaning on campsites. The reason for her nomadic lifestyle is the death not just of her husband, but of her town, which has ceased to exist following the closure of the town’s mine. The film opens with Fern locking her belongings in a storage unit, slamming shut her belongings and her painful memories.
Zhao’s film is based on Jessica Bruder’s book of the same name about the precarious lives of many older transient workers. As she has done in her previous two features, Zhao has incorporated...
Starring Frances McDormand as the nomad in question, we follow Fern as she wanders the American west, constantly uprooting herself as she follows seasonal work: packing for Amazon, picking beets, cleaning on campsites. The reason for her nomadic lifestyle is the death not just of her husband, but of her town, which has ceased to exist following the closure of the town’s mine. The film opens with Fern locking her belongings in a storage unit, slamming shut her belongings and her painful memories.
Zhao’s film is based on Jessica Bruder’s book of the same name about the precarious lives of many older transient workers. As she has done in her previous two features, Zhao has incorporated...
- 9/12/2020
- by Jo-Ann Titmarsh
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
“If you want to get more out of life,” advised Christopher McCandless, “you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.” That didn’t work out so well for McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer’s book-length look at the vagabond spirit, “Into the Wild”: He died alone in Alaska at the age of 24. But there are many who thrive by that same philosophy, which imbues every frame of director Chloé Zhao’s “Nomadland,” a romantic portrayal of life on the road that reaches toward the kind of enlightenment McCandless describes, without shying away from the potholes one inevitably hits in its pursuit.
Like Zhao’s previous film, micro-masterpiece “The Rider,” this rich and...
Like Zhao’s previous film, micro-masterpiece “The Rider,” this rich and...
- 9/11/2020
- by Peter Debruge
- Variety Film + TV
In almost no way does Chloé Zhao‘s quiet, enormous, deep breath of a movie, “Nomadland,” resemble “Blade Runner.” Except there’s this one moment: an outstanding speech in a film as attuned to vast wild silences as to conversation. Fern (Frances McDormand) is talking to her friend and fellow nomad Swankie.
Continue reading Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Is As Vast As The American Landscape It Travels [Venice Review] at The Playlist.
Continue reading Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ Is As Vast As The American Landscape It Travels [Venice Review] at The Playlist.
- 9/11/2020
- by Jessica Kiang
- The Playlist
Sometimes, a Trailer doesn’t have to do much. If it only gives you a taste of what’s to come…well, it’s a Teaser Trailer, but it’s also whetting your appetite. Earlier in the week, we got just such a Teaser, and it’s for a major Academy Award contender in Nomadland coming from Chloé Zhao and starring Frances McDormand. This big time Oscar player is going to be at just about every fall film festival this season, so it’s certainly one to watch. Obviously, prestige fare like this is going to be on our radar, even without a Teaser. Still, this one does the trick in a really subtle way. You can see the Teaser Trailer for the flick below, so read on and check it out… The movie is an intimate drama and character study. This is the official synopsis from Searchlight Pictures:...
- 9/11/2020
- by Joey Magidson
- Hollywoodnews.com
Searchlight Pictures has released the first teaser trailer for Nomadland, in anticipation of its premiere at the Venice Film Festival later this week. The third feature from acclaimed filmmaker Chloe Zhao, the film follows a woman in her sixties who, after losing everything in the "Great Recession", embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. Starring Frances McDormand. Nomadland features real nomads Linda May, Swankie and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West. This was also supposed to show at the Telluride Film Festival (before it was cancelled) and will also play at the Toronto Film Festival after Venice. There's not much to this teaser - only one 60 sec shot - but it's more than enough to get me excited for this. Here's the teaser trailer (+ teaser poster) for Chloe Zhao's Nomadland, direct...
- 9/8/2020
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
First role for McDormand since she won Oscar for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
Fox Searchlight has acquired worldwide rights to Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland starring Frances McDormand in her first role since winning the Oscar for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
David Strathairn also stars, and the cast includes Linda May and Charlene Swankie. McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Zhao produced the film from Highwayman Films, Hear/Say Productions and Cor Cordium Production.
Zhao’s follow-up to The Rider follows a woman in her 60s who after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West,...
Fox Searchlight has acquired worldwide rights to Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland starring Frances McDormand in her first role since winning the Oscar for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
David Strathairn also stars, and the cast includes Linda May and Charlene Swankie. McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey and Zhao produced the film from Highwayman Films, Hear/Say Productions and Cor Cordium Production.
Zhao’s follow-up to The Rider follows a woman in her 60s who after losing everything in the Great Recession, embarks on a journey through the American West,...
- 2/13/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Fox Searchlight Pictures has picked up the rights to Chloe Zhao’s much-anticipated followup to her lauded second feature, “The Rider.” Starring Frances McDormand in her first role after winning the Oscar for Best Actress at last year’s ceremony, “Nomadland” features the actress in a new vision of the American West. She takes center stage in a pair of first look photos from the film, which emphasize Zhao’s ability to build stories in unique settings that capture the grandeur and desolation of their locations.
Per its official synopsis, the film “is a road movie following Fern (McDormand), a woman in her sixties, who after losing everything in the Great Recession embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. A signature of Zhao’s, the film includes real people turned actors including Linda May and Charlene Swankie.” The film also stars David Strathairn.
Per its official synopsis, the film “is a road movie following Fern (McDormand), a woman in her sixties, who after losing everything in the Great Recession embarks on a journey through the American West, living as a van-dwelling modern-day nomad. A signature of Zhao’s, the film includes real people turned actors including Linda May and Charlene Swankie.” The film also stars David Strathairn.
- 2/12/2019
- by Kate Erbland
- Indiewire
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