"Cold War" at the rankings of the best films of 2018
In the beginning of the year, film critics from around the world are summarizing what happened last year. Among the top rankings of the best films was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Cold War”. Journalists place the Polish title among films with great chances for Oscar nominations.
In the beginning of the year, film critics from around the world are summarizing what happened last year. Among the top rankings of the best films was co-financed by the Polish Film Institute Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Cold War”. Journalists place the Polish title among films with great chances for Oscar nominations.
Chances for several Oscar nominations
The Hollywood Reporter journalist Scott Feinberg prepares every year a list of films which, according to him, have a chance for an Oscar nomination.
The American critic predicts that “Cold War” will win nominations in three categories: the best director, the best foreign language film and the best cinematography. It is worth recalling that the journalist once predicted a nomination for cinematography for Łukasz Żal and Ryszard Lenczewski.
Scott Feinberg does not exclude the nomination of “Cold War” in the category of the best original script. Nominations in the categories of the best film and the best actress may also come as a surprise.
The full list is available here: www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/scott-feinberg-s-2019-oscar-predictions-updated-1170624/item/best-picture-1170625.
The journalist also writes about the chances of “Cold War” here:
www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscars-can-black-white-films-roma-cold-war-triumph-1167985
“Cold War”, “Mug”, “High Life” appreciated by leading directors
The IndieWire portal published a ranking of the best films selected by leading directors. “Cold War” was among the favorite films of Pedro Almodovar, Amma Asante, Ari Astra, Brady Corbert, Ezra Edelman, Robert Eggers, Andrew Haigh, Kirsten Johnson, Kimberly Peirce, Matt Ross, Josie Rourke, and Edgar Wright. It is worth adding that “Mug” by Małgorzata Szumowska was on the Debra Granita list, and among the favorite films by Kristen Johnson appeared an international co-production “High Life” by Claire Denis co-financed by PFI.
Łukasz Żal appreciated by IndieWire
The IndieWire portal also presented a list of films with the best cinematography. In the combination prepared by Chris O’Fall, Łukasz Żal’s photographs were in second place.
The Esquire portal has placed the “Cold War” on the fifth place in the list of the best films of 2018.
Paweł Pawlikowski’s film was also included in the first hundred (item sixty-seventh) of the best rated films by Rotten Tomatoes users.
In the list of fifty best films in Great Britain according to the Guardian, “Cold War” came in seventh and on the list prepared by Manohla Dargis, one of the New York Times‘ directors, “Cold War” received a distinction.
“Cold War” was also included in the BBC ranking prepared by Nicholas Barber. The MetaCrinic ranking summarizing the titles of the most-mentioned films in the critics’ lists placed “Cold War” in the eleventh place.
El Mundo appreciates “Cold War” and “Playground”
The Spanish daily El Mundo placed “Cold War” in the third place among the best films of 2018. On the list appeared also another Polish title – “Playground”. The full-length feature debut of Bartosz M. Kowalski took the sixth place.