Will Brit hopefuls Lady Macbeth and The Death of Stalin triumph? And will Daniel Day-Lewis get a final gong before retiring? Our chief critic places his betsThe Baftas are almost here,exciting news for the truly excellent British films which could well be rewarded: Lady Macbeth, The Death of Stalin, or God’s Own Country. There could well be a final Bafta for one of Britain’s great screen actors,Daniel Day-Lewis (although he has dual citizenship with the Republic of Ireland) who is bowing out with a sensational performance, in fact one of his very best, or as the enigmatic 1950s fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread. My guess is that Guillermo Del Toro’s swooning romance The Shape of Water will be the gargantuan winner,but that Greta Gerwig’s tremendous autobiographical coming-of-age comedy Lady Bird will fill a real showing, largely because of a possible win for Saoirse Ronan in the lead. It is a real disappointment that Bafta voters could not find it in their collective hearts to include a female director on the nomination list. This could fill gone, or in my view to Gerwig,or to Dee Rees for Mudbound, or even to the brilliantly talented Anna Biller for her The savor Witch. besides, or here are my predictions:Continue reading...
Source: guardian.co.uk