Academy Awards, nominations for Willem Dafoe and his van Gogh. Also in the running is Rami Malek for his Freddie Mercury

Vincent van Gogh isnominated for the Oscars: actor Willem Dafoe, who plays the Dutch painter extraordinaire in Julian Schnabel ’s At Eternity’s Gate(an in-depth look at the film here), is in the running for a statuette, for best actor in a leading role. This is the only nomination for the film dedicated to van Gogh, and for Dafoe the feat of taking home the Academy Award will not be easy, because this year’s five-person field is top-notch: starting favorites are Rami Malek for his masterful portrayal of Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Rhapsody and Christian Bale for his Dick Cheney in Vice, while less chances seem to be had by Bradley Cooper for A Star is Born and Viggo Mortensen for Green Book.

Apart from At Eternity’s gate, the others are four multi-nominated films: A star is born and Vice are up for eight awards, while Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book are both running for five statuettes. All four are also competing for best picture, along with Roma, The Favourite (the two most nominated: ten nominations for one), Black Panther and BlacKkKlansman. Competing for best director are Alfonso Cuarón(Roma), Spike Lee(BlacKkKlansman), Pawel Pawlikowski(Cold War), Yorgos Lanthimos(The Favourite) and Adam McKay(Vice), while competing for best actress are Glenn Close(The Wife), Yalitza Aparicio(Roma), Olivia Colman(The Favourite), Lady Gaga(A star is born) and Melissa McCarthy(Can you ever forgive me?). The award for best foreign film, on the other hand, will be a contest between Roma (Mexico), Capernaum (Lebanon), Cold War (Poland), Never Look Away (Germany) and Shoplifters (Japan).

Oscar night will be Feb. 24 (the night of the 25th in Italy).

Academy Awards, nominations for Willem Dafoe and his van Gogh. Also in the running is Rami Malek for his Freddie Mercury

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