The 82nd Golden Globe Awards saw two unconventional films emerge as top contenders: Brady Corbet's 'The Brutalist' and Jacques Audiard's 'Emilia Perez.' 'The Brutalist' was awarded Best Film - Drama, while 'Emilia Perez' took home Best Film - Comedy or Musical.
Demi Moore won Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for The Substance at this year’s Golden Globes awards. Two wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar epic The Brutalist and Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical Emilia Perez — won top honors at The Globes, which are still finding their footing after years of scandal and makeover, scattered awards around to a number of films.
But the awards group put its strongest support behind a pair of movies that sought to defy easy categorization. The Brutalist was crowned best film, drama, putting one of 2024’s most ambitious films on course to be a major contender at the Academy Awards. The film, shot in VistaVision and released with an intermission, also won best director for Corbet and best actor for Adrien Brody. In his acceptance speech, Corbet spoke about filmmakers needing approval on the final cut. “I was told that this film was un-distributable,” said Corbet. “No one was asking for a three-and-half-hour film about a mid-century designer in 70mm. But it works.” Elliot Brody, from left, Sylvia Plachy, and Adrien Brody, winner of the award for best performance by a male actor in a motion picture drama for The Brutalist, pose in the press room during the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, Jan. 5, 2025, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) Emilia Pérez won best film, comedy or musical, elevating the Oscar chances of Netflix’s top contender. It also won best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña, best song (El Mal) and best non-English language film. Audiard, the French director, made way for, the film’s transgender star who plays a Mexican drug lord who undergoes gender affirming surgery, to speak on behalf of the film. “The light always wins over darkness,” said Gascón, gesturing to her brightly orange dress. “You can maybe put us in jail. You can beat us up,
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