I can’t really vote because of these 5 films, I have only seen “sorry, baby” and like Alison Wilmore said on the podcast, I didn’t think it really worked. In fact, I only saw it about 6 weeks ago and I am having difficulty even recalling much of it. Obviously it didn’t make an impact
I WOULD like to suggest a few films that could have been considered that did leave much more of their mark on my memory.????.
Urchin—Harris Dickinson’s feature directorial debut about a London street person portrayed flawlessly by Frank Dillane.
Timestalker—Alice Lowe’s second film (I believe her first was a tv movie) about a woman who falls for the wrong guy over and over again throughout history.
Eephus—Carson Lund is the writer-director of this wonderful slice-of-life film about a bunch of guys playing their last small-town baseball game on a field that’s going to be torn down as part of a construction project. This movie was a delight—it reminded me of “Bloody nose empty pockets”, another great little movie about a last-time event in a small town.
Sigh. I know nominations are over…but these could have been contenders.????
Pat O'Shea - 23 hours ago
I voted for GTH because it’s a completely original take on loneliness, lockdown, Shakespeare and violent video games. As an English grad in my late 70s, I’m familiar with all except the last and now I’m working on my avatar. It’s a close call with Zodiac Killer Project which I saw with Q&A with director Charlie Shackleton - a funny and engaging meta film that’s quite literally about itself- the unmade absent film behind the film we’re watching is the vehicle for some incisive film criticism of the true crime genre.
There are others on the ballot that haven’t been released in UK yet, but I’m about to email you about the film I’ve just seen at our little community-owned cinema in Oxford, the first candidate for Golden Brick 2026 because it’s not released in US until Feb 2026: Pillion, debut feature of director Harry Lighton. Gay leather biker BDSM romcom, rated 18 by BBFC (=NC-17 in US), and completely fabulous. You heard it here first.
Pat, Filmspotting Family member in Oxford UK.
I can’t really vote because of these 5 films, I have only seen “sorry, baby” and like Alison Wilmore said on the podcast, I didn’t think it really worked. In fact, I only saw it about 6 weeks ago and I am having difficulty even recalling much of it. Obviously it didn’t make an impact
I WOULD like to suggest a few films that could have been considered that did leave much more of their mark on my memory.????.
Urchin—Harris Dickinson’s feature directorial debut about a London street person portrayed flawlessly by Frank Dillane.
Timestalker—Alice Lowe’s second film (I believe her first was a tv movie) about a woman who falls for the wrong guy over and over again throughout history.
Eephus—Carson Lund is the writer-director of this wonderful slice-of-life film about a bunch of guys playing their last small-town baseball game on a field that’s going to be torn down as part of a construction project. This movie was a delight—it reminded me of “Bloody nose empty pockets”, another great little movie about a last-time event in a small town.
Sigh. I know nominations are over…but these could have been contenders.????
I voted for GTH because it’s a completely original take on loneliness, lockdown, Shakespeare and violent video games. As an English grad in my late 70s, I’m familiar with all except the last and now I’m working on my avatar. It’s a close call with Zodiac Killer Project which I saw with Q&A with director Charlie Shackleton - a funny and engaging meta film that’s quite literally about itself- the unmade absent film behind the film we’re watching is the vehicle for some incisive film criticism of the true crime genre.
There are others on the ballot that haven’t been released in UK yet, but I’m about to email you about the film I’ve just seen at our little community-owned cinema in Oxford, the first candidate for Golden Brick 2026 because it’s not released in US until Feb 2026: Pillion, debut feature of director Harry Lighton. Gay leather biker BDSM romcom, rated 18 by BBFC (=NC-17 in US), and completely fabulous. You heard it here first.
Pat, Filmspotting Family member in Oxford UK.