Except you’ve been hiding beneath a rock, you’ll doubtless know that one of many film highlights of 2023 is Killers of the Flower Moon. Out there in theaters and to purchase or hire proper now, and coming very quickly to Apple TV Plus, for those who’re nonetheless weighing up whether or not to offer it a watch, maybe the actual fact it simply obtained nominated for 12 Critics Alternative Awards may sway you.
As introduced by Apple, Apple Unique Movies picked up 13 whole nominations, together with 12 for the aforementioned Martin Scorsese drama and one for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, which was nominated within the Greatest Costume Design class.
Killers of the Flower Moon was nominated for Greatest Director Martin Scorsese, Greatest Actress Lily Gladstone, Greatest Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Greatest Supporting Actor Robert De Niro, Greatest Appearing Ensemble, Greatest Tailored Screenplay, Greatest Cinematography, Greatest Manufacturing Design, Greatest Modifying, Greatest Costume Design, and Greatest Rating.
As Sigmund Decide notes on X, that’s a brand new file for Apple Unique Movies.
Awards Season for Apple TV Plus
As Apple’s press launch notes, Killers of the Flower Moon additionally just lately picked up seven Golden Globe nominations, together with one for Greatest Movement Image – Drama. Additionally nominated had been The Morning Present, Ted Lasso, Classes in Chemistry, and extra.
Apple’s continued success in garnering nominations (and wins) for a number of the business’s high awards reveals that the corporate’s “quality-over-quantity” strategy to streaming appears to be working, a minimum of the place critics are involved. Solely time will inform whether or not it’s a commercially viable strategy, however Apple has cash to burn and reveals no indicators of taking its foot off the Apple TV Plus gasoline. Certainly, it just lately raised the worth of some providers, together with Apple TV Plus, which signifies a minimum of some perception the upper price ticket displays the platform has elevated in worth since its launch in 2019.
Each Killers of the Flower Moon and Napoleon are Apple originals with theatrical releases. As such, it’s doubtless going to be January earlier than both lands on TV Plus. After they do, there’s hope we would get some spicy, prolonged director’s cuts, together with one for Napoleon, which is reportedly greater than 4 hours lengthy. Both method, each are shaping as much as be two of the greatest films on Apple TV Plus this yr.
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