Except you’ve been hiding beneath a rock, you’ll possible know that one of many film highlights of 2023 is Killers of the Flower Moon. Accessible in theaters and to purchase or lease proper now, and coming very quickly to Apple TV Plus, when you’re nonetheless weighing up whether or not to present it a watch, maybe the actual fact it simply obtained nominated for 12 Critics Alternative Awards would possibly sway you.
As introduced by Apple, Apple Unique Movies picked up 13 complete nominations, together with 12 for the aforementioned Martin Scorsese drama and one for Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, which was nominated within the Finest Costume Design class.
Killers of the Flower Moon was nominated for Finest Director Martin Scorsese, Finest Actress Lily Gladstone, Finest Actor Leonardo DiCaprio, Finest Supporting Actor Robert De Niro, Finest Appearing Ensemble, Finest Tailored Screenplay, Finest Cinematography, Finest Manufacturing Design, Finest Enhancing, Finest Costume Design, and Finest Rating.
As Sigmund Decide notes on X, that’s a brand new document for Apple Unique Movies.
Awards Season for Apple TV Plus
As Apple’s press launch notes, Killers of the Flower Moon additionally lately picked up seven Golden Globe nominations, together with one for Finest Movement Image – Drama. Additionally nominated have 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 prime awards reveals that the corporate’s “quality-over-quantity” strategy to streaming appears to be working, at the very least 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 lately raised the worth of some companies, together with Apple TV Plus, which signifies at the very least 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 possible going to be January earlier than both lands on TV Plus. Once they do, there’s hope we’d get some spicy, prolonged director’s cuts, together with one for Napoleon, which is reportedly greater than 4 hours lengthy. Both approach, each are shaping as much as be two of the finest motion pictures on Apple TV Plus this 12 months.
