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After a night full of upsets, the 2025 Gothams end the way they were probably always going to, with One Battle After Another winning Best Feature. (From a jury that includes Academy prez Janet Yang.) Take that, budget limit!
December 2, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Julia begins her speech by acting as Luca's translator, from English to Italian. But it doesn't last long, because she has to pee.
December 2, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Getting close to the end now! Paul Rudd presents his former Broadway costar Julia Roberts and Luca Guadagnino with a tribute award. They seem notably looser, perhaps because for their film these honor is occuring after the (Oscar) hunt.
December 2, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Jayme Lawson, Delroy Lindo, and Michael B. Jordan give the Sinners ensemble speech, which turns into a campaign ad for the "visionary" Ryan Coogler.
December 2, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Ryan Coogler comes back up to introduce the tribute award to the cast of Sinners. He shouts out casting director Francine Maisler in particular. They're coming for that Oscar!
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
The award goes to Sope Dirisu of m
my Father's Shadow. He is also not here, so enjoy a picture of nominee Jennifer Lawrence (back to camera) clapping for his team.
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Elle Fanning is excited to present an award with Kristen Stewart, "my friend." Long pause. "Same," says K-Stew.
December 2, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Another tribute, this time for Noah Baumbach from Emily Mortimer and Adam Sandler, who jokes, "I remember when the Gotham Awards were for low-budget film. For Squid and the Whale they paid Jeff Daniels in potato skins." He salutes the new Gothams for having "better fucking desserts."
December 2, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Lee Byung-hun and Minnie Driver hand the award for Best Supporting Performer to Sinners' Wunmi Mosaku, who beat both Skarsgårds! She is not here, so Ryan Coogler accepts in her stead.
December 2, 2025 at 1:39 AM
The next tribute award goes to Hedda's Tessa Thompson. Her mom is here. "Moms are in the Zeitgeist. Moms are the moment."
December 2, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Imogen Poots and Renate Reinsve award the Breakthrough Performer award to Abou Sangaré of Souleymane's Story. He is not here! An unnamed man accepts the trophy in his honor.
December 2, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Now there's a tribute to Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson for Song Sung Blue, a movie roughly 15 people on this room have seen. The clip reel climaxes with an inspirational orchestral version of "Sweet Caroline."
December 2, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Acting contenders Wagner Moura and Rose Byrne award the Breakthrough Director prize to Akinola Davies Jr. for the British/Nigerian film My Father's Shadow. Davies is wearing the night's best hat.
December 2, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Local cabaret owner Silvio Dante is here to hand another tribute award to Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere, a film he admits he has no connection to.
December 2, 2025 at 12:46 AM
1930s gangsters Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott award Best International Feature to Jafar Panahi for It Was Just An Accident!
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Mamma Mia!'s Amanda Seyfried and Stella Skarsgard award the inaugural Adapted Screenplay Gotham to Harry Lighton for Pilion! (The jury included the haired Ann Dowd.)
December 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Jacob Elordi, Guillermo Del Toro, and Oscar Isaac show up to receive the night's first tribute award, for Frankenstein. (A.k.a. the "Voters didn't give you anything but we wanted you to show up anyway" award.) Elordi is actually standing 10 feet behind the other two.
December 2, 2025 at 12:26 AM
The women of One Battle After Another kick off awards season by handing Original Screenplay to Jafar Panahi for It Was Just An Accident!
December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
It wouldn't be the Gothams without the customary plate full of melted cheese and noodles.
December 2, 2025 at 12:10 AM
A classic Gotham Awards bar snack of zucchini chips and giant chunks of Parmesan.
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Fresh off being sentenced to prison in absentia by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Court, Jafar Panahi hits the Gotham Awards red carpet.
December 1, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The Gothams have gotten a bit starrier recently after getting rid of their budget cap, which has made them an important stop on the awards merry-go-round. In years past, Troy Kotsur and Ke Huy Quan kickstarted their Oscar campaigns with emotional acceptance speeches here.
December 1, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Hello! I'm @kn8.bsky.social and I'll be covering the 2025 Gotham Awards right here on Bluesky! The Gothams are not the most important precursor, but they are the first, which means they have a quality all their own.
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
but was there enough snow?
November 27, 2025 at 5:04 PM
the christmas season has officially been ushered in with an appearance from DORINDA MEDLEY
November 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM