No, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler won’t be hosting the Golden Globes this year. But with any luck they will be there anyway, with “Sisters.” Their comedy written by Paula Pell and directed by Jason Moore premiered last night at the Ziegfeld, with a swellish party at the Museum of Modern Art.

Raunchy, hilarious, “Sisters” is a cousin of Amy Schumer’s “Trainwreck” and should be in the running for Best Comedy both at the Globes and the Critics Choice Awards. The movie should get an award just for opening on the same day as “Star Wars.” But Universal is convinced women will flock to “Sisters,” as well as people– ahem– my age, or over 30, who don’t need to see “Star Wars” right away.

I think they’re right.

Amy and Tina are like the Abbott and Costello, Hope and Cosby, Martin and Lewis of the modern era. They just work together beautifully. Pell wrote for “SNL” for 20 years, waiting for her turn to script a feature film. The movie also features Bobby Moynihan, Rachel Dratch, Maya Rudolph, Chris Parnell, Kate McKinnon all “SNL” people in various roles large and small.

At the party some other pals showed up like Seth Meyers and Fred Armisen, with actress Natasha Lyonne.

“Sisters” has other heavy hitters including two time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest and James Brolin as Fey and Poehler’s sexed up parents, and John Leguizamo as a sleazy friend from high school. Ike Barinholtz makes a strong impression as a love interest for Poehler.

“Sisters” is a great movie about nothing really. Yes, there’s a plot involving the sale of the family home and the parents’ urging the sisters to grow up. But it’s really all a pretense to stage an extended party, an “Animal House” for adults.

There is no heavy point. It’s just fun, and it works because the writing is snappy and sophisticated (even when it’s really raunchy). The women are having a ball, and no one is talking down to the audience. “Sisters” is terrific counter-programming for the leaden march of Oscar films. I’d see it in between “Carol” and “The Revenant” and maybe once more again after that.

Quentin Tarantino’s “The Hateful Eight,” from the Weinstein Company, had its much-anticipated premiere last night at the famed Cinerama Dome in Hollywood. Quentin was a cross between a Southern Preacher and Boxing Announcer as he implored the audience, “Is everyone at the Dome ready to fill this audience with hate? Come on bitches, are you ready?”

Before that though Bob Weinstein addressed the crowd: ”From the beginning Quentin explained that he wanted to shoot in 70mm, since he wanted to distribute the film as a roadshow experience much like they did in the 1950’s and 60s. Quentin told me that we didn’t have to do it, but I told him, ‘Fuck yeah Quentin. You better believe I’m in on this mission.”

Quentin talked about the Weinstein brothers. (Harvey was sitting in the back row in the orchestra watching intensely and laughing at Quentin’s antics.)“You guys are such softies, you all don’t know what pushovers they really are.” He continued, “We talked about this in my backyard by the pool and the deal was done.”

Tarantino went on to introduce the cast in his booming boxer announcer voice, including Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Bruce Dern, Tim Roth, Channing Tatum (Magic Mike himself, Quentin quipped,) Michael Madsen, Walton Goggins, (who is a standout) and Jennifer Jason Leigh.

Other Quentinites in the audience were Christoph Waltz, who told me that he’s ready to do another film with Tarantino, ‘when he asks me too,” Jaime Foxx, who told me that he thought that Tarantino, “crushed it with this film. Brilliant.”

The film is long, three hours with an intermission, which was quite the scene. Eli Roth, Waltz and Harvey Weinstein huddled in a corner, Goldie Hawn and Kurt chatted with Dr. Oz of all people, and VIPS were running to the concession to get free candy. Producer Stacey Sher and Harvey were admonishing people to go in so they wouldn’t miss the beginning of the second part. “The Hateful Eight,” which will be released on Dec. 25th in the 70 mm format and will go wide on Jan. 8th with a digital format.

Confirmed: Rebecca Ferguson is about to make movie history. She’s the first actress to return as Tom Cruise’s leading lady in the “Mission Impossible” series. I am told that Ferguson is signed, sealed and delivered for part 6, to be directed by Christopher McQuarrie, who is also returning from part 5, “Rogue Nation.”

The Stockholm born Ferguson made a huge impression as Ilsa in “Rogue Nation,” more than her predecessors like Paula Patton, Thandie Newton, or Michelle Monaghan. None of them made to another installment of the franchise, and their characters were never mentioned again.

But as Ilsa, Ferguson came across as a modern day Lauren Bacall crossed with Ingrid Bergman. When she returns to “MI,” Ferguson will have had a bunch of new releases including the hotly anticipated “Girl on the Train,” as well as “Florence Foster Jenkins” with Meryl Streep, and “The Snowman” with Michael Fassbender.

Now is the time for the Awards contenders to be out there to there meeting the guild voters and press.  Paramount just had a cocktail party for their two heavy hitters, the wildly original  “Anomalisa”  (review below) and the exhilarating “The Big Short.”

Adam McKay co-wrote and directed “Short,” based on Michael Lewis’s best selling book, “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine,” about the housing fiasco starting in the early 2000s.  Adam is on a roll, his film is garnering kudos and his “Funny or Die” website he founded with is frequent writing partner and best pal Will Ferrell is still one of the buzziest sites around.

McKay told me that, “I made this film, not just for the financial people or for the elite, I made it also for the people in the heartland, who don’t know what really happened. “  Steve Carell, who stars in the film, agreed and added, “I didn’t know.  I was horrified.  The damage to so many people was unconscionable.”

Carell said he is looking forward to playing Bobby Riggs to Emma Stone’s Billie Jean King in the upcoming “Battle of the Sexes,” about their 1973 epic tennis match.  “I worked with Emma in ‘Crazy, Stupid Love,’ she’s one of the most down to earth, honest, and talented actresses I’ve ever worked with.  I can’t wait to play Riggs, he’s larger than life, over the top, and I love as an actor to go there, to play that kind of role.”

What Carell also might have to look forward to is awards action for his performance in “Short.”  Lovely Jennifer Jason Leigh was there talking about her layered beautiful performance as the voice of Lisa in Charlie Kaufman’s and Duke Johnson’s brilliant “Anomalisa.”  Jennifer– hot in the 80s, hot in the 90s, then out of commission for a bit, is a hot actress of the moment. She’s also in the upcoming “Hateful Eight.”

“It is kind of cool this is happening,” she told me.  “I’ve been in the business a long time, and I’ve had ups and downs.  But I just love Lisa.  To me she’s Everywoman, with the hurts we all have.  I am so proud of this movie.”  Jennifer is so right on.

Review: “Anomalisa” 

This film achieves what every filmmaker dreams, it’s singularly original, truly stunning and literally takes your breath away.  Made in stop motion animation, which is a painstaking process, each animator literally worked  two seconds of film per day; “Anomalisa” is pure brilliance. Directed by Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson and written by Kaufman, the film depicts the story of an author of a customer service book, Michael Stone (voiced by David Thewlis) going to Cincinnati from his home in Los Angeles to give a talk.

Stone is a coward, a victim, who shows no self-love for himself and lies to all under the umbrella of his narcissism and self-pity.  He meets a fan name Lisa whom he takes up to his room after some drinks in the hotel bar. There are graphic sex scenes in animation, that make you squirm a bit.

Jennifer Jason Leigh gives Lisa just the perfect shading, from heartbreak to strength.  In doing so, Lisa shows Stone a window into his soul, and how to have the courage  in life to make honest braver choices for ourselves.  “Your voice is like magic,” he says to Lisa, and he is right.