29 Jan Aftersun: An Understated and Deeply Human Exploration of Memory
By Arman Saxena The film opens with a scene filmed on a digital home video camera. One of those cheap cameras that have given me a...
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24 Jan 2023 Oscar Nominations: ‘Everything Everywhere’ and ‘All Quiet’ Lead the Pack
Everything Everywhere All at Once getting in for Costume Design and Score (should've gone with my gut on this), and Original Song, all categories the...
22 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions
After months of predicting (here are my May predictions if you want to see how off I was), the time has finally come. The Academy...
22 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Best Picture And Best Director
Six films: Everything Everywhere All at Once, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Tar, Top Gun: Maverick, and Elvis are undeniably locked for Picture nominations....
22 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Acting Categories
The first four men are essentially locked for nominations as they have been for over a month now. My fifth pick is between Paul Mescal...
21 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Original and Adapted Screenplay
This category is one of the closest to a sure thing. While I might prefer if Aftersun got the attention it deserves and gets nominated...
21 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Sound, Original Song, Original Score
Four films, Top Gun: Maverick, All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of the Water, and Elvis, all made the slates of the...
21 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Film Editing, Cinematography, Costume Design
The films that usually get in here usually fall into four categories: films centered around music, war films, sports films, sci-fi films, and the eventual...
20 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Animated Feature, International Feature, Documentary Feature
This year, four films seem locked for a mention come Tuesday morning: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On, Turning Red, and...
20 Jan Final 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: Live Action Short, Documentary Short, and Animated Short
There are some topics that the Academy highlights in these categories consistently but other than that, predictions in these categories are essentially throwing darts at...