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  • Toronto and Venice Release Lineups: ‘Maestro’, ‘Priscilla’, ‘The Killer’, ‘Poor Things’ Will Debut

    Toronto and Venice Release Lineups: ‘Maestro’, ‘Priscilla’, ‘The Killer’, ‘Poor Things’ Will Debut

    2023 is poised to be a strange year for film festivals. With the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes showing no signs of stopping, many of these films’ stars will be absent at the festivals. Both festivals will run as planned even without many of their films’ A-list talent showing up. Actors campaigning for their films has always had a large impact on their film’s Oscar chances and more significantly on their chances at acting awards. It will be interesting to see how that changes this year.

     

    ‘Maestro’ (Netflix)

    VENICE

    The lineup for this year’s Venice Film Festival was just announced. This is the first major festival lineup announcement of the Oscar season and it gives us our first introductory look at this year’s possible contenders. In six of the past seven years, a top two Picture contender has played at Venice and this trend shows no signs of stopping.

    In my predictions from this month, I have two of the films that have shown up in the Venice lineup in the top 10: Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things. However, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla, Ava DuVernay’s Origin, Michael Mann’s Ferrari, Ryusuke Hamguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist, David Fincher’s The Killer, Michel Franco’s Memory, Pablo Larrain’s El Conde, and Matteo Garrone’s Io Capitano should also be watched. If any one of these ten films leave Venice highly-acclaimed and/or win one of their top prizes, their chances of being a Best Picture contender expand greatly. While I’m not confident that any of these films will become a top 2 Best Picture contender this season, I’m essentially guaranteeing that one of them will end up being a top 5 contender.

    Anyways, here is the Venice slate:

    Competition

    Comandante, dir: Edoardo de Angelis (opening night film)

    Adagio, dir: Stefano Sollima
    La Bête, dir: Bertrand Bonello
    DogMan, dir: Luc Besson
    El Conde, dir: Pablo Larrain
    Enea, dir: Pietro Castellitto
    Evil Does Not Exist, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
    Ferrari, dir: Michael Mann
    Finalmente L’Alba, dir: Saverio Costanzo
    The Green Border, dir: Agnieszka Holland
    Holly, dir: Fien Troch
    Hors-Saison, dir: Stéphane Brizé
    Io Capitano, dir: Matteo Garrone
    The Killer, dir: David Fincher
    Lubo, dir: Giorgio Diritti
    Maestro, dir: Bradley Cooper
    Memory, dir: Michel Franco
    Origin, dir: Ava DuVernay
    Poor Things, dir: Yorgos Lanthimos
    Priscilla, dir: Sofia Coppola
    The Promised Land, dir: Nikolaj Arcel
    Die Theorie Von Allem, dir: Timm Kroger
    Woman Of, dirs: Malgorzata Szumowska, Michal Englert

    Out of Competition

    Fiction

    Aggro Dr1ft, dir: Harmony Korine
    The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, dir: William Friedkin
    Coup de Chance, dir: Woody Allen
    Daaaaaal!, dir: Quentin Dupieux
    Hit Man, dir: Richard Linklater
    L’Ordine del Tempo, dir: Liliana Cavani
    The Palace, dir: Roman Polanski
    The Penitent, dir: Luca Barbareschi
    Snow Leopard, dir: Pema Tseden
    Vivants, dir: Alix Delaporte
    The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, dir: Wes Anderson (short)

    Here are the Best Picture nominees that went to Venice from the past 7 years:

    2022 – In Competition: Tar (Best Actress winner), The Banshees of Inisherin (Best Actor and Best Screenplay winner)

    2021 – In Competition: The Power of the Dog (Silver Lion winner); Out of Competition: Dune

    2020 – In Competition: Nomadland (Golden Lion winner)

    2019 – In Competition: Joker (Golden Lion winner), Marriage Story

    2018 – In Competition: The Favourite (Grand Jury Prize and Best Actress winner), Roma (Golden Lion winner); Out of Competition: A Star is Born

    2017 – In Competition: The Shape of Water (Golden Lion winner), Three Billboard Outside Ebbing, Missouri (Best Screenplay winner)

    2016 – In Competition: Arrival, La La Land (Best Actress winner); Out of Competition: Hacksaw Ridge

    Based on this, it would be reasonable to suspect that at least two fiction films from this year’s in competition and out of competition slates will make it in Best Picture. I don’t really see anything from the out of competition slate becoming a Picture contender but in terms of likelihood, the films from the competition slate that I think have a best chance of receiving a Picture nomination are, Maestro, Poor Things, Origin, Priscilla, Ferrari, The Killer, and Evil Doesn’t Exist. If DuVernay’s Origin is highly-acclaimed, I can see that film being a possible Picture winner. The film tackles historical systemic racism in the United States and could very well be the kind of accessible socially-conscious cinematic lightning rod the Academy would want to support if it ends up being very good. If the film is near the quality and raw strength of previous Duvernay projects When They See Us and 13th, I think we might have our Best Picture winner.

    Here is the rest of the Venice slate:

    Short (Out of Competition)

    Welcome to Paradise, dir: Leonardo Di Costanzo

    Non-Fiction (Out of Competition)

    Amor, dir: Virginia Eleuteri Serpieri
    Enzo Jannacci Vengo Anch’io, dir: Giorgio Verdelli
    Frente a Guernica (Version Integrale), dirs: Yervant Gianikian, Angela Ricci Lucchi
    Hollywoodgate, dir: Ibrahim Nash’at
    Menus Plaisirs – Les Troisgros, dir: Frederick Wiseman
    Ryuichi Sakamoto Opus, dir: Neo Sora

    Series (Out of Competition)

    D’Argent et de Sang (episodes 1-12), dirs: Xavier Giannoli, Frederic Planchon
    I Know Your Soul (episodes 1-2), dirs: Alen Drljevic, Nermin Hamzagic

    Special Screening

    La Parte del Leone: Una Storia della Mostra, dirs: Baptiste Etchegary, Guiseppe Bucchi

    Horizons

    En Attendant la Nuit, dir: Céline Rouzet
    Behind the Mountains, dir: Mohamed Ben Attia
    A Cielo Abierto, dirs: Mariana Arriaga, Santiago Arriaga
    City of Wind, dir: Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir
    Dormitory, dir: Nehir Tuna
    El Paraiso, dir: Enrico Maria Artale
    Explanation for Everything, dir: Gabor Reisz
    The Featherweight, dir: Robert Kolodny
    Gasoline Rainbow, dirs: Bill Ross, Turner Ross
    Heartless, dirs: Nara Normande, Tiao
    Hesitation Wound, dir: Selman Nacar
    Housekeeping for Beginners, dir: Goran Stolevski
    Invelle, dir: Simone Massi
    Paradise Is Burning, dir: Mika Gustafson The Red Suitcase, dir: Fidel Devkota Shadow of Fire, dir: Shinya Tsukamoto
    Una Sterminata Domenica, dir: Alain Perroni
    Tatami, dirs: Guy Nattiv, Zar Amir Ebrahimi

    Horizons Extra

    Bota Jone, dir: Luana Bajrami
    Day of the Fight, dir: Jack Huston
    Felicita, dir: Micaela Ramazzotti
    Forever Forever, dir: Anna Buryachkova
    L’Homme d’Argile, dir: Anais Tellenne
    In the Land of Saints and Sinners, dir: Robert Lorenz
    Pet Shop Boys, dir: Olmo Schnabel
    Stolen, dir: Karan Tejpal
    The Rescue, dir: Daniela Goggi

    Venice Classics

    Non-Fiction

    Un Altra Italia Era Possibile, Il Cinema Di Guiseppe De Santis, dir: Stefano Della Casa
    Bill Douglas My Best Friend, dir: Jack Archer
    Dario Argento Panico, dir: Simone Scafidi
    Frank Capra: Mr America, dir: Matthew Wells
    Ken Jacobs From Orchard Street to the Museum of Modern Art, dir: Fred Riedel
    Le Film Pro-Nazi d’Hitchcock, dir: Daphne Baiwir
    Landrian, dir: Ernesto Daranas Serrano
    Michel Gondry Do It Yourself, dir: François Nemeta
    Thank You Very Much, dir: Alex Braverman

     

    ‘The Zone of Interest’ (A24)

    TORONTO

    In the last ten years, the eventual Best Picture winner has played at TIFF seven times. As a result, it has garnered a reputation as the most important festival in the Oscar race. Additionally, in the last 10 years, excluding the COVID year 2020, at least three films that screened at TIFF were nominated for Best Picture later that season. This year, Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, George C. Wolfe’s Rustin, Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins, Ellen Kuras’ Lee, Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers, Ladj Ly’s Les Indesirables, Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera, Hirokazu Koreeda’s Monster, Craig Gillespie’s Dumb Money, Christos Nikou’s Fingernails, Michel Franco’s Memory, Kristin Scott Thomas’ North Star, James Hawes’ One Life, Michael Winterbottom’s Shoshanna, Ethan Hawke’s Wildcat, and Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils are some of the most high-profile films being shown.

    Anyway, here is the Toronto slate:

    Gala Presentations 

    Concrete Utopia, directed by Um Tae-Hwa

    Dumb Money, directed by Craig Gillespie

    Fair Play, directed by Chloe Domont

    Flora and Son, directed by John Carney

    Hate to Love: Nickelback, directed by Leigh Brooks

    Lee, directed by Ellen Kuras

    Next Goal Wins, directed by Taika Waititi

    NYAD, directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin

    Punjab ’95, directed by Honey Trehan

    Solo, directed by Sophie Dupuis

    The End We Start From, directed by Mahalia Belo

    The Movie Emperor, directed by Ning Hao

    The New Boy, directed by Warwick Thornton

    The Royal Hotel, directed by Kitty Green

    Special Presentations

    A Difficult Year, directed by Éric Toledano and Olivier Nakache

    A Normal Family, directed by Hur Jin-ho

    American Fiction, directed by Cord Jefferson

    Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet

    Close to You, directed by Dominic Savage

    Days of Happiness, directed by Chloé Robichaud

    El Rapto, directed by Daniela Goggi

    Ezra, directed by Tony Goldwyn

    Fingernails, directed by Christos Nikou

    Four Daughters, directed by Kaouther Ben Hania

    His Three Daughters, directed by Azazel Jacobs

    Hitman, directed by Richard Linklater

    In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon, directed by Alex Gibney

    Kidnapped, directed by Marco Bellocchio

    Knox Goes Away, directed by Michael Keaton

    La Chimera, directed by Alice Rohrwacher

    Last Summer, directed by Catherine Breillat

    Les Indésirables, directed by Ladj Ly

    Memory, directed by Michel Franco

    Monster, directed by Kore-eda Hirokazu

    Mother Couch, directed by Niclas Larsson

    North Star, directed by Kristin Scott Thomas

    One Life, directed by James Hawes

    Pain Hustlers, directed by David Yates

    Poolman, directed by Chris Pine

    Reptile, directed by Grant Singer

    Rustin, directed by George C. Wolfe

    Seven Veils, directed by Atom Egoyan

    Shoshana, directed by Michael Winterbottom

    Sing Sing, directed by Greg Kwedar

    Smugglers, directed by Ryoo Seung-wan

    Swan Song, directed by Chelsea McMullan

    The Beast, directed by Bertrand Bonello

    The Burial, directed by Maggie Betts

    The Convert, directed by Lee Tamahori

    The Critic, directed by Anand Tucker

    The Dead Don’t Hurt, directed by Viggo Mortensen

    The Holdovers, directed by Alexander Payne

    The Peasants, directed by DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman

    The Zone of Interest, directed by Jonathan Glazer

    Together 99, directed by Lukas Moodysson

    Unicorns, directed by Sally El Hosaini and James Krishna Floyd

    Uproar, directed by Paul Middleditch and Hamish Bennett

    Wicked Little Letters, directed by Thea Sharrock

    Wildcat, directed by Ethan Hawke

    Woman of the Hour, directed by Anna Kendrick

    Here are the Best Picture nominees that went to Toronto from the past 10 years:

    2022 – Special Presentations: All Quiet on the Western Front, The Banshees of Inisherin, The Fabelmans, Triangle of Sadness, Women Talking

    2021 – Gala Presentations: Belfast (People’s Choice Award 1st place); Special Presentations: Drive My Car, The Power of the Dog (People’s Choice Award 3rd place); Special Events: Dune

    2020 – Gala Presentations: Nomadland (People’s Choice Award 1st place); Special Presentations: The Father

    2019 – Gala Presentations: Ford v Ferrari, Joker; Special Presentations: Jojo Rabbit (People’s Choice award 1st place), Marriage Story (People’s Choice Award 2nd place), Parasite (People’s Choice Award 3rd place)

    2018 – Gala Presentations: Green Book (People’s Choice Award 1st place), A Star is Born; Special Presentations: Roma (People’s Choice Award 3rd place)

    2017 – Gala Presentations: Darkest Hour; Special Presentations: Call Me By Your Name (People’s Choice Award 3rd place), Lady Bird, The Shape of Water, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (People’s Choice Award 1st place)

    2016 – Gala Presentations: Arrival; Special Presentations: La La Land (People’s Choice Award 1st place), Lion (People’s Choice Award 2nd place), Manchester by the Sea; Platform: Moonlight

    2015 – Gala Presentations: The Martian; Special Presentations: Brooklyn, Room (People’s Choice Award winner), Spotlight (People’s Choice Award 3rd place)

    2014 – Special Presentations: The Imitation Game (People’s Choice Award 1st place), The Theory of Everything, Whiplash

    2013 – Special Presentations: 12 Years a Slave (People’s Choice Award 1st place), Dallas Buyers Club, Gravity, Philomena (People’s Choice Award 2nd place)

    Based on this, I think it’s reasonable to expect that four to five of the films playing at TIFF will end up as Best Picture nominees. I’m not confident on whether this year’s Best Picture winner will play at TIFF, but history says that at least two of this year’s top five contenders will play at Toronto. In terms of likelihood, the films from the competition slate that I think have a best chance of receiving a Picture nomination are, The Zone of Interest, Anatomy of a Fall, Rustin, Lee, Next Goal Wins, Les Indesirables, and The Holdovers.

     

  • Late July Oscar Predictions 2024

    Late July Oscar Predictions 2024

    After over a year of anticipation, I have finally seen both Barbie and Oppenheimer. But before getting into those films and their awards prospects, let’s talk about some of the shakeups that have happened in the festival world in the last few weeks. Over at the New York Film Festival, Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla was announced as the festival’s centerpiece while Todd Haynes’ May December was announced earlier to be NYFF’s opening film. In four of the last five iterations of the festival, the Centerpiece film was nominated for Best Picture, with last year’s Best Documentary nominee All the Beauty and the Bloodshed being the exception. Will Priscilla continue this trend? Only time will tell but I personally doubt a film dealing with Elvis Presley gets nominated for Best Picture two years in a row. At Venice, Luca Guadagnino’s Zendaya-starrer Challengers was originally supposed to open the festival but the film is no longer premiering at Venice and its release date has been moved to next year due to the SAG-AFTRA strike. Venice’s new opening and closing films are not American productions, the opening feature being Edoardo de Angelis’ Comandante and the closing being J.A. Bayona’s Society of the Snow. As the major Hollywood studios are showing no signs of acquiescing to the demands of SAG and the WGA, the fall festivals will likely look very different this time around. Expect more shake-ups.

    On to the Oscar chances of Barbie and Oppenheimer! Let’s start with Gerwig’s film. Barbie is poised to be a massive hit and with its combination of critical acclaim, social commentary, and beloved stars both in front and behind the camera, it very much has a chance of making it into Best Picture. The problem is that Warner Bros. has two major contenders this year other than Barbie, Dune: Part Two and The Color Purple. I doubt the studio will be able to get all three of its films in, but I won’t make a judgement on which one of the three will be left out until they’ve been seen. Other than a Picture nomination, Barbie is pretty much locked for nominations in Makeup and Hair, Costume Design, and Production Design. I think it’s pretty likely that Gerwig and Baumbach nab nods for Original Screenplay as well. In terms of acting nods, while I think a nomination for Margot Robbie in the titular role is possible, I wouldn’t bet on it.

    Oppenheimer is going to be a top 5 Best Picture contender along with Killers of the Flower Moon. They are so far the closest to sure things when it comes to Picture nominations this year. Expect nominations for the film in Best Director, Actor, Supporting Actor, possibly Adapted Screenplay, Editing, Production Design, Cinematography, Sound, Visual Effects, and Original Score. Emily Blunt could be a contender in Supporting Actress depending on how strong the category is but her role fits very much inside the “long-suffering wife” trope and while she does have at least one fantastic scene, it will most likely not be enough to earn her a nomination.

    BEST PICTURE

    Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+)

    Oppenheimer (Universal)

    The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)

    Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)

    Past Lives (A24)

    The Zone of Interest (A24)

    Maestro (Netflix)

    Poor Things (Searchlight)

    Saltburn (Amazon)

    Anatomy of a Fall (Neon)

    Could Jump In:  Barbie (Warner Bros.), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony), Rustin (Netflix), The Boy and the Heron (GKids), Napoleon (Apple TV+), Priscilla (A24), Lee (Sky), The Bikeriders (20th Century), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix), Ferrari (STX), Shirley (Netflix), Next Goal Wins (Searchlight), The Killer (Netflix), Monster (Toho), Asteroid City (Focus), May December (Sky Cinema), A Thousand and One (Focus), The Holdovers (Focus), The Piano Lesson (Netflix), Wonka (Warner Bros.)

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple

    Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest

    Celine Song – Past Lives

    Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Emerald Fennell – Saltburn, Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two, Hayao Miyazaki – The Boy and the Heron, Ridley Scott – Napoleon, Jeff Nichols – The Bikeriders, Ellen Kuras – Lee, Michael Mann – Ferrari, David Fincher – The Killer, Greta Gerwig – Barbie, Ari Aster – Beau is Afraid, Wes Anderson – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Todd Haynes – May December, George C. Wolfe – Rustin, Nuri Bilge Ceylan – About Dry Grasses

    BEST ACTOR

    Colman Domingo – Rustin

    Bradley Cooper – Maestro

    Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Michael Fassbender – The Killer

    Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers, Adam Driver – Ferrari, Barry Keoghan – Saltburn, Austin Butler – The Bikeriders, Benedict Cumberbatch – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Anthony Hopkins – One Life, Joaquin Phoenix – Beau is Afraid, Andre Holland – The Actor, Christian Friedel – The Zone of Interest, Matt Damon – Air, Song Kang-Ho – Cobweb, Andrew Scott – Strangers, Timothee Chalamet – Wonka

    BEST ACTRESS

    Annette Bening – Nyad

    Kate Winslet – Lee

    Natalie Portman – May December

    Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall

    Greta Lee – Past Lives

    Could Jump In: Regina King – Shirley, Carey Mulligan – Maestro, Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple, Emma Stone – Poor Things, Margot Robbie – Barbie, Zendaya – Challengers, Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon, Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One, Alicia Vikander – Firebrand, Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun, Jessica Chastain – Memory, Sandra Huller – The Zone of Interest

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer

    Colman Domingo – The Color Purple

    John Magaro – Past Lives

    Jesse Plemons – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Could Jump In: Tom Hardy – The Bikeriders, Willem Dafoe – Poor Things, Samuel L. Jackson – The Piano Lesson, Glynn Turman or Jeffrey Wright – Rustin, Louis Gossett Jr. – The Color Purple, Richard E. Grant – Saltburn, Lakeith Stanfield – The Book of Clarence, Andy Samberg – Lee, Paul Mescal – Strangers, Josh O’Connor or Mike Faist – Challengers, Peter Sarsgaard – Memory, Jude Law – Firebrand, Mahershala Ali – Leave the World Behind, Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry (I can hope)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple

    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple,

    Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

    Julianne Moore – May December

    Could Jump In: Jodie Foster – Nyad, Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer, Tilda Swinton – The Killer, Jodie Comer – The Bikeriders, Penelope Cruz – Ferrari, Audra McDonald – Rustin,  Claire Foy – Strangers, Margaret Qualley – Poor Things, Carey Mulligan – Saltburn, Helena Bonham Carter – One Life

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Past Lives

    Saltburn

    Drive-Away Dolls

    May December

    Barbie

    Could Jump In: Maestro, Rustin, Asteroid City, The Holdovers, Beau is Afraid, Monster

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Poor Things

    The Bikeriders

    The Boy and the Heron

    The Zone of Interest

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Oppenheimer, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Strangers, Lee, Dune: Part Two

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    The Boy and the Heron

    Elemental

    Wish

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

    Could Jump In: Migration, Suzume

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Poor Things

    Barbie

    Dune: Part Two

    Saltburn

    Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: Napoleon, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Color Purple, The Zone of Interest, Wonka,

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Saltburn

    Poor Things

    Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: Napoleon, The Color Purple, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Maestro, The Killer, The Zone of Interest

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Saltburn

    The Color Purple

    Barbie

    Could Jump In: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Napoleon, Wonka, Blitz, Lee

    BEST FILM EDITING

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Oppenheimer

    The Killer

    Ferrari

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Napoleon, Blitz, Maestro, Poor Things

    BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

    Maestro

    Barbie

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Ferrari, Napoleon, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Bikeriders

    BEST SOUND

    Dune: Part Two

    Oppenheimer

    Ferrari

    The Color Purple

    Maestro

    Could Jump In: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Wonka, The Marvels. Barbie

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Dune: Part Two

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Oppenheimer

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: Barbie, The Little Mermaid, The Marvels, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Blue Beetle

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Oppenheimer

    Dune: Part Two

    The Boy and the Heron

    The Killer

    Asteroid City

    Could Jump In: Elemental, The Zone of Interest, Barbie, Challengers, Lee, Killers of the Flower Moon

  • Late June Oscar Predictions 2024

    Late June Oscar Predictions 2024

    Not much has changed since last month’s predictions. The two biggest developments of the summer so far are the massive amounts of acclaim that have been lauded on Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Celine Song’s Past Lives. Both will likely remain two of the year’s most beloved come December and while the former is unlikely to eke out anything beyond a Best Animated Feature win, A24’s Past Lives very well could be a Best Picture nominee. Having watched Past Lives, it is definitely accessible and affecting enough to remain in enough Academy members’ hearts come voting time. Outside of Best Picture, expect strong campaigns for Celine Song in Director and Original Screenplay, Greta Lee in Actress, John Magaro in Supporting Actor, and possibly Shabier Kirchner (who also did wonderful work on Steve McQueen’s Lovers Rock) in Cinematography and Grizzly Bear in Original Score.

    My most-anticipated films of next month are Oppenheimer and Barbie, both of which have potential to be Picture contenders. Thankfully, we only have to wait three more weeks to see how they are received. If Oppenheimer is even a moderate hit, I think its nomination is secure. It is a biopic from an auteur director with an all-star cast and if it brings audiences, it will be a Picture nominee even if it has a Metascore around 60. Barbie needs to be both a hit and critical success to be a Picture nominee. Yes, it has the power of Gerwig, Robbie, Gosling, and Baumbach behind it but if a comedy wants to receive a Picture nomination, it must be seen as “serious” in some way. Even though 2021’s Don’t Look Up was a comedy it also functioned as a satire on climate change complacency and, as a result, had people around Hollywood championing its “importance”. That’s something Barbie needs and knowing Gerwig, Barbie’s satire (if it ends up going that route) will be a lot more potent than McKay’s thin and toothless attempt at “sociopolitical commentary”.

    BEST PICTURE

    Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+)

    Oppenheimer (Universal)

    The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)

    Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)

    Past Lives (A24)

    The Zone of Interest (A24)

    Maestro (Netflix)

    Saltburn (Amazon)

    Poor Things (Searchlight)

    How Do You Live? (Studio Ghibli)

    Could Jump In: Anatomy of a Fall (Neon), Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (Sony), Rustin (Netflix), Napoleon (Apple TV+), Lee (Sky), The Bikeriders (20th Century), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix), Ferrari (STX), Shirley (Netflix), Next Goal Wins (Searchlight), The Killer (Netflix), Monster (Toho), Asteroid City (Focus), May December (Sky Cinema), A Thousand and One (Focus), The Holdovers (Focus), The Piano Lesson (Netflix), Barbie (Warner Bros.), Wonka (Warner Bros.)

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple

    Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest

    Celine Song – Past Lives

    Hayao Miyazaki – How Do You Live?

    Could Jump In: Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things, Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer, Emerald Fennell – Saltburn, Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two, Ridley Scott – Napoleon, Jeff Nichols – The Bikeriders, Ellen Kuras – Lee, Michael Mann – Ferrari, David Fincher – The Killer, Greta Gerwig – Barbie, Ari Aster – Beau is Afraid, Wes Anderson – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Todd Haynes – May December, George C. Wolfe – Rustin, Nuri Bilge Ceylan – About Dry Grasses

    BEST ACTOR

    Colman Domingo – Rustin

    Bradley Cooper – Maestro

    Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Michael Fassbender – The Killer

    Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers, Adam Driver – Ferrari, Barry Keoghan – Saltburn, Austin Butler – The Bikeriders, Benedict Cumberbatch – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Anthony Hopkins – One Life, Joaquin Phoenix – Beau is Afraid, Andre Holland – The Actor, Christian Friedel – The Zone of Interest, Matt Damon – Air, Song Kang-Ho – Cobweb, Andrew Scott – Strangers, Timothee Chalamet – Wonka

    BEST ACTRESS

    Annette Bening – Nyad

    Kate Winslet – Lee

    Natalie Portman – May December

    Sandra Huller – Anatomy of a Fall

    Greta Lee – Past Lives

    Could Jump In: Regina King – Shirley, Carey Mulligan – Maestro, Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple, Emma Stone – Poor Things, Margot Robbie – Barbie, Zendaya – Challengers, Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon, Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One, Alicia Vikander – Firebrand, Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun, Jessica Chastain – Memory, Sandra Huller – The Zone of Interest

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Tom Hardy – The Bikeriders

    Colman Domingo – The Color Purple

    John Magaro – Past Lives

    Jesse Plemons – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Could Jump In: Willem Dafoe – Poor Things, Samuel L. Jackson – The Piano Lesson, Glynn Turman or Jeffrey Wright – Rustin, Louis Gossett Jr. – The Color Purple, Richard E. Grant – Saltburn, Lakeith Stanfield – The Book of Clarence, Andy Samberg – Lee, Paul Mescal – Strangers, Josh O’Connor or Mike Faist – Challengers, Peter Sarsgaard – Memory, Jude Law – Firebrand, Mahershala Ali – Leave the World Behind, Glenn Howerton – BlackBerry (I can hope)

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple

    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple,

    Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

    Julianne Moore – May December

    Could Jump In: Jodie Foster – Nyad, Tilda Swinton – The Killer, Jodie Comer – The Bikeriders, Penelope Cruz – Ferrari, Audra McDonald – Rustin,  Claire Foy – Strangers, Margaret Qualley – Poor Things, Carey Mulligan – Saltburn, Helena Bonham Carter – One Life

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Past Lives

    Saltburn

    Drive-Away Dolls

    Rustin

    May December

    Could Jump In: Maestro, Asteroid City, The Holdovers, Beau is Afraid, Monster

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Poor Things

    The Bikeriders

    How Do You Live?

    The Zone of Interest

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Oppenheimer, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Strangers, Lee, Dune: Part Two

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    How Do You Live?

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Elemental

    Wish

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

    Could Jump In: Migration, Suzume

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Poor Things

    Dune: Part Two

    Saltburn

    Oppenheimer

    Napoleon

    Could Jump In: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Color Purple, The Zone of Interest, Wonka,

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Saltburn

    Poor Things

    Napoleon

    Could Jump In: Oppenheimer, The Color Purple, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Maestro, The Killer, The Zone of Interest

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Saltburn

    The Color Purple

    Barbie

    Could Jump In: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Napoleon, Wonka, Blitz, Lee

    BEST FILM EDITING

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Killer

    Ferrari

    Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Napoleon, Blitz, Maestro, Poor Things

    BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

    Maestro

    Barbie

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Ferrari, Napoleon, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Bikeriders

    BEST SOUND

    Dune: Part Two

    Oppenheimer

    Ferrari

    The Color Purple

    Maestro

    Could Jump In: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Wonka, The Marvels. Barbie

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Dune: Part Two

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Oppenheimer

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: Barbie, The Little Mermaid, The Marvels, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Blue Beetle

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Dune: Part Two

    How Do You Live?

    Oppenheimer

    The Killer

    Asteroid City

    Could Jump In: Elemental, The Zone of Interest, Barbie, Challengers, Lee, Killers of the Flower Moon

  • Late May Oscar Predictions 2024

    Late May Oscar Predictions 2024

    The Cannes Film Festival is currently underway and the biggest story has been the raves for Martin Scorsese’s newest “Killers of the Flower Moon”. It’s already been called by many one of the maestro’s best and even though it can’t win anything at Cannes (it’s playing out-of-competition), it’s now pretty much guaranteed to be a top five Best Picture contender in this coming year. Scorsese, actors Leonardo DiCaprio, Lily Gladstone, Robert DeNiro, composer Robbie Robertson, and the cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto have all been singled out by multiple reviews and will receive attention throughout the season. But ‘Killers’ was not the film that received the best notices of the festival so far, that would be ‘Under the Skin’ and ‘Sexy Beast’ director Jonathan Glazer’s “The Zone of Interest”. As of this piece’s writing, Glazer’s newest holds a phenomenal 98 on review aggregator Metacritic on 11 reviews. While that score is unlikely to hold as more reviews flood in, it’s an incredibly promising sign for the film. While directed by the British Glazer, the film is in German and follows the family of a Nazi commander stationed at Auschwitz. It very likely will become distributor A24’s main push instead of Celine Song’s similarly-acclaimed “Past Lives”.

    After Cannes, the next major film festival on the calendar is Venice, which historically has many more Best Picture contenders on its slate. While the films playing at Venice have not been announced as of yet, we have received a small taste of what will be premiering on the Lido. According to a Variety article, Yorgos Lanthimos’ “Poor Things” and Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” are essentially locks to play at Venice, while Michael Mann’s “Ferrari”, Emerald Fennell’s “Saltburn”, and Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” are all different degrees of likely to appear on the slate.

    Outside of the festivals, the trailer for Warner Bros. newest iteration of ‘The Color Purple” has been released and it looks great. Denis Villeneuve’s “Dune: Part Two” and “The Color Purple” will be Warner Bros.’ two biggest pushes this year, and with an awards-friendly Christmas release date the studio clearly anticipates big things for the Blitz Bazawule picture.

    BEST PICTURE

    Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+)

    Oppenheimer (Universal)

    The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)

    Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)

    The Zone of Interest (A24)

    Saltburn (Amazon)

    Poor Things (Searchlight)

    Maestro (Netflix)

    How Do You Live? (Studio Ghibli)

    Rustin (Netflix)

    Could Jump In: Past Lives (A24), Napoleon (Apple TV+), Lee (Sky), The Bikeriders (20th Century), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix), Ferrari (STX), Shirley (Netflix), Next Goal Wins (Searchlight), The Killer (Netflix), Monster (Toho), Asteroid City (Focus), May December (Sky Cinema), A Thousand and One (Focus), The Holdovers (Focus), The Piano Lesson (Netflix), Barbie (Warner Bros.), Wonka (Warner Bros.), Strangers (Searchlight), , One Life (See-Saw)

    Longer Shots: Nyad (Netflix), Leave the World Behind (Netflix), The Actor (Netflix), Challengers (MGM), The Zone of Interest (A24), The Iron Claw (A24), About Dry Grasses (Atmo), Beau is Afraid (A24), Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie (Vision), Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (Lionsgate), Spider-Man: Across the Universe (Sony), Firebrand (MBK), Magazine Dreams (Searchlight), The Bastard (Magnolia), Io Capitano (01), Memory (MUBI), The Perfumed Hill, The New Boy (CAA/UTA), The Book of Clarence (Legendary), La Chimera (NEON)

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple

    Jonathan Glazer – The Zone of Interest

    Emerald Fennell – Saltburn

    Hayao Miyazaki – How Do You Live?

    Could Jump In: Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things, Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer, Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two, Celine Song – Past Lives, Ridley Scott – Napoleon, Jeff Nichols – The Bikeriders, Ellen Kuras – Lee, Michael Mann – Ferrari, David Fincher – The Killer, Greta Gerwig – Barbie, Ari Aster – Beau is Afraid, Wes Anderson – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Todd Haynes – May December, George C. Wolfe – Rustin, Nuri Bilge Ceylan – About Dry Grasses

    BEST ACTOR

    Colman Domingo – Rustin

    Bradley Cooper – Maestro

    Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Michael Fassbender – The Killer

    Adam Driver – Ferrari

    Could Jump In: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers, Barry Keoghan – Saltburn, Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer, Austin Butler – The Bikeriders, Benedict Cumberbatch – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Anthony Hopkins – One Life, Joaquin Phoenix – Beau is Afraid, Andre Holland – The Actor, Christian Friedel – The Zone of Interest, Song Kang-Ho – Cobweb, Andrew Scott – Strangers, Timothee Chalamet – Wonka

    BEST ACTRESS

    Kate Winslet – Lee

    Annette Bening – Nyad

    Natalie Portman – May December

    Sandra Huller – The Zone of Interest

    Carey Mulligan – Maestro

    Could Jump In: Regina King – Shirley, Greta Lee – Past Lives Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple, Emma Stone – Poor Things, Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun, Zendaya – Challengers, Margot Robbie – Barbie, Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon, Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One, Alicia Vikander – Firebrand, Jessica Chastain – Memory, Sakura Ando – Monster

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Tom Hardy – The Bikeriders

    Colman Domingo – The Color Purple

    Jesse Plemons – Killers of the Flower Moon

    John Magaro – Past Lives

    Could Jump In: Willem Dafoe – Poor Things, Samuel L. Jackson – The Piano Lesson, Glynn Turman or Jeffrey Wright – Rustin, Louis Gossett Jr. – The Color Purple, Richard E. Grant – Saltburn, Lakeith Stanfield – The Book of Clarence, Andy Samberg – Lee, Paul Mescal – Strangers, Josh O’Connor or Mike Faist – Challengers, Peter Sarsgaard – Memory, Jude Law – Firebrand, Mahershala Ali – Leave the World Behind

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple

    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple,

    Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

    Julianne Moore – May December

    Could Jump In: Jodie Foster – Nyad, Tilda Swinton – The Killer, Jodie Comer – The Bikeriders Penelope Cruz – Ferrari, Audra McDonald – Rustin,  Claire Foy – Strangers, Margaret Qualley – Poor Things, Carey Mulligan – Saltburn, Helena Bonham Carter – One Life

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Saltburn

    Drive-Away Dolls

    Rustin

    May December

    Past Lives

    Could Jump In: Maestro, Asteroid City, The Holdovers, Beau is Afraid, Monster

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Poor Things

    The Bikeriders

    How Do You Live?

    The Zone of Interest

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Oppenheimer, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Strangers, Lee, Dune: Part Two

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    How Do You Live?

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Elemental

    Wish

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

    Could Jump In: Migration, Suzume

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Poor Things

    Dune: Part Two

    Saltburn

    Oppenheimer

    Napoleon

    Could Jump In: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Color Purple, The Zone of Interest, Wonka,

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Saltburn

    Poor Things

    Napoleon

    Could Jump In: Oppenheimer, The Color Purple, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Maestro, The Killer, The Zone of Interest

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Saltburn

    The Color Purple

    Barbie

    Could Jump In: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Napoleon, Wonka, Blitz, Lee

    BEST FILM EDITING

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Killer

    Ferrari

    Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Napoleon, Blitz, Maestro, Poor Things

    BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

    Maestro

    Barbie

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Ferrari, Napoleon, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Bikeriders

    BEST SOUND

    Dune: Part Two

    Oppenheimer

    Ferrari

    The Color Purple

    Maestro

    Could Jump In: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Wonka, The Marvels. Barbie

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Dune: Part Two

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Oppenheimer

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: Barbie, The Little Mermaid, The Marvels, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Blue Beetle

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Dune: Part Two

    How Do You Live?

    Oppenheimer

    The Killer

    Asteroid City

    Could Jump In: Elemental, The Zone of Interest, Barbie, Challengers, Lee, Killers of the Flower Moon

  • Year-In-Advance Oscar Predictions 2024

    Year-In-Advance Oscar Predictions 2024

    With the end of one Oscar season comes the start of another…or maybe I’m just insane. Either way, the 2024 Oscars won’t truly start picking up steam until festival season in fall, but it’s always fun to predict what films will make it through and find success at the finish line. 

    Acclaimed filmmakers like Martin Scorsese, Christopher Nolan, Denis Villeneuve, Emerald Fennell, Yorgos Lanthimos, Ridley Scott, Hayao Miyazaki, Steve McQueen, Greta Gerwig, Jeff Nichols, Wes Anderson, Michael Mann, David Fincher, Todd Haynes, Ari Aster, Andrew Haigh, and Alexander Payne all likely have films coming out this year. Buzzy newcomers like Celine Song and Blitz Bazawule also have movies that very possibly will receive an immense amount of attention. 

    It’s an exciting season filled with talent old and new, so without further ado, here are my year-in-advance predictions!

    BEST PICTURE

    Killers of the Flower Moon (Apple TV+)

    Oppenheimer (Universal)

    The Color Purple (Warner Bros.)

    Past Lives (A24)

    Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.)

    Saltburn (Amazon)

    Poor Things (Searchlight)

    Napoleon (Apple TV+)

    How Do You Live? (Studio Ghibli)

    Blitz (Apple TV+)

    Rustin (Netflix) (if Blitz doesn’t release this year)

    Could Jump In: Lee (Sky), The Bikeriders (20th Century), The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (Netflix), Ferrari (STX), Maestro (Netflix), Shirley (Netflix), Next Goal Wins (Searchlight), The Killer (Netflix), Monster (Toho), Asteroid City (Focus), May December (Sky Cinema), Beau is Afraid (A24), Barbie (Warner Bros.), A Thousand and One (Focus), Wonka (Warner Bros.), Strangers (Searchlight), The Holdovers (Focus), The Piano Lesson (Netflix), One Life (See-Saw)

    Longer Shots: Nyad (Netflix), Leave the World Behind (Netflix), The Actor (Netflix), Challengers (MGM), The Zone of Interest (A24), The Iron Claw (A24), About Dry Grasses (Atmo), Limonov: The Ballad of Eddie (Vision), Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret (Lionsgate), Spider-Man: Across the Universe (Sony), Firebrand (MBK), Magazine Dreams (Searchlight), The Bastard (Magnolia), Io Capitano (01), Memory (MUBI), The Perfumed Hill, The New Boy (CAA/UTA), The Book of Clarence (Legendary), La Chimera (NEON)

    BEST DIRECTOR

    Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Steve McQueen – Blitz

    Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple

    Celine Song – Past Lives

    Hayao Miyazaki – How Do You Live?

    Could Jump In: Emerald Fennell – Saltburn, Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things, Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer, Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two, Blitz Bazawule – The Color Purple, Ridley Scott – Napoleon, Jeff Nichols – The Bikeriders, Ellen Kuras – Lee, Michael Mann – Ferrari, David Fincher – The Killer, Greta Gerwig – Barbie, Ari Aster – Beau is Afraid, Wes Anderson – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Todd Haynes – May December, George C. Wolfe – Rustin, Nuri Bilge Ceylan – About Dry Grasses 

    BEST ACTOR

    Colman Domingo – Rustin

    Bradley Cooper – Maestro

    Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Michael Fassbender – The Killer

    Adam Driver – Ferrari

    Could Jump In: Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers, Barry Keoghan – Saltburn, Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer, Austin Butler – The Bikeriders, Benedict Cumberbatch – The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Anthony Hopkins – One Life, Joaquin Phoenix – Beau is Afraid, Andre Holland – The Actor, Song Kang-Ho – Cobweb, Andrew Scott – Strangers, Timothee Chalamet – Wonka

    BEST ACTRESS

    Kate Winslet – Lee

    Natalie Portman – May December

    Greta Lee – Past Lives

    Saoirse Ronan – Blitz

    Carey Mulligan – Maestro

    Could Jump In: Regina King – Shirley, Annette Bening – Nyad, Fantasia Barrino – The Color Purple, Emma Stone – Poor Things, Zendaya – Challengers, Margot Robbie – Barbie, Vanessa Kirby – Napoleon, Teyana Taylor – A Thousand and One, Alicia Vikander – Firebrand, Jessica Chastain – Memory, Sakura Ando – Monster

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

    Robert De Niro – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Tom Hardy – The Bikeriders

    John Magaro – Past Lives

    Colman Domingo – The Color Purple

    Jesse Plemons – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Could Jump In: Richard E. Grant – Saltburn, Willem Dafoe – Poor Things, Glynn Turman or Jeffrey Wright – Rustin, Stephen Graham – Blitz, Louis Gossett Jr. – The Color Purple, Lakeith Stanfield – The Book of Clarence, Andy Samberg – Lee, Paul Mescal – Strangers, Josh O’Connor or Mike Faist – Challengers, Peter Sarsgaard – Memory, Jude Law – Firebrand, Mahershala Ali – Leave the World Behind

    BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

    Taraji P. Henson – The Color Purple

    Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon

    Rosamund Pike – Saltburn

    Jodie Comer – The Bikeriders

    Julianne Moore – May December

    Could Jump In: Jodie Foster – Nyad, Tilda Swinton – The Killer, Penelope Cruz – Ferrari Audra McDonald – Rustin, Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple, Claire Foy – Strangers, Margaret Qualley – Poor Things, Carey Mulligan – Saltburn, Helena Bonham Carter – One Life

    BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

    Past Lives

    Blitz

    Saltburn

    Rustin

    May December

    Could Jump In: Maestro, Asteroid City, The Holdovers, Beau is Afraid, Monster

    BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Poor Things

    The Bikeriders

    Oppenheimer

    How Do You Live?

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Strangers, Lee, Dune: Part Two

    BEST ANIMATED FEATURE

    How Do You Live?

    Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    Elemental

    Wish

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

    Could Jump In: Migration, Suzume

    BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

    Poor Things

    Dune: Part Two

    Saltburn

    Oppenheimer

    Napoleon

    Could Jump In: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Killers of the Flower Moon, The Color Purple, Blitz, Wonka,

    BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    Saltburn

    Poor Things

    Napoleon

    Could Jump In: Oppenheimer, The Color Purple, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Maestro, The Killer

    BEST COSTUME DESIGN

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Saltburn

    The Color Purple

    Barbie

    Could Jump In: The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Napoleon, Wonka, Blitz, Lee

    BEST FILM EDITING

    Dune: Part Two

    Killers of the Flower Moon

    The Killer

    Ferrari

    Oppenheimer

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Napoleon, Blitz, Maestro, Poor Things

    BEST MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING

    Maestro

    Barbie

    Dune: Part Two

    Poor Things

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: The Color Purple, Ferrari, Napoleon, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, The Bikeriders

    BEST SOUND

    Dune: Part Two

    Oppenheimer

    Ferrari

    The Color Purple

    Blitz

    Could Jump In: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Maestro, Wonka, The Marvels. Barbie

    BEST VISUAL EFFECTS

    Dune: Part Two

    Transformers: Rise of the Beasts

    Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

    Oppenheimer

    Wonka

    Could Jump In: Barbie, The Little Mermaid, The Marvels, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Blue Beetle

    BEST ORIGINAL SCORE

    Dune: Part Two

    How Do You Live?

    Oppenheimer

    The Killer

    Asteroid City

    Could Jump In: Elemental, Barbie, Challengers, Lee, Killers of the Flower Moon