Category: Oscars

In last month’s piece, I suggested First Cow could be acknowledged with a single nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay. With its win for Best Film…

Much like last year’s race, Best Actor is shaping up as a category with too many deserving contenders to fill just five spots. The only…

With Best Actress wins from the critics groups of Boston Online, Chicago, Florida, and Indiana, Frances McDormand should be the clear frontrunner right now, especially…

With Warner Bros. announcing Judas and the Black Messiah will debut in cinemas and on HBO Max on February 12 and confirmation Daniel Kaluuya will…

In the last update, a nomination for Maria Bakalova’s scene-stealing turn in Borat: Subsequent Moviefilm still seemed a longshot. It’s amazing what can happen in…

While Hillbilly Elegy has been savaged by critics, this shouldn’t hurt its chances in the Makeup and Hairstyling category. Glenn Close genuinely disappearing beneath a…

We’ve lost a bunch of contenders since last month; Coming 2 America will debut on Amazon Prime in March, putting it outside the Academy’s extended…

The lush, evocative designs of Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale moves Mank into the top spot this month. Just like Best Picture, it was…

Is the race for Best Cinematography over before it’s even really begun? Now that Mank has been unveiled, the spectacular black-and-white photography of Erik Messerschmidt…

Kirk Baxter already owns two Academy Awards from his work with David Fincher on The Social Network and The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo and…

A new Studio Ghibli title is always cause for celebration, but particularly when it’s directed by Gorō Miyazaki, the son of the legendary Hayao Miyazaki….

Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross remain in the frontrunner position this month for their acclaimed score for Soul. There has been equal adoration for their…

Now that Netflix has released The Life Ahead and we’ve heard its tearjerker end credits song, “lo Si (Seen)”, the track moves into frontrunner status…

There are still over 150 days until the Academy Awards. It’s impossible to predict what will occur between now and then, especially in regards to…