Tag: Academy Awards
94th Academy Awards: Submissions for Best International Feature Film
Now that we have the final list of official submissions, it’s clear the race for Best International Feature Film is one of the most exciting…
Cinema Sevens: Oscars Should Have Beens – Actor in a Leading Role
For years we held aloft Peter O’Toole and Richard Burton as examples of how the Academy can somehow elude greatness. Not only are both men…
Best Picture Oscars Predictions (October)
If you listen to Film Twitter, the race for Best Picture is practically already over and Belfast is going to sail to victory. Sure, it’s…
Best Director Oscars Predictions (October)
At this point in the race, it’s always mildly difficult to pick which five directors will make the final Best Director line-up. Will they merely…
Best Actress Oscars Predictions (October)
This year’s race for Best Actress feels like it could be similar to 2019 when Renée Zellweger led right from the start of festival season…
Best Actor Oscars Predictions (October)
Back in 2001, Will Smith earned his first Academy Award nomination for his role as Muhammad Ali in the biopic Ali. While many expected Smith…
Best Supporting Actress Oscars Predictions (October)
Too many contenders. Too few nomination spots. That’s the dilemma facing the race for Best Supporting Actress, which is ridiculously stacked with possible nominees. Picking…
Best Supporting Actor Oscars Predictions (October)
Just like Licorice Pizza writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, Bradley Cooper has also been nominated for eight Academy Awards without a win thus far. Cooper has…
Best Original Screenplay Oscars Predictions (October)
It may be wildly presumptuous to have an as-yet-unseen film in the #1 position, but when it’s a Paul Thomas Anderson production, it doesn’t seem…
Best Adapted Screenplay Oscars Predictions (October)
Way back in 1993, Jane Campion became only the second female filmmaker nominated for Best Director for her work on The Piano. While she lost…
Best Animated Feature Oscars Predictions (October)
There’s never been a contender quite like Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s Flee. Not only is the film Denmark’s official submission for Best International Feature Film, but…
Best Cinematography Oscars Predictions (October)
Aussie Greig Fraser is one of the most in-demand cinematographers in the game right now. After his Oscar-nominated breakthrough work on 2016’s Lion, Fraser worked…
Best Costume Design Oscars Predictions (October)
The impeccable fashions of Princess Diana were as iconic as the lady herself. In Spencer, costume designer Jacqueline Durran is saddled with the daunting task…
Best Film Editing Oscars Predictions (October)
If the prize for Best Sound often goes to the loudest film, the award for Best Film Editing generally goes to the contender with the…