Unofficial Academy Awards Discussion Board

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Air
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Wonka

The most recent figure who shares a lot in common with Gerwig/Barbie is George Miller/Mad Max: Fury Road, a box office success that people discounted because it was a populist piece, not strictly an artistic one. I think this point is very salient. Are there examples of commercial plays getting lef...

a) I think Brown also benefited from the fact that he's a popular television actor. We've seen that before - Jennifer Aniston, Steve Carrell, Cloris Leachman, Holly Hunter have all gotten nominations for films at the SAGs that didn't translate to the Oscars b) I sometimes wonder if those performers ...

a) Not gonna lie, I listen to the Oppenheimer soundtrack at least once a week. Curious to see the film again to listen in context. b) It's interesting to hear Schindler's List cited as a sweeper. 7 wins is probably the maximum a film can win without it really feeling like a sweeper for me. Though it...

Best Picture – Drama: Oppenheimer Best Picture – Musical/Comedy: Poor Things Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Drama: Sandra Huller, Anatomy of a Fall Best Male Actor – Motion Picture – Drama: Bradley Cooper, Maestro Best Female Actor – Motion Picture – Musical/Comedy: Margot Robbie, Barbie Best ...

I wonder if five runners-up without any victories is the most for the National Society - re Oppenheimer.

Best Director: Jonathan Glazer, THE ZONE OF INTEREST (65 points)

Runners-up:
Todd Haynes, MAY DECEMBER (42 points)
Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER (41 points)

Wait, did Hit Man actually get a release?

a) Well, All of Us Strangers lives to fight another day. Now if only Fox Searchlight would let me see it. That's the other reason why I'm doubting it b) re: Score, I have no memory of the Killers of the Flower Moon music at all, so it's performance this season has been staggering to me. There's a lo...

Are we at the point where the screenplay categories should be combined?

Some musings instead of predictions a) I'm really gonna need BAFTA to go over the top for All of Us Strangers for me to continue predicting it outside of screenplay - though the Barbie news has me worried even there. Maybe throw the supporting categories out of kilter and nominate Foy, Bell AND Mesc...

Yeah, I liked it a lot. Fun to see with an audience - they clearly didn't know what to expect. I want to see it again to see if the post-wedding scenes really hold up [to my understanding, the only wholly invented section]. Lanthimos' Lisbon resembles Fassbinder's Brest, which I found delightful. An...

In case anyone's wondering what the hell "The Fire Inside" from Flamin' Hot is...yes, you knew deep down: it's Diane Warren! Apparently, these days, the Warren claque not only insists on nominating her, they choose the most obscure of her yearly credits. 80 for Brady was evidently too mai...

Phoenix Film Critics Society Winners: (Not to be confused with the Phoenix Critics Circle, below) ... this is ridiculous. 15 critics are in the Critics Circle, 23 are in the Film Critics Society (two are in both, for a total of 36 critics). Even my lovingly mocked Kansas City Film Critics Circle ha...

Hmmm... How I'd group them Tier 1: Randolph, Blunt I just can't imagine a scenario where either of them miss out. Randolph is obviously beginning to lap the field for a win. Tier 2: Brooks While we've spoken of The Colour Purple tripping up, I do think Brooks remains reasonably well positioned. Even...