There has not been too much change at the top of my predictions for Best Supporting Actor over the past couple of months. Despite the vast number of premieres across the fall festival circuit, no performance by a supporting actor has truly stood out enough to put them in contention to snatch the award from... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Actress in a Leading Role
Unlike the men's category, there has been a major shake up amongst the potential nominees for Actress in a Leading Role. With the fall festivals usually serving as a good indicator for the upcoming awards season, it would only be wise to focus on the buzz surrounding "Emma Stone" following the Golden Lion winning premiere... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Actor in a Leading Role
Despite the fall festivals being well underway and heavy hitting festivals TIFF and Venice being well and truly behind us, there has been very little change at the top of my Best Actor predictions. "Cillian Murphy", "Bradley Cooper", "Colman Domingo", "Leonardo DiCaprio" and "Paul Giamatti", have all retained their places in the top five slots,... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Directing
Now that the fall festival season is well and truly underway with TIFF and Venice behind us, we now have a better indication as to what films will be in the conversation when it comes to a Directing nomination. The directors that have not done themselves any harm out of TIFF and Venice are "Yorgos... Continue Reading →
Academy Award Predictions: Best Picture
Awards season is well and truly under way now that we are halfway through September. My previous predictions were very early in the awards calendar as the only major festivals to base my predictions on were Cannes and Sundance. Now, we are a couple of months further down the line and more festivals have been... Continue Reading →
Production Design
One of the most fascinating awards of the night is that for production design. Without the incredible work done by the set and production designers on any given film, it would be very difficult for any motion picture to succeed as a form of escapism. It is this escapism that heavily factors in to who... Continue Reading →
Editing
There are usually three things to consider when it comes to predicting for Editing at the Academy Awards. Firstly, most films that go on to win Best Picture usually secure a nomination for Editing, in fact since the turn of the millennium 21 out of 23 Best Picture winners have received an editing nomination. The... Continue Reading →
Cinematography
The race for cinematography is shaping up to be between two large format releases. Hoyte van Hoytema will be looking for his first Academy Award for his fantastic work on Christopher Nolan's epic biopic "Oppenheimer". The well respected cinematographer uses IMAX lenses to explore the landscape of faces; namely, J. Robert Oppenheimer (Cillian Murphy) himself,... Continue Reading →
International Feature Film
Always one of the more interesting and difficult categories to predict is the recently named International Feature Film. The submission procedure for this category is possibly the most long-winded of all the categories, with each country only being allowed to submit one movie. This has seen some controversial picks in the past, most notably in... Continue Reading →
Animated Feature Film
Barely past half way through the year and we have already have seen a handful of impressive animated feature films. Despite stiff competition, it is hard to look past "Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" as the clear frontrunner. The first instalment in the animated series won this award in 2019 and the latest release from Sony... Continue Reading →
