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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
In contrast to the stacked Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay has very few strong contenders for 2024. This is largely due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes, which as seen some notable films pushed back to next year including: "Bob Marley: One Love", "The Book of Clarence", "Drive-Away Dolls" and Luca Guadagnino's "Challengers". Due to... Continue Reading →
In these early months, it is looking like Adapted Screenplay will be a two horse race next year, with two period epics by noteworthy directors battling it out for the famous statuette. Martin Scorsese's "Killers of the Flower Moon" and Christopher Nolan's "Oppenheimer" are two of the biggest contenders out the gate for the Academy... Continue Reading →
The 2024 Oscars could be shaping up to be a historic year for Indigenous American Women. The ceremony could see the first ever woman of Indigenous American descent ever nominated for an Oscar. "Lily Gladstone", who stars in Martin Scorsese's Killers of a Flower Moon is of Blackfeet and Nimiipuu descent, and is the early... Continue Reading →
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