2019 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY (December)

Vice and Widows make moves into the top 5 for Film Editing after their BFCA noms but the top 10 in Cinematography doesn’t budge an inch.
Guild nominations in both of these categories next month could change that.
Here are my 2019 Oscar predictions in Film Editing for December 19, 2018.
Green – moves up; Red – moves down; Blue – chart debut/re-entry
1. ROMA (BFCA)
2. A Star is Born (BFCA)
3. First Man (BFCA)
4. Vice (BFCA)
5. Widows (BFCA)
6. The Favourite (BFCA)
7. Black Panther
8. BlacKkKlansman
9. If Beale Street Could Talk
10. Green Book
OTHER CONTENDERS
Beautiful Boy
Bohemian Rhapsody
Boy Erased
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Capharnaüm
Cold War
Destroyer
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
A Quiet Place
Here are my 2019 Oscar predictions in Cinematography for December 19, 2018.
Green – moves up; Red – moves down; Blue – chart debut/re-entry
1. ROMA (BFCA)
2. If Beale Street Could Talk (BFCA)
3. First Man (BFCA)
4. A Star is Born (BFCA)
5. Cold War
6. The Favourite (BFCA)
7. Black Panther (BFCA)
8. BlacKkKlansman
9. Widows
10. Green Book
OTHER CONTENDERS
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Bohemian Rhapsody
Destroyer
Mary Poppins Returns
Mary Queen of Scots
A Quiet Place
Suspiria
Vice
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‘Frankenstein’ to Receive Visionary Honor from Palm Springs International Film Awards
Robert Yeoman to be Honored with American Society of Cinematographers’ Lifetime Achievement Award
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