2026 Cannes Predictions: American Firepower is Low While International Fare Hits High, Almodóvar Out of Comp?
The announcement of this year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup is only a week away but it strangely seems uncertain who and what will be there.... Read More
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FINAL Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions of the 2025/2026 Season
Let’s skip to the good part. Here are my final winner predictions in all 24 categories for the 98th Academy Awards, which will take place... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
After a seemingly endless season where we have an abundance of riches in Best Picture, including a top two that have deep benches of passion... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Winners – Part Two
Welcome to Part Two of my final predictions for the 98th Academy Awards. If you missed it, please check out Part One here. In the... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR
What a roller coaster this category has been, right? Timothée Chalamet, who had long been the ‘on paper’ frontrunner for Best Actor for months, stormed... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Two of the easiest categories to predict on Oscar night are right here, and have been months. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another is... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist Predicts the Winners – Part One
And so we limp to the finish line of another awards season. Every year I tell myself it won’t feel quite this long. Every year... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY
With American Society of Cinematographers (ASC), BAFTA and British Society of Cinematographers (BSC), Michael Bauman has the goods to win the Oscar for One Battle... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST SOUND
A big weekend for sound awards with Cinema Audio Society (CAS) and Motion Picture Sound Editors (MPSE), which offered us at least one little surprise... Read More
FINAL 2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST CASTING
The first new category at the Oscars in two decades and even with three available precursors the results are impacted by everything from inconsistent competition... Read More
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