2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s First Look at the 98th Academy Awards
Every year, post-Oscar Sunday, I experience a familiar cycle: a brief withdrawal, a period of reflection on what I got right (or wrong) in my... Read More
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FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions in all 23 Categories
Here are my final 2025 Oscar predictions in all 23 categories for the 97th Academy Awards, all in one place. Click on each category for... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
In what’s been the top Oscar race without a true frontrunner for most of the season now finds itself like every competition, we have a... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
The toughest above the line race of the season, as the roller coaster of accolades kept changing hands, giving us historic wins, memorable speeches and... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR
For the longest time, Adrien Brody’s frontrunner status for The Brutalist was closely tied to what appeared early on to be the trajectory of the... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s Final Forecast in All 23 Categories – Cannes You Feel the Love Tonight?
“Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding” – Marcel Duchamp Alchemy goes beyond the simple... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: ANIMATED FEATURE, DOCUMENTARY FEATURE, INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The Animated Feature race comes down to two films, the indie success Flow and the studio box office blockbuster The Wild Robot. They’ve each volleyed... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING and CINEMATOGRAPHY
With the American Cinema Editors (ACE) not revealing their winners until nearly two weeks after the Oscars, their ability to be a proper precursor for... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: COSTUME DESIGN and PRODUCTION DESIGN
With its total domination in both Costume Design and Production Design precursors, the sheer volume and size of the work by Paul Tazewell, Nathan Crowley... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY and ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
One of the easiest wins of the night, Conclave comes into the Adapted Screenplay race with every precursor it was eligible for: BAFTA, Critics Choice,... Read More
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