Best Director

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)

The heated battle for the trending non-English language director slot just got hotter this week with the reveal of the… Read More

August 20, 2021

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (July)

Definitely glad I waited until after Cannes to do July Oscar predictions because the festival, and the winners in particular,… Read More

July 20, 2021

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (June)

I'm feeling very good about my Asghar Farhadi prediction last month as his new film, A Hero, was announced in… Read More

June 28, 2021

2022 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (May)

After a season in which Chloé Zhao (Nomadland) made Academy Awards history and became the first woman of color to… Read More

May 14, 2021

FINAL 2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Making history at the Oscars is always a great thing to celebrate but it's also a measured response tempered by… Read More

April 21, 2021

FINAL 2021 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

While I am comfortable predicting that we will get two female directors in this category for the first time in… Read More

March 12, 2021

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (February)

I'm hesitant to finally call this the 'Year of the Woman' in the directing category since we've been burned so… Read More

February 19, 2021

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (January)

While Nomadland's Chloé Zhao remains the overwhelming favorite and frontrunner, at least with critics so far, Spike Lee (Da 5… Read More

January 29, 2021

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December)

It's Chloé Zhao's world, we're just living in it. Ahead of the first critics' awards I think any of us… Read More

December 25, 2020

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (November)

(Philippe Bosse / Netflix) Best Director is historically an exciting and often surprising category as this Academy branch has often… Read More

November 27, 2020

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