2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June)
Like with Best Actress, the Cannes Best Actor winner doesn’t have a great history of Oscar correlation but it’s definitely better. Since 1990 there have... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions
2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (June)
The Cannes Best Actress prize has never been a very good bellwether for an Oscar outcome. In the last 20 years, only two winners there... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (May)
The Cannes Film Festival begins this week and I’m getting these under the wire just before anything officially screens. Since 2019’s Parasite, the 79-year-old festival... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR (May)
You know how there are some actors that, when you think about them, you say ‘of course, they’re an Oscar nominee. “It was for… wait,... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS (May)
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. Is Sandra Hüller about to nab four acting Oscar nominations in the same year? Ok, realistically, no.... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (May)
With the surprising new rules set by the Academy’s Board of Governors last week, expanding the acting categories to allow an individual to earn more... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (May)
As I mentioned in my first Oscar predictions of the season, waiting for the annual April Board of Governors meeting of the Academy proved to... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM (May)
Sometimes it pays to wait just a bit longer. With the yearly Board of Governors meeting taking place in April, where any new or changed... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s First Look at the 99th Academy Awards
Oscar prediction season now begins almost as soon as the previous ceremony ends. Every year, the same debate follows: jump in immediately or wait... Read More
2027 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR (June) 
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