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2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November)

Erik Anderson November 21, 2023

The Gotham and BIFA nominations have given us their usual inside look at what the Spirit Awards and BAFTA might look like, a peripheral version... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (October)

Erik Anderson October 23, 2023

As the major fall festivals have just about ended – AFI FEST kicks off this week – festival awards from the regionals, combined with Cannes,... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (September)

Erik Anderson September 18, 2023

With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals now behind us, films seen and awards given out, we’re in a better place to visualize Oscar... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (August)

Erik Anderson August 24, 2023

We’re just a week away from the fall festival kick off with Venice in August 30 and Telluride on August 31, both of which will... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (July)

Erik Anderson July 26, 2023

With Toronto and Venice lineups announced and Telluride in a month’s time the fall festival season is taking shape in the midst of the ongoing... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (June)

Erik Anderson June 19, 2023

As I expected in May, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall and Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest were the top Cannes winners last month,... Read More

2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR and BEST PICTURE (May)

Erik Anderson May 25, 2023

Last year, I kicked off my Oscar predictions just after Cannes, after Ruben Östlund won his second Palme d’Or and took that win all the... Read More

FINAL 2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson March 7, 2023

With the BAFTA winner (Edward Berger for All Quiet on the Western Front) not in contention here and the Golden Globe winner (Steven Spielberg for... Read More

FINAL 2023 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR

Erik Anderson January 20, 2023

As we get to the end of the long, long phase of Oscar season leading up to the nominations and as it often happens, we... Read More

2023 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (December)

Erik Anderson December 23, 2022

A funny thing happened on the way to the Oscar shortlists… Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front, Germany’s International Feature Film Oscar entry... Read More

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