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2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE and ORIGINAL SONG (October)

Erik Anderson October 15, 2019

Not a move this month in Original Score, which is feeling very solid at the moment. Obviously though, we’ll have a clear picture on December... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN & COSTUME DESIGN (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2019

Ahead of its release, Ad Astra was feeling very much like it was taking an identical trajectory to 2018’s First Man and indeed, it has... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: FILM EDITING & CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2019

Some movement in Film Editing this month with James Mangold’s race car drama Ford v Ferrari moving into the pole position. It’s a tough call... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: ANIMATED & DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (October)

Erik Anderson October 14, 2019

The surprisingly robust box office start for The Addams Family this weekend is enough to vault the macabre comedy into the top 5 month as... Read More

Frontrunner Friday Oscar Predictions: It’s peach season as ‘Parasite’ ripens this weekend

Erik Anderson October 11, 2019

The big news this week was the official list from the Academy of the record-breaking 93 countries that will compete for the (newly named) International... Read More

How big of an Oscar contender will ‘The Irishman’ be?

Stephen Hladik October 4, 2019

On Friday, September 27th, Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman had its premiere at the New York Film Festival. The 3 and a half hour mob epic... Read More

Frontrunner Friday: ‘The Irishman,’ ‘1917,’ ‘Richard Jewell,’ light up the Oscar race

Erik Anderson October 4, 2019

It’s the first Frontrunner Friday of the 2019-2020 Oscar season and for good reason: since the September Oscar predictions we’ve had Netflix’s The Irishman screen... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)

Erik Anderson September 20, 2019

In a post-Venice/Telluride/TIFF world there’s a lot of green to be seen on this month’s Best Picture chart. Some films found their places locked and... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (September)

Erik Anderson September 20, 2019

As with every year, the director’s branch of the Academy has an opportunity to both recognize great artists and make history. Last year saw a... Read More