2021 Oscar Predictions: ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (October)
Very little movement this month in Adapted Screenplay, which feels surprisingly solid with this top five. But, it’s still early, all things considered. Netflix’s Ma... Read More
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2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)
Like Adapted Screenplay, things are verrry quiet on the Original Screenplay front. So quiet I haven’t made any changes. That’s odd, right? It’s a pretty... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: CINEMATOGRAPHY (October)
A lot of new blood this month with A24’s Minari, Sony Classics’ Nine Days and Netflix’s The Prom joining the fray. Minari has some very... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: PRODUCTION DESIGN (October)
There are enough elaborate period pieces and fantasy films to populate production design this year even as those summer tentpoles (and winter ones) disappeared. Moving... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: FILM EDITING (October)
Not to beat a dead horse but, two top contenders – Warner Bros Dune and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die have vacated 2020/2021 eligibility, which... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (October)
With Dune gone, Sound of Metal moves up (a Hamptons Film Q&A revealed the sound designers worked for two years with 23 weeks of sound... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: VISUAL EFFECTS (October)
Dune is gone. Wonder Woman 1984 is definitely going to pack its magic lasso and move to 2021 so I’m preemptively dropping it now. That’s... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCORE (October)
With delayed tentpoles like Dune from Warner Bros and MGM/UA’s No Time to Die, Emile Mosseri’s elegant score from A24’s Minari pushes him all the... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: DOCUMENTARY FEATURE (October)
Another Academy branch that makes strange and sometimes sketchy choices with their nominations is the documentary branch. They’ve changed their rules and voting procedures over... Read More
2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SONG (October)
Always one of the weirdest categories, as the music branch often reaches into the abyss to find an obscure nominee (Alone Yet Not Alone, anyone?),... Read More
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