2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (May) – The Pre-Cannestravaganza
Well, the time has come. Let’s start predicting. With five Palme d’Or wins under its belt and two Best Picture wins since 2019, all eyes... Read More
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FINAL 2025 Oscar Nomination Predictions: 2025 BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
It’s probably fair to say that after all of the nominations and precursors we have that we all likely have the same top seven films... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (October)
The fall festival season is over, the Gotham Awards nominations are in. Oscar season has begun. Always considered the kickoff of awards season, the Gotham... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (September)
With the Venice, Telluride and Toronto film festivals behind us, the race has changed quite a bit since early summer (or has it?). While Telluride... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (July)
With full lineups of the Venice and Toronto film festivals announced, we’re finally in a place to make some educated Oscar predictions and rely a... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE
Unification has been the theme of this awards season if there ever was one. The dominance of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer – with BAFTA, Critics Choice,... Read More
FINAL 2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
Is it just me or do you feel weirdly calm about what’s making it into Best Picture and that it’s going to be the PGA... Read More
2024 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (November)
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)
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 (August)
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
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