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2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (October)

Erik Anderson October 20, 2020

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)

Erik Anderson October 19, 2020

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)

Erik Anderson October 19, 2020

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)

Erik Anderson October 19, 2020

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: COSTUME DESIGN (October)

Erik Anderson October 16, 2020

As with Makeup and Hairstyling, Eddie Murphy’s Coming 2 America makes a debut here in costume design, just not in the top 5…yet. But, they’re... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: SOUND (October)

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

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: ORIGINAL SCORE (October)

Erik Anderson October 15, 2020

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

The first teaser for ‘Mank’ is here

Erik Anderson October 8, 2020

Fewer films have been more anticipated this year than David Fincher’s Mank. Even in a year without the devastating impact of the coronavirus on every element... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE (September)

Erik Anderson October 2, 2020

My top 10 is eerily quiet this month, even after Venice and Toronto are over and NYFF is underway. Ammonite drops to make room for... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY (September)

Erik Anderson September 29, 2020

A heavily male-dominated category this season (but then, when isn’t it?) and with a frontrunner so clear and so far out ahead it almost makes... Read More