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2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTRESS (September)

Erik Anderson September 18, 2019

Now that we’re past Venice, Telluride and Toronto, the acting categories are making some money moves. For some it strengthened their places but for others,... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: SOUND EDITING & SOUND MIXING (September)

Erik Anderson September 18, 2019

Vroom vroom, bitches. Race cars, space wars and world wars make up the bulk of the top contenders for Sound Editing and Sound Mixing this... Read More

Oscar Podcast #75: Post-TIFF 19 discussion and the awards forecast with Mina Takla

Erik Anderson September 17, 2019

It’s crazy but this is our first Oscar podcast of the 2019/2020 awards season! With Berlin, Cannes, Venice, Telluride and Toronto behind us the Oscar... Read More

2020 Oscar Nomination Predictions: MAKEUP & HAIRSTYLING and VISUAL EFFECTS (September)

Erik Anderson September 17, 2019

September marks the first Oscar predictions in Makeup & Hairstyling and Visual Effects, categories that will see shortlists and bakeoffs come December. New this year,... Read More

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

Erik Anderson September 17, 2019

The top three in Original Score remains the same this month, with two Oscar winners (John Williams and Alexandre Desplat) and now the most-nominated living... Read More

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

Erik Anderson September 16, 2019

Is it just me or does this year’s crop of animated feature contenders seem…meh? Packed with sequels, some of which were big critical and box... Read More

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

Erik Anderson September 16, 2019

The luxuriant production design (and a big part of the film’s $90M budget) bumps Sony/Columbia’s Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood up one to the top... Read More

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

Erik Anderson September 16, 2019

Not a lot of major changes in Film Editing and Cinematography this month (Cinematography top 5 is the exact same) even as we’ve just left... Read More

Oscar Predictions: Post-Telluride, mid-Venice, pre-TIFF set your sights on Renée Zellweger, Adam Driver and ‘Parasite’

Erik Anderson September 4, 2019

With Telluride just finishing, Venice still underway, and Toronto starting tomorrow, we are smack in the middle of the fall festival kickoff of awards season... Read More