The Oscars are this Sunday! Here’s my ballot and predictions; hopefully I’ll do a little better this time than I did at the Golden Globes. ➡️ = who I want to win 👉 = who I think the Academy will pick () = I haven’t seen this movie yet
the full list of nominees: Best sound editing
- ➡️ Donald Sylvester, “Ford v. Ferrari”
- Alan Robert Murray, “Joker”
- 👉 Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, “1917”
- Wylie Stateman, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
- Matthew Wood and David Acord, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best sound mixing
- Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano, “Ad Astra”
- ➡️ Paul Massey, David Giammarco, and Steven A. Morrow, “Ford v. Ferrari”
- Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic, and Tod Maitland, “Joker”
- 👉 Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson, “1917”
- Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Best costume design
- Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson, “The Irishman”
- Mayes C. Rubeo, “Jojo Rabbit”
- 👉 Mark Bridges, “Joker”
- Jacqueline Durran, “Little Women”
- ➡️ Arianne Phillips, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Best actress in a leading role
- Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”
- ➡️ Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
- Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
- Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”
- 👉 Renee Zellweger, “Judy”
Best actor in a leading role
- () Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
- Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
- ➡️ Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
- 👉 Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
- () Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”
Best actress in a supporting role
- Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
- 👉 Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
- Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
- ➡️ Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
- () Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”
Best actor in a supporting role
- ➡️ Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
- () Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
- Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
- Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
- 👉 Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Best original song
- Randy Newman, “I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4″
- 👉 Elton John and Bernie Taupin, ”(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman”
- () Diane Warren, “I’m Standing With You” from “Breakthrough”
- Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, “Into the Unknown” from “Frozen II”
- ➡️ Joshuah Brian Campbell and Cynthia Erivo, “Stand Up” from “Harriet”
Best original score
- 👉 Hildur Gudnadottir, “Joker”
- Alexandre Desplat, “Little Women”
- ➡️ Randy Newman, “Marriage Story”
- Thomas Newman, “1917”
- John Williams, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best makeup and hairstyling
- () Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker, “Bombshell”
- Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou, “Joker”
- 👉 Jeremy Woodhead, “Judy”
- () Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White, “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
- ➡️ Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole, “1917”
Best visual effects
- Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick, “Avengers: Endgame”
- Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli, “The Irishman”
- ➡️ Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman, “The Lion King”
- 👉 Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy, “1917”
- Robert Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”
Best original screenplay
- ➡️ Rian Johnson, “Knives Out”
- Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
- Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, “1917”
- Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
- 👉 Bong Joon Ho, Han Jin Won, “Parasite”
Best adapted screenplay
- Steven Zaillian, “The Irishman”
- 👉 Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”
- Todd Phillips and Scott Silver, “Joker”
- ➡️ Greta Gerwig, “Little Women”
- Anthony McCarten, “The Two Popes”
Best production design
- Bob Shaw and Regina Graves, “The Irishman”
- Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova, “Jojo Rabbit”
- 👉 Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales, “1917”
- Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
- ➡️ Lee Ha Jun and Cho Won-woo, “Parasite”
Best documentary short subject
- () ➡️ 👉 “In the Absence”
- () “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)”
- () “Life Overtakes Me”
- () “St. Louis Superman”
- () “Walk Run Cha-Cha”
Best documentary feature
- () ➡️ 👉 “American Factory”
- () “The Cave”
- () “The Edge of Democracy”
- () “For Sama”
- () “Honeyland”
Best live action short film
- () “Brotherhood”
- () 👉 “Nefta Football Club”
- ➡️ “The Neighbors’ Window” (the only one I’ve seen because it’s on YouTube — it’s good!)
- () “Saria”
- () “A Sister”
Best animated short film
- () “Dcera”
- ➡️ 👉 “Hair Love” (on YouTube, please watch it)
- “Kitbull” (on Disney+, also really good)
- () “Memorable”
- () “Sister”
Best animated feature film
- () “How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
- () “I Lost My Body”
- () “Klaus”
- () “Missing Link”
- ➡️ 👉 “Toy Story 4”
Best international feature film
- () Poland, “Corpus Christi”
- () North Macedonia, “Honeyland”
- () France, “Les Miserables”
- (*) Spain, “Pain and Glory”
- ➡️ 👉 South Korea, “Parasite”
Best cinematography
- Rodrigo Prieto, “The Irishman”
- Lawrence Sher, “Joker”
- Jarin Blaschke, “The Lighthouse”
- ➡️ 👉 Roger Deakins, “1917”
- Robert Richardson, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Best film editing
- Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland, “Ford v. Ferrari”
- Thelma Schoonmaker, “The Irishman”
- Tom Eagles, “Jojo Rabbit”
- 👉 Jeff Groth, “Joker”
- ➡️ Yang Jinmo, “Parasite”
Best director
- Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
- Todd Phillips, “Joker”
- 👉 Sam Mendes, “1917”
- Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
- ➡️ Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Best picture
- “Ford v. Ferrari”
- “The Irishman”
- “Jojo Rabbit”
- “Joker”
- “Little Women”
- “Marriage Story”
- 👉 “1917”
- “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
- ➡️ “Parasite”
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