You might notice on down the page the predictions for AD Predicts, a select group of Oscarwatchers who curate their predictions. You can check them out here: And The Gate Crashers are still at it, with a ragtag group of revolutionaries who are free thinkers and exiles out here on the Wild Wild Web. You can view all of the predictions here (not that there is a whole lot of difference between these groups -- it's mostly a predictable year, as it...

As readers of this site know, we've been doing No Guts, No Glory for a while now. It's the one thing other sites haven't taken from this site, as far as I know. Maybe they have. But either way, you have three picks and make them wild and unpredictable, not alternates. Here are ours. Sasha Stone 1. Yorgos Lanthimos in for Best Director (stole from Jeremy) 2. Joel Edgerton in for Best Actor, Ethan Hawke out. 3. Cynthia Erivo in for Best...

We'll be posting our final Oscar predictions tomorrow but we thought we'd talk it through in a podcast, with Sasha Stone, Scott Kernen and Jeremy Jentzen. If you're interested, have a listen.

I'm sorry this was so late but I had to take my mother in for eye surgery. My apologies. From Variety. Here you go: MOTION PICTURES – LIVE ACTION “F1: The Movie” Production Sound Mixer – Gareth John Re-Recording Mixer – Gary A. Rizzo CAS Re-Recording Mixer – Juan Peralta Scoring Mixer – Alan Meyerson CAS ADR Mixer – Alan Freedman CAS Foley Mixer – Dennis Leonard “Frankenstein” Production Sound Mixer – Greg Chapman Re-Recording Mixer – Brad Zoern CAS Re-Recording Mixer...

Picking the right five in each of the short categories is the hardest part of Oscar predicting, especially this year when the Oscars, but for a choice here or there, feel fairly predictable. What I have found is that watching them doesn't really make much of a difference, because we are talking about a consensus vote, not any one person's individual taste. Here are the rules: For Live Action Short films, all active members are allowed to vote on both the shortlists...

With precursors (both major and minor) largely wrapped up, it's time to put the pencils down and take our final shots at predicting the Oscar nominations. It's never straightforward, but after years of doing this, we've gotten used to the uncertainty. Let's dive into the above-the-line categories. Best Picture A strong consensus has emerged from the Critics Choice, Producers Guild, Golden Globes, and AFI Top 10, pointing to eight films that feel essentially locked for the expanded 10-slot lineup:  One Battle After...

I have never stood up in my living room and applauded a film before. But I did just that when I watched Hamnet. I didn't capture this reaction on video and put it on TikTok, but I'm telling you it happened. I stood up and said, "Bravo, Chloé Zhao! BRAVO! Bravo, Jessie Buckley! Bravo, Paul Mescal!" I have never done that before. I probably will never do it again. I don't know exactly why I was moved beyond words to the point...

From The Playlist: Best European Film AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE (Spain, France) doc Directed by Albert Serra ARCO (France) animation Directed by Ugo Bienvenu DOG OF GOD (U.S) animation Directed by Raitis Ābele & Lauris Ābele FIUME O MORTE! (Croatia, Slovenia, Italy) doc Directed by Igor Bezinović IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT (UN SIMPLE ACCIDENT) (France, Iran, Luxembourg) Directed by Jafar Panahi LITTLE AMELIE animation Directed by Maïlys Vallade & Liane-Cho Han OLIVIA AND THE INVISIBLE EARTHQUAKE animation Directed by Irene Iborra Rizo RIEFENSTAHL (Germany) documentary Directed by Andres...

There have been some brilliantly written screenplays this year that are likely to be nominated. Will Tracy's script for Bugonia is one. Ari Aster's for Eddington is another (although it's not likely to get nominated, though it should be). The Best Picture nominees bring their screenplays with them as most are written by their directors, like One Battle After Another, Hamnet and Sinners. The question is whether a film can win Best Picture with just a screenplay and not Best Director. We...

The Best Actress race seems sewn up with Jessie Buckley as the frontrunner. Her only competition would be the Golden Globe winner, Rose Byrne, for If I Had Legs I'd Kick You. That is 100% down to the dominance of the film critics over the Oscar race with the public mostly taken out of it. Ah, but actors can sometimes see what critics and industry voters can't. That might be how Kate Hudson ended up with a SAG nomination for Song Sung...