My silly annual tradition returns! Follow along as I, too, correctly predict that Oppenheimer is going to win a bunch of awards!
This year, I managed to see all of these except for two of the animated shorts, Our Uniform and War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko. That’s really neither here nor there; I just wanted you to know how fancy I am.
To continue putting my money where my mouth is, my score last year was 13-10, which is…much worse than I remembered? Sheesh, 2023 Matt, were you OK?
Anyway, the predictions!
Best Picture: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Holdovers, The Zone of Interest
Prediction: Oppenheimer
Best Actor: Bradley Cooper, Maestro; Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer; Colman Domingo, Rustin; Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction; Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers
Prediction: Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Best Actress: Annette Bening, Nyad; Carey Mulligan, Maestro; Emma Stone, Poor Things; Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon; Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall
Prediction: Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Supporting Actor: Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things; Robert De Niro, Killers of the Flower Moon; Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer; Ryan Gosling, Barbie; Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Prediction: Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer
Best Supporting Actress: America Ferrera, Barbie; Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers; Danielle Brooks, The Color Purple; Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer; Jodie Foster, Nyad
Prediction: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Best Director: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer; Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest; Justine Triet, Anatomy of a Fall; Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon; Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Prediction: Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Best Original Screenplay: Anatomy of a Fall, Maestro, May December, Past Lives, The Holdovers
Prediction: Anatomy of a Fall
Best Adapted Screenplay: American Fiction, Barbie, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest
Prediction: American Fiction
Best Cinematography: El Conde, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Poor Things
Prediction: Oppenheimer
Best Film Editing: Anatomy of a Fall, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, The Holdovers
Prediction: Oppenheimer
Best Production Design: Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things
Prediction: Poor Things
Best Costume Design: Barbie, Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things
Prediction: Barbie
Best Sound: Maestro, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Oppenheimer, The Creator, The Zone of Interest
Prediction: Oppenheimer
Best Makeup and Hairstyling: Golda, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Poor Things, Society of the Snow
Prediction: Poor Things
Best Original Score: American Fiction, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Killers of the Flower Moon, Oppenheimer, Poor Things
Prediction: Oppenheimer
Best Original Song: “It Never Goes Away” by Jon Batiste and Dan Wilson, American Symphony; “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Barbie; “I’m Just Ken” by Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, Barbie; “The Fire Inside” by Diane Warren, Flamin’ Hot; “Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)” by Scott George, Killers of the Flower Moon
Prediction: “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish and Finneas O’Connell, Barbie
Best Visual Effects: Godzilla Minus One, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One, Napoleon, The Creator
Prediction: Godzilla Minus One
Best Documentary Feature: 20 Days in Mariupol, Bobi Wine: The People’s President, Four Daughters, The Eternal Memory, To Kill a Tiger
Prediction: 20 Days in Mariupol
Best Animated Feature: Elemental, Nimona, Robot Dreams, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, The Boy and the Heron
Prediction: The Boy and the Heron
Best Animated Short: Letter to a Pig, Ninety-Five Senses, Our Uniform, Pachyderme, War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Prediction: War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
Best Live-Action Short: Invincible; Knight of Fortune; Red, White and Blue; The After; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
Prediction: Red, White and Blue
Best Documentary Short: Island in Between, Nai Nai & Wài Pó, The ABCs of Book Banning, The Barber of Little Rock, The Last Repair Shop
Prediction: Nai Nai & Wài Pó
Best International Feature: Io Capitano, Perfect Days, Society of the Snow, The Teachers’ Lounge, The Zone of Interest
Prediction: The Zone of Interest
Matthew Triponey 