Oscar time! I was going to write a whole thing, but instead I spent my Saturday driving four hours round trip to ensure that I saw all the nominees ahead of the ceremony because I have a brain disease.
So whatever. Let’s just get right into it.
Best Picture: A Complete Unknown, Anora, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Pérez, I’m Still Here, Nickel Boys, The Brutalist, The Substance, Wicked
Prediction: Anora
Best Actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist; Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown; Colman Domingo, Sing Sing; Ralph Fiennes, Conclave; Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
Prediction: Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Best Actress: Cynthia Erivo, Wicked; Karla Sofia Gascón, Emilia Pérez; Mikey Madison, Anora; Demi Moore, The Substance; Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Prediction: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Supporting Actor: Yura Borisov, Anora; Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain; Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown; Guy Pearce, The Brutalist; Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
Prediction: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress: Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown; Ariana Grande, Wicked; Felicity Jones, The Brutalist; Isabella Rossellini, Conclave; Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Prediction: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Pérez
Best Director: Jacques Audiard, Emilia Pérez; Sean Baker, Anora; Brady Corbet, The Brutalist; Coralie Fargeat, The Substance; James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Prediction: Sean Baker, Anora
Best Original Screenplay: A Real Pain, Anora, September 5, The Brutalist, The Substance
Prediction: Anora
Best Adapted Screenplay: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing
Prediction: Conclave
Best Cinematography: Emilia Pérez, Dune: Part Two, Maria, Nosferatu, The Brutalist
Prediction: The Brutalist
Best Film Editing: Anora, Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, Wicked
Prediction: Anora
Best Production Design: Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nosferatu, The Brutalist, Wicked
Prediction: Wicked
Best Costume Design: A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Gladiator II, Nosferatu, Wicked
Prediction: Wicked
Best Sound: A Complete Unknown, Emilia Pérez, Dune: Part Two, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Prediction: Wicked
Best Makeup/Hairstyling: A Different Man, Emilia Pérez, Nosferatu, The Substance, Wicked
Prediction: The Substance
Best Original Score: Conclave, Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist, Wicked, The Wild Robot
Prediction: The Brutalist
Best Original Song: Elton John: Never Too Late, “Never Too Late” by Elton John and Andrew Watt; Emilia Pérez, “El Mal” by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard; Emilia Pérez, “Mi Camino” by Clément Ducol and Camille; Sing Sing, “Like a Bird” by Abraham Alexander and Adrian Quesada; The Six Triple Eight, “The Journey” by Diane Warren
Prediction: Emilia Pérez, “El Mal” by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard
Best Visual Effects: Alien: Romulus, Better Man, Dune: Part Two, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, Wicked
Prediction: Dune: Part Two
Best Documentary Feature: Black Box Diaries, No Other Land, Porcelain War, Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat, Sugarcane
Prediction: No Other Land
Best Animated Feature: Flow, Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, The Wild Robot, Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
Prediction: The Wild Robot
Best Animated Short: Beautiful Men, In the Shadow of the Cypress, Magic Candies, Wander to Wonder, Yuck!
Prediction: Magic Candies
Best Live Action Short: A Lien, Anuja, I’m Not a Robot, The Last Ranger, The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Prediction: The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best Documentary Short: Death by Numbers; I am Ready, Warden; Incident; Instruments of a Beating Heart; The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Prediction: Death by Numbers
Best International Feature: Emilia Pérez, Flow, I’m Still Here, The Girl with the Needle, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Prediction: Emilia Pérez
Matthew Triponey 