The 95th Academy Awards are almost here! They’ll be taking place on Sunday, March 12th at 8PM on ABC. To prepare you all for Hollywood’s biggest night, I’ll be going through about 11 of the 23 categories (which will consist of the 8 main above the line awards as well as the three sub Best Film awards) and give you insights as to how the race in each of them is shaping up going into the Oscars. So let’s get on with it, shall we?
Best Animated Feature Film:
Best Documentary Feature Film:
Best International Feature Film:
Best Original Screenplay:
Best Adapted Screenplay:
Best Supporting Actor:
Best Supporting Actress:
Best Actor:
Best Actress:
Best Director:
Best Picture:
When The Fabelmans premiered in Toronto, it officially became labeled as an early frontrunner to win here. It went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture-Drama while The Banshees of Inisherin won Best Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical. However, Critics' Choice and (more importantly) PGA went to Everything Everywhere All at Once. When that movie was released almost a year ago at this point, I don't think anyone could've predicted that it would go on to become such a major awards contender. After all, it not only came out in March, but it's also not typically in the Academy's wheelhouse. Therefore, people had skepticism for a while as to whether or not older voters would find the film too weird to rank it high on their ballots. Then again, a lot of people were saying the same thing about Birdman in 2014 and The Shape of Water in 2017 before they both went on to win Best Picture. Everything Everywhere All at Once winning the PGA is probably a great sign. That is the only major precursor that utilizes a preferential voting system like the Oscars. Plus, it fits the mold of a majority of Best Picture winners since 2008 where the film came from a director who previously never even had a movie nominated in that category before.
As a reminder, the Academy Awards will be taking place this Sunday night on ABC. The pre-show will begin at 6:30pm. After that, the 95th Oscars telecast will begin at 8:00 lasting for about three hours or so.
Best Animated Feature Film:
- Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio
- Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
- Turning Red
- Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
- The Sea Beast
Best Documentary Feature Film:
- Navalny
- All the Beauty in the Bloodshed
- Fire of Love
- All That Breathes
- A House Made of Splinters
Best International Feature Film:
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Argentina, 1985
- Close
- The Quiet Girl
- EO
Best Original Screenplay:
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- Tár
- The Fabelmans
- Triangle of Sadness
Best Adapted Screenplay:
- Women Talking
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Living
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Best Supporting Actor:
- Ke Huy Quan-Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Barry Keoghan-The Banshees of Inisherin
- Brendan Gleeson-The Banshees of Inisherin
- Judd Hirsch-The Fabelmans
- Brian Tyree Henry-Causeway
Best Supporting Actress:
- Kerry Condon-The Banshees of Inisherin
- Jamie Lee Curtis-Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Angela Bassett-Black Panther: Wakanda Forever
- Stephanie Hsu-Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Hong Chau-The Whale
Best Actor:
- Austin Butler-Elvis
- Brendan Fraser-The Whale
- Colin Farrell-The Banshees of Inisherin
- Bill Nighy-Living
- Paul Mescal-Aftersun
Best Actress:
- Michelle Yeoh-Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Cate Blanchett-Tár
- Michelle Williams-The Fabelmans
- Ana de Armas-Blonde
- Andrea Riseborough-To Leslie
Best Director:
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert-Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Steven Spielberg-The Fabelmans
- Todd Field-Tár
- Martin McDonagh-The Banshees of Inisherin
- Ruben Östlund-Triangle of Sadness
Best Picture:
- Everything Everywhere All at Once
- The Banshees of Inisherin
- The Fabelmans
- Tár
- All Quiet on the Western Front
- Top Gun: Maverick
- Elvis
- Triangle of Sadness
- Avatar: The Way of Water
- Women Talking
When The Fabelmans premiered in Toronto, it officially became labeled as an early frontrunner to win here. It went on to win the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture-Drama while The Banshees of Inisherin won Best Motion Picture-Comedy/Musical. However, Critics' Choice and (more importantly) PGA went to Everything Everywhere All at Once. When that movie was released almost a year ago at this point, I don't think anyone could've predicted that it would go on to become such a major awards contender. After all, it not only came out in March, but it's also not typically in the Academy's wheelhouse. Therefore, people had skepticism for a while as to whether or not older voters would find the film too weird to rank it high on their ballots. Then again, a lot of people were saying the same thing about Birdman in 2014 and The Shape of Water in 2017 before they both went on to win Best Picture. Everything Everywhere All at Once winning the PGA is probably a great sign. That is the only major precursor that utilizes a preferential voting system like the Oscars. Plus, it fits the mold of a majority of Best Picture winners since 2008 where the film came from a director who previously never even had a movie nominated in that category before.
As a reminder, the Academy Awards will be taking place this Sunday night on ABC. The pre-show will begin at 6:30pm. After that, the 95th Oscars telecast will begin at 8:00 lasting for about three hours or so.