The Movie Room

Oscar nominations come out tomorrow, and I’ve seen 103 eligible films (and have dream-nominated 44 of them). I had hoped to see a couple more, but due to sickness and snow storms, I was unable to see The Brutalist or Sing Sing. As with December’s dream nominee update, I’ll be doing my pick for winner followed by my other nominees in alphabetical order and then some bonus picks in preference order, and despite wanting to go off-book, I will be honoring the shortlists. I know many of these have no chance at the actual Oscars, but a boy can dream!

Best Visual Effects

• WINNER: Dune: Part Two
• Alien: Romulus
• Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
• Twisters
• Wicked
• OTHER SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE SEEN: Gladiator II, Deadpool & Wolverine, Civil War
• SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE NOT SEEN: Better Man, Mufasa: The Lion King

Best Editing

• WINNER: Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
• Conclave
• Evil Does Not Exist
• Monkey Man
• Queer
• BONUS: Dune: Part Two, I Saw the TV Glow, Civil War

Best Costume Design

• WINNER: Wicked
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Maria
• Nosferatu
• The Substance
• BONUS: A Complete Unknown, The Last Showgirl, Emilia Pérez

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

• WINNER: The Substance
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• A Different Man
• Maria
• Wicked
• OTHER SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE SEEN: Nosferatu, Dune: Part Two, The Apprentice, Emilia Pérez
• SHORTLIST ENTRy I’VE NOT SEEN: Waltzing with Brando

Best Cinematography

• WINNER: Conclave
• Challengers
• Dune: Part Two
• Evil Does Not Exist
• Monkey Man
• BONUS: Maria, Queer, Civil War

Best Production Design

• WINNER: Wicked
• Alien: Romulus
• Beetlejuice Beetlejuice
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
• The Substance
• BONUS: Dune: Part Two, Civil War, I Saw the TV Glow

Best Sound

• WINNER: A Complete Unknown
• Alien: Romulus
• Dune: Part Two
• Gladiator II
• Wicked
• OTHER SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE SEEN: The Wild Robot, Deadpool & Wolverine, Emilia Pérez, Joker: Folie à Deux, Blitz

Best Original Score

• WINNER: Babygirl
• Challengers
• Conclave
• Nosferatu
• The Wild Robot
• OTHER SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE SEEN: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, Inside Out 2, Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1, Wicked, Emilia Pérez
• SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE SEEN BUT DON’T REMEMBER THE SCORE: Alien: Romulus, Blink Twice, Blitz, Gladiator II
• SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE NOT SEEN: The Brutalist, The Fire Inside, The Room Next Door, Sing Sing, The Six Triple Eight, Young Woman and the Sea

Best Original Song

• WINNER: “Sick in the Head” from Kneecap
• “Compress/Repress” from Challengers
• “Harper and Will Go West” from Will & Harper
• “Kiss the Sky” from The Wild Robot
• “Out of Oklahoma” from Twisters
• OTHER SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE SEEN: “El Mal” from Emilia Pérez, “Mi Camino” from Emilia Pérez, “Winter Coat” from Blitz
• SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE NOT SEEN: Elton John: Never Too Late, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, Piece by Piece, Sing Sing, The Six Triple Eight

Best Animated Feature

• WINNER: The Wild Robot
• Flow
• Inside Out 2
• Memoir of a Snail
• Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
• BONUS: no others seen 😦

Best International Film

• WINNER: How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (Thailand)
• Dahomey (Senegal)
• Emilia Pérez (France)
• Flow (Latvia)
• Kneecap (Ireland)
• OTHER SHORTLIST ENTRY I’VE SEEN: Touch (Iceland)
• SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE NOT SEEN: Armand (Norway), From Ground Zero (Palestine) The Girl with the Needle (Denmark), I’m Still Here (Brazil), Santosh (United Kingdom) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany), Universal Language (Canada), Vermiglio (Italy), Waves (Czech Republic)

Best Documentary

• WINNER: Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
• Black Box Diaries
• Daughters
• The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
• Sugarcane
• OTHER SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE SEEN: Will & Harper, Dahomey
• SHORTLIST ENTRIES I’VE NOT SEEN: The Bibi Files, Eno, Frida, Hollywoodgate, No Other Land, Porcelain War, Queendom, Union

Best Adapted Screenplay

• WINNER: Conclave
• The Beast
• The Bikeriders
• Dune: Part Two
• Queer
• BONUS: The Wild Robot, A Complete Unknown, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice

Best Original Screenplay

• WINNER: I Saw the TV Glow
• Anora
• Civil War
• Dìdi (弟弟)
• How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies
• BONUS: The Substance, A Real Pain, Problemista

Best Supporting Actress

• WINNER: Zoe Saldaña as Rita Mora Castro (Emilia Pérez)
• Joan Chen as Chungsing Wang (Dìdi (弟弟))
• Jamie Lee Curtis as Annette (The Last Showgirl)
• Danielle Deadwyler as Berniece Chalres (The Piano Lesson)
• Ariana Grande as Galinda/Glinda Upland (Wicked)
• BONUS: Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth (Problemista), Maria Baklava as Ivan Trump (The Apprentice), Isabella Rossellini as Sister Agnes (Conclave)

Best Supporting Actor

• WINNER: Stephen McKinley Henderson as Sammy (Civil War)
• Edward Norton as Pete Seeger (A Complete Unknown)
• Adam Pearson as Oswald (A Different Man)
• Richard Roundtree as Ben (Thelma)
• Drew Starkey as Eugene Allerton (Queer)
• BONUS: Yura Borisov as Igor (Anora), Kieran Culkin as Benji Kaplan (A Real Pain), Stanley Tucci as Bellini (Conclave)

Best Actress

• WINNER: Mikey Madison as Anora “Ani” Mikheeva (Anora)
• Pamela Anderson as Shelly (The Last Showgirl)
• Angelina Jolie as Maria Callas (Maria)
• Demi Moore as Elisabeth Sparkle (The Substance)
• June Squibb as Thelma Post (Thelma)
• BONUS: Nicole Kidman as Romy Mathis (Babygirl), Zendaya as Tashi Duncan (Challengers), Kirsten Dunst as Lee Smith (Civil War)

Best Actor

• WINNER: Justice Smith as Owen (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Daniel Craig as William Lee (Queer)
• Ralph Fiennes as Lawrence (Conclave)
• Jesse Plemons as Robert/Daniel/Andrew (Kinds of Kindness)
• Sebastian Stan as Edward (A Different Man)
• BONUS: Timothée Chalamet as Bob Dylan (A Complete Unknown), Harris Dickinson as Samuel (Babygirl), Josh Hartnett as Cooper Adams (Trap)

Best Director

• WINNER: Jane Schoenbrun (I Saw the TV Glow)
• Sean Baker (Anora)
• Edward Berger (Conclave)
• Luca Guadagnino (Queer)
• Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Evil Does Not Exist)
• BONUS: Denis Villeneuve (Dune: Part Two), Coralie Fargeat (The Substance), Pat Boonnitipat (How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies)

Best Picture

• WINNER: Queer
• Anora
• The Bikeriders
• Civil War
• Conclave
• Dìdi (弟弟)
• Dune: Part Two
• I Saw the TV Glow
• Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
• Wicked
• BONUS: Longlegs, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, The Wild Robot

MOVIE	NOMS	WINS
CONCLAVE	7	2
WICKED	7	2
QUEER	6	1
DUNE: PART TWO	5	1
I SAW THE TV GLOW	4	3
ANORA	4	1
THE SUBSTANCE	4	1
SOUNDTRACK TO A COUP D’ÉTAT	3	2
CIVIL WAR	3	1
THE WILD ROBOT	3	1
ALIEN: ROMULUS	3
BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE	3
CHALLENGERS	3
DÌDI (弟弟)	3
A DIFFERENT MAN	3
EVIL DOES NOT EXIST	3
MARIA	3
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN	2	1
EMILIA PÉREZ	2	1
HOW TO MAKE MILLIONS BEFORE GRANDMA DIES	2	1
KNEECAP	2	1
THE BIKERIDERS	2
FLOW	2
THE LAST SHOWGIRL	2
MONKEY MAN	2
NOSFERATU	2
THELMA	2
TWISTERS	2
BABYGIRL	1	1
THE BEAST	1
BLACK BOX DIARIES	1
DAHOMEY	1
DAUGHTERS	1
FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA	1
GLADIATOR II	1
INSIDE OUT 2	1
KINDS OF KINDNESS	1
THE KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES	1
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL	1
THE PIANO LESSON	1
THE REMARKABLE LIFE OF IBELIN	1
SUGARCANE	1
WALLACE & GROMIT: VENGEANCE MOST FOWL	1
WILL & HARPER	1