golden man approaches his 100th anniversary, the Oscars continued to be less and less relevant. I started reviewing movies a decade ago, and 2013 was the last year I remember being really excited about the ceremony. 12 Years a Slave and Gravity were the two juggernauts heading into the awards season, and both were amazing (my #4 and #1 of the year). I used to be able to recite every Best Picture winner by heart, but I honestly could not tell you the last five champions. Green Book and that weird fish movie are in there somewhere.
Nevertheless, there were so truly great films this year,
and I loved all the Barbenheimer nonsense this summer. Here are my picks if I was a voting member of the
Academy:
Best Picture
Are
You There God? It’s Me,
Freud’s
Last Session
Guardians
of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
Lady
Ballers
Leo
A
Man Called Otto
Mother
Teresa and Me
Nefarious
Route
60: The Biblical Highway
Wonka
Best Director
Guardians
of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
In Viaggio
No
One Will Save You
The
Sound of Freedom
Tetris
Best Actor
Shaun
Patrick Flannery, Neferious
Tom
Hanks, A Man Called Otto
Anthony
Hopkins, Freud’s Last Session
Chris
Pine, Dungeons and Dragons: HAT
Jonathan
Roumie, Jesus Revolution
Best Actress
Kaitlyn
Dever, No One Will Save You
Abby
Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Jacqueline Fritschi-Cornaz,
Mother Teresa & Me
Jennifer
Lawrence, No Hard Feelings
Jennifer
Lopez, Shotgun Wedding
Best Supporting Actor
Bill
Camp, The Sound of Freedom
David
Considine, Lady Ballers
Walton
Goggins, Dreamin Wild
Ryan
Gosling, Barbie
Dennis
Quaid, The Hill
Best Supporting Actress
Elle
Graham, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Pom
Klementieff, Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
Rachel
McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Mariana
Treviño, A Man Called Otto
Maggie
Smith, The Miracle Club
Best Adapted Screenplay
Are
You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Freud’s
Last Session
A
Man Called Otto
Neferious
Wonka
Best Original Screenplay
Lady Ballers
Leo
Mother Teresa &
Me
No Hard Feelings
Tetris
Best Cinematography
Fog
City
In
Viaggio
On a
Wing and a Prayer
Route
60: The Biblical Highway
Taylor
Swift: The Eras Tour
Best Art Direction
Are
You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie
Dungeons
and Dragons: HAT
Guardians
of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
Tetris
Best Costume Design
Are
You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie
Jesus
Revolution
Sweetwater
The
Miracle Club
Best Editing
In
Viaggio
The
Pez Outlaw
Tetris
The
Sound of Freedom
Taylor
Swift: The Eras Tour
Best Visual Effects
Dungeons
and Dragons: HAT
Guardians
of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
The
Pope’s Exorcist
Shazam:
Fury of the Gods
Wonka
Best Score
Are
You There God? It’s Me Margaret
Barbie
Elemental
The Super
Mario Bros Movie
Wonka
Best Sound
Dungeons
and Dragons: HAT
Elemental
Guardians
of the Galaxy, Vol. 3
The
Super Mario Bros Movie
Taylor
Swift: The Eras Tour
Bright
Spot
The brilliant use Cinema
Veritate in documentary filmmaking, In Viaggio
The triumphant return
of shock comedy, Lady Ballers
Worst
Movie
The Pope Answers
Yet, things don’t always
work out the way we planned. Here are my actual predictions for some of the
Academy Award categories:
Best Picture
American Fiction
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower
Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Poor Things
Saltburn
Best Director
Barbie
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower
Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Best Actor
Leonardo de Caprio, Killers
of the Flower Moon
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Paul Giamatti, The
Holdovers
Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Best Actress
Fantasia Barrino, The
Color Purple
Lily Gladstone, Killers
of the Flower Moon
Carey Mulligan, Maestro
Margot Robbie, Barbie
Emma Stone, Poor Things
Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, Poor
Things
Robert De Niro, Killers
of the Flower Moon
Robert Downey, Jr., Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling, Barbie
Charles Melton, May December
Best Supporting Actress
Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer
Danielle Brooks, The
Color Purple
America Ferrera, Barbie
Rosamund Pike, Saltburn
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The
Holdovers
Best Original
Screenplay
Anatomy of a Fall
The Holdovers
May December
Past Lives
Rustin
Adapted Screenplay
American Fiction
Barbie
Killers of the Flower
Moon
Poor Things
Oppenheimer
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