97th Academy Awards, Choices and Predictions, Part II

 

On Sunday (3/10), the Academy will announce the 2023 Oscar winners. I probably will be too busy to
see the ceremony, but here’s what I would vote for if I was a member of the Academy:

 

Best Picture – Oppenheimer

Best Director – Christopher Nolen, Oppenheimer

Best Actor – Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

Best Actress – Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor – Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Actress – Jodi Foster, Nyad

Best Adapted Screenplay – American Fiction

Best Original Screenplay – The Holdovers

Best Animated Feature – Elemental

Best Documentary Feature – Unsure

Best Foreign Language Feature – Unsure

Best Cinematography – Oppenheimer

Best Costume Design – Barbie

Best Art Direction – Poor Things

Best Makeup – Poor Things

Best Visual Effects – Godzilla Minus One

Best Film Editing – Oppenheimer

Best Score – Oppenheimer

Best Song – “I’m Just Ken” from Barbie

Best Sound – Oppenheimer

Best Animated Short Film – Unsure

Best Live Action Short Film – Unsure

Best Documentary Short Subject – Unsure

 

However, things don’t always pan out like planned. Here are my actual predictions of who will win:

 

Best Picture – Oppenheimer

Best Director – Christopher Nolen, Oppenheimer

Best Actor – Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

Best Actress – Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Supporting Actor – Robert Downey Jr, Oppenheimer

Best Supporting Actress – Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Best Adapted Screenplay – American Fiction

Best Original Screenplay – Anatomy of a Fall

Best Animated Feature – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

Best Documentary Feature – 20 Days in Mariupol 

Best Foreign Language Feature – The Zone of Interest

Best Cinematography – Oppenheimer

Best Costume Design – Barbie

Best Art Direction – Poor Things

Best Makeup – Poor Things

Best Visual Effects – The Creator

Best Film Editing – Oppenheimer

Best Score – Oppenheimer

Best Song – “What Was I Made For” from Barbie

Best Sound – Oppenheimer

Best Animated Short Film – “Ninety-Five Senses”

Best Live Action Short Film – “Knight of Fortune”

Best Documentary Short Subject – “The ABCs of Book Banning”