It\u2019s a battle royal between vampires and far-left revolutionaries<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nYou\u2019d think this would have been set in stone decades ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBut no: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made headlines last year, by announcing a new rule that requires members to watch all nominated films in a given category, in order to be allowed to vote for one of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe resulting brouhaha revealed that plenty of members\u00a0hadn\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0been doing so!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n(Which, in hindsight, could explain some of the head-scratching surprises during previous years.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nUnfortunately, the new system still allows cheating. Academy members have the option of viewing films at home, via a special streaming service. But, as several film critics subsequently pointed out, members get \u201cviewed\u201d credit the moment they start watching a film. The system doesn\u2019t know if they quit after 15 minutes (and I\u2019m sure plenty of people are tempted, given the absurd length of many Best Picture nominees).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThat eyebrow-lifting detail aside, the big news this year is the neck-and-neck competition between \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d both of which are nominated in 10 categories. Both would walk home with a boatload of little statues, if nominated in separate years … but duking it out, against each other?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nIn numerous cases, it\u2019s very difficult to choose one over the other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nWhat\u2019s a humble prognosticator to do?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nStall, while hiding behind trivia … and this year\u2019s selections produced plenty of fun facts:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* \u201cSinners\u201d broke the all-time record for most Oscar nominations for a single film, with 16. The previous record, at 14, is shared by \u201cAll About Eve\u201d (1950), \u201cTitanic\u201d (1997) and \u201cLa La Land\u201d (2016).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* \u201cSinners\u201d also gets credit for being the first time a vampire flick sank its teeth into the Best Picture category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* This is the first time two nominated performances in a single category \u2014 Best Actor, in this case \u2014 went to somebody playing dual roles. Michael B. Jordan plays twins in \u201cSinners,\u201d while Wagner Moura plays a father and his son, in \u201cThe Secret Agent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* With his recognition for \u201cMarty Supreme,\u201d Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet has become the youngest actor since Marlon Brando, and the second-youngest overall, to earn a third nomination for Best Actor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* Autum Durald Arkapaw is the first Black woman to earn a nomination for Best Cinematography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* With her Supporting Actress nod for \u201cWeapons,\u201d Amy Madigan has become the actress with the longest gap between nominations: 40 years, after being cited for 1985\u2019s \u201cTwice in a Lifetime.\u201d Judd Hirsch holds the record for actors: 42 years, between \u201cOrdinary People\u201d and \u201cThe Fablemans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* Steven Spielberg further extended his record of nominations in the Best Picture category (as producer), with \u201cHamnet\u201d being his 14th. His closest rivals are Scott Rudin and DeDe Gardner, with nine each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* Ruth E. Carter, nominated this year for Best Costume Design for the fifth time, has become the most nominated Black woman in Oscar history, breaking her previous tie with Viola Davis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* \u201cGolden,\u201d the hit song from \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d is the first K-pop song to earn an Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\n* With her 17th nomination \u2014 and ninth in a row! \u2014 Diane Warren now has become the most-nominated (living) individual without having won any. She previously was tied, at 16, with oft-nominated Best Sound artist Greg P. Russell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBut enough delay, I hear you cry; let\u2019s get\u00a0on<\/em>\u00a0with it. OK, fine: Let\u2019s see how badly I screw things up\u00a0this<\/em>\u00a0year…<\/p>\n<\/div>\nVisual effects<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nIt\u2019s nice to begin with a no-brainer. Even though James Cameron seems to be making the same film over and over again, one cannot deny the stunning world-building.\u00a0\u00a0Expect to see Paul Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett rewarded for their amazing work, in\u00a0\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSound<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThe Motion Picture Sound Editors\u2019 Golden Reel Awards aren\u2019t always much help, since they divide the spoils within numerous sub-categories. The top feature film winners at their 73rd annual ceremony, held last Sunday, were \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBut that\u2019s immaterial, because this category is just as much of a lock as the previous one. I\u2019m expecting to see Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta share statues, for\u00a0\u201cF1.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(John won last year, for \u201cDune: Part Two.\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\nProduction Design<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThe 30th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, presented Feb. 28, were divided into three branches, for fantasy, period and contemporary; the winners were, respectively, \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,\u201d \u201cFrankenstein\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d The latter two also are up for this category\u2019s Oscar, but \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d hasn\u2019t a prayer. Nobody can argue against the magnificent look of Guillermo del Toro\u2019s horror thriller. That means Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau will take the stage, for\u00a0\u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nMakeup and Hairstyling<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThis category was an eyebrow-lift, when the nominations were announced, because I\u2019d never even\u00a0heard<\/em>\u00a0of three contenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nThe 13th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards, which took place Feb. 14, gave its top awards to \u201cSinners\u201d (period and\/or character makeup) and \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (contemporary makeup), with a secondary award to \u201cFrankenstein\u201d (special makeup prosthetics). That\u2019s ridiculous; \u201cFrankenstein\u201d should have taken the first category, full-stop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBearing that in mind, it\u2019s a shoo-in for this Oscar, so I\u2019ll go with Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey, for\u00a0\u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nCostume Design<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThe 28th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, presented Feb. 12, also are divided into the same three branches: period, fantasy and contemporary. The winners were, respectively, \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d Only the first one\u2019s also nominated in this category, and Malgosia Turzanska could be a surprise winner, for \u201cHamnet.\u201d But, at the risk of repeating myself, the winner once again seems obvious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nKate Hawley, for\u00a0\u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nOriginal song<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nGoodness, we seem to be on a \u201cthese are too easy\u201d roll … which, going by Academy Award history, is a dangerous feeling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBut what can I say? This film was more than popular; it was a phenomenon … and I\u2019ve no doubt this will be the first of its two Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nI\u2019ll go therefore with\u00a0\u201cGolden,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park, in\u00a0\u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(And I can\u2019t wait to see all of them crowd around the podium.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\nOriginal score<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nEqually easy. Its eerie score did a\u00a0lot<\/em>\u00a0for this film\u2019s creepy atmosphere.\u00a0Ludwig Goransson, for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nAnimated feature<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nAfter seeing \u201cZootopia 2,\u201d I assumed it would be a lock in this category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThen its competitor blew away such chances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nMaggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong will share trophies, for\u00a0\u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nInternational feature film<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nFor its relevance to the current turmoil in American and world affairs, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d definitely is the best choice, since its depictions of the atrocities committed during Brazil\u2019s two-decade military dictatorship feel unpleasantly familiar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBut director Joachim Trier is very popular, and his film has the added bonus of also being nominated in eight other categories. Since it\u2019s guaranteed to lose most (all?) of the others, I\u2019ll go with Norway\u2019s\u00a0\u201cSentimental Value.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nCasting<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nA brand-new, long overdue category, which honors the individuals who populate a film with the perfect company of actors and actresses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThis debut year \u2014 as is the case in several other categories \u2014 it feels like a dead heat between \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d To borrow an opinion expressed by a friend, however, too many of the characters in the latter were \u201cwhackadoodle\u201d burlesques, which raises questions about casting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nI\u2019ll therefore go with Francine Maisler, for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nEditing<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nAlso tough, and the first serious contest between the two top Oscar contenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe American Cinema Editors\u2019 76th annual Eddie Awards, presented on Feb. 27, divide their awards between drama and comedy\/musical. The winners, respectively, were \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nIts many excellent qualities notwithstanding, \u201cSinners\u201d isn\u2019t really an\u00a0editor\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nI\u2019ll therefore go with Andy Jurgensen, for\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nCinematography<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThe 40th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards banquet, also held last Sunday, gave their award to Michael Bauman, for \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nMany oddsmakers favor \u201cSinners,\u201d which is no surprise; this one\u2019s truly a toss-up. Alternatively, if those two split the votes, \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d could be a dark horse winner; its oblique final act notwithstanding, there\u2019s no denying the beauty of Adolpho Veloso\u2019s camerawork.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nFingers crossed: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nAdapted screenplay<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThe 78th annual Writers Guild of America Awards, also held last Sunday, gave this award to Paul Thomas Anderson … and, when it comes to the Academy Awards, writers are known for voting in a like-minded block.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nDefinitely\u00a0Paul Thomas Anderson, for\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nOriginal screenplay<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nEqually obvious, as far as the Writers Guild \u2014 and I \u2014 are concerned.\u00a0Ryan Coogler,\u00a0for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSupporting actor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThe 32nd annual Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards), held on March 1, gave this category to Sean Penn. Once again, I can\u2019t argue.\u00a0Sean Penn<\/strong>, in\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nSupporting actress<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nAnother category poised to surprise. Teyana Taylor easily could sneak in, for \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d The same is true of Wunmi Mosaku, in \u201cSinners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nBut perhaps voting again will split between those two, leading to a win for the woman who took the trophy at the aforementioned Actor Awards:\u00a0Amy Madigan<\/strong>, in\u00a0\u201cWeapons.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nActor<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nOddsmakers are deadlocked on this one: a close contest between Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe Actor Awards trophy went to the latter, and I see the logic. Chalamet\u2019s performance in \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d is all over the map, showing very little of the dramatic heft he has delivered in earlier films. Jordan, on the other hand, excels in\u00a0two<\/em>\u00a0roles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\nHe\u2019s my choice, as well:\u00a0Michael B. Jordan<\/strong>, in\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nActress<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThis one is an obvious lock:\u00a0Jessie Buckley<\/strong>, for\u00a0\u201cHamnet.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nDirector<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nShoot me now, or take me home and shoot me later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nThe 78th annual Directors Guild of American Awards, which took place back on Feb. 7, gave its top award to Paul Thomas Anderson, for \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nMomentum seems to be in his favor … but we can\u2019t ignore the possibility of a second trophy for Coogler, for \u201cSinners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nArgh …\u00a0Paul Thomas Anderson<\/strong>, for\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\nPicture<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/p>\n\nThe Producers Guild of America Awards, also held Feb. 28, also gave its top prize to \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nFor the same reason \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d might take the International prize \u2014 which is to say, relevance to shameful current events in our own country \u2014 Anderson\u2019s film is the logical choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\nSo, I\u2019ll make it:\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.davisenterprise.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s a battle royal between vampires and far-left revolutionaries You\u2019d think this would have been set in stone decades ago. But no: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made headlines last year, by announcing a new rule that requires members to watch all nominated films in a given category, in order to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2330408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[451598,451597,451595,451594,344472,451593,339263,333476,451596],"class_list":["post-2330407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-451598","tag-a5","tag-academy-award-for-best-animated-feature","tag-academy-award-for-best-picture","tag-academy-awards","tag-frankenstein-2025-film","tag-kpop-demon-hunters","tag-paul-thomas-anderson","tag-the-fabelmans"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Oscar-time-Hollywoods-big-night-Arts-Entertainment.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2330407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330409,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2330407\/revisions\/2330409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2330408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2330407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2330407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2330407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
You\u2019d think this would have been set in stone decades ago.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
But no: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences made headlines last year, by announcing a new rule that requires members to watch all nominated films in a given category, in order to be allowed to vote for one of them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
The resulting brouhaha revealed that plenty of members\u00a0hadn\u2019t<\/em>\u00a0been doing so!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n (Which, in hindsight, could explain some of the head-scratching surprises during previous years.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Unfortunately, the new system still allows cheating. Academy members have the option of viewing films at home, via a special streaming service. But, as several film critics subsequently pointed out, members get \u201cviewed\u201d credit the moment they start watching a film. The system doesn\u2019t know if they quit after 15 minutes (and I\u2019m sure plenty of people are tempted, given the absurd length of many Best Picture nominees).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n That eyebrow-lifting detail aside, the big news this year is the neck-and-neck competition between \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another,\u201d both of which are nominated in 10 categories. Both would walk home with a boatload of little statues, if nominated in separate years … but duking it out, against each other?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n In numerous cases, it\u2019s very difficult to choose one over the other.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n What\u2019s a humble prognosticator to do?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Stall, while hiding behind trivia … and this year\u2019s selections produced plenty of fun facts:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * \u201cSinners\u201d broke the all-time record for most Oscar nominations for a single film, with 16. The previous record, at 14, is shared by \u201cAll About Eve\u201d (1950), \u201cTitanic\u201d (1997) and \u201cLa La Land\u201d (2016).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * \u201cSinners\u201d also gets credit for being the first time a vampire flick sank its teeth into the Best Picture category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * This is the first time two nominated performances in a single category \u2014 Best Actor, in this case \u2014 went to somebody playing dual roles. Michael B. Jordan plays twins in \u201cSinners,\u201d while Wagner Moura plays a father and his son, in \u201cThe Secret Agent.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * With his recognition for \u201cMarty Supreme,\u201d Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet has become the youngest actor since Marlon Brando, and the second-youngest overall, to earn a third nomination for Best Actor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * Autum Durald Arkapaw is the first Black woman to earn a nomination for Best Cinematography.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * With her Supporting Actress nod for \u201cWeapons,\u201d Amy Madigan has become the actress with the longest gap between nominations: 40 years, after being cited for 1985\u2019s \u201cTwice in a Lifetime.\u201d Judd Hirsch holds the record for actors: 42 years, between \u201cOrdinary People\u201d and \u201cThe Fablemans.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * Steven Spielberg further extended his record of nominations in the Best Picture category (as producer), with \u201cHamnet\u201d being his 14th. His closest rivals are Scott Rudin and DeDe Gardner, with nine each.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * Ruth E. Carter, nominated this year for Best Costume Design for the fifth time, has become the most nominated Black woman in Oscar history, breaking her previous tie with Viola Davis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * \u201cGolden,\u201d the hit song from \u201cKPop Demon Hunters,\u201d is the first K-pop song to earn an Oscar nomination.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n * With her 17th nomination \u2014 and ninth in a row! \u2014 Diane Warren now has become the most-nominated (living) individual without having won any. She previously was tied, at 16, with oft-nominated Best Sound artist Greg P. Russell.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But enough delay, I hear you cry; let\u2019s get\u00a0on<\/em>\u00a0with it. OK, fine: Let\u2019s see how badly I screw things up\u00a0this<\/em>\u00a0year…<\/p>\n<\/div>\n It\u2019s nice to begin with a no-brainer. Even though James Cameron seems to be making the same film over and over again, one cannot deny the stunning world-building.\u00a0\u00a0Expect to see Paul Joe Letteri, Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett rewarded for their amazing work, in\u00a0\u201cAvatar: Fire and Ash.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Motion Picture Sound Editors\u2019 Golden Reel Awards aren\u2019t always much help, since they divide the spoils within numerous sub-categories. The top feature film winners at their 73rd annual ceremony, held last Sunday, were \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But that\u2019s immaterial, because this category is just as much of a lock as the previous one. I\u2019m expecting to see Gareth John, Al Nelson, Gwendolyn Yates Whittle, Gary A. Rizzo and Juan Peralta share statues, for\u00a0\u201cF1.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(John won last year, for \u201cDune: Part Two.\u201d)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 30th annual Art Directors Guild Awards, presented Feb. 28, were divided into three branches, for fantasy, period and contemporary; the winners were, respectively, \u201cThe Fantastic Four: First Steps,\u201d \u201cFrankenstein\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d The latter two also are up for this category\u2019s Oscar, but \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d hasn\u2019t a prayer. Nobody can argue against the magnificent look of Guillermo del Toro\u2019s horror thriller. That means Tamara Deverell and Shane Vieau will take the stage, for\u00a0\u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n This category was an eyebrow-lift, when the nominations were announced, because I\u2019d never even\u00a0heard<\/em>\u00a0of three contenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 13th annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards, which took place Feb. 14, gave its top awards to \u201cSinners\u201d (period and\/or character makeup) and \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (contemporary makeup), with a secondary award to \u201cFrankenstein\u201d (special makeup prosthetics). That\u2019s ridiculous; \u201cFrankenstein\u201d should have taken the first category, full-stop.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Bearing that in mind, it\u2019s a shoo-in for this Oscar, so I\u2019ll go with Mike Hill, Jordan Samuel and Cliona Furey, for\u00a0\u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 28th annual Costume Designers Guild Awards, presented Feb. 12, also are divided into the same three branches: period, fantasy and contemporary. The winners were, respectively, \u201cFrankenstein,\u201d \u201cWicked: For Good\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d Only the first one\u2019s also nominated in this category, and Malgosia Turzanska could be a surprise winner, for \u201cHamnet.\u201d But, at the risk of repeating myself, the winner once again seems obvious.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Kate Hawley, for\u00a0\u201cFrankenstein.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Goodness, we seem to be on a \u201cthese are too easy\u201d roll … which, going by Academy Award history, is a dangerous feeling<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But what can I say? This film was more than popular; it was a phenomenon … and I\u2019ve no doubt this will be the first of its two Academy Awards.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019ll go therefore with\u00a0\u201cGolden,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0music and lyrics by EJAE, Mark Sonnenblick, Joong Gyu Kwak, Yu Han Lee, Hee Dong Nam, Jeong Hoon Seo and Teddy Park, in\u00a0\u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(And I can\u2019t wait to see all of them crowd around the podium.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Equally easy. Its eerie score did a\u00a0lot<\/em>\u00a0for this film\u2019s creepy atmosphere.\u00a0Ludwig Goransson, for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n After seeing \u201cZootopia 2,\u201d I assumed it would be a lock in this category.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Then its competitor blew away such chances.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Maggie Kang, Chris Appelhans and Michelle L.M. Wong will share trophies, for\u00a0\u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n For its relevance to the current turmoil in American and world affairs, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d definitely is the best choice, since its depictions of the atrocities committed during Brazil\u2019s two-decade military dictatorship feel unpleasantly familiar.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But director Joachim Trier is very popular, and his film has the added bonus of also being nominated in eight other categories. Since it\u2019s guaranteed to lose most (all?) of the others, I\u2019ll go with Norway\u2019s\u00a0\u201cSentimental Value.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n A brand-new, long overdue category, which honors the individuals who populate a film with the perfect company of actors and actresses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n This debut year \u2014 as is the case in several other categories \u2014 it feels like a dead heat between \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d To borrow an opinion expressed by a friend, however, too many of the characters in the latter were \u201cwhackadoodle\u201d burlesques, which raises questions about casting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019ll therefore go with Francine Maisler, for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Also tough, and the first serious contest between the two top Oscar contenders.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The American Cinema Editors\u2019 76th annual Eddie Awards, presented on Feb. 27, divide their awards between drama and comedy\/musical. The winners, respectively, were \u201cSinners\u201d and \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Its many excellent qualities notwithstanding, \u201cSinners\u201d isn\u2019t really an\u00a0editor\u2019s<\/em>\u00a0film.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n I\u2019ll therefore go with Andy Jurgensen, for\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 40th annual American Society of Cinematographers Awards banquet, also held last Sunday, gave their award to Michael Bauman, for \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Many oddsmakers favor \u201cSinners,\u201d which is no surprise; this one\u2019s truly a toss-up. Alternatively, if those two split the votes, \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d could be a dark horse winner; its oblique final act notwithstanding, there\u2019s no denying the beauty of Adolpho Veloso\u2019s camerawork.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Fingers crossed: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 78th annual Writers Guild of America Awards, also held last Sunday, gave this award to Paul Thomas Anderson … and, when it comes to the Academy Awards, writers are known for voting in a like-minded block.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Definitely\u00a0Paul Thomas Anderson, for\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Equally obvious, as far as the Writers Guild \u2014 and I \u2014 are concerned.\u00a0Ryan Coogler,\u00a0for\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 32nd annual Actor Awards (formerly the Screen Actors Guild Awards), held on March 1, gave this category to Sean Penn. Once again, I can\u2019t argue.\u00a0Sean Penn<\/strong>, in\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Another category poised to surprise. Teyana Taylor easily could sneak in, for \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d The same is true of Wunmi Mosaku, in \u201cSinners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n But perhaps voting again will split between those two, leading to a win for the woman who took the trophy at the aforementioned Actor Awards:\u00a0Amy Madigan<\/strong>, in\u00a0\u201cWeapons.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Oddsmakers are deadlocked on this one: a close contest between Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet and Michael B. Jordan.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Actor Awards trophy went to the latter, and I see the logic. Chalamet\u2019s performance in \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d is all over the map, showing very little of the dramatic heft he has delivered in earlier films. Jordan, on the other hand, excels in\u00a0two<\/em>\u00a0roles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He\u2019s my choice, as well:\u00a0Michael B. Jordan<\/strong>, in\u00a0\u201cSinners.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n This one is an obvious lock:\u00a0Jessie Buckley<\/strong>, for\u00a0\u201cHamnet.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n Shoot me now, or take me home and shoot me later.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The 78th annual Directors Guild of American Awards, which took place back on Feb. 7, gave its top award to Paul Thomas Anderson, for \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Momentum seems to be in his favor … but we can\u2019t ignore the possibility of a second trophy for Coogler, for \u201cSinners.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Argh …\u00a0Paul Thomas Anderson<\/strong>, for\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n The Producers Guild of America Awards, also held Feb. 28, also gave its top prize to \u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n For the same reason \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d might take the International prize \u2014 which is to say, relevance to shameful current events in our own country \u2014 Anderson\u2019s film is the logical choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n So, I\u2019ll make it:\u00a0\u201cOne Battle After Another.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.davisenterprise.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s a battle royal between vampires and far-left revolutionaries You\u2019d think this would have been set in stone decades ago. 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