Penultimate Oscar Nomination Predictions and TIB Choices
Likely Oscar Nominees, to be announced on February 8
House of Gucci (c) UA Releasing / King Richard (c) Warner Bros /
West Side Story (c) 20th Century Studios
A week and a half before the Oscar Nominations are announced on Feb 8, I have updated my Oscar Predictions but I am starting with The Interested Bystander's own personal choices for each category. Enjoy.
Best Picture
Days (c) Grasshopper Film
TIB's Choice
↑Days
Drive My Car
Dune
The French Dispatch
Memoria
Parallel Mothers
Passing
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…Boom!
The Worst Person in the World
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
Belfast
CODA
Don’t Look Up
Drive My Car
Dune
The French Dispatch
King Richard
The Power of the Dog
tick, tick…Boom!
West Side Story
Possibilities:
Being the Ricardos
The Green Knight
The Harder They Fall
Licorice Pizza
The Lost Daughter
Best Actor
The Card Counter (c) Focus Features
TIB's Choice:
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!
↑Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter
Udo Kier – Swan Song
Hidetoshi Nishijima – Drive My Car
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
Javier Bardem – Being the Ricardos
Benedict Cumberbatch - The Power of the Dog
Andrew Garfield – tick, tick…Boom!
Will Smith - King Richard
Denzel Washington - The Tragedy of Macbeth
Possibilities:
Nicolas Cage – Pig
Peter Dinklage – Cyrano
Oscar Isaac – The Card Counter
Dev Patel – The Green Knight
Joaquin Phoenix – C'mon C'mon
Best Actress
Passing (c) Netflix\
TIB's Choice:
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Renate Runsve – The Worst Person in the World
Tilda Swinton - Memoria
↑Tessa Thompson – Passing
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
Jessica Chastain – The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Olivia Colman – The Lost Daughter
Nicole Kidman – Being the Ricardos
Lady Gaga – House of Gucci
Kristen Stewart – Spencer
Possibilities:
Penélope Cruz – Parallel Mothers
Alana Haim – Licorice Pizza
Jennifer Hudson – Respect
Emilia Jones – CODA
Rachel Zegler – West Side Story
Best Supporting Actor
The French Dispatch (c) Focus Features
TIB's Choice:
Richard E. Grant – Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Stanley Tucci – Worth
↑Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
Bradley Cooper – Licorice Pizza
Ciarán Hinds – Belfast
Troy Kotsur – CODA
Jesse Plemons – The Power of the Dog
Kodi Smit-McPhee – The Power of the Dog
Possibilities:
Ben Affleck – The Tender Bar
Jamie Dornan - Belfast
Jared Leto – House of Gucci
Timothy Spall - Spencer
Jeffrey Wright – The French Dispatch
Best Supporting Actress
In the Heights (c) Warner Bros
TIB's Choice:
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
↑Olga Merediz – In the Heights
Suzanna Son – Red Rocket
Ruth Negga – Passing
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
Caitriona Balfe – Belfast
Ariana DeBose – West Side Story
Kirsten Dunst – The Power of the Dog
Aunjanue Ellis – King Richard
Ruth Negga – Passing
Possibilities:
Cate Blanchett- Nightmare Alley
Judi Dench – Belfast
Ann Dowd – Mass
Marlee Matlin – CODA
Rita Moreno – West Side Story
Best Director
Memoria (c) Neon
TIB's Choice:
Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
↑Apichatpong Weerasethakul – Memoria
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
Paul Thomas Anderson – Licorice Pizza
Kenneth Branagh – Belfast
Jane Campion – The Power of the Dog
Ryusuke Hamaguchi – Drive My Car
Denis Villeneuve – Dune
Possibilities:
Pedro Almodóvar – Parallel Mothers
Wes Anderson – The French Dispatch
Reinaldo Marcus Green – King Richard
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter
Steven Spielberg – West Side Story
Best Original Screenplay
Pig (c) Neon
TIB's Choice:
Bergman Island – Mia Hansen-Løve
The French Dispatch – Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola
Luca – Jesse Andrews, Mike Jones
Parallel Mothers – Pedro Almodóvar
↑Pig – Michael Sarnoski
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
Being the Ricardos - Aaron Sorkin
Belfast – Kenneth Branagh
Don’t Look Up – Adam McKay, David Sirota
King Richard – Zach Baylin
Licorice Pizza – Paul Thomas Anderson
Possibilities:
C'mon C'mon – Mike Mills
The French Dispatch - Wes Anderson, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola
A Hero – Asghar Farhadi
Parallel Mothers – Pedro Almodóvar
The Worst Person in the World – Joachim Trier
Best Adapted Screenplay
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy (c) Film Movement
TIB's Choice:
Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguci, Takamasa Oe
Passing – Rebecca Hall
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion
tick, tick…Boom! – Steven Levenson
↑Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy – Ryusuke Hamaguci
Oscar Predictions
Frontrunners:
CODA – Siân Heder
Drive My Car – Ryusuke Hamaguci, Takamasa Oe
The Lost Daughter – Maggie Gyllenhaal
The Power of the Dog – Jane Campion
West Side Story – Tony Kushner
Possibilities:
Dune – Jon Spaihts, Denis Villeneuve, Eric Roth
The Green Knight – David Lowery
Nightmare Alley – Guillermo del Toro, Kim Morgan
Passing – Rebecca Hall
tick, tick…Boom! – Steven Levenson
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