The 93rd Academy Awards are a month away and today they announced the nominees!
2020 was a friggin weird year, man. I saw two 2019 movies in a cinema (Jojo Rabbit and Knives Out) before the world shut down. Covid-19, whether we realize it or not, has changed everything going forward. Everything. The movies are no different. My whole schtick on this blog is movies I have seen “IN A THEATER”. Even I must admit that streaming is winning the battle. The big screen will likely be relegated to the blockbusters while the mid to low-tier budgeted films will be streamed. Maybe I am wrong, but I don’t think I am. Luckily I have an indie theater a couple miles from my house. A lot of people aren’t as fortunate.
I will now, as is tradition, spend the next 41 days cramming in as many of these films as is humanly possible. It is not always easy to see them all. This year is 100% doable. Everything is out there streaming. A few I’ve already seen! Here’s the list:
| Best Picture |
| The Father |
| Judas and the Black Messiah |
| Mank |
| Minari |
| Nomadland |
| Promising Young Woman |
| Sound of Metal |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7 |
| Best Director |
| Thomas Vinterberg ( Another Round ) |
| David Fincher ( Mank ) |
| Lee Isaac Chung ( Minari ) |
| Chloé Zhao ( Nomadland ) |
| Emerald Fennell ( Promising Young Woman ) |
| Best Actor in a Leading Role |
| Riz Ahmed ( Sound of Metal ) |
| Chadwick Boseman ( Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ) |
| Anthony Hopkins ( The Father ) |
| Gary Oldman ( Mank ) |
| Steven Yeun ( Minari ) |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role |
| Viola Davis ( Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom ) |
| Andra Day ( The United States v. Billie Holiday ) |
| Vanessa Kirby ( Pieces of a Woman ) |
| Frances McDormand ( Nomadland ) |
| Carey Mulligan ( Promising Young Woman ) |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role |
| Sacha Baron Cohen ( The Trial of the Chicago 7 ) |
| Daniel Kaluuya ( Judas and the Black Messiah ) |
| Leslie Odom Jr. ( One Night in Miami ) |
| Paul Raci ( Sound of Metal ) |
| Lakeith Stanfield ( Judas and the Black Messiah ) |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role |
| Maria Bakalova (‘Borat Subsequent Moviefilm ) |
| Glenn Close ( Hillbilly Elegy ) |
| Olivia Colman ( The Father ) |
| Amanda Seyfried ( Mank ) |
| Yuh-jung Youn ( Minari ) |
| Best Animated Feature Film |
| Onward (Pixar) |
| Over the Moon (Netflix) |
| A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon (Netflix) |
| Soul (Pixar) |
| Wolfwalkers (Apple TV Plus/GKIDS) |
| Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. |
| The Father, |
| Nomadland, |
| One Night in Miami, |
| The White Tiger, |
| Best Original Screenplay |
| Judas and the Black Messiah. |
| Minari, |
| Promising Young Woman, |
| Sound of Metal. |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7, |
| Best Original Song |
| Fight for You, ( Judas and the Black Messiah ) |
| Hear My Voice, ( The Trial of the Chicago 7 ) |
| Húsavík, ( Eurovision Song Contest ) |
| Io Si (Seen), ( The Life Ahead ) |
| Speak Now, ( One Night in Miami ) |
| Best Original Score |
| Da 5 Bloods, Terence Blanchard |
| Mank, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross |
| Minari, Emile Mosseri |
| News of the World, James Newton Howard |
| Soul, Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross, Jon Batiste |
| Best Sound |
| Greyhound, |
| Mank, |
| News of the World, |
| Soul, |
| Sound of Metal, |
| Best Costume Design |
| Emma, Alexandra Byrne |
| Mank, Trish Summerville |
| Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Ann Roth |
| Mulan, Bina Daigeler |
| Pinocchio, Massimo Cantini Parrini |
| Best Animated Short Film |
| Burrow (Disney Plus/Pixar) |
| Genius Loci (Kazak Productions) |
| If Anything Happens I Love You (Netflix) |
| Opera (Beasts and Natives Alike) |
| Yes-People (CAOZ hf. Hólamói) |
| Best Live-Action Short Film |
| Feeling Through |
| The Letter Room |
| The Present |
| Two Distant Strangers |
| White Eye |
| Best Cinematography |
| Judas and the Black Messiah, Sean Bobbitt |
| Mank, Erik Messerschmidt |
| News of the World, Dariusz Wolski |
| Nomadland, Joshua James Richards |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7, Phedon Papamichael |
| Best Documentary Feature |
| Collective, |
| Crip Camp, |
| The Mole Agent, |
| My Octopus Teacher, |
| Time, |
| Best Documentary Short Subject |
| Colette, |
| A Concerto Is a Conversation, |
| Do Not Split, |
| Hunger Ward, |
| A Love Song for Latasha, |
| Best Film Editing |
| The Father, Yorgos Lamprinos |
| Promising Young Woman, Frédéric Thoraval |
| Sound of Metal, Mikkel E.G. Nielsen |
| The Trial of the Chicago 7, Alan Baumgarten |
| Best International Feature Film |
| Another Round (Denmark) |
| Better Days (Hong Kong) |
| Collective (Romania) |
| The Man Who Sold His Skin (Tunisia) |
| Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| Best Makeup and Hairstyling |
| Emma, |
| Hillbilly Elegy, |
| Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, |
| Mank, |
| Pinocchio, |
| Best Production Design |
| The Father. |
| Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom. |
| Mank. |
| News of the World. |
| Tenet. |
| Best Visual Effects |
| Love and Monsters, |
| The Midnight Sky, |
| Mulan, |
| The One and Only Ivan, |
| Tenet, |
A decent list this year! As I said: Incredibly accessible. Right before the Oscars I will post my picks. Once the telecast is finished I will make another post to see how I did at guessing! Happy watching!
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