Today is the third of a five episode preview of the 97th Academy Awards where I will be breaking down each and every category throughout the week. Today I am joined by
from the newsletter to break down all four acting categories, both screenplay categories, and Best Director. I've listed the nominees below along with a few other films mentioned throughout the episode.Be sure to subscribe to the podcast to get all the preview episodes this week, and head over to my Substack to submit your guesses for my annual Oscar prediction contest.
The nominees for each category are listed below.
Best Original Screenplay:
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
Best Adapted Screenplay:
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Pérez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
Best Supporting Actor:
Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan
Edward Norton – A Complete Unknown as Pete Seeger
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr.
Jeremy Strong – The Apprentice as Roy Cohn
Best Supporting Actress:
Monica Barbaro – A Complete Unknown as Joan Baez
Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda "Glinda" Upland
Felicity Jones – The Brutalist as Erzsébet Tóth
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes
Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro
Best Actress:
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp
Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte
Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva
Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
Fernanda Torres – I'm Still Here as Eunice Paiva
Best Actor:
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth
Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence
Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice as Donald Trump
Best Director:
Sean Baker – Anora
Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Other media mentioned in this episode include:
Curb Your Enthusiasm (series)
Seinfeld (series)
Conclave (book) by Robert Harris
Nickel Boys (book) by Colson Whitehead
Succession (series)
The Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery directed by Rian Johnson
Fight Club directed by David Fincher
The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
The Wizard of Oz (book) by L. Frank Baum
Ferrari directed by Michael Mann
Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan
Schindler's List directed by Stephen Spielberg
Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson
The English Patient directed by Anthony Minghella
Walk the Line directed by James Mangold
Logan directed by James Mangold
Ford v. Ferrari directed by James Mangold
Challengers directed by Luca Guadagnino
Queer directed by Luca Guadagnino
Parasite directed by Bong Joon-ho
The Florida Project directed by Sean Baker
Red Rocket directed by Sean Baker
Tangerine directed by Sean Baker
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