Today is the final episode in my preview of the 97th Academy Awards where I will have broken down every category over the course of this week. Today I am joined by Maria Banson from the Brunello Bombshell newsletter to break down all ten films nominated for Best Picture. I've listed the nominees below along with a few other films mentioned throughout the episode.
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The nominees for each category are listed below.
Best Picture:
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Pérez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
Other media mentioned in this episode include:
Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Memento directed by Christopher Nolan
The Time Machine directed by Simon Wells
Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan
Walk the Line directed by James Mangold
Conclave (book) by Robert Harris
Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Jackson
Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve
Dune: Messiah (forthcoming) directed by Denis Villeneuve
Dune (book) by Frank Herbert
Star Wars directed by George Lucas
Midsommar directed by Ari Aster
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
Parasite directed by Bong Joon-ho
The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles
Nickel Boys (book) by Colson Whitehead
The Holdovers directed by Alexander Payne
The Wizard of Oz (book) by L. Frank Baum
The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott
Sing Sing directed by Greg Kwedar
The Wild Robot directed by Chris Sanders
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