Best Picture Nominations
“The first half of the movie was so good, I forgot that there were even vampires in the plot.” Sean Gallagher
Sinners
She has been nominated for Best Actress twice, and she won both times. She received this nomination for her role in Bugonia.
Emma Stone
In the movie, he played twin brothers Elijah and Elias Moore, or “Smoke” and “Stack.”
Michael B. Jordan
This movie made over $500 million globally, and received zero nominations. Many consider it to be a surprise snub. I personally do not.
Wicked: For Good
He’s hosting this year’s Oscars. He hosted last year as well.
Conan O’Brien
“Curiously, what isn’t in this film adaptation is the backdrop of the plague.” Alissa Wilkinson
Hamnet
She won a Golden Globe for Best Actress earlier this year for her portrayal of Agnes Shakespeare. She received a nomination in this year’s Oscars for the same role, and is the favorite to win.
Jessie Buckley
He was nominated for his role as “Ghetto” Pat Calhoun, also known as Bob Ferguson, a paranoid stoner and former member of a revolutionary group.
Leonardo DiCaprio
This director extends his record of Best Picture nominations to 14, for his role as a producer of Hamnet.
Steven Spielberg
Vanity Fair is predicting this film, which hit theaters in September 2025, will win Best Picture.
One Battle After Another
“[Director Paul Thomas Anderson has] given us both a gonzo vision of a nation at war with itself and a deeply resonant father-daughter love story.” Justin Chang
One Battle After Another
This is her second Oscar nomination. She received her first 25 years ago, for her role in the film, Almost Famous.
He plays Lorenz Hart in Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon.
We’ve now gone a full eight Oscars cycles without any nominations for this actress. The longest gap in nominations since 1977 was previously four cycles.
This is viewed as the front-runner to win Best Animated Feature. It has already won ten Annie Awards and two Golden Globes, and it is Netflix’s most watched movie of all time
KPop Demon Hunters
“This is not really Lanthimos’s weirdest film, and it’s not his funniest or his most fun either. It’s mostly kind of sad.” Alissa Wilkinson
Bugonia
She is the eighth Australian to be nominated for Best Actress, and she won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy this year for the same role.
Rose Byrne
He’s nominated for playing someone who’s really good at table tennis.
Timothee Chalamet
There is one new category at the Oscars this year. The predicted winner is Francine Maisler, for her work on Sinners.
Best Casting
This venue has hosted the Oscars since 2002, with the exception of 2021.
Dolby Theatre
“Part of the movie’s pleasure is the densely textured richness of its world, which [director Kleber Mendonça Filho] builds with colorful faces, a cavalcade of brightly hued V.W. Bugs, period-specific music, numerous cinephile references, and even hairstyles." Manohla Dargis
The Secret Agent
This Norwegian actress was nominated for her role in “Sentimental Value.” It’s her second collaboration with director Joachim Trier. She was also in his 2021 movie “The Worst Person in the World.”
Renate Reinsve
He’s a Brazilian actor who was nominated for his role as Armando, a former professor caught in the middle of political turmoil in Brazil.
Wagner Moura
Sinners received this many Oscar nominations - the most of any movie ever.
16
In 2021, due to COVID, the event was held at this train depot instead. Not the one in DC with the same name. Or Chicago. The one in LA.
Union Station