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This is really about the 2024 films race for nominations to be announced in 2025. But since we don't have a thread for that yet, I guess I'll just put this here. I would not be at all surprised to see Justin Kuritzkes nominated for Best Original Screenplay next year for Challengers. Of...

The biggest improvement they can make next year is codifying the fact that all Best Picture nominees must be read at the end of the show. This is so obvious that I am surprised it even needs to be said, but apparently it must be written in stone. It is ridiculous that this was not done this year.

Of course, Gosling has also sung and danced on film before in La La Land. He declined to sing "City of Stars" on the Oscars that year (John Legend did it instead) but Gosling could have done it if he had been so inclined.

Hugo was aimed in part at family audiences and based on a book for young adults. Scorsese could not get away with one of his recent butt-numbing running times when making a film where children are a part of the intended audience.

Statements from the producer and distributor of The Boy and the Heron have been posted on GKIDS social media. Presumably, something like this would have been said if the filmmakers had been at the awards on Sunday.

I understand being disappointed if your film doesn't win. That's natural. That's human. That's fine. Of course he would have liked for it to win. But he could have just not posted anything. I would also encourage him to actually watch The Boy and the Heron if he hasn't seen it.

Jimmy Kimmel's monologue on his show tonight, post-Oscars, about hosting the Oscars.

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/spider-verse-shameik-moore-apologizes-oscars-loss-reaction-1235938321/

I don't know if that is good news for the Oscars or not. I mean, it definitely is very good news that more people watched. But if the Barbenheimer nominations couldn't raise the ratings more than 4% over last year, I'm not sure what else they could possibly do that would get more. I think a...

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/al-pacino-apology-best-picture-announcement-backlash-oscars-1235938720/

The Last Repair Shop, which won the Best Documentary Short Oscar, has been uploaded for free to YouTube. I thought I'd post it here as I didn't know this was available to watch in this way.

It's a shame Stone and Gladstone couldn't tie for the award. They both gave extraordinary and worthy performances. I think both could have won easily if the films hadn't come out in the same year. Hopefully, this is not the last time we see Lily Gladstone at the Oscars and she can win one at...

Sure. It might have mattered to some voters even if it isn't an official rule from the Academy. The only people who know why they voted for what they voted for are the voters (and anyone they might have told.) In any case, both of the nominated Barbie songs were important to the story. "I'm...

I think Across the Spider-Verse and The Boy and the Heron were in the same position as Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone, in that it could have been either one. I would have given Across the Spider-Verse a slight edge going in, but I certainly wasn't shocked to see it go the other way. Miyazaki is...

Did you expect Killers of the Flower Moon to win anything? I think it it is clear that going into tonight, Lily Gladstone was its best shot. But Best Actress went to Emma Stone, which you expected and wanted. Oddly, Gangs of New York had the same number as Irishman and Flower Moon and also...

Should they also have included the DCEU in the in memoriam montage? ;) R.I.P.

Why did we get this stunt performers montage? Stunt performers don't deserve a montage. They deserve their own category to truly honor their work in a meaningful way.

Theoretically. But it didn't.

This makes me wonder what would have happened if Anatomy of a Fall had been the submission from France, as it should have been, over the dreadful The Taste of Things. You are absolutely correct that it will go to Zone of Interest. But if Anatomy of a Fall had been submitted, then one or the...

I noticed my local theater has a screening of the Oscar Shorts on Sunday two hours before the Oscars begin. They aren't doing it every day this week, just a small number of shows over a couple days. There is no way it will be finished in time for the ceremony. This seems like poor scheduling...

I don't think is one of the weaker entries at all, personally. But if you watch it on Netflix, you'll be like (probably) 99% of the rest of its audience. Unfortunately, theatrical is just not part of Netflix's preferred business model. But I remember hearing somewhere that they said yes to...

The Academy YouTube page put up this clip montage of Best Picture nominees. It is nicely edited but does include some scenes I would deem as spoiler-y.

Suit yourself. But a lot of these are very worthwhile. I've seen nine of them and even the ones I would rank near the bottom of the list have some really strong elements and interesting ideas in there.

Why not? (Not a criticism - just curious.)

https://deadline.com/2024/03/oscar-producers-talk-plans-96th-academy-awards-1235846390/

https://deadline.com/2024/03/jimmy-kimmel-oscar-host-biggest-fears-future-abc-deadline-interview-1235843774/

Actually, the reason for the change is to accommodate ABC running a new episode of Abbott Elementary immediately after the Oscars. They want to make sure that show is on at a reasonable time and use the Oscars telecast to draw attention to it.

The Academy membership voted it into Best Adapted Screenplay and America Ferrera into Best Supporting Actress. So the voters demonstrably disagree with your assessment or the movie wouldn't be nominated in those categories. I also wholeheartedly disagree that any of its nominations are a...

The truth for you on a totally subjective matter, perhaps. But not the truth. The only director in the Best Director race I would not replace with Greta Gerwig is Christopher Nolan. (Jonathan Glazer is an asterisk because I haven't seen The Zone of Interest so I can't judge his film.) I have...

Jamie Lee Curtis is also a highly respected industry veteran who has been putting in the work for decades and had yet to be recognized with an Oscar. She did great work in Everything Everywhere All At Once and I don't want to take anything away from that. But it is also possible that some...