This blogger’s first take on the 96th Academy Awards arrives at Best Director. If you didn’t catch my early glimpses for the acting races, you can find them linked at the bottom.
When I made my initial projections for the recently aired 95th Oscars back in April 2022, it correctly identified one of the eventual nominees: Steven Spielberg for The Fabelmans. The eventual winners – the Daniels for Everything Everywhere All at Once – were mentioned in Other Possibilities.
I’ll have Best Picture up later this evening!
TODD’S MARCH 2023 OSCAR PREDICTIONS: BEST DIRECTOR
Blitz Bazawule, The Color Purple
Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer
Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon
Celine Song, Past Lives
Denis Villeneuve, Dune: Part Two
Other Possibilities:
Ben Affleck, Air
Wes Anderson, Asteroid City
Bradley Cooper, Maestro
Emerald Fennell, Saltburn
Greta Gerwig, Barbie
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
Todd Haynes, May December
Yorgos Lanthimos, Poor Things
Steve McQueen, Blitz
Jeymes Samuel, The Book of Clarence
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