The Ephemeric

  

Welcome back to The Ephemeric. It is Oscar season again, and once again March is the month in which I know not the light of day. I could make the same joke as last year by copy pasting the intro blurb, but instead I'll just get straight to some predictions so we can all go on with our day.

Honestly, this is a fairly mediocre year for movies, and it's hard to imagine any of them living too long in the memory. But, the flip side of this is that for once we actually have a somewhat competitive Awards season, with a number of prizes that could truly be given to any of multiple contenders. As usual, I will predict the likely winner for each prize, and then bore everyone  with why I think the Academy was wrong. Ready? Alright, let's get to it.


Best Picture

Nominations:

• Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker, producers
• The Brutalist – Nick Gordon, Brian Young, Andrew Morrison, D.J. Gugenheim, and Brady Corbet, producers
• A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman, producers
• Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman, producers
• Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve, producers
• Emilia Pérez – Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, producers
• I'm Still Here – Maria Carlota Bruno and Rodrigo Teixeira, producers
• Nickel Boys – Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, and Joslyn Barnes, producers
• The Substance – Coralie Fargeat, Tim Bevan, and Eric Fellner, producers
• Wicked – Marc Platt, producer

And the winner: Anora
Who should really win: None of the above