The Color Purple (c) Warner Bros.
The SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes are over, and now that the studios agree to give their workers a living wage, they can start to promote movies for this year’s awards cycle. The person who seems most itching to have facetime with the voters seems to Bradley Cooper for “Maestro,” followed by Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction” and the cast of the upcoming “The Color Purple.”
But with campaigning starting so late, maybe voters will have to rely on films and performances they like rather than just give into the media hype. With the critics’ groups announcements happening in the next two weeks and the shortlists announced right before Christmas, this is the last of my predictions that will be unbiased by the buzz and just on the films themselves.
Enjoy.
The Interested Bystanders
2023-2024 Oscar Predictions
Past Lives (c) A24
Best Picture
All of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Barbie
The Color Purple
The Holdovers
Killers of the Flower Moon
Maestro
Oppenheimer
Past Lives
Poor Things
Anatomy of a Fall
The Zone of Interest
Barbie (c) Warner Bros.
Director
Greta Gerwig – Barbie
Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Alexander Payne – The Holdovers
Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon
Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Cord Jefferson – American Fiction
Poor Things (c) Searchlight Pictures
Actress in a Leading Role
Annette Bening – NYAD
Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
Sandra Hüller – Anatomy of a Fall
Carey Mulligan – Maestro
Emma Stone – Poor Things
Jessica Chastain - Memory
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin
Maestro (c) Netflix
Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper – Maestro
Colman Domingo – Rustin
Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Andrew Scott – All of Us Strangers
Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction
Leonardo DiCaprio – Killers of the Flower Moon
Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers
Ferrari (c) NEON
Actress in a Supporting Role
Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple
Penélope Cruz – Ferrari
Jodie Foster – NYAD
Rachel McAdams – Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret
Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers
Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer
Taraji P Henson – The Color Purple
Memory (c) Ketchup Entertainment
Actor in a Supporting Role
Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer
Ryan Gosling – Barbie
Charles Melton – May December
Mark Ruffalo – Poor Things
Peter Sarsgaard – Memory
Willem Dafoe – Poor Things
Robert DeNiro – Killers of the Flower Moon
The Holdovers (c) Focus Features
Original Screenplay
Air
Anatomy of a Fall
Barbie
The Holdovers
Past Lives
May December
Origin
The Zone of Interest (c) A24
Adapted Screenplay
All of Us Strangers
American Fiction
Killers of the Flower Moon
Oppenheimer
Poor Thing
Are You There, God? It’s Me Margaret
The Zone of Interest
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