2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s First Look at the Acting Races
Back in March, I kicked off my early predictions for the 98th Academy Awards with a preview of potential Best Picture contenders. That was more... Read More
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2026 Oscar Predictions: SUPPORTING ACTOR and SUPPORTING ACTRESS (May)
Ahead of the Cannes Film Festival, here are my 2026 Oscar nomination predictions in Supporting Actor and Supporting Actress for May. SUPPORTING ACTOR 1. Stephen... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR and BEST ACTRESS (May)
In the acting races this early in the season, like in Best Picture and Best Director, we have a handful of films seen from the... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR (May) – The Pre-Cannestravaganza
Well, the time has come. Let’s start predicting. With five Palme d’Or wins under its belt and two Best Picture wins since 2019, all eyes... Read More
2026 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s First Look at the 98th Academy Awards
Every year, post-Oscar Sunday, I experience a familiar cycle: a brief withdrawal, a period of reflection on what I got right (or wrong) in my... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions in all 23 Categories
Here are my final 2025 Oscar predictions in all 23 categories for the 97th Academy Awards, all in one place. Click on each category for... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST PICTURE and BEST DIRECTOR
In what’s been the top Oscar race without a true frontrunner for most of the season now finds itself like every competition, we have a... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTRESS
The toughest above the line race of the season, as the roller coaster of accolades kept changing hands, giving us historic wins, memorable speeches and... Read More
FINAL 2025 Oscar Predictions: BEST ACTOR
For the longest time, Adrien Brody’s frontrunner status for The Brutalist was closely tied to what appeared early on to be the trajectory of the... Read More
2025 Oscar Predictions: The Awards Alchemist’s Final Forecast in All 23 Categories – Cannes You Feel the Love Tonight?
“Alchemy is a kind of philosophy: a kind of thinking that leads to a way of understanding” – Marcel Duchamp Alchemy goes beyond the simple... Read More
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