It’s that time of the year again when all big wigs in Hollywood slap each other on the back and tell each other how great they all are. Yes, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards are in.
Set your faces to stunned as Wicked! sweeps the board. I haven’t seen the list just yet, but I’m guessing it will be up for every award, including Best Animated Short and Best Foreign Language Film. Here is the official:
Actor in a leading role
- Adrien Brody in The Brutalist
- Timothée Chalamet in A Complete Unknown
- Colman Domingo in Sing Sing
- Ralph Fiennes in Conclave
- Sebastian Stan in The Apprentice
Actress in a leading role
- Cynthia Erivo in Wicked
- Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez
- Mikey Madison in Anora
- Demi Moore in The Substance
- Fernanda Torres in I’m Still Here
Actor in a Supporting Role
- Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain
- Yura Borisov in Anora
- Guy Pearce in The Brutalist
- Edward Norton in A Complete Unknown
- Jeremy Strong in The Apprentice
Actress in a Supporting Role
- Monica Barbaro in A Complete Unknown
- Ariana Grande in Wicked
- Felicity Jones in The Brutalist
- Isabella Rossellini in Conclave
- Zoe Saldaña in Emilia Pérez
Best Picture
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- I’m Still Here
- Nickel Boys
- The Substance
- Wicked
Directing
- Sean Baker – Anora
- Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
- James Mangold – A Complete Unknown
- Jacques Audiard – Emilia Pérez
- Coralie Fargeat – The Substance
Makeup and Hairstyling
- A Different Man
- Emilia Pérez
- Nosferatu
- The Substance
- Wicked
Costume Design
- A Complete Unknown (Arianne Phillips)
- Conclave (Lisy Christl)
- Gladiator II (Janty Yates and David Crossman)
- Nosferatu (Linda Muir)
- Wicked (Paul Tazewell)
Best Original Score
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Live Action Short Film
- Anuja
- A Lien
- I’m Not a Robot
- The Last Ranger
- The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent
Best Original Song
- El Mal from Emilia Pérez
- Like A Bird from Sing Sing
- The Journey from The Six Triple Eight
- Mi Camino from Emilia Pérez
- Never Too Late from Elton John: Never Too Late
Best International Feature
- I’m Still Here – Brazil
- The Girl With the Needle – Denmark
- Emilia Pérez – France
- The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
- Flow – Latvia
Documentary Short Film
- Death by Numbers
- I Am Ready, Warden
- Incident
- Instruments of a Beating Heart
- The Only Girl in the Orchestra
Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Complete Unknown
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Nickel Boys
- Sing Sing
Best Original Screenplay
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- A Real Pain
- September 5
- The Substance
Documentary Feature Film
- Black Box Diaries
- No Other Land
- Porcelain War
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Sugarcane
Film Editing
- Anora
- The Brutalist
- Conclave
- Emilia Pérez
- Wicked
Best Sound
- A Complete Unknown
- Dune: Part Two
- Emilia Perez
- Wicked
- The Wild Robot
Best Visual Effects
- Alien: Romulus
- Better Man
- Dune: Part Two
- Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
- Wicked
Animated feature film
- Flow
- Inside Out 2
- Memoir of a Snail
- Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
- The Wild Robot
Animated short film
- Beautiful Men
- In the Shadow of the Cypress
- Magic Candies
- Wander to Wonder
- Yuck!
Cinematography
- The Brutalist
- Dune Part Two
- Emilia Pérez
- Maria
- Nosferatu
So there you have it, no major surprises, again, I’m writing this before I have seen the award list. I’m surprised to see *insert movie here* is on the list and an even bigger shock to see *insert actor here* is up for best actor. I have copied and pasted most of those, so if I have missed anything, I just don’t care!
I’ll put money on it now, I say that Cynthia Erivo will win an award for Best Actress. If I am wrong, I will watch and review Queer, Will & Harper and Bottoms!
Also, a cynical me giggled to myself to see James Mangold down for Best Director. I wonder if they said to him “James, if you take the hit on ruining Indiana Jones, we’ll give you an Oscar next year?”.