Oscar predictions 2023: Who will win vs. who should win this year
12.03.2023 - 01:35
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The popular, innovative and genre-bending film from A24 has won the top prizes at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Producers Guild Awards, Directors Guild Awards and Writers Guild Awards. Whew.
Only four other films in history have swept that important quartet and all of them went onto win Best Picture.Steven Spielberg’s touching look back on his childhood went from early frontrunner to having next-to-no shot at winning. For me, though, it was the emotional highlight of the year. “All Quiet on the Western Front““Avatar: The Way of Water““The Banshees of Inisherin““Elvis““Tár““Top Gun: Maverick““Triangle of Sadness““Women Talking”With these two smart, young filmmakers (below), the word “visionary” has been thrown around a lot — for good reason.
They won both the Directors Guild Award and the Critics Choice Award for Best Director.Frankly, I’d give it to James Cameron for “Avatar: Way of Water,” but he’s not nominated. Field, though, created a painstakingly detailed, piercingly relevant thriller that was hard not to talk about (if you saw it, anyway).Martin McDonagh, “The Banshees of Inisherin”Steven Spielberg, “The Fabelmans”Ruben Östlund, “Triangle of Sadness”Yes, she’s already won twice.
But — dammit — Blanchett is doing her best work ever as a brilliant-but-complicated conductor. Ana de Armas, “Blonde”Andrea Riseborough, “To Leslie”Michelle Williams, “The Fabelmans”Michelle Yeoh, “Everything Everywhere All at Once”Brendan Fraser’s comeback in “The Whale” has received well-deserved acclaim, but Butler’s Presley is simply a marvel. Spanning decades without showboating, his movie is much more popular across the board than closest rival Fraser’s.