Dear Serfers,
The 2021 Academy Awards will be handed out on Sunday night, April 25, and we would be remiss if we didn't at least take a stab at guessing (note that we didn't say "predicting") the winners. The onus fell on Guy Malone, Researcher because we saw fewer movies than in any other year of predictions. Ergo, what we have is a distillation of movies we saw, opinions gleaned from GM,R's work, our own personal prejudices (as always), and the extrapolation of all three.
Examples:
1 - We enjoyed The Trial of the Chicago Seven, but we had a problem with Aaron Sorkin's loose handling of history and the fact that he is Aaron Sorkin.
2 - We didn't enjoy Nomadland, but we recognize important art when we see it.
3 - We love sweet soul and jazz
4 - We've learned to never take a flyer on the short films
So, don't bet on these.
Sincerely,
FilmZ
BEST PICTURE: Nomadland
DIRECTOR: Chloé Zhao - Nomadland
ACTRESS: Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman
ACTOR: Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Maria Bakalova - Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY: The Father - Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY: Promising Young Woman - Emerald Fennell
ANIMATED FEATURE: Soul
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: My Octopus Teacher
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE: Another Round (or so I hear)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Nomadland - Joshua James Richards
COSTUME DESIGN and MAKE-UP AND HAIRSTYLING (both): Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
FILM EDITING: The Father - Yorgos Lamprinos
ORIGINAL SCORE: Soul - Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste
SOUND: Sound of Metal
ORIGINAL SONG: “Speak Now” (One Night in Miami), music and lyric by Leslie Odom Jr. and Sam Ashworth
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Mank - Donald Graham Burt and Jan Pascale
VISUAL EFFECTS: Tenet - Andrew Jackson, David Lee, Andrew Lockley, and Scott Fisher
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