Oscar Special 2018. Sarah Watt, Max Tarrant, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss the films nominated for Academy Awards this year. Here are our picks:
- Best Picture: Dunkirk
- Actor in a Leading Role: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
- Actress in a Leading Role: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri
- Actor in a Supporting Role: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Actress in a Supporting Role: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
- Animated Feature Film: Coco (2 votes) / Loving Vincent (1 vote)
- Cinematography: Blade Runner (3 votes) / Dunkirk (1 vote)
- Directing: The Shape of Water (3 votes) / Dunkirk (1 vote)
- Adapted Screenplay: Call Me By Your Name
- Original Screenplay: Get Out (2 votes) / Lady Bird (2 vote) / (Though it will likely be…) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
We ran out of time to talk about the following categories, but here are our picks:
- Costume Design: Phantom Thread
- Film Editing: Dunkirk (2 votes) / Baby Driver (1 vote) / I, Tonya (1 vote)
- Foreign Language Film: The Square
- Makeup and Hairdressing: Darkest Hour
- Original Score: Dunkirk (2 votes) / The Shape of Water (2 votes)
- Original Song: “This Is Me,” The Greatest Showman
- Production Design: Blade Runner 2049 (2 votes) / The Shape of Water (2 votes)
- Sound Editing: Dunkirk (3 votes) / Blade Runner 2049 (1 vote)
- Sound Mixing: Baby Driver (1 vote) / Blade Runner 2049 (1 vote) / Dunkirk (1 vote) / Star Wars: The Last Jedi (1 vote)
- Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 (2 votes) / War for the Planet of the Apes (2 votes)
And we didn’t discuss these categories, having not seen most of the films nominated:
- Documentary Feature
- Documentary Short Subject
- Animated Short Film
- Live Action Short Film
