Predictions for the 94th Academy Awards
“We’re very impressionable.”
I’m exhausted by the Oscars’ telecast decisions and the Oscars discourse, so I don’t quite have the motivation to write blurbs for every category. I just want to make sure I write what my predictions are in the instance that I actually do get them all right. I want it on record if it happens! For the same reason I fill out a March Madness bracket every year even though I can’t name one college basketball player. Here’s a more fun Oscars, I think.
Best Picture
Will Win: The Power of the Dog
Should Win: West Side Story
Best Director
Will Win: Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)
Should Win: Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)
Best Actress
Will Win: Jessica Chastain (The Eyes of Tammy Faye)
Should Win: Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
Best Actor
Will Win: Will Smith (King Richard)
Should Win: Andrew Garfield (Tick, Tick, Boom!)
Best Supporting Actress
Will/Should Win: Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)
Best Supporting Actor
Will Win: Troy Kotsur (Coda)
Should Win: Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)
Best Original Screenplay
Will/Should Win: Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
Best Adapted Screenplay
Will Win: Sian Heder (Coda)
Should Win: Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Best Animated Feature Film
Will/Should Win: Encanto
Best International Feature Film
Will Win: The Worst Person in the World
Best Documentary Feature
Will/Should Win: Summer of Soul
Best Documentary Short Subject
Will Win: The Queen of Basketball
Best Live Action Short Film
Will Win: The Long Goodbye
Best Animated Short Film
Will Win: Bestia
Best Original Score
Will Win: Hans Zimmer (Dune)
Should Win: Jonny Greenwood (The Power of the Dog)
Best Original Song
Will/Should Win: “Dos Oruguitas” by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Encanto)
Best Sound
Will Win: Dune
Should Win: West Side Story
Best Production Design
Will Win: Dune
Should Win: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Cinematography
Will Win: Dune
Should Win: The Tragedy of Macbeth
Best Makeup and Hairstyling
Will Win: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should Win: Dune
Best Costume Design
Will Win: Cruella
Should Win: West Side Story
Best Film Editing
Will Win: The Power of the Dog
Should Win: Tick, Tick, Boom!
Best Visual Effects
Will Win: Dune
Should Win: Spider-Man: No Way Home
