The months long award season build up reached its peak today with the announcement of the nominees for the 92nd annual Academy Awards. This year, as every year, found a mix of shocks and surprises as The Academy revealed who’s being honored.
Joker, a clear favorite all season, finds itself in the front-runner position with 11 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Joaquin Phoenix. Just behind it, with 10 nominations each, is Quentin Tarantino’s Once Upon A Time…In Hollywood, Martin Scorsese’s latest mob drama, The Irishman, and the single-shot World War I epic from Sam Mendes, 1917, which is fresh off a win at this year’s Golden Globes.
The shocks came mostly from who and what wasn’t nominated than for who and what was. Lulu Wang’s superb The Farewell was completely snubbed. Considering the nominations it had gotten by the guilds and societies leading up to the Oscars, its total absence is somewhat jaw-dropping. So, too, with Greta Gerwig, who despite having a movie up for Best Picture and despite being up for Best Adapted Screenplay found herself shut out of the Best Director race.
For the second year in a row, The Academy has elected to air the show without a host. While it wasn’t the smoothest show last year, the show was acclaimed for its ability to keep the evening moving without many hiccups. Hopefully they’ll have figured out a way to further streamline the evening and ensure an even more concise and engaging evening. We’ll know for sure on February 9, with the 92nd Annual Academy Awards air on ABC.
Best picture
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
The Irishman
Parasite
1917
Marriage Story
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Ford v Ferrari
Best actress in a leading role
Renée Zellweger, Judy
Charlize Theron, Bombshell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Saoirse Ronan, Little Women
Cynthia Erivo, Harriet
Best actor in a leading role
Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Jonathan Pryce, The Two Popes
Best director
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Bong Joon-ho, Parasite
Sam Mendes, 1917
Todd Phillips, Joker
Best actor in a supporting role
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Tom Hanks, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Anthony Hopkins, The Two Popes
Best actress in a supporting role
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Margot Robbie, Bombshell
Florence Pugh, Little Women
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Kathy Bates, Richard Jewell
Best animated feature film
Toy Story 4
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Missing Link
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Best international feature film
Parasite
Pain and Glory
Les Misérables
Honeyland
Corpus Christi
Best original screenplay
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite
Knives Out
1917
Best adapted screenplay
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women
The Two Popes
Joker
Best documentary feature
American Factory
The Edge of Democracy
Honeyland
For Sama
The Cave
Best original song
“I’m Standing With You,” from Breakthrough
“Into the Unknown,” Frozen II
“Stand Up,” Harriet
“(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” Rocketman
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” Toy Story 4
Best visual effects
Avengers: Endgame
The Lion King
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
The Irishman
1917
Best cinematography
1917, Roger Deakins
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood, Robert Richardson
The Irishman, Rodrigo Prieto
Joker, Lawrence Sher
The Lighthouse, Jarin Blaschke
Best production design
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
The Irishman
1917
Jojo Rabbit
Parasite
Best makeup and hairstyling
Bombshell
Joker
Judy
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil
1917
Best costume design
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Little Women
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Best original score
1917, Thomas Newman
Joker, Hildur Guðnadóttir
Little Women, Alexandre Desplat
Marriage Story, Randy Newman
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, John Williams
Best documentary short subject
In the Absence
Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)
Life Overtakes Me
St. Louis Superman
Walk Run Cha-Cha
Best animated short film
Dcera (Daughter)
Hair Love
Kitbull
Memorable
Sister
Best live action short film
Brotherhood
Nefta Football Club
The Neighbors’ Window
Saria
A Sister
Best film editing
The Irishman
Ford v Ferrari
Parasite
Joker
Jojo Rabbit
Best sound mixing
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Ad Astra
Joker
Best sound editing
1917
Ford v Ferrari
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Joker
