It's that time of the year - Nick and Katy try and watch all the movies they can (and this year mostly succeeded) and then discuss them on their annual Oscar podcast. This is a transcript of their conversation, which has been edited for the website.
The Balcony is now open!
WRITING (ADAPTED SCREENPLAY)
The Nominees:
James Mangold and Jay Cocks, A Complete Unknown
Peter Straughan, Conclave
Jacques Audiard (in collaboration with Thomas Bidegain, Léa Mysius, and Nicolas Livecchi), Emilia Pérez
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar; Story by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John "Divine G" Whitfield, Sing Sing
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Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
Katy: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
WRITING (ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY)
The Nominees:
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum, and Alex David, September 5
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
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Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
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INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
The Nominees:
I'm Still Here – Brazil
The Girl With the Needle – Denmark
Emilia Pérez – France
The Seed of the Sacred Fig – Germany
Flow - Latvia
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Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
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ANIMATED FILM
The Nominees:
Flow – Gints Zilbalodis, Matīss Kaža
Inside Out 2– Kelsey Mann, Mark Nielsen
Memoir of a Snail - Adam Elliot
The Wild Robot – Chris Sanders, Jeff Hermann
Wallace & Gromit - Vengeance Most Fowl – Nick Park, Merlin Crossingham, Richard Beek
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CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Nominees:
The Brutalist - Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two - Greig Fraser
Emilia Pérez - Paul Guilhaume
Maria - Ed Lachman
Nosferatu - Jarin Blaschke
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ACTRESS IN A SUPPPORTING ROLE
The Nominees:
Monica Barbaro - A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande – Wicked
Felicity Jones- The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini – Conclave
Zoe Saldana - Emilia Pérez
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Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
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ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
The Nominees:
Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
Edward Norton - A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce - The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong - The Apprentice
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Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
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ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
The Nominees:
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked
Karla Sofia Gascon - Emilia Pérez
Mikey Madison – Anora
Demi Moore - The Substance
Fernanda Torres - I'm Still Here
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ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
NOMINEES
Adrien Brody - The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet - A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes – Conclave
Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice
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Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
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DIRECTING
The Nominees:
ANORA - Sean Baker
THE BRUTALIST - Brady Corbet
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN - James Mangold
EMILIA PÉREZ - Jacques Audiard
THE SUBSTANCE - Coralie Fargeat
NICK:
KATY:
Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
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BEST PICTURE
The Nominees:
ANORA - Alex Coco, Samantha Quan and Sean Baker, Producers
THE BRUTALIST - Trevor Matthews, Andrew Lauren, D.J. Gugenheim, Andrew Morrison, Nick Gordon & Brian Young, Producers
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN - Fred Berger, James Mangold and Alex Heineman, Producers
CONCLAVE - Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell and Michael A. Jackman, Producers
DUNE: PART TWO - Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe and Denis Villeneuve, Producers
EMILIA PÉREZ - Pascal Caucheteux and Jacques Audiard, Producers
I'M STILL HERE - Walter Salles, Rodrigo Teixeira, Maria Carlota, Fernandes Bruno & Martine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Producers
NICKEL BOYS - Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner and Joslyn Barnes, Producers
THE SUBSTANCE - Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner, Producers
WICKED - Marc Platt, Producer
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Nick: SHOULD WIN: WILL WIN:
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