2025 Mixes

Wooo

Past mixes: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

Disc 1

1. Everybody Scream - Florence + The Machine. One of the two songs of the year.

2. Hold - Garbage. New album! And it's so good.

3. Holy Visions - AFI. New album! Ditto and Davey's current 80s biker look cracks me up.

4. Too Much - Dove Cameron. Such an earworm. 

5. Sorry for Your Loss - The Beaches

6. Sunday Best - Lauren Mayberry

7. FIGHT (ft. Jake Shears) - Boyfriend. Boyfriend released her final album - a concept musical depicting the Garden of Eden through Eve's eyes. It's great and there's a bunch of it on these and this one's my favorite.

8. i like the way you kiss me - Cat Burns. Perfect cover

9. Fuck Me Eyes - Ethel Cain

10. Don't Forget - Sky Ferreira

11. Nightmares - CHVRCHES. I didn't listen to this one a lot when Screen Violence came out, but revisited it this year.

12. Perfect Celebrity - Lady Gaga

13. Behind the Clock - AFI

14. Dreaded Sundown - Orville Peck

15. Masquerade - Stereophonic. I finally got to see Stereophonic and it was as incredible as everyone said (here's a video of the cast I saw at Berkeley Rep and here's a shorter clip of the original broadway cast). 

16. The Scythe - The Last Dinner Party. Hey! Video - who knew. Beautiful. 

17. You Can Have it All - Florence + The Machine

Disc 2

Oscars Aftermath

Updates 3/15 in bold. 

I really thought this would be more of a two-horse race, but despite the volume for Sinners in the room, I wonder if it didn't resonate with the international blocs as much? 

Why was the sound so bad for this? Drop the applause mix for the clips. Make sure the mics work. Also - weird timing issues, right? Was it presenters not leaning into the bit? Not rehearsing? That said, I liked Conan again and, aside from the Diane Keaton bit, the In Memoriam was VERY well done. That line of actors for Rob Reiner just broke my heart. 

Another bad year - 15, but I'm giving myself a bonus point for getting the tie, since I actually got 16 of the winners. My out-there picks mostly didn't pay off, documentary aside. 23 with spoilers - the only one I didn't get was Amy Madigan. I probably should have banked on the BAFTAs rewarding their own, but I really thought Sinners had more momentum. 

Well, the nominations went shockingly well, so let's think good thoughts here. 

Past years: 2024: 15 (double yikes) 2023: 18, 2022: 16 (yikes), 2021: 20, 2020: 17, 2019: 19 (Bong!), 2018: 20, 2017: 15 (Moonlight!), 2016: 17, 2015: 21, 2014: 20, 2013: 18, 2012: 17, 2011: 17, 2010: 17, 2009: 20/21?

Best Picture

Bugonia

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another - will win, should win (afaik), did win

Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners - spoiler

Train Dreams

Look - I still need to see 5 of the films, but... I loved One Battle. It has also won all the precursors, save the SAGs. The actors are, historically the largest branch and voted Sinners, but I think the European contingent will go with the political resonance of One Battle. Sinners does have momentum, and I wonder if the BAFTAs swayed voting at all. 

Overall, I think the noms will work out as:

Bugonia - 0

F1 - 0, sound

Frankenstein - costume, production design, makeup

Hamnet - actress

Marty Supreme - 0 inshallah

One Battle After Another - picture, director, adapted screenplay, editing, cinematography, casting, supporting actor

Secret Agent - international

Sentimental Value - supporting actor, international

Sinners - actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, casting, makeup, score, cinematography

Train Dreams - 0 - that seems sad. 

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley - will win, did win

Rose Byrne - spoiler

Kate Hudson

Renate Reinsve

Emma Stone

HELL YES. 

First Irish Best Actress Winner! (she said 'Go raibh maith agaibh, slán' or thank you, goodnight at the end there.)

Best Actor

Timothee Chalamet

Leonardo DiCaprio - spoiler

Ethan Hawke

Michael B Jordan - will win, did win

Wagner Moura

Yay!! (Would've been equally thrilled for Leo - he was brilliant and I loved David Ehrlich's essay on why it's a culmination of his work: https://letterboxd.com/davidehrlich/film/one-battle-after-another/reviews/)

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Amy Madigan - did win

Wunmi Mosaku - will win

Teyana Taylor - spoiler

After all the cheering, I really thought Wunmi might have been in on the Sinners goodwill. I hope Amy has a wonderful hollywood community who is so thrilled for her right now. I love when long-time working actors get their due. 

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro

Jacob Elordi

Delroy Lindo

Sean Penn - spoiler, did win

Stellan Skarsgard - will win

Dude. Show up.

Director

Chloe Zhao

Josh Safdie

Paul Thomas Anderson - will win, did win

Joachim Trier

Ryan Coogler - spoiler

Thrilled he got it, and you have a chance to give another lovely speech about cinema, and... not so much. You wait that long, and you win for writing, you could come up with something approaching Sean Baker's speeches last year. 

Original Screenplay

Blue Moon

It Was Just an Accident - spoiler

Marty Supreme

Sentimental Value

Sinners - will win, did win

Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle - will win, did win

Train Dreams

Casting

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle - spoiler, did win

Secret Agent

Sinners - will win

Yay! I love this pick. Teyana was genius casting and Chase Infinity is such a find. 

Animated

Arco

Elio

Kpop - will win, did win

Little Amelie

Zootopia - spoiler

No surprises here.

Documentary

The Alabama Solution

Come and See Me in the Good Light

Cutting Through Rocks

Mr. Nobody Against Putin - will win, did win

The Perfect Neighbor - spoiler

I CALLED THAT SHIT. (I am sorry Perfect Neighbor didn't win - it's an incredible achievement.)

International

The Secret Agent - will win

It Was Just an Accident

Sentimental Value - spoiler, did win

Sirat

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Yay film nerd from Norway!

Editing

Sentimental Value

F1

Marty Supreme

One Battle - will win, did win

Sinners - spoiler

Yup. 

Cinematography

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

Sinners - spoiler, did win

One Battle - will win

Train Dreams

*sigh* I really had some issues with the cinematography of sinners. Maybe it'll play better on a smaller screen, but it was so noticeable in IMAX.  That said, fucking finally for a woman winning it. (Someone did note it should win for being a modern movie set at night where you can tell what is going on and AMEN TO THAT.) 

Costumes

Avatar

Frankenstein - will win, did win

Hamnet 

Marty Supreme

Sinners - spoiler

Malachite gown! Feather head!

Makeup

Frankenstein - spoiler, did win

Kokuho

Sinners - will win

Smashing Machine

Ugly Stepsister

Ah. Second time the Sinners momentum didn't carry the day. 

Production Design

Frankenstein - will win, did win

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle - spoiler

Sinners

VFX

Avatar - will win, did win

F1

Jurassic World Rebirth

Lost Bus

Sinners - spoiler

Score

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle - spoiler

Sinners - will win, did win

Love Ludwig Göransson's work, AND really thought One Battle should've taken this. The score was so, so good. 

Song

Dear Me (Diane Warren)

Golden (KPOP) - will win, did win

I Lied to You (Sinners) - spoiler

Sweet Dreams of Joy (Viva Verdi)

Train Dreams

ugghhhhhhhhhhh

Also - not showing the songs for that nonsense bridesmaid bit was a mess.

Sound

F1 - spoiler, did win

Frankenstein

One Battle

Sinners

Sirat - will win

Eh - predictable. Once Stellan didn't come through, I wasn't very surprised it went this way. 

Short-Doc

All the Empty Rooms - will win, did win

The Devil is Busy

perfectly a strangeness - spoiler

Armed Only with a Camera

Children No More

Short-Live

Butcher's Stain

A Friend of Dorothy

Jane Austen's Period Drama

The Singers - will win, did win

Two People Exchanging Saliva - spoiler, did win

HOLY FUCK. When was the last time there was a tie?? [Update: thank you winner, for letting us know this is the 4th tie in history] [Update to the update: Marya Gates reliably informs us it is the 7th tie in history.]

I AM GIVING MYSELF A BONUS POINT FOR GETTING BOTH WINNERS

Short -Ani

Butterfly

Forevergreen

The Girl Who Cried Pearls - spoiler, did win

Retirement Plan - will win

The Tree Sisters

Oscar Predictions

Well, the nominations went shockingly well, so let's think good thoughts here. 

Past years: 2024: 15 (double yikes) 2023: 18, 2022: 16 (yikes), 2021: 20, 2020: 17, 2019: 19 (Bong!), 2018: 20, 2017: 15 (Moonlight!), 2016: 17, 2015: 21, 2014: 20, 2013: 18, 2012: 17, 2011: 17, 2010: 17, 2009: 20/21?

Best Picture

Bugonia

F1

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another - will win, should win (afaik)

Secret Agent

Sentimental Value

Sinners - spoiler

Train Dreams

Look - I still need to see 5 of the films, but... I loved One Battle. It has also won all the precursors, save the SAGs. The actors are, historically the largest branch and voted Sinners, but I think the European contingent will go with the political resonance of One Battle. Sinners does have momentum, and I wonder if the BAFTAs swayed voting at all. 

Overall, I think the noms will work out as:

Bugonia - 0

F1 - 0

Frankenstein - costume, production design

Hamnet - actress

Marty Supreme - 0 inshallah

One Battle After Another - picture, director, adapted screenplay, editing, cinematography

Secret Agent - international

Sentimental Value - supporting actor

Sinners - actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, casting, makeup, score

Train Dreams - 0 - that seems sad. 

It really feels like a two-horse race, with some craft nods to Frankenstein.

Best Actress

Jessie Buckley - will win

Rose Byrne - spoiler

Kate Hudson

Renate Reinsve

Emma Stone

Best Actor

Timothee Chalamet

Leonardo DiCaprio - spoiler

Ethan Hawke

Michael B Jordan - will win

Wagner Moura

This one is tricky! BAFTAs went Robert Aramayo, Timothee won the CCA, Leo NSFC, GG split Timothee and Leo, Michael B Jordan won the SAG. I think Timothee is so annoying, folks will go Michael B Jordan, especially any late votes. (I think it's one of Leo's best performances, and Oscars don't tend to go comedy, and Michael B. Jordan was incredible.)

All that said, I could see vote splitting happening, and that ballet-dissing sonofabitch slipping in. 

Best Supporting Actress

Elle Fanning

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas

Amy Madigan 

Wunmi Mosaku - will win

Teyana Taylor - spoiler

Another tough one. Amy got the SAG and CCA, Wunmi the BAFTA and Gotham, Teyana the NSFC and GG. I think Sentimental Value splits it, and I'll go BAFTA over SAG again, but this is close. I think the SAGs also like to reward working actors when they get a break, whereas the larger body is likely to go with One Battle en masse (and Teyana's part is a CLASSIC supporting role.)

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio Del Toro

Jacob Elordi

Delroy Lindo

Sean Penn - spoiler

Stellan Skarsgard - will win

Benicio won all the early critics picks and the NSFC, Jacob the CCA, Stellan the GG and Sean Penn the SAG and BAFTA. Smart money is on Sean Penn, and it's a flashy part, but I really wouldn't be surprised if Stellan got it for body of work from the European contingent. I wonder if he's more likeable? And if it ends up being a vote for Sentimental Value. I've gone back and forth on this one the most, but am landing Stellan, mostly because Sean Penn has won twice. 

Director

Chloe Zhao

Josh Safdie

Paul Thomas Anderson - will win

Joachim Trier

Ryan Coogler - spoiler

Finally, an easy one. 

Also - hey. I just heard why the Safdies split up and what the fuck. Why isn't that bigger news

Original Screenplay

Blue Moon

It Was Just an Accident - spoiler

Marty Supreme

Sentimental Value

Sinners - will win

I'm still mad Sorry, Baby didn't make it in. 

Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle - will win

Train Dreams

I genuinely don't think this needs a spoiler. It even won the scripter.

Casting

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle - spoilers

Secret Agent

Sinners - will win

New category! New category! Guild and CCA went sinners, so I'm going off that for the vibes. 

Animated

Arco

Elio

Kpop - will win

Little Amelie

Zootopia - spoiler

Documentary

The Alabama Solution

Come and See Me in the Good Light

Cutting Through Rocks

Mr. Nobody Against Putin - will win

The Perfect Neighbor - spoiler

PGA/DGA went to non-noms, I feel like anti-Russia is usually the smart bet. Perfect Neighbor also won the CCA and was the NSFC runner up. The pundits are saying Perfect Neighbor, which I would not be mad about - I wish it had picked up an editing nod, too.

International

The Secret Agent - will win

It Was Just an Accident

Sentimental Value - spoiler

Sirat

The Voice of Hind Rajab

Secret Agnet won the GG, CCA, NSFC, Sentimental Value the BAFTA. It Was Just an Accident also has a good shot. I think folks might vote Stellan and Secret Agent to spread the love. 

Editing

Sentimental Value

F1

Marty Supreme

One Battle - will win

Sinners - spoiler

Thrilled Sentimental Value got in here. F1 was flashy and got the CCA, but it's really between Battle (BAFTA, ACE-C) and Sinners (ACE-D). I think the car chase pips it?

Cinematography

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

Sinners - spoiler

One Battle - will win

Train Dreams

Train Dreams wins in my heart. Imma be mad if Sinners takes it, much as we need more women to win this one. (I would love to see the Brazilian bloc rally around Train Dreams here.)

Costumes

Avatar

Frankenstein - will win

Hamnet 

Marty Supreme

Sinners - spoiler

Makeup

Frankenstein - spoiler

Kokuho

Sinners - will win

Smashing Machine

Ugly Stepsister

Weirdly, the guild went Sinners, and I wouldn't be surprised if the momentum carries the day here. 

Production Design

Frankenstein - will win

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

One Battle - spoiler

Sinners

VFX

Avatar - will win

F1

Jurassic World Rebirth

Lost Bus

Sinners - spoiler

Score

Bugonia

Frankenstein

Hamnet

One Battle - spoiler

Sinners - will win

Song

Dear Me (Diane Warren)

Golden (KPOP) - will win

I Lied to You (Sinners) - spoiler

Sweet Dreams of Joy (Viva Verdi)

Train Dreams

I would be so, so happy if I lied to you took it. I hate Golden so much. (WHY didn't they go for This is What it Sounds Like?)

Sound

F1 - spoiler

Frankenstein

One Battle

Sinners

Sirat - will win

A little tricky! Sirat won the MPSE and EFA, F1 the CAS, BAFTA, and CCA. (Sinners and Frankenstein picked up the MPSEs for dialogue/foley.) Based purely on sound, I think it's F1 (and the smart money), but I wonder if people throw support behind Sirat here, or if Sinners picks up part of a sweep. 

Short-Doc

All the Empty Rooms - will win

The Devil is Busy

perfectly a strangeness - spoiler

Armed Only with a Camera

Children No More

All the Empty Rooms won the CinemaEye, the ACE Eddie, got an IDA special mention, a CCA nom, and Short of the Week top 5. perfectly a strangeness got a CinemaEye nom, IDA special mention and SOTW top 5. (I'd kind of love for perfectly to win.)

Short-Live

Butcher's Stain

A Friend of Dorothy

Jane Austen's Period Drama

The Singers - will win

Two People Exchanging Saliva - spoiler

Short of the Week put the last 2 in their top 5 for the year, so I'm kinda pulling for two people, but playing it safe with Netflix for my pick. 

Short -Ani

Butterfly

Forevergreen

The Girl Who Cried Pearls - spoiler

Retirement Plan - will win

The Tree Sisters

Again - SOTW put the last two in the top 5. The Annies nominated Girl who Cried Pearls. 

52 Films by Women - 2025

Clearing the decks for (hopefully) a better movie viewing year than last. Given that I saw 1/4 of the movies I normally do, this will be fast. 

2024 (12/8), 2023 (27/18), 2022 (12/50), 2021 (21/37), 2020 (23/4), 2019 (15/25), 2018 (22/20).

(2/2 which - given I saw a third of what I usually see, is still pretty rough. I've already seen more this year with Sundance and - I have a feeling - that's part of why Sundance felt stronger this year than last.)

Features

Sorry, Baby (2025, Eva Victor). 4 stars. One of my absolute favorite films of the year. Such an incredible debut. I can't wait to see more. Still devastated it didn't get its screenplay nomination. 

The Perfect Neighbor (2025, Geeta Gandbhir). 3.5 stars. Thrilled this is up for best documentary - I thought it might have had a shot at editing, too. Chilling and very well done. 

Shorts

Relationship to Patient (2024, Caroline Creaghead). 3 stars. I really liked Eleanore Pienta in this, enough so that I was delighted when she showed up in Josephine. 

Holiday House (2024, Alex Heller). 3 stars. 

2025 Oscar nom predictions

Why are the Oscar noms coming out before at least a couple of guilds? Who knows.

I haven't seen a lot of the frontrunners. Will that help? Hinder? Who's to say.

Also I am SO excited that finally - finally! - members will have to have watched every nominated film in a category to vote in it. I don't think that holds true for the noms, but I think it's long overdue as a rule.

Past years:

2024 (89/120 (74.2%); 110/120 (91.67%))

2023 (82/120 (68%); 107/120 (89%)) 

2022 (91/120 (75.8%); 114/120 (95%))

2021 (79/120 (65.8%); 108/120 (90%))

2020 (84/118 (71%); 110/118 (93%))

2019 (88/124 (71%); 113/124 (91%))

2018 (91/121 (75%); 113/121 (93.4%))

2017 (90/122 (73.8%); 118/122 (96.7%))

Once again, I'm going to put correct in bold purple (or blue for spoilers), and anything totally missed in italic red. Color commentary after the noms in burgundy. 

Total: 99/125 (79.2%) New personal best!

With Spoilers: 119/125 (95.2%) Second best!

Perfect Categories: Best Actor, Director, Adapted screenplay, International, Animated, Cinematography, Sound - 7!!! That's my best total ever. 

Missed Entirely: Sentimental Value for editing (very exciting! And I hope it means good things for the film - I'm delighted it got as many nods as Frankenstein/Marty Supreme and Editing is an important one! (Although I do think Docs with years of footage are unfairly overlooked in general)), Avatar for costume - what??, Sweet Dreams of Joy - Viva Verdi - yay for classical lovers I guess? What an unusual pick for the Oscars, Butcher's Stain and Jane Austen's Period Drama for live short, Three Sisters for animated short. 

Best Picture

Definite

1. Frankenstein

2. Hamnet

3. Marty Supreme

4. One Battle After Another

5. Sinners

6. Sentimental Value

Likely

7. The Secret Agent

8. Train Dreams

9. Bugonia

Maybe

10. It Was Just An Accident

Spoilers

F1

Weapons

Blue Moon

No Other Choice

Sirat

Editing

Ace Eddie noms aren't out, so...

One Battle

Marty Supreme

Sinners

Perfect Neighbor

F1

Sentimental Value - Delighted by this! It really wasn't on the radar and that shows how beloved it is. 

Spoilers

Hamnet

House of Dynamite

Frankenstein

Weapons

Bugonia

Best Actress

Chase Infiniti - One Battle After Another (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, GG-C, Gotham nom-deb, NBR won-deb)

Emma Stone - Bugonia (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, GG-C)

Jessie Buckley - Hamnet (SAG, BAFTA ll, WON-CCA, WON GG-D, Gotham)

Renate Reinsve - Sentimental Value (BAFTA ll, CCA, GG-D, NSFC runner up)

Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, WON GG-C, NSFC runner up, Indie, WON NBR, WON NYFCC)

Spoilers

Kate Hudson - Song Sung Blue (SAG, BAFTA ll, GG-C)

Amanda Seyfried - Testament of Ann Lee (CCA, GG-C, Gotham)

Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby (GG-D) She doesn't really have a chance, I don't think, but I would LOVE to see her get in over Emma Stone

Jennifer Lawrence - Die My Love (BAFTA ll, GG-D, Gotham, Brit Indie)

Tessa Thompson - Hedda (BAFTA ll, GG-D, Gotham, Indie)

Best Actor

Ethan Hawke - Blue Moon (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, GG-C, WON-NSFC, Gotham, WON-LAFC)

Leonardo DiCaprio - One Battle (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, GG-C, WON-NBR)

Michael B. Jordan - Sinners (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, GG-D, NSFC Runner Up)

Timothee Chalamet - Marty Supreme (SAG, BAFTA ll, WON-CCA, WON-GG C, LAFC Runner Up)

Wagner Moura - The Secret Agent (CCA, WON-GG D, NSFC Runner Up, Gotham, WON NYFC, LAFC Runner Up)

Spoilers

Jesse Plemons - Bugonia (SAG, BAFTA ll, GG-C)

Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams (BAFTA ll, CCA, GG-D, Indie)

Lee Byung-hun - No Other Choice (GG-C, Gotham)

I would like Josh O'Connor - The Mastermind (Gotham) or Ben Whishaw - Peter Hujar's Day (Indie), but neither really has a chance.

Best Supporting Actress

Teyana Taylor - One Battle (SAG, BAFTA ll, WON-NSFC, CCA, WON-GG, Gotham, WON-LAFC)

Wunmi Mosaku - Sinners (SAG, BAFTA ll, NSFC Runner Up, CCA, WON Gotham)

I am real torn on Amy Madigan - Weapons (SAG, BAFTA ll, WON-CCA, GG, WON-NYFC). Horror rarely breaks through, but SAGs are good predictors...

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas - Sentimental Value (BAFTA ll, NSFC Runner up, CCA, GG, Gotham, WON NBR, LAFC Runner up)

Odessa A'zion - Marty Supreme (SAG, BAFTA ll)

Spoilers

Elle Fanning - Sentimental Value (CCA, GG) I'd love for her to get in, but I think the Sentimental Value votes will split. Yaaaaaaaaay!

Ariana Grande - Wicked (SAG, BAFTA ll, GG)

Emily Blunt - Smashing Machine (GG)

... Emily Watson - Hamnet (BAFTA ll)?? Zoey Deutch - Nouvelle Vague (Indie)??

Best Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro - One Battle (SAG, BAFTA ll, WON-NSFC, CCA, GG, Gotham, WON-NBR, WON - NYFC)

Jacob Elordi - Frankenstein (SAG, BAFTA ll, WON-CCA, GG, Gotham)

Paul Mescal - Hamnet (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, GG)

Sean Penn - One Battle (SAG, BAFTA ll, CCA, GG)

Stellan Skarsgård - Sentimental Value (BAFTA ll, NSFC Runner Up, CCA, WON-GG, Gotham)

Spoilers

Adam Sandler - Jay Kelly (BAFTA ll, CCA, GG, Gotham, 

Andrew Scott - Blue Moon (BAFTA ll, Gotham)

Miles Canton - Sinners (SAG, CCA WON-young)

Alexander Skarsgård - Pillion (BAFTA ll, Gotham, Brit Indie). A - I would love for father and son to be nominated together, B - given the acclaim its received in the UK, I do NOT understand A24's distribution strategy here. Whyyyy isn't it out already??

Delroy Lindo - Sinners (BAFTA ll, NSFC Runner Up)

Director

Chloe Zhao - Hamnet (DGA, CCA, BAFTA ll, GG)

Josh Safdie - Marty Supreme (DGA, CCA, BAFTA ll, GG)

Paul Thomas Anderson - One Battle (DGA, WON-CCA, BAFTA ll, NSFC - WON, GG-WON, Gotham, WON-NBR, WON - LAFC)

Ryan Coogler - Sinners (DGA, CCA, BAFTA ll, GG, LAFC Runner Up

Joachim Trier - Sentimental Value (CCA, BAFTA ll, GG, WON-EFA, 

Spoilers

Guillermo del Toro - Frankenstein (DGA, CCA)

Jafar Panahi - It Was Just an Accident (NSFC Runner Up, GG, WON-Gotham, WON-NYFC, EFA)

I would love either Eva Victor (DGA nom-deb) or Harry Lighton (DGA nom-deb) and Kelly Reichardt (Gotham) and Lynne Ramsey (BAFTA ll, Brit Indie)

Original Screenplay

WGA noms aren't out yet, so...

It Was Just an Accident (BAFTA ll, WON-NSFC, GG, WON-Gotham, WON-LAFC, EFA)

Marty Supreme (BAFTA ll, CCA, GG, WON-NYFC)

Sentimental Value (BAFTA ll, CCA, GG, WON-EFA)

Sinners (BAFTA ll, WON-CCA, GG, WON-NBR

Sorry Baby (CCA, Gotham, Indie, LAFC Runner Up) - really hoping this one squeaks in. *sigh* I did see some pundits also think it had momentum. I'm so sad it didn't get it. 

Spoilers

The Secret Agent (BAFTA ll, NSFC Runner Up, Gotham)

Blue Moon (BAFTA ll, NSFC Runner Up). Awww - man! I swapped this one last minute with Sorry Baby. 

Jay Kelly (CCA)

Weapons (BAFTA ll, CCA)

Is This Thing on (BAFTA ll)

Adapted Screenplay

Hamnet (BAFTA ll, CCA, GG, USC)

One Battle (BAFTA ll, WON-CCA, WON-GG, USC, Gotham)

Train Dreams (BAFTA ll, CCA, USC, Gotham, WON-NBR

Bugonia (BAFTA ll, CCA)

Frankenstein (BAFTA ll, CCA, USC). I will be mad. I have thoughts about this script.

Spoilers

Peter Hujar's Day (USC)

No Other Choice (CCA, Gotham)

Pillion (BAFTA ll, WON-Gotham, Brit Indie, WON Brit Indie-deb)

Ballad of Wallis Island (BAFTA ll, WON Brit Indie, Brit Indie-deb). If only...

Nuremberg (BAFTA ll)

Casting

New category! New category! No history vibes to rely on! (Stunts starts in a couple of years)

Hamnet (Guilde, BAFTA ll, CCA). Typo, but it made me laugh.

Marty Supreme (Guild, BAFTA ll, CCA)

One Battle (BAFTA ll, CCA)

Sinners (Guild, BAFTA ll, WON-CCA)

Sentimental Value (Guild-indie, BAFTA ll) Surprised by this one!

Spoilers

Frankenstein (Guild, BAFTA ll)

Sirât (BAFTA ll, WON-EFA)

The Secret Agent

Weapons

Wicked

Animated

Arco

Elio

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Spoilers

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba

In Your Dreams

Dog of God

Olivia and the Invisible Earthquake

Pašš

Documentary

Alabama Solution

Cover-Up

Mr. Nobody Against Putin

Perfect Neighbor

My Undesirable Friends

Spoilers

Cutting through Rocks

Mistress Dispeller

2000 Meters to Andriivka

Come and See Me in the Good Light

Apocalypse in the Tropics

International

It Was Just an Accident

Voice of Hind Rajab

Sentimental Value

Sirāt

Secret Agent

Spoilers

No Other Choice

Left Handed Girl

Belén

All That's Left of You

Sound of Falling

Cinematography

Frankenstein

Marty Supreme

One Battle

Sinners

Train Dreams

Spoilers

Hamnet

F1

Die My Love

Bugonia

Sirât

Costume

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Hedda

Sinners

Wicked

Spoilers

Marty Supreme

One Battle

Downton Abbey

Kiss of the Spider Woman

Bugonia

In a perfect world - Pillion? (WON Brit Indie) Sound of Falling (WON EFA)?

Avatar. Say what now?

Makeup

Frankenstein

Sinners

Wicked

Smashing Machine

One Battle

Spoilers

Marty Supreme

Nuremberg

Alto Knights

Kokuho

Ugly Stepsister

Production Design

Frankenstein

Hamnet

Marty Supreme

Sinners

Wicked for Good. Boy, people are big mad at how bad the second one was. 

Spoilers

Fantastic Four

One Battle - I do wonder if momentum will bump this? Shoulda listened to my gut!

Bugonia

Avatar

Sirat

Visual Effects

Avatar

F1

Superman

Lost Bus

Sinners

Spoilers

Frankenstein

Jurassic World Rebirth Ugggghhhhh I can't believe I swapped these two last minute

Tron:Ares

Wicked

Electric State

Score

Marty Supreme

Sinners

Hamnet

One Battle

Sirât

Spoilers

Frankenstein

Wicked

F1

Bugonia

In a perfect world - Ballad of Wallis Island (BAFTA ll, WON-Brit Indie)

Song

Dear Me - Diane Warren. I have learned my lesson.

I Lied to You - Sinners

Golden - Kpop Demon Hunters. I hate this song so much. It is SO SCREECHY. It hurts my ears. Pick This is What it Sounds Like instead. 

Train Dreams

The Girl in the Bubble - Wicked

Sweet Dreams of Joy - Viva Verdi

Spoilers

Dream as One - Avatar

No Place like Home - Wicked

Last Time - Sinners

Our Love - Ballad of Wallis Island

Drive - F1

I would love for Trent Reznor to finally be up, but the Academy seems to hold a grudge. I'd be thrilled if Billy Idol performed at the Oscars. And it's still wild to me that Clothed by the Sun wasn't shortlisted.

Sound

F1

Frankenstein

One Battle

Sinners

Sirat

Spoilers

Mission Impossible

Avatar

Wicked

Superman

Sprinsteen

Short Doc

All the Empty Rooms

The Devil is Busy

perfectly a strangeness

We Were the Scenery

Classtoom 4

Spoilers

Armed Only with a Camera: the life and death of Brent Renaud

On Healing Land, Birds Perch

Children No More: Were and Are Gone

All the Walls Came Down

Heartbeat

Short Live

The Pearl Comb

Two People Exchanging Saliva

Beyond Silence

Amarela

The Singers

Spoilers

Rock, Paper Scissors

The Boy with White Skin

A Friend of Dorothy

Extremist

Pantyhose

Butcher's Stain. Maaan. I took this off the spoilers list last minute.

Jane Austen's Period Drama. I did not have this on. 

Short Animated

Cardboard

Girl who Cried Pearls

Snow Bear

Retirement Plan

Night Boots

Spoilers

Éiru

Shyness of Trees

Autokar

Forevergreen

Butterfly

Three Sisters

2024 Mixes

Later and later....

Past mixes: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023

Thrown together to get them done. 

Disc 1
1. Oscar Winning Tears (Live at the Royal Albert Hall) - RAYE. Seemed like a good way to start. 

2. Femininomenon - Chappell Roan. Ah yes. So much Chappell Roan. 

3. Disease - Lady Gaga. I'm so happy she's back to weird. 

4. Sinner - The Last Dinner Party. Definitely my favorite album of the year. 

5. Dirty Little Secret - Kat Robichaud. One of my all time favorites of Kat's. Yes, it's about Spike.

6. Bad Boyfriend ('23 remix) - Garbage. Does this sound very different? Who cares.

7. Hello (2024) - Poe. This does. 

8. Pink Pony Club - Jonathan Young. Obviously, with its success came many covers. Hildegard has a great one, but I figured some metal for this mix. 

9. Leash - Sky Ferreira

10. American Spirit - Royal & the Serpent

11. A Bar Song - Shaboozey. I knew Shaboozey from Beverly Hills originally, so I went to see him live and it was right about the time this song hit the fifth week at number one? And he did the most amazing thing, he played it last (obviously) and when it finished, he just started it over it sang it fully through a second time. *chef's kiss*

12. Austin - Dasha

13. Dicked Down in Dallas - Trey Lewis

14. Ain't in Kansas Anymore - Miranda Lambert

15. When the Night Comes - The Blackwater Fever

16. Baddadan ft. IRAH, Flowdan, Trigga, Takura - Chase & Status, Bou

17. One Eyed Bastard - Green Day

18. obsessed - Olivia Rodrigo. Bless her for releasing some more old-school alternative. 

19. You Miss Me - Kat Robichaud

20. Nothing Matters - The Last Dinner Party

Disc 2

52 Films by Women - 2024

Whoops - I never cleared out my tracker...

2023 here (27/18). 2022 here (12/50). 2021 here (21/37). 2020 here (23/4), 2019 here (15/25), 2018 here (22/20).

I saw very, very few films in 2024, what with a heavy workload, so this year is pretty down. 12/8. Definitely my worst year. 

Features

Nocturnes (2024, Anupama Srinivasan & Anirban Dutta) 5 stars. MOTH SCIENTISTS. PERFECT FILM. STILL WAITING FOR A BLURAY. 

How to Have Sex (2023, Molly Manning Walker) 4.5 stars. This reminded me a lot of Thirteen, in the realistic queasiness of the situations. It just struck me as incredibly grounded and true to life.

Confessions of a Good Samaritan (2023, Penny Lane) 4.5 stars - I love Penny Lane. I just think she's brilliant and her films are so engaging. 

Good One (2024, India Donaldson). I rated it 3.5 at the time, but it's really grown on me. I love a camping film and this character study is incredibly well done. 

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed (2023, Joanna Arnow) 4 stars. Not for everybody, but this deadpan BDSM comedy really made me laugh. 

Every Little Thing (2024, Sally Aitken) 4 stars. So charming. So lovely. I don't know anyone who wasn't taken with this. I think we all need this type of uplifting art during these times. 

Girls Will Be Girls (2024, Shuchi Talati) 3.5 stars. Very sweet and well done. 

The Battle for Laikipia (2024, Daphne Matziaraki & Peter Murimi) 4 stars, but I think I graded up. I watched this because I was going to Laikipia in January 2025. This had some interesting parts, but it was very fly on the wall, and I would have liked more probing questions and more follow up on some threads. 

The Marvels (2023, Nia DaCosta) 3 stars. This was perfectly fine, mild fun. I just can't keep up with Marvel at this point. Ms. Marvel seems fun. 

Wicked Little Letters (2023, Thea Sharrock) 3 stars. Really 2.5 stars because I was hoping to like this more, but the entrance of Tim Key delighted me so much I gave it an extra .5 star. I believe I said at the time that the film made me want to go rewatch the Endeavour episode Confection. 

Handling the Undead (2024, Thea Hvistendahl) 2.5 stars. I was so excited for a zombie drama with Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie, and this was so boring. 

Veni Vidi Vici (2024, Julia Niemann & Daniel Hoesl) 2 stars. Doesn't have anything interesting to say. Your time would be better spent watching the 1932 Most Dangerous Game. 

Shorts

Goodbye My World (2023, Florian Maurice, Astrid Novais, Estelle Bonnardel, Baptiste Duchamps, Quentin Devred, Maxime Foltzer) 5 stars. I am SO SAD this didn't get nominated for the Oscar (it was on the shortlist). I love it.  

Eeva (2022, Lucija Mrzljak & Morten Tšinakov) 4 stars. 

Puffling (2023, Jessica Bishopp) 3.5 stars

Boom (2022, Laurie Pereira De Figueiredo, Charles Di Cicco, Yannick Jacquin, Romain Augier, Gabriel Augerai) 3.5 stars

Layla (2024, Oscar Baron, Diego H. Blanco, Emma Ferréol, Rachel Gitlevich, Lucille Reynaud, Narda Rodriguez) 3.5 stars

Measure (2023, Helen Simmons & Julia Cranney) 3 stars. 

Oasis (2022, Justine Martin) 2.5 stars.

Fishing (2024, Josie Charles) 2 stars. 

Rules (Jeanette Jeanenne) 1 star.