96th Oscars
“Oppenheimer” should rule the king category
Oppie" has the golden boy as good as in the bag. For a long time, it looked as if the race in the Best Film category was wide open on the 96th Oscar night on March 10. But over the course of the award season, Christopher Nolan's drama "Oppenheimer", nominated for 13 Oscars, has emerged as the bombproof frontrunner in the supreme discipline. All ten nominees at a glance.
It may come as a surprise, but despite being nominated five times, Nolan has always come away empty-handed at the Oscars. Although his films, including "The Dark Knight" (2005), "Interstellar" (2014) and "Dunkirk" (2017), have already won almost a dozen Oscars, no Nolan film has ever been recognized in the main category.
"Oppenheimer" probably also an Oscar contender
That is very likely to change this year, as "Oppenheimer" has already won major industry awards and scooped a total of 13 Oscar nominations. For good reason: the historical drama starring Cillian Murphy as the "father of the atomic bomb" is an amazingly filmed, sophisticated, star-studded character study.
The ensemble win at the SAG Awards "also shows that he is certainly in pole position for the top Oscar", writes the US industry publication "Hollywood Reporter". "It's his to lose", as the Americans like to say.
Scorsese epic as fiercest competitor
When it comes to the competition, "Killers of the Flower Moon" is still in the lead with a total of ten nominations. The three-and-a-half-hour western gangster epic starring Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio has proven that Martin Scorsese is still one of the sharpest chroniclers of evil.
Echoes of his entire filmography about the sordid truth of American myths flicker in and out here. Scorsese's nomination history for the Oscars is also not insignificant, as the 81-year-old is one of the most important American directors, but so far "only" has one directing Oscar to his name for "Departed" (2006).
"Bizarre" winner quite possible
The feminist Frankenstein experiment "Poor Things" by Giorgos Lanthimos is also a contender for the main prize with a total of eleven nominations. The Golden Lion-winning black comedy starring Emma Stone as a woman who is brought back to life and embarks on a journey of self-discovery is nominated in all major categories.
After last year's win for the wacky action comedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once", we know that no movie is "too bizarre" for the Academy. It would be an interesting alternative.
"Barbie" hype at the Oscars too?
Could the "Barbie" hype turn the Oscars pink? It's hardly conceivable. Greta Gerwig's love letter to the famous plastic doll received a respectable eight nominations, but the omission of the director and lead actress Margot Robbie in their respective categories diminishes the hope of a big prize for "Barbie".
As the pink half of "Barbenheimer", no other film became such a cultural phenomenon in 2023. It grossed almost 1.5 billion US dollars worldwide, making it the most successful film of the year.
"The Holdovers" warmed hearts
The wistful tragicomedy "The Holdovers" warmed the hearts of many during the cold winter months and bagged a total of five nominations.
It's a shame that Alexander Payne wasn't also nominated for Best Director, but he still has two aces up his sleeve elsewhere: Da'Vine Joy Randolph is the predicted winner in the Best Supporting Actress category, and Paul Giamatti is in the running for Lead Actor. The movie is full of acting love.
Two films with Hüller nominated
If there's one subject that the Oscar Academy traditionally gravitates towards, it's films about the Holocaust. With "The Zone of Interest", English director Jonathan Glazer has made a Holocaust film like no other. But it is much more likely that his drama starring Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel, which has been nominated for a total of five Oscars, will win the award for Best International Feature Film.
Justine Triet's complex, five-time nominated relationship drama "Anatomy of a Case" with (also) Sandra Hüller won the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival. It will probably not take home the Oscar for Best Film, but the nomination alone shows that the Academy is a more demanding and internationally oriented organization than ever before.
No Oscar luck for Cooper?
Bradley Cooper's heartfelt project "Maestro" is an ambitious character study of the great composer Leonard Bernstein, but at this point, there just isn't enough talk about it.
The same applies to the romantic drama "Past Lives" by Korean-American playwright and director Celine Song and Cord Jefferson's directorial debut "American Fiction", which was one of last year's biggest audience favorites in the USA (and won the People's Choice Award), but will probably come away empty-handed in the royal category.
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