2018 Oscar Nomination Predictions (December)

Time for another update, awards fans!

It has been a dizzying month since my November predictions, with game-changing Golden Globe and SAG nominations, plus a plethora of critics awards announcing their favorites of the year. Some wannabe-contenders, like First Man, The Front Runner and Widows, stumbled out of the starting gate, with the likes of Green Book, Roma and A Star Is Born having a field day with most of the precursors thus far.

Little, however, is entirely certain when it comes to this year's Oscar nominations - so much can happen between now and January 7 (when AMPAS nominating opens to members), let alone Oscar nominations morning on January 22.

With that said, check out below my latest Oscar predictions, for the month of December. Per usual, in parentheses you will find how many slots a contender has moved up or down since my November rankings. In a number of cases, I have eliminated a film or performer entirely.

Have fun reading and, as always, feel free to comment with your own thoughts too!

Best Picture

1. Roma (+1)

2. A Star Is Born (-1)

3. BlacKkKlansman (-)

4. Green Book (+3)

5. The Favourite (-)

6. If Beale Street Could Talk (-2)

7. Black Panther (+2)

8. Vice (+3)

9. First Man (-3)
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10. Mary Poppins Returns (NEW)

11. Crazy Rich Asians (+2)

12. Bohemian Rhapsody (NEW)

13. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-3)

14. A Quiet Place (NEW)

15. Eighth Grade (NEW)

DROPPED
Widows (-8)
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (-4)
The Mule (-2)
Mary Queen of Scots (-1)

Best Director

1. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (-)

2. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (-)

3. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman (-)

4. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

5. Damien Chazelle, First Man (+1)
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6. Peter Farrelly, Green Book (+2)

7. Adam McKay, Vice (+2)

8. Ryan Coogler, Black Panther (+2)

9. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite (-2)

10. Debra Granik, Leave No Trace (NEW)

DROPPED
Steve McQueen, Widows (-6)

Best Leading Actor

1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (-)

2. Christian Bale, Vice (+1)

3. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody (+4)

4. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book (-2)

5. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed (+3)
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6. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate (-1)

7. John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman (+3)

8. Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased (-2)

9. Ryan Gosling, First Man (-5)

10. Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun (NEW)

DROPPED
Clint Eastwood, The Mule (-2)

Best Leading Actress

1. Olivia Colman, The Favourite (+1)

2. Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born (+2)

3. Glenn Close, The Wife (-)

4. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-3)

5. Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns (NEW)
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6. Nicole Kidman, Destroyer (+1)

7. Toni Collette, Hereditary (NEW)

8. Regina Hall, Support the Girls (NEW)

9. Rosamund Pike, A Private War (NEW)

10. Yalitza Aparcio, Roma (-4)

DROPPED
Viola Davis, Widows (-6)
Julia Roberts, Ben Is Back (-3)
Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk (-2)
Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots (-1)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali, Green Book (-)

2. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-)

3. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman (+3)

4. Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born (-1)

5. Sam Rockwell, Vice (-1)
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6. Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy (+1)

7. Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther (+2)

8. Steven Yeun, Burning (NEW)

9. Hugh Grant, Paddington 2 (NEW)

10. Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give (-)

DROPPED
Daniel Kaluuya, Widows (-6)
Russell Crowe, Boy Erased (-4)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Emma Stone, The Favourite (+1)

2. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite (+1)

3. Amy Adams, Vice (+2)

4. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk (-3)

5. Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased (-1)
   —

6. Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots (+3)

7. Claire Foy, First Man (-1)

8. Emily Blunt, A Quiet Place (NEW)

9. Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace (NEW)

10. Marina De Tavira, Roma (-3)

DROPPED
Natalie Portman, Vox Lux (-3)
Sissy Spacek, The Old Man and the Gun (-1)

Best Original Screenplay

1. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (-)

2. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite (-)

3. Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Green Book (-)

4. Adam McKay, Vice (+1)

5. Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade (+1)
   —

6. Paul Schrader, First Reformed (+1)

7. Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (-3)

8. Scott Beck, John Krasinski and Bryan Woods, A Quiet Place (NEW)

9. Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar, Capernaum (-1)

10. Chloe Zhao, The Rider (NEW)

DROPPED
Piotr Borkowski, Janusz Glowacki and Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War (-2)
Daniel Stiepleman, On the Basis of Sex (-1)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott, BlacKkKlansman (-)

2. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

3. Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Irene Mecchi, Stephen J. Rivele, Eric Roth and Christopher Wilkinson, A Star Is Born (-)

4. Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-)

5. Debra Granik and Anne Rosellini, Leave No Trace (NEW)
   —

6. Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, Crazy Rich Asians (NEW)

7. Jon Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler, Black Panther (-)

8. Josh Singer, First Man (-2)

9. Audrey Wells, The Hate U Give (-1)

10. Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased (-1)

DROPPED
Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen, Widows (-6)
Beau Willimon, Mary Queen of Scots (-1)

Best Animated Feature

1. Incredibles 2 (-)

2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (+6)

3. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It-Ralph 2 (-)

4. Isle of Dogs (-2)

5. Mirai (-)
   —

6. Lu Over the Wall (-2)

7. Ruben Brandt, Collector (-)

8. Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (+2)

9. Smallfoot (-3)

10. Fireworks (-1)

Best Documentary Feature

1. RBG (-)

2. Free Solo (-)

3. Minding the Gap (+1)

4. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (+2)

5. Three Identical Strangers (-2)
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6. The Oslo Diaries (+1)

7. King in the Wilderness (-2)

8. The Price of Everything (+1)

9. They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (-1)

10. Maria By Callas: In Her Own Words (-)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Roma (Mexico) (-)

2. Capernaum (Lebanon) (-)

3. Shoplifters (Japan) (+2)

4. Never Look Away (Germany) (-)

5. Cold War (Poland) (-2)
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6. Border (Sweden) (-)

7. Burning (South Korea) (NEW)

8. Girl (Belgium) (-)

9. Sunset (Hungary) (-2)

10. Ghost Hunting (Palestine) (-1)

DROPPED
The Interpreter (Slovakia) (-1)

Best Cinematography

1. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (+1)

2. Matthew Libatique, A Star Is Born (-1)

3. Robbie Ryan, The Favourite (-)

4. Rachel Morrison, Black Panther (+1)

5. Linus Sandgren, First Man (+1)
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6. James Laxton, If Beale Street Could Talk (-2)

7. Dion Beebe, Mary Poppins Returns (NEW)

8. Bruno Delbonnel, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (-)

9. Caleb Deschanel, Never Look Away (+1)

10. Christopher Aoun, Capernaum (-1)

DROPPED
Sean Bobbitt, Widows (-4)

Best Costume Design

1. Sandy Powell, The Favourite (-)

2. Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns (-)

3. Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther (+1)

4. Colleen Atwood, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-1)

5. Alexandra Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots (+1)
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6. Andrea Flesch, Colette (-1)

7. Mary Vogt, Crazy Rich Asians (NEW)

8. Julian Day, Bohemian Rhapsody (NEW)

9. Caroline Eselin, If Beale Street Could Talk (-2)

10. Mary Zophres, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (-2)

DROPPED
Jenny Beavan, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-2)
Guy Speranza, Stan and Ollie (-1)

Best Film Editing

1. Alfonso Cuaron and Adam Gough, Roma (+1)

2. Jay Cassidy, A Star Is Born (-1)

3. Tom Cross, First Man (-)

4. Debbie Berman and Michael P. Shawver, Black Panther (+4)

5. Barry Alexander Brown, BlacKkKlansman (+1)
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6. Patrick J. Don Vito, Green Book (NEW)

7. Wyatt Smith, Mary Poppins Returns (+2)

8. Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders, If Beale Street Could Talk (-4)

9. Sam Sneade, The Favourite (-2)

10. Hank Corwin, Vice (-)

DROPPED
Joe Walker, Widows (-6)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1. Vice (-)

2. The Favourite (-)

3. Mary Poppins Returns (+1)
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4. Black Panther (+4)

5. Mary Queen of Scots (+5)

6. Stan and Ollie (-3)

7. Deadpool 2 (-2)

8. Suspiria (+1)

9. A Star Is Born (NEW)

10. Colette (-3)

DROPPED
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-5)

Best Original Score

1. Justin Hurwitz, First Man (+1)

2. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

3. Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk (-2)

4. Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs (+1)

5. Terence Blanchard, BlacKkKlansman (-1)
   —

6. Carter Burwell, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (+1)

7. Ludwig Goransson, Black Panther (NEW)

8. Michael Giacchino, Incredibles 2 (+1)

9. Marco Beltrami, A Quiet Place (NEW)

10. James Newton Howard, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-2)

DROPPED
Hans Zimmer, Widows (-5)
Michel Legrand, The Other Side of the Wind (-1)

Best Original Song

1. “Shallow,” A Star Is Born (-)

2. “All the Stars,” Black Panther (+1)

3. “The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

4. “Gravity,” Free Solo (+1)

5. “I’ll Fight,” RBG (+1)
   —

6. “Requiem for a Private War,” A Private War (NEW)

7. “Revelation,” Boy Erased (NEW)

8. “Trip a Little Light Fantastic,” Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

9. “Girl at the Movies,” Dumplin’ (NEW)

10. “Time for Change,” On the Basis of Sex (-2)

DROPPED
”I’ll Never Love Again,” A Star Is Born (-9)
“Always Remember Us This Way,” A Star Is Born (-4)
“Here I Am,” Dumplin’ (-1)

Best Production Design

1. Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton, The Favourite (-)

2. John Myrhe and Gordon Sim, Mary Poppins Returns (-)

3. Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart, Black Panther (+1)

4. Gina Cromwell and James Merifield, Mary Queen of Scots (+6)

5. Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-2)
   —

6. Paul Harrod and Adam Stockhausen, Isle of Dogs (-1)

7. Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

8. Michael Carlin, Lisa Chugg and Nora Talmaier, Colette (-)

9. Lisa Chung and Guy Hendrix Dyas, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-3)

10. Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (-1)

Best Sound Editing

1. Alan Robert Murray, A Star Is Born (-)

2. Steve Boeddeker and Benjamin A. Burtt, Black Panther (+1)

3. Eugene Gearty and Renee Tondelli, Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

4. Ai-Ling Lee and Mildred Iatrou Morgan, First Man (-2)

5. Erik Aadahl and Ethan Van Der Ryn, A Quiet Place (+1)
   —

6. Sergio Diaz and Skip Lievsay, Roma (NEW)

7. John Warhurst, Bohemian Rhapsody (NEW)

8. Richard Hymns and Gary Rydstrom, Ready Player One (-3)

9. Cora Elliott and Ren Klyce, Incredibles 2 (-1)

10. Philip Stockman, BlacKkKlansman (NEW)

DROPPED
Widows (-4)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (-2)
The Mule (-1)

Best Sound Mixing

1. Steve Morrow, Tom Ozanich, Jason Ruder and Dean Zupancic, A Star Is Born (-)

2. Steve Boeddecker, Peter Devlin and Brandon Proctor, Black Panther (+1)

3. Simon Hayes, Micheal Keller and Mike Prestwood Smith, Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

4. Jason Casali, Tim Cavagin and Paul Massey, Bohemian Rhapsody (NEW)

5. Mary H. Ellis, Ai-Ling Lee, Frank A. Montano and Jon Taylor, First Man (-3)
   —

6. Michael Barosky and Brandon Proctor, A Quiet Place (+2)

7. Jose Antonio Garcia, Craig Henighan and Skip Lievsay, Roma (-)

8. Vince Caro, Nathan Nance and Michael Semanick, Incredibles 2 (-2)

9. Tom Johnson, Juan Peralta and John Pritchett, Avengers: Infinity War (NEW)

10. Chris Munro, Andy Nelson and Gary Ruydstrom, Ready Player One (-1)

DROPPED
Widows (-6)
The Mule (-1)

Best Visual Effects

1. Black Panther (+2)

2. Avengers: Infinity War (-1)

3. Mary Poppins Returns (+2)

4. First Man (-2)

5. Ready Player One (-1)
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6. Isle of Dogs (+1)

7. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-1)

8. Aquaman (NEW)

9. A Quiet Place (NEW)

10. Incredibles 2 (NEW)

DROPPED
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-3)
Deadpool 2 (-2)
A Wrinkle in Time (-1)

2018 Best Documentary Feature Oscar Contenders

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the following 166 films are this year eligible for Oscar consideration in Best Documentary Feature:

“Above and Beyond: NASA’S Journey to Tomorrow”

“Active Measures”

“Amazing Grace”

“American Chaos”

“Andy Irons: Kissed by God”

“Antonio Lopez 1970: Sex Fashion & Disco”

“Avicii: True Stories”

“Bali: Beats of Paradise”

“Bathtubs over Broadway”

“Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché”

“Believer”

“Better Angels”

“Bill Coors: The Will to Live”

“Bisbee ’17”

“The Bleeding Edge”

“Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat”

“Breaking Point: The War for Democracy in Ukraine”

“Call Her Ganda”

“Charm City”

“Chef Flynn”

“The China Hustle”

“Christian Audigier The Vif”

“The Cleaners”

“Communion”

“Crime + Punishment”

“Dark Money”

“Daughters of the Sexual Revolution: The Untold Story of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders”

“The Dawn Wall”

“The Distant Barking of Dogs”

“Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes”

“Drug$”

“Eating Animals”

“Eldorado”

“Fahrenheit 11/9”

“Fail State”

“Family in Transition”

“Far from the Tree”

“Filmworker”

“The First Patient”

“Foreign Land”

“40 Years in the Making: The Magic Music Movie”

“Free Solo”

“Garry Winogrand: All Things Are Photographable”

“Generation Wealth”

“Ghost Hunting”

“Ghosthunter”

“The Gilligan Manifesto”

“The Gospel According to André”

“Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami”

“Graves without a Name”

“The Great Buster: A Celebration”

“Hal”

“Hale County This Morning, This Evening”

“Half the Picture”

“The Heart of Nuba”

“Hillbilly”

“The Homeless Chorus Speaks”

“Hondros”

“Howard”

“In Search of Greatness”

“In the Land of Pomegranates”

“Inventing Tomorrow”

“Invisible Hands”

“Itzhak”

“Jane Fonda in Five Acts”

“John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection”

“The Judge”

“Kangaroo: A Love Hate Story”

“Killer Bees”

“The King”

“King in the Wilderness”

“Kusama – Infinity”

“The Last Race”

“Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy”

“Letter from Masanjia”

“Licu, a Romanian Story”

“Living in the Future’s Past”

“Liyana”

“Lots of Kids, a Monkey and a Castle”

“Love & Bananas: An Elephant Story”

“Love, Cecil”

“Love, Gilda”

“Love Is Tolerance – Tolerance Is Love – Make Tolerance Great Again!”

“Making The Five Heartbeats”

“Maria by Callas”

“Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.”

“McQueen”

“Minding the Gap”

“Monrovia, Indiana”

“The Most Unknown”

“New Moon”

“93Queen”

“Nossa Chape”

“Of Fathers and Sons”

“Of Love & Law”

“On Her Shoulders”

“Opera about Poland”

“The Opera House”

“The Oslo Diaries”

“The Other Side of Everything”

“The Panama Papers”

“Path of Blood”

“People’s Republic of Desire”

“Philosopher King – Lee Teng-hui’s Dialogue”

“Pick of the Litter”

“Piripkura”

“Police Killing”

“Pope Francis – A Man of His Word”

“The Price of Everything”

“The Price of Free”

“Qiu (Inmates)”

“Quincy”

“RBG”

“The Rachel Divide”

“The Raft”

“Recovery Boys”

“Restoring Tomorrow”

“Reversing Roe”

“The Road Movie”

“Robin Williams: Come inside My Mind”

“Ruben Blades Is Not My Name”

“Samouni Road”

“Saving Brinton”

“Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland”

“Science Fair”

“Scotty and the Secret History of Hollywood”

“Searching for Ingmar Bergman”

“Seeing Allred”

“The Sentence”

“Shirkers”

“Shot in the Dark”

“The Silence of Others”

“Sisters of the Wilderness”

“A Son of Man”

“Songwriter”

“Stan”

“Studio 54”

“Summer in the Forest”

“Tea with the Dames”

“That Summer”

“That Way Madness Lies...”

“They Fight”

“They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead”

“This Is Congo”

“This Is Home: A Refugee Story”

“Three Identical Strangers”

“To Be Continued”

“Transformer”

“Travel Ban”

“The Trial”

“Triumph: The Untold Story of Perry Wallace”

“Trust Machine”

“Under the Wire”

“United Skates”

“Unknown Distance”

“Up Down and Sideways”

“The Waldheim Waltz”

“We Could Be Heroes”

“Weed the People”

“What Haunts Us”

“What Lies Upstream”

“Whitney”

“Wonderful Losers: A Different World”

“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”

“Yellow Is Forbidden”

“Yellowing”

2018 Oscar Nomination Predictions (November)

Howdy, my fellow Oscar aficionados!

Over the past month, since my October forecast, the following events have gone down in this awesomely unpredictable awards season:

• A trickle of new trailers continue to drop, with the past month seeing releases from Destroyer and Vox Lux

• The Gotham Awards kicked off precursor season with its set of nominees. (Yay Glenn!)

• Despite strong reviews, Damien Chazelle’s First Man opened at the domestic box office to a resounding thud. Can the Ryan Gosling picture hang on and still net 10+ Oscar nominations or have we been overestimating this thing all along?

• Speaking of awards season contenders in free fall, Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody was met with a decidedly chilly reception from critics. Will leading man Rami Malek, who did earn strong notices despite the film’s otherwise middling reviews, hang on in Best Actor contention?

• Fox Searchlight confirmed Olivia Colman will be the lone Best Actress push for The Favourite, with co-stars/Oscar winners Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz vying for Best Supporting Actress love.

• In a very wise move, Sony Pictures Classics bumped Jonathan Pryce down from Best Actor to a Best Supporting Actor push for The Wife.

With that said, please see below my latest set of Oscar predictions, for the month of November. In parentheses you will find how many slots a contender has moved up or down since my last rankings. In a number of cases, I have dropped a film or performer entirely. Also, for the first time this season, I am taking a stab at Best Original Song.

Enjoy reading and, as always, feel free to comment with your own thoughts as well!

Best Picture

1. A Star Is Born (+1)

2. Roma (+1)

3. BlacKkKlansman (+4)

4. If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

5. The Favourite (+1)

6. First Man (-5)

7. Green Book (-2)

8. Widows (-)

9. Black Panther (+2)
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10. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-1)

11. Vice (-)

12. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (+3)

13. Crazy Rich Asians (+1)

14. The Mule (-2)

15. Mary Queen of Scots (-2)

Best Director

1. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (+1)

2. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (+1)

3. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman (+3)

4. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

5. Steve McQueen, Widows (-)
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6. Damien Chazelle, First Man (-5)

7. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite (-)

8. Peter Farrelly, Green Book (NEW)

9. Adam McKay, Vice (-1)

10. Ryan Coogler, Black Panther (-)

DROPPED
Clint Eastwood, The Mule (-2)

Best Leading Actor

1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (-)

2. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book (+2)

3. Christian Bale, Vice (+2)

4. Ryan Gosling, First Man (-2)

5. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate (-2)
   —

6. Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased (+1)

7. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody (+2)

8. Ethan Hawke, First Reformed (NEW)

9. Clint Eastwood, The Mule (-1)

10. John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman (-)

DROPPED
Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun (-5)

Best Leading Actress

1. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-)

2. Olivia Colman, The Favourite (NEW)

3. Glenn Close, The Wife (-1)

4. Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born (-1)

5. Viola Davis, Widows (-)
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6. Yalitza Aparcio, Roma (-)

7. Nicole Kidman, Destroyer (+1)

8. Julia Roberts, Ben Is Back (+1)

9. Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk (-2)

10. Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots (-)

DROPPED
Emma Stone, The Favourite (-6)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali, Green Book (-)

2. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (+1)

3. Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born (-1)

4. Sam Rockwell, Vice (+3)

5. Daniel Kaluuya, Widows (+1)
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6. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman (+3)

7. Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy (-3)

8. Russell Crowe, Boy Erased (-)

9. Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther (NEW)

10. Russell Hornsby, The Hate U Give (NEW)

DROPPED
Stephan James, If Beale Street Could Talk (-6)
Robert Forster, What They Had (-1)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk (+1)

2. Emma Stone, The Favourite (NEW)

3. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite (+2)

4. Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased (-1)

5. Amy Adams, Vice (+2)
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6. Claire Foy, First Man (-5)

7. Marina De Tavira, Roma (NEW)

8. Natalie Portman, Vox Lux (-)

9. Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots (-)

10. Sissy Spacek, The Old Man and the Gun (-4)

DROPPED
Olivia Colman, The Favourite (-7)
Kathy Bates, On the Basis of Sex (-1)

Best Original Screenplay

1. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (-)

2. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite (-)

3. Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Green Book (-)

4. Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (-)

5. Adam McKay, Vice (+1)
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6. Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade (+3)

7. Paul Schrader, First Reformed (NEW)

8. Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar, Capernaum (+1)

9. Piotr Borkowski, Janusz Glowacki and Pawel Pawlikowski, Cold War (NEW)

10. Daniel Stiepleman, On the Basis of Sex (+1)

DROPPED
Jonah Hill, Mid '90s (-6)
Jean-Claude Carriere and Julian Schnabel, At Eternity's Gate (-4)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott, BlacKkKlansman (+1)

2. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (-1)

3. Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Irene Mecchi, Stephen J. Rivele, Eric Roth and Christopher Wilkinson, A Star Is Born (+1)

4. Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (+1)

5. Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen, Widows (+1)
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6. Josh Singer, First Man (-3)

7. Jon Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler, Black Panther (+3)

8. Audrey Wells, The Hate U Give (NEW)

9. Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased (-2)

10. Beau Willimon, Mary Queen of Scots (-1)

DROPPED
David Lowery, The Old Man and the Gun (-3)

Best Animated Feature

1. The Incredibles 2 (-)

2. Isle of Dogs (+1)

3. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It-Ralph 2 (-1)

4. Lu Over the Wall (-)

5. Mirai (+2)
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6. Smallfoot (-1)

7. Ruben Brandt, Collector (NEW)

8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (+2)

9. Fireworks (-3)

10. Night Is Short, Walk on Girl (NEW)

DROPPED
The Grinch (-4)
Tito and the Birds (-2)

Best Documentary Feature

1. RBG (-)

2. Free Solo (NEW)

3. Three Identical Strangers (-1)

4. Minding the Gap (NEW)

5. King in the Wilderness (-2)
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6. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (-2)

7. The Oslo Diaries (-2)

8. They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead (NEW)

9. The Price of Everything (-1)

10. Maria By Callas: In Her Own Words (NEW)

DROPPED
The Silence of Others (-5)
Inventing Tomorrow (-4)
Fahrenheit 11/9 (-2)
Jane Fonda in Five Acts (-1)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Roma (Mexico) (-)

2. Capernaum (Lebanon) (-)

3. Cold War (Poland) (+1)

4. Never Look Away (Germany) (-1)

5. Shoplifters (Japan) (+1)
   —

6. Border (Sweden) (+1)

7. Sunset (Hungary) (-2)

8. Girl (Belgium) (-)

9. Ghost Hunting (Palestine) (+1)

10. The Interpreter (Slovakia) (-1)

Best Cinematography

1. Matthew Libatique, A Star Is Born (-)

2. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (+2)

3. Robbie Ryan, The Favourite (+2)

4. James Laxton, If Beale Street Could Talk (-1)

5. Rachel Morrison, Black Panther (+2)
   —

6. Linus Sandgren, First Man (-4)

7. Sean Bobbitt, Widows (-)

8. Bruno Delbonnel, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (+2)

9. Christopher Aoun, Capernaum (-)

10. Caleb Deschanel, Never Look Away (-2)

Best Costume Design

1. Sandy Powell, The Favourite (-)

2. Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns (-)

3. Colleen Atwood, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-)

4. Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther (+3)

5. Andrea Flesch, Colette (-)
   —

6. Alexandra Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots (-)

7. Caroline Eselin, If Beale Street Could Talk (+3)

8. Mary Zophres, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (NEW)

9. Jenny Beavan, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-)

10. Guy Speranza, Stan and Ollie (-2)

DROPPED
Mary Zophres, First Man (-7)

Best Film Editing

1. Jay Cassidy, A Star Is Born (+1)

2. Alfonso Cuaron and Adam Gough, Roma (+1)

3. Tom Cross, First Man (-2)

4. Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders, If Beale Street Could Talk (+1)

5. Joe Walker, Widows (-1)
   —

6. Barry Alexander Brown, BlacKkKlansman (-)

7. Sam Sneade, The Favourite (-)

8. Debbie Berman and Michael P. Shawver, Black Panther (+1)

9. Wyatt Smith, Mary Poppins Returns (NEW)

10. Hank Corwin, Vice (-2)

DROPPED
William Goldenberg, 22 July (-1)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1. Vice (-)

2. The Favourite (-)

3. Stan and Ollie (-)
   —

4. Mary Poppins Returns (NEW)

5. Deadpool 2 (+2)

6. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (+2)

7. Colette (-1)

8. Black Panther (+1)

9. Suspiria (+1)

10. Mary Queen of Scots (-6)

DROPPED
At Eternity's Gate (-6)

Best Original Score

1. Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk (+1)

2. Justin Hurwitz, First Man (-1)

3. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

4. Terence Blanchard, BlacKkKlansman (-1)

5. Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs (-)
   —

6. Hans Zimmer, Widows (-)

7. Carter Burwell, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (NEW)

8. James Newton Howard, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-1)

9. Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles 2 (-1)

10. Michel Legrand, The Other Side of the Wind (-)

DROPPED
Nicholas Britell, Vice (-2)

Best Original Song

1. “The Shallow,” A Star Is Born

2. ”I’ll Never Love Again,” A Star Is Born*

3. “All the Stars,” Black Panther

4. “The Place Where Lost Things Go,” Mary Poppins Returns

5. “Gravity,” Free Solo
   —

6. “I’ll Fight,” RBG

7. “Always Remember Us This Way,” A Star Is Born*

8. “Time for Change,” On the Basis of Sex

9. “Trip a Little Light Fantastic,” Mary Poppins Returns

10. “Here I Am,” Dumplin’

*it remains unclear how many A Star Is Born tunes will be pushed. If “The Shallow” is the lone entry, place “Revelation” (Boy Erased) and “Hearts Beat Loud” (Hearts Beat Loud) in 9th and 10th.

Best Production Design

1. Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton, The Favourite (-)

2. John Myrhe and Gordon Sim, Mary Poppins Returns (-)

3. Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-)

4. Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart, Black Panther (+5)

5. Paul Harrod and Adam Stockhausen, Isle of Dogs (+2)
   —

6. Lisa Chung and Guy Hendrix Dyas, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-1)

7. Mark Friedberg and Kris Moran, If Beale Street Could Talk (NEW)

8. Michael Carlin, Lisa Chugg and Nora Talmaier, Colette (+2)

9. Jess Gonchor and Nancy Haigh, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (NEW)

10. Gina Cromwell and James Merifield, Mary Queen of Scots (-4)

DROPPED
Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas, First Man (-7)
Stephan Cressend and Cecile Vatelot, At Eternity’s Gate (-1)

Best Sound Editing

1. A Star Is Born (-)

2. First Man (-)

3. Black Panther (+1)

4. Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

5. Ready Player One (+2)
   —

6. A Quiet Place (NEW)

7. Widows (+2)

8. The Incredibles 2 (-)

9. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (-6)

10. The Mule (NEW)

DROPPED
Bohemian Rhapsody (-6)
22 July (-1)

Best Sound Mixing

1. A Star Is Born (-)

2. First Man (-)

3. Black Panther (+4)

4. Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

5. Widows (-1)
   —

6. The Incredibles 2 (-3)

7. Roma (+2)

8. A Quiet Place (NEW)

9. Ready Player One (NEW)

10. The Mule (NEW)

DROPPED
Bohemian Rhapsody (-5)
Mission: Impossible - Fallout (-3)
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-1)

Best Visual Effects

1. Avengers: Infinity War (+1)

2. First Man (-1)

3. Black Panther (+2)

4. Ready Player One (-1)

5. Mary Poppins Returns (NEW)
   —

6. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-2)

7. Isle of Dogs (+2)

8. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-2)

9. Deadpool 2 (-1)

10. A Wrinkle in Time (-3)

DROPPED
Solo: A Star Wars Story (-1)

2018 Oscar Nomination Predictions (October)

How’s it hanging, my fellow Oscar lovers?

Over the past month, since my September predictions. a host of developments have transpired in this roller coaster ride of an awards season:

• Trailers dropped for a handful of Oscar contenders, including Capernaum; Mary Poppins Returns; Stan & Ollie; and Vice.

• Warner Bros. announced The Mule, the latest picture from Clint Eastwood, will make the cut for Oscar consideration with a December release date. The film also stars Bradley Cooper, Michael Pena and the all-around amazing Dianne Wiest.

• Speaking of Cooper, his A Star Is Born, as generally expected, is making a killing at the box office following a gangbusters festival run and marvelous reviews. Much as I enjoyed the picture, it still doesn’t strike me as likely to completely steamroll this awards season, as some pundits seem convinced.

• Amazon Pictures moved Mike Leigh’s Peterloo out of 2018 awards consideration. The film will now be released in April.

• In a move surely designed to help Black Panther, Disney announced Avengers: Infinity War will solely earn an Oscar push in Best Visual Effects.

• After being missing in action at the Telluride, Toronto and Venice Film Festivals, Mary Queen of Scots and On the Basis of Sex will at last see the light of day at the AFI Fest in November.

• Willem Dafoe, Rachel Weisz and Paul Greengrass were named honorees for the upcoming Gotham Awards. All three - with At Eternity’s End, The Favourite and 22 July - are Oscar hopefuls.

• John Krasinski’s critical and commercial smash A Quiet Place released For Your Consideration ads in its underdog bid for awards season recognition. I was plenty fond of the pic but can’t help but suspect it’ll be forgotten and/or not taken seriously by the bulk of voters.

No doubt, I'm forgetting something of significance that recently went down.

Please see below my latest set of Oscar predictions, for the month of October. In parentheses you will find how many spots a contender has moved up or down since my last rankings. In some cases, I have dropped a film or performer entirely. I am still holding off on predictions in the shorts, as well as Best Original Song.

Have fun reading and, as always, feel free to comment with your own thoughts too!

Best Picture

1. First Man (-)

2. A Star Is Born (-)

3. Roma (+1)

4. If Beale Street Could Talk (-1)

5. Green Book (+5)

6. The Favourite (-1)

7. BlacKkKlansman (-)

8. Widows (-2)
   —

9. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-)

10. Vice (-2)

11. Black Panther (+4)

12. The Mule (NEW)

13. Mary Queen of Scots (-1)

14. Crazy Rich Asians (-)

15. The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (NEW)

DROPPED
The Incredibles 2 (-6)
Boy Erased (-3)

Best Director

1. Damien Chazelle, First Man (-)

2. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (-)

3. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (+1)

4. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (-1)

5. Steve McQueen, Widows (-)
   —

6. Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman (-)

7. Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite (-)

8. Adam McKay, Vice (-)

9. Clint Eastwood, The Mule (NEW)

10. Ryan Coogler, Black Panther (-1)

DROPPED
Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind (-1)

Best Leading Actor

1. Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born (+1)

2. Ryan Gosling, First Man (-1)

3. Willem Dafoe, At Eternity's Gate (-)

4. Viggo Mortensen, Green Book (NEW)

5. Christian Bale, Vice (-)
   —

6. Robert Redford, The Old Man and the Gun (-2)

7. Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased (-1)

8. Clint Eastwood, The Mule (NEW)

9. Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody (NEW)

10. John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman (-)

DROPPED
Mahershala Ali, Green Book (-4)
Steve Carell, Beautiful Boy (-3)
Stephan James, If Beale Street Could Talk (-2)

Best Leading Actress

1. Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-)

2. Glenn Close, The Wife (+2)

3. Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born (+2)

4. Viola Davis, Widows (-)

5. Emma Stone, The Favourite (+1)
   —

6. Yalitza Aparcio, Roma (NEW)

7. Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk (+1)

8. Nicole Kidman, Destroyer (-5)

9. Julia Roberts, Ben Is Back (-2)

10. Saoirse Ronan, Mary Queen of Scots (-1)

DROPPED
Toni Collette, Hereditary (-1)

Best Supporting Actor

1. Mahershala Ali, Green Book (NEW)

2. Sam Elliott, A Star Is Born (-1)

3. Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (+1)

4. Timothee Chalamet, Beautiful Boy (-2)

5. Stephan James, If Beale Street Could Talk (NEW)
   —

6. Daniel Kaluuya, Widows (-3)

7. Sam Rockwell, Vice (-2)

8. Russell Crowe, Boy Erased (-2)

9. Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman (-1)

10. Robert Forster, What They Had (-)

DROPPED
John C. Reilly, Stan and Ollie (-4)
Ben Foster, Leave No Trace (-3)

Best Supporting Actress

1. Claire Foy, First Man (-)

2. Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

3. Nicole Kidman, Boy Erased (+1)

4. Olivia Colman, The Favourite (-1)

5. Rachel Weisz, The Favourite (+1)
   —

6. Sissy Spacek, The Old Man and the Gun (+1)

7. Amy Adams, Vice (-2)

8. Natalie Portman, Vox Lux (-)

9. Margot Robbie, Mary Queen of Scots (-)

10. Kathy Bates, On the Basis of Sex (-)

Best Original Screenplay

1. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (+1)

2. Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite (-1)

3. Brian Hayes Currie, Peter Farrelly and Nick Vallelonga, Green Book (+4)

4. Joel and Ethan Coen, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (NEW)

5. Jonah Hill, Mid '90s (+1)
   —

6. Adam McKay, Vice (-3)

7. Jean-Claude Carriere and Julian Schnabel, At Eternity's Gate (-3)

8. Jihad Hojeily, Michelle Keserwany, Nadine Labaki and Khaled Mouzanar, Capernaum (NEW)

9. Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade (-)

10. Daniel Stiepleman, On the Basis of Sex (-)

DROPPED
Mike Leigh, Peterloo (-6)
Oja Kodar and Orson Welles, The Other Side of the Wind (-3)

Best Adapted Screenplay

1. Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

2. Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel and Kevin Willmott, BlacKkKlansman (+2)

3. Josh Singer, First Man (-1)

4. Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, Irene Mecchi, Stephen J. Rivele, Eric Roth and Christopher Wilkinson, A Star Is Born (-1)

5. Nicole Holofcener, Can You Ever Forgive Me? (-)
   —

6. Gillian Flynn and Steve McQueen, Widows (-)

7. Joel Edgerton, Boy Erased (+1)

8. David Lowery, The Old Man and the Gun (-1)

9. Beau Willimon, Mary Queen of Scots (+1)

10. Jon Robert Cole and Ryan Coogler, Black Panther (NEW)

DROPPED
Luke Davies, Beautiful Boy (-2)

Best Animated Feature

1. The Incredibles 2 (-)

2. Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It-Ralph 2 (+1)

3. Isle of Dogs (+1)

4. Lu Over the Wall (+3)

5. Smallfoot (-4)
   —

6. Fireworks (-1)

7. Mirai (-1)

8. The Grinch (+1)

9. Tito and the Birds (NEW)

10. Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse (-)

DROPPED
Teen Titans Go! to the Movies (-3)

Best Documentary Feature

1. RBG (-)

2. Three Identical Strangers (-)

3. King in the Wilderness (-)

4. Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (-)

5. The Oslo Diaries (-)
   —

6. The Silence of Others (-)

7. Inventing Tomorrow (-)

8. The Price of Everything (NEW)

9. Fahrenheit 11/9 (-)

10. Jane Fonda in Five Acts (-2)

DROPPED
Love, Gilda (-1)

Best Foreign Language Film

1. Roma (Mexico) (-)

2. Capernaum (Lebanon) (+1)

3. Never Look Away (Germany) (+1)

4. Cold War (Poland) (-2)

5. Sunset (Hungary) (-)
   —

6. Shoplifters (Japan) (NEW)

7. Border (Sweden) (+1)

8. Girl (Belgium) (-2)

9. The Interpreter (Slovakia) (-)

10. Ghost Hunting (Palestine) (NEW)

DROPPED
Loro (Italy) (-3)
La Familia (Venezuela) (-2)

Best Cinematography

1. Matthew Libatique, A Star Is Born (-)

2. Linus Sandgren, First Man (-)

3. James Laxton, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

4. Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (-)

5. Robbie Ryan, The Favourite (-)
   —

6. Sean Bobbitt, Widows (-)

7. Rachel Morrison, Black Panther (+1)

8. Caleb Deschanel, Never Look Away (NEW)

9. Christopher Aoun, Capernaum (NEW)

10. Bruno Delbonnel, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (-)

DROPPED
Hoyte Van Hoytema, Ad Astra (-4)
Dick Pope, Peterloo (-2)

Best Costume Design

1. Sandy Powell, The Favourite (-)

2. Sandy Powell, Mary Poppins Returns (+1)

3. Colleen Atwood, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-1)

4. Mary Zophres, First Man (+1)

5. Andrea Flesch, Colette (-1)
   —

6. Alexandra Byrne, Mary Queen of Scots (-)

7. Ruth E. Carter, Black Panther (-)

8. Guy Speranza, Stan and Ollie (+1)

9. Jenny Beavan, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (+1)

10. Caroline Eselin, If Beale Street Could Talk (NEW)

DROPPED
Jacqueline Durran, Peterloo (-3)

Best Film Editing

1. Tom Cross, First Man (-)

2. Jay Cassidy, A Star Is Born (-)

3. Alfonso Cuaron and Adam Gough, Roma (+2)

4. Joe Walker, Widows (-1)

5. Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders, If Beale Street Could Talk (-1)
   —

6. Barry Alexander Brown, BlacKkKlansman (-)

7. Sam Sneade, The Favourite (-)

8. Hank Corwin, Vice (-)

9. Debbie Berman and Michael P. Shawver, Black Panther (-)

10. William Goldenberg, 22 July (NEW)

DROPPED
John Axelrad and Lee Haugen, Ad Astra (-1)

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

1. Vice (-)

2. The Favourite (-)

3. Stan and Ollie (-)
   —

4. Mary Queen of Scots (-)

5. At Eternity's Gate (-)

6. Colette (NEW)

7. Deadpool 2 (-)

8. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-)

9. Black Panther (-3)

10. Suspiria (-)

DROPPED
Peterloo (-5)

Best Original Score

1. Justin Hurwitz, First Man (-)

2. Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk (-)

3. Terence Blanchard, BlacKkKlansman (-)

4. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, Mary Poppins Returns (-)

5. Alexandre Desplat, Isle of Dogs (-)
   —

6. Hans Zimmer, Widows (+2)

7. James Newton Howard, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-1)

8. Michael Giacchino, The Incredibles 2 (-1)

9. Nicholas Britell, Vice (NEW)

10. Michel Legrand, The Other Side of the Wind (-)

DROPPED
Alexandre Desplat, The Sisters Brothers (-2)

Best Production Design

1. Fiona Crombie and Alice Felton, The Favourite (-)

2. John Myrhe and Gordon Sim, Mary Poppins Returns (-)

3. Stuart Craig and Anna Pinnock, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (-)

4. Nathan Crowley and Kathy Lucas, First Man (-)

5. Lisa Chung and Guy Hendrix Dyas, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-)
   —

6. Gina Cromwell and James Merifield, Mary Queen of Scots (-)

7. Paul Harrod and Adam Stockhausen, Isle of Dogs (-)

8. Stephan Cressend and Cecile Vatelot, At Eternity’s Gate (-)

9. Hannah Beachler and Jay Hart, Black Panther (-)

10. Michael Carlin, Lisa Chugg and Nora Talmaier, Colette (NEW)

DROPPED
Suzie Davies and Charlotte Watts, Peterloo (-1)

Best Sound Editing

1. A Star Is Born (-)

2. First Man (-)

3. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (+1)

4. Black Panther (+2)

5. Mary Poppins Returns (+5)
   —

6. Bohemian Rhapsody (NEW)

7. Ready Player One (-)

8. The Incredibles 2 (-)

9. Widows (-)

10. 22 July (NEW)

DROPPED
Avengers: Infinity War (-8)
Ad Astra (-6)

Best Sound Mixing

1. A Star Is Born (-)

2. First Man (-)

3. The Incredibles 2 (-)

4. Widows (-)

5. Mary Poppins Returns (+4)
   —

6. Bohemian Rhapsody (NEW)

7. Black Panther (-)

8. Mission: Impossible - Fallout (-)

9. Roma (NEW)

10. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-)

DROPPED
Avengers: Infinity War (-6)
Ad Astra (-5)

Best Visual Effects

1. First Man (-)

2. Avengers: Infinity War (-)

3. Ready Player One (-)

4. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (+1)

5. Black Panther (+1)
   —

6. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (-1)

7. A Wrinkle in Time (+1)

8. Deadpool 2 (+1)

9. Isle of Dogs (NEW)

10. Solo: A Star Wars Story (-)

DROPPED
Ad Astra (-7)

2018 Foreign Language Film Oscar Submissions

This year, 87 countries have submitted pictures for Oscar consideration in Best Foreign Language Film:

Afghanistan, “Rona Azim’s Mother,” Jamshid Mahmoudi, director;

Algeria, “Until the End of Time,” Yasmine Chouikh, director;

Argentina, “El Ángel,” Luis Ortega, director;

Armenia, “Spitak,” Alexander Kott, director;

Australia, “Jirga,” Benjamin Gilmour, director;

Austria, “The Waldheim Waltz,” Ruth Beckermann, director;

Bangladesh, “No Bed of Roses,” Mostofa Sarwar Farooki, director;

Belarus, “Crystal Swan,” Darya Zhuk, director;

Belgium, “Girl,” Lukas Dhont, director;

Bolivia, “The Goalkeeper,” Rodrigo “Gory” Patiño, director;

Bosnia and Herzegovina, “Never Leave Me,” Aida Begić, director;

Brazil, “The Great Mystical Circus,” Carlos Diegues, director;

Bulgaria, “Omnipresent,” Ilian Djevelekov, director;

Cambodia, “Graves without a Name,” Rithy Panh, director;

Canada, “Family Ties,” Sophie Dupuis, director;

Chile, “…And Suddenly the Dawn,” Silvio Caiozzi, director;

China, “Hidden Man,” Jiang Wen, director;

Colombia, “Birds of Passage,” Cristina Gallego, Ciro Guerra, directors;

Costa Rica, “Medea,” Alexandra Latishev, director;

Croatia, “The Eighth Commissioner,” Ivan Salaj, director;

Czech Republic, “Winter Flies,” Olmo Omerzu, director;

Denmark, “The Guilty,” Gustav Möller, director;

Dominican Republic, “Cocote,” Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, director;

Ecuador, “A Son of Man,” Jamaicanoproblem, director;

Egypt, “Yomeddine,” A.B. Shawky, director;

Estonia, “Take It or Leave It,” Liina Trishkina-Vanhatalo, director;

Finland, “Euthanizer,” Teemu Nikki, director;

France, “Memoir of War,” Emmanuel Finkiel, director;

Georgia, “Namme,” Zaza Khalvashi, director;

Germany, “Never Look Away,” Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, director;

Greece, “Polyxeni,” Dora Masklavanou, director;

Hong Kong, “Operation Red Sea,” Dante Lam, director;

Hungary, “Sunset,” László Nemes, director;

Iceland, “Woman at War,” Benedikt Erlingsson, director;

India, “Village Rockstars,” Rima Das, director;

Indonesia, “Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts,” Mouly Surya, director;

Iran, “No Date, No Signature,” Vahid Jalilvand, director;

Iraq, “The Journey,” Mohamed Jabarah Al-Daradji, director;

Israel, “The Cakemaker,” Ofir Raul Graizer, director;

Italy, “Dogman,” Matteo Garrone, director;

Japan, “Shoplifters,” Hirokazu Kore-eda, director;

Kazakhstan, “Ayka,” Sergey Dvortsevoy, director;

Kenya, “Supa Modo,” Likarion Wainaina, director;

Kosovo, “The Marriage,” Blerta Zeqiri, director;

Latvia, “To Be Continued,” Ivars Seleckis, director;

Lebanon, “Capernaum,” Nadine Labaki, director;

Lithuania, “Wonderful Losers: A Different World,” Arunas Matelis, director;

Luxembourg, “Gutland,” Govinda Van Maele, director;

Macedonia, “Secret Ingredient,” Gjorce Stavreski, director;

Malawi, “The Road to Sunrise,” Shemu Joyah, director;

Mexico, “Roma,” Alfonso Cuarón, director;

Montenegro, “Iskra,” Gojko Berkuljan, director;

Morocco, “Burnout,” Nour-Eddine Lakhmari, director;

Nepal, “Panchayat,” Shivam Adhikari, director;

Netherlands, “The Resistance Banker,” Joram Lürsen, director;

New Zealand, “Yellow Is Forbidden,” Pietra Brettkelly, director;

Niger, “The Wedding Ring,” Rahmatou Keïta, director;

Norway, “What Will People Say,” Iram Haq, director;

Pakistan, “Cake,” Asim Abbasi, director;

Palestine, “Ghost Hunting,” Raed Andoni, director;

Panama, “Ruben Blades Is Not My Name,” Abner Benaim, director;

Paraguay, “The Heiresses,” Marcelo Martinessi, director;

Peru, “Eternity,” Oscar Catacora, director;

Philippines, “Signal Rock,” Chito S. Roño, director;

Poland, “Cold War,” Pawel Pawlikowski, director;

Portugal, “Pilgrimage,” João Botelho, director;

Romania, “I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians,” Radu Jude, director; 

Russia, “Sobibor,” Konstantin Khabensky, director;

Serbia, “Offenders,” Dejan Zecevic, director;

Singapore, “Buffalo Boys,” Mike Wiluan, director;

Slovakia, “The Interpreter,” Martin Šulík, director;

Slovenia, “Ivan,” Janez Burger, director;

South Africa, “Sew the Winter to My Skin,” Jahmil X.T. Qubeka, director;

South Korea, “Burning,” Lee Chang-dong, director;

Spain, “Champions,” Javier Fesser, director;

Sweden, “Border,” Ali Abbasi, director;

Switzerland, “Eldorado,” Markus Imhoof, director;

Taiwan, “The Great Buddha+,” Hsin-Yao Huang, director; 

Thailand, “Malila The Farewell Flower,” Anucha Boonyawatana, director;

Tunisia, “Beauty and the Dogs,” Kaouther Ben Hania, director;

Turkey, “The Wild Pear Tree,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan, director;

Ukraine, “Donbass,” Sergei Loznitsa, director;

United Kingdom, “I Am Not a Witch,” Rungano Nyoni, director;

Uruguay, “Twelve-Year Night,” Álvaro Brechner, director;

Venezuela, “The Family,” Gustavo Rondón Córdova, director;

Vietnam, “The Tailor,” Buu Loc Tran, Kay Nguyen, directors;

Yemen, “10 Days before the Wedding,” Amr Gamal, director.