Film critics Carrie and Chris on who will – and who should – win the 90th Academy Awards
The 90th Academy Awards air this Sunday, March 4th on ABC at 5:00 pm PST (pre-show festivities start well before, if you want to weigh in on Oscar fashions). Spinning Platters film critics Carrie Kahn and Chris Piper share their predictions – and hopes – for the major categories, and discuss their reasoning for six of the biggest categories in the podcast below. Will there be another Moonlight/La La Land fiasco? Tune in on Sunday to find out – and to see how we – and you – do on the big night!
BEST PICTURE:
Nominees: Call Me by Your Name/Darkest Hour/Dunkirk/Get Out/Lady Bird/Phantom Thread/The Post/The Shape of Water/Three Billboards Outside of Ebbing, Missouri
Carrie: Will Win: The Shape of Water; Should Win: Call Me by Your Name
Chris: Will Win: The Shape of Water; Should Win: Dunkirk
ACHIEVEMENT IN DIRECTING:
Nominees: Jordan Peele, Get Out/Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird/Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk/Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water/Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
Carrie: Will Win: del Toro, The Shape of Water; Should Win: Peele, Get Out
Chris: Will Win: Nolan, Dunkirk; Should Win: Nolan, Dunkirk
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
Nominees: Timothée Chalamet/Call Me by Your Name/Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread/Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out/Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour/Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Carrie: Will Win: Gary Oldman; Should Win: Timothée Chalamet
Chris: Will Win: Daniel Day-Lewis; Should Win: Daniel Day-Lewis
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
Nominees: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri/Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird/Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water/Meryl Streep, The Post/Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Carrie: Will Win: Frances McDormand; Should Win: Frances McDormand
Chris: Will Win: Sally Hawkins; Should Win: Frances McDormand
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Nominees: Mary J. Blige, Mudbound/Allison Janney, I, Tonya/Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread/Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird/Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
Carrie: Will Win: Allison Janney; Should Win: Allison Janney
Chris: Will Win: Allison Janney; Should Win: Laurie Metcalf
PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
Nominees: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project/Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri/Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water/Christopher Plummer, All the Money in the World/Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Carrie: Will Win: Sam Rockwell; Should Win: Sam Rockwell
Chris: Will Win: Sam Rockwell; Should Win: Willem Dafoe
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM:
Nominees: The Boss Baby/The Breadwinner/Coco/Ferdinand/Loving Vincent
Carrie: Will Win: Coco; Should Win: Coco
Chris: Will Win: Coco; Should Win: Coco
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
Nominees: Abacus: Small Enough to Jail/Faces Places/Icarus/Last Men in Aleppo/Strong Island
Carrie: Will Win: Icarus; Should Win: Strong Island
Chris: Will Win: Icarus; Should Win: Icarus
ACHIEVEMENT IN CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Nominees: Roger A. Deakins, Blade Runner 2049/Hoyte van Hoytema, Dunkirk/Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water/Bruno Delbonnel, Darkest Hour/Rachel Morrison, Mudbound
Carrie: Will Win: Deakins, Blade Runner 2049; Should Win: Morrison, Mudbound
Chris: Will Win: Laustsen, The Shape of Water; Should Win: Laustsen, The Shape of Water
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FEATURE:
Nominees: A Fantastic Woman (Chile)/The Square (Sweden)/On Body and Soul (Hungary)/Loveless (Russia)/The Insult (Lebanon)
Carrie: Will Win: A Fantastic Woman; Should Win: Loveless
Chris: Will Win: A Fantastic Woman; Should Win: A Fantastic Woman
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
Nominees: James Ivory, Call Me by Your Name/Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber, The Disaster Artist/Scott Frank, James Mangold, and Michael Green, Logan/Aaron Sorkin, Molly’s Game/Virgil Williams and Dee Rees, Mudbound
Carrie: Will Win: Ivory, Call Me by Your Name; Should Win: Ivory, Call Me by Your Name
Chris: Will Win: Ivory, Call Me by Your Name; Should Win: Ivory, Call Me by Your Name
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
Nominees: Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick/Jordan Peele, Get Out/Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird/Guillermo del Toro and Vanessa Taylor, The Shape of Water/Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Carrie: Will Win: McDonagh, Three Billboards; Should Win: Peele, Get Out
Chris: Will Win: McDonagh, Three Billboards; Should Win: McDonagh, Three Billboards
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Listen below to hear our thoughts on our acting, directing, and best picture picks. Enjoy, and good luck in your Oscar pool!
