THE 92nd ACADEMY AWARDS – THE NOMINATIONS

Best Picture

“Ford v Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917”
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
“Parasite”

Lead Actor:

Antonio Banderas “Pain and Glory”
Leonardo DiCaprio “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Adam Driver “Marriage Story”
Joaquin Phoenix “Joker”
Jonathan Pryce “The Two Popes”

Lead Actress:

Cynthia Erivo “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan “Little Women”
Charlize Theron “Bombshell”
Renée Zellweger “Judy”

Supporting Actor:

Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”
Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Supporting Actress:

Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
Scarlett Johannson, “Jojo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”

Director:

Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Todd Phillips, “Joker”
Sam Mendes, “1917”
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”
Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”

Animated Feature:

“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World” Dean DeBlois
“I Lost My Body” Jeremy Clapin
“Klaus” Sergio Pablos
“Missing Link” Chris Butler
“Toy Story 4”  Josh Cooley

Animated Short:

“Dcera,” Daria Kashcheeva
“Hair Love,” Matthew A. Cherry
“Kitbull,” Rosana Sullivan
“Memorable,” Bruno Collet
“Sister,” Siqi Song

Adapted Screenplay:

“The Irishman,” Steven Zaillian
“Jojo Rabbit,” Taika Waititi
“Joker,” Todd Phillips, Scott Silver
“Little Women,” Greta Gerwig
“The Two Popes,” Anthony McCarten

Original Screenplay:

“Knives Out,” Rian Johnson
“Marriage Story,” Noah Baumbach
“1917,” Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Quentin Tarantino
“Parasite,” Bong Joon-ho, Jin Won Han

Cinematography:

“The Irishman,” Rodrigo Prieto
“Joker,” Lawrence Sher
“The Lighthouse,” Jarin Blaschke
“1917,” Roger Deakins
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Robert Richardson

Best Documentary Feature:

“American Factory,” Julia Rieichert, Steven Bognar
“The Cave,” Feras Fayyad
“The Edge of Democracy,” Petra Costa
“For Sama,” Waad Al-Kateab, Edward Watts
“Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov

Best Documentary Short Subject:

“In the Absence”, Yi Seung-Jun and Gary Byung-Seok Kam
“Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone,” Carol Dysinger and Elena Andreicheva
“Life Overtakes Me,” Kristine Samuelson, John Haptas
“St. Louis Superman”, Smriti Mundhra and Sami Khan
“Walk Run Cha-Cha,” Laura Nix

Best Live Action Short Film:

“Brotherhood,” Meryam Joobeur
“Nefta Football Club,” Yves Piat
“The Neighbors’ Window,” Marshall Curry
“Saria,” Bryan Buckley
“A Sister,” Delphine Girard

Best Foreign Language Film:

“Corpus Christi,” Jan Komasa
“Honeyland,” Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov
“Les Miserables,” Ladj Ly
“Pain and Glory,” Pedro Almodovar
“Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho

Film Editing:

“Ford v Ferrari,” Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland
“The Irishman,” Thelma Schoonmaker
“Jojo Rabbit,” Tom Eagles
“Joker,” Jeff Groth
“Parasite,” Jinmo Yang

Sound Editing:

“Ford v Ferrari,” Don Sylvester
“Joker,” Alan Robert Murray
“1917,” Oliver Tarney, Rachel Tate
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Wylie Stateman
“Star Wars: The Rise of SkyWalker,” Matthew Wood, David Acord

Sound Mixing:

“Ad Astra”, Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano
 “Ford v Ferrari”, Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow
“Joker”, Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland
“1917”, Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” , Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano

Production Design:

“The Irishman,” Bob Shaw and Regina Graves
“Jojo Rabbit,” Ra Vincent and Nora Sopkova
“1917,” Dennis Gassner and Lee Sandales
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Barbara Ling and Nancy Haigh
“Parasite,” Lee Ha-Jun and Cho Won Woo, Han Ga Ram, and Cho Hee

Original Score:

“Joker,” Hildur Guðnadóttir
“Little Women,” Alexandre Desplat
“Marriage Story,”Randy Newman
“1917,” Thomas Newman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker,” John Williams

Original Song:

“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away,” “Toy Story 4”
“I’m Gonna Love Me Again,” “Rocketman”
“I’m Standing With You,” “Breakthrough”
“Into the Unknown,” “Frozen 2”
“Stand Up,” “Harriet”

Makeup and Hair:

“Bombshell”, Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker
“Joker”, Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou
“Judy”, Jeremy Woodhead
“Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”, Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White
“1917”, Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole

Costume Design:

”The Irishman,” Sandy Powell, Christopher Peterson
“Jojo Rabbit,” Mayes C. Rubeo
“Joker,” Mark Bridges
“Little Women,” Jacqueline Durran
“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” Arianne Phillips

Visual Effects:

“Avengers Endgame”, Dan DeLeeuw, Russell Earl, Matt Aitken and Dan Sudick
“The Irishman”, Pablo Helman, Leandro Estebecorena, Nelson Sepulveda-Fauser and Stephane Grabli
“1917”, Guillaume Rocheron, Greg Butler and Dominic Tuohy
“The Lion King”, Robert Legato, Adam Valdez, Andrew R. Jones and Elliot Newman
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”, Roger Guyett, Neal Scanlan, Patrick Tubach and Dominic Tuohy

Joker led the nominations with 11, which is a little surprising and questionable for me as it has received such divisive feedback in Hollywood. Once Upon a Time…In Hollywood, The Irishman, and 1917 followed with 10 nominations a piece. Movies like Dolemite is My Name, Us, The Farewell, and Uncut Gems were completely shut out. That means people like Lupita Nyong’o, Taron Egerton, Eddie Murphy, Adam Sandler, Awkwafina, and even Jennifer Lopez didn’t receive nominations despite being on people’s short list. I’ll stand firm in stating that Nyong’o should have WON Best Actress this year.

Best Director continues to be a male-dominated category as Greta Gerwig and Lulu Wang failed to make the cut. Gerwig is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay for Little Women, which also saw nominations for Best Picture, Best Actress (Saoirse Ronan) and Best Supporting Actress (Florence Pugh), and multiple design categories. Frankly, I would have loved to have seen Gerwig get the nomination over Todd Phillips (Joker). Everything about what Gerwig did with Little Women was exciting and timeless. She made a classic novel adhere to the period while feeling fresh and contemporary. Her voice as a director and writer was all over that film. Phillips brought the Joker into a Martin Scorsese movie a little too closely going so far as to mirroring classic Scorsese characters and scenes from The King of Comedy and Taxi Driver.

The Oscars will remain without a host again this year. Tune in Sunday, February 9 to see who becomes an Oscar winner this year! Make sure to follow me on all social media (@paulsmovietrip) as I’ll be doing award season coverage on My Talk 107.1, WCCO Radio, and KSTP’s Twin Cities Live.

Here is my segment from “Jason & Alexis” on My Talk shortly after the nominations were announced. Later on, I was featured on “Colleen & Bradley” on My Talk to recap about the Critics’ Choice Awards and the Oscar nominations. HERE is that audio at the beginning of the 3:00 hour.