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Oscar Season Official Thread 2025-2026

With Venice and Telluride in the last, Oscar Season is well and truly underway.

Apart from the films in the poll which I mostly cribbed from Awards Daily, the following films appear to be in consideration:

After The Hunt, Luca Guadagnino

Avatar: Fire And Ash, James Cameron

Blue Moon, Richard Linklater

Bugonia, Yorgos Lanthimos

Frankenstein, Guillermo Del Toro

A House Of Dynamite, Kathryn Bigelow

If I Had Legs I’d Knock You Out, Mary Bronstein

Kiss Of The Spiderwoman, Bill Condon

The Lost Bus, Paul Greengrass

Nouvelle Vague, Richard Linklater

Roofman, Derek Cianfrance

The Smashing Machine, Benny Safdie

The Testament of Ann Lee, Mona Fastvold

Wicked: For Good, Jon M. Chu

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by Anonymousreply 5September 7, 2025 12:46 PM

I was going to say, Leo has indeed let himself go.

by Anonymousreply 1September 5, 2025 11:03 AM

Main Competition (Venezia 82)

Golden Lion: Father Mother Sister Brother by Jim Jarmusch

Grand Jury Prize: The Voice of Hind Rajab by Kaouther Ben Hania

Special Jury Prize: Below the Clouds by Gianfranco Rosi

Silver Lion: Benny Safdie for The Smashing Machine

Volpi Cup for Best Actress: Xin Zhilei for The Sun Rises on Us All

Volpi Cup for Best Actor: Toni Servillo for La grazia

Best Screenplay: Valérie Donzelli and Gilles Marchand for At Work

Marcello Mastroianni Award: Luna Wedler for Silent Friend

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by Anonymousreply 2September 7, 2025 10:24 AM

On Christy, Sydney Sweeney’s attempt at going butch for Oscar glory:

[quote] Meanwhile, Nick Schager wrote for The Daily Beast that Sweeney “gives a believable performance that almost transcends her role’s derivativeness. This manipulative hybrid of Rocky, Million Dollar Baby, and Monster, however, is so rote that even an A.I. wouldn’t dare try to pass it off as original.

Ouch.

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by Anonymousreply 3September 7, 2025 12:31 PM

That One Battle After Another movie had the most tepid trailer I've sat through in a while.

by Anonymousreply 4September 7, 2025 12:42 PM

Jarmusch’a film gives me pause. Imagine if we had Jennifer Lopez, Gwyneth Paltrow and Cate Blanchett competing in the same category.

It would be 90s heaven. Like an holy implosion of JLo’s Movieline interview and Gwyneth’s Oscar speech .

by Anonymousreply 5September 7, 2025 12:46 PM
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