Oscar Predictions: Specialty Categories / Latest Gurus of Gold / Directors Interviews

Oscar nomination announcements are Tuesday!

OSCAR PREDICTIONS: SPECIALTY CATEGORIES

Here are my latest predictions for Oscar nominations in the specialty categories.  Telluride films are Bold.  All of these categories will have five nominees except Makeup/Hair which will have three.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

1) Roma

2) A Star Is Born

3) First Man

4) Cold War

5) The Favourite

6) Black Panther

Possible: If Beale Street Could Talk

COSTUMES

1) The Favourite

2) Mary Poppins Returns

3) Black Panther

4) Mary Queen of Scots

5) Bohemian Rhapsody

6) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Possible: BlacKkKlansman Vice, If Beale Street Could Talk,  

FILM EDITING

1) A Star Is Born

2) Roma

3) Vice

4) BlacKkKlansman

5) First Man

6) The Favourite

Possible: Bohemian Rhapsody, Black Panther

MAKEUP/HAIR

1) Vice

2) Black Panther

3) Mary Queen of Scots

4) Bohemian Rhapsody

Possible: Border, Stan and Ollie, Suspiria

ORIGINAL SCORE

1) If Beale Street Could Talk

2) First Man

3) Mary Poppins Returns

4) Isle of Dogs

5) Black Panther

6) BlacKkKlansman

Possible: A Quiet Place, The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

ORIGINAL SONG

1) Shallow/A Star Is Born

2) All the Stars/Black Panther

3) I'll Fight/RBG

4) Girl in the Movies/Dumplin'

5) Trip a Little Light Fantastic/Mary Poppins Returns

6) Where Lost Things Go/Mary Poppins Return

Possible: Revelation/Boy Erased

PRODUCTION DESIGN

1) The Favourite

2) Mary Poppins Returns

3) First Man

4) Black Panther

5) Roma

6) Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Possible: BlacKkKlansman

SOUND EDITING

1) First Man

2) A Quiet Place

3) Black Panther

4) Roma

5) Mary Poppins Returns

6) Ready Player One

Possible: A Star Is Born, Bohemian Rhapsody, Annihilation

SOUND MIXING

1) A Star Is Born

2) First Man

3) Mary Poppins Returns

4) Roma

5) A Quiet Place

6) Black Panther

Possible: Bohemian Rhapsody

VISUAL EFFECTS

1) First Man

2) Black Panther

3) Ready Player One

4) Avengers: Infinity War

5) Mary Poppins Returns

6) Solo: A Star Wars Story

Possible: Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

I'll have my )mostly) final predictions on Monday for all Oscar categories.

LATEST GURUS OF GOLD

The upcoming Gurus of Gold post from Movie City News will focus on the Oscar acting categories and Best Picture.  Not sure exactly when it will go up.  Likely in the next day or two.  Jump on over to their site to check out last week's Gurus and a look from me and 12 other Oscar experts.  

Here's the link to MCN.

DIRECTORS INTERVIEWS

As we steer the ship toward Tuesday's Oscar nominations reveal, here's a look a three recent interviews from directors whose films played TFF #45 and are now a part of the awards conversation:

From The Hollywood Reporter, Roma's Alfonso Cuaron takes us on a tour of his the Mexico City that serves as a setting for the film:

From The New Yorker, Elaina Patton talks to Cold War director Pawel Pawlikowski.  Linked here.

And from The Playlist, Griffin Schiller talks to First Man director Damien Chazelle (and also a bit with actress Claire Foy).  That is linked here.

That's today's MTFB.  A reminder again that next Monday's regularly scheduled post I'll have (mostly) final Oscar predictions.

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