Category: Academy Awards

For our eighth Rundown article, we give our time over to the people who are most responsible for guiding the film to its desired structure. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Directingas well as general commentary about the race. Next week, we’ll start off on Monday with a category…

The primary guild for costume designers (obviously) is also a bellwether for the Costume Designer category at the Oscars (also obviously).

While we know this as the primary predictor of the acting categories at the Oscars, the Best Cast award can sometimes link up to Best Picture, so their selection can sometimes be instructive.

Look to the PGA to possibly signal some forthcoming Oscar selections. They’ll inform thoughts on Best Picture, Best Animated Feature, and Best Documentary Feature.

Four categories can help predict two at the Oscars: Best Animated Feature and Best Animated Short Subject. We’ll see how things go as the Annies often go big for one title over any others and that doesn’t always reflect at the Oscars.

For our seventh Rundown article, we look at the category that’s most responsible for creating things that don’t exist in real life. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Visual Effects as well as general commentary about the race. Friday, we’ll cover the individual most responsible for the direction a…

For our sixth Rundown article, we look at the category most responsible for changing actors’ appearances. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Makeup & Hairstyling as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover a category where things in your wildest imagination come into being. Best Makeup…