98th Academy Awards Predictions (Best Picture)
The 98th Academy Awards are due to be announced tomorrow (Thursday 22nd January), and here are my predictions for Best Picture. A few months ago the most likely candidate for this award was Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, another masterpiece from one of the finest filmmakers working today. However, as awards season began to heat up, other contenders entered the ring. From Hamnet, Chloé Zhao's sublime version of Maggie O'Farrell's 'unfilmable' novel, to Clint Bentley's hauntingly beautiful Train Dreams. Here are my contenders for Best Picture: Blue Moon Director: Richard Linklater Stars: Ethan Hawke, Margaret Qualley This biographical drama tells the story of Lorenz Hart and Elizabeth Weiland, as the former reflects on the opening night of Oklahoma!, a new musical by his former colleague Richard Rodgers. The Academy has always loved stories about itself, and Ethan Hawke as Lorenz Hart is hotly tipped to win Best Actor at the ...