By: Maler Suresh
The 94th Oscars are set to take place on Sunday, March 27th. For us viewers at home, it is sure to be a fun night of analyzing celebrity outfits, listening to grateful speeches, and watching some wonderful films, actors, directors, and other creatives be recognized for their contributions to entertainment this year.
Nominees for Best Picture: Belfast, Coda, Don’t Look Up, Drive My Car, Dune, King Richard, Licorice Pizza, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, and West Side Story.
Nominees for Best Actor in a Leading Role: Javier Bardem in Being the Ricardos, Benedict Cumberbatch in The Power of the Dog, Andrew Garfield in Tick, Tick… BOOM!, Will Smith in King Richard, and Denzel Washington in The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Nominees for Best Actor in a Supporting Role: Ciarán Hinds in Belfast, Troy Kotsur in Coda, Jesse Plemons in The Power of the Dog, J.K. Simmons in Being the Ricardos, Kodi Smit-McPhee in The Power of the Dog
Nominees for Best Actress in a Leading Role: Jessica Chastain in The Eyes of Tammy Faye, Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter, Penélope Cruz in Parallel Mothers, Nicole Kidman in Being the Ricardos, Kristen Stewart in Spencer
Nominees for Best Actress in a Supporting Role: Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter, Ariana DeBose in West Side Story, Judi Dench in Belfast, Kirsten Dunst in The Power of the Dog, Aunjanue Ellis in King Richard
Nominees for Best Animated Feature Film: Encanto, Flee, Luca, The Mitchells vs, The Machines, Raya and the Last Dragon
Nominees for Best Cinematography: Dune, Nightmare Alley, The Power of the Dog, The Tragedy of Macbeth, West Side Story
Nominees for Best Costume Design: Cruella, Cyrano, Dune, Nightmare Alley, West Side Story
Nominees for Best Directing: Kenneth Branagh for Belfast, Ryusuke Hamaguchi for Drive My Car, Paul Thoman Anderson for Licorice Pizza, Jane Campion of The Power of the Dog, Steven Spielberg for West Side Story
Nominees for Best Documentary (Feature): Ascension, Attica, Flee, Summer of Soul, Writing With Fire
Nominees for Best International Feature Film: Drive My Car (Japan), Flee (Denmark), The Hand of God (Italy), Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom (Bhutan), The Worst Person in the World (Norway)
Nominees for Best Music (Original Score): Nicholas Britell for Don’t Look Up, Hans Zimmer for Dune, Germaine Franco for Encanto, Alberto Iglesias for Parallel Mothers, Jonny Greenwood for The Power of the Dog
Nominees for Best Short Film (Live Action): Ala Kachuu-Take and Run, The Dress, The Long Goodbye, On My Mind, Please Hold
Nominees for Best Visual Effects: Dune, Free Guy, No Time to Die, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Spider-Man: No Way Home
While this is not a complete list of the categories and nominees this year, hopefully it is enough to spark your curiosity and get you to watch the movies you haven’t seen yet in preparation for the night of the Oscars.
