A NOTE FROM SCOTT It’s time for one last check-in ahead of the 98th Academy Awards!
As my fellow pundits and I agreed this week when Gold Derby convened us for a preview of Sunday’s ceremony, all but one of the “big six” categories remain too close to call with any great degree of confidence. Hamnet’s Jessie Buckley is universally expected to win best actress, but best picture, director, actor, supporting actor and supporting actress are genuine nailbiters, and predicting them only got harder following the recent controversy at the BAFTA Awards and surprises at the Actor Awards.
It certainly feels like Sinners has late-breaking momentum, but I believe that it is my job to make picks based on facts, not feelings, and statistics continue to point toward One Battle After Another in the best picture race and Paul Thomas Anderson in the best director race. If Sinners
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