ADAM
Could it be true - could TOP GUN: MAVERICK (May 24) actually be great?
How does one possibly follow up Mad Max: Fury Road (THREE THOUSAND YEARS OF LONGING, Aug. 31)?
What’s it like when Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas star in a movie together - that isn’t ‘un film de Almodóvar’? aka Seriously, before OFFICIAL COMPETITION (June 17), Cruz and Banderas never appeared in an Almodóvar film together?!
If you die doing what you love most, with the person you love the most, was it all worth it (FIRE OF LOVE)?
Will Martin McDonagh’s brother, John Michael, heal our brotherly battle over “Three Billboards” with THE FORGIVEN (July 1)?
JOSH
With NOPE (July 22), will the M. Night Shyamalan comparisons for Jordan Peele come true?
AFTER HUSTLE (June 8), will we have to officially retire the Adam Sandler/Netflix joke for Filmspotting Madness?
Will PERSUASION (July 15) add fire to the great Jane Austen adaptation debate?
Will A24’s impressive horror run continue with BODIES BODIES BODIES (Aug. 5)?
Will we reach a low point of reheatery with LIGHTYEAR (June 17)?
Adam
Will win: The Power of the Dog
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Should have been nominated: The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Belfast
Josh
Will win: Belfast
Should win: The Power of the Dog
Should have been nominated: Identifying Features
Take out: Don’t Look Up
Adam
Will win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Joachim Trier, The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Josh
Will win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Wes Anderson, The French Dispatch
Take out: Kenneth Branagh, Belfast
Adam
Will win: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Olivia Coleman, The Lost Daughter
Egregious omission: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Take out: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Josh
Will win: Jessica Chastain, The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Olivia Coleman, The Lost Daughter
Egregious omission: Taylour Paige, Zola
Take out: Kristen Stewart, Spencer
Adam
Will win: Will Smith, King Richard
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Nicolas Cage, Pig
Take out: Javier Bardem, Being the Ricardos
Josh
Will win: Will Smith, King Richard
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Take out: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick…BOOM!
Adam
Will win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Should win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Egregious omission: Ruth Negga, Passing
Take out: Judi Dench, Belfast
Josh
Will win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Should win: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Egregious omission: Ruth Negga, Passing
Take out: Judi Dench, Belfast
Josh
Will win: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Should win: Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Take out: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Adam
Will win: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Should win: Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Egregious omission: Jeffrey Wright, The French Dispatch
Take out: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Adam and Josh
“Being Alive,” MARRIAGE STORY
“Epiphany,” SWEENEY TODD
“Send in the Clowns,” A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC
“It used to be an F#”, ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY
Prologue, INTO THE WOODS
Honorable Mention: “Bubbi,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY
Michael
“Someone in a Tree,” PACIFIC OVERTURES
“Sunday,” SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE (BBC Proms)
“Ladies Who Lunch,” ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM: COMPANY
“Roses Turn,” GYPSY
“America,” WEST SIDE STORY (2021)
Adam
Which ‘change of pace’ movie about an artist - and starring Michelle Williams – will be my #1 film of the year – SHOWING UP or THE FABELMANS?
Can there be such a thing as too much Tilda Swinton (answer: of course not) or Who has better taste: Tilda Swinton or the directors who cast her? (h/t David Hudson)
How will the director who reimagined the biopic with “The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford” reimagine the tragic tale of Marilyn Monroe (BLONDE)?
Will DISAPPOINTMENT BLVD. be the first time Ari Aster doesn’t disappoint me? or Will Joaquin Phoenix and Meryl Streep finally help me appreciate Ari Aster? or Can I possibly handle four hours of Ari Aster?
Will the match of Sam Raimi and Doctor Strange get me out of my Marvel rut following "Spider-Man: No Way Home" with DOCTOR STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS?
Most Anticipated
Killers of the Flower Moon
After Yang
Showing Up
Asteroid City
Knives Out 2 or Nope
Josh
Will people stop making fun of me for loving AVATAR?
Will Guillermo del Toro’s PINOCCHIO become my favorite stop-motion animated film of all time?
Will Adam, as a new Bradley Cooper fan, take the next step and rejoin me as a David O. Russell appreciator? (CANTERBURY GLASS)
Which Cronenberg family member will mess me up more: David with CRIMES OF THE FUTURE or Brandon with INFINITY POOL?
Can Olivia Wilde do funny and scary? (DON’T WORRY DARLING)
Most Anticipated
Nope
Asteroid City
After Yang
God’s Creature
Pinocchio / Showing Up
Adam
THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS
Runner-up: ANNETTE
Honorable Mentions: PASSING, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO, RED ROCKET
Adam
"A woman's body...", C'MON C'MON
Runner-up (Tie): “Do you know how much ass I get?”, LICORICE PIZZA / Barb’s float escape, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
Honorable Mentions: Stefani’s version, ZOLA; Stealing the bike, PIG; Film and Television sign, THE SOUVENIR: PART II; “White Woman’s Instagram,” BO BURNHAM'S INSIDE
Josh
Trish, BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR
Adam
Wink from the bartender, FLEE
Runner-up: Bicycle ride, NINE DAYS
Honorable Mention: Goodbye and reunion, PETITE MAMAN
Josh
11 Years Later, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Adam
“Let Me Roll It,” LICORICE PIZZA
Runner-up: The duet, THE POWER OF THE DOG
Honorable Mentions: Fifth Dimension redemption, SUMMER OF SOUL; “96,000,” IN THE HEIGHTS; Gymnasium dance, WEST SIDE STORY; “All I Need Is a Miracle,” SPENCER; “Boobies,” BARB AND STAR GO TO VISTA DEL MAR; “The Winner Takes it All,” BERGMAN ISLAND; “Glory, glory, Hallelujah,” THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE; Duet without sound, CODA
Josh
Mahalia and Mavis, SUMMER OF SOUL
Adam
Time stands still, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
Runner-up: Lunch at Eurydice/“We don’t get a lot of things to really care about,” PIG
Honorable Mentions: Cuba, NO TIME TO DIE; Final shot, THE SOUVENIR: PART II; Entering the ‘60s, LAST NIGHT IN SOHO; Truck down hill, LICORICE PIZZA; Vision of the future, THE GREEN KNIGHT; Date night, THE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS; Date night, THE CARD COUNTER; “That’s the reason for it to be written,” THE FRENCH DISPATCH
Josh
Piano vs. Banjo, THE POWER OF THE DOG
