ADAM
Stella and Laurel, STELLA DALLAS
Charlotte and Eva, AUTUMN SONATA
“Big Edie” and “Little Edie”, GREY GARDENS
Ripley and Newt, ALIENS
Margaret and Carrie White, CARRIE
JOSH
Raimunda and Irene, VOLVER
Mildred and Veda, MILDRED PIERCE
The mothers and daughters of HAIRSPRAY
Ripley and Newt, ALIENS
Princess Merida and Queen Eleanor, BRAVE
ADAM
1982 - Blade Runner, E.T., The Thing, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, The World According to Garp, Poltergeist
1989 - Do The Right Thing, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Dead Poets Society, Batman, Sex Lies & Videotape
2015 - Mad Max: Fury Road, Ex-Machina, Inside Out, Amy, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
1999 - Eyes Wide Shut, The Sixth Sense, The Blair Witch Project, The Iron Giant, Run Lola Run
1979 - Apocalypse Now, Alien, The Muppet Movie, Monty Python’s Life of Brian, Rocky II
JOSH
1999 - Summer of Horror
1989 - Summer of an All-Timer
1982 - Sumer of Spielberg
1979 - Sumer of Masterpieces
2008 - Summer of Superheroes
ADAM
After Yang
Fire of Love
Dear Mr. Brody
Cha Cha Real Smooth
The Batman
JOSH
After Yang
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Hit the Road, Men, The Batman, Turning Red
We’re All Going to the World’s Fair, Apollo 10 1/2
The Northman, The House, Top Gun: Maverick, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
Crimes of the Future, Kimi
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