Monte Yazzie’s Oscar Predictions
The Super Bowl for the movie industry, the 90th Annual Academy Awards, is this Sunday night. It’s Hollywood’s big night filled with ball gowns, tuxedos, uncomfortable interviews, and more than likely a political charged acceptance speech or ten. Viewers, however, treat this event as an opportunity to contribute their two cents into the race of who is going to win when the ballot is opened. Still, even though countless film websites, historians, and Oscar super-fans have written extensive articles detailing every major category and who they think is going to win based on every other awards show that has come before, it’s still difficult to separate the head from the heart for me when picking the winners. And while sometimes it may be obvious who might be scribbled into the ballot for the win, sometimes it’s still difficult to accept.
So, for the Phoenix Film Festival Oscar predications this year, I’ve decided to provide both of my picks, the one from the head and the one from the heart. For all I know they may both be wrong. Watch the Academy Awards this Sunday and make sure to pick your winners.
Best Picture
• Call Me By Your Name
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Get Out
• Lady Bird
• Phantom Thread
• The Post
• The Shape of Water
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
HEAD: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
HEART: The Shape of Water
Actor In A Leading Role
• Timothee Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
• Daniel Day-Lewis, Phantom Thread
• Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
• Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
• Denzel Washington, Roman J. Israel, Esq.
HEAD: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour
HEART: Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Actor In A Supporting Role
• Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
• Woody Harrelson, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Richard Jenkins, The Shape of Water
• Christopher Plummer, All The Money In The World
• Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
HEAD: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
HEART: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Actress In A Leading Role
• Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
• Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
• Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
• Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
• Meryl Streep, The Post
HEAD: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
HEART: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water
Actress In A Supporting Role
• Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
• Allison Janney, I, Tonya
• Lesley Manville, Phantom Thread
• Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
• Octavia Spencer, The Shape of Water
HEAD: Allison Janney, I, Tonya
HEART: Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Best Director
• Christopher Nolan, Dunkirk
• Jordan Peele, Get Out
• Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
• Paul Thomas Anderson, Phantom Thread
• Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
HEAD: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
HEART: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water
Animated Feature Film
• The Boss Baby
• Breadwinner
• Coco
• Ferdinand
• Loving Vincent
HEAD: Coco
HEART: Coco
Documentary Feature
• Abacus, Small Enough to Jail
• Faces Places
• Icarus
• Last Men in Aleppo
• Strong Island
HEAD: Faces Places
HEART: Faces Places
Foreign Language Film
• A Fantastic Woman
• The Insult
• Loveless
• On Body and Soul
• The Square
HEAD: A Fantastic Woman
HEART: The Square
Cinematography
• Blade Runner 2049
• Darkest Hour
• Dunkirk
• Mudbound
• The Shape of Water
HEAD: Blade Runner 2049
HEART: Blade Runner 2049
