ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
TIM'S GUESS: Timothee Chalamet
LAUREN'S GUESS: Adrien Brody
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
TIM'S GUESS: Kieran Culkin
LAUREN'S GUESS: Kieran Culkin
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofia Cascon, Emilia Perez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
TIM'S GUESS: Cynthia Erivo
LAUREN'S GUESS: Mikey Madison
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
TIM'S GUESS: Ariana Grande
LAUREN'S GUESS: Ariana Grande
ACTUAL WINNER: Zoe Saldana
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
TIM'S GUESS: The Wild Robot
LAUREN'S GUESS: Flow
OLIVIA'S GUESS: The Wild Robot
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist, Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser
Emilia Perez, Paul Gulhaume
Maria, Ed Lachman
Nosferatu, Jarin Blaschke
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
COSTUME DESIGN
A Complete Unknown, Arianne Phillips
Conclave, Lisy Christy
Gladiator II, Janty Yates & Dave Crossman
Nosferatu, Linda Muir
Wicked, Paul Tazewell
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: Wicked
DIRECTING
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audlard, Emilia Perez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
TIM'S GUESS: James Mangold
LAUREN'S GUESS: Brady Corbet
ACTUAL WINNER: Sean Baker
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Sugarcane
TIM'S GUESS: Sugarcane
LAUREN'S GUESS: Sugarcane
ACTUAL WINNER: No Other Land
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Death by Numbers"
"I Am Ready, Warden" It's weird that we have the death penalty, right? It's weird how MTV Documentary Films has grabbed the documentary attitude with raising awareness for what actual rehabilitation looks like. Some people may scream "nuance", but this is about a man who died with his soul intact. Sure, I'm watching it through the eyes of a documentary that has an agenda, but I don't love that this man died.
"Incident" -During the first Trump administration, during the BLM protests, I went through it, guys. I aggressively got into the "who watches the watchmen?" vibe. It's stuff like this. I'm a big fan of bodycams for cops. Part of my big fear is giving people who are not ready to carry a gun lethal weapons. This is something that got completely out of control and spiraled because people lied to themselves. Also, that guy who pulled the gun out of the holster? I know that there's a reason for that, but that needed to be communicated clearly.
"Instruments of a Beating Heart" I wanted to like it guys. This is the kind of thing that normally sells me pretty hard. But part of it just felt mean. Maybe that was the point. It was about unfair expectations for something that ultimately did not matter as much as they made it matter. I didn't want to watch a little girl crying about not having practiced hard enough.
"The Only Girl in the Orchestra" -I wanted to really like this movie. I tend to like movies about the historical influence of women in art. It just seemed a bit aimless though. While I appreciate that the she didn't see herself as this trendsetter, there really was no understanding of who the woman was beyond the clips.
TIM'S GUESS: "I Am Ready, Warden"
LAUREN'S GUESS: "The Only Girl in the Orchestra"
FILM EDITING
Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, David Jancso
Conclave, Nick Emerson
Emilia Perez, Juliette Welfling
Wicked, Myron Kerstein
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: Conclave
ACTUAL WINNER: Anora
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
I'm Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Perez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
TIM'S GUESS: Emilia Perez
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
ACTUAL WINNER: I'm Still Here
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
A Different Man
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: A Different Man
ACTUAL WINNER: The Substance
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Perez, Clement Ducol & Camille
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
ORIGINAL SONG
"El Mal", Emilia Perez
"The Journey", The Six Triple Eight
"Like a Bird", Sing Sing
"Mi Camino", Emilia Perez
"Never Too Late", Elton John: Never Too Late
TIM'S GUESS: "Mi Camino"
LAUREN'S GUESS: "Mi Camino"
ACTUAL WINNER: "El Mal"
BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
ACTUAL WINNER: Anora
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: Wicked
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Beautiful Men"
"In the Shadow of the Cypress"
"Magic Candles"
"Wander to Wonder"
"Yuck!"
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"A Lien" Man, if you knew exactly what short film would hit my heart, you couldn't have planned it better than "A Lien." I'm going through it right now, guys. The thought that people are being deported for trying to do the right thing is insane to me. If you want the emotional resonance of what it means to try to survive in Trump's America as a foreigner, this is the movie.
"Anuja" Oh man, if you read that credit sequence about the truth of this movie and are not moved, I guess that's your prerogative. Either way, this is a touching film, if just a little underbaked. My biggest criticism is that it feels very short-filmy. It paints with wide brushstrokes when a little more nuance would have made the movie incredible.
"I'm Not a Robot" Maybe high concept sci-fi is the perfect format for the short film. Oddly enough, this is one of the rare times when the conceit might fill a whole feature length film. While the notion of discovering that you might be a bot is a clever concept, I don't know if we have enough time to process the repercussions of not being human.
"The Last Ranger"
"The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent"
TIM'S GUESS: "A Lien"
LAUREN'S GUESS: "A Lien"
ACTUAL WINNER: "I'm Not a Robot"
SOUND
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: Wicked
ACTUAL WINNER: Dune: Part Two
VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: Better Man
LAUREN'S GUESS: Better Man
ACTUAL WINNER: Dune: Part Two
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
TIM'S GUESS: Nickel Boys
LAUREN'S GUESS: Conclave
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
ACTUAL WIN: Anora
Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothee Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Ralph Fiennes, Conclave
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice
TIM'S GUESS: Timothee Chalamet
LAUREN'S GUESS: Adrien Brody
ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
Jeremy Strong, The Apprentice
TIM'S GUESS: Kieran Culkin
LAUREN'S GUESS: Kieran Culkin
ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Cynthia Erivo, Wicked
Karla Sofia Cascon, Emilia Perez
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I'm Still Here
TIM'S GUESS: Cynthia Erivo
LAUREN'S GUESS: Mikey Madison
ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Ariana Grande, Wicked
Felicity Jones, The Brutalist
Isabella Rossellini, Conclave
Zoe Saldana, Emilia Perez
TIM'S GUESS: Ariana Grande
LAUREN'S GUESS: Ariana Grande
ACTUAL WINNER: Zoe Saldana
ANIMATED FEATURE FILM
Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot
TIM'S GUESS: The Wild Robot
LAUREN'S GUESS: Flow
OLIVIA'S GUESS: The Wild Robot
CINEMATOGRAPHY
The Brutalist, Lol Crawley
Dune: Part Two, Greig Fraser
Emilia Perez, Paul Gulhaume
Maria, Ed Lachman
Nosferatu, Jarin Blaschke
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
COSTUME DESIGN
A Complete Unknown, Arianne Phillips
Conclave, Lisy Christy
Gladiator II, Janty Yates & Dave Crossman
Nosferatu, Linda Muir
Wicked, Paul Tazewell
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: Wicked
DIRECTING
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
James Mangold, A Complete Unknown
Jacques Audlard, Emilia Perez
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
TIM'S GUESS: James Mangold
LAUREN'S GUESS: Brady Corbet
ACTUAL WINNER: Sean Baker
DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Black Box Diaries
No Other Land
Porcelain War
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
Sugarcane
TIM'S GUESS: Sugarcane
LAUREN'S GUESS: Sugarcane
ACTUAL WINNER: No Other Land
DOCUMENTARY SHORT SUBJECT
"Death by Numbers"
"I Am Ready, Warden" It's weird that we have the death penalty, right? It's weird how MTV Documentary Films has grabbed the documentary attitude with raising awareness for what actual rehabilitation looks like. Some people may scream "nuance", but this is about a man who died with his soul intact. Sure, I'm watching it through the eyes of a documentary that has an agenda, but I don't love that this man died.
"Incident" -During the first Trump administration, during the BLM protests, I went through it, guys. I aggressively got into the "who watches the watchmen?" vibe. It's stuff like this. I'm a big fan of bodycams for cops. Part of my big fear is giving people who are not ready to carry a gun lethal weapons. This is something that got completely out of control and spiraled because people lied to themselves. Also, that guy who pulled the gun out of the holster? I know that there's a reason for that, but that needed to be communicated clearly.
"Instruments of a Beating Heart" I wanted to like it guys. This is the kind of thing that normally sells me pretty hard. But part of it just felt mean. Maybe that was the point. It was about unfair expectations for something that ultimately did not matter as much as they made it matter. I didn't want to watch a little girl crying about not having practiced hard enough.
"The Only Girl in the Orchestra" -I wanted to really like this movie. I tend to like movies about the historical influence of women in art. It just seemed a bit aimless though. While I appreciate that the she didn't see herself as this trendsetter, there really was no understanding of who the woman was beyond the clips.
TIM'S GUESS: "I Am Ready, Warden"
LAUREN'S GUESS: "The Only Girl in the Orchestra"
FILM EDITING
Anora, Sean Baker
The Brutalist, David Jancso
Conclave, Nick Emerson
Emilia Perez, Juliette Welfling
Wicked, Myron Kerstein
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: Conclave
ACTUAL WINNER: Anora
INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
I'm Still Here
The Girl with the Needle
Emilia Perez
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Flow
TIM'S GUESS: Emilia Perez
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
ACTUAL WINNER: I'm Still Here
MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING
A Different Man
Emilia Perez
Nosferatu
The Substance
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: A Different Man
ACTUAL WINNER: The Substance
ORIGINAL SCORE
The Brutalist, Daniel Blumberg
Conclave, Volker Bertelmann
Emilia Perez, Clement Ducol & Camille
Wicked, John Powell & Stephen Schwartz
The Wild Robot, Kris Bowers
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
ORIGINAL SONG
"El Mal", Emilia Perez
"The Journey", The Six Triple Eight
"Like a Bird", Sing Sing
"Mi Camino", Emilia Perez
"Never Too Late", Elton John: Never Too Late
TIM'S GUESS: "Mi Camino"
LAUREN'S GUESS: "Mi Camino"
ACTUAL WINNER: "El Mal"
BEST PICTURE
Anora
The Brutalist
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
I'm Still Here
Nickel Boys
The Substance
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
ACTUAL WINNER: Anora
PRODUCTION DESIGN
The Brutalist
Conclave
Dune: Part Two
Nosferatu
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: Wicked
ANIMATED SHORT FILM
"Beautiful Men"
"In the Shadow of the Cypress"
"Magic Candles"
"Wander to Wonder"
"Yuck!"
LIVE ACTION SHORT FILM
"A Lien" Man, if you knew exactly what short film would hit my heart, you couldn't have planned it better than "A Lien." I'm going through it right now, guys. The thought that people are being deported for trying to do the right thing is insane to me. If you want the emotional resonance of what it means to try to survive in Trump's America as a foreigner, this is the movie.
"Anuja" Oh man, if you read that credit sequence about the truth of this movie and are not moved, I guess that's your prerogative. Either way, this is a touching film, if just a little underbaked. My biggest criticism is that it feels very short-filmy. It paints with wide brushstrokes when a little more nuance would have made the movie incredible.
"I'm Not a Robot" Maybe high concept sci-fi is the perfect format for the short film. Oddly enough, this is one of the rare times when the conceit might fill a whole feature length film. While the notion of discovering that you might be a bot is a clever concept, I don't know if we have enough time to process the repercussions of not being human.
"The Last Ranger"
"The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent"
TIM'S GUESS: "A Lien"
LAUREN'S GUESS: "A Lien"
ACTUAL WINNER: "I'm Not a Robot"
SOUND
A Complete Unknown
Dune: Part Two
Emilia Perez
Wicked
The Wild Robot
TIM'S GUESS: Wicked
LAUREN'S GUESS: Wicked
ACTUAL WINNER: Dune: Part Two
VISUAL EFFECTS
Alien: Romulus
Better Man
Dune: Part Two
Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
Wicked
TIM'S GUESS: Better Man
LAUREN'S GUESS: Better Man
ACTUAL WINNER: Dune: Part Two
ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
A Complete Unknown
Conclave
Emilia Perez
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
TIM'S GUESS: Nickel Boys
LAUREN'S GUESS: Conclave
ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Anora
The Brutalist
A Real Pain
September 5
The Substance
TIM'S GUESS: The Brutalist
LAUREN'S GUESS: The Brutalist
ACTUAL WIN: Anora