Concluding my rundown of personal 2024 Oscar nominations, today I’ll look at the Best Director category.
I’ve heard a lot of people say last year was a bad one for new movies, but I’m not sure I agree. While 2024 may have lacked the depth of some years, I saw a lot of films with ample style and substance, and I’m excited that three of my director nominees were brand new to me.
And the nominees are…
The final acting category in my personal list of 2024 Oscar nominees is Best Actress.
This was by far the hardest lineup of the bunch. I could have gone with a completely different list of five and been just as happy, and just as sad that I was leaving the other five out. That said, I like where this list ended up.
And the nominees are…
Next up on my list of personal 2024 Oscar nominees is the Best Actor category. This one was also very light on candidates, and my list overlaps with the Academy’s by four (though I have one of the actors included for a different movie than they do).
The one Oscar-nominated performer I left out might seem like a crazy one. Adrien Brody was excellent in The Brutalist, no question about it, and he’s in my sixth slot. But I felt better about omitting him than any of the others.
And the nominees are…
Continuing my personal 2024 Oscar nominations, today I will be writing about the race for Best Supporting Actress.
I had fewer candidates for this category than for Supporting Actor, and my list ended up having significant overlap with the Academy’s — three out of five. Nice to see them get it mostly right for a change.
With the 97th Academy Awards a month away, now is the time for me to offer up my personal nominations in the acting and directing categories before counting down my favorite movies of 2024.
As always, I have a laundry list of contenders for each of these categories and the challenge is to whittle it down to a satisfying five. The usual caveat applies: on a different day, this list might look different. But right now, this is where I’m landing.
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