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Awards Radar Community: Do You Think ‘Anora’ is Winning Best Picture?
Tomorrow will mark just one week until the Academy Awards. Crazy, right? It feels like it’s a lifetime away, until it’s just a matter of days. So, with the Oscars so clearly on the horizon, one of the big questions of the season is on our minds. In fact, it’s this week’s Awards Radar Community […] More
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The Top 25 Best Picture Winners So Far (Updated for 2024)
Oh boy. All good things must unfortunately come to an end, and we’ve reached the end of this series. A new one will start soon (probably), but first, a final reminder. Yes, this is a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the […] More
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Awards Radar Community: Share Your Early Oscar Pick for Best Picture!
Yesterday, I shared part two of my Year in Advance Oscar predictions. You can see them here and here (the predictions page will be updated soon here), but that’s not the focus for today. No, as always, my picks are one thing, but yours are a whole other ball of wax. So, this weekend’s Awards Radar Community […] More
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Awards Radar Podcast #178: Joey, Myles, and Steve Discuss Best Picture Winners, Adam Sandler, and the Post SAG Landscape
Welcome back to the Awards Radar Podcast. In each episode, Editor Joey Magidson (that’s me!) will be joined by some of the staff of Awards Radar to talk about the latest in film, television, and entertainment in general. The show will obviously have an awards season slant to it, but we won’t forget about other […] More
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Where Might ‘Oppenheimer’ Stack Up Against Other Best Picture Winning Biopics?
There’s a perception that prestige biopics dominate the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards. While that might be truer when it comes to nominations, in terms of wins, they aren’t exactly taking home Oscars year in and year out. At the same time, they have notably won, and we’re just days out from another […] More
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Awards Radar Community: What is Your Ranking of the 21st Century Best Picture Winners?
Earlier in the week, Rolling Stone put out a ranking, by David Fear, of every Best Picture winner at the Academy Awards during the 21st century. It got a bit of traction of whatever we call Film Twitter these days, and it frankly inspired me. Next week on the podcast, Myles and potentially Steve will […] More
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The Top 25 Best Picture Winners So Far (Updated for 2023)
All good things must unfortunately come to an end, and we’ve reached the end of this series. A new one will start soon (probably), but first, a final reminder. Yes, this is a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, […] More
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Awards Radar Community: Which Film is Your Year in Advance Best Picture Winner?
Yesterday, I finally shared my Year in Advance Oscar predictions. You can see them here (or here, in part), but that’s not the focus for today. No, my picks are one thing, but yours are a whole other. So, this weekend’s Awards Radar Community Question centers on that. Namely, we want to know what your […] More
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Sunday Scaries: Which Future Oscar Contenders Should You Be Scared Of?
Note: Topics of self-harm and abuse are discussed in this piece. Two years ago, I reflected on how Parasite continued an interesting trend among movies that win Best Picture during presidential election years: “How it works is this: if the most recent winner of the Best Picture Academy Award is optimistic, hopeful, old-fashioned in its […] More
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Awards Season / Oscar Predictions Update: Closing Out 2022 with New Picks and Thoughts on the Best Picture Race
Can you believe that 2022 is basically over with? There’s literally only one day left in the year, so whether you believe it or not, 2023 is pretty much upon us. So, I’ve held off with any major Oscar prediction updates of late, minus when the shortlists came out, but today sure feels like the […] More
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The Top 25 Best Picture Winners So Far (Updated)
Oh boy. All good things must come to an end, and we’ve reached the end of this series. A new one will start soon, but first, a reminder. Yes, this is a tradition I’ve been keen on for years, ranking the new crop of Academy Award winners. For nearly all of the Oscar categories, you’ll […] More
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The Best Picture Case for ‘CODA’ and ‘The Power of the Dog’
This is it, folks. We’re in the final week of awards season. The Academy Awards are on Sunday night, and in quite the twist, the race for Best Picture is truly now a tossup. The Oscars always have a mix of slam dunk sure things and pick-em situations, with this year proving no different. While […] More
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