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If I picked the Oscars...
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Hello Reader, Happy Oscar Sunday! To celebrate the occasion, I'm offering up a list of alternative nominees that I personally would have voted for and my preferred winners — some of which overlap with Oscar. Most of these never had a chance at the Oscars, but I think you might like them! The list of nominees is roughly in rank order of preference. Winners are in bold. I've done my best not to commit category fraud! Most (but definitely not all!) of these films/performances are on my Best of 2023 list, which you can find here. Best film All of Us Strangers Best Director Andrew Haigh - All of Us Strangers Best Lead Actor Alessandro Borghi - The Eight Mountains Best Lead Actress Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon Best Supporting Actor Jamie Bell - All of Us Strangers Best Supporting Actress Hong Chau - Showing Up Best Original Screenplay Other People’s Children Best Adapted Screenplay All of Us Strangers Best Editing All of Us Strangers Best Cinematography All of Us Strangers Best Production Design Revoir Paris Best Costumes Passages (Although among the actual nominees, I'd give it to Oppenheimer, which I think has uniformly fantastic costumes.) Best Visual Effects All of Us Strangers Best International Film *Using Oscar submissions only but ignoring their shortlist Pictures of Ghosts (Brazil) **I've not yet seen Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World, but I suspect I'd have included it if I had. Best Documentary 32 Sounds Best sound The Eight Mountains
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Seventh Row is a nonprofit Canadian film criticism publication and publishing house. We're dedicated to helping you expand your horizons by curating the best socially progressive films from around the world and helping you think deeply about them. This newsletter is run by Seventh Row (http://seventh-row.com) but features exclusive content not found on the website.
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