3.21-97th Academy Awards Preview-Part 5

Today is the final episode in my preview of the 97th Academy Awards where I will have broken down every category over the course of this week. Today I am joined by Maria Banson from the Brunello Bombshell newsletter to break down all ten films nominated for Best Picture. I've listed the nominees below along with a few other films mentioned throughout the episode.

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The nominees for each category are listed below.

Best Picture:

• Anora
• The Brutalist
• A Complete Unknown
• Conclave
• Dune: Part Two
• Emilia Pérez
• I'm Still Here
• Nickel Boys
• The Substance
• Wicked

Other media mentioned in this episode include:

• Poor Things directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
• Memento directed by Christopher Nolan
• The Time Machine directed by Simon Wells
• Oppenheimer directed by Christopher Nolan
• Walk the Line directed by James Mangold
• Conclave (book) by Robert Harris
• Lord of the Rings directed by Peter Jackson
• Dune directed by Denis Villeneuve
• Dune: Messiah (forthcoming) directed by Denis Villeneuve
• Dune (book) by Frank Herbert
• Star Wars directed by George Lucas
• Midsommar directed by Ari Aster
• Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein
• Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
• Parasite directed by Bong Joon-ho
• The Motorcycle Diaries directed by Walter Salles
• Nickel Boys (book) by Colson Whitehead
• The Holdovers directed by Alexander Payne
• The Wizard of Oz (book) by L. Frank Baum
• The Wizard of Oz directed by Victor Fleming
• Gladiator directed by Ridley Scott
• Sing Sing directed by Greg Kwedar
• The Wild Robot directed by Chris Sanders