Episode 23: Oscar Special 2018

Published: Feb. 24, 2018, 12:33 a.m.

Oscar Special 2018. Sarah Watt, Max Tarrant, Jeremy Downing and William Chen discuss the films nominated for Academy Awards this year. Here are our picks:\n- Best Picture: Dunkirk\n- Actor in a Leading Role: Gary Oldman, Darkest Hour\n- Actress in a Leading Role: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing Missouri\n- Actor in a Supporting Role: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri\n- Actress in a Supporting Role: Allison Janney, I, Tonya\n- Animated Feature Film: Coco (2 votes) / Loving Vincent (1 vote)\n- Cinematography: Blade Runner (3 votes) / Dunkirk (1 vote)\n- Directing: The Shape of Water (3 votes) / Dunkirk (1 vote)\n- Adapted Screenplay: Call Me By Your Name\n- Original Screenplay: Get Out (2 votes) / Lady Bird (2 vote) / (Though it will likely be\u2026) Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri\n\nWe ran out of time to talk about the following categories, but here are our picks:\n- Costume Design: Phantom Thread\n- Film Editing: Dunkirk (2 votes) / Baby Driver (1 vote) / I, Tonya (1 vote)\n- Foreign Language Film: The Square\n- Makeup and Hairdressing: Darkest Hour\n- Original Score: Dunkirk (2 votes) / The Shape of Water (2 votes)\n- Original Song: \u201cThis Is Me,\u201d The Greatest Showman\n- Production Design: Blade Runner 2049 (2 votes) / The Shape of Water (2 votes)\n- Sound Editing: Dunkirk (3 votes) / Blade Runner 2049 (1 vote)\n- Sound Mixing: Baby Driver (1 vote) / Blade Runner 2049 (1 vote) / Dunkirk (1 vote) / Star Wars: The Last Jedi (1 vote)\n- Visual Effects: Blade Runner 2049 (2 votes) / War for the Planet of the Apes (2 votes)\n\nAnd we didn\u2019t discuss these categories, having not seen most of the films nominated:\n- Documentary Feature\n- Documentary Short Subject\n- Animated Short Film\n- Live Action Short Film