Academy Anonymous
An invaluable, unparalleled and only partly-delusional resource for any cinephiles and Oscar-addicts forever obsessing about whether their favorite films, performances and artists will survive another grueling Oscar season.
Join us on our noble (futile! compulsive!) mission to track the contenders, mourn the flop-aroonis, cut-down the winners, champion the over-looked and generally forecast the state of the race with “100% accuracy" (results may vary).
Need your daily Oscar fix? We got you covered.
(But seriously, consider getting some real help when all this is over… this ain’t healthy.)
- Update frequency
- every 2 days
- Average duration
- 74 minutes
- Episodes
- 36
- Years Active
- 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; An Open Spot for Original Screenplay; Can Musicals Finally Break the Adapted Screenplay Dryspell
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- ANORA & A REAL PAIN locks for Original Screenplay
- Two unconventional writing pieces in THE SUBSTANCE & THE BRUTALIST cement their chances for Screenplay with solid…
00:41:32 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; Film Editors Wrestle to Balance the Epic and the Intimate; and a Glaring Netflix Problem in Best Cinematography
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Film Editing, a possible rough draft of the Academy Award’s Best Director
- ACE Eddie film editing snubs & surprises: “A Complete Unknown” & “Civil War”
- “Challengers”…
00:56:21 |
Thu 23 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; New Faces & A “Succession” Rematch in Supporting Actor; Colman Tries A Rare Repeat; Craig’s Queer Role Turns Off Brits; Sebastian Stan Doubles Down But May Fall Victim To Himself in Best Actor
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Kieran Culkin way ahead of his competition
- Screen Actors Guild snub kills Guy Pearce momentum for Best Picture contender “The Brutalist”
- The surprising (and heartwa…
00:36:23 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024–2025; Final Predictions; Crowded Best Supporting Actress Race ENDS With Few Certainties And Several Dark Horses Lurking
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- A “Perfect” LOCK - Saldana reaps reward for years of work in mainstream Hollywood fare with demanding, delicate dance in “Emilia Perez”
- A VULNERABLE kind of “Perfe…
01:02:09 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Final Predictions; Torres and Baptiste To Lead A Best Actress Revenge Tour; Villeneuve In The Best Director Doghouse; Hail Mary Plays For Best Picture of the Year
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- The “Best” Best Actress contender lineup….ever?
- Best Actress - THERE WILL BE SNUBS
- Fernanda Torres aims to spoil Oscar morning for vets Cynthia Erivo & Marianne Jea…
00:54:31 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; DGA Nominees Forecast Oscar’s Best Picture Top 5 - Blockbusters Out, Passion Projects In, Veterans Sidelined
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Votes are in from the Directors Guild of America!
- The DGA 5 = The Academy Awards Best Picture 5
- A bad omen for Dune, Part 2 and Denis Villeneuve OR “Who needs a ve…
00:36:41 |
Wed 22 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Golden Globes Post Mortem and SAG Predictions
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Surveying the Post-Golden-Globes Oscar Race
- What we got right (Fernanda Torres! Sebastian Stan! Demi Moore!) and what we got wrong from our Golden Globe prediction…
01:21:30 |
Wed 08 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Analyzing BAFTA Longlists And NSFC Winners; Predicting The Golden Globes
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Reacting to BAFTA Longlist reveal
- Recapping the winners of the National Society of Film Critics
- Our Golden Globe winner predictions
We've started a twitter page! Le…
00:52:52 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Best Supporting Actress Contenders Duke It Out In A Musical Mexican Standoff
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Inspecting the strangest acting category, BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
- It’s Zoe Saldana’s for the taking, no question…
- The Veteran spot is Felicity Jones for The Brutali…
01:14:41 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Decoding The Best Actress Musical Chairs Game
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Looking at the BEST ACTRESS category, the most VOLATILE acting category this year; prepare for snubs…
- Is Mikey Madison more vulnerable than people think? Is Karla …
01:41:34 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Cracking Best Actor and The Skinny On How Voters View The Acting Categories
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- How we navigate the ACTING CATEGORIES; what patterns and trends to look for; we dive in EXTENSIVELY
- Predicting the BEST ACTOR category
- The only locks are Ralph Fien…
01:20:59 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Best Supporting Actor and Roman and Kendall Roy's New Dance
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Diving into the BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR category
- Kieran Culkin, Guy Pearce and Edward Norton are the only locks; watch out for Norton to possibly upset Culkin for th…
00:33:38 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Introductions and "Cellar Door"
On the inaugural episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Introductions (Good to meet you!)
- How we approach forecasting the Oscar Race
- How this obsession started
- Our complicated relationship with the Academy
- The Os…
00:46:06 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Looking At Best Director - To Veteran or Not To Veteran?
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Diving in to the BEST DIRECTOR category
- Is a huge snub around the corner?
- Jaques Audiard’s vision too gutsy to miss; is he Number 1?
- Can Sean Baker really land 4 nom…
01:01:28 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Best Picture, Part 1
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Campaigns! Campaigns! Campaigns! Nothing in the Oscar Race is incidental
- More on our forecasting approach
- Diving into the top 6 films predicted to make the 2025 Bes…
01:03:34 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
Oscar Season 2024-2025; Best Picture, Part 2
On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:
- Continuing our deep dive into the rest of the films contending to make the 2025 Best Picture lineup
- Why A COMPLETE UNKNOWN is stronger than most think, and edging …
01:08:13 |
Mon 06 Jan 2025
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