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 veteran anyway?!”
• Edward Berger poised to strike back after “All Quiet on the Western Front” snub at the Oscars 
• James Mangold FINALLY gets his flowers
• Corbet - young, unfamiliar and uncompromising… but “The Brutalist” may just be un-snubbable.
• No Jon M. Chu, BIG problem! A “Wicked” snub spells trouble at the Oscars
• Baker’s “Anora” proves irresistible with first nomination for Palme D’Or winner since “Parasite” - the NEON playbook may lead to gold at the Oscars yet again
• Coralie Fargeat and her visionary “The Substance” not enough to overcome guild’s ingrained genre bias