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 DirectorACE Eddie film editing snubs & surprises: “A Complete Unknown” & “Civil War”“Challengers” using the the sports film genre to its advantageToo many nominations for Sean Baker Less veterans likely at the Oscars with editors of American blockbusters “Dune, Part 2” & “Wicked” having reaped nominations recentlyThe curious case of “September 5” mirroring the editing snubs of “Spotlight” - are voters watching the film?“Emilia Perez” editor to be welcomed back into the Oscar, “Conclave” editor poised for first career nod“The Brutalist” overlooked at BAFTA & ACE, too long for editors to consider it seriously in this category. Will it doom its Best Picture chances?The films potentially trying to jump from surefire Best Sound nominees to Film Editing nomineesPerformance & Writing mentions still key for any film trying to crack Film Editing nomination “Emilia Perez” SNUBBED by Cinematographers guild, behind SEVEN other titles!Netflix streak of Cinematography nominations in jeopardyCan beloved veteran Ed Lachmann go back-to-back this year for “Maria” after last year’s surprise lone nomination for black-and-white “El Conde”?Jarin Blaschke and Lol Crawley FINALLY land ASC nominations for Best Cinematography‘Wicked” cinematography backlash not enough to stop female director of photography, Alice Books. Can she ride her historic inclusion at the American Cinematographers Society into an Oscar nomination?‘The Girl With The Needle” & “Nicke Boys” striking visuals land in ASC Spotlight category, but too edgy for mainstream Academy votersJacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” out at ASC. But Jacques Audiard’s frequent DP collaborator finally breaks in with “Conclave” - how’s that for irony.Support the show