As the new year approaches, attention is increasingly turning to the most glamorous red carpet of all: The Oscars 2023.
The 95th Academy Awards will be held a little later than usual this year, on Sunday, March 12, 2023, and while the nominations haven’t been announced yet, speculations about this year’s winners are rife.
Will we see Oscar veterans such as Cate Blanchett and Steven Spielberg being honored, or will lesser-known stars be given the chance to shine?
The glossary magazine dot com collected 10 essential Oscar films that you should know and we present them to you:
Tar
Cate Blanchett is tipped by most film critics to be nominated for this year’s Best Actress Oscar after winning the same award at the Venice Film Festival in September for her role in Todd Field’s gripping drama, his directorial debut. for 16 years.
Blanchett plays the famous and talented composer-conductor Lydia Tar, who is preparing for the most important performance of her career. This is a masterpiece film, with estimates that want it to contend for the awards of best film, director, and original screenplay.
The Whale
In the upcoming nominations for Best Actor, one name stands out: Brendan Fraser has turned all eyes on him after his performance in Darren Aronofsky’s dark family drama.
In it, Fraser plays an obese, wheelchair-bound gay man who struggles to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter, played by Stranger Things star Sadie Sink.
Many also believe that Sink will be nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar, along with Hong Chau, who plays Fraser’s only girlfriend. It seems that 13 years after the success of Black Swan, Aronofsky will vigorously contend for the Oscar for Best Director.
The Banshees of Inisherin
Acclaimed Irish writer and director Martin McDonagh has reunited the cast members of ‘In Bruges for another heart-pounding black comedy, which is likely to garner multiple Oscar nominations and possibly his first golden statuette for a feature film.
Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson team up again to play two longtime friends in a small Irish fishing village whose friendship is abruptly cut short, causing a series of terrifying events for both of them.
The nominations for Best Director and Screenplay seem certain, while Gleeson and Kerry Condon are flirting with the glow of the Oscars. Special attention is paid to Farrell, who won the Volpi Cup of the Venice Film Festival.
The Fabelmans
Steven Spielberg has form when it comes to the Oscars. The legendary director already has 3 awards and a long list of nominations that stretch into double digits.
As everything shows, his name and creations will not be absent even from this year’s Oscars, in which he is expected to appear in the film “The Fabelmans”, which makes a moving account of a family that is collapsing, with direct references to their personal experiences his childhood.
In addition to the Director award, everything indicates that it will also contend for the statuette of Best Music thanks to the tunes of John Williams, while the leading and supporting roles – Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, Seth Rogen, and Judd Hirsch – will surely collect nomination votes for their excellent performances.
Babylon
Damian Chazelle returns to familiar paths in his latest work: The Highs and Lows of Hollywood. His last film on the subject, La La Land, won six Oscars, so we can expect Babylon to show up, if nothing else, with some nominations this year.
Set in the decadent Tinseltown of the 1920s, when the industry was transitioning from silent pictures to sound, the film chronicles a thoroughly hedonistic adventure, co-starring Hollywood’s biggest stars, including Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, and Diego Calva, but also new talents hoping to stand out.
Mary Zophres ‘ spectacular sets and lavish costumes are expected to steal the show.
Armageddon Time
American director James Gray’s autobiographical coming-of-age story about growing up in Queens in the 1980s features a strong cast of potential nominees, including past Oscar winners Anne Hathaway and Anthony Hopkins.
Gray, who is best known for his ambitious films Ad Astra and The Lost City of Z, could also win recognition for his insightful original screenplay, which packs a powerfully honest and emotional punch.
Women Talking
This sensitive adaptation of Miriam Toews’ book, which centers around a group of women in an isolated religious community who meet to discuss their future after violent sexual assaults, is sure to secure Sarah Polley an Oscar nomination for Best Director.
If she does win, she will be the third woman in three years to do so, following in the footsteps of Nomadland ‘s Chloé Zhao and The Power of the Dog’s Jane Campion. The cast is simply magical, with voters awarding Rooney Mara for the lead role, as well as Claire Foy, Jessie Buckley, and Ben Whishaw for the supporting roles.
Elvis
Baz Luhrmann’s promising biopic may have divided critics when it was released this summer, but most agree that Austin Butler’s performance as the legendary king of rock ‘n roll deserves more than an Oscar nomination.
It is also expected to claim awards for the film’s makeup and hair, production design, and costumes. The latter two are due to Luhrmann’s longtime collaborator and wife, four-time Oscar winner Catherine Martin.
Everything Everywhere All At Once
This dark sci-fi comedy premiered in March, making it difficult to top voters’ minds, but Michelle Yeoh’s excellent lead performance as Evelyn Wang has long established her as a front-runner for the Best Actress Oscar.
The heart-pounding action film is likely to claim a nomination in the Best Picture category, while there is expected to be a nomination or two for the standout supporting roles played by Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, and Jamie Lee Curtis.
Till
Danielle Deadwyler is a clear contender for Best Actress, thanks to her riveting performance as civil rights pioneer Mamie Till-Mobley in director Chinonye Chukwu’s biopic. The film focuses on Till-Mobley ‘s turbulent fight for justice after the murder of her 14-year-old son, Emmett, in 1950s Mississippi.
If Deadwyler wins the coveted award, she will be the first black woman to do so in more than two decades. If it gets enough support, it’s possible that the film could be nominated for both Best Picture and Best Director at the 2023 Oscars.
