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Our Golden Globes Predictions, Plus ‘Cold War’ Director Pawel Pawlikowski | The Oscars Show (Ep. 113)

January 2, 2019/ 87 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins

Sean and Amanda fill out their Golden Globes ballots category by category, then Sean sits down with Cold War director Pawel Pawlikowski.

76 films across 3 segments.

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Our Golden Globes Ballotsfilm categories only; they skip the TV races

Best Motion Picture — Animated

Best Motion Picture — Foreign Language

Best Original Score

A Quiet Place Marco Beltrami
Isle of Dogs Alexandre Desplat
Black Panther Ludwig Göransson
First Man Justin Hurwitz
Mary Poppins Returns Marc Shaiman

Best Original Song

Black Panther "All the Stars"
Dumplin' "Girl in the Movies"
A Private War "Requiem for a Private War"
Boy Erased "Revelation"
A Star Is Born "Shallow" Their pick

Best Supporting Actress

Vice Amy Adams
First Man Claire Foy
If Beale Street Could Talk Regina King
The Favourite Emma Stone
The Favourite Rachel Weisz

Best Supporting Actor

Green Book Mahershala Ali Their pick
Beautiful Boy Timothée Chalamet
BlacKkKlansman Adam Driver
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Richard E. Grant
Vice Sam Rockwell

Best Actor — Musical or Comedy

Vice Christian Bale Their pick
Mary Poppins Returns Lin-Manuel Miranda
Green Book Viggo Mortensen
The Old Man & the Gun Robert Redford
Stan & Ollie John C. Reilly

Best Actress — Musical or Comedy

Mary Poppins Returns Emily Blunt
The Favourite Olivia Colman
Crazy Rich Asians Constance Wu
Eighth Grade Elsie Fisher
Tully Charlize Theron

Best Actress — Drama

The Wife Glenn Close
A Star Is Born Lady Gaga Their pick
Destroyer Nicole Kidman
Can You Ever Forgive Me? Melissa McCarthy
A Private War Rosamund Pike

Best Actor — Drama

A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper
At Eternity's Gate Willem Dafoe
Boy Erased Lucas Hedges
Bohemian Rhapsody Rami Malek Their pick
BlacKkKlansman John David Washington

Best Screenplay

Roma Alfonso Cuarón
The Favourite Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara
If Beale Street Could Talk Barry Jenkins
Vice Adam McKay
Green Book Vallelonga, Currie & Farrelly

Best Director

A Star Is Born Bradley Cooper
Roma Alfonso Cuarón
Green Book Peter Farrelly
BlacKkKlansman Spike Lee
Vice Adam McKay

Best Motion Picture — Musical or Comedy

Best Motion Picture — Drama

The rest of the showthe host-less Oscars, Netflix's numbers, and one animated-feature standoff

Bird Box 2018

Netflix says 45 million accounts streamed it in seven days. Sean wants a whole podcast to unpack that number and isn't sure it signifies success or just consumption.

The Godfather 1972

Sean's reference for a host-free ceremony: the 45th Academy Awards used a handful of actors to shepherd the show, which is roughly what Bill Simmons keeps proposing for the Oscars.

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse poster

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018

Sean's pick to break Pixar's Oscar grip; Amanda, who won't watch animation, holds for Incredibles 2.

Incredibles 2 2018

The Brad Bird juggernaut and the safe Academy vote: one of two animated films Amanda has actually seen.

In conversation

Pawel Pawlikowski on

A love story loosely drawn from his own parents, shot in high-contrast black and white and built around three folk tunes that recur as jazz, chanson, and cheesy pop as the couple moves through countries and time.