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This past Sunday evening, ABC aired the 98th Academy Awards Show.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the film and television award shows, few to none are more highly anticipated and widely viewed as the Oscars. The red carpet fashion, jokes that don\u2019t quite land and the commended and controversial award choices always draw a crowd, either from live viewers, day-after \u201cbest dressed\u201d reviewers or Twitter cinephiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Academy, while always thanked by award recipients, is not always thanked by film fanatics and cinephiles, and this year boasted the usual controversial picks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As it stands, it\u2019s been an interesting year for film. The highs have been high, and the lows have been low. Some have called \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d the \u201cmovie of the decade,\u201d and \u201cSinners\u201d broke the record for the most Oscar nominations ever, cashing in at a whopping 16.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Movies like \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d and \u201cF1\u201d were also box office successes with some nominations, including both for Best Picture, but other than that, 2025 was a year filled mainly with high-grossing franchise films, remakes and sequels, with a few decent indie projects mixed in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This presents a critical question: Are the films sweeping the Oscars this year actually that good, or are they simply better than the slop Hollywood has been churning out recently?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In his second run as host, Conan O\u2019Brien remained mostly inoffensive (other than the usual political digs), but his bits, including a 20-minute opening monologue, have been criticized for being too long winded and not all that funny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of the biggest award moments, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d was the night\u2019s biggest winner, walking away with six awards, including the coveted Best Picture and Best Director (Paul Thomas Anderson).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSinners\u201d was also a big winner with four wins, including Best Actor (Michael B. Jordan) and Best Cinematography (Autumn Durald Arkpaw). Arkpaw fittingly made history as the first woman to ever win the award, after her work on \u201cSinners\u201d made history as the first film to be shot on film using her method.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After an almost perfect sweep of the best actress category this awards season, having already won the category at the Golden Globes, Critics\u2019 Choice Awards, Actor Awards, BAFTA Awards and several others, Jesse Buckley completed the set for her role in \u201cHamnet.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The seventh ever tie in Oscars history went to both \u201cThe Singers\u201d and \u201cTwo People Exchanging Saliva\u201d for Best Live Action Short Film.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The moment was almost stolen by an awkwardly early pan away from the winners\u2019 acceptance speech. After taking away the microphone and panning to O\u2019Brien, the camera awkwardly returned to the winners and let them finish their speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMarty Supreme\u201d was a notable snub at this year\u2019s Oscars. After receiving nine nominations, including Best Picture, Best Director (Josh Safdie) and Best Actor (Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet), the film left empty-handed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several have cried injustice for Chalamet, and others have commented that it serves him right for his recent comments regarding opera and ballet as a dying art form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The most impressive original song performance must go to \u201cI Lied to You\u201d from \u201cSinners,\u201d as Miles Caton and a colorful ensemble featuring actors and dancers from the film, as well as Shaboozy, Brittany Howard and ballet legend Misty Copeland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the nearly euphoric performance perfectly capturing the essence of the film, the Best Original Song actually went to \u201cGolden\u201d from \u201cKPop Demon Hunters.\u201d \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d also won for Best Animated Movie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
All in all, it was a very eventful night, full of big wins for not just the specific movies represented but the film community as a whole. And now it\u2019s time to look forward to the 2026 season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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