Oscar 2021 picks

[dougo]

As I mentioned in my Best Picture post, I managed to see every single Oscar-nominated movie this year. I won't have time to write up my thoughts on all of them before the ceremonies tonight, but I wanted to make a quick post with how I'd vote in each category before the winners are announced:

Actor in a Leading Role: Andrew Garfield, tick, tick...BOOM!
Actor in a Supporting Role: Troy Kotsur, CODA
Actress in a Leading Role: Penélope Cruz, Parallel Mothers
Actress in a Supporting Role: Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Animated Feature Film: Flee
Cinematography: Dune, Greig Fraser
Costume Design: Cruella, Jenny Beavan
Directing: Licorice Pizza, Paul Thomas Anderson
Documentary (Feature): Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Documentary (Short Subject): When We Were Bullies
Film Editing: Dune
International Feature Film: The Hand of God, Italy
Makeup and Hairstyling: Dune, Donald Mowat, Love Larson and Eva von Bahr
Music (Original Score): Dune, Hans Zimmer
Music (Original Song): "No Time To Die" from No Time to Die, Billie Eilish and Finneas O'Connell
Best Picture: Drive My Car
Production Design: Dune
Short Film (Animated): The Windshield Wiper
Short Film (Live Action): Please Hold
Sound: Dune, Mac Ruth, Mark Mangini, Theo Green, Doug Hemphill and Ron Bartlett
Visual Effects: Dune, Paul Lambert, Tristan Myles, Brian Connor and Gerd Nefzer
Writing (Adapted Screenplay): The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal
Writing (Original Screenplay): The Worst Person in the World, Eskil Vogt, Joachim Trier