First Predictions: Best Costume Design!

by Nathaniel R

Jacqueline Durran's work on WUTHERING HEIGHTS was the first gauntlet thrown for the 99th Oscars Best Costume Design race. © Warner Bros Pictures

Dearest (im)patient readers. The time has come. Let's dive into our April Foolish first round Oscar predictions of the year. We'll put up one category (or more) per day until it's complete. To kick us off, the sartorial wonders of Best Costume Design. Last season my medals went to the juke joint 30s fashions of Sinners, the colliding cultures of midcentury NYC in Marty Supreme, and the retrofuturism of Fantastic Four: First Steps... but Oscar felt differently giving the statue to the gonzo insectoid / color fetishism of Frankenstein. We can only hope the 2026 film year has as many stellar options. And if you stop to think about it, the year has already started with something of a bang...

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We Can't Wait. 2026 Cinema. (Part Two: G-P)

by Nathaniel R

Oscar nominee Rinko Kikuchi stars in HA-CHAN, SHAKE YOUR BOOTY! which premiered at Sundance.
If you missed part one we are listing titles (alphabetically, we already covered A-F) that we're excited to see in the new film year. While the new film year doesn't truly begin (if you ask us) until the Oscars for lsat year are handed out) we've included a couple of late February and early March titles anyway.  Please do add to the list in the comments here if you see something you're excited about that we haven't listed.

Okay, let's move on to part two with lesbian dramas, heist films, dance competitions, an Oscar-centric biopic, a French actress feast, and a couple of A list witches hoping to recast spells at the box office...

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