Oscar weekend is finally upon us!
The biggest story of the 2016 Academy Awards has been who was not nominated. For the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees were white. “Oscars So White” led…
The biggest story of the 2016 Academy Awards has been who was not nominated. For the second year in a row, all 20 acting nominees were white. “Oscars So White” led to backlash, boycotts, and ultimately changes in the structure of voting regulations of the Academy.
It also has been a notable year for the lack of a frontrunner. In a rare split, the three main guilds – the Directors Guild, the Producers Guild and the Screen Actors Guild – all awarded their top prize to different films. The directors went with The Revenant, the producers voted for The Big Short and SAG opted for Spotlight. But come Sunday night, we’ll finally know which one (if any of those) gets the Best Picture Oscar.
You can see the full list of nominees below and listen to interviews with many of the nominees who have stopped by KCRW this year. Happy listening, and see you on the red carpet!
Best Picture
The Big Short
The Big Short director
The Big Short
director Adam McKay on
Bridge of Spies
Brooklyn
Brooklyn
Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max Fury Road
director George Miller on The Treatment
director George Miller on The Treatment
Mad Max: Fury Road
director George Miller onPress Play
director George Miller onPress Play
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Kim Masters and Matt Belloni talk about the challenges of making
Room
Room
writer Emma Donoghue & director Lenny Abrahamson on The Business
Spotlight
Spotlight
Best Director
Adam McKay, The Big Short
The TreatmentThe Big Short director Adam McKay on The Business
George Miller, Mad Max: Fury Road
Mad Max: Fury Road director George Miller on The Treatment
director George Miller on The TreatmentMad Max: Fury Road director George Miller onPress Play
director George Miller onPress PlayMad Max: Fury Road director George Miller on The Business
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, The Revenant
Lenny Abrahamson, Room
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Best Actor
Bryan Cranston, Trumbo
Trumbo
star Bryan Cranston on
Matt Damon, The Martian
Leonardo DiCaprio, The Revenant
Michael Fassbender, Steve Jobs
Eddie Redmayne, The Danish Girl
Best Actress
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Caroldirector Todd Haynes and producer Christine Vachon on The Business
Brie Larson, Room
Jennifer Lawrence, Joy
Charlotte Rampling, 45 Years
Saoirse Ronan, Brooklyn
Best Supporting Actor
Christian Bale, The Big Short
Tom Hardy, The Revenant
Mark Ruffalo, Spotlight
Mark Rylance, Bridge of Spies
Sylvester Stallone, Creed
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Jason Leigh, The Hateful Eight
Rooney Mara, Carol
Rachel McAdams, Spotlight
Alicia Vikander, The Danish Girl
Kate Winslet, Steve Jobs
Best Original Screenplay
Bridge of Spies
Ex Machina
Inside Out
Spotlight
Straight Outta Compton
Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short
Brooklyn
Nick Hornby, who adapted the screenplay for Brooklyn, on The Business
Carol
The Martian
Room
Best Animated Feature
Anomalisa
Boy and the World
Inside Out
Shaun the Sheep Movie
When Marnie Was There
Best Foreign Language Film
Embrace of the Serpent
Mustang
Mustang
Son of Saul
Son of Saul
Theeb
A War
KCRW’s First Take producerMatt Holzman talks to Madeleine Brand on Press Playabout the five foreign language films.
Best Documentary Feature
Amy
Amy
Cartel Land
The Look of Silence
What Happened, Miss Simone?
What Happened, Miss Simone?
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom
Best Cinematography
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Sicario
Best Film Editing
The Big Short
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
Spotlight
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Production Design
Bridge of Spies
The Danish Girl
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Best Costume Design
Carol
Carol
Cinderella
Cinderella
The Danish Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Revenant
KCRW’s Design and Architecture talks to Kevin Jones of FIDM about all of this year’s costume contenders.
Best Original Score
Bridge of Spies
Carol
The Hateful Eight
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Original Song
“Earned It,” 50 Shades Of Grey
“Manta Ray,” Racing Extinction
“Simple Song #3,” Youth
“Til It Happens to You,” The Hunting Ground
“Writing’s on the Wall,” Spectre
Best Visual Effects
Ex Machina
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Makeup & Hairstyling
Mad Max
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out a Window and Disappeared
The Revenant
Best Sound Mixing
Bridge of Spies
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Sound Editing
Mad Max: Fury Road
The Martian
The Revenant
Sicario
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Best Documentary Short
Body Team 12
Chau Behind the Lines
Claude Lanzman
A Girl in the River
Last Day of Freedom
Best Live Action Short Film
Ave Maria
Day One
Everything Will Be Okay
Shok
Stutterer
Best Animated Short Film
Bear Story
Prologue
Sanjay’s Super Team
We Can’t Live Without Cosmos
World of Tomorrow