Continuing the tradition:
The book, now in its 11th paperback edition, is titled: All About Oscar: The History and Politics of the Academy Awards.
Frontrunners (in alphabetical order)
Strong Contenders
Sofia Coppola, On the Rocks
Pete Docter & Kemp Powers, Soul
Paul Greengrass, News of the World
Patty Jenkins, Wonder Woman 1984
Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
George C. Wolfe, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Also in the Run
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Shaka King, Judas and the Black Messiah
John Lee Hancock, The Little Things
Sam Levinson, Malcolm & Marie
Kevin Macdonald, The Mauritanian
Ryan Murphy, The Prom
Christopher Nolan, Tenet
Anthony Russo & Joe Russo, Cherry
John Patrick Shanley, Wild Mountain Thyme
Leigh Whannell, The Invisible Man
Florian Zeller, The Father