Oscar nominations will be announced on Tuesday morning, and in anticipation of that fast-approaching mile marker in awards season, most Oscars podcasts have been releasing episodes with their full set of predictions. We went in the opposite direction, and awarded our personal favorites for the year, before we become unduly influenced by the Academy’s lineup.

In this episode of The Long Take Review, we host our own awards ceremony, The Long Take Review Awards…or LTRs…or “Letters,” as we’re hoping to call them. We cover the four acting categories, director, and picture, with a quick dip into the screenplay categories at the very end. Tune in to hear our consensus nominees, some shout-outs to less recognized but very much deserving performances or films, and our very civil and collaborative debate as we decide on a winner live during the show.

In future posts on The Long Take Substack, Jen will share each of our full lists of nominees, as well as our picks in other categories we didn’t have time to discuss.

Categories in Order Discussed

Supporting Actor 5:41

Supporting Actress 17:37

Actor 32:01

Actress 50:12

Director 1:09:53

Picture 1:24:12

Show Note: To listen to the story about Lily Gladstone’s gift from Martin Scorsese, go to 53:12 in this episode of Vanity Fair’s Little Gold Men. Jen summarized the story poorly on our episode — it was a hand-painted model of a Sicilian horse cart that appeared in the background of Mean Streets (1973). The whole episode of Little Gold Men (live!) is worth a listen, but that story as told by Lily Gladstone is especially beautiful.

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