The BAFTA nominations came out last week, and mostly told us that even if we had them before the Oscar nominations (as we usually do), we still would have been wrong about most of the categories that had surprises (i.e. Delroy Lindo! Elle Fanning! Avatar: Fire and Ash in costume?!). Since then, it’s been a pretty quiet week in the Oscar race. Most critics and podcasters have pivoted to covering the Sundance Film Festival, reviewing films that might be a part of next year’s awards season. (Our Sundance episode should be out next week!) For once it seems like everyone’s looking ahead to 2026 instead of fretting over 2025.

The LTR Awards for 2025 movies, however, are still in full swing! Last week, we established this year’s nominees, In this week’s episode, we deliberate and decide on our winners in each of our 10 categories: Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Featured Performer, Adapted Screenplay, Original Screenplay, Actress, Actor, Ensemble, Director, and Best Picture. What kind of wheeling and dealing did we each have to do to get what we wanted represented? What films left out of the Oscar conversation get some love from us here? And which winners likely to repeat at the Oscars just couldn’t be denied in the LTR Awards? Place your bets, mark your ballots, and listen to the episode!

Please note that we recorded this episode several days before Oscar nominations were announced.

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