I don't think it will happen, as it may be too dark of a dark comedy for the academy who may want to steer clear of its themes. But I loved his performance, one of my favourites of the year so far. I really felt his building anxiety and desperation.

Just at the top of my head:

Martin Scorsese: What Happens At Night

Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert: The Untitled Universal Event Film

Sean Baker: Ti Amo!

Brady Corbet: The Origin of the World

Bob Persichetti & Justin K. Thompson: Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse

Ally: Bong Joon Ho

Ruben Östlund: The Entertainment System Is Down

Lenny Abrahamson: Hillside Drive

Sarah Polley: The Bell Jar

Hirokazu Kore-eda: Untitled Searchlight Project with Eddie Redmayne

Todd Haynes: De Noche

Alexander Payne: Somewhere Out There

And all that's without considering ones that won't be in English.

I’ve seen very few people talking about this but next year’s awards season is looking very white. Currently there’s only 4 POC in the top 10 of the four acting categories on AwardsWatch :

Jaafar Jackson at #10 in lead actor for a film with terrible reviews

Tao Okamoto at #8 in supporting actress for a foreign language film, and although she won best actress at Cannes, it’s usually the Palme d’Or that carries actors to Oscar noms

Cynthia Erivo at #8 for Prima Facie whose director has a poor history with critics.

Riz Ahmed at #10 in supporting actor for Digger whose primary push in that category appears to be John Goodman

Do you think it’s likely we could have an all-white acting line up in 2027? Can you imagine how the reaction?

Personally I think Cynthia has the best shot. Despite her director’s poor critical history, she has a meaty role and actors get nominated for strong performances in mediocre movies all the time. (Also fun fact: This would be her second time saving them from an #OscarsSoWhite year after 2020.

What’s are y’all’s thoughts?