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Arco was recently nominated for Best Animated Feature at the 98th Academy Awards. We are joined by the film's director, Ugo Bienvenu, to discuss his creative process and collaboration with his animation studio in developing the project. The story follows a girl who witnesses a mysterious boy in a rainbow suit fall from the sky in 2075. He comes from an idyllic far future where time travel is possible. She shelters him and will do whatever it takes to help him return to his time. Currently in wide release, the film is distributed by NEON.
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After the Oscar nomination announcements for the 98th Academy Awards, we break down the results by analyzing all of the expected nominations we received along with any surprises announced by Lewis Pullman and Danielle Brooks. We reveal how accurate some of our predictions were before we move into analyzing the final phase of Oscar campaigning leading up to the announcement of the winners on March 15th, 2026.

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In a round-up review episode while some of our team is at Sundance 2026, we look back to a couple of 2025 releases we've yet to discuss including Joachim Trier's 9-time Oscar nominated 'Sentimental Value' and Mona Fastvold's musical historical biopic, 'The Testament of Ann Lee'. We also shift the conversation to a critique of 'Mercy', to begin discussing 2026 January releases.
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Oscar Nominations for the 98th Academy Awards have been announced live by Danielle Brooks and Lewis Pullman! Here are our live, uncut reactions to the nomination announcements with immediate analysis following the ceremony.

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After multiple drafts of way-too-early above the line predictions through the summer, a “state of the awards race” pulse check episode discussing the first round of major precursors, and our specialized prediction episodes that featured in depth discussions on 3-4 categories at a time, we have finally arrived at the conclusion of the nomination phase of award season with the Oscar nominations set to be announced on the morning on January 22. Today we cast our final prediction ballots in the biggest annual episode dissecting all 24 categories.
Category Order:
Shorts
Casting
Makeup and Hairstyling
Production Design
Costume Design
Sound 
Original Song
Original Score
Documentary Feature
International Feature
Animated Feature
Visual Effects
Film Editing
Cinematography
Supporting Actress
Supporting Actor
Lead Actress
Lead Actor
Adapted Screenplay
Original Screenplay
Director
Picture 
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