The Long Take Review

The final countdown to Oscars Sunday has begun. To discuss all the “below the line” or crafts categories, I invited my colleague, friend, and fellow film history nerd, P.T. McNiff. He really brought his A-game with research, stats, and Oscars history. If you’ve ever wanted to know who songwriter Diane Warren is, he has a comprehensive and definitive answer for you! I also appreciated his supportive advice as I had minor meltdowns with a few categories. Image Credit: New York TimesForthcoming is

We’re back with another Oscars breakdown. This time, I’m joined by my former grad school officemate, longtime friend, fellow movie nerd, and author of, Greg Cass. He miraculously watches every single Oscar-nominated film (in all categories!) every year, so I really needed his help to parse these categories. Image Credit: CNNI will publish a couple posts to have a shorter text only version of our predictions shortly. You can opt for one or the other depending on how you’d like to consume our takes

Enjoy The Long Take’s first…audio edition? Proto-podcast?Fellow Oscars enthusiast and writing professor Antonio Elefano joins me to debate who will win Oscars in the Academy’s eight biggest categories, as well as share who we think should win. (And, in some cases, who we think should have been nominated.) Image Credit: The Hollywood ReporterI plan to post our written thoughts as well, complete with a Short Take and Long Take for each category we discuss here. Some but not all points overlap between