While it’s, of course, anyone’s guess who will take home Oscar gold, two films in particular have emerged as frontrunners, both steeped in prestige: Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, a period vampire thriller that celebrates the origins of Blues music and southern Black culture, and One Battle After Another from now 14-time Oscar nominee Paul Thomas Anderson. His latest follows a washed-up revolutionary battling old foes for the safety of his daughter, and pointedly comments on the immigrant experience in the US. Both films come from CNN’s parent company Warner Bros. Discovery.
