JUSTIN CHANG
LOS ANGELES TIMESBong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Pedro Almodóvar,“Pain and Glory”
Claire Denis,“High Life”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”»The academy’s consistently adventurous
and world-cinema-conscious branch might
just stand by Bong and Almodóvar.KENNETH TURAN
LOS ANGELES TIMESMartin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Pedro Almodóvar,“Pain and Glory”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”»Foreign-language auteurs Bong
and Almodóvar could make it in.GLENN WHIPP
LOS ANGELES TIMESBong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Greta Gerwig,“Little Women”»“Parasite” is Bong at his best, starting as a
dark comedy and pivoting to a masterful,
insightful horror story of class struggle.DAVE KARGER
IMDB & TCMMartin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Greta Gerwig,“Little Women”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”»Over a decade after exes Kathryn Bigelow
and James Cameron faced off here, might
partners Baumbach and Gerwig be next?TOM O’NEIL
GOLD DERBYQuentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time”
Martin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Pedro Almodóvar, “Pain and Glory”»A victory by a South Korean filmmaker
once seemed impossible, but voters have
recently preferred cool art-house cineastes.ANNE THOMPSON
INDIEWIREMartin Scorsese,“The Irishman”
Quentin Tarantino,“Once Upon a Time”
Noah Baumbach,“Marriage Story”
Bong Joon Ho,“Parasite”
Pedro Almodóvar,“Pain and Glory”»Potential first-time nominees Bong and
Baumbach could face such vets as
Scorsese, Tarantino and Almodóvar.BuzzMeter
(Our panel of Oscar experts share their picks)
Genaro MolinaLos Angeles TimesBONG JOON HO
{ DIRECTOR }
»The Envelope has gathered top film critics, writers
and awards pundits to bring you the Buzzmeter, their
weekly look at how 10 key Oscar categories are shaping
up. This week, six of our panelists give their take on
the director race, with Martin Scorsese and Quentin
Tarantino duking it out with South Korean master Bong
Joon Ho. You can see all our panelists’ picks at
once at latimes.com/buzzmeter. And you can vote for
your own in our weekly online polls.
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THE ENVELOPE LOS ANGELES TIMES TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2019