JUSTIN CHANG
LOS ANGELES TIMES
“Parasite”
“Ash Is the Purest
White”
“The Souvenir”
“High Life”
“Her Smell”
“Once Upon a Time
... in Hollywood”
“Marriage Story”
“The Irishman”
“Knives Out”
“The Last Black Man
in San Francisco”
An East Coast-West Coast showdown looms
between “Irishman” and “Hollywood,” with
“Marriage Story” as bicoastal referee.
KENNETH TURAN
LOS ANGELES TIMES
“The Irishman”
“Once Upon a Time
... in Hollywood”
“Ford v Ferrari”
“Marriage Story”
“Little Women”
“Parasite”
“Pain and Glory”
“Judy”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Downton Abbey”
Looks like it will be
Tarantino’s “Hollywood”
vs. Scorsese’s “Irishman.”
GLENN WHIPP
LOS ANGELES TIMES
“Parasite”
“The Irishman”
“Once Upon a Time
... in Hollywood”
“Marriage Story”
“Little Women”
“The Farewell”
“Pain and Glory”
“Uncut Gems”
“Ford v Ferrari”
“A Hidden Life”
Might Bong Joon Ho’s devastating thriller
“Parasite” become the first international
movie to win best picture? It should.
DAVE KARGER
IMDB AND TCM
“The Irishman”
“Marriage Story”
“Once Upon a Time
... in Hollywood”
“Little Women”
“1917"
“Parasite”
“The Two Popes”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“A Beautiful Day in
the Neighborhood”
“Ford v Ferrari”
Thanks to “The Irishman,” “Marriage Story”
and “The Two Popes,” Netflix could have as
many as three nominees.
CLAUDIA PUIG
KPCC’S FILMWEEK
“The Irishman”
“Marriage Story”
“Once Upon a Time
... in Hollywood”
“Parasite”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Little Women”
“A Hidden Life”
“The Farewell”
“Pain and Glory”
“The Two Popes”
The two coasts will duke it out:
“The Irishman” vs. “Hollywood” are the
likely top contenders.
ANNE THOMPSON
INDIEWIRE
“The Irishman”
“Once Upon a Time
... in Hollywood”
“Marriage Story”
“Parasite”
“Joker”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Ford v Ferrari”
“A Beautiful Day in
the Neighborhood”
“The Farewell”
“A Hidden Life”
“Irishman” and Noah Baumbach’s divorce
drama “Marriage Story” are both Netflix.
Will the academy embrace both? Yes.
BuzzMeter
(Our panel of Oscar experts share their picks)
Niko TaverniseNetflix
»Too early to start talking Oscars? Nope. The Envelope
has gathered seven film critics, writers and awards
pundits to bring you the Buzzmeter, their weekly look at
how 10 key Oscar categories are shaping up from these
early moments until the big day on Feb. 9. Today, six
of them tackle the best picture race, with Martin
Scorsese’s mobster epic “The Irishman” (Ray Romano,
Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, above) leading the field
of likely nominees from this long range. Go to
latimes.com/buzzmeterto see all our panelists’ picks, and
be sure to vote for your own in our weekly online polls.
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THE ENVELOPE LOS ANGELES TIMES THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2019
‘IRISHMAN’
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