On this episode of ACADEMY ANONYMOUS:

• Film Editing, a possible rough draft of the Academy Award’s Best Director
• ACE Eddie film editing snubs & surprises: “A Complete Unknown” & “Civil War”
• “Challengers” using the the sports film genre to its advantage
• Too many nominations for Sean Baker
• Less veterans likely at the Oscars with editors of American blockbusters “Dune, Part 2” & “Wicked” having reaped nominations recently
• The curious case of “September 5” mirroring the editing snubs of “Spotlight” - are voters watching the film?
• “Emilia Perez” editor to be welcomed back into the Oscar, “Conclave” editor poised for first career nod
• “The Brutalist” overlooked at BAFTA & ACE, too long for editors to consider it seriously in this category. Will it doom its Best Picture chances?
• The films potentially trying to jump from surefire Best Sound nominees to Film Editing nominees
• Performance & Writing mentions still key for any film trying to crack Film Editing nomination
• “Emilia Perez” SNUBBED by Cinematographers guild, behind SEVEN other titles!
• Netflix streak of Cinematography nominations in jeopardy
• Can beloved veteran Ed Lachmann go back-to-back this year for “Maria” after last year’s surprise lone nomination for black-and-white “El Conde”?
• Jarin Blaschke and Lol Crawley FINALLY land ASC nominations for Best Cinematography
• ‘Wicked” cinematography backlash not enough to stop female director of photography, Alice Books. Can she ride her historic inclusion at the American Cinematographers Society into an Oscar nomination?
• ‘The Girl With The Needle” & “Nicke Boys” striking visuals land in ASC Spotlight category, but too edgy for mainstream Academy voters
• Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez” out at ASC. But Jacques Audiard’s frequent DP collaborator finally breaks in with “Conclave” - how’s that for irony.