Peter Bradshaw 

Oscars 2022 predictions – who will win and who should win?

Can Smith pip Cumberbatch? Will Campion steal the show? And what about Bond? Our critic weighs up who will leave the Dolby theatre with a gong
  
  

Serving up a statuette? …Will Smith in King Richard.
Serving up a statuette? …Will Smith in King Richard. Photograph: TCD/Prod.DB/Alamy

Best picture

Will win: The Power of the Dog
Should win: Licorice Pizza
Shoulda been a contender: The Green Knight

Best director

Will win: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Should win: Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog
Shoulda been a contender: Céline Sciamma for Petite Maman

Best actor

Will win: Will Smith for King Richard
Should win: Benedict Cumberbatch for The Power of the Dog
Shoulda been a contender: Oscar Isaac for The Card Counter

Best actress

Will win: Jessica Chastain for The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Olivia Colman for The Lost Daughter
Shoulda been a contender: Rachel Sennott for Shiva Baby

Best supporting actor

Will win: Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Power of the Dog
Should win: Kodi Smit-McPhee for The Power of the Dog
Shoulda been a contender: Woody Norman for C’mon C’mon

Best supporting actress

Will win: Ariana DeBose for West Side Story
Should win: Ariana DeBose for West Side Story
Shoulda been a contender: June Squibb for The Humans

Best animated feature

Will win: Encanto
Should win: Flee
Shoulda been a contender: Belle (dir Mamoru Hosoda)

Best adapted screenplay

Will win: Dune
Should win: Drive My Car
Shoulda been a contender: Rebecca Hall for Passing

Best original screenplay

Will win: Belfast
Should win: Licorice Pizza
Shoulda been a contender: Ron and Russell Mael for Annette

Best documentary

Will win: Summer of Soul
Should win: Summer of Soul
Shoulda been a contender: The Rescue

Best international feature film

Will win: The Worst Person In the World
Should win: Drive My Car
Shoulda been a contender: Azor

Best production design

Will win: Nightmare Alley
Should win: Nightmare Alley
Shoulda been a contender: Licorice Pizza

Best cinematography

Will win: Dune
Should win: Dune
Shoulda been a contender: Last Night in Soho

Best makeup and hairstyling

Will win: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
Should win: Cruella
Shoulda been a contender: West Side Story

Best costume design

Will win: West Side Story
Should win: West Side Story
Shoulda been a contender: The Green Knight

Best editing

Will win: King Richard
Should win: King Richard
Shoulda been a contender: No Time to Die

 

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