More from Anonymous, as told to Scott Feinberg
Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 1: ‘Zone of Interest’ Is Best Picture, but Nolan Is Best Director
This “Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot,” which is the first in a series that THR will run ahead of Oscar night, reflects the votes — and candid rationales for them — of a male member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 867-person short films and feature animation branch, as communicated to THR in […]
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Brutally Honest Ballot: “You Couldn’t Pay Me to Watch ‘House of the Dragon’”
Drama Series I ruled out half the nominees immediately, but this is still the strongest single category in the history of the Emmys and I agonized over the other four. I had zero interest in The Crown — I watched the first season because my wife asked me to, then I was done. You couldn’t […]
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot #2: Took Four Attempts to Finish ‘Everything Everywhere,’ Feels “Netflix Has Really F—d Up the Documentary World”
This ballot reflects the Oscar votes — and candid rationales for them — of a male member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 648-person producers branch, as communicated to THR in return for a guarantee of anonymity. THR neither endorses these views nor suggests that they are representative of anything other than […]
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot #1: “The ‘Top Gun’ Script Was Probably the Weakest”; Riseborough Nom “Felt Very Mafia-ish”
This ballot reflects the Oscar votes — and candid rationales for them — of a male member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ 867-person short films and feature animation branch, as communicated to THR in return for a guarantee of anonymity. THR neither endorses these views nor suggests that they are representative […]
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 3: “Couldn’t Get Through” ‘Drive My Car,’ Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story’ Better Than Original
General Thoughts There are going to be 40 million fewer potential viewers of this year’s Oscars because they’re busy being bombed and massacred and chased out of their country [Ukraine], and there’s something a little bit odd about gathering in tuxedos and gowns and congratulating ourselves while all hell is raining down on them. However, […]
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 2: ‘Worst Person in the World’ “Amazing,” ‘Licorice Pizza’ Blatantly “Racist”
General Thoughts I take my responsibilities as an Academy member very seriously — I’ve literally seen every movie that’s nominated — and I think that taking those eight categories out of the live show is incredibly disrespectful to our membership. This show is about the people who make the movies, for people who love the […]
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot No. 1: ‘Don’t Look Up’ Is a “One-Joke Movie,” ‘CODA’ Is “Excellent in Every Way”
General Thoughts The Academy has been kowtowing to ABC since Tom Sherak expanded the best picture category after the so-called “snub” of The Dark Knight and created the Governors Awards after Jerry Lewis rambled while accepting his honorary Oscar. Then, during the “Oscars So White” chapter, the Academy threw its members under the bus and […]
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot: Voter Calls ‘Soul’ “Masterpiece,” ‘Mank’ “Boring” and ‘Another Round’ “Perfect”
A male member of the Academy’s producers branch explains how one of his favorite directors (Fincher) and his favorite writer (Sorkin) disappointed him and why this year’s Oscars deserves an asterisk.
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Brutally Honest Emmy Ballot: ‘Mandalorian’ Is Nothing Without Baby Yoda, John Oliver Seemed “Rattled” by Pandemic, and Why ‘Succession’ is “Brilliant”
One Emmy voter goes off on TV movies, ignores 'Hillary' and has a change of heart over John Oliver and RuPaul.
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot: ‘1917’ Is “Gimmicky,” Renée Zellweger “Nailed It”
A male member of the Academy's producers branch, granted anonymity to speak freely, shares which films earned his precious vote (and why).
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Brutally Honest Oscar Ballot: ‘Irishman’ “Was Boring,” Tarantino “Amazing,” “I Want an American Director to Win”
A female member of the Academy’s actors branch, granted anonymity to speak freely, shares which films earn her precious vote (and — gulp — why).
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Brutally Honest Emmy Ballot: “Detested” ‘Sharp Objects,’ ‘Pose’ Is “Pretentious,” “Too Much Trump” on ‘SNL’
One producer abandons past votes ('Game of Thrones' "lost their way when they didn't have a book," while 'Veep' should be subjected to a "mercy rule that you can’t win more than three or four times") and outs a 'Voice' beef: "I've heard Blake Shelton and Adam Levine hate each other."
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