A musical about crimes and identity; a searing drama about political and familial oppression; another about an activist searching for her missing husband; documentaries about sexual assault as told by the victim,

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “Anora,” Sean Baker “The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold “Hard Truths,” Mike Leigh “A Real Pain,” Jesse Eisenberg “The Substance,” Coralie Fargeat

When it comes to predicting Oscar nominations it is always a crap shoot, but I think it is safe to say that there is music in the air in the Best Picture race with original musical Emilia Pérez, Bob Dylan musical biopic A Complete Unknown and the Broadway musical adaptation Wicked all likely to be