The Grand Budapest Hotel: Wes Anderson has his best ever shot at the Oscars this year, with his first Directing and Picture nominations to go along with
his third Screenplay nomination (he was also nominated for Best Animated Film in 2009).
We must also give kudos to Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, who share a writing
nomination for «The Big Sick,» a film that hasn't gotten enough awards season love; Kazuhiro Tsuji, who is nominated, for the
third time, this year for the «Darkest Hour» makeup; and Agnès Varda and James Ivory who, at 89, are our oldest nominees this year (and the oldest on record), for the documentary «Faces Places» and adapted
screenplay of «Call Me by Your Name,» respectively.