Anonymous Oscar Ballot: Costume Designer Celebrates ‘TÁR’ and ‘Women Talking’

With final Oscar balloting closed on March 7, we’re continuing with our sixth annual series of interviews with Academy voters from different branches for their unfiltered takes on what got picked, overlooked, and overvalued in the 2023 award season.

Interview edited for brevity.Generally this has been a lackluster year.

The Academy portal helps.

For the international films I had to watch eight films, and 15 more in order to vote.

It’s a lot easier to do that from the comfort of one’s home, if you don’t live next door to the Academy.Best PictureI toggle back and forth between “TÁR” and “Women Talking” with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” a close third.

“Women Talking,” I might push to the top because it has less of a chance than “TÁR.”“TÁR.” I loved it being reversed: not just men behaving badly but women behaving badly.

That scene at Juilliard is brilliant,

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