Oscar Predictions: ‘Sinners’ vs. ‘One Battle After Another,’ with Richard Roeper

The Fran Spielman Show · Mar 5, 2026 · 43m

Fran Spielman talks Oscars with film critic Richard Roeper, host of The Movie of Your Life podcast, focusing on the tight Best Picture race between ‘Sinners’ (a record 16 nominations) and Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘One Battle After Another.’ Roeper predicts major category splits (including Best Actor, Best Actress, supporting races), discusses what makes ‘Sinners’ work beyond the vampire premise, praises ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Song, Song Blue,’ and weighs in on concerns that the Paramount-Skydance bid for Warner Bros. Discovery could reduce competition and jobs in the creative industry.