Oppenheimer is the favourite for several awards – but there are bound to be a few surprises. BBC Culture's film critics give their predictions for the big categories.

When Shakespeare in Love won best picture in 1999, it was the culmination of a campaign that changed the awards landscape forever

Favourite to win the best documentary Oscar, 20 Days in Mariupol shows Russian troops advancing into the Ukrainian city in March 2022.

The first Native American to be nominated for the best actress Oscar, Lily Gladstone is building momentum in the weeks leading up to the Academy Awards – could she win?

With many shocked by the Academy's failure to recognise the work of Greta Gerwig and Margot Robbie at yesterday's Oscar nominations – what was behind it all?

Tuesday 23 January sees awards season move into top gear as the Academy Award nominations are announced. BBC Culture's two film critics reveal who they think will be in the running.

In a year that was supposed to reinvent the scandal-hit awards, the Golden Globes played it safe. But with an unfunny host and no entertainment factor, they were "just plain dull".

While this year's Oscars ceremony was largely controversy-free, with big wins for Everything Everywhere All at Once it was 'radical in its own quiet way', writes Nicholas Barber.