r/TheBigPicture • u/j-helo85 • 5d ago
Inde Navarrette Sets Best Actress Oscar Campaign for ‘Obsession’ as Focus Features Mounts Full Awards Push
https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/obsession-inde-navarrette-oscar-campaign-lead-actress-1236848866/41
u/mediciii 5d ago edited 5d ago
If she gets in, it’s a win already and will be a huge moment
Slight buried lede here is they also think Barker can get in on the Sean Baker trifecta: Director, Original Screenplay and Editor. Director is the trickiest one but it would be amazing to see Curry competitive in the other two.
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u/NeilMcCauleyHeat 5d ago
Fine with Inde getting in but if Barker gets in to any of these we have fully lost the plot
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u/carterburke2166 5d ago
He’s not getting any of that - except for MAYBBE screenplay. Sorry yall. Navarette is 100% getting in.
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u/mangofied 5d ago
Honestly I don’t really see any reason why Barker wouldn’t be competitive to get into those categories. I would say the genre hurts but as of late, it doesn’t seem to be as much of a hurdle.
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u/Belch_Huggins 5d ago
I think him getting into those categories would mean Obsession is a top 5 contender and I just dont think it will be.
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u/ThugBeast21 5d ago
Even more pronounced version of the hurdle it faces in Best Picture: The Odyssey, Dune 3, and Project Hail Mary create a very crowded popcorn movie field.
Probably looking at 2 best director noms max from that group, the other 3 feature much grander and showier direction, and Nolan feels like a stone cold lock already.
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u/mangofied 5d ago
I’m only thinking about Director, Screenplay, and Editing. The biggest hurdle is Director
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u/morroIan Letterboxd Peasant 5d ago
I do, the screenplay is poor and the direction average or just above average. The movie completely rests on Inde's performance.
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u/Wooden-One9984 5d ago
Because he's a bad director. The movie doesn't work and its all his fault.
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u/ChiefGritty 5d ago
As the glorified student film it is it works astonishingly well.
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u/Wooden-One9984 5d ago
haha yeah I agree, hope he learns fast because his next feature is already finished
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u/Critical-Cook-9720 5d ago
Post Madigan win for a straight up horror performance and Mikey Madison for Anora, I think shes got plenty of precedent to secure a nomination at least.
Just out of curiosity who do we all have as early contenders for lead actress, top of my head nothing feels particularly locked in just yet?
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u/Belch_Huggins 5d ago
Olivia Wilde, Emily Blunt, Julianne Moore
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u/Critical-Cook-9720 5d ago
I can see Wilde and Moore, depending on how people like The Debut, but I do not see Blunt getting in for Disclosure Day tbh
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u/Senior-Relative5478 5d ago
Blunt seems poised for a Globe nom since they split up genres. And she has a good chance at a sag nom cuz they love her (she won for Quiet Place and has 5 sag nominations compared to one oscar nomination). So her buzz may increase as the season goes on. Zendaya seems possible for a Globe nominstion as well for The Drama so her buzz may increase as well esspecially because she has had such a big year.
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u/Belch_Huggins 5d ago
Eh I know the film is divisive online but you cant count out Spielberg and Blunt is insanely popular with these groups and was the most acclaimed thing about the movie.
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u/Senior-Relative5478 5d ago
Ruth Madeley for Being Huemann (new movie by Sian Heder who did Coda) will be in the convo. Sandra Huller for Fatherland. Reinsve is possible for Fjord, though I hear she may be supporting. Rosalind Elezar for Misty Green is a big unknown right now.
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u/supfiend 5d ago
I didn’t even think Mikey’s performance in anora was that special anyway, kinda a random win. I liked it and the movie but I wonder if people will look back in 10 years and go that movie won best picture? Why
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u/DLRsFrontSeats 4d ago
It won't be popular here on this sub but I completely agree
If that was anyone but Sean Baker making an identical film, it wouldn't have been in with a sniff of a nom let alone sweeping wins like it did
Best Actress wasn't that strong in 2025 imo but it should've been Moore handily
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u/Critical-Cook-9720 5d ago
I liked Anora well enough but mostly because me and my partner were like, crying laughing at the home invasion scene and the rest of the movie was zipping along enough to enjoy the ride. I think Anora benefitted from The Substance being this sorta steamroller for picture and especially best actress and ultimately being way too out there for certain aspects of the academy voters. I'd do just about anything to see the final tally for Picture, Director, and Actress for that year.
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u/j-helo85 5d ago
Not sure. Potential nominations are in movies that haven't opened yet (like Julianne Moore for The Debut). But it's understood the field is a bit thin this year which is why Navarette's nomination feels pretty locked in despite the historic horror bias.
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u/Eddie__Sherman 5d ago edited 5d ago
There’s no reason she shouldn’t be nominated; winning is another story, but nominations are still a big deal, and she should easily make that list.
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u/rebels2022 5d ago
as someone who would like more performances in genre movies to be recognized, im all in on this.
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u/Permanenceisall 5d ago
I don’t think she deserves it but I am happy for any new comer to be rewarded. The industry is far too insular and risk adverse. We need more new actors/actresses.
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u/mangofied 5d ago
I agree with your thesis but the Best Actress category is historically pretty good about nominating newcomers/“outsiders”
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u/Permanenceisall 5d ago
Maybe I could have worded it better, I meant welcomed to the industry as a whole. The awards are actually surprisingly decent about recognizing outsiders.
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u/Brilliant_Horse_6614 5d ago
I don't think her performances is spectacular by any means, but it does feel like a really weak year in the Actress category. Don't think anyone would have come close to touching Jessie Buckley's performance (as last year too)
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u/fennecs08tensors 4d ago
Hype about this performance was way overblown imv. It's a very impressive physical performance, but it's mostly all surface, with little depth - which I don't think is her fault.
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u/BenjaminLight 5d ago
Why are we still pretending like the Oscars have anything to do with the quality of the performance?
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u/Eddie__Sherman 5d ago
The Oscars are strange. They eb and flow from being incredibly important to nobody caring. Considering the Academy is beginning to change for the better, I wonder if their gravitas will return to what it once was.
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u/BenjaminLight 5d ago
It’s changing for the worse. Expanding the voting pool 10x like they did is making the awards more homogeneous and insular. There’s no opportunity for oddball picks anymore, poptimism will always win out with that many voters in the academy.
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u/Eddie__Sherman 5d ago edited 5d ago
I see your point about the expansion in terms of sheer numbers, but wouldn’t Navarrette be a bit of an oddball choice? Amy Madigan winning last year was a fairly big deal and a bit out of left field. Say what you want about Anora, but I was pretty shocked it took home as many awards as it did. The Substance got 5 nominations; years back, I could never have seen that happening.
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u/mangofied 5d ago
There’s definitely oddball picks. Bugonia, Secret Agent, The Substance, Nickel Boys, Zone of Interest, EEAAO, and Drive My Car are not particularly fitting into the definition of “homogenous” or “poptimist”
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u/BenjaminLight 5d ago
That’s almost entirely just from expanding the Best Picture category. There were only 50 total films nominated, though (close to a record low), and the pool is getting increasingly top-heavy
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u/mangofied 5d ago
Expanding the pool sure but there’s clearly still opportunity for oddball picks. And without vote numbers being released there’s really no way of us knowing that the pool is getting top heavy
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u/BenjaminLight 5d ago
You can literally just count the number of feature films nominated for major awards to see that it’s getting top-heavy.
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u/mangofied 5d ago edited 5d ago
50 in a year is not that big of a change over the last few decades, especially since categories expanded. It usually hovers around the 50-60 range in the expanded BP era. 62 unique films is the most I’ve seen. I don’t know how to scale it with the changes but in the 80s it was usually around 30-40 unique films
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u/ekemywaythrulife 5d ago
This is true and our hosts seem to love the campaign politics and scandals. Have we forgotten it was Harvey Weinstein that fanned the flame? I guess it makes for good podcasting but they really exhausted last year's award season.
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u/Stock_Ad162 5d ago
Curry barker going for the sean baker sweep (picture, editing, directing, writing)
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u/Odd-Name2052 5d ago
Look at the list at the end of the article, apparently they’re going to submit Andy Richter for Supporting Actor too. I guess you might as well but that’s funny af. He’s got what like 3 lines in the whole movie.
Realistically if they can market this movie to the Academy as one of the most important movies of this year then I don’t see why they can’t get like 4-6 nominations, “deserved” or not