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A fair warning, this year I basically watched no movies and listened to no music! 🥳

Previous years: 2023 - 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2017 - 2016 Podcasts - 2016 Albums

Top 10 TV Or Internet Shows I Watched In 2024 (that weren’t all from 2024)

• 10) Culinary Class Wars (Netflix)
• 9) the first season of The Traitors US (Peacock)
• 8) Just One More Watch (Youtube)
• 7) Foureyes Furniture (Youtube)
• 6) the first season of Lost (Netflix)
• 5) American Crime Story: OJ Simpson (Hulu)
• 4) the 2024 F1 Season
• 3) Wristwatch Revival (Youtube)
• 2) the last two seasons of The Wire (Max)
• 1) the first two seasons of Veronica Mars (Hulu)

Top 10 Theatrical Things I Saw In 2024

• 10) Life And Trust - Conwell Tower (NYC, NY)
• 9) Les Démons - Comédie Française (Paris, FR)
• 8) American Moor - St Stephen's Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
• 7) Laser Kiwi: Rise Of The Olive - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, UK)
• 6) The Comeuppance - Wilma Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
• 5) Ulysses - Fringe Arts (Philadelphia, PA)
• 4) My Mother's Funeral: The Show - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, UK)
• 3) The Lehman Trilogy - Arden Theater (Philadelphia, PA)
• 2) Flight - Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, UK)
• 1) Sleep No More - The McKittrick Hotel (NYC, NY)

Months, Ranked By The Best Play I Saw During Them, In Som-Mai And My Goal To See At Least A Play A Month In 2024

• 12) April (Macbeth - Quintessance; Philadelphia, PA)
• 11) February (God of Carnage - Stagecrafters Theater; Philadelphia, PA)
• 10) October (Tick Tick Boom - Theatre Horizon; Philadelphia, PA)
• 9) June (Little Bear Ridge Road - Steppenwolf; Chicago, IL)
• 8) July (Life and Trust - Conwell Tower; NYC, NY)
• 7) May (Les Démons - Comédie Française; Paris, FR)
• 6) November (American Moor - St Stephen's Theater; Philadelphia, PA)
• 5) December (The Comeuppance - Wilma Theater; Philadelphia, PA)
• 4) September (Ulysses - Fringe Arts; Philadelphia, PA)
• 3) March (The Lehman Trilogy - Arden Theater; Philadelphia, PA)
• 2) August (Flight - Edinburgh Fringe Festival; Edinburgh, UK)
• 1) January (Sleep No More - The McKittrick Hotel; NYC, NY)

Top 5 Most Financially Devastating Hobbies I Participated In In 2024

• 5) Leathercrafting (new!)
• 4) Woodworking/guitarmaking
• 3) Theater-going
• 2) Theme parks
• 1) Watch collecting/watch repair (new!)

Top 6 Theme Parks I Visited In 2024

• 6) Six Flags Great Adventure (Jackson, NJ)
• 5) Walt Disney Studios (Disneyland Paris; Paris, FR)
• 4) EPCOT (Walt Disney World; Orlando, FL)
• 3) Magic Kingdom (Walt Disney World; Orlando, FL)
• 2) Hollywood Studios (Walt Disney World; Orlando, FL)
• 1) Disneyland Paris (Disneyland Paris; Paris, FR)

Top 10 Best Theme Park Foods I Had In 2024

• 10) Orange Slush at Les Vins des Chefs de France (France Pavilion, EPCOT, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 9) plant-based Ronto Wrap at Ronto Roasters (Galaxy's Edge, Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 8) Grapefruit Cake + Cobb Salad + Martini Flight at Hollywood Brown Derby (Hollywood Boulevard, Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 7) spiked Iced Mint Tea at Spice Road Table Bar (Morocco Pavilion, EPCOT, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 6) Surly Sarlacc + Endorian Fried Chicken Tip Yip at Docking Bay 7 (Galaxy's Edge, Hollywood Studios, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 5) Creepy Clam Flatbread at Pinocchio Village Haus* (Fantasyland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 4) Cheese Fritters + It Tastes Like Chicken (Because It Is) at Skipper Canteen (Adventureland, Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 3) Ube Green Tea Slushie at Cosmic Ray's Starlight Cafe* (Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 2) Beverly soda + Suan Mei Tang soda at Club Cool (EPCOT, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 1) literally anything at Jiko (Animal Kingdom Lodge, Animal Kingdom, Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)

\Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party exclusive*

Top 10 Favorite Watches I Purchased Or Received In 2024

• 10) Zodiac Super Sea Wolf GMT

• 9) ~1980s Cartier Formula Ferrari

• 8) Brew Retrograph Relic (Alton Brown Edition)

• 7) Orient Mako II

• 6) ~1940s Longines Par Avion MA

• 5) ~1970s unknown model white gold plated manual wind Tissot

• 4) ~1990s Ulysse Nardin San Marco GMT

• 3) Erebus Ascent

• 2) My Grandpa's ~1950s LeCoultre Futurematic

• 1) Mark Time M5 prototype

The Watch I Probably Wore The Most In 2024

• 1) Orient Mako II

Top 6 Honorable Mention Albums Of 2024

The Tortured Poets Department - Taylor Swift; Elle - Dagny; Everyone's Getting Involved: A Tribute To Talking Heads' Stop Making Sense - Various Artists; Cowboy Carter - Beyoncé; Obsessed - Morgan Wade; Bleachers - Bleachers; Dive - Twice

Top 1 Concert I Went To In 2024

• 1) Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour - La Défense (Paris, FR)

Top 10 Albums Of 2024

Also available at my music tracking site thing

• 10) FOREVER - Charly Bliss
• 9) The Angels Are Calling - Katie McBride
• 8) brat - Charli XCX
• 7) Manning Fireworks - MJ Lenderman
• 6) We Really Felt Something - Tiny Stills
• 5) rosie - Rosé
• 4) The Anthology* - Taylor Swift
• 3) GNX - Kendrick Lamar
• 2) brat and it's completely different but also still brat** - Charli XCX
• 1) Imaginal Disk - Magdelena Bay

\yes I count this as different*

\*also this too*

Top 5 Honorable Mention Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2024

Chez Davia (Nice, FR); Lucette Fait des Crepes (Paris, FR); River Twice (Philadelphia, PA); Parc (Philadelphia, PA); Sushi by Bou (Philadelphia, PA)

Top 10 Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2024

• 10) Skipper Canteen (Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 9) Nine Bar (Chicago, IL)
• 8) Elma (Philadelphia, PA)
• 7) R&D Cocktail Bar (Philadelphia, PA)
• 6) Le 10 Bar/Le Comptoir General* (Paris, FR)
• 5) Kensington Quarters (RIP) (Philadelphia, PA)
• 4) Kalaya (brunch this time) (Philadelphia, PA)
• 3) The Bamboo Room at Three Dots And A Dash (Chicago, IL)
• 2) Jiko (Walt Disney World, Orlando, FL)
• 1) Le Pré Catelan (Paris, FR)

\Combining these two as my "yay the places I loved when studying abroad held up 10 years later!" pick*

Top 5 New (Or New To Me) Podcasts Of 2024

• 5) Panic World
• 4) Western Kabuki
• 3) Hodinkee Radio
• 2) Money Stuff
• 1) The Rest Is History

Top 10 Podcasts Of 2024

• 10) The Ringer F1 Show
• 9) Fighting In The War Room
• 8) Podcast The Ride
• 7) The Ezra Klein Show
• 6) Lovett Or Leave It
• 5) Odd Lots
• 4) Search Engine
• 3) Accidental Tech Podcast
• 2) Doughboys
• 1) Blank Check

Top 3 Honorable Mention Movies Of 2024

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; Disney's Animatronics: A Living History; Little Death

Top 5 Movies Not From 2024 That I Saw For The First Time In 2024

• 5) The Piano
• 4) Showing Up
• 3) Millennium Actress
• 2) Paprika
• 1) The Last Temptation Of Christ

Top 5 Movies Not From 2024 That I Rewatched In 2024

• 5) Oppenheimer
• 4) Asteroid City
• 3) Fantasia
• 2) The Shining
• 1) Scream

Every 2024 Movie I Saw, Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/andrewthewhip/list/2024-ranked/

Top 10 2024 Movies I Didn't See But Want To

• 10) Jim Henson: Idea Man
• 9) Kinds Of Kindness
• 8) Hit Man
• 7) Evil Does Not Exist
• 6) Kneecap
• 5) The Beast
• 4) Nickel Boys
• 3) The Brutalist
• 2) Anora
• 1) Nosferatu

Top 10 Movies Of 2024

• 10) Late Night With The Devil
• 9) Longlegs
• 8) I Saw The TV Glow
• 7) Saturday Night
• 6) The Bikeriders
• 5) Handling The Undead
• 4) Conclave
• 3) Civil War
• 2) Dune: Part Two
• 1) Challengers

Personal Oscars

2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018

Oscies!!!!

We begin with the personal picks, if I had the power to make my own nominations. I count (generally) based on US theatrical or streaming wide release, which I think only really impacts one movie this year, but we'll see.

My personal winner is bolded and italicized.

Supporting Actor

• Swann Arlaud (Anatomy Of A Fall)
• Robert De Niro (Killers Of The Flower Moon)
• Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)
• Tom Hanks (Asteroid City)
• John Magaro (Past Lives)

Supporting Actress

• Maya Hawke (Maestro)
• Kathryn Hunter (Poor Things)
• Rachel McAdams (Are You There God? It's Me Margaret)
• Cara Jade Myers (Killers Of The Flower Moon)
• Tilda Swinton (The Killer)

Actor

• Ryan Gosling (Barbie)
• Charles Melton (May December)
• Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)
• Jason Schwartzman (Asteroid City)
• Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)

Actress

• Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon)
• Park Ji-min (Return To Seoul)
• Cailee Spaeny (Priscilla)
• Emma Stone (Poor Things)
• Michelle Williams (Showing Up)

Ensemble

• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• How To Blow Up A Pipeline
• Killers Of The Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer

Score

• Jerskin Fendrix (Poor Things)
• Ludwig Goransson (Oppenheimer)
• Joe Hisaishi (The Boy And The Heron)
• Daniel Pemberton (Spider-man: Across The Spider-verse)
• Robbie Robertson (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Screenplay

Includes both Adapted and Original

• Wes Anderson, Roman Coppola (Asteroid City)
• Kelly Fremon Craig (Are You There God? It's Me Margaret)
• Matt Johnson, Matthew Miller (Blackberry)
• Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
• Eric Roth, Martin Scorcese (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Debut Film

Has to be the director's first full-length narrative film, shorts and student films and (generally) TV movies aren't counted against them

• Raine Allen-Miller (Rye Lane)
• Cord Jefferson (American Fiction)
• Celine Song (Past Lives)

Director

• Wes Anderson (Asteroid City)
• Sofia Coppola (Priscilla)
• Daniel Goldhaber (How To Blow Up A Pipeline)
• Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)
• Kelly Reichardt (Showing Up)

Picture

• Anatomy Of A Fall
• Asteroid City
• The Boy And The Heron
• How To Blow Up A Pipeline
• Killers Of The Flower Moon
• Oppenheimer
• Poor Things
• Priscilla
• Return To Seoul
• Showing Up

Real Oscars

The Oscars are an actual thing that also exists, so here are my picks for that! Last year I got 17/23

Original Screenplay

Should Win: Anatomy Of A Fall

Will Win: Anatomy Of A Fall

Adapted Screenplay

Should Win: Oppenheimer

Will Win: American Fiction

Visual Effects

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: Godzilla Minus One

Sound

Should Win: Oppenheimer

Will Win: Oppenheimer

Live Action Short

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: The Wonderful Story Of Henry Sugar

Animated Short

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: Letter To A Pig

Production Design:

Should Win: Barbie

Will Win: Poor Things

Original Song

Should Win: I'm Just Ken (Barbie)

Will Win: What Was I Made For? (Barbie)

Score

Should Win: Killers Of The Flower Moon

Will Win: Oppenheimer

Makeup And Hairstyling

Should Win: Oppenheimer

Will Win: Maestro

International Feature

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: The Zone Of Interest

Editing

Should Win: Oppenheimer

Will Win: Oppenheimer

Documentary Short

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: The ABCs of Book Banning

Documentary Feature

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: 20 Days In Mariupol

Director

Should Win: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Will Win: Christopher Nolan (Oppenheimer)

Costume Design

Should Win: Poor Things

Will Win: Poor Things

Cinematography

Should Win: Oppenheimer

Will Win: Oppenheimer

Animated Feature

Should Win: The Boy And The Heron

Will Win: The Boy And The Heron

Supporting Actress

Should Win: probably Da'vine Joy Randolph? I didn't see The Holdovers but I affirmatively think Emily Blunt and America Ferrera should NOT win

Will Win: Da'vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)

Supporting Actor

Should Win: Robert De Niro (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Will Win: Robert Downey Jr. (Oppenheimer)

Actress

Should Win: truly a 50/50 tie between Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon) and Emma Stone (Poor Things)

Will Win: Lily Gladstone (Killers Of The Flower Moon)

Actor

Should Win: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Will Win: Cillian Murphy (Oppenheimer)

Picture

Should Win: Oppenheimer

Will Win: Oppenheimer

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This year, we're making a LIST, and checking it once, and then hitting publish without really checking for typos.

Previous years: 2022 - 2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2017 - 2016 Podcasts - 2016 Albums

Top 10 TV Or Internet Shows I Watched In 2023 (that weren’t all from 2023)

• 10) the first two seasons of The OC (Fox, Hulu)
• 9) Blacktail Studios (Youtube)
• 8) the final season of The West Wing (NBC, HBO Max)
• 7) Drive To Survive (Netflix)
• 6) The Fall Of The House Of Usher (Netflix)
• 5) Foureyes Furniture (Youtube)
• 4) Succession (HBO, HBO Max)
• 3) the last three seasons of The Sopranos (HBO, HBO Max)
• 2) Scott Pilgrim Takes Off (Netflix)
• 1) the first three seasons of The Wire (HBO, HBO Max)

Top 5 Theatrical Things I Saw In 2023

• 5) Leopoldstadt - Longacre Theater (NYC, NY)
• 4) The Seagull/Woodstock, NY - Pershing Square Signature Theater (NYC, NY)
• 3) Lovett or Leave It: The Errors Tour - The Fillmore (Philadelphia, PA)
• 2) Blank Check: 8th Anniversary Live - The Opera House (Brooklyn, NY)
• 1) Sleep No More - The McKittrick Hotel (NYC, NY)

Top 10 Honorable Mention Albums Of 2023

The Land Is Inhospitable And So Are We - Mitski; Tomorrow's Fire - Squirrel Flower; Rat Saw God - Wednesday; Psychopath - Morgan Wade; The Answer Is Always, Yes - Alex Lahey

Top 3 Concerts I Went To In 2023

• 3) Charly Bliss* - Johnny Brendas (Philadelphia, PA)
• 2) The Gaslight Anthem - Hard Rock Hotel (Atlantic City, NJ)
• 1) Pet Symmetry - Ukie Club (Philadelphia, PA)

*asterisk, sadly had to leave the concert early so didn't actually see CB 😢

Top 10 Albums Of 2023

Also available at my new music tracking site thing

• 10) History Books - The Gaslight Anthem
• 9) Desire, I Want To Turn Into You - Caroline Polachek
• 8) Scaring The Hoes - Danny Brown, JPEGMAFIA
• 7) No Joy - Spanish Love Songs
• 6) The Record - boygenius
• 5) Guts - Olivia Rodrigo
• 4) 152 - Taking Back Sunday
• 3) After The Magic - Parannoul
• 2) softscars - yeule
• 1) The Weakness - Ruston Kelly

Top 10 Honorable Mention Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2023

Hook & Master (Philadelphia, PA) (RIP); South Philly Barbacoa (Philadelphia, PA); Izakaya By Yanaga (Philadelphia, PA); Empanada Mama (NYC, NY); Ember & Ash (Philadelphia, PA); Gilda (Philadelphia, PA); DwitGolMak (Los Angeles, CA); Southwark (Philadelphia, PA); Ramen Tatsu-ya (Austin, TX); Honey's Sit 'n Eat (Philadelphia, PA)

Top 10 Restaurants Or Bars I Went To In 2023

• 10) Talula's Garden (Philadelphia, PA)
• 9) Hav & Mar (NYC, NY)
• 8) Phocific Standard Time (Seattle, WA)
• 7) Cassell's (Los Angeles, CA)
• 6) Blue Bayou (Disneyland, Anaheim, CA)
• 5) Kalaya (Philadelphia, PA)
• 4) Tiki Tatsu-ya (Austin, TX)
• 3) Murph's (Philadelphia, PA)
• 2) Carthay Circle Lounge (Disney's California Adventure, Anaheim, CA)
• 1) Trader Sam's Enchanted Tiki Bar (Disneyland, Anaheim, CA)

Top 10 New (Or New To Me) Podcasts Of 2023

• 10) Fintech Takes
• 9) WTF1
• 8) Slate Money
• 7) Plain English
• 6) Unhedged
• 5) Judging Sam
• 4) U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean?
• 3) The Ringer F1 Show
• 2) Popcast: Deluxe
• 1) Search Engine

Top 10 Podcasts Of 2023

• 10) The Vergecast
• 9) Fighting In The War Room
• 8) Accidental Tech Podcast
• 7) Podcast The Ride
• 6) The Ezra Klein Show
• 5) The Town
• 4) Odd Lots
• 3) Lovett Or Leave It
• 2) Doughboys
• 1) Blank Check

Top 10 Honorable Mention Movies Of 2023

Maestro; Past Lives; Barbie; Blackberry; The Killer; Scream VI; Master Gardener; Rye Lane; M3GAN; May December

Top 5 Movies Not From 2023 That I Saw For The First Time In 2023

• 5) The History Of The Seattle Mariners
• 4) Unforgiven
• 3) In The Cut
• 2) JFK
• 1) Sympathy For Lady Vengeance

Top 5 Movies Not From 2023 That I Rewatched In 2023

• 5) Heat
• 4) Stop Making Sense
• 3) The Empire Strikes Back
• 2) Toy Story 2
• 1) The Social Network

Every 2023 Movie I Saw, Ranked

https://letterboxd.com/andrewthewhip/list/2023-ranked/

Top 10 2023 Movies I Didn't See But Want To

• 10) Wonka
• 9) Eileen
• 8) Bottoms
• 7) Talk To Me
• 6) Napoleon
• 5) Skinamarink
• 4) Ferrari
• 3) Beau Is Afraid
• 2) The Zone Of Interest
• 1) Poor Things

Top 10 Movies Of 2023

• 10) Anatomy Of A Fall
• 9) Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse
• 8) Air
• 7) How To Blow Up A Pipeline
• 6) Priscilla
• 5) Return To Seoul
• 4) The Boy And The Heron
• 3) Oppenheimer
• 2) Asteroid City
• 1) Killers Of The Flower Moon

Personal Oscars

2021 - 2020 - 2019 - 2018

Oscies!!!!

Personal picks first, which do not track with either Academy nominations or Academy eligibility rules! Generally speaking I go off when it had its wide theatrical or streaming US release, aka The Worst Person In The World counts as a 2k22 movie for me.

My personal winner is bolded and italicized.

Supporting Actor

• Stephen Lang (Avatar: The Way Of Water)
• Tobey Maguire (Babylon)
• Ben Whishaw (Women Talking)
• Michael Wincott (Nope)
• Steven Yeun (Nope)

Supporting Actress

• Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inishirin)
• Chloe East (The Fabelmans)
• Nina Hoss (Tár)
• Sheila McCarthy (Women Talking)
• Sigourney Weaver (Avatar: The Way Of Water)

Actor

• Austin Butler (Elvis)
• Colin Farrell (After Yang)
• Brendon Fraser (The Whale)
• Cooper Raiff (Cha Cha Real Smooth)
• Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Actress

• Cate Blanchett (Tár)
• Mia Goth (Pearl)
• Renata Reinsve (The Worst Person In The World)
• Tang Wei (Decision To Leave)
• Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Ensemble (new!)

• Babylon
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
• Top Gun: Maverick
• Women Talking

Score (new!)

• Tyler Bates, Tim Williams (Pearl)
• Justin Hurwitz (Babylon)
• Alex Lasarenko, Kevin Perjurer (Disney Channel's Theme: A History Mystery)
• Aska Matsumiya (After Yang)
• Jo Yeong-wook (Decision To Leave)

Screenplay (new!)

Includes both Adapted and Original

• Sarah DeLappe, Kristen Roupenian (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
• Todd Field (Tár)
• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
• Martin McDonagh (The Banshees Of Inishirin)
• Joachim Tier, Eskil Vogt (The Worst Person In The World)

Debut Film (new!)

Has to be the director's first full-length film, shorts and student films and (generally) TV movies aren't counted against them

• Michael Morris (To Leslie)
• Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
• Jane Schoenbrun (We're All Going To The World's Fair)
• Domee Shi (Turning Red)
• Charlotte Wells (Aftersun)

Director

• James Cameron (Avatar: The Way Of Water)
• Todd Field (Tár)
• Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)
• Jordan Peele (Nope)
• Ti West (Pearl)

Picture

• Aftersun
• After Yang
• Babylon
• Decision To Leave
• Everything Everywhere All At Once
• The Fabelmans
• Nope
• Tár
• Pearl
• The Worst Person In The World

Real Oscars

The Oscars are an actual thing that also exists, so here are my picks for that!

Original Screenplay

Should Win: Tár

Will Win: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Adapted Screenplay

Should Win: Women Talking

Will Win: Women Talking

Visual Effects

Should Win: Avatar: The Way Of Water

Will Win: Avatar: The Way Of Water

Sound

Should Win: Top Gun: Maverick

Will Win: Top Gun: Maverick

Live Action Short

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: An Irish Goodbye

Animated Short

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, And The Horse

Production Design:

Should Win: Babylon

Will Win: Babylon

Original Song

Should Win: Naatu Naatu (RRR)

Will Win: Naatu Naatu (RRR)

Score

Should Win: Babylon

Will Win: Babylon

Makeup And Hairstyling

Should Win: The Batman

Will Win: Elvis

International Feature

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: All Quiet On The Western Front

Editing

Should Win: Tár

Will Win: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Documentary Short

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: The Elephant Whisperers

Documentary Feature

Should Win: ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯ ¯\(ツ)/¯

Will Win: Navalny

Director

Should Win: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Will Win: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Costume Design

Should Win: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Will Win: Elvis

Cinematography

Should Win: Tár

Will Win: All Quiet On The Western Front

Animated Feature

Should Win: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Will Win: Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio

Supporting Actress

Should Win: Kerry Condon (The Banshees Of Inishirin)

Will Win: Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Supporting Actor

Should Win: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Will Win: Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All At Once)

Actress

Should Win: Cate Blanchett (Tár)

Will Win: Cate Blanchett (Tár)

Actor

Should Win: Austin Butler (Elvis)

Will Win: Austin Butler (Elvis)

Picture

Should Win: Tár

Will Win: Everything Everywhere All At Once

This is absolutely just a post written for me so I have a reference point to come back to when I forget how to do this in like 2 weeks!

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I'm currently a backend engineer, working in Python, using Visual Studio Code as my editor of choice. And at the company I work at, my team has already done the hard work of Docker-izing all of it's applications and leveraging docker-compose files for local development. Additionally, our team is very live-and-let-live when it comes to each team member picking their own personal IDEs and setup, so I use VS Code, others use VS Code + devcontainers, others use Pycharm, others use emacs, etc etc etc.

Fortunately, VS Code provides great debugging tooling for Python and for Docker! Unfortunately, all of my googling so far led to docs about how to create dockerfiles or docker-compose files for use in debugging, and typically for standalone applications. I couldn't find anything to clearly lay out how to start debugging on an already-existing docker-compose file that may contain many different services and containers other than the app you're trying to debug (like dependencies or databases) and that has to be maintained for all the other people working on the application alongside you.

So, that's what this is! It works! Maybe there's a better way, but this is My Way!

1: Install debugpy

debugpy is the Python debugging tool that VS Code uses, so you need to make sure it's installed on the container that will run the application. If you have a requirements file (requirements.in or requirements.txt) include debugpy in that. If you separate out requirements files for local, dev, or test environments separate from your production requirements, I'd highly recommend only including it in your local/dev/test!

Alternatively, make sure that when your Docker container is created you at some point run pip install debugpy prior to starting up your actual application.

2: Expose port 5678

In your docker-compose file, for the service you want to debug, make sure to expose port 5678. This involves adding a line something like this:

services:
  my-cool-service-name:
    ...
    ports:
      # any existing port mappings you have
      - "5678:5678"
...

This tells Docker to expose the container's local 5678 port as port 5678 on the Docker network (which best I can tell will default to localhost)

3: Start the app in the context of debugpy

In your docker-compose file there's probably some command that is given to container on startup and that probably starts the application. At the very least, all the examples I have to deal with do!

If so, one of those commands will probably either be a python command to start the application (ex for django something like python manage.py runserver) or, if you're running a web application, some command to start up a webserver (ex for a FastAPI app using uvicorn, uvicorn app.main:app)

If it's the former, then modify that command to start up debugpy as part of it. If for example it's a django app with the command python manage.py runserver, change that to python -m debugpy --wait-for-client --listen 0.0.0.0:5678 manage.py runserver

This tells python to start up debugpy, have it halt execution of the subsequent script until a debugger is connected, and to listen on port 5678 of host 0.0.0.0

If you aren't already starting your app via a python call, then you can turn it into one with python -m. If for example you have a FastAPI app with a startup command like uvicorn app.main:app then you can modify it to python -m debugpy --wait-for-client --listen 0.0.0.0:5678 -m uvicorn app.main:app

This does the same thing as the django example, except instead of debugpy overseeing the running of a manage.py script, it oversees python running the uvicorn command.

4: Add a launch.json configuration

In .vscode/launch.json add the following to the configurations array:

{
    "configurations": [
        {
            "name": "Attach (remote debug)",
            "type": "python",
            "request": "attach",
            "port": 5678,
            "host": "127.0.0.1",
            "pathMappings": [
                {
                  "localRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
                  "remoteRoot": "."
                }
              ]
        }
    ]
}

This creates a command for VS Code called "Attach (remote debug)" that will tell it to attach a python debugger to 127.0.0.1:5678. If you've been paying attention, that should mean the debugger is now attaching to the port exposed by the application container that is being listened to by debugpy.

5: Start debugging!

Run docker-compose up to start up your application like normal. It should hang on startup because we passed that --wait-for-client flag in the initial debugpy command.

Then in VS Code go to "Run and Debug" (cmd-shift-D), select "Attach (remote debug)", and press the green triangle.

From there, your debugger should attach to the running container, the rest of the application startup should continue, and you should be able to do all the cool fun stuff the VS Code debugger allows!