Who Will Triumph at the BAFTAs? 'Hamnet' Has the Home Advantage

BAFTA Predictions: ‘Hamnet,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ in an Unpredictable Three-Horse Race

2026 BAFTA Awards winner predictions in every category include "Hamnet," "One Battle After Another," and "Sinners" dominating the ceremony.

Who will triumph at the BAFTAs? 'Hamnet' has the home advantage

What Might BAFTA Tell Us This Weekend About the Oscar Race?

On Sunday, the 79th British Academy Film Awards are being held. Better known as BAFTA, the British Academy represents the biggest indication each year of potentially how the Oscar voters across the pond are thinking. BAFTA is not the be all, end all, of Phase Two, but it’s one of the more influential precursors out there. So, it’s clearly worth discussing, and that’s exactly what we’re doing today. There are some categories that could actually h…

One Battle After Another and the Seduction of Endless Struggle

We live in an age that prides itself on vigilance. We are told—often correctly—that history never ends, that reaction never sleeps, that injustice returns in new guises the moment we look away. The lesson appears sober, even responsible: there will always be another battle. And so we prepare ourselves for endurance rather than transformation. Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another (2025) stages this lesson with admirable seriousness. It…

2026 BAFTA final predictions: ‘One Battle’ and ‘Hamnet’ out front in key categories — what about ‘Sinners’?

The acting trophies are expected to go to Jessie Buckley, Timothée Chalamet, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Stellan Skarsgård.