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Why I’m Predicting Ryan Coogler Will Win the Best Director Oscar: If 16 Nominations for ‘Sinners’ Aren’t Enough, What Will Be?

By Clayton Davis Mar 11, 2026 | 12:00 PM

The numbers say Paul Thomas Anderson. History says it’s time for Ryan Coogler. That tension that exists between what the statistical evidence suggests and what nearly a century of omission demands defines this year’s best director race. It’s a reality the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences cannot sidestep, not at this moment and […]