For our sixteenth Rundown article, that brings everything together, sets the pace, and determines the impact of the images on the screen. After the jump, you’ll find our winner and runner-up predictions for Best Film Editing as well as general commentary about the race. Thursday, we’ll cover the category responsible for framing, lighting, and the overall visual look of the film.

Best Film Editing

Winner Predictions

• The Banshees of Inisherin
• Elvis
• Everything Everywhere All at Once (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL R) [New]
• Tár
• Top Gun: Maverick

Runner-Up Predictions

• Top Gun: Maverick (WL O) (PP O) (TB O) (TL R) [New]

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Wesley Lovell: With its win at the American Cinema Editors, Everything Everywhere All at Once is the odds-on favorite to win this award. That said, its chief competition is the other film that won at ACE this weekend, Top Gun: Maverick. While action-heavy films have done well in this category in the past, Everything‘s abundant use of cutting will be more appealing to a lot of members of the Academy.
Peter J. Patrick: And the award goes to…the most editing. Everything everywhere all at Once with Top Gun: Maverick and Elvis in spoiler position.
Tripp Burton: No revised predictions or commentary provided.
Thomas La Tourrette: Everything Everywhere All at Once has dominated the precursors, winning at BAFTA and most importantly at the editors guild where it won for comedy/musical film editing. Its only real competition comes from Top Gun: Maverick, which picked up a win for drama editing, but an upset seems unlikely. I do not think that any of the other nominees stand a chance. So, Everything Everywhere All at Once wins easily.

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