Countdown to Oscar Night: Documentaries and the Impossible categories

Documentary Feature
Abacus: Small Enough to Jail
Faces Places
Icarus
Last Men in Aleppo
Strong Island

So I've seen 3 out of 5 of these. Faces is the frontrunner, but doesn't come out on DVD/streaming until next Tuesday. Abacus is available, but I just can't seem to bring myself to watch it. The other three are certainly worth your time and have very diverse stories ranging from Syrian rescue workers, to the Russian doping scandal, to racial profiling in murder investigations.

My Ballot
Last Men in Aleppo
Icarus
Strong Island

My Pick to Win
Faces Places

Shoulda Been Here
Obey Giant

Documentary Short
Edith + Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Heroin(e)
Knife Skills
Traffic Stop

Once again, thanks to the internet, I have seen more of this category than ever before! Only one film (Traffic Stop) remains and it is on HBO so hopefully I'll check it out before Sunday. The other four are another eclectic mix: Nonagenarian love story, a profile of an artist victorious over mental illness, victories in the West Virginia opiod war, and a special restaurant in Cleveland that is training ex-cons as sous chefs.

My Ballot
Edith + Eddie
Heaven is a Traffic Jam on the 405
Knife Skills
Heroin(e)

My Pick to Win
Edith + Eddie

Live Action Short
DeKalb Elementary
The Eleven O'Clock
My Nephew Emmett
The Silent Child
Watu Wote/All of Us

Man oh man do these films sound interesting... too bad they are all impossible to view...

My Pick to Win
DeKalb Elementary

Foreign Language
A Fantastic Woman
The Insult
Loveless
On Body and Soul
The Square

I really don't like this category. Not because I don't like foreign films, but because the Academy insists on using their strange country submission method of choosing eligibility. AND only one of the films is remotely view-able to someone outside of NY or LA....

My Pick to Win
A Fantastic Woman

That's it for the movies I haven't seen!!!  From here on this week I've seen them all!!!  Woohoo!