Your Oscars questions answered: ‘The best film of the year hasn’t actually won best picture since 12 Years a Slave’

Guardian writers have been making their pitches for best picture winner at the 98th Academy Awards in our Oscars hustings series.Has Chase Infiniti been snubbed? Should Train Dreams win for best cinematography? Who’s the bigger monster, Frankenstein’s or Marty Mauser? Guardian film editor Catherine Shoard answers your 2026 Oscars questions.Catherine has now finished answering your questions. Read the Q&A below.Oscars 2026: who should win… and who actually will? - The Latest Catherine:

double quotation markThanks very much for all these really well-informed and thoughtful questions! I’ll try to get through as many as possible

Why aren’t movies good any more?Question from cooliusCatherine:

double quotation mark1. Vicious circle of looming industry collapse fueling studio timidity.

2. Talent exodus to TV and streaming.