I think Anora would be the most worthy winner of best picture. Maybe The Substance too. Both of them felt more original than The Brutalist even though I enjoyed that a great deal.

Conclave is interesting but I thought the dialogue was a bit clunky sometimes. They often had these amazing visual metaphors with the cardinals scheming half shrouded in darkness. Then one of them would say, “I fear out hearts are half shrouded in darkness,” or something like that which just undermined the direction a bit. Idk it was also a good film though.