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Oscar Nominations with Wesley Morris (The New York Times)

Jan 28, 2024
Wesley Morris, critic at large at The New York Times, discusses this year's Academy Award nominations. Topics include the omission of Greta Gerwig from Best Director, the 'perversely effective' nature of Killers of the Flower Moon, Bradley Cooper's Maestro upending the biopic genre, the indie film boom of the late '90s, the rise of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Todd Haynes' new film May December, Ava DuVernay's Origin, the Academy's relationship to diversity, and the erosion of the 'middle' in film and culture.
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