"Before this year, no movie had ever gotten more than 14 Oscar nominations. Three films All About Eve, Titanic and La La Land shared the top spot. This year, Ryan Coogler's brilliant vampire story Sinners bested that by two, landing 16 nominations. If it had been 15, you could argue that the new category honoring best casting (in which Sinners, yes, was nominated) was the difference. But with 16, that's a straight-up record-breaker."
"Since each branch of the Academy votes on its own nominees (and everyone votes for best picture nominees), that suggests that the film has strong support across every single group of Oscars voters. And it's fair to ask: If every element of a movie is top-notch, from its design to its performances to its script to its music, how does it not deserve to be best picture?"
"Four non-English language acting performances were nominated this year, three from Norway's drama Sentimental Value (Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Renate Reinsve and Stellan Skarsgard) and one from the Brazilian political thriller The Secret Agent (Wagner Moura). That's a record. Both of those films were nominated for best picture as well, which continues the pattern from recent years of non-English-language films like Parasite, I'm Still Here, Emilia Perez, Drive My Car and others earning nominations"
Sinners earned 16 Oscar nominations, surpassing the previous high of 14 and setting a new record. One Battle After Another accumulated 13 nominations, marking it as a strong contender by numbers alone. Sinners secured nominations in every category where it competed, indicating wide support across all Academy branches and raising questions about its Best Picture prospects. Four non-English-language acting nominations were received, three for Sentimental Value and one for The Secret Agent, constituting a record. Both of those films also landed Best Picture nominations, continuing a recent trend of non-English-language films earning major Oscar recognition.
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