"There's always much to complain about (just wait), but the Academy did itself proud by recognizing the year's best film, "Sinners," in a record sixteen categories and giving multiple nominations to several other superb films, including "Marty Supreme" and "One Battle After Another." Hollywood did unusually well this year with these big-budget, large-scale movies of unusually forthright and complex substance, and it's a pleasant surprise to see the Academy respond enthusiastically to them."
"Most of the year's best films confront power in its many forms, especially political power, and the nominations reflect the Academy's acknowledgment that this is the topic of the moment. This acknowledgment, however, is as much a matter of aesthetics as of politics: messaging alone counts for little, because method, form, and style are inextricable from ideas and ideologies, from the way in which principles are realized."
The Academy recognized several of the year's best films, awarding Sinners nominations in a record sixteen categories and giving multiple nods to Marty Supreme and One Battle After Another. Hollywood produced unusually forthright, complex big-budget films whose scale and craft helped them gain attention and awards consideration. The Brazilian film The Secret Agent received notice for daring temporal leaps and intricate, earnest explorations of its protagonist's identity within a teeming thriller. Many nominated films confront power, especially political power, and the nominations reflect an aesthetic engagement where method, form, and style are inseparable from ideas and ideologies. Josh Safdie's inclusion for Marty Supreme alongside co-writer and co-editor Ronald Bronste marks a notable indie recognition.
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