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‘Conclave’ Prays for Oscar Attention: How Do Religious Movies Perform With Academy Voters?
"Conclave" is garnering best picture heat. But how do religiously-themed movies perform at the Oscars?
More recently, Tom McCarthy’s 2015 drama “Spotlight,” which details the true story of the Boston Globe’s investigation into systemic sexual abuse within the Catholic Church, won best picture and original screenplay. The arthouse subsidiary of Universal also has on its docket Robert Eggers’ horror remake “Nosferatu,” Jeff Nichols’ motorcycle drama “The Bikeriders” and Sean Wang’s directorial debut “Dìdi.” Sixteen Focus movies have garnered 16 best picture nominations since its inception in 2002. These include presumed second-place finishers such as Sofia Coppola’s “Lost in Translation” (2004), Ang Lee’s “Brokeback Mountain” (2005), Gus Van Sant’s “Milk” (2008) and Kenneth Branagh’s “Belfast” (2022).
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