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Deadline’s Reviews Of All The Oscar Best Picture Nominees
The nominations for the 96th Oscars revealed Tuesday included a diverse mix of Best Picture contenders, from box office blockbusters and festival favorites to sweeping streamer epics and indie darl…
Distributor: Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios Producers: Ben LeClair, Nikos Karamigios, Cord Jefferson and Jermaine Johnson Director-screenwriter: Cord Jefferson Cast: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody, Keith David, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown Deadline’s takeaway: Perhaps the most impactful message American Fiction delivers is about personal agency in a world that often seeks to define the stories of others. Distributor: Focus Features Producer: Mark Johnson Director: Alexander Payne Screenwriter: David Hemsworth Cast: Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston, Tate Donovan, Gillian Vigman, Andrew Garman, Naheem Garcia Deadline’s takeaway: Alexander Payne has made some contemporary classics, no doubt, but the warm humanity of a trio of people left alone at Christmas in a snowy boarding school ranks right up there with his very best. Distributor: A24 Producer: James Wilson Director-screenwriter: Jonathan Glazer Cast: Christian Friedel, Sandra Hüller Deadline’s takeaway: Yes, Holocaust movies are virtually a genre of their own, but I can safely say I have never seen one, sans any visuals of violence and suffering, that still manages to be just as harrowing and frightening, maybe even more.
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