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How Every Oscar Movie Can Be the Anti-Trump Movie
Like it or not, we’re in for yet another awards season operating in the shadow of Donald Trump. Which campaigns can take advantage of the vibe shift?
“She keeps finding newer and deeper ways to be Emilia Pérez, a character (and a movie) that’s all about the never-finished project of learning to become yourself.” While she’s up against a lot of heavy hitters in this race, including a slew of past winners, Gascón’s powerhouse performance feels like one of Best Actress’s few sure things. I caught up with Marielle Heller’s film this week, and largely agree with my colleague Joe Reid, who calls it the kind of “flawed but interesting” project Adams should be taking on at this point in her career, even if it doesn’t get her any closer to that long-awaited Oscar. “But she and the film crescendo into absurdity, with little in the way of relief or catharsis.” Though Gomez’s Emmy-nominated turn in Only Murders in the Building should earn her credit from voters who might have otherwise written her off, I don’t think she’ll be helped by another pop star, Wicked ’s Ariana Grande, steadily gaining momentum in this race.
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