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It’s Time to Talk About the Oscar Best Actress Nominees


As we get into the thick of the season, two women appear to have pulled ahead.

In the most regrettable act of woman-on-woman violence since that time Tina Fey and Amy Poehler told a joke about Taylor Swift, Bening likely beat out Margot Robbie for the final Best Actress spot. At Venice, Maestro had the bad luck to premiere the day after eventual Golden Lion winner Poor Things, which set the tone for Mulligan’s bridesmaid season — nominated everywhere, winning nowhere. It’s basically Mindfulness: The Movie — a gentle character study of a middle-age Tokyo toilet cleaner (Kōji Yakusho) whose unwavering routine and analog lifestyle illustrate the quiet beauty of the everyday.

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