When the Academy voters get it right, they really get it right. Recent big winners Parasite and Nomadland are truly astounding works of art and the fact that gazillions of people were encouraged to seek out those films as a result of the Oscar hoo-ha justifies all the hype that film studios and streaming companies engage in to get their pet projects on the map.
The contenders this year are all deserving of attention; none, for example, are as manipulative as notoriously sappy 2019 winner, Green Book. But some are still better than others and it’s possible, nay highly likely, that some dubious decisions will be made. Here’s our guide to the films that deserve to take home prizes (and the ones that definitely will - not always the same thing).
