File this story under the "It didn't work that way before?" category, as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced new rules for the 2025 Academy Awards season that will require judges to watch all nominees in a given category before making their vote for the winner.
The fact that Academy members haven't been tasked with watching every officially nominated film in each category has long been a contentious aspect of Oscar judging. In years past, judges could cast a vote for Best Picture, for example, without having actually seen all the films.
