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Ahead of the official Academy nominations on Tuesday, Observer critics and film writers pick their standout movies, performances, directors and more

Director and actor have united for HBO’s adaptation of ‘The Sympathiser’

LOS ANGELES — We're still a couple of months away from Oscar nominations, but, outside of "Avatar: The Way of Water" and its glorious space whales, all the contenders have landed. Now it's just a matter of convincing voters to give them a look.

World-weary detective falls for sphinx-like widow in a murder case. Talk about the usual suspects! We have seen this setup once or twice.

A married detective contemplates infidelity in the Korean director’s seductive, multilayered crime drama

In this week’s newsletter: Martin McDonagh’s sad, funny Banshees of Inisherin has unexpected moments of true gruesomeness – just like every other hit these days

From The Host to The Handmaiden, here’s our top picks

South Korean director Park Chan-wook, conjurer of dark, sexually charged dreams such as “Oldboy” (2003) and “Stoker” (2013), gives us his most Hitchcockian effort to date. One of the music tracks is even entitled “Rear Window.” “Decision to Leave,” is a film noir about a young, married detective named Hae-jun…

This Oscars contender and Cannes winner breaks the rules around police procedurals and femmes fatales, while being ‘achingly romantic’ to boot.