German acting virtuoso Sandra Hülser, star of “Anatomy of a Fall,” is among the best skin actress nominees, but bookies favor Emma Stone for her performance in “Poor Things” and Lily Gladstone, who played Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon.” “So very enriching. Da’Vine Joy Randolph will probably deserve to triumph as best supporting actress; she refines Alexander Payne’s Seventies college tragicomedy “The Holdovers” with heart, presence and the utmost matter-of-factness.
Germany is not only strongly present via Hülser: Wim Wenders’ existential philosophic film “Perfect Days”, set in Japan, is, like “The Teacher’s Room” by German director İlker Çatak, one of the Oscar candidates in the “Best International Feature” category Glazer’s Holocaust nightmare “The Zone of Interest” will win.
Middle East war as an issue?
Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” will hopefully cross the finish line as best animated feature film, because there hasn’t been a more visionary one this year. And Wes Anderson could win his first Oscar for the usual whimsical Roald Dahl short film “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar”.
It is also likely to be political: the open question of whether and how the people on the stage of the Dolby Theater on Hollywood Boulevard will comment on the Middle East war live on camera is currently affecting the showmakers as well as the police, who are trying to ensure that this gala is as safe as possible make commemorate.
As far as the award rain is concerned, if everything isn’t wrong, it will probably go exactly as expected in the central categories: “Oppenheimer” will be recognized as best film, there will be a first directing Oscar for Nolan and Cillian Murphy as best actor go home.
Where can you watch the Oscar films?
If you would like to watch one or the other from the list of nominated films in advance, here is a brief overview of where you can stream which works or (better yet) see them in a cinema near you:
Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” is streaming on AppleTV+.
Netflix has a number of titles in its program that are nominated for one or more Oscars this year: “Maestro,” “The Snow Company,” “Nyad” and Wes Anderson’s “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar” can be accessed here.
“American Fiction” and “The Teacher’s Room” can be seen on Amazon Prime Video, “Oppenheimer”, “Anatomy of a Case” and “Past Lives” can be rented there for four or five euros, “Barbie” is only available as a purchase option ready (EUR 15.-).
And “The Last Repair Shop,” the favorite in the short documentary category, can be discovered on YouTube. Here is the link to it:
Just catch up in the cinema: “Poor Things” and “The Zone of Interest”, “The Boy and the Heron”, The Holdovers”. “Oppenheimer” and “Barbie” can of course still be seen there – and are much more impressive than on the comparatively small screen at home. We’ll be covering the Oscar events Monday morning. Stay tuned.
2024-03-10 00:06:38
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