Oscars 2025: Early assumptions. True or false?
LA TimesWe’re a week out from Thanksgiving, still figuring out how much turkey to buy, how a bird that size will possibly fit into our oven and whether we might use our next-door neighbor’s oven as a backup. Answer: True Karla Sofía Gascón stars in Jacques Audiard’s unusual musical “Emilia Pérez.” It’s usually silly to declare races over this early, but this seems like a safe bet. “Emilia Pérez” is Netflix’s top priority this awards season, with the streamer believing it has a shot at best picture in a field with no clear front-runner. Ross’ 2018 Oscar-nominated documentary, “Hale County This Morning, This Evening,” depicted the lives of Black people in a disenfranchised Alabama community with powerful, poetic imagery that demanded your full attention. If the stellar reviews for the film translate into major prizes from the Los Angeles and New York film critics groups — say, best picture from L.A. and best director from New York — the movie could ride the same wave of ecstatic acclaim that propelled Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car” to a best picture nomination at the 2022 Oscars.
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