After a pandemic year that hobbled movie theaters and saw streaming services make new inroads into Hollywood, the Academy Awards put its strongest support Tuesday behind two films made with big-screen grandeur that were also streamed into homes: Jane Campion’s gothic western The Power of the Dog and Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi epic Dune.
Netflix’s The Power of the Dog led nominations to the 94th Academy Awards with 12 nods, including best picture, best director and recognition for all of its top actors: Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Campion, a nominee for 1993’s The Piano, became the first woman
94th Oscars nominations will be announced on Tuesday. Fans will India will be able to catch the announcements live on the official YouTube, Twitter and Facebook pages of Oscars after 6.30 pm. It will be hosted by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan.
The festival favourite film follows this ambitious group of Dalit wonder women led by their chief reporter, Meera as the team switches from print to digital in order to stay relevant