Mick LaSalle April 25, 2021Updated: April 26, 2021, 1:18 am
Actress Frances McDormand and director Chloe Zhao won Oscars for “Nomadland” at the 93rd Academy Awards. Photo: Pool, Getty Images
“Nomadland” was the big winner at the 93rd Academy Awards, picking up the night’s biggest prizes: the Oscars for best picture, best actress (Frances McDormand) and best director (Chloe Zhao, the first woman of color to win in the category).
It was also a night with a huge surprise: Anthony Hopkins won best actor for “The Father,” even though, for months, the performance of the late Chadwick Boseman in “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” was considered a shoo-in.
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Carey Mulligan, Chloé Zhao and more mourn the in-person fun but celebrate the accessibility of a virtual awards season.
This year s awards season has been unlike any before (and hopefully, after): virtual events, at-home press tours and films consumed almost entirely on streaming services rather than in theaters. As it comes to a close after an in-person Oscars also breaking tradition with limited attendees and a location change to Union Station some of this year s nominees and winners reflect on the highs and lows of this year s historic race in the Spirit Awards and Oscars press rooms, which
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In this Jan. 24, 2020 file photo, co-directors Jim LeBrecht, left, and Nicole Newnham, center, from the documentary Crip Camp pose with film subject Judith Heumann during the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah. Performers with disabilities and filmmakers have a moment in the Oscar spotlight that they hope becomes a movement. LeBrecht, who has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair, says a golden age for films about people with disabilities could come if Hollywood lets them tell their own stories.Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
Hollywood Reflects on an Awards Season Unlike Any Other Kirsten Chuba chloe zhao and carey mulligan
This year’s awards season has been unlike any before (and hopefully, after): virtual events, at-home press tours and films consumed almost entirely on streaming services rather than in theaters. As it comes to a close after an in-person Oscars also breaking tradition with limited attendees and a location change to Union Station some of this year’s nominees and winners reflect on the highs and lows of this year’s historic race in the Spirit Awards and Oscars press rooms, which
THR attended, describing a season that decreased the fun but increased the access.