The theaters weren t always open the past year, but movies still got us through. Shade the award show format all you want, but we re happy that the 93rd Academy Awards are still on, especially because some stunning films got us through our dark pandemic days.
Here are our picks for winners in a few major categories at Sunday s Oscars, which air at 7 p.m. on ABC.
Best picture
What we want to win: Nomadland. It s always nice to see a quiet and genuinely moving picture take the top prize over a splashy golden calf (see also Moonlight over La La Land ). All the better if it tells a story about people that don t get to be our big screen heroes too often here, an older woman on the economic margins, played so breathtakingly by Frances McDormand.
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