2022 Oscar Predictions, Richard Brody

The expansion of the Academy in recent years has fostered a more representative membership, a younger membership, and a more international membership. This evolution has corresponded with an unprecedented contraction in studio filmmaking, along with a shift, likely enduring, of viewers’ interest and money toward streaming.

 If the streaming services decide to produce more of the sorts of movies that get Oscar nods, it’s doubtful that the Academy will turn up its nose up at them in defense of the so-called theatrical experience, which is already on life support as a commercial outlet for new films of artistic ambition. 

 It’s cause for celebration that two instant classics, “Licorice Pizza” and “Drive My Car,” are among the ten Best Picture candidates at the 2022 Oscars.

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