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And the nominees for Best Picture are …

Belfast  

Kenneth Branagh’s personal and poignant story told through the eyes of a charming nine-year old boy growing up during a tumultuous time in Northern Ireland. It plays like a love letter to the writer/director’s childhood home.

Coda

CODA, an acronym for Child of Deaf Adult, is about a hardworking 17 year old high school student who helps her working class family with their fishing business. She is the only hearing member of her family and dreams of a life in music.

Don’t Look Up

An all-star cast including Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep and Timothée Chalamet brings us the story of the possible end to the planet as a comet hurtles its way towards Earth. In this dark apocalyptic comedy, two low-level astronauts have to go on a media tour to warn mankind of the impending doom.

Drive My Car

This Japanese drama tells the story of a widowed actor, Yusuke, who hires a 20 year old girl named Misake to be his chauffeur while he directs Uncle Vanya in Hiroshima. The unlikely pair develop a special and close relationship as they reveal parts of their past to one another. 

Dune

Paul Atreides, a young man born into an other-worldly dynasty, travels to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his people. Evil forces battle over the planet's exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence.

King Richard

Richard Williams is determined to write his two daughters, Venus and Serena, into tennis history with his 80 page business plan. Training on courts in Compton, Calif., Richard shapes the girls' tennis game and together the Williams family defines their own path through the world of junior tennis.

Licorice Pizza

Paul Thomas Anderson’s take on young love and adventure in a 1970s San Fernando Valley.

Nightmare Alley

In 1940s New York, Bradley Cooper plays a con man whose master plan leads to a dangerous encounter with a menacing tycoon.

Power of the Dog

Two brothers who own and run a cattle ranch in 1915 Montana are pulled apart when one brother returns home with a new wife and her son.

West Side Story

A fresh take from acclaimed director Steven Spielberg on the classic musical. Set in 1957 New York City, two teens meet and fall in love despite their family and friends’ wishes.