After a robust few years of surprise nods for the likes of Krzysztof Kieslowski, Atom Egoyan, Spike Jonze, Pedro Almodovar and Fernando Meirelles, they have since retreated into the shallow paddling pool of consensus favorites. (incontention.com)
But most of the works are by dead white men, from Veronese and Holbein through Ingres and Seurat to Balthus and de Kooning, with surprising nods to George Tooker, Paul Cadmus, and Andrew Wyeth. (jenkinsjohnsongallery.com)
Also absent was All the Money in the World, Ridley Scott's troubled John Paul Getty biopic, and Hugh Jackman's The Greatest Showman, both of which received surprise nods at the Golden Globe nominations on 11 December. (theguardian.com)