The generally unpredictable foreign language
film category snubbed two top contenders — Israel's «Foxtrot,» which collected the second place prize at the Venice Film Festival, and Germany's Golden Globe - winning «In the Fade.»
Not exact matches
As with the documentary
category, the Academy previously released a foreign
film shortlist in December, and at that time the omissions of
films such as the widely praised Two Days, One Night, Winter Sleep (which won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year), and Mommy were considered major
snubs.
Paramount's highest - scoring 2014
film, Selma, was one of just two best picture nominees to come from one of the majors, and Paramount finished with 7 Oscar nominations in all (even with Selma's
snubs in other
categories).
Snubbed even by the Golden Globes, who have their own comedy or musical
categories, Logan Lucky has been on home video since November, itching as one of last year's best
films you haven't seen.
Another big
snub: Greta Gerwig didn't get nominated for Best Director for Lady Bird, a
film that's connecting with audiences in a major way right now and could very well end up as an Oscar contender in multiple
categories.
Lady Bird and Get Out were also
snubbed in the best -
film category, which instead includes other awards - season front - runners like C.M.B.Y.N., Darkest Hour, Dunkirk, The Shape of Water, and Three Billboards.
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«Benjamin Button»
snubs are because they probably didn't see the
film... same thing that happened last year when «There Will Be Blood» only appeared in one
category, NOT even Best Actor.
But if they don't — if any of these powerful movies about women get
snubbed for best picture, or the women that anchor them get left out of the best - actress race in favor of
films that won't make a dent in any other
category (I see you, Victoria & Abdul)-- it might be time for a serious intervention.
It's an odd gambit to release both of these
films in the same year, especially when the original, The Lego Movie, was famously
snubbed in this
category.
Because the Golden Globes breaks up lead acting and best
film into the two
categories, there are few major
snubs.
The
film, which has earned $ 10 million at the box office thus far, is also up for several Independent Spirit Awards, though Gerwig was surprisingly
snubbed in the best - director
category; Lady Bird is the multi-hyphenate's feature directorial debut.
Though
snubbed by the Academy for the Oscar race in the foreign language
category, Paul Verhoeven's Elle edged out Park Chan - wook's The Handmaiden, another
film you won't see in the Oscar contest.
After winning the Golden Globe for best foreign language
film earlier this month, In the Fade was
snubbed in the same
category by the...
While its cast, from its talented young leads to a never - better Ben Kingsley as Méliès, was regrettably
snubbed, the
film vied for Best Picture, Director, and Adapted Screenplay honors and likely wound up the runner - up in the first two of those
categories to The Artist, a kindred French production which took its love for early cinema in a drastically different direction (full - on emulation) to nonetheless comparably delightful results.