Bringing at least some degree of clarity to an Oscar season that has thus far been fairly unpredictable, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences on Monday announced the shortlists of potential nominees in nine categories, including international feature (formerly foreign-language film), original song and documentary. Lauren Greenfield’s critically acclaimed Imelda Marcos documentary “The Kingmaker” also failed to make the shortlist. AdvertisementOut of 91 movies considered in the international feature film category, 10 made the shortlist, including “Parasite” (South Korea), “Atlantics” (Senegal), “Pain and Glory” (Spain), “The Painted Bird” (Czech Republic) and “Les Misérables” (France). Of those, Bong Joon Ho’s dark, genre-scrambling class satire “Parasite” and Pedro Almodóvar’s bittersweet, semi-autobiographical “Pain and Glory” are considered to have the strongest Oscar chances outside the international film category. The Taylor Swift-Andrew Lloyd Webber collaboration “Beautiful Ghosts” from the forthcoming adaptation of the musical “Cats,” however, failed to move forward.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 17, 2019 00:17 UTC