Much in the same way that a candidate may be vetted before a big convention, so too have this year’s nominees for the best picture Oscar been subject to a battery of litmus tests. Some debates have arisen from content within these releases, and others from the circumstances of their production. DetractorsFuture generations of Oscarologists shall closely study this year’s trajectory for odds-on frontrunner Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Even McDonagh himself has entered the fray, releasing a statement about his “deliberately messy and difficult” morality play. ‘Call Me By Your Name’ has been the subject of flimsy arguments over the appropriateness of its main characters’ relationship.

Source: The Irish Times February 15, 2018 10:07 UTC