LOS ANGELES: In a year that saw movie theaters boarded up due to Covid-19, eight new films that did reach our screens impressed Academy voters enough that they are in contention for Hollywood’s biggest award — the Oscar for best picture.
The blockbusters may be absent, but an eclectic array of titles are in the mix, from a lavish Netflix ode to Tinseltown’s Golden Age to a tiny indie drama about Korean immigrants scraping out a living off the land in rural America.
Here are the eight movies battling for the top prize at Sunday’s Oscars ceremony:
‘The Father’
Starring Anthony Hopkins and adapted by French playwright Florian Zeller from his own stage production, “The Father” takes viewers on a terrifying voyage through the…
