Oscar Race Swings Into Springs; ‘Barbie’ Gets A Rewrite; Rosamund Pike Is ‘Saltburned’ – Notes On The Season

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A column chronicling conversations and events on the awards circuit. The awards season has begun! That is always a statement I find amusing at this time of year as it is used by various publications and groups to announce that the Oscar race is on.

For many of us, it began several months ago, first at CinemaCon in April, where studios trotted out hopefuls such as Killers of the Flower Moon, Napoleon, The Color Purple, Barbie, Oppenheimer, just to name five we are still talking about in one way or another.

Or how about Cannes for a soft start with a strong lineup that also put additional films in the race like Neon’s Anatomy of a Fall and A24’s The Zone of Interest, both nominated not just for foreign language film at the Golden Globes this weekend but also Best Motion Picture Drama (and don’t forget the bevy of International Film contenders we first saw in May at that storied French festival). RELATED: Deadline Launches Streaming Site For Contenders Film: International Actually, maybe the 2023 “Oscar race” started a year ago at Sundance, where we first saw another Globe Best Picture Drama nominee, Past Lives, which is poised to have a very good day when Academy Award nominations are finally announced on January 23.

Of course, there are many defining points in the season to announce the “start” of it, but I don’t think it ever really ends.