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The ‘Oppenheimer’ Oscars Reminded Us That Movies Can Still Be the Great Mass Art Form

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Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic The movies, if I dare say it, used to hold us together. They were a shared dream — which is why I wanted to become a film critic, not a poetry critic.

The mass mythology of movies felt singular, intoxicating, enveloping, cathartic. And the Oscars have always been part of that.

In embracing the world of movies, they seemed to embrace the whole world, period. But less so recently. We live in a splintered time, with everything divided into niches, clubs, cults and opposing sides that don’t speak to each other.

When it comes to entertainment, there are so many options that it now feels like too many. Yet the staggering success of “Oppenheimer” reminded us of how all that could come back together.

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