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THE Oscars 2024 will be released on Sunday, which means there's not much time left to catch up on the 10 films nominated for Best Picture.
If you missed the “Barbenheimer” the movie theater craze last summer or prefer to sob while watching “Past Lives” or “Killers of the Flower Moon” in the privacy of your own home, fear not, dear cinefile. You have options.
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Jeffrey Wright plays a frustrated novelist in this comedy-drama that raises questions about the price of black success in a white-dominated media and entertainment culture. Sterling K. Brown turns in a remarkable performance alongside Tracee Ellis Ross in a family subplot that Wright is forced to confront head-on.
“American Fiction” is currently in theaters and is available for purchase on Apple TV, Prime Video, YouTube TV, Google Play and Vudu for $14.99.
This captivating crime film features a glorious performance from German actress Sandra Hüller, who plays a widow accused of murdering her husband. The thriller directed by Justine Triet uses the setting of a courtroom to explore the depths of a marriage that is both loving and destructive. Newcomer Milo Machado Graner impressively plays Hüller's character's 11-year-old child, who is blind.
“Anatomy of a Fall” is available to rent on Apple TV and Prime Video for $5.99, and on YouTube TV and Google Play for $6.99.
Hello Barbie! Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling captivated audiences as Barbie and Ken in this instantly classic film directed by Greta Gerwig. “Barbie” is a moving story about the iconic Mattel doll overcoming an existential crisis and taking on the patriarchy. It will make you laugh, cry, applaud America Ferrera's epic feminist monologue and, of course, sing along to Gosling's absolutely sublime rendition of “I'm Just Ken.”
“Barbie” is available to stream on Max with a subscription and is available to rent on Apple TV, Vudu and Google Play for $5.99. It can also be streamed on Hulu, Prime Video, and YouTube TV with premium subscriptions.
This year notable during awards season Da'Vine Joy Randolph and newcomer Dominic Sessa support Paul Giamatti's stellar performance as a grumpy prep school teacher who is forced to stay on campus with a handful of students over Christmas break. The Alexander Payne-directed comedy-drama feels all the feels as it explores the power of finding friendship in unlikely places.
“The Holdovers” is available to stream on Peacock with a subscription and is available to rent on Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube TV and Vudu for $5.99.
Pencil in about three and a half hours and saddle up to watch this Western epic starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone, who will leave you speechless as they grapple with love, betrayal and greed. Martin Scorsese's historical drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” is based on the harrowing true story of Osage Nation Murders and is a must. Essential item: A box of tissues for the tears you will undoubtedly shed.
“Killers of the Flower Moon” is available to stream on Apple TV with a subscription and is available for purchase on Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play and YouTube TV for $19.99.
Bradley Cooper is at his best in this masterful performance as music legend and famed conductor Leonard Bernstein in “Maestro,” a film he also produced and directed. In cooperation with Bernstein's family, the film tells the complicated love story between Bernstein and his wife Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein, played by Carrie Mulligan.
“Maestro” is available to stream on Netflix with a subscription.
With 13 nominations, “Oppenheimer” got the most nods this year. Cillian Murphy expertly plays Robert J. Oppenheimer, the scientific genius who led the creation of the atomic bomb only to discover that he must also bear the crippling moral weight of his actions. Spoiler alert: being a smartypants is not a bomb.
“Oppenheimer” is available to stream on Peacock with a subscription and is available to rent on Apple TV, Prime Video, Google Play, YouTube TV and Vudu for $5.99.
In Céline Song's directorial debut, “Past Lives,” childhood friends Nora (Greta Lee) and Hae Sung (Teo Yoo) confront the realities of destiny and love and reflect on their life choices after falling apart. be reunited decades later. This heartfelt romantic drama highlights a moving story as it explores the experience of a Korean immigrant crossing the United States.
“Past Lives” is available to stream on Showtime, Hulu and Paramount+ with a subscription and is available to rent on Apple TV, Vudu and Google Play for $4.99.
Director Yorgos Lanthimos' fantastical landscapes in “Poor Things” inspire viewers to immerse themselves in the world of Bella by Emma Stone, who is on a quest for liberation after being brought back to life by a mad scientist (Willem DaFoe) in this visually stunning tale. Mark Ruffalo adds comic relief in a role you've never seen him play – and it pays off.
“Poor Things” will be available March 7 to stream on Hulu with a subscription and is available for purchase on Prime Video, Apple TV, YouTube TV and Google Play for $19.99.
Set in the middle of World War II, “The Zone of Interest” recounts the horrors of the Holocaust through a fictionalized version of real life. Auschwitz-Birkenau Commander Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel) and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller). Director Jonathan Glazer leans heavily on the chilling sounds from inside the camp that echo incessantly as the Höss family builds their dream home, located on the other side of the concentration camp's barbed wire fence.
“The Zone of Interest” is currently in theaters and is available for purchase on Apple TV, YouTube TV, Prime Video, Vudu and Google Play for $19.99.