The State of Oscar. Nomination Morning, 2020

I've been explaining this for years. People don't want to understand.

Next year's Oscars are already down to 60 films being taken seriously. By March, the number will be down to 45. By the end of July, the number will be down to about 30. About 23 of those 30 (or so) will go to war through the August/September festival corridor. By mid-October, those 23 …