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AT THE MOVIES #907             GENERAL AGREEMENT

 

Simon Morris looks at some trends, likely winners and surprises in the upcoming awards season, and reviews two contrasting Oscar nominees – a hot favourite, starring Cate Blanchett, and a rank outsider starring an animated clam shell.

 

Marcel the Shell with Shoes on started out in life as a series of four-minute short films.  Can it cause an upset in the Animation sections of both the Oscars and the Baftas?

 

 

 

Tár is Cate Blanchett’s Oscar-nominated film about a diva orchestra conductor.  Co-starring Mark Strong and Nina Hoss, it marks the return of writer-director Todd Field (In the Bedroom, 2001).