This morning, the nominees for the 96th annual Academy Awards were announced. Here are my personal rankings from ten to one. 10. Maestro Bradley Cooper’s follow-up to his directorial debut, A Star Is Born, came from Netflix. Leading up to its release, Cooper’s direction and performance as legendary conductor Leonard Bernstein received praise from the festival circuit. I was relatively excited as I do enjoy Cooper as a performer and think we’re seeing the rise of a high-profile director, but I ended the film feeling disappointed. Maybe it’s just my disinterest in films about conductors (I also did not love Todd Field’s
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