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Best Foreign Language Film: 'Shoplifters'
A nomination here seems likely, and rightfully so; how many times can you remember a Japanese drama sitting between Spider-Man and Aquaman at your local multiplex? Unfortunately, Shoplifters hit the same year as front-runner Roma — another non-U.S. meditation on what "family" means, albeit with a bigger-name director, at least three of the millennium's most amazingly shot scenes (that near-drowning sequence!?!), and, for our money, a bit heavier of a hand, storytelling-wise, than the compelling Shoplifters. — Tony
A nomination here seems likely, and rightfully so; how many times can you remember a Japanese drama sitting between Spider-Man and Aquaman at your local multiplex? Unfortunately, Shoplifters hit the same year as front-runner Roma — another non-U.S. meditation on what "family" means, albeit with a bigger-name director, at least three of the millennium's most amazingly shot scenes (that near-drowning sequence!?!), and, for our money, a bit heavier of a hand, storytelling-wise, than the compelling Shoplifters. — Tony
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TitlesShoplifters