The Oscar Nominations: <em>La La Land</em>, <em>Moonlight</em>, and <em>Arrival</em> Dominate
As largely expected, La La Land dominated Tuesday’s Oscar nominations list, with the gauzy, self-aware throwback musical receiving 14 nods (tying a record held by All About Eve and Titanic) to lead the field in 2016. But the Academy otherwise spread the wealth among a largely worthy set of intimate dramas and critically acclaimed genre films. The list also did a far better job of acknowledging the film industry’s diversity of storytellers and performers than last year’s highly controversial list, which excluded any major actor, director, or writer of color.
The Miami-set coming-of-age drama and the emotionally resonant sci-fi drama netted eight nominations each including Best Picture and Best Director. Mel Gibson’s World War II film , Kenneth Lonergan’s family drama , and Garth Davis’s true-story travelogue each received six nominations including Best Picture, a list that was rounded, Denzel Washington’s August Wilson adaptation , and David Mackenzie’s bank-robber thriller .
