This year’s Academy Awards celebrate film at a moment when the industry is confronting existential change
This year’s Academy Awards celebrate film at a moment when the industry is confronting existential change. Amid the global pandemic, audiences have shied away from going to theaters to watch movies. The nominated films, to the extent that they were seen, were likely viewed at home. The entertainment colossus that garnered the most nominations is not a traditional Hollywood studio at all — it’s streaming giant Netflix. The Oscars will seek to rekindle the global love affair with movies with the 93 awards ceremony, which will be staged from Union Station in downtown Los Angeles, the city’s art deco transportation hub, as well as the more familiar venue of the Dolby Theatre.
