This was always going to be a big year for Barbie and Oppenheimer, which got 13 and 8 nominations respectively. But the full list of nominations, released this morning, also gives love to Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, nominated in 11 categories, and Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon, nominated in 10. The winners will be announced on March 10. Until then, here are some of the main contenders, and how we covered them:

Oppenheimer

Thirteen nominations, including best picture, directing for Christopher Nolan, actor in a leading role for Cillian Murphy, actor in a supporting role for Robert Downey Jr., and actress in a supporting role for Emily Blunt

Our review, “Oppenheimer Is an Uncomfortably Timely Tale of Destruction” by David Klion, said:

A film depicting mostly quotidian human interaction is somehow paced like a thriller, and the tension never stops mounting, right up to the closing shot.

Poor Things

Eleven nominations, including best picture, directing for Yorgos Lanthimos, actress in a leading role for Emma Stone, and actor in a supporting role for Mark Ruffalo

Our review, “Poor Things Is a Glorious Mash-Up” by Annie Berke, said:

The movie may be the most broadly appealing of his films to date, the most palatable to those viewers who might struggle with Lanthimos’s grim humor and sadistic images. It not only provides a treat for the senses but also offers something new in the director’s oeuvre: a story about how art and community can make a........

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