September is nigh, which means Oscar season is about to begin.

So what else would make the cut at this point in time?

Not enough people sawChappaquiddickeven though Clarke has proven to be an outstanding presence time and again.

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And Washington is too new, although if the performance turns enough heads, he could get in.

But the real frontrunner here is Hawke turning in the best performance of his long career.

The Academy needs to remember it at the end of the year.

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The Academy isn’t going to warm to a romcom lead in a Netflix movie because they’re shortsighted.

Not enough people sawAnnihilation, which is a damn shame.

-Matt Goldberg

Best Documentary Feature

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

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