If this film critic picked the Oscar nominees ...
by Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times
Jan 22, 2018
4 minutes
Filling out an Oscar nomination ballot - even a hypothetical one - can be an exercise in purest agony. That turned out to be especially true this year. I remain startled by the sheer quantity and range of great movies and performances I saw in 2017, which made it even harder than usual to settle on a short list of favorites.
In narrowing my picks in the eight main Oscar categories, plus a few others, I tried my best to go with my gut and, as much as possible, to set aside
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