Oscar predictions: Why Antonio Banderas should win best actor instead of Joaquin Phoenix for 'Joker'
It's raining men all over the Academy Awards, again.
Female directors, conspicuously "Little Women's" Greta Gerwig and Lulu Wang of "The Farewell," got the cold shoulder Monday morning, as the white male directors of dominant best picture nominees "Joker" (11 nominations) and, tying with 10 apiece, "The Irishman," "1917" and "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood" sucked most of the air out of the room where it happens.
Most, but not all. The South Korean sensation "Parasite," a critical and popular success, scored six nominations. If director and co-writer Bong Joon Ho's wily parable about the capitalistic divide wins the top Oscar Feb. 9, it'll make history as the first foreign-language best picture winner in 92 years.
Whether that will be enough to make up for "Green Book" winning over "Roma" last
