Oscars: Few Surprises Reflected In Foreign Language Shortlist During “Exceptionally Strong” Season

Perhaps the most surprising thing about the Academy's decision last week on the nine films it will advance to Oscar voting in the Best Foreign Language Film category is how few surprises there are. In contrast to recent years, the field largely reflected films the prognosticators saw coming. But that doesn't mean the ever-present whiff of controversy was missing, or that some folks' favorites weren't overlooked. In what was one of the richest rosters in recent memory, the…

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