The only reconciliation for Levi being overlooked for “Under the Skin” is that she landed a nomination for “Jackie” four years later. Levi’s music is one of the movie’s most ambient and hypnotic nightmares, punctuated by violins that call to you like evil sirens. Jonathan Glazer’s extraordinary “Under the Skin” was far too experimental to even be considered for major Oscar categories like Best Picture and Best Actress (Scarlett Johansson’s career-best work is a masterclass study of human behavior), and it was a few years before distributor A24 honed its Oscar game, but the fact Mica Levi’s unnerving original score was overlooked remains one of the biggest Oscar snubs of the 21st century. Still, it’s precisely the kind of beautifully made small film the Academy likes to highlight with acting nods, which easily could have gone to Lithgow, Molina, or Tomei. Sachs is firmly an indie filmmaker, and “Love Is Strange” certainly didn’t have much of an awards budget. Marisa Tomei is excellent as their sharp-tongued niece-in-law. John Lithgow and Alfred Molina are equal parts tender, charming, and naturalistic, delivering complex performances too rarely seen from these masters of craft. Turning his lens on a facet of life many gay men would like to forget, “Love Is Strange” follows an aging couple fallen on unexpected hard times who must move out of their apartment. Ira Sachs makes movies that leave indelible imprints on the viewer, films that alchemize the daily heartbreaks of human experience into essential cinema. The Academy Taps a Familiar Face to Produce the 95th OscarsĪustin Butler and Bill Nighy Hope to Land Their First Oscar Nods Academy Announces Plans to Incorporate Crafts Into Oscars Broadcast and Improve Membership Engagement

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