Oscars so white, Oscars so male, and not much for Aussies. Image: Margot Robbie and Kate McKinnon in Bombshell, courtesy StudioCanal.
Nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards have been announced, with the usual flurry of commentary around who was snubbed, who missed out, and how the Australians are faring.
Films by and about men dominate, with all five nominees for Best Director being male: Martin Scorsese, Todd Phillips, Sam Mendes, Bong Joon Ho and Quentin Tarantino.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is the ArtsHub Group's Education and Career Editor. She is a journalist for Screenhub and is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema. She was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates' and has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, will be published by Midnight Sun in 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
