Is that it? Oscars Nominations 2020

Margot Robbie is the only Australian hope in the Oscars, in yet another year where issues of diversity seem ignored by the Academy.

14 Jan 2020

Rochelle Siemienowicz

Performing Arts

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.

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Rochelle Siemienowicz is a journalist for Screenhub. She 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. You can find her on Twitter and Instagram