This awards season, it's almost as if the movies are having a conversation with one another. The year's pandemic-disrupted release schedule may have resulted in a smaller pool of films entering the conversation, but, to an unusual degree, a number of them overlap, both in theme and sometimes even in particulars, making for a denser and perhaps richer class of awards hopefuls.
Some of it is just a matter of coincidence as projects that were years in the making finally reach the screen. The Trial of the Chicago 7, for example, was first proposed 15 years ago when Steven Spielberg approached Aaron Sorkin, who would ultimately direct, about writing a screenplay.
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