Dark western The Power of the Dog will battle feel-good deaf family drama CODA for the film industry's top honour when, free of last year's pandemic restrictions, a large Hollywood crowd gathers for the Academy Awards.
After a pandemic year that hobbled movie theatres and saw streaming services make new inroads into Hollywood, the Academy Awards has put its strongest support behind two films made with big-screen grandeur that were also streamed into homes: Jane Campion's gothic western The Power of the Dog and Denis Villeneuve's sci-fi epic Dune.
At the Golden Globes film awards Nicole Kidman has won best actress in a motion picture drama for her portrayal of TV legend Lucille Ball in Being the Ricardos.
