Across the board, Damien Chazelle’s euphoric movie musical La La Land looks like the movie to beat in the Best Picture category, making a strong debut at the Venice Film Festival and then riding a wave of critical momentum through the rest of the fall film fest season.
And as the aforementioned presidential race just taught us, anything is possible when it comes to a vote.
It still needs to play to an actual audience — which will begin in December — but at the moment, it’s my Top Dog in the Oscar marathon.
OK, so, it’s far too early to declare any race over.