The Best Films Competing for This Season’s International-Film Oscar

To predict this year’s nominees for the best-international-feature Oscar, you should probably start with the tried and true. When Iran selects a movie directed by Asghar Farhadi, things tend to turn out well—the Oscar nominee has helmed two winners in this category, 2011’s A Separation and 2016’s The Salesman—and it’s done so again with the Amazon Studios–backed A Hero. Italy, meanwhile, is returning to Paolo Sorrentino—the man behind 2014 winner The Great Beauty— whose latest, The Hand of God, is being released by Netflix. Monday marked the deadline for countries to submit their selections for the best-international-film Oscar, meaning we… Read Full Article