Oscars 2022: who might triumph at next year’s ceremony?

After a year of delays, the next 12 months offers a wealth of big, awards-aiming movies from intimate dramas to historical epics

It's not often that the word unusual gets attached to the Oscars, one of the most staid and predictable nights of the year, as sober as the Golden Globes is drunk. But after an unusual year, the awards season followed suit, extended by two months, films dropping in and out of the race and some that might otherwise have been ignored instead taking centre stage.

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