It’s that time of the year when red carpets unfurl, cleavage heaves and the academy recognizes and gilds the cinematic achievements of the year past. The list of nominees in the Best Picture category is ten deep in 2024, including such sunny subject matter as the holocaust, the atomic bomb, domestic violence, patriarchal oppression, systematic indigenous murder, and the troubling influence of the white literary establishment. Giddy up. Sunday, March 10, the big night unfolds on ABC. Jimmy Kimmel is set to host and Scorpio king Ryan Gosling will take to the stage to perform his existential bro-anthem “I’m Just...