Go See This Masterpiece

That gorgeous new poster for Mike Leigh's latest masterpiece Hard Truths dropped earlier this week (via) just in time for the incredible film to drop today in theaters -- click here if you're not in NYC and wondering if it's playing near you. It is hitting several cities besides us today and a heap more next Friday so hopefully you'll get your chance. I reviewed the film in the fall at NYFF right here -- it is fully ludicrous that it's a question mark whether leading actor Marianne Jean-Baptiste will be nominated for an Oscar for the movie because her work in this film blows every other performance of the year out of the water. And there's been some terrific on-screen acting this year! But her turn here towers above the rest, and if AMPAS doesn't nominate her it will once again delegitimsize itself as a gathering of any substance or meaning whatsoever. I mean I personally decided that a long while back but that's not going to keep me from clanging the bell every time they do it again! (I also celebrate good wins -- like the character Marianne plays I am secretly not entirely vitriol. Just damaged!)