How ‘Carol’ Got Screwed
There’s one every year. Correction: there are plenty of movies every year whose absence at the announcement of the Academy Award nominationscause head-scratching, teeth-gnashing, and similar displays of displeasure, but every year there’s one whose snub (and I don’t use the word lightly) seems particularly egregious, and worthy of exploration. Last year it was Selma; this year, it’s Carol, Todd Haynes’ magnificent adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s The Price of Salt.
