Oscars: ‘Power of the Dog’ Emerges As Clear Frontrunner After Jam-Packed Awards Weekend

THR's awards columnist weighs in after the Directors Guild Awards, the BAFTA Awards and the Critics Choice Awards.

won the SAG Awards’ best ensemble prize two weekends ago and thatwon the equivalent Critics Choice Award on Sunday night. And indeed, both of those films strike me as less polarizing than, which means they could get a boost from the Oscars’ preferential ballot.

But when three constituences as different as the DGA, BAFTA and CCA all wind up with the same verdict, attention must be paid, particularly given that Academy members are generally reluctant to split their top two prizes, best picture and best director, and the industry is uniformly behind Campion for the latter.

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