The 92nd annual Academy Awards ceremony was one for the record books: Bong Joon-ho’s comic drama Parasite won Best Picture and Best Director, among other awards, making the film the first foreign language movie to ever win the top award, and the first South Korean feature movie to be recognized at the Oscars.
The unusually short, tight ceremony went off without a host and with minimal hitches, but it came with an unusual number of references to the all-male roster of Best Director nominees, and the overall lack of diversity in the nominee pool. Parasite’s win ended up feeling like a triumph for international cinema, and for multiculturalism in art.
Join us as we run down the 2020 Oscar, surveying the nominated shorts and features, considering what led to this moment, and recapping the wins, losses, and highlights of this year’s Academy Awards.