We all knew it was going to happen. The Best director race this year was not going to be female-centric. Yes, Chloé Zhao’s “The Rider,” Debra Granik’s “Leave No Trace,” Lynne Ramsay’s “You Were Never Really Here,” Marielle Heller’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and Tamara Jenkins’ “Private Life,” to name just a few.
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Here's an undisputed fact: The studio and independent system is white-male dominated, all of this hoopla that a bunch of black and female filmmakers deserve their fair share of 2018 awards is quite simply overreaching and a form of virtue signaling on the part of film critics. The odds are heavily stacked for white male directors making the best films of the year.
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