Critics Choice Awards didn’t narrow this down too much for the season as the usual suspects showed up with “Emma,” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” “Mank,” “Mulan,” “The Personal History of David Copperfield” and “Promising Young Woman.” Mark Bridges, who won the Oscar for “The Artist” and “Phantom Thread” could easily slip in, especially just one year after cracking the lineup for “Joker,” which shows he’s beloved with the branch.

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