Streaming roundup: Are Netflix’s Oscar hopes fading?
Netflix Inc. has made its most aggressive push yet this film awards season, touting Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman” and Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story,” as well as “The Two Popes” and “Dolemite Is My Name,” with limited theatrical releases and controversial spendy press tours. The strategy looked like it might have been paying off, with early best-picture wins from the National Board of Review and New York Film Critics Circle for “The Irishman.” But Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) was fairly shut out of the Golden Globes last weekend, earning only one film trophy — best supporting actress for Laura Dern in “Marriage Story” — while Universal’s “1917” and Sony’s “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood” took home best-picture wins in the drama and comedy categories, respectively.
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