The Oscar nominees have been announced. You can find the complete list here. I’ll mention only a few.

The gay love story Call Me By Your Name, which I saw, is nominated for best picture, for best adapted screenplay, and its young actor Timothee Chalamet was nominated for best actor in a leading role.

While a gay love story in the best picture category is wonderful, it isn’t the first gay story in the category. There was Brokeback Mountain, more about homophobia than love, and Moonlight, about growing up (with gay undertones) that won best picture last year.

Greta Gerwig is a female nominated for best director for Lady Bird, which is also up for best picture.

Jordan Peele is a black man nominated for best director for Get Out, which is also up for best picture. That movie also features Daniel Kaluuya, a black man, for best actor.

Rachel Morrison is the first female to be nominated for cinematography for Mudbound, a story about racism.

Tom of Finland, which I saw a couple days ago, is Finland’s submission for foreign language film, but did not make the final list.

Only two years ago people complained about Oscars So White.