I’m putting this over here from the “Movies Recently Watched” thread because it’s digressing into a conversation about the Oscars.
But before that, I will disagree with some of my fellow Dopers on both The Holdovers and Anatomy of a Fall. Holdovers was sweet and gentle with a lot of understated subtleties, which I think tends to get it underrated especially by those expecting any sort of dramatic action sequences. Anatomy was basically a courtroom drama, but featuring about half its action outside the courtroom. What put it way over any average such movie was the flawlessly terrific acting by all, and when I say “all” I include not just the Oscar-nominated Sandra Hüller but also the now-famous border collie Messi who plays the dog Snoop. A seriously good movie by any measure and a real star on artistic merit.
And I’m also willing to bet that neither Sandra Hüller, The Holdovers, Oppenheimer, or Anatomy of a Fall is going to win, because of industry politics.
Thanks for the info. I should do more reading about the industry instead of just watching movies! 
Zone of Interest was a very good movie, but I was less impressed than Academy members who seem particularly keen on understated social commentary. The French authorities were nuts not to submit Anatomy of a Fall for foreign language/international (well, about half of it was English, but was certainly “international”) and I’m delighted that it was voted into the big boys’ league of Best Picture nominee.