The director of Meek’s Cutoff and First Cow is also feeling, well, a bit cynical. “There’s so much celebration of women and people of color this year and I’m thinking ‘that’s great,’ but a cynical part of me is thinking ‘Is this just Covid?’ Are they just thinking ‘Let’s just let women in and give them the awards this year – no one’s actually coming to watch the films’ … I don’t know, we’ll have to see where the lasting power is.” – Variety
