REVIEW: Minamata [2021]

Just try not to disappoint yourself. A lot of things helped make this past Oscars ceremony an infamous affair—the most innocuous being the addition of two online popularity contests seemingly devoid of any real checks and balances to prevent them from becoming a ballot-stuffing battle royale between fandoms. The Zack Snyder contingent unsurprisingly proved victorious with both, but an intriguing dark horse by way of the Johnny Depp-starring (and produced) film Minamata received a push too. Was it genuine? Who knows? It’s third place finish could have been as much…

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