Natalie Portman is disappointed by the lack of women directors recognized at this year’s Oscars. Hamnet filmmaker Chloé Zhao is the sole woman to make the cut in the Best Director field at the 98th Academy Awards, for which the nominations were revealed on Thursday, January 22. In an interview with Variety at the Sundance Film Festival, where she debuted her new movie, The Gallerist, on Saturday, January 24, Portman said, “So many of the best films I saw this year were made by women.” “You just see the barriers at every level because so many were not recognized at awards time,” she continued....

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