"These movies ask: What role does America play in our lives now? Do we let it in or resist it? How do we relate to it? Can we criticize it? And at what moment does it get too powerful, artificial or dangerous for our autonomy and identity?"

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/magazine/international-oscar-favorites-are-offering-a-complicated-new-view-of-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.O1A.97ib.Zp1Oh3mLLUui&smid=url-share

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