origin

Origin was one of those late stage Oscar entries from 2023 that seemed poised to stage an upset. The problem is that Neon bumbled the release. It had a qualifying run, and then the few people who had seen and loved Origin tried to get the word out about it. I’m fairly certain not enough people saw Origin, because its lack of nominations is quite frankly baffling.

For me, I already went back and looked at my Top 25 from 2023, and it definitely would have made that. As far as the Top 10, I’m pretty sure I could justify its ...