Pretty much every year, the Oscars race features one true wild card. These movies tend to be ones that don’t open until the very end of the year, remaining mysterious and unseen for as long as possible. Think about the way Clint Eastwood’s American Sniper bulldozed its way into the 2014 Oscar conversation at the last possible minute, or how Steven Spielberg’s The Post kept the 2017 Oscar race in a kind of suspended animation while we all waited to see if it would be the One.

This year’s Oscar wild card, however, is something that’s been with us all year. Sinners premiered in mid-April, well before Cannes and the first wave of festival-approved Oscar contenders. And for the last seven months, Oscar pundits have entertained a wide swath of possibilities for its path to next Ma

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