Breaking down the Oscar nominees for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography

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Today on FilmWeek, critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer are breaking down a couple of the categories we traditionally can’t get to during the Oscars show -- Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography.

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Today on FilmWeek, critics Christy Lemire and Peter Rainer are breaking down a couple of the categories we traditionally can’t get to during the Oscars show -- Best Foreign Language Film and Best Cinematography. Here are the nominees:

Best Foreign Language Film

Capernaum (Lebanon) -- Nadine Labaki

Cold War (Poland) -- Pawel Pawlikowski

Never Look Away (Germany) -- Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Roma (Mexico) -- Alfonso Cuarón

Shoplifters (Japan) -- Hirokazu Koreeda

Best Cinematography

The Favourite -- Robbie Ryan (dir. Yorgos Lanthimos)

Never Look Away -- Caleb Deschanel (dir. Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck)

Roma -- Alfonso Cuarón (also directed)

A Star is Born -- Matty Libatique (dir. Bradley Cooper)

Cold War -- Lukasz Zal (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski)

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Guests:

Christy Lemire, film critic for KPCC, RogerEbert.com and co-host of the ‘Breakfast All Day’ podcast; she tweets

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Peter Rainer, film critic for KPCC and the Christian Science Monitor