We are in danger of getting a bit blase about the Oscars. Last year, Irish films and talent clocked up 14 nominations. The performance of An Cailín Ciúin in best international film was particularly notable. The year before, with Jessie Buckley and the Belfast folk winning a ticket to watch (as it transpired) Will Smith walloping Chris Rock, was almost as impressive. We can expect strong numbers again this year. With Element Pictures’ Poor Things counting as an Irish co-production, the nation has a good chance of making it into double figures. Yorgos Lanthimos’s feminist fantasia received 11 Bafta nods...