A long award season begins

And critics react to Guillermo del Toro's new movie

What to know

• Licorice Pizza and Paul Thomas Anderson named Best Film & Director by National Board of Review… Award season, it is here. Doesn’t it seem like just yesterday that Regina King strolled through Union Station and Anthony Hopkins pulled off the world’s most anticlimactic upset? With Licorice Pizza, West Side Story, King Richard, The Power of the Dog, tick, tick…BOOM!, and Nightmare Alley, I think it’s safe to say we’re in for a more interesting award season this year. That said, the Oscars aren’t until MARCH 27TH — so buckle in for a long one. 🏆