Oscars 2018 best actress preview: 5 of last year’s top performances

Awards shows are about to boil down all the great movie work of 2017 to a pathetic, overhyped few. Before that happens, let’s appreciate some of last year’s finest achievements that those retired academy voters might forget to acknowledge.
We’ll start with some of the great performances by lead actresses (I’ll do actors next week). There were a lot, and they all can’t get nominations. So I’m listing some who will and some who probably won’t. Does my crit