A crowded field including “Dune,” “Belfast,” “West Side Story” and “The Power of the Dog” will compete for Oscars nominations Tuesday, as Academy voters handpick the best films from a year in which Covid-weary audiences slowly headed back into movie theaters. Steven Spielberg’s decision to remake “West Side Story” has been criticized as unnecessary by some — after all, the 1961 original was the most honored movie musical in Oscars history.
