An Oscar Sunday Story: On Being Alive

Happy Oscar Sunday, for those who celebrate: On the subtle, astonishing film "Living," the how-then-shall-we-live theme that pulses through this year's nominees, and who I'm rooting for tonight.

Oscar-nominated Bill Nighy (center) as “Mr. Williams” and Aimee Lou Wood as “Miss Harris” in 2022’s Living, a re-make of Akira Kurosawa’s 1952 film Ikiru 生きる (“To Live” in Japanese.) Image via Lionsgate.

For many years, the Oscars have been my Superbowl. There were parties and themed cocktails, betting pools and the occasional opportunities for fancy dr…