HOW A POTENTIAL OSCARS WIN FOR NETFLIX COULD CHANGE The FILM 🎥 INDUSTRY.

By Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: With each passing year, Netflix inches ever closer to its quest for entertainment world domination. And on Sunday, it could make history — setting a new standard for the streaming era — when its psychological cowboy drama, The Power of the Dog, vies for best picture and 11 other prizes at the 94th Academy Awards.

Directed by Jane Campion, the film is a clear front-runner for the night's top prize, having swept many of the guild and critics awards this season. It stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a charismatic cowboy whose torment of his brother's wife (Jesse Plemons, Kirsten Dunst) and her eccentric son (Kodi Smit-McPhee) is all part of a delicate facade of masculinity.

"I knew it was special, but I didn't know, you know, how others were going to respond to that," said Smit-McPhee, who is nominated for best supporting actor.