Photo: Vulture and Shutterstock This story was originally published February 6, 2019 and has been updated to reflect the events of the 97th annual Academy Awards . Whatever your opinion of the Academy Awards, if you care about film, you can’t just dismiss them. If nothing else, the Academy’s winners double as a history of film. An imperfect history, sure, but a history nonetheless. Running through the list of Best Picture winners , you’ll see trends wax and wane and at least get a rough sense