‘Nuremberg’ Courts Oscar Buzz: Russell Crowe Delivers His Best Work Since ‘Cinderella Man’ as Leo Woodall Emerges as a Breakout Contender

James Vanderbilt’s courtroom drama “Nuremberg” may be rooted in history, but it’s also quite possibly one of the season’s most timely and awards-worthy films. Centered on the first international tribunal that put Nazi leaders on trial, the film is a riveting psychological thriller that could be a formidable player across multiple Oscar categories.

What makes “Nuremberg” particularly compelling in today’s political landscape is how it interrogates the very foundations of justice itself. At a time when democratic institutions face unprecedented challenges globally, Vanderbilt’s film recounts historical events and forces audiences to confront uncomfortable questions about how societies reckon with evil and whether justice can truly be impartial when confronting the unthinkable.

At the heart of “Nuremberg” is Russell Crowe’s towering turn as Hermann Göring, Hitler’s second-in-command. The Oscar winner hasn’t delivered work this commanding since Ron Howard’s “Cinderella Man” (2005). Here, Crowe…