One day we can be watching All the President's Men and the next day there's a story about Dustin Hoffman...
Read moreThe world woke up to more horrible stories about Harvey Weinstein, this time in The New Yorker with vivid details...
Read moreby Sasha Stone and Ryan Adams A friend of mine said to me the other day, "two of the biggest...
Read moreOne thing to keep in mind about 2017 is that many of the films we've seen so far have been...
Read moreThe Oscar punditry world is humming along as it always does this time of year, the beginning of summer season,...
Read moreHidden Figures has become an incredibly popular film wherever it screens. Had it gotten an earlier start, it might have...
Read moreIt's 2017. Oscar ballots are sent out today to 6,000 or so Academy members to make their final choices. While...
Read moreThere is a good, a bad, and an ugly about being anointed the Best Picture frontrunner out of Telluride. Part...
Read moreI think last night proved, to me anyway, that the rules don't apply to this year. I tend to follow...
Read moreAlthough it seems like we keep writing this same article over and over again, the point still needs to be...
Read moreThe race for Best Picture this year is a sharp contrast between real and imaginary storytelling. Half of the films...
Read moreWhy do we reach for heroes in the movies? We reach for them when we are all out of ideas....
Read moreOn Twitter last night, Variety's Kris Tapley predicted that La La Land would win the most Oscars since Slumdog Millionaire...
Read moreIt's either a lucky thing or a terrible thing that one of our adaptations as humans is our capacity to...
Read moreNow that the New York Film Festival has changed the conversation somewhat about the Best Picture race, we're now headed...
Read moreI was asked on Twitter why women have such a hard time breaking into the Oscar race. It's the age...
Read moreThe world is changing because it is its nature to change. This country is changing because relentlessness often takes root...
Read moreIn 2012, there were two films by African American filmmakers about the African American experience that were up for Oscar...
Read moreThere are two schools of thought behind Oscar coverage. The first is that you are a casual observer of the...
Read moreThe past few Oscar races have been full of suspense. The sheer number of people writing about the Oscars, predicting...
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