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Jeff Nichols quietly made two of the year's best films with Midnight Special and Loving. Both films are about people...

August Wilson wanted to expand perceptions in America, to tell the stories that don't get told. Even though he began his...

The heart opens us up to love, but every time it’s the beginning of a long goodbye. Our time here...

If you think back over Oscar history and wonder why no films about journalists have ever won Best Picture, it...

- Sometimes...it's better for a man just to walk away. - But if you can't walk away? - I guess...

by Tomris Laffly What an unpredictable awards season this continues to be. The race, as the current roster of strong...

The last time a movie about two women in love took the critics by storm it was Blue is the...

I am not moving and the leader man is throwing up his arm to the sky. He is shouting, where...

After a victorious season for Eddie Redmayne last year, the Best Actor winner returns to the awards conversation this year...

It's 2010 and we open in the bathroom of a modest, suburban home. Reflected in the mirror is a leg...

There were three films involving relations between older women and younger women this year. One is Carol, which has been...

Ridley Scott’s masterpiece Alien rewrote the rules of horror and science fiction. His murky, acid rain-drenched noir Blade Runner did the...

After Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle, David O. Russell continues his productive cinematic partnership with Jennifer Lawrence in Joy,...

When Straight Outta Compton dropped, earned good reviews and made a ton of money, its success was chased by valid...

There are so many films about women this year that voters actually have choices. Old women, young women, women in...

The year has been filled with great performances by actors. So many good ones - Oscar worthy turns - that...

Out from the red dust of a future apocalypse where nothing but isolated clans of humans, a few birds, and...

by guest author Nick Clement Find Nick here Michael Mann's Heat represents the finest distillation of the filmmaker's stylistic and...

by Péter Szemmelveisz First of all, I have a confession to make : I resist this "Best Actress race is...

It’s difficult for many of us to be unbiased when it comes to Martin Scorsese. Very likely he could direct...