Tag: Oscar Flashback

For much of the time I've been writing about the Oscars, we've lived in the post 9/11 America. I'd started ...

In the early days of Quentin Tarantino's career, he was backed and promoted by Harvey Weinstein, who was the Oscar ...

There are actors and actresses whose work tends to get overlooked. Michelle Pfeiffer, who has consistently turned in brilliant performances ...

A reader sent in the following email after a twitter exchange between Ryan and me: I'm always intrigued by your ...

There are just a few years that will always be remembered in Oscar history, either because one film so thoroughly ...

It's a Wonderful Life is about reflecting on a perceived failed life. None of George Bailey's imagined dreams came true. ...

Whenever a film comes along that seems "difficult" for Academy voters, but also one as highly praised as Steve McQueen's ...

I don't think any actors have ever captured it better than Gwyneth Paltrow and Joe Fiennes.

Something has happened to Academy voters. Is it really true that they've all just aged out to the point where ...

Right now, Scott Feinberg over at Hollywood Reporter, has Lincoln winning four Oscars: Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor and ...

We as Oscar pundits invest so much of our time into the Oscar race, nearly a whole year, that the ...

by Jordan Ruimy Continuing on with my weekly column, we arrive at 1988. The nominees for best picture were "RAIN ...

It's really hard, isn't it, to defend, spend time on, invest any emotion on an institution that could continually, and ...

  "You gotta trust me on this one thing.  You need a lot of drinks." "To break the ice?" "To ...

While audiences and film fans are open to other possibilities, the generally held opinion is that the Academy voters are ...

One thing that's important to note about the Oscar race for Best Actress -- and Best Actor too, come to ...

It isn't often that a love story wins Best Picture. By my count, loosely including films that are really about ...

The idea that Academy members are prudes is deeply rooted in their voting history. The way most people talk about ...

One of the best things about the two prominent film critics at the New York Times, AO Scott and Manohla ...

In anticipation of tonight's HBO premiere of Toddy Hayne's Mildred Pierce, here's a look back at my favorite Haynes masterpiece ...