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Jamie Lee Curtis
March 14, 2023
Jamie Lee Curtis is calling her Oscar statuette by they/them pronouns in support of her daughter, Ruby, who came out…
Brendan Fraser won the Oscar
March 12, 2023
Brendan Fraser won the Oscar for best actor for his role in Darren Aronofsky's The Whale. Watch him fight back…
R.I.P. Sacheen Littlefeather
October 3, 2022
Sacheen Littlefeather, who was booed as she stood for Native American rights while declining to accept Marlon Brando's Godfather Oscar,…
Independence Day dog
July 2, 2021
SAG-AFTRA's president won't return; the creators of Independence Day look back after 25 years; the Academy gets some cool new…
Anthony Hopkins The Father
May 22, 2021
The Father writer Florian Zeller named his lead character Anthony because he could only see Anthony Hopkins in the role.…
Palm Springs
April 15, 2021
A new incubator wants to solve the problem of filmmakers not getting paid; an alternate timelinewhere Palm Springs is an…
Academy Oscars The Academy’s New Inclusion Initiatives Hope to Change #OscarsSoWhite
June 15, 2020
The Oscars date change in response to COVID-19 is the latest in a series of Academy changes. Most were to…
Anna May Wong Oscar Anna May Wong true story what really happened to Anna May Wong Hollywood
May 13, 2020
Did Anna May Wong really get her happy ending and an Academy Award, as seen in Ryan Murphy's Hollywood? The…
Atlantics
January 8, 2020
With the Oscar nominations days away, filmmakers up for Best International Feature Film nominations gathered at the Palm Springs International…
March 5, 2018
Watch this video essay to learn how Oscar-winning Blade Runner 2049 cinematographer Roger Deakins sources light and frames mise en…
March 3, 2018
With her Oscar-nominated Lady Bird, Greta Gerwig brings a fresh perspective to its central mother-daughter relationship, solidifying her ever-growing reputation…
March 3, 2018
With Christopher Nolan receiving his very first Oscar nomination for Best Director this year, we explore how the director's work…
Paul Thomas Anderson Phillip Seymour Hoffman Black Panther
March 3, 2018
With Phantom Thread giving Paul Thomas Anderson his first Best Director nomination since 2007, the American auteur has further cemented himself as…
March 3, 2018
The Oscar-nominated Logan deconstructs the superhero film and reinvents it to establish itself as representative of a time in which…
October 30, 2017
The Square director Ruben Östlund tells us about how he makes even the most deranged of situations ring true, his…
September 1, 2017
Amber Talarico thought about writing a book that would educate makeup artists. Then the project transformed into a documentary film…
August 14, 2017
From his first job as 2nd unit director on Night of the Hunter to his new film, Liza, Liza, Skies…
January 26, 2017
Shahab Hosseini's work with director Asghar Farhadi on his latest film, The Salesman, is in service of the heady themes…
January 25, 2017
Oscar-winning writer-director Asghar Faradi talks about giving clues for viewers without stating the obvious, milking suspense and what "Iranian film"…
January 2, 2017
Whether a member of an alien tribe, a US Marine or an intern for a fashion icon, each of your…
December 15, 2016
A grieving Romanian family struggle to hold the pieces of their life together in Cristi Puiu’s quiet-yet-monumental Sieranevada.
December 6, 2016
Rúnar Rúnarsson’s characters in Sparrows are unquestionably Icelandic, though they never compromise the universality of their experiences as human beings.
February 24, 2015
Canadian filmmaker Denys Arcand has always maintained a healthy interest in socio-political satire, creating dozens of provoking films over six…
February 25, 2013
Hollywood often rewards transformational performances. Charlize Theron won her Oscar after gaining 30 pounds to play Aileen Wuornos in Monster