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Gershwin Scorsese Cobra Kai
May 22, 2021
Martin Scorsese is finally making a Gershwin movie, with help from a master of film musicals; some positive thoughts about
May 22, 2021
As firmly placed in the Age of Digital as low-budget moviemaking is, it’s good to take a step back once…
May 22, 2021
While megawatt movie stars from around the world descended upon the Kodak Theatre yesterday for the 84th annual Oscars, the
Yuh-jung Youn Oscars Minari
April 25, 2021
Yuh-jung Youn, who won the Oscar for best supporting actress for her role in Minari, forgives you for pronouncing her…
Who is the lead in Judas and the Black Messiah? Why are Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya both up for the best supporting actor Oscar?
April 25, 2021
Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya are up for Oscars for Judas and the Black Messiah. But who's the lead, and…
Gershwin Scorsese Cobra Kai
April 23, 2021
Martin Scorsese is finally making a Gershwin movie; positive Oscar thoughts, and attend a free anti-fraud summit this weekend.
Black Lives Matter sign How Many Weren't Filmed Derek Chauvin George Floyd
April 21, 2021
Viola Davis, Jamie Foxx, and more react to the Derek Chauvin verdict; HFPA ousts its ex-president over Black Lives Matter…
December 9, 2020
Queen's Gambit inspires a chess bot; a Spider-Man villain is multi-armed and dangerous; Steven Soderbergh takes over Oscars; a Clarice teaser.
Inspiring Movies Dunkirk uplifting movies
September 9, 2020
New Oscars inclusion rules would have had almost no impact on the last decade of Best Picture races —even on…
Scott Baio Sean Penn Colors SAG-AFTRA
June 16, 2020
Movie News: SAG-AFTRA calls out a new Scott Baio film; the symbiotic relationship between Hollywood and police; and a contest…
OSCARS
June 10, 2020
Ava DuVernay is among those who have been voted into the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences' Board of Governors,…
Irishman Oscars shutout Scorsese
February 9, 2020
Is the Oscars' shut out of The Irishman the end of Netflix’s long, costly bid for a Best Picture Oscar?…
Eminem 8 Mile Lose Yourself
February 9, 2020
Eminem didn't show up when his song "Lose Yourself" won an Oscar in 2003, and he set things right Sunday…
Chris Rock Oscars Twitter
February 9, 2020
Chris Rock and Steve Martin delivered the opening remarks at the Oscars, and Rock said there was a simple reason…
Queen and Slim Thanksgiving, Queen & Slim, Lena Waithe, Melina Matsoukas Janelle Monae Oscars
February 9, 2020
Janelle Monáe got a warm reception for an Oscars intro that honored a few films that weren't nominated — including…
Stephen King Oscar
February 8, 2020
Our latest Low Key Podcast explores Stephen King saying he would "never consider diversity" in casting his Oscar ballot, and…
February 3, 2020
If we think of our movie past as some elusive time when people still loved movies, then the past is…
March 21, 2019
Indian moviemaker Rima Das moved to Mumbai only to discover that for her, happiness and great art are found far…
February 28, 2019
To capture a stable frame and clean audio for "Lifeboat," Skye Fitzgerald constantly altered his approach on a 30-meter vessel…
December 6, 2018
Director Radu Jude talks manipulated history and the ethics of depicting tragedy in I Do Not Care If We Go…
December 5, 2018
Never Look Away's Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck shares his idiosyncratic writing and film editing style, and his thoughts on a…
February 8, 2018
Ever-dynamic, Academy Award-nominated actor Richard Jenkins shares his 10 rules for building, and sustaining, a creative career based on self-reliance.
February 1, 2018
We sat down with Sebastián Lelio to scrutinize some of the less talked-about elements that make A Fantastic Woman, his…
January 22, 2018
The Insult director Ziad Doueiri discusses his Hollywood influences, being shaped by war, and Beirut’s intrinsic sexiness.