Academy Awards

These Oscar categories are for the real heroes. But this year, a villain is almost certainly winning one.

These Oscar categories will never sneak up on you. You’d hear them coming.

The outrage surrounding the Academy’s consistently poor decision-making isn’t for nothing. The whole voting process is fueled by thoughtlessness.

It’s time for this broadcast to get with the times.

Or just move the Academy Awards to the front of the season, and spare a lot of bloodshed.

We offer some guidelines to ensure enjoyable and genuine speeches.

Oscar-nominated DP Robbie Ryan walks us through some of the film’s perfect shots and tells us about the cinematic image that inspires him the most.

Oscar-nominated DP Lukasz Żal discusses his aesthetic influences, stylistic choices, and the intimate nature of working on such a personal film.

Alfonso Cuarón balances intimacy and grandeur in his most personal film to date.