Awards

Celebrating the momentary beauty within the best feature films of 2017, according to The Academy. As we’re celebrating Oscar Week, it wouldn’t be right for us…

A new video essay from The Nerdwriter makes a compelling argument. Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival is a rare kind of success: it’s a genre film with…

Enduring the exhaustive insanity of Ken Burns’ ‘Unforgivable Blackness.’ In preparation for this Sunday’s broadcast of the 89th Academy Awards, I have found myself in…

Only one will get the award, but all five give winning advice. Most of this year’s contenders for the Best Achievement in Directing Oscar are new…

Robert De Niro’s “turn will come around again,” while it’s definitely Gerard Butler’s year and Megan Fox could get an award just for showing up. Saturday…

Best boys, key grips, and tailors, oh my! This week while we’re celebrating celebrities and all their glorious accomplishments, it’s the perfect time to also recognize…

From a big green ogre to a bunch of colorful feelings. Though animation has been a part of the moviegoing experience since the 1930s, it…

It’s about focusing on everything else. This year’s Oscars carry with them very little of the anticipatory dread of previous years, for me at least.…

A compilation of films’ last moments reveal the power of impression. Every day this week I’m going to be introducing you to (or reminding you…