Feb 28
Save
Save
You can spend a lifetime trying to anticipate the whims of awards voters. Some people make a career out of it. But…
Oscar ThisThe nominations for this year’s pushed-back Academy Awards will be announced on March 15, but voting officially begins next week. With Oscar This, The A.V. Club stumps for unlikely candidates—the long shots and dark horses we’d love to see compete on Oscar night.
Feb 27
Save
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, Vitalina Varela’s are a skylight. Whole texts could be written on the…
Feb 26
Save
Last year was an amazing year for Black female filmmakers. Before the pandemic hit, Stella Meghie’s love story The…
Feb 25
Save
Save
To realize the shameless disdain many Academy members feel toward the Best Animated Feature category—and toward…
Feb 24
Save
Save
Even before Black Panther and Joker broke through to broader awards-season glory, the superhero genre enjoyed some…
Feb 23
Save
Save
Oscar voters have always had a soft spot for villains. In the 90-plus years since The Academy Of Motion Picture Arts…
Feb 22
Save
There are so many ace cinematographers, and so many who have been justly awarded by the Oscars, that it’s not always…
Jan 21 2019
Save
In the 1997 comedy Wag The Dog, Dustin Hoffman plays Stanley Motss, a movie producer hired to distract from a…
Jan 20 2019
Save
When Debra Granik’s touching and truthful Leave No Trace premiered at the Sundance Film Festival one year ago today,…
Jan 19 2019
Save
Save
This article contains plot details of the movie Cam.
Jan 18 2019
Save
This article contains plot details from A Simple Favor.
Jan 17 2019
Save
Save
It’s been nearly two years now since Marisa Tomei was finally released from prison. Not an actual prison, obviously…
Jan 16 2019
Save
For much of the past 25 years, the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay has functioned as a consolation prize…
Jan 22 2018
Save
Save
One of the sweetest and funniest scenes in Greta Gerwig’s Lady Bird lasts 47 seconds, and has six cuts between four…
Jan 20 2018
Save
Pity the poor sound editor, forever the butt of creaky Oscar telecast jokes about how nobody really knows what…
Jan 19 2018
Save
Cinematography is an art within an art, practiced within the limits of a director’s craft. But every once in a…
Jan 18 2018
Save
Save
Note: This article contains plot revelations for A Ghost Story.
Jan 17 2018
Save
Note: This article contains major plot revelations for Ingrid Goes West.
Jan 16 2018
Save
Save
Note: This article contains major plot revelations for Blade Runner 2049.
Jan 23 2017
Save
I’m not going to pretend that Bertrand Bonello’s Nocturama is the kind of film that would ever be nominated for an…