academy awards

The 95th Academy Awards: Is Hollywood Still Only Flirting with Change?

The 95th Academy Awards: Is Hollywood Still Only Flirting with Change?

The 95th Academy Awards laid bare a political contradiction, and an attempt to fix a lack of previous recognition for Jamie Lee Curtis was controversial. But is Hollywood still just flirting with the change it needs to make?

The Flipside #10: The 2018 Oscar Nominations

The Flipside #10: The 2018 Oscar Nominations

With the Academy Awards upon us, the Flipside examines whether the world's biggest platform for movie recognition might actually get it right this year, and avoid any, let's say, giant televised mishaps.

Animation Film ‘The Breadwinner’ Speaks to Issues That Most Adults Would Find Harrowing

Animation Film ‘The Breadwinner’ Speaks to Issues That Most Adults Would Find Harrowing

Like Siddiq Barmak's 2003 film Osama, Nora Twomey's The Breadwinner presents the challenge to the girl who is "passing" in vivid detail.

35 Years of Best Original Song: The Conflux of Music and Cinema from Oscar’s Perspective

35 Years of Best Original Song: The Conflux of Music and Cinema from Oscar’s Perspective

We take a look back at all the Best Original Song winners and nominees from 1980 through today to see who won, who should have won, and who were snubbed completely.
The Oscar Curse

The Oscar Curse

For more recent winners who don't have the benefit of the studio system, Oscar can be like a frenemy to them.

Body-Blind?

Naomi Watts’ “Impossible” Odds

‘Chico & Rita’ Is a Neon Nod to Old Hollywood

The Cost of Success: When Lives Intersect With Fame

OSCARWATCH 2012: Documentary Features

OSCARWATCH 2012: Foreign Language Films

In Defense of Terrence Malick’s ‘The Tree of Life’