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Oscars 2016
February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, the Oscar-winning director of A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness, has had quite a week.
February 29, 2016
Elaine Teng
Mad Max is this year’s Grand Budapest Hotel.
February 29, 2016
Alex Shephard
Two years ago, Donald Trump live-tweeted the Oscars.
February 28, 2016
Alex Shephard, Elaine Teng
Which Films Will Win at Tonight’s Academy Awards?
February 24, 2016
James Lardner
The Dalton Trumbo I Knew
The Oscar-nominated film revives the boisterous screenwriter—and my own family’s experience with the Hollywood Blacklist.
January 29, 2016
Maggie Foucault
Some Best Director nominees think Hollywood isn’t to blame for the lack of diversity at this year’s Oscars.
January 14, 2016
Alex Shephard
Maybe George Miller will direct another Mad Max movie after all.

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