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January 23, 2024
Tori Otten
“He’s Just Ken”: Barbie Oscar Nominations Sparks Outrage
Barbie’s Oscar nominations—and Oscar snubs—have proved the entire point of the movie.
June 17, 2020
Drew Magary
The Gentlemanly Hater’s Guide to Gone With the Wind
The Hollywood classic is a soap opera and a war movie smashed together. It’s also really, really racist.
January 15, 2020
Rumaan Alam
In Les Misérables, the Song Remains the Same
No, it's not that beloved musical, but director Ladj Ly's Oscar-nominated look at police violence nevertheless feels familiar.
February 27, 2017
Tim Grierson, Will Leitch
Grierson & Leitch Episode 57: Oscars Recap
March 16, 2016
Elaine Teng
Why Is It Still Okay to Make Fun of Asians?
It shouldn't be. Here's how to defeat Hollywood's racist stereotypes.
February 29, 2016
Elaine Teng
Mad Max is this year’s Grand Budapest Hotel.
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.
February 23, 2015
Cristian Farias
John Legend Made the Most Important Point at the Oscars
February 23, 2015
Elaine Teng
The Whitewashed Oscars Redeemed Hollywood With a Surprisingly Political Ceremony
February 23, 2015
Elizabeth Bruenig
The Problem With Patricia Arquette's Oscar Speech
February 19, 2015
Sarah Marshall
Why Do So Many Women "Act Ugly" in Pursuit of an Oscar?
From 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolf' to 'Gone Girl.'
February 17, 2015
Ethan Gates
Why Are All of Hollywood's Leading Men So Old?
February 11, 2015
Elaine Teng
This Argentine Director Has Accomplished What Scorsese and Woody Couldn't
February 7, 2014
Matthew Kaminski
Oscar-Nominated 'The Square' Distorts the Sad Reality for Democratic Movements
October 3, 2013
David Thomson
The Best Film of the Year Has Just One Actor
"All Is Lost": Why Robert Redford deserves an Oscar
July 22, 2013
Marc Tracy
Nate Silver is About to Take All the Fun Out of Oscar Night
January 19, 2013
David Thomson
Why Helen Hunt Deserves a Best Actress Oscar for The Sessions
September 14, 2012
David Denby
Has Hollywood Murdered the Movies?
March 21, 2005
Stanley Kauffmann
Stanley Kauffmann On Films: Different Weights

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