Stephen King’s Comments About the Oscars Explain the Oscars
The author, who is an Academy Award voter, inadvertently captured why Hollywood’s biggest ceremony faces a diversity problem year after year.
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Dolittle Is One of the Worst Movies in Years
The new film starring Robert Downey Jr. as a doctor who talks to animals is transfixing at times, if only because it’s such a disaster.
The Filmmaker Who Says M. Night Shyamalan Stole Her Movie
A lawsuit filed by Francesca Gregorini argues that the Apple TV+ series Servant shares eerie similarities with her 2013 film, The Truth About Emanuel.
The Problem With the Oscars’ Idea of a ‘Good Movie’
Every year, plenty of excellent films are excluded from the awards-season conversation for reasons that have nothing to do with talent or artistry. This year is no different.
Breaking Down the 2020 Oscar Nominations
Todd Phillips’s Joker is the biggest contender in an Academy Awards race featuring a single actor of color and no female directors.
Just Mercy Is a Stark True Story of Good and Evil
The biopic draws power from its faithful retelling of a man’s wrongful conviction, but risks seeming more like a news summary than a narrative work.
Underwater Entertains but Doesn’t Have Much Depth
Kristen Stewart stars in a film that dares to ask the chilling question, “What if you were underwater and something really bad happened?”
Rose McGowan’s Hijacked Life
The woman who helped topple Harvey Weinstein talks about what it cost her.
25 Movies to Look Forward to in 2020
Mulan, Candyman, West Side Story, a new Christopher Nolan thriller, plus all the usual comic-book films
Ricky Gervais Almost Got It Right on Hollywood Hypocrisy
At the Golden Globes, the host told celebrities not to lecture about politics—as he lectured about politics.