Every crop of new Oscar nominees comes with a fresh batch of statistics and records. Many are firsts. Last year Lily Gladstone became the first Native American performer to be nominated for...

Humans have been grappling with mortality, grieving, and making each other laugh for millennia. It takes a beautiful spark of ingenuity to let an audience accept your vision of something as old...

Director: Martin ScorseseWriter: Robert GetchellStars: Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Harvey Keitel Synopsis: A recently-widowed woman is on the road with her precocious young son, determined to make a new life for herself as...

Since the advent of movie sound, there have been movie musicals. Their power has waned over the years, but there is almost always one that a big studio will take a chance...

I like to romanticize editing as an art in and of itself. Unlike painting, sculpture, stage performance, or photography, film gets the benefit of an edit. A scene in a movie can...

Director: Jon M. ChuWriters: Winnie Holzman, Dana FoxStars: Cynthia Erivo, Ariana Grande-Butera, Jonathan Bailey Synopsis: Elphaba, a misunderstood young woman because of her green skin, and Glinda, a popular girl, become friends at...

There is a concept that circulates every award season and is pervasive in every conversation about the performance categories. It's called a "Legacy Oscar." Essentially, a "Legacy Oscar" is about rewarding a...

It seemed for a while there (pre-pandemic) that superhero films were building to something. It seemed a sort of legitimacy was developing within critic's groups and awards circuits as the genre ballooned...