‘Sunset’ Film Review: ‘Son of Saul’ Director Keeps His Characters, and Audience, Off Balance
Director Laszlo Nemes’ period drama is his first film since the Oscar-winning “Son of Saul”
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Golden Globes Set 2020 Date for Earliest Ceremony Ever
With the Oscars already set for its earliest-ever show on Feb. 9, the Globes are well positioned in an increasingly constricted awards season
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‘Gloria Bell’ Film Review: Julianne Moore Shines Quietly in Remake of Chilean Drama
Oscar-winning director Sebastian Lelio (“A Fantastic Woman”) makes an English-language version of his exceptional 2013 Chilean film
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‘Three Faces’ Film Review: Once Again, Jafar Panahi Is Modest But Profound
The Iranian director is officially forbidden from making films for 20 years, but “Three Faces” is the latest exceptional work he’s made in the face of that ban
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‘Leaving Neverland’ Brings Explosive Michael Jackson Accusations to Light
Dan Reed’s four-hour film focuses on two men and their families telling their stories in depth
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‘Apollo 11’ Film Review: You Know How It Comes Out, But It’s Still a Hell of a Ride
Sundance 2019: Todd Douglas Miller’s documentary uses original footage of the moon mission that sometimes seems too vivid and too visceral to have come from the vaults
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Oscars: ‘Green Book’ Win Gives an Old-Fashioned Ending to a Diverse, Forward-Looking Show
The Academy voted for the most diverse slate of winners ever, but it turned to a crowdpleaser rather than a groundbreaker for the big award
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35 Landmark Oscar Wins (and Losses) That Could Happen This Year
“Roma” could set records for a foreign-language film, and “Black Panther” could do the same with African-American winners
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An Oscars for the Trump Era: Messy, Divisive and Hard to Predict
In a time when government barely seems to function, you could seemingly say the same about the Academy
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The Spirit Awards Weren’t the Oscars, But They Got as Close as They Could
Spirit Award nominations gave the voters lots of alternatives, but in almost every category, the award went to whatever had also been nominated for an Academy Award
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Oscar Predictions 2019: Look for ‘Roma’ and Rami to Triumph in a Close, Close Race
One of the most wide-open Oscar races ever has only gotten harder to predict as it gets closer to showtime — but here are our picks in all 24 (on-the-air!) categories
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5 Other Times the Academy Tried to Give the Oscars a Makeover
Previous attempts to reinvent the Academy Awards show have resulted in good shows and bad shows and Rob Lowe and Snow White
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Spirit Awards: For a Change, They’re Not Trying to Be the Oscars’ Baby Brother
Only two years removed from a streak of matching the Oscar winner four times in a row, the Spirit Awards are honoring a slate of films that have been overlooked by the Academy but are richly deserving
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A Hostless Oscars? The Last Time the Academy Tried That, Things Got Ugly
The story of Allan Carr’s hostless train wreck in 1989 ought to be a cautionary tale for this year’s show producers
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Is Somebody Going to Take the Fall for This Year’s Oscars Fiascos?
Depending on how Sunday’s show goes, the backlash over this year’s missteps could hit the Academy president, the CEO, the board … or nobody
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Oscars 2019: Our Predictions in All 24 Categories (Photos)
Look for “Roma” and “Bohemian Rhapsody” to win big in a tight race
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Oscars Endgame: What Are ‘Roma,’ ‘Black Panther’ and Other Campaign Ads Really Trying to Say?
Oscar campaigns have tweaked their messages to appeal to more voters in the homestretch
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Oscar Race Defies the Experts: With 6 Days to Go, Nobody Knows a Damn Thing
The Writers Guild Awards results compounded the confusion: This may well be the tightest, weirdest, most confounding Best Picture competition ever
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‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ and ‘Eighth Grade’ Win Writers Guild Awards for Film
“The Americans” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” win awards for drama and comedy series; “Barry” wins the award for new series
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How the Oscars Bungled This Year’s Show So Badly, and Where the Academy Goes From Here
The Academy’s foolish plan was based on one giant, flawed assumption: that there’s a sensitive way to create a second-class group of categories
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Caleb Deschanel Got an Oscar Nod for Shooting ‘Never Look Away’ Even Though He Can’t Speak German
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “If you don’t know the language, you pay more attention to the actors’ facial expressions, their eyes, their movements, the rhythm of their speech,” says the six-time nominee
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Why ‘Roma’ Star Marina de Tavira Had to Forget Her Acting Training for Alonso Cuarón’s Drama
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “For a trained actor, it’s hard not to want to analyze the character’s journey,” says the Oscar-nominated actress of Cuarón’s no-script rules
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The Academy Stands Firm on Off-Air Oscars Plan – Here’s How It Will Work
Four awards will be handed out during commercial breaks instead of live
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‘Cold War’ Director Pawel Pawlikowski Is a First-Time Nominee Who Already Has an Oscar at Home
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I hope it’s a good sign that the Academy, which the whole world is interested in, is becoming more interested in the whole world,” director says
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How ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ Composer Nicholas Britell Found the Sound of Love
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I’m actually trying to make pieces that maybe feel the way you think the characters are feeling,” says the Oscar-nominated composer
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‘Oscar Mania Is a Post-Harvey Weinstein Thing,’ First-Time Nominee Paul Schrader Says
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “I remember I went to the Oscars for ‘Taxi Driver’ and … I got up and left in the middle,'” the “First Reformed” writer-director says
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The Key to Winning the Best Picture Oscar: Stitching Together a Compromise
TheWrap Oscar magazine: The preferential system is designed to find a consensus favorite in the Best Picture category, but is consensus even possible in this wild, ugly year?
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Oscar-Nominated Documentary Directors on the Importance of Truth in ‘Broken’ Times
TheWrap Oscar magazine: “We consider ourselves journalists as well as filmmakers — and right now, journalism in America is in a perilous situation,” “RBG” director Julie Cohen says
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‘The Image Book’ Film Review: Once Again, Jean-Luc Godard Messes With Viewers’ Heads
The 87-year-old director’s newest film is an essay in sound and picture and an assault on the idea of cinema and, sometimes, on the viewer
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Oscar Voting Begins: Why You Can’t Game the Best Picture Ballot System and 4 More Myths Exploded
We clear up all the misconceptions about the Academy’s mysterious preferential voting system for Best Picture
