chicago

20 years ago ‘Chicago’ promised a new era of razzle dazzle movie musicals but Hollywood had… artistic differences [Retrospective]

It remains one of the most effective stylistic gambits in cinema history: Over the course of five cuts in about… Read More

December 21, 2022

Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Swept Away’ and ‘Chicago’ (2002)

“More than any other example in recent memory, Chicago shows how much the element of surprise is missing from today's… Read More

February 28, 2021

The Top Ten Best Picture Oscar winners of the 21st Century

As we enter the fall, the dawn of a new Oscar season is upon us. As the first year of… Read More

August 20, 2020

Renée Zellweger is ready for her close-up, and her comeback

  From the mid-1990s to the early 2000s, Renée Zellweger was on top of the world. After breaking through in… Read More

March 20, 2018

The Oscars Still Has a Woman Problem

  Hidden Figures was the top-grossing Best Picture nominee this year but 2004's Million Dollar Baby is still the last… Read More

March 8, 2017

Oscar Podcast #27: Fall Festivals, What’s Up with Miles Ahead with special guest Anne Thompson (Thompson on Hollywood)

In this summertime podcast I'm joined by special guest Anne Thompson of Thompson on Hollywood at IndieWire. Anne is a… Read More

August 24, 2015

REVIEW: ‘Into the Woods’

Stephen Sondheim's musical treatment of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales has been all but canonized by lovers of "highbrow" musical… Read More

December 27, 2014

TRAILER: Final trailer for ‘Into the Woods’

Here it is, the final trailer for the Disney musical adaptation of the Tony Award-winning musical, Into the Woods. The… Read More

November 6, 2014

Awardswatch’s Best Actress Nominee Rankings – 2000s Edition

As promised, after yesterday's Best Actor nominee rankings comes everyone's true favorite, Best Actress. And again, some surprising results are in… Read More

May 9, 2014

Awardswatch’s Best Picture Nominee Rankings – 2000s Edition

If there's anything Awardswatch loves as much as awards and actressing (or omg, awards for actressing!) it's lists. What we… Read More

April 1, 2014

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