The Awards Alchemist’s Recap of the 2026 Oscars
The 98th Academy Awards have come and gone, and with them Paul Thomas Anderson is now a three-time Oscar winner. As someone who believes There... Read More
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The Oscars Move to YouTube Beginning in 2029
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and YouTube have signed a multi-year deal that will give YouTube the exclusive global rights to the... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Basic Instinct 2’ and ‘The Departed’ (2006)
“By the way, Stone left five minutes before the movie began and people in the theater began throwing things at the screen during a particularly... Read More
The Academy Invites 534 Members Including Mikey Madison, Andrew Scott, Jane Schoenbrun and Fernanda Torres
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has invited 534 artists and executives who have “distinguished themselves by their contributions to motion pictures,” including... Read More
Oscars: Academy Establishes New Category for Stunt Design Beginning with 100th Oscars
Just a year after announcing a new Oscar category for casting (which will go into effect this season), the Academy has revealed that stunts will... Read More
Retrospective: Worst Picture/Best Picture – ‘Dirty Love’ and ‘Crash’ (2005)
You know when someone smells the rotten milk and says “Oh god, this is horrible, smell this.” And then you smell it, knowing it will... Read More
We’re Not Dunne Yet: A ‘Gone Girl’ 10th Anniversary Retrospective and its Deserved Oscar Legacy
Our relationship to pop culture is deeply personal. Yes, there are numerous monoculture moments, starting with The Beatles and Elvis causing mass hysteria on The... Read More
Interview: Diane Warren on Looking Back at Her Career, That Elusive Oscar Win and her SXSW Entry ‘Diane Warren: Relentless’
Just two days after being at the Oscars for the fifteenth time, for her latest Best Original Song nomination, Diane Warren is in Austin, Texas... Read More
GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics’ Updated 10 Best Movies About the Academy Awards (Exclusive)
Ahead of Sunday’s night’s 96th Academy Awards on ABC, how about ratcheting up the excitement by catching some big-screen flicks that somehow involve Hollywood’s most... Read More
Academy Splits Short Films and Feature Animation Into Two Separate Branches
The Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that it will be creating two separate branches, splitting Animation... Read More
Trailer Watch: ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day,’ ‘Dune: Part Three,’ Disclosure Day,’ ‘Wild Horse Nine’ 
‘Anima’ Review: Sydney Chandler and Takehiro Hira Ground Brian Tetsuro Ivie’s Low-Fi Sci-Fi Road Movie [B+] SXSW 
Six Join 51st Residence of the Festival de Cannes, including Harry Lighton, Mansi Maheshwari, Oliver McGoldrick 
‘Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat’ Review: The Emmy-Nominated Hit Returns as an Hilarious Workplace Comedy [B+]