Feb 28 Oscars 2016: What to expect from the year's biggest night in film By Elif Koc From #OscarsSoWhite to Leonardo DiCaprio munching raw liver on screen, here's your cheat sheet to the year's biggest night in film. Continue reading
Feb 26 Watch 10:43 Racial scrutiny remains ahead of all-white Oscar ceremony By PBS News Hour For the second straight year, no actors or actresses of color have been nominated for an Academy Award, leading to heavy criticism and calls to boycott the ceremony. The Academy of Motion Pictures, which oversees the awards, aims to double… Continue watching
Feb 17 Watch 7:16 How composer Carter Burwell helped craft the love story of 'Carol' By PBS News Hour, Frank Carlson A movie score usually goes unnoticed, unless it’s very bad -- or very good. Composer Carter Burwell has written music for more than 80 films over a 30-year career, but his soundtrack for “Carol” is his first to be nominated… Continue watching
Jan 14 Watch 6:56 This year's Oscars list short on diversity again By PBS News Hour This year’s Academy Award nominations have been announced and “The Revenant” and “Mad Max: Fury Road” are among the most honored films. But the lack of diversity among the contenders is raising eyebrows. Jeffrey Brown takes a look at the… Continue watching
Jan 14 Quiz: What are critics saying about this year's Oscar nominees? By Joshua Barajas Take our quiz to find out which Oscar-nominated films these critics thought earned a place in Valhalla or were simply mediocre. Continue reading
Jan 14 #OscarsSoWhite, the sequel By Joshua Barajas For the second year in a row, all nominees in all four acting categories were white. So #OscarsSoWhite began trending again on Twitter. Continue reading
Jan 14 'Mad Max: Fury Road,' 'The Revenant' sweep Oscar nominations By Corinne Segal In an announcement that surprised and delighted fans this morning, "Mad Max: Fury Road," which follows the road warrior Max as he battles for survival in a dystopian wasteland, received 10 Oscar nominations. Continue reading
Mar 06 Albert Maysles, award-winning filmmaker and documentary pioneer, dies at 88 By Victoria Fleischer Albert Maysles, the award-winning documentary filmmaker who helped pioneer a new set of documentary conventions, died Thursday night at his home in Manhattan. Maysles, who made films with his brother David, is best known for his for his cinema verite… Continue reading
Feb 23 #AskHerMore asks us to rethink awards show conversation on women By Colleen Shalby #AskHerMore demands reporters to ask better questions of women. Continue reading
Feb 23 Good night for 'Birdman' and 'Budapest,' but no big winners at last night's Oscars By Victoria Fleischer At last night’s 87th annual Oscar ceremony, all eight best picture nominees went home with at least one award. Continue reading