Steven Spielberg’s push against Netflix at the Oscars hits a nerve
When Steven Spielberg speaks about the business of Hollywood, everyone generally listens and few dissent. But reports that he intends to support rule changes that could block Netflix from Oscars-eligibility have provoked a heated, and unwieldy, debate online this weekend.
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Why these 2 film critics think ‘Green Book’ complaints are ‘overloaded’
The 91st Academy Awards represented an opportunity to celebrate cinematic triumphs and the racial and ethnic diversity of winners, but they weren't without controversy. Amna Nawaz talks to Mike Sargent, chief film critic of WBAI Radio, and Ann Hornaday, chief…
Nielsen: 29.6 million viewers for Oscars, up from 2018
The Nielsen company says ABC's telecast of the Academy Awards reached 29.6 million viewers, a 12 percent bump from last year's record low ratings.
‘Green Book’ producers thrilled by best picture win, downplay controversy
While hailed as a tribute to racial tolerance by its makers and stars, "Green Book" was also widely criticized as an outdated, sentimentalized movie full of racial stereotypes.
On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 24, a standoff on Venezuela’s border blocks humanitarian aid, scientists rate Hollywood’s portrayal of climate change on Oscar day, and newly-digitized materials from Louis Armstrong's archives are helping to carry his legacy to new…
Disaster movies don’t often get Oscar nods, but they are getting attention from climate change scientists. Kate Marvel, an associate research scientist at Columbia University co-hosts a new podcast called ‘Anthropocinema’ where science meets movies. Marvel joins Hari Sreenivasan to…
Glenn Close says she’s still a bit surprised the motion picture academy gave a nod to her performance in “The Wife.” Actor Richard E. Grant says he’s certain he’s going to lose and will never get this close to Oscar…
Filmmaker Stanley Donen, a giant of the Hollywood musical who through such classics as “Singin’ in the Rain” and “Funny Face” helped give us some of the most joyous sounds and images in movie history, has died. He was 94.
Jazz musician and composer Terence Blanchard has six Grammy Awards, but this year, he's received his first Oscar nomination, for his original score in the 2018 film “BlacKkKlansman.” Jeffrey Brown sits down with Blanchard, who grew up in New Orleans,…
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