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  1. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: How SAG’s Shocking Snubs Shook Up the RaceIt was a good week for House of Gucci and a very bad one for the house of Spencer.
  2. oscars 2022
    Your Guide to the Sad Moms of Oscar SeasonFrom Spencer to The Lost Daughter, this awards season has been an unofficial film festival about mothers in distress.
  3. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: How the Globes and Critics Choice Shaped the ConversationThis week’s set of precursor nominations are hardly definitive, but together they at least give a sense of who’s in the race.
  4. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can the Star-Studded Don’t Look Up Make an Impact?Early viewers have come away from Adam McKay’s asteroid comedy convinced the smartypants satirist has done it again.
  5. now streaming
    Checking In On Netflix’s Original Movies: November 2021 EditionAn Idris Elba Western, Italian true crime, and something starring Kelsey Grammer.
  6. the industry
    How to Get a Black-Led Indie Film Funded in HollywoodIt helps to have a white star. On the making of Passing and the production company known for getting “difficult” movies made.
  7. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Eternals Is Not the Awards-Friendly Blockbuster That Was PromisedChloé Zhao’s Eternals hits theaters this week as the most tepidly received MCU entry since Thor: The Dark World.
  8. awards season
    The Gothams Announce Their Nominees, Gender-Neutral Acting CategoriesFor the first time, the independent film and TV awards body has gender-neutral acting categories.
  9. double consciousnesses
    The Fiction of the Color LineFrom Nella Larsen to Mariah Carey, Black women writers have long used passing stories to crack our façades of race, class, and gender.
  10. trailer mix
    Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga Have a Past in Rebecca Hall’s Passing TrailerRebecca Hall’s directorial debut will stream on Netflix November 10.
  11. fall preview 2021
    ‘Imagine a Black Woman Just Wanting Something’In Passing, Ruth Negga plays a character who dares you to disapprove of her choices.
  12. remember film festivals?
    The Sundance Film Festival Unveils Its 2021 Virtual LineupTessa Thompson returns to the festival in Passing, co-starring Ruth Negga.
  13. movies
    Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson to Star in Rebecca Hall’s Directing Debut, PassingA blessing.
  14. Author Jess Row: There Are Others Like Dolezal“When I was out on book tour, I felt like I was often saying, ‘I think someone’s gonna come along and claim to be transracial.’ So, to me, it’s actually surprising that something like this didn’t happen sooner.”