The Gold Rush

  1. oscar endings
    Let’s Talk About the Ending of 1917The ending of Sam Mendes’s film is tasked with giving viewers a happy ending in a conflict that offered few uncomplicated victories.
    By Nate Jones
  2. oscar futures
    1917 Is Starting to Look Like an Oscars JuggernautThe World War I blockbuster cruised to victory at this weekend’s Directors Guild Awards. Is Oscar next?
    By Nate Jones
  3. last night on late night
    Melissa Villaseñor Sums Up Oscar Season With Catchy Tune ‘White Male Rage’She’s not wrong.
    By Charu Sinha
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    This Oscars Season, I’d Like to Cancel Those FYC Books About MoviesI’m talking about the enormous coffee-table tomes no apartment-dwelling film critic ever asked for.
    By Jordan Hoffman
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    What Happens in the Mirror Universe Where Sandra Bullock Lost the 2009 Oscar?An Oscar hypothetical for the ages.
    By Joe Reid
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    Which Awards Contender Will Be This Year’s Oscar Villain?Will it be Joker? Once Upon a Time in Hollywood? Or even 1917?
    By Nate Jones
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    ‘Don’t Shut the Door All the Way’: On the Ending of The IrishmanThe final scene of Martin Scorsese’s epic illustrates who Frank Sheeran is by calling to mind other mafia movies.
    By Jen Chaney
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    How 4 Orphaned Films Earned Oscar Season Heat AnywayThe sheer volume of unexpected studio handoffs this awards season reflects new uncertainties roiling Hollywood.
    By Chris Lee
  10. backstories
    Who Farted? An Investigation Into The Lighthouse Sound EffectsThe Foley artists behind one of 2019’s most meticulously crafted films explains how the hell they pulled off those sounds.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  11. oscar futures
    All Hail 1917 and Parasite, Our New Best Picture Front-runnersTired: Scorsese versus Tarantino. Wired: Bong versus Mendes.
    By Nate Jones
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    Here’s How Parasite Could Win the Next Big Oscar Precursor AwardThe South Korean film’s chances of winning the top prize at the SAG Awards could mean great things for its Academy dreams.
    By Chris Feil
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    The 2020 Oscars, By the NumbersLooking at the math behind this year’s Academy Awards slate reveals some fascinating truths about the ballot.
    By Joe Reid
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    Dreading Another No-Host Oscars? Let’s Talk About Tina and Amy Instead.There’s a reason Tina Fey and Amy Poehler are coming back to next year’s Golden Globes.
    By Jen Chaney
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    Who’s the Early Leader in the Best Picture Race?You can make a case for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, 1917, or even Joker.
    By Nate Jones
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    A Brief History of Double-Nominated Actors at the OscarsScarlett Johansson, you are in very good company.
    By Joe Reid
  19. movie review
    I Lost My Body Is Both Genuinely Sweet and Thoroughly TwistedAt least one good thing came out of the 2020 Oscar nominations: recognition for a left-field animated gem.
    By Bilge Ebiri
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    The Oscars? Still So White.It’s difficult to see this year’s nominees as a result of anything other than the Academy’s continuing and glaring shortcomings.
    By Alison Willmore, E. Alex Jung, and Angelica Jade Bastién
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    Oscar Nominations: The Biggest Snubs and SurprisesJennifer Lopez’s supporting-actress snub highlighted a morning of Academy gatekeeping.
    By Nate Jones
  22. mad men
    What Is a White Man Mad About in This Oscar-Nominated Movie?A helpful guide to the many pissed-off white dudes in this year’s Academy-recognized films.
    By Rachel Handler
  23. awards season
    Issa Rae on Oscar Best Director Nominees: ‘Congratulations to Those Men’Sorry to those men.
    By Zoe Haylock
  26. oscars 2020
    Joker, The Irishman Lead 2020 Oscar NominationsOnce Upon a Time in Hollywood cleaned up, too.
    By Zoe Haylock
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    How Did a Todd Haynes Movie Get Ignored This Awards Season?A David versus Goliath tale like Dark Waters is usually Oscar bait. What gives?
    By Scott Tobias
  28. oscar futures
    Oscar Nominations: Who’s Safe and Who Could Be Snubbed?Ahead of Monday’s nominations, we attempt to forecast the ten biggest Oscar categories.
    By Nate Jones
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    ‘We Were All Nervous’: How The Irishman’s Visual Effects Team Got the Job DoneThe method to perfecting Martin Scorsese’s de-aged saga involved artificial intelligence, infrared tech, and a mysterious orb.
    By Chris Lee
  30. the gold rush
    What Would Have Been Nominated for This Year’s Best Popular Film Oscar?Us? Avengers: Endgame? How about Knives Out?
    By Kevin O’Keeffe
  31. oscars 2020
    The Oscars Will Skip the Whole To-Do and Just Go Hostless Once AgainWe all remember the Kevin Hart debacle.
    By Jordan Crucchiola
  32. the gold rush
    Can Avengers: Endgame Actually Land a Best Picture Oscar Nomination?Judging by the movie’s deeply serious For Your Consideration campaign, Disney sure thinks it has a chance.
    By Chris Lee
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    The Best Screenplay Oscar Race Just Got a Little InterestingEven with Quentin Tarantino ineligible for a WGA award (as always), it’s going to be a mad dash to see who gets those precious five Oscar nods.
    By Joe Reid
  34. q&a
    13-Year-Old Irishman Star Lucy Gallina Got a Lot of Good Advice From Al PacinoThe eighth-grader says she watched I Love Lucy in preparation for her role alongside Robert De Niro in Martin Scorsese’s film.
    By Jen Chaney
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    The Golden Globes Surprised Here and There, If You Could Get Past Ricky GervaisThe lackluster host didn’t really try, but at least the Globes got (a little) political.
    By Jen Chaney
  38. oscar futures
    How the Golden Globes Just Turned the Best Picture Race Upside DownSam Mendes’s late-breaking 1917 is now entrenched as a major 2020 Best Picture contender.
    By Nate Jones
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    The Highs, Lows, and Whoas of the 2020 Golden GlobesFrom Stellan Skarsgård’s lack of eyebrows to Phoebe Waller-Bridge thanking Obama to Quentin Tarantino thanking himself.
    By Jackson McHenry and Kathryn VanArendonk
  40. golden globes 2020
    Tarantino, 1917 Among Big Winners at the 2020 Golden GlobesSuccession and Fleabag, too.
    By Zoe Haylock
  41. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Things Are Looking Up for Little WomenAnd other late-breaking developments as voting begins.
    By Nate Jones
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    Meryl Streep’s 32 Career Golden Globe Nominations, RankedAnd you thought the Academy loved her!
    By Joe Reid
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    Who Should (and Will) Win at the Golden Globes This Weekend?The Irishman or Marriage Story? Succession or … Succession?
    By Nate Jones and Jen Chaney
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    Who’s Who in Bombshell: A Character GuideCharlize Theron and Margot Robbie have both been nominated for Golden Globes for their portrayals of real and fictionalized women in the Fox newsroom.
    By Nick Allen
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    An Abridged Timeline of Warner Bros.’ Totally Bonkers Year in Disney’s ShadowThe Burbank studio swung wildly between catastrophes and success. Now it’s looking to Oscar for redemption.
    By Chris Lee
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    The Golden Globes Will Never Top Elizabeth Taylor’s ‘Gladiator!!!’ MomentThe most unhinged envelope-opening ever is exactly why we love the Golden Globes.
    By Chris Feil
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    The Golden Globe–Nominated Movie Performances That Oscar Ignored, RankedDifferent Oscar.
    By Joe Reid
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    The Very Good Boys of 2019 Movies, RankedAll the animal actors (plus an alien and a Pokémon) who lit up the big screen and our hearts this year.
    By Hannah Woodhead
  51. what were the 2010s?
    Reliving the Best Awards-Show Moments of the DecadeSpike Lee! Neil Patrick Harris! Pink! That time Jennifer Lawrence tripped!
    By Madison Malone Kircher
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    Why It’s a Wonderful Life Came Up Short at the OscarsThe 1946 Oscars saw Frank Capra’s holiday masterpiece overtaken by a film that was even more sentimentally resonant.
    By Joe Reid
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    The Academy vs. Rotten Tomatoes: Remembering the Lowest-Rated Oscar NomineesIf Cats gets an Oscar nomination, it will join the ranks of the worst-rated films recognized by the Academy.
    By Joe Reid
  54. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Will Christmas Bring Cheers for Late-Breaking Contenders?In a shortened season, 1917, Bombshell, and Little Women are trying to break into the race late. And Cats is there, too.
    By Nate Jones
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    When Keri Russell Won a Golden Globe for Felicity, Awards Shows Got InterestingThe Hollywood Foreign Press Association is known for rewarding absolutely bananas television, but in 1998, the decision felt right.
    By Joe Reid
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    From Robot Voices to John Williams, A History of Star Wars at the OscarsDid A New Hope get robbed by Woody Allen? It’s a long story.
    By Nathaniel Rogers
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    If Taylor Swift and Cats Aren’t Winning the Best Song Oscar, Who Is?The Academy’s shortlist snub leaves the Original Song category light on star power.
    By Joe Reid
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    A Historic Battle for the Animated Oscar BeginsThis year, a record number of animated movies are competing against Disney for an Academy Award in the feature category. Can an indie win?
    By Chris Lee
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    If Grizabella Was Sad Before: Oscars Shortlist Snubs Taylor Swift’s Cats SongBetter news for Beyoncé, Elton John and Pharrell, though.
    By Halle Kiefer
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