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7 times Steven Spielberg should have won Best Picture
It’s hard to believe Schindler’s List is the only Steven Spielberg film to win Best Picture. Here’s how I’d change that—if only in my dreams.
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Blindspotting: Best Picture Winners
We watch a lot of movies, but we haven’t seen everything. This month, we’re tackling personal Best Picture blindspots!
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Justice for ‘12 Angry Men’
In many ways, Sidney Lumet’s 12 Angry Men is a perfect case study that proves exceptional cinema only requires two things: flawless dialogue and performers with the range and dexterity to deliver it.
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Interview: Author Michael Schulman on Oscar twists and psychodramas
12+1 questions with the author of Oscar Wars about The Muppets, being at the Moonlight/La La Land Oscars, one change he’d make to the Oscars, and much more!
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Top 10 Best Picture Winners
No envelope mix-up here: of all 94 films to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, these are the 10 best.
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‘Moonstruck’ is the Perfect Dish
Perfect actors, perfect script, perfect setting, perfect emotion. After you watch Moonstruck, you can’t help but look back and think, what was in that recipe?
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Black Women Filmmakers to Watch
In an industry that’s been historically unfriendly to Black female filmmakers, these women are making moves and movies worth seeing.
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8 Times Black Artists Changed Cinema
The history of cinema is full of Black artists, performers, and activists who affected positive change in their time but often failed to receive their deserved acclaim.
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Which Rom-Com Couple Will Live Happiest Ever After?
It’s fairly easy for movie couples to get to “happily ever after.” But which pair will stick together the longest after the credits roll?
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Actually, Netflix‘s ‘Persuasion’ Is Good
Anne Elliot in Netflix’s 2022 adaptation of Persuasion, starring Dakota Johnson and directed by Carrie Cracknell, is definitely a Wine Aunt.
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Top 10 Romantic Comedies
After some painful break-ups and brief hookups with possible mates, we finally found true love with our favorite rom-coms. Will you have what we’re having? We’re wishin’ and hopin’ you do.
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Field Trip: 30th Anniversary Celebration of ‘Groundhog Day’
OK campers, rise and shine! We had the pleasure of attending Groundhog Days in Woodstock, Illinois, for the 30th anniversary celebration of the classic 1993 rom-com Groundhog Day.
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Interview: Writer/Director Kyle Marvin on ‘80s romcoms, Y2K, and ‘80 for Brady’
12+1 questions about his experience working with Tom Brady, his dream acting and directing gigs, his first on-screen crush, and his ideal Guy Fieri-made meal.
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Interview: Designer Jason Raish on his ‘WALL-E’ Criterion cover and the art of fashion illustration
12+1 questions about working with Criterion and Andrew Stanton on the new cover design, his go-to sources of inspiration, his artistic style as a film genre, and more!
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Arguing About ‘The Matrix’ with My Middle-School Self
Rewatching the film as a non-religious adult, I’m glad I have grown out of my extremely narrow sense of certainty. But it also makes me wonder: how much have I actually changed?
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‘Galaxy Quest’ in the Stars: An Astrological Deep Dive
Sure, Galaxy Quest is a modern classic of sci-fi comedy with an incredible cast and nerd cred. But did you know its characters match up perfectly with the 12 signs of the Zodiac?
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Blanck Mass (Benjamin John Power) on the Dissonance & Wonder of the ‘Alien’ Score
The award-winning British electronic composer shares his favorite sci-fi film score.
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The Pros & Cons of 9 Sci-Fi Dystopias
If you had to live in one of these less-than-ideal sci-fi settings, which would it be?
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Non-Zero-Sum Game: How ‘Arrival’ Reframes Alien First Contact
Denis Villeneuve’s Arrival makes such a strong impact because it reveals itself as a hopeful piece of science fiction.
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Bad Miracles: 9 Symmetries in ‘Signs’ and ‘Nope’
I’m sure I’m not the only one who left the showing of Jordan Peele’s Nope reminiscing about M. Night Shyamalan’s Signs, another sci-fi film I absolutely love.
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Top 10 Sci-Fi Movies
Spanning nearly a century of cinematic sci-fi, our list spotlights the robots, aliens, dinosaurs, and dystopias that have widened our eyes and freed our minds.