It's thrilling to see the Academy recognize a weird, funny, scary performance like Amy Madigan's in Weapons. Here's what NPR critic Linda Holmes thought of the awards.
Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley won best actor and best actress. Paul Thomas Anderson received best director. Cassandra Kulukundis won the Academy's first ever casting award.
The surveillance industry version of HG Wells' 1898 classic sci-fi novel stars Ice Cube, and won accolades for worst picture, actor, director and more.
The Academy Awards officially adopted the "Oscars" nickname in 1939. But who is Oscar, and who started calling them that? We may never know. But here are four enduring legends to consider.
The 98th Academy Awards are March 15, and Atlanta movie expert Stephen Brown joins GPB's Kristi York Wooten to talk Georgia movie connections and to make some predictions about who might take home Oscars this year.
Director Chloé Zhao used meditation, somatic exercises and dance to inspire the cast and crew of this Oscar-nominated story about William Shakespeare's family.
Hudson always wanted to sing, but feared it would derail her acting career. Now she's up for an Oscar for her portrayal of a hairdresser who performs in a Neil Diamond tribute band in Song Sung Blue.
From child actor to "Sexiest Man Alive" leading man status, Jordan takes on Hollywood as director-producer and soon may win awards for his performance in Sinners.
The Academy has announced that Oscar voters will actually have to watch all the movies in a category before making their final-round picks. It's on the honor system, but hey, it's a start.
In an announcement Monday about rules for the next Oscars, the Academy also said that a film's use of generative AI and other digital tools "neither help nor harm the chances of achieving a nomination."
The Academy Awards are March 2, and this year, no one film or actor seems to have a lock on the win. GPB’s Kristi York Wooten breaks down the Oscar nominees and favorites with Atlanta movie expert Stephen Brown.
Brittany feels like we've entered a new phase of celebrity oligarchy; new celebrity business enterprises are popping up daily, and we can't seem to get away from it all. But is this new? Brittany invites culture journalists Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber to discuss how the notion of celebrity is changing, and what it means for us.
Then, we turn to Hayao Miyazaki, the legendary animator-director whose latest film, The Boy and the Heron, is a frontrunner at this year's Academy Awards. Brittany is joined by Jessica Neibel, Senior Exhibitions Curator at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, to unpack the life lessons Miyazaki's films offer, from the unreliability of adults to the messages of resilience rooted in Miyazaki's own postwar childhood.
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If the Oscar nominations on Tuesday morning left you with a long to-watch list, we've got you covered. We've assembled all our past coverage of films nominated in six major categories.
