-
![]()
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty A Seriously Silly Oscars Moment
Ryan Gosling’s performance of “I’m Just Ken” was an irony-meets-sincerity spectacle.
-
![]()
Rich Polk / Variety / Getty Jonathan Glazer’s Warning at the Oscars
The director of The Zone of Interest accepted his award with an anti-war speech that drew praise and confusion.
-
-
![]()
Timothy Clary / AFP / Getty. What Billy Crystal Knew About Hosting the Oscars
The ideal emcee needs to love movies as much as they love making fun of them.
-
![]()
Adam Maida for The Atlantic How a Middle-Aged Everyman Actor Won Everyone Over
Paul Giamatti’s performance in The Holdovers is just another high point in a long, memorable career.
-
![]()
Studio Ghibli The Heartbreaking Insight of The Boy and the Heron
Hayao Miyazaki’s Oscar-nominated film illustrates how war can destroy that most precious of things—the innocence of a child’s soul.
-
![]()
Daniel Jack Lyons The Loneliness of Jodie Foster
A star since childhood, she spent decades guarding her privacy. On-screen, she’s always played the solitary woman under pressure. But in a pair of new roles, she’s revealed a different side of herself.
-
![]()
Patrick T. Fallon / AFP / Getty The Oscars Got This One Right
Everything Everywhere All at Once got its fairy-tale ending.
-
-
![]()
Lucy Jones The Oscars’ Incredible Knack for Being Wrong
Despite a history of embarrassment, the Academy has somehow managed to hold on to its prestige.
-
![]()
Will Heath / NBC SNL Couldn’t Help Itself
The Oscars Slap was low-hanging comedic fruit, and the show lunged at it. But there was nothing left to say.
-
![]()
Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty; The Atlantic The Two Americas Debating Will Smith and Chris Rock
Black people and white people aren’t necessarily discussing the Oscars slap in the same way.
-
![]()
Getty; The Atlantic The Night the Oscars Lost Control
The most stunning moment at the Academy Awards was an incident the show refused to examine.
-
![]()
Getty ; The Atlantic The Unreality of Will Smith’s Oscars Slap
What followed an unprecedented moment of violence was almost as surreal as the incident itself.
-
-
![]()
ABC / Getty The Winners Who Reminded the Oscars Why Acceptance Speeches Matter
Two beautiful speeches from early in the night showed the emotional power of live TV.
-
![]()
Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty Will Smith Hit Chris Rock. Then He Won an Oscar.
On the most shocking moment in Academy Awards history
-
![]()
Mary Evans / Warner Bros / Everett 23 Great Movies the Oscars Couldn’t Help but Recognize
These films were underappreciated by the Academy, receiving just one nomination for their screenplays. They’re also undeniable crowd-pleasers.
-
![]()
AMPAS / ABC / Getty A Confusing, Experimental Oscars
This year’s Academy Awards tried to be like a movie. So we tried to review it like one.
-
![]()
Chris Pizzello / Getty And the Best Oscars Acceptance Speech Goes to …
When Youn Yuh-jung collected her latest trophy for Minari, she showed everyone why she keeps winning.
-
-
![]()
The Atlantic There’s No Excuse for Failing the Oscars’ Diversity Requirements
The awards’ new Best Picture eligibility rules are so lenient, they’d shame any film that can’t meet them.
-
![]()
Mario Anzuoni / Reuters No One Knew Why Eminem Was at the Oscars
“Lose Yourself” was not celebrating any anniversary, nor gaining new relevance. But it did pass the time okay.
-
![]()
Chris Pizzello / AP The Real Message of Janelle Monáe’s Oscars Performance
The singer’s opener showed that for women and people of color, tongue-in-cheek references and talk of progress mean nothing without trophies.
