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Chris Pizzello / AP The Best Speech of Oscars Night
When Bong Joon Ho accepted the directing trophy for Parasite, his heartfelt remarks flipped a predictable-seeming ceremony into must-see live television.
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Matt Petit / A.M.P.A.S. / Handout via Reuters Parasite Won So Much More Than the Best Picture Oscar
Bong Joon Ho’s drama became the first South Korean film to nab the top prize. But its success as a global phenomenon was cemented long before last night.
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Netflix / NEON / CJ Entertainment / Sony … “And the Oscar Goes to …”: Our 2020 Academy Awards Predictions
Can Parasite triumph over 1917? Will Brad Pitt win his first acting Oscar? Here is The Atlantic’s forecast.
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AP Photo / Mark Lennihan Stephen King’s Comments About the Oscars Explain the Oscars
The author, who is an Academy Award voter, inadvertently captured why Hollywood’s biggest ceremony faces a diversity problem year after year.
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A24 / Everett Collection The Problem With the Oscars’ Idea of a ‘Good Movie’
Every year, plenty of excellent films are excluded from the awards-season conversation for reasons that have nothing to do with talent or artistry. This year is no different.
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Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP A Last Word on the 2019 Academy Awards
The ceremony’s ratings rose for the first time in five years. But it’s probably not because of any specific change made to the Oscars.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The 8 Most Striking Moments From the 2019 Oscars
An upset win for Olivia Colman, Spike Lee’s long-awaited honor, Melissa McCarthy’s dancing rabbit, and more
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Reuters / Handout Why That Oscars Performance of ‘Shallow’ Was So Stunning
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper’s live rendition of the duet from A Star Is Born was filmed like a movie—and made viewers feel like voyeurs.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The Oscars Thwarted Its Bid for Relevance by Crowning Green Book
The film’s Best Picture win was an unsurprising, but nonetheless disappointing, end to many months of Academy Awards turmoil.
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Mike Blake / Reuters How the Oscars Made Do Without a Host
With no official emcee, the 91st Academy Awards were brisk—but a little lacking in personality.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP The Magnitude of Black Panther’s Technical-Oscar Wins
The Marvel juggernaut took away two awards early in the ceremony—for costume design and production design—marking the first time black artists won in either category.
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Universal Pictures What the ‘Hollywood Jim Crow’ Looks Like Today
The supposedly color-blind language of economics has allowed the mainstream film industry to hide its racial biases, a new book argues.
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Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP Your 2019 Oscars Crash Course
Get up to speed for the 91st Academy Awards with a roundup of our best stories.
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Focus Features / Warner Bros / Sony Pictures … What Will Win at the 2019 Oscars
Can Roma nab Best Picture? Will A Star Is Born be snubbed? Here are The Atlantic’s predictions for the 91st Academy Awards.
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Bettmann / Getty The 1969 Academy Awards Captured a Shifting Moment in Movie History
Fifty years ago, the Oscars showed old Hollywood giving way to the new—in ways that feel strikingly resonant today.
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Cinema Guild The Documentary That Bucks Oscar Trends—And Still Got a Nomination
Hale County This Morning, This Evening’s nod is a diversion from the Academy’s typical recognition of black cinema.
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Netflix The Uncomfortable and Profound Authenticity of Roma
What it’s like to watch Alfonso Cuarón’s sweeping drama when you’ve been in the shoes of both the maid and the children she cares for
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Gkids The Oscar-Nominated Mirai Is More Than a Moving Tale of Childhood
The animated film from Mamoru Hosoda is also a timely reflection on how societal expectations for Japanese fathers are slowly evolving.
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Hannibal Hanschke / Reuters / Cineberg / Shutterstock … Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Crackpot Theories’ on How Moviegoing Has Changed
The director discusses his newest film, High Flying Bird, the allure of Netflix, and why his version of the Oscars wouldn’t be televised.
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Lucy Nicholson / Reuters The Oscars Is Prepared to Sell Its Soul for Better Ratings
The Academy has shown its willingness to diminish its stature as an institution that honors filmmaking in order to reach more viewers.
