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Man on the Moon Is Still the Cure for the Biopic Blues
This loving, ambivalent 1999 film about Andy Kaufman reminds us what so many Oscar-bait dramas get wrong when trying to portray greatness.
This loving, ambivalent 1999 film about Andy Kaufman reminds us what so many Oscar-bait dramas get wrong when trying to portray greatness.
An essay about how the experiences of teachers were memorably portrayed on film in 2023.
A look at the eight major categories and what our Oscar expert thinks is getting nominated.
On some of our favorite performances of the last year in film.
A feature on the major question in each of the big categories after what we learned from TIFF, Venice, and Telluride.
Matt writes: The Toronto International Film Festival just ended this past Sunday.
Matt writes: While covering this year's BendFilm Festival in Bend, Oregon, last month, I had the great joy of speaking at length with Oscar-nominated filmmaker Tamara Jenkins ("Slums of Beverly Hills," "The Savages"), who was honored by the festival as its Indie Woman of the Year. Our interview focuses primarily on her 2018 masterwork, "Private Life," starring Paul Giamatti and Kathryn Hahn.
The latest on Blu-ray and streaming, including Freaky, Let Him Go, Greenland, and Criterion editions of The Parallax View, Smooth Talk, and two films by Ramin Bahrani.
Who and what you should nominate for Emmys this year.