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Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
oscars 2021
Apr. 26, 2021
Why Anthony Hopkins Won Best Actor Over Chadwick Boseman
It was the most shocking Oscar win of the night. What made it possible?
By
Nate Jones
oscars 2021
Apr. 25, 2021
Oscars End in Disarray After Surprise Chadwick Boseman Best Actor Loss
The award was presented by a bored Joaquin Phoenix to an absent Anthony Hopkins. Roll credits.
By
Rebecca Alter
hair and makeup
Apr. 21, 2021
How
Ma Rainey
’s Oscar-Nominated Hair and Makeup Team Transformed Viola Davis
The Oscar-nominated creatives behind the star’s wigs and glam take us through what it took to make over one of Hollywood’s most recognizable women.
By
Emma Fraser
acceptance speeches
Apr. 5, 2021
Chadwick Boseman Wins Posthumous SAG Award for
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
And Daniel Kaluuya dedicated his award to late actor.
By
Zoe Haylock
oscar futures
Mar. 5, 2021
Oscar Futures: Can Surprise Globe Winners Keep Up Momentum?
As Oscar voting gets underway this week, the Globes gave the Academy a vision of
Nomadland
and Andra Day triumphant.
By
Nate Jones
the gold rush
Feb. 28, 2021
Chadwick Boseman’s Wife Honors Him in Posthumous Golden Globe Acceptance Speech
“He would say something beautiful, something inspiring, something that would amplify that little voice inside of all of us that tells you you can.”
By
Halle Kiefer
fall movies fantasy league
Jan. 27, 2021
Nomadland
and
Soul
Score Big on the AFI and NBR Lists
A total of six movies appeared on both the American Film Institute and National Board of Review best-of lists.
By
Nate Jones
oscar futures
Jan. 1, 2021
Oscar Futures: Could the Globes Controversy Benefit
Minari
in the Long Run?
The modest indie just got a groundswell of support at a time when other would-be contenders are struggling to break through.
By
Nate Jones
movie review
Dec. 23, 2020
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Fails the Woman Behind a Legend
In Netflix’s rote adaptation of August Wilson’s play, Viola Davis falters while Chadwick Boseman fares better.
By
Angelica Jade Bastién
fall movies fantasy league
Dec. 22, 2020
Fatale
Is a Movie That Truly Does Not Exist
Of all the movies that have not existed this fall, I doubt any of them do not exist more than
Fatale
does not exist.
By
Nate Jones
promising young movies
Dec. 20, 2020
The L.A. Film Critics Association Names
Small Axe
Their Best Picture of 2020
Turn on “Silly Games” and let’s get this discourse
going.
By
Rebecca Alter
oscar futures
Nov. 27, 2020
Oscar Futures: An Elegy for Amy Adams’s Chances
It says something that even Amy Adams’s own fans don’t want the actress to win her long-awaited trophy for
Hillbilly Elegy
.
By
Nate Jones
oscar futures
Nov. 20, 2020
Oscar Futures: The Weirdest Race Ever Begins
Usually, we’d have a pretty good sense of the Best Picture field by now. This year, we can barely predict what’s going to come out.
By
Nate Jones
trailer mix
Oct. 19, 2020
Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman Gleam in the
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Trailer
Watch the trailer for the late Chadwick Boseman’s final film.
By
Zoe Haylock
first looks
Sept. 30, 2020
Here Are the First Images From Netflix’s Adaptation of
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
The film stars Viola Davis and the late Chadwick Boseman in his final film role.
By
Chris Murphy
in memoriam
Aug. 29, 2020
The Defiant Career of Chadwick Boseman, a Hollywood King
He had the talent to be James Brown, Jackie Robinson, Black Panther, and Stormin’ Norman. He was a chameleon and a pure actor in every sense.
By
Robert Daniels