Movie Reviews8.9/10
Silent Film Star Loses His Voice While Dancer Finds Hers in ‘The Artist’
A silent tale of a fading star and a rising dancer, wherein music speaks for all words.
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Tag: Best Picture
Movie Reviews9.2/10
Annie Hall: A Nervous Romance That Still Earns Its 9.2
Woody Allen's 1977 romantic comedy Annie Hall, starring Diane Keaton, won four Oscars and four BAFTAs. A review of why the 93-minute film still endures.
Movie Reviews9/10
Amadeus (1984): A Jealousy Epic That Still Lands at 90%
Amadeus, Miloš Forman's 1984 Oscar-winning epic, turns Salieri's jealousy of Mozart into a 160-minute fantasia — not history, and proud of it.
Movie Reviews9.5/10
The Hurt Locker Review: A War Film That Still Sets the Bar
A deep dive into Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker: Jeremy Renner's breakout, Fort Irwin training, six Oscar wins, and why veterans still call it absurd.
Movie Reviews9.9/10
Moonlight Review: Barry Jenkins’s Three-Chapter Masterpiece
Moonlight review: Barry Jenkins's three-chapter masterpiece with Mahershala Ali, Trevante Rhodes and Naomie Harris. Best Picture winner, scored 9.9/10.
Movie Reviews9.3/10
The Boston Globe Team That Broke the Catholic Abuse Scandal, and the Bureaucratic Grind Behind It
Tom McCarthy's 2015 drama Spotlight follows the Boston Globe team that exposed Catholic Church abuse — a 9.3/10 review of the Best Picture winner.
Movie Reviews8.6/10
Argo Review: A Thriller Built on a Beautiful Lie
Argo review: Ben Affleck's CIA rescue thriller turns a fake sci-fi movie into a real escape from Tehran, and it still holds up.
Movie Reviews7.2/10
A Beautiful Mind: The Cost of Making Schizophrenia Look This Handsome
A Beautiful Mind review: Ron Howard's Oscar-winning drama, Russell Crowe as John Nash, and what the film costs by making schizophrenia cinematic.
Movie Reviews6.8/10
Braveheart at 31: A Stirring Epic With a Hole Where Its History Should Be
Braveheart won five Oscars including Best Picture and Best Director for Mel Gibson. A 6.8/10 review of the 1995 epic's battles, history and legacy.
Movie Reviews9.6/10
12 Years a Slave: A Great Film That Refuses to Comfort You
Steve McQueen's 12 Years a Slave earns its Oscars — a review of Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, and a film that refuses every shortcut.
Movie Reviews8.7/10
The Shape of Water Review: Del Toro’s Cold War Fairy Tale Earns Its Strangeness
Guillermo del Toro's Cold War fairy tale won Best Picture. Sally Hawkins plays a mute janitor who falls for a captured amphibian man.
Movie Reviews6.9/10
Peter Farrelly’s crowd-pleaser won Best Picture by refusing to make anyone uncomfortable
Green Book won Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Supporting Actor for Mahershala Ali. A look at the 2018 film's true story, awards and criticism.