David Newman

While “The Pandemic Special” is better than what has come in recent seasons — and is a welcome return for the show — it’s too often a muted memory of hilarity that was, rather than particularly insightful today.

Phil’s feelings toward Rita are an incentive for him to become a better person, not an instinctive moral awakening.

In my mind, it’s fair to say there are two general interpretations of art’s purpose, and your views on “The Wolf of Wall Street” are likely to be defined by how you prioritize these interpretations.

Universally celebrated for their sharp, socio-political commentary, their stories all, to varying degrees, revolve around a moderately sympathetic lower class violently rising up against the elite.

The film is a far walk from awful, but beyond its insipidly gorgeous surface lies little more than a confoundingly risk-averse display of tedium.

Whether or not you ever get around to watching the actual movies, tearing through these clips will grant you a highlight reel to help prepare for Sunday’s ceremony. 

Francis Ford Coppola once said, “Sequels are not done for the audience or cinema or the filmmakers.

According to Hill, her career began without the pointed social awareness for which she is so well known.

Whether the success of a film at the Globes is proof of a strong awards campaign, or whether the HFPA is even reflective of Oscar voters, is uncertain.

“A Hidden Life” is often a slog of a movie that gets lost in the blinding heavens it seeks to encapsulate.