Frances McDormand

In an interview with The Daily Californian at BAMPFA, McDormand talked about what "Women Talking" accomplishes, both on- and off-screen, as well as the reasons herself, producer Dede Gardner and director Sarah Polley have sought out discussions with students.

Brimming with talent, “The Tragedy of Macbeth” is a film of quiet intoxication.

In “Spencer,” Kristen Stewart delivers undeniably the most talked about performance of the year, and it's not difficult to see why.

And as for the academy, the wins for “Mank” are a sign that the body still maintains a deep-seated aversion to change.

"Nomadland" chooses to subtly diagnose an ill of society — the industry that forces older, seasoned folks like Fern to uproot — without prescribing a moralizing solution.

Here are our predictions for which nominees will go home (or, in this case, stay home) with a golden statue.

Though the show featured some pleasantly surprising wins and an impressive number of awards given to artists of color, the moments we could champion were quickly snuffed out by those that disappointed.

Despite offering a surprisingly eclectic spread of nominees, the 90th Academy Awards proved to be utterly, boringly predictable.

With the general consensus that there were no major snubs in this year’s Academy Awards nominations, category predictions become all the more interesting.

“Three Billboards” is pretty much useless. It masquerades as a progressive narrative, only to generate pages upon pages of discourse about what’s not there.