But Conclave still isn't unbeatable. It was snubbed for Best Director, which might signal its vulnerability, at least with that branch of the Academy. Also, for the last six years, Best Adapted ...

The executive committee of the Academy's writers branch made the same decision for Ava DuVernay's script that it made for Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig's 'Barbie' script. By Scott Feinberg Executive ...

One of this year’s most original films is making a strategic play for Oscar gold in the adapted screenplay category. Jacques Audiard’s crime musical, “Emilia Pérez,” will now officially submit as an ...

“Conclave,” based on the 2016 novel of the same name by Robert Harris, nabbed the award for best adapted screenplay. The novel follows the complicated, sometimes underhanded twists and turns of a ...

American Fiction‘s Cord Jefferson is officially an Oscar winner — and he’s pleading with Hollywood studios to give more up and coming creatives a shot at their own golden statuette. While accepting ...

At this stage in the season, when it is entirely too early to make any meaningful predictions about what the Oscar nominees (much less the winners) will be, I like to look back at the Academy’s recent ...

There’s a way to classify screenplays for Oscar consideration that would reward creativity and make much more sense. Unlike the current system. Critic’s Notebook There’s a way to classify screenplays ...