How Best Picture is Decided

Best picture is the only Oscar category decided by preferential ballot. Our reporter Marc Tracy explains how that works. from NYT > M...

14 of the Worst Movie Casting Choices

A new Oscar celebrates the process of matching actor and role. But whether a star is hired for artistic or box office reasons, mismatches ...

Casting, Which Will Be Celebrated at This Year’s Oscars, Has Changed Drastically

What once involved an actor and a casting director in a room is now a technologically advanced exercise with pros and cons for performers....

Bobby Cannavale Loves ‘Heated Rivalry’ and His Bearded Dragon

“I spend an hour a day quietly with this guy, whether it’s feeding him, cleaning out the tank, having him chill with me,” the actor said. ...

Timothée Chalamet Has a Point About Ballet

This art form is alive, and Chalamet, who comes from a dance family, knows it. But what value does ballet have for the world at large? f...

Jeremy Larner, Who Wrote ‘The Candidate,’ a Political Film Classic, Dies at 88

His Oscar-winning 1972 screenplay starred Robert Redford as an idealistic public interest lawyer making a run for the Senate. from NYT ...

A Film That Makes a Strong Argument for the Value of Debate

“Immutable” is about young debaters in a league in Washington, D.C., as well as about the skill itself in a world where yelling can seem t...