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Home » Academy Awards

Tag: Academy Awards

Posted inColumns & Opinion

Local arts reviews, like Oscar nominations, aren’t covering America

by Coya Paz Brownrigg January 31, 2020August 18, 2021

Coverage and awards send a disappointing—but not unexpected—message about whose stories really matter.

Posted inFilm

Short films, big messages

by Nina Li Coomes January 28, 2020August 18, 2021

The Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films program explores the ties that bind amid tragedy and struggle.

Posted inMusic

Courtney Mora from In Masks on an album to take you apart and put you back together

by Salem Collo-Julin January 22, 2020August 18, 2021

Current musical obsessions of Courtney Mora from In Masks, Maddie Rehayem from the Cell, and Salem Collo-Julin from the Reader

Posted inFilm

Like Juno, Diablo Cody’s Tully is a tale of motherhood and waning youth

by J.R. Jones May 10, 2018August 18, 2021

Charlize Theron stars as a woman rescued from postpartum depression by a new friend.

Posted inBlogs

Five must-see films about film

by Patrick Friel March 9, 2018August 18, 2021

Five extraordinary films about film, by five extraordinary filmmakers.

Posted inBlogs

The shape of the Shape of Water plagiarism lawsuit

by Deanna Isaacs March 5, 2018August 18, 2021

The copyright infringement lawsuit against the Oscar-winning film claims clear access and critical similarities.

Posted inFilm

Fatih Akin’s thriller In the Fade proves there’s nothing more dangerous than a person who’s lost everything

by J.R. Jones January 24, 2018August 18, 2021

In the Fade proves there’s nothing more dangerous than a person who’s lost everything.

Posted inBlogs

Academy Awards 2018: The Oscar nominees

by Steve Heisler January 23, 2018August 18, 2021

Reader reviews of the top films

Posted inBlogs

Week in review: The Oscars disaster that was, and wasn’t

by Michael Miner March 3, 2017August 18, 2021

The political rhetoric was real; some of the symbolism was perhaps less so.

Posted inBlogs

‘Gary from Chicago’ was the ‘biggest star inside the 2017 Oscars,’ and other news

by Kate Shepherd February 27, 2017August 18, 2021

Also, CPD top cop Eddie Johnson is frustrated with Springfield for failing to stiffen punishments for repeat gun offenders.

Posted inFilm

Oscar-nominated short films arrive in Chicago this week

by Chicago Reader February 9, 2017August 18, 2021

Reader critics consider the year’s animated, documentary, and live-action nominees.

Posted inBlogs

LA Times reporters scrounge passes from their bosses to cover the Oscars

by Michael Miner March 1, 2016August 18, 2021

Michael Ferro nabbed passes usually reserved for the paper’s entertainment reporters.

Posted inBlogs

Watch the Oscars at Logan Theatre, see typographic art at Typeforce, and more things to do in Chicago this weekend

by Brianna Wellen February 26, 2016August 18, 2021

Table Top Shakespeare, the Randolph Street Market, and more happenings from February 26-28.

Posted inBlogs

After 40 years, Black History Month’s abolition is overdue

by Kate Schmidt February 11, 2016August 18, 2021

Stop presenting American history as if it were white history with a few black cameos.

Posted inNews & Politics

Losing Vivian Maier

by Deanna Isaacs February 4, 2015August 18, 2021

John Maloof and Jeffrey Goldstein turned their caches of negatives by posthumously famed street photographer Vivian Maier into full-time jobs. Now the government wants in.

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