Oscars 2018

How ‘The Shape of Water’ became the movie of the moment

In an Oscars ceremony that capped off Hollywood’s annus horribilis, it’s no great shock that Best Picture went to a comfortable, inoffensive morality tale

The Oscar machine Harvey Weinstein built ticks along, with only a few dings

Opinion: With a few exceptions, the first Oscars of the #MeToo era largely awarded, or was otherwise silent about, men variously accused of abuse

After last year’s fiasco, the 2018 Oscars were a return to boring, trite form

The 2018 Oscars skated past and paved over its Best Picture mix-up last year—a reminder of its broader instinct toward conservatism

Frances McDormand delivers the 2018 Oscars speech of the night: transcript

‘I have two words to leave with you tonight, ladies and gentlemen: inclusion rider’

Our expectations of celebrities have changed. Can stars keep up?

Opinion: Award shows like the Oscars have become focal points for our instinct to seek moral leadership from celebs. But that’s backwards thinking.

The Oscars: ‘The Shape of Water’ isn’t the best movie, but it will win

Our capsule reviews of every movie nominated for the Oscar for Best Picture in 2018—ranked in order of how likely they are to win

There’s no country for old actors in Hollywood—and that matters

An Oscar nomination for Christopher Plummer, 88, stands out—and that ageism reveals something broader that #MeToo and #TimesUp should take note of