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Your guide to Oscar-nominated movies and where to watch them
So many Oscar nominations, so little time! Let us help.
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If the Oscar nominations left you with a long to-watch list, we’ve got you covered. Below are details and past coverage of all the films nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor and Actress, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, and Best Director. Dive in!
Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction.
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Jeffrey Wright in American Fiction.
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American Fiction
This feature directorial debut of Cord Jefferson follows a Black author who grudgingly writes a novel filled with antiquated stereotypes.
Nominations: Best picture, actor, supporting actor, adapted screenplay, original score
Where to see it: In theaters
Review: Every era has its own American Fiction, but is there anything new to say?
Essay: Advice from a critic: Read Erasure before seeing American Fiction
Director Interview: What does it mean to be Black enough? Cord Jefferson explores this American Fiction
Actor Interviews: NPR spoke with Jeffrey Wright, Sterling K. Brown and Tracee Ellis Ross
Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall.
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Sandra Hüller in Anatomy of a Fall.
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Anatomy of a Fall
Directed by Justine Triet, this French drama follows a wife who becomes the chief suspect when her husband is found dead, and rifts in their marriage are exposed.
Nominations: Best picture, director, actress, original screenplay, editing
Where to see it: In theaters. Rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu or YouTube
Review: Anatomy of a Fall dissects a marriage and, maybe, a murder
Essay: If you love courtroom dramas, this Oscar-nominated film is not to be missed
Director Interview: Justine Triet on her film Anatomy of a Fall
Roundtable: Anatomy of a Fall autopsies a marriage
Margot Robbie in Barbie.
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Margot Robbie in Barbie.
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Barbie
Director Greta Gerwig crafts an extremely self-aware vision of Barbie, with commentary on the patriarchy and the unreasonable expectations placed on women in society.
Nominations: Best picture, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, production design, costume design, original song
Where to see it: In theaters. Stream it on Max. Rent or buy it it on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu or YouTube
Review: Is Barbie corporate propaganda or Malibu Metacommentary? Why not both!
Interview: Barbie music producer Mark Ronson opens up about the film’s ‘bespoke’ sound
Report: Barbie receives 8 Oscar nominations, but was that Kenough?
Report: Barbie is the only billion-dollar blockbuster solely directed by a woman
Roundtable: We spoil Barbie
Danielle Brooks and Fantasia Barrino in The Color Purple.
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Danielle Brooks and Fantasia Barrino in The Color Purple.
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The Color Purple
Blitz Bazawule’s adaptation of the Broadway musical is based on the Alice Walker novel. It tells the story of Celie, who survives the abuse by the men in her life and longs to be reunited with the sister who was taken from her.
Nominations: Supporting actress
Where to see it: In theaters. Rent or buy it on Amazon, Google Play, Apple TV, Vudu or YouTube
Review: The new Color Purple exudes joy, but dances past some deeper complexities
Director and Actor Interview: ‘Everyone walked away with part of themselves healed’ – The Color Purple reimagined
Actor Interviews: NPR spoke with Taraji P. Henson and Fantasia Barrino
Report: The Color Purple is the biggest Christmas Day opening since 2009
Roundtable: Revisiting The Color Purple wars
Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers.
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Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatti in The Holdovers.
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The Holdovers
Alexander Payne’s film about a curmudgeonly professor at a prestigious boarding school, who must look after students during Christmas break, and forms a bond with one kid who’s a particular pain in the butt.
Nominations: Best picture, actor, supporting actress, original screenplay, editing
Where to see it: In theaters. Stream it on Peacock. Buy it on Apple TV, Google Play, YouTube, Vudu and Amazon
Review: Alexander Payne keeps real emotion at bay in the coyly comic Holdovers
Actor Interview: Paul Giamatti’s own high school years came in handy in The Holdovers
Roundtable: In The Holdovers, three broken people get schooled
Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Leonardo DiCaprio and Lily Gladstone in Killers of the Flower Moon.
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Killers of the Flower Moon
Based on a true story, director Martin Scorsese’s epic film tracks the suspicious murders of members of the Osage Nation in 1920s Oklahoma after they find oil under their tribal land.
Nominations: Best picture, director, actress, supporting actor, production design, costume design, cinematography, editing, original score, original song
Where to see it: In theaters. Stream it on Apple TV+, buy it on Amazon, Vudu, Google Play, YouTube, or Apple TV
Review: Scorsese centers men and their violence once again in Killers of the Flower Moon
Review: ‘You talkin’ to me?’ How Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon gets in your head
Report: How Osage people stepped in to be sure Killers of the Flower Moon got things right
Report: ‘Of course we should be here’: Flower Moon receives a 9-minute ovation at Cannes
Interview: Pressing pause on Killers of the Flower Moon and rethinking Scorsese’s latest
Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in Maestro.
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Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in Maestro.
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Maestro
An Old-Hollywood style biopic about the composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein directed and co-written by – and starring Bradley Cooper.
Nominations: Best picture, actor, actress, original screenplay, cinematography, makeup and hairstyling, sound
Where to see it: Stream it on Netflix
Review: Maestro chronicles the brilliant Bernstein — and his disorderly conduct
Review: Bradley Cooper’s Maestro fully captures Bernstein’s charisma and complexity
Director/Actor/Writer Interview: To become the Maestro, Bradley Cooper learned to live the music
Actor Interview: Carey Mulligan on playing the wife of composer Leonard Bernstein in Maestro
Report: Leonard Bernstein’s family defends appearance in Maestro nose flap
Roundtable: Maestro hits some discordant notes
Annette Bening in Nyad.
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Annette Bening in Nyad.
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Nyad
Directed by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, the film tells the true story of a marathon swimmer who attempts to become the first person ever to swim from Cuba to Florida.
Nominations: Best actress, supporting actress
Where to see it: Stream it on Netflix
Director Interview: New film dramatizes Diana Nyad’s 2013 feat: swimming from Cuba to Florida
Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer.
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Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer.
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Oppenheimer
Christopher Nolan’s film about the brilliant physicist who oversaw the construction of the first atomic bomb at a secret military base in the New Mexico desert.
Nominations: Best picture, director, actor, supporting actor, supporting actress, adapted screenplay, production design, costume design, cinematography, editing, makeup and hairstyling, sound, original score
Where to see it: In theaters. Rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu or YouTube
Director Interview: ‘Like it or not, we live in Oppenheimer’s world,’ says director Christopher Nolan
Review: Nolan’s thriller Oppenheimer is a monument to science and the arrogance of genius
Report: What Oppenheimer left out: the atomic bomb’s fallout in New Mexico
Report: Oppenheimer will screen in Japan in 2024, distributors say
Roundtable: Oppenheimer looks at the building of the bomb, and the lingering fallout
Composer Interview: Composer Ludwig Göransson on Oppenheimer
Interview: Oppenheimer is everywhere. Here’s the science behind the atomic bomb
Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in Past Lives.
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Teo Yoo and Greta Lee in Past Lives.
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Past Lives
Celine Song’s film about a woman, played by Greta Lee, who reconnects with her childhood sweetheart and tries to understand both the path she took and the many paths she didn’t.
Nominations: Best picture, original screenplay
Where to see it: In theaters. Rent or buy it on Amazon, Apple TV, Google Play, Vudu or YouTube
Actor Interview: As a kid, Greta Lee identified with Val Kilmer — now, she imagines Past Lives
Review: Across continents and decades, Past Lives is the most affecting love story in ages
Roundtable: Past Lives is a story about love and choices
Director Interview: Past Lives is inspired by filmmaker Celine Song’s own experience with a childhood friend
Emma Stone in Poor Things.
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Emma Stone in Poor Things.
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Poor Things
Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ dark comedy about a young woman in Victorian London, who is found and experimented upon by a twisted scientist.
Nominations: Best picture, actress, supporting actor, director, adapted screenplay, original score, cinematography, costume design, film editing, production design, makeup and hairstyling.
Where to see it: In theaters
Review: Unhinged yet uplifting, Poor Things is an un-family-friendly Barbie
Essay: Oscars, take note: ‘Poor Things’ built its weird, unforgettable world from scratch
Director and Actor Interview: In Poor Things, Emma Stone plays a woman exploring the world, learning to be human
Roundtable: Emma Stone comes alive in the imaginative Poor Things
Colman Domingo in Rustin.
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Colman Domingo in Rustin.
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Rustin
George C. Wolfe’s film about Bayard Rustin, an advisor to Martin Luther King Jr., who faces discrimination as an openly gay Black man during the Civil Rights movement.
Nominations: Best actor
Where to see it: Stream it on Netflix
Actor Interview: He organized the March on Washington. Why don’t more people know about Bayard Rustin?
Review: ‘Rustin’ tells the story of the man who helped make the March on Washington possible
History: Remembering Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the March on Washington
Sandra Hüller in The Zone of Interest.
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Sandra Hüller in The Zone of Interest.
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The Zone of Interest
Jonathan Glazer’s film about the commandant of Auschwitz, and his wife and children, who live in an idyllic house and garden next to the concentration camp.
Nominations: Best picture, director, international feature, adapted screenplay, sound
Where to see it: In theaters
Review: Chilling Zone of Interest imagines life next door to a death camp
Director Interview: Zone of Interest follows the family life of the Nazi commander at Auschwitz
Roundtable: In The Zone of Interest evil lies just over the garden wall
Want to catch up on last year? Here’s what NPR critics picked as the best movies and TV of 2023.
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Neve Campbell in Scream 7.
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The OG Scream Queen Neve Campbell returns. Scream 7 re-centers the franchise back on Sidney Prescott. She has a new life, a family, and lots of baggage. You know the drill: Someone dressing up as the masked slasher Ghostface comes for her, her family and friends. There’s lots of stabbing and murder and so many red herrings it’s practically a smorgasbord.
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Abriana Vicioso is the host of the Flower Hour, which takes place monthly.
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Each flower carries a personal history. For Abriana Vicioso, the calla lily was her parents’ wedding flower — a symbol of her mother’s beauty. “She had this big, beautiful white calla lily in her hair,” Vicioso says. “I love my parents. They’re the reason I’m here. I’ll never forget where I came from.”
The Flower Hour begins with Vicioso announcing, with a warm smile: “Today is about touching grass.” The florist-by-trade gestures behind her to hundreds of flowers contained in buckets — blue thistles, ivory anemones and calla lilies painted silver — all twisted and unfurling into the air. “Tonight is going to be so sweet and intimate,” Vicioso says, eyeing the beautiful chaos at her feet. A grin buds across her face.
Moments before the workshop, participants sit at candlelit tables exchanging horoscopes and comparing their favorite flowers. A mention of the illustrious bird-of-paradise flower elicits coos and awe from the women. Izamar Vazquez, who is from Jalisco, Mexico, reveals her fondness for roses, which make her feel connected to her Mexican roots.
Vicioso hosts her flower-themed wellness workshop near the iconic Original Los Angeles Flower Market in downtown L.A. In January, the first Flower Hour event sold out, prompting her to make it a monthly series. Vicioso describes the event as a “three-part journey” where participants are invited to drink herbal tea, smoke rose-petal-rolled cannabis joints and create a floral arrangement. “The guide is to connect with the medicine of flowers,” Vicioso says.
Rose petal joints, tea and flower arranging are all part of The Flower Hour event’s offerings.
The event is hosted at the Art Club, a membership-based co-working space. “The Flower Hour is really beautiful. Everyone gets to explore their creativity while meeting new people,” says Lindsay Williams, the co-owner of the Art Club.
The idea for Flower Hour came to Vicioso during a conversation with her mother. “We joke all the time that flowers were destined to make their way into my life,” she says. She works as a florist and models on the side, even appearing in the pages of Vogue. Vicioso grew up in a Caribbean household, where flowers and offerings were part of daily life. “In my culture and religion, a lot of my family practices — an Afro-Caribbean religion — we build altars.”
Like many cultures, flowers carry sentimental value in her religion. “I’m Caribbean, so a lot of my family practices a Yoruba religion, which comes from Africa. In the Caribbean, it’s well known as Santería.”
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After a difficult year and a breakup, Vicioso wanted to marry her love of flowers with community building. Because Vicioso uses cannabis medicinally, the workshop naturally includes a smoking component. “My family has smoked cannabis for a lot of reasons for a long time. It’s a really healing plant,” she explains.
In the workshop, even the cannabis gets the floral treatment. Vicioso presents her rose-petal-wrapped joints on a silver platter at each table. She rolled each by hand. “If you’ve never smoked a rose-petal-rolled joint, the difference with this is it’s going to have roses that have a slight tobacco effect,” she announces.
During the workshop, Vicioso stresses the importance of buying cannabis from local vendors. The cannabis provided was purchased from a Northern Californian vendor. The wellness workshop aims to reclaim the healing ritual of smoking cannabis. “This is a plant that has been commercialized,” Vicioso says. “There’s a lot of Black and Brown people who are in jail for this plant.”
The resulting workshop is what Vicioso describes as “an immersive wellness experience that is the intersection of wellness, creativity, community and an appreciation of flowers.” The workshop serves as a reminder to enjoy Earth’s innate beauty in the form of flowers — including cannabis. “It’s this gift that the universe gave us for free and that I have this deep connection with,” Vicioso says.
Conversation cards to generate discussion among participants (top, letf). The workshop serves as a “third space” for Angelenos to engage in tactile creativity and community building outside of traditional nightlife settings.
After enjoying lavender chamomile tea and smoking a joint, Vicioso introduces the flowers to the group before inviting them to pick their own. She emphasizes each flower’s personality traits, describing green dianthus as a “Dr. Seuss” plant. Then, there are calla lilies with their “main character moment.” It gets personal. “Start thinking of a flower in your life that you can discover,” she says. “If you’re feeling like you need inspiration, you can always remember that these flowers have stories.”
Vicioso infuses wisdom into her instruction on floral arrangements: There are no mistakes. Let the flowers tell you where they want to go, she urges. Intuition will be your guide — the wilder, the better.
“Hecho in Mexico” reads a sticker on a bunch of green stems. “Like me,” says Vazquez with a laugh. “They’re all doing their own thing. Like a family,” she says later, arranging stems.
The Flower Hour participants and Vicioso, center, chat as they build their own floral arrangements at the sold-out event.
Two participants — Vazquez and Rebeca Alvarado — are friends who run a floral design company together called Izza Rose. Like Vicioso, the friends have a connection to flowers through their Latin American culture. They met Vicioso in the floral industry and were overjoyed to discover her workshop.
“This is a great way to connect with other people,” says Vazquez.
Alvarado agrees, adding: “You’re getting to know people outside of going to bars. You can connect in different ways when there’s an activity.”
Vazquez uses flowers to stay connected to her Mexican heritage, adding that she prefers to support Mexican vendors. In recent months, the downtown L.A. flower market has struggled to recover from ongoing ICE raids. “Some are scared to come back,” says Vazquez.
Hand-rolled cannabis joints wrapped in rose petals are presented on a silver platter at The ArtClub (top, right). The Flower Hour aims to reclaim the healing rituals of cannabis and flowers.
Another participant, Barbara Rios, was attracted to the workshop for stress relief. “You can hang out with your friends, but it’s nice to do things with your hands,” she says. “I work a stressful job, and it’s nice to have that third space that we’re all craving.”
On this February night, the participants were predominantly women, save for one man. In the future, Vicioso hopes that more men learn to engage with flowers. “There’s a statistic about men receiving flowers for the first time at their funerals, and I think we have changed that,” she says.
To conclude the workshop, Vicioso encourages participants to build lasting friendships and incorporate flower arranging into their daily practice — even if it’s just with a small, inexpensive bouquet.
“Get some flowers together, go to the park, hang out with each other and hang out with me,” she says. Participants leave with flower arrangements in hand. In the darkness of the night air, it briefly looks as though the women carry silver calla lilies that are blooming from their palms.
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