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Nate Jones is a senior writer at Vulture who mostly covers film. He writes the weekly Oscar Futures column, and has ranked Taylor Swift songs and A24 films.

  1. oscar futures
    The 12 Oscar Contenders of ChristmasWhich movies have done enough to secure a place in the Best Picture ten, and which are still on the bubble?
  2. 300 pounds of movie
    A Minute-By-Minute Breakdown of The BrutalistA mostly spoiler-free summary of how Adrien Brody’s new movie spends its 215 minutes. (Yes, that’s three and a half hours.)
  3. oscar futures
    The Unwritten Rule That Still Shapes Oscar CampaignsWhy co-leads like Ariana Grande get “Supporting†nominations.
  4. golden globes 2025
    The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2025 Golden Globe NominationsDune is not doin’ great.
  5. oscar futures
    The Oscar Contenders Who Got the Biggest Boost From Tastemaker WeekThe first week of December is always a whirlwind, marking the official arrival of Moira Rose’s favorite season.
  6. oscar futures
    95th Annual Academy Awards - Show
    Big, Happy Families Win OscarsWhich 2024 films will benefit most from the holiday-card dynamic this year?
  7. oscar futures
    Just How Glicked Will the 2025 Oscars Get?Denzel Washington will take his third statue now.
  8. the pluck of the irish
    How the Irish Came to Rule Pop CultureArtists from the island continue to punch above their weight. Online, they’ve gained a rep as the “good Europeans.â€
  9. oscar futures
    How Every Oscar Movie Can Be the Anti-Trump MovieLike it or not, we’re in for yet another awards season operating in the shadow of Donald Trump. Which campaigns can take advantage of the vibe shift?
  10. oscar futures
    Are Netflix Normies Ready for Emilia Pérez?An indefinable musical by a French auteur is headed for millions of streaming subscribers. Most of them will be entirely unprepared.
  11. oscar futures
    What Happens at the Oscars If Hillary Wins in 2016?This election eve, take a trip into the mirror universe where another Clinton’s in the White House.
  12. oscar futures
    Post-Screening Movie Hype Tweets, DecodedUsing this week’s Gladiator II reactions as a guide, here’s a dictionary for common phrases.
  13. oscar futures
    What Makes Us So Sure Sean Baker Can Sneak Anora Into the Oscars?And nine other unanswered questions hovering over the 2025 Academy Awards season.
  14. oscar futures
    Saoirse Ronan Has Two Shots at Making This Her Oscar YearHer passion project The Outrun and her first maternal role in Blitz. One is a better bet than the other.
  15. fancasts
    1980s retro platform video game on screen
    Let’s Fan-Cast Folie à Deux’s Fictional Joker TV MovieFolie à Deux never shows us this TV movie, perhaps because that would be funny and interesting, two qualities the film abhors. But it got me thinking.
  16. oscar futures
    Bring on the Oscars ChaosThe 2025 Academy Awards race will be the most wide-open movie season in years. I can’t wait.
  17. boundaries
    Chappell Roan Performs At The O2 Academy Brixton
    Chappell Roan Got Too Famous Too FastShe’s gone from anonymous to ubiquitous in less than a year, and it’s too much to handle.
  18. gold rush
    How to Bet on Oscar SeasonTwo movie columnists explain how they are making sense of this year’s Academy Awards contenders.
  19. award hoarders
    EGOT Watch: Who Will Be Next to Complete the Awards-Show Grand Slam?Pasek and Paul completed the quadfecta at the Creative Arts Emmy Awards.
  20. venice 2024
    What Is the New Standard for American Cinema?The movies in competition at the 2024 Venice Film Festival told a story of a porous U.S. film world, a washed up scene, or something in between.
  21. venice 2024
    So Is Joker: Folie à Deux a Musical or Not?Why did Lady Gaga say the movie isn’t a musical? I can think of a few possible answers.
  22. venice 2024
    Todd Phillips ‘Can’t Say Yes or No’ About Joker 3But he can explain how he “scared†Joaquin Phoenix into doing a sequel in the first place.
  23. venice 2024
    All Your Questions About Alex Ross Perry’s Pavement Movie, AnsweredPerhaps no movie playing at Venice this year was as shrouded in mystery as Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements.
  24. venice 2024
    How Explicit Are the Sex Scenes in Queer?Ahead of the film’s Venice premiere, Guadagnino called his new film’s sex scenes “numerous and quite scandalous,†and this was not false advertising.
  25. venice 2024
    Tilda Swinton Confirms She Has Never Been Afraid to DieAt a press conference for her new Pedro Almódovar movie, she confirmed what the world has long assumed.
  26. venice 2024
    George Clooney and Brad Pitt Are Buddy-Buddy at VeniceThey’ve brought their casual movie star act to the international film festival, discussing the future of streaming and Joe Biden.
  27. venice 2024
    There’s an A24 Easter Egg in BabygirlThe studio’s upcoming erotic drama has found a new way to signal that it’s an A24 movie: it was shot inside A24’s own New York office.
  28. venice 2024
    Is This the Year Harris Dickinson Goes From Anonymous Hunk to Onymous Hunk?His performance in Babygirl is a display of rare erotic power, and it may finally turn Dickinson from one of the guys, to The Guy.
  29. venice 2024
    What Is This TV Show Doing in My Film Festival?No film festival has embraced TV as much as Venice has this year, with Alfonso Cuarón’s Disclaimer premiering as the first of four shows.
  30. venice 2024
    With Maria, Can Angelina Jolie Sing for Her Oscar?Singing, stars, drugs, death, comebacks — if Maria checked any more boxes, it’d be a tax form.
  31. venice 2024
    The High-Low Triumph of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at VeniceThe crème de la crème of the global cinema community came together to watch Tim Burton spill his guts.
  32. festival season
    The 18 Movies We’re Most Excited to See at Venice and TIFFTwo major film festivals are happening over the next two weeks in Venice and Toronto, setting the film world’s agenda for the rest of the year.
  33. artifacts
    100 Pieces of Pop Culture That Defined ObamacoreYou know them when you see them — whether they were genius or, well, not.
  34. recent history
    That Feeling You Recognize? Obamacore.The 2008 election sparked an outburst of brightness and positivity across pop culture. Now hindsight — and cringe — is setting in.
  35. chat room
    Kneecap’s Provocative Irish Rap: ‘What Else Are We Gonna Do, Stay Traumatized?’With a new biopic in theaters, the Irish-language hip-hop group Kneecap is aiming to bridge ancient divides — whether you speak the language or not.
  36. ask an expert
    Please Don’t Try to Shoot Diaper Gel Into a TornadoA tornado expert explains the science behind Twisters, from diaper gel to anchor drills and why the film didn’t mention climate change.
  37. sundance film festival
    Where Should the Sundance Film Festival Go Next?Should Sundance flee Park City for bluer pastures, or stay closer to home?
  38. vulture lists
    22 Nicolas Cage Movies You Had No Idea ExistedThanks to the Internal Revenue Service, Cage has become the king of VOD movies.
  39. fan theories
    Where’s Nettles?House of the Dragon has slowly been seeding important new characters, but one book favorite is still missing.
  40. the girls aren’t fighting
    Let House of the Dragon’s Women Be EvilThere’s gotta be a happy medium between legendary cruelty and benevolent naïveté.
  41. happy pride!
    Were You Also Baited By the Inside Out 2 Post-Credits Scene?Is she … you know?
  42. fire and blood
    Everything That Happened on Season One of House of the DragonIncest, betrayal, blood feuds, and dragons. A lot of dragons.
  43. how to be a star in 2024
    21 Ways to Hack StardomAfter a dry period, a new crop of A-listers is rising in Hollywood — and doing it differently this time.
  44. cannes 2024
    Terrible Billionaire Who Funded the Trump Movie Thought It Would Be PositiveReportedly “under the impression that it was a flattering portrayal of the 45th president.â€
  45. rankings
    All 245 Taylor Swift Songs, RankedThere are at least ten stone-cold classics in her discography.
  46. a bad idea worth considering
    The Guys in Challengers Should Have Switched NamesMike Faist is clearly a Patrick Zweig, while Josh O’Connor is a total Art Donaldson.
  47. it involves satan
    Who Would Win an Actual A24 Civil War?A24’s Civil War never gets into specifics about its divided America, so we imagined our own A24 civil war.
  48. vulture lists
    The Stoner Canon: Over 100 Trippy Movies, Albums, Books, TV Shows, and MoreThe ultimate guide to experiencing the high.
  49. master class
    How Taylor Swift Won Back the PublicThe reputation era was the last time the pop star let someone else define her. Here’s how she rebuilt her image.
  50. encounter
    David Krumholtz’s True Hollywood StoriesThe Oppenheimer actor wasn’t invited to the Oscars, but he’s still got a lot on his plate.
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