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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
    How the Golden Globes Just Turned the Best Picture Race Upside DownSam Mendes’s late-breaking 1917 is now entrenched as a major 2020 Best Picture contender.
  2. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Things Are Looking Up for Little WomenAnd other late-breaking developments as voting begins.
  3. the gold rush
    Who Should (and Will) Win at the Golden Globes This Weekend?The Irishman or Marriage Story? Succession or … Succession?
  4. 25 days of cats
    Which Body Part in Cats Is Most Disturbing?The inexplicable boobs? The blasphemous fingers? The baffling noses?
  5. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Will Christmas Bring Cheers for Late-Breaking Contenders?In a shortened season, 1917, Bombshell, and Little Women are trying to break into the race late. And Cats is there, too.
  6. what were the 2010s?
    We Recapped the Whole DecadeA three-part attempt to figure out what made the ’10s the ’10s.
  7. what were the 2010s?
    2010s Recap: Push Me to the Edge, All My Friends Are DeadIn part three, the rise of a 21st-century Voldemort.
  8. what were the 2010s?
    2010s Recap, Part 2: We’ve Come Too Far to Give Up Who We AreObama’s second term was an era of new voices, new controversies, and new shades of pink.
  9. what were the 2010s?
    2010s Recap, Part 1: Keep on Dancin’ Till the World EndsOn season two of The New Millennium, EDM, Four Loko, and a little place called the Jersey Shore.
  10. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Parasite Isn’t Just in the Race, It’s ThrivingWith Golden Globe and SAG nominations in the books, Parasite looks like a major Best Picture heavyweight.
  11. awards
    The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2020 Golden Globe NominationsAnother year, another Golden Globe ceremony without any nods for women directors.
  12. 25 days of cats
    Why Do the Cats in Cats Have Human Breasts?The cats are finally out in the open — and this time, they’ve got human breasts.
  13. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The Irishman Looks Like Our Early Front-runnerAnd other things we learned from the first week of actual awards.
  14. encounters
    The Dark, Deadpan Fairy Tales of Jessica HausnerThe Austrian arthouse director behind Little Joe is a master at observing the currents of unconscious social pressure.
  15. profiles
    Things Are Going Great for Jonathan Pryce. Maybe Too GreatThe papal buddy comedy The Two Popes is earning Jonathan Pryce serious Oscar buzz. Is the other shoe about to drop?
  16. sure!
    Yes, The Aeronauts Is an Actual MovieFelicity Jones and Eddie Redmayne star in a biopic of Victorian hot-air balloonists, a sentence that describes a real movie and not a 30 Rock parody.
  17. oscar futures
    After a Late Entrance to the Oscar Race, Can 1917 Go Over the Top?Sam Mendes’s single-take war film stormed into the awards race over the weekend. Can it be a major contender?
  18. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Will Voters Recognize Tom Hanks As Mr. Rogers?Plus, how the Spirit Award nominations shook up the indie lane of the awards race.
  19. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Ford v Ferrari Speeds Into a Crowded LaneWith The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and 1917, the dad-movie lane in this year’s race is awfully crowded. Can Ford v Ferrari sneak in?
  20. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Marriage Story Put Up a Fight in Best Picture?Noah Baumbach’s divorce drama is being hailed as one of the best films of the year. Can it make some noise in the top categories?
  21. the king
    How The King Rewrites Shakespeare’s Most Famous DialogueIn the immortal words of the Bard, “Come for me, big dog!”
  22. oscars 2020
    The Oscars’ New International-Film Controversy, ExplainedWith Nigeria’s Lionheart denied entry into the renamed Best International Film category, the Academy has introduced a conundrum with no easy answers.
  23. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Harriet Carry Cynthia Erivo to EGOT Glory?Critics agree: The much-awarded actress gives a good performance in a biopic that’s just okay.
  24. theories
    Is the New Game of Thrones Prequel About the Dance of the Dragons?HBO is staying mum, but signs point to a spinoff focusing on the Targaryen civil war.
  25. role call
    Cynthia Erivo Answers Every Question We Have About Widows“I always think that it will be one of those things that people will go back and think, Oh my gosh, this was really, really good!”
  26. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Little Women Marches Into the Best Picture FieldEarly viewers agree that Greta Gerwig’s literary adaptation could make capital addition to the awards race.
  27. joker
    An Afternoon at the Joker Stairs, New York’s Newest Tourist AttractionOn the weekends, crowds start arriving to this unassuming corner of the Bronx as early as nine o’clock in the morning.
  28. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Bombshell Explodes Into the Best Actress RacesThe Fox News sexual-harassment drama launched its first-look screenings last weekend, and the impact was palpable.
  29. watch the seagulls
    The Lighthouse Might Be Even Trippier Than The WitchRobert Eggers’s follow-up to The Witch stars Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe as masturbating lighthouse keepers.
  30. oscar futures
    Your Guide to This Year’s Best Actor BloodbathThe Best Actor field has been weak in recent years, but 2019’s crop boasts ten-plus serious claimants. Which of them will make it in?
  31. how mysterious
    ‘Heel It Now, Dig?’: Rian Johnson Revisits the Mystery of Brick13 years later, the director of Knives Out walks us through the lessons he learned making his high-school-noir debut.
  32. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Parasite Worm Its Way Into Best Picture?Bong Joon-ho’s dark satire hits theaters in New York and Los Angeles this week, and American viewers finally get to see what all the fuss is about.
  33. oscar endings
    Let’s Talk About the Ending of JokerHow much of this movie was real, and how much was fantasy?
  34. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Scorsese’s The Irishman Looks Like a Major ContenderThe crown jewel of Netflix’s Oscar hopes made an impressive debut at the New York Film Festival.
  35. faq
    Everything You Wanted to Know About Joker But Were Too Freaked Out to AskIs Joker actually an incel? And how similar is it to that leaked script?
  36. vulture investigates
    How Similar Is Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker to Steve Miller’s ‘Joker’?He’s a joker, sure, but is he a smoker and a midnight toker?
  37. vulture lists
    The 19 Most Twisted Things Joker Does in Joker, RankedA comprehensive list of deviant acts the Joker performs in Joker, ranked from least to most evil.
  38. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Are Jojo Rabbit and Joker Too Divisive for Oscar?Whatever debates Taika Waititi’s film may inspire are probably nothing compared to what’s going on with Todd Phillips’s movie right now.
  39. encounter
    Shopping for Books With The Goldfinch’s Aneurin BarnardWith three different projects premiering at TIFF, you’re going to be seeing a lot of the 32-year-old Welsh actor.
  40. oscar futures
    Could Hustlers Scam Its Way Into the Oscars Race?The grifter-strippers movie has been receiving rave reviews, and pulled in over $30 million opening weekend. Will awards voters buy a dance?
  41. toronto film festival 2019
    In the New Biopic Harriet, God Gives Harriet Tubman SuperpowersIt’s a straightforward historical epic about a national hero, except when it’s not.
  42. toronto film festival 2019
    Your Guide to the Tearjerkers of TIFFHere are all the movies that are sure to get your faucets flowing this fall.
  43. toronto film festival 2019
    In Defense of The GoldfinchHalfway through the festival, TIFF seems to have picked this year’s catastrophe. So now I feel mildly compelled to defend it.
  44. toronto film festival 2019
    Finally, a Movie With Christian Bale Talking in His Real VoiceHis version of racing legend Ken Miles in Ford v Ferrari is possibly the most British character onscreen at this year’s TIFF.
  45. backstories
    90 Branzinos Later: The Story Behind The Amazing Spider-Man’s Awkward DinnerSeven years after its debut, why does the fish loom so large in our memories? The food stylist responsible for it all explains.
  46. toronto film festival 2019
    People Are Going to Have Lots of Arguments About Jojo RabbitUnlike many of the dutiful, middlebrow entries at TIFF, this is not a film that tends to inspire bland reactions.
  47. toronto film festival 2019
    Like Cannes, TIFF Is Falling Hard for Portrait of a Lady on FireIt’s tempting to call Céline Sciamma’s film this year’s Call Me by Your Name, but to watch it is to descend into a different kind of trance.
  48. fall preview 2019
    A Way-Too-Early Guide to the Wild, Abbreviated 2020 Oscar SeasonThe 2020 Oscars ceremony will take place on February 9, about three weeks earlier than usual. How will that shake up the Academy Awards race?
  49. toronto film festival 2019
    The 20 Most Anticipated Movies at the 2019 Toronto Film FestivalIncluding Parasite, Uncut Gems, Jojo Rabbit, and Marriage Story.
  50. the troubles
    My Northern-Irish Family Reviews Derry Girls“If you grow up somewhere war-torn, it’s quite different from what you would imagine, especially for young people.”
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