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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. oscars 2021
    After the Oscar Nominations, Who’s the Early Leader in Best Picture?After Monday’s nominations, here’s a rough ranking of the eight Best Picture nominees, from The Father to … well, no spoilers.
  2. oscars 2021
    Oscar Nominations: The Snubs and Surprises“Húsavík” made it in, Ma Rainey and One Night in Miami got snubbed, and LaKeith Stanfield showed up somewhere unexpected.
  3. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Our Last, Best Guess at the NominationsNow that PGA, DGA, and BAFTA have weighed in, who are we picking?
  4. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Surprise Globe Winners Keep Up Momentum?As Oscar voting gets underway this week, the Globes gave the Academy a vision of Nomadland and Andra Day triumphant.
  5. oscar futures
    How the Golden Globe Results Just Changed the Oscar RaceWith Oscar nomination voting beginning this week, how did the HFPA’s picks affect the race?
  6. golden globes 2021
    Who Should (and Will) Win at the Golden Globes This Weekend?Even in the middle of a pandemic, the Globes will go on, and so will our prognostication.
  7. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Why the Amazon Debate Won’t Hurt Nomadland’s ChancesWe suspect this narrative is likely to remain a Film Twitter-only thing.
  8. q&a
    Talking to the Film Critic Who (Maybe) Inspired Malcolm & MarieKatie Walsh might not be the white lady from the L.A. Times. But she is a white lady from the L.A. Times.
  9. the art of ending things
    The 101 Greatest Endings in Movies HistoryGood finales offer catharsis. The best deny us closure altogether.
  10. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Black Messiah Rise Again?After a disappointing showing at the initial precursors, late arrival Judas and the Black Messiah is picking up momentum.
  11. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Could Minari Be This Year’s Underdog Success Story?With glowing reviews, the Korean-immigrant drama is kind of emotionally potent contender that could do well on a preferential ballot.
  12. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: After Globe and SAG Noms, the Race Finally Gets RealJared Leto shows up, Glenn Close shows out, and The Trial of the Chicago 7 proves its bona fides.
  13. golden globes 2021
    The Biggest Snubs and Surprises of the 2021 Golden Globe NominationsEmily in Paris was nominated for Best Comedy Series?
  14. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Da 5 Bloods Storms Back Into the RaceTime has come today for Spike Lee’s Vietnam epic.
  15. fall movies fantasy league
    Nomadland and Soul Score Big on the AFI and NBR ListsA total of six movies appeared on both the American Film Institute and National Board of Review best-of lists.
  16. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Will the Malcolm & Marie Backlash Sink Its Chances?Critics have called the film “masturbatory,” “blinkered,” “shouty,” “hammy,” and “shrill.” (And those are the ones who liked it!)
  17. hollywood
    So You Want to Become a Working ScreenwriterIf screenwriting is your “spark,” what do you need to know? Soul co-writer Mike Jones explains the lessons he learned in the Hollywood trenches.
  18. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Nomadland Aces the Season’s First TestWith a trio of auspicious wins, Nomadland has solidified its status as the cinephile’s choice in the Best Picture race.
  19. backstories
    Before Cristin Milioti and John Magaro Were Breakout Stars, There Was This Ad …The stars of two of 2020’s best movies explain how a certain Coke commercial got us here.
  20. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The Fifth Awards Season of the Trump EraWednesday’s insurrection at the Capitol is a sign that, while we may be through with the Trump era, the Trump era is not through with us.
  21. fall movies fantasy league
    Fall Movies Fantasy League: The End of the Regular SeasonIn the final weekly installment of the FMFL column, let’s take a look back at the season that was.
  22. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Could the Globes Controversy Benefit Minari in the Long Run?The modest indie just got a groundswell of support at a time when other would-be contenders are struggling to break through.
  23. fall movies fantasy league
    Here Comes Wonder Woman 1984 to Shake Up the Winter Box OfficeThe superhero sequel was the first test of Warner Brothers’ controversial plan to debut its offerings on HBO Max the same day that they hit theaters.
  24. awards watch
    The Golden Globes’ Minari Controversy, ExplainedThe HFPA is at it again.
  25. fall movies fantasy league
    Fatale Is a Movie That Truly Does Not ExistOf all the movies that have not existed this fall, I doubt any of them do not exist more than Fatale does not exist.
  26. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Is It Time to Start Worrying About Mank?David Fincher’s Old Hollywood drama all but blanked at this week’s critics’ awards. Is it still a contender?
  27. jesus mary and joseph
    Why the Irish Love Making Fun of Wild Mountain Thyme“In the absence of having a right to be genuinely offended, we at least preserve the right to mercilessly take the piss.”
  28. chat room
    So, Why Does Bill Nye Play Upton Sinclair in Mank?As the Science Guy tells Vulture, it’s all thanks to his reputation for delivering scientific facts.
  29. fall movies fantasy league
    This Weekend at the Movies: The Calm Before the StormWe’re all just waiting for Christmas.
  30. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Can Midnight Sky Get George Clooney Back in Oscar’s Good Graces?The actor-director’s new space-survival epic sees him painting on a larger canvas than ever before.
  31. fall movies fantasy league
    How Awards Season Works in the Fall Movies Fantasy LeagueFilms like Mank earn points for good reviews, but the real haul comes later.
  32. the quarries
    The First (And Dear God, It Better Be the Last) QuarriesIn which we award the most original, absurd, scrappy, and ingenious works that shaped our year in quarantine.
  33. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: Is Tom Hanks’s Long Oscar Drought Over for Good?After 20-year gap between nominations, Hanks will look to go two in a row with the Western News of the World.
  34. vulture lists
    22 Actors Who Were in Both The Crown and The Iron LadyA veritable feast of middle-aged British character actors.
  35. fall movies fantasy league
    The Croods 2 Just Had the Second-Best Movie Opening of the FallThe Croods: A New Age won the Thanksgiving box office, pulling in $9.7 million over the three-day weekend.
  36. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: An Elegy for Amy Adams’s ChancesIt says something that even Amy Adams’s own fans don’t want the actress to win her long-awaited trophy for Hillbilly Elegy.
  37. vulture recommends
    The 59 Best Movies to Watch With Your Parents During QuarantineFor anyone who’s riding out the coronavirus at their childhood home.
  38. fall movies fantasy league
    Here Comes Wonder Woman 1984 to Save the DayThe Wonder Woman sequel’s simultaneous release in theaters and on HBO Max has the possibility to shake up the Fall Movies Fantasy League.
  39. oscar futures
    Oscar Futures: The Weirdest Race Ever BeginsUsually, we’d have a pretty good sense of the Best Picture field by now. This year, we can barely predict what’s going to come out.
  40. oscar futures
    Get Ready for the Weirdest Oscars Season EverAn early look at the extra-long, still slightly theoretical 2021 awards season.
  41. explainers
    The Crown Fan’s Guide to Margaret ThatcherDid she really not get along with the royals? Why did she win if everyone hated her? And is that how she really talked?
  42. fall movies fantasy league
    This Winter at the Movies, We’re All Waiting for GadotWarner Bros. is currently mulling whether to delay Wonder Woman 1984 to summer 2021, or use it to boost HBO Max.
  43. backstories
    The Climb Guys on the Real Friendship That Inspired a Toxic OneThe Climb’s Kyle Marvin and Michael Angelo Covino made Cannes fall for a tiny American comedy. Eighteen months later, it’s finally coming out.
  44. awards season
    Gothams Nominate Five Female-Directed Films for Best Feature for the First TimeMovies from earlier in the year also showed up well in the first nominations of this elongated awards season.
  45. fall movies fantasy league
    Wonder Woman 1984 Is the Only Blockbuster Left StandingWith Death on the Nile and Free Guy pulled from the schedule, the year’s box office rests on Gal Gadot’s shoulders.
  46. celebrity
    The Quarantined Stardom of Ana de ArmasIn the absence of everything that makes a star, Ana de Armas has still managed to become one — just not quite how she’d pictured it.
  47. fall movies fantasy league
    America Enjoyed a Little Come Play This WeekendThe horror film topped the box office to become the second-highest-scoring film in our Fall Movies Fantasy League.
  48. oscar futures
    Could Borat’s Daughter Earn an Oscar Nomination?Sacha Baron Cohen is clamoring for Maria Bakalova to get some Oscar recognition. In a wide-open race, can a comedic performance break through?
  49. trailer mix
    See the Trailer for Errol Morris’s Timothy Leary Doc My Psychedelic Love StoryA tale of LSD-fueled adventures, and FBI intrigue.
  50. fall movies fantasy league
    After We Collided Is the Worst-Reviewed Film of the YearThe romantic sequel joins the Antebellum Memorial Wing of the Fall Movies Fantasy League Hall of Shame.
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