Best Picture breakdowns: 'Beasts of the Southern Wild' review

Jan. 13, 2013
Louisa Chu reviews 85th Academy Awards Oscars Best Picture nominee 'Beasts of the Southern Wild'

Will 'Amour' take Oscar gold?

Jan. 12, 2013
This unflinching portrait of old age is difficult to watch, but also impossible to ignore.

Best Picture breakdowns: 'Lincoln'

Jan. 12, 2013
When Steven Spielberg makes a film, you expect a lot. And once again, he delivers.

Kelly Kleiman on Les Miserables

Jan. 11, 2013
If Victor Hugo were alive to see the film version of Les Miserables, he'd be spinning in his grave.

Best Picture breakdowns: Zero Dark Thirty

Jan. 11, 2013
With her follow-up to her Oscar-winning classic, Bigelow has delivered what will be remembered as her masterpiece, a decade-spanning look into the black heart of the CIA and the dark subconscious of the American psyche.

Best Picture breakdowns: ‘Silver Linings Playbook’

Jan. 10, 2013
A slightly slicker-than-usual Lifetime movie is all that Silver Linings Playbook really is. And that might be why it’s gotten so much Oscar love.