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In some ways, the 96th Academy Awards had the hardest part of the job done for them. 2023 saw an abundance of films that were both creatively and commercially successful — the Holy Grail of a ceremony that aims to celebrate an embattled art form to the largest possible audience. Before anyone stepped foot in […]

Before a rushed ending soured the “Game of Thrones” fanbase on showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the duo had rightfully earned acclaim for wrangling a seemingly unadaptable series of books into a damn good adaptation. Author and screenwriter George R.R. Martin had written “A Song of Ice and Fire” as a partial response to […]

There are practical reasons why the American iteration of “The Traitors” has exploded in its second season, which concludes this week. The reality competition show doubled down on its casting of established reality performers, drawing on such disparate fanbases as “Survivor” geeks and “Real Housewives” devotees. Its platform, Peacock, wisely pivoted to a week-by-week release, […]