The Women Are All Right: ‘A League of Their Own’ and the Power of Belonging
It’s possible the reason I loved A League of Their Own so much was that it was a wonderland of amazing female athletes who occupied their own fully formed world.
UCLA Football Staff Pick Their Favorite Sports Movies
Sports Month wouldn’t be complete without hearing from real-life athletes and coaches.
Learning to Fly (And Fail) Like ‘Eddie the Eagle’
Throughout his journey Eddie Edwards is ridiculed at every turn, but he never stops working hard to get where he wants to be.
Ryan Winn on ‘The Sandlot’
The lead actor of the 2023 coming-of-age film What’s My Name Again? sweet-talks the 1993 sports classic.
BMX Stunts and Budding Romance? That’s So ‘Rad’
The culmination of ‘80s cinema is, of course, the BMX dance routine in the 1986 coming-of-age sports movie Rad.
5 Sports Movies for People Who Don’t Care About Sports
Some “sports-adjacent” films that will scratch your itch for rousing competition but not leave you wondering what the hell an “audible” is.
Blindspotting: Sports Movies
We watch a lot of movies, but we haven’t seen everything. This month we’re tackling our personal sports movie blindspots!
Kormac on Mogwai’s broody and enthralling ‘Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait’ soundtrack
The Dublin DJ, producer, and composer writes about his favorite sports movie soundtrack.
Top 10 Sports Movies
After intense tryouts, wrenching roster cuts, and a motivational speech for the ages, our team of Top 10 Sports Movies is ready to go for the gold.
Heroes Get Remembered, but Sports Month Never Dies
Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme, get on up, it’s Sports Month time!
Horror Oscar Snubs that Still Give Us Nightmares
The Academy is notoriously averse to nominating—let alone awarding—horror movies and performances that are nevertheless Oscar-worthy. Here are some egregious snubs that continue to haunt us.
7 times Steven Spielberg should have won Best Picture
It’s hard to believe Schindler’s List is the only Steven Spielberg film to win Best Picture. Here’s how I’d change that—if only in my dreams.
Blindspotting: Best Picture Winners
We watch a lot of movies, but we haven’t seen everything. This month, we’re tackling personal Best Picture blindspots!
Justice for ‘12 Angry Men’
In many ways, 12 Angry Men is a perfect case study that proves exceptional cinema only requires two things: flawless dialogue and performers with the range and dexterity to deliver it.
Interview: Author Michael Schulman on Oscar twists and psychodramas
12+1 questions with the author of Oscar Wars about The Muppets, being at the Moonlight/La La Land Oscars, one change he’d make to the Oscars, and much more!
Top 10 Best Picture Winners
No envelope mix-up here: of all 94 films to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards, these are the 10 best.
‘Moonstruck’ is the Perfect Dish
Perfect actors, perfect script, perfect setting, perfect emotion. After you watch Moonstruck, you can’t help but look back and think, what was in that recipe?
Black Women Filmmakers to Watch
In an industry that’s been historically unfriendly to Black female filmmakers, these women are making moves and movies worth seeing.
8 Times Black Artists Changed Cinema
The history of cinema is full of Black artists, performers, and activists who affected positive change in their time but often failed to receive their deserved acclaim.