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From the red carpet to the winners and the speeches, our experts dissect the 2024 Oscars.
Oscars will be handed out to winners across 24 categories, ranging from best picture to best costume design.
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Before you tune into Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, check out our coverage of the stars of this year’s show.
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This year’s picks reflect what most cinephiles already know: streaming is the last nail in the coffin in the shift away from cinema to television.
The movie ‘Barbie’ offers an example of what it takes for a revolution to launch.
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Before a revolution can take place, the oppressed first have to recognize that they actually do not have many rights.
In one sense, Barbie is already dead, cheerfully doomed to repeat the same pink day, devoid of food, conflict and sex.
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People might go to the movies to escape reality. Yet Barbie and Ariel choose to live in the world their audiences inhabit − and, in doing so, decide to die.
The Barbie movie has a lot of folks upset about the patriarchy. Here Barbie (Margot Robbie) referees a standoff between two Kens (Simu Liu and Ryan Gosling). Ken’s friend, Allan (not shown) is depicted in the film as a more suitable ally.
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The Barbie movie has caused a media storm, even before the photo of the pink-clad Canadian PM and his son circulated on social media. Much of the conversation has zoned in on men and masculinity.
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Movie tickets are nearly always the same price, whether the film is a flop or a sold-out blockbuster. Why? And how much more does a trip to the movies cost than 20 years ago?
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What would you do if the industry you work in could clone your skills, style and even the way you look and sound?
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The temptation to cash in on a global phenomenon might be strong. But Mattel has a history of fiercely protecting the Barbie brand with legal action.
There’s a difference between the fulfilling relationship mothers can have with their children and the patriarchal institution of motherhood.
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Being a mom can be heartbreaking, empowering, scary, fulfilling and everything in between.
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In bringing Barbie to life, Gerwig, Robbie and their team have created a smart, enjoyable, feminist film.
Ryan Gosling as Ken in the new Barbie movie.
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As the supporting player to Barbie’s star, Ken unwittingly becomes the locus of little girls’ expectations of and frustrations with masculinity.
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Are you for or against Barbie? Writer-director Greta Gerwig piles irony upon irony to finally render the question completely redundant.
Margot Robbie as Barbie.
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Barbie has had over 200 official careers. Often decked out in her signature pink, the doll has showed generations that they do not have to sacrifice their love of femininity in order to succeed.
Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as Barbie.
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While the film obviously appeals to women, it is men who really need to watch it.
Ryan Gosling (left) and Margot Robbie who play Ken and Barbie in the “Barbie” movie.
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Clever marketing of the “Barbie” movie and related merchandise have secured this iconic brand even greater recognition and financial success.
Barbie was developed in 1959 as a doll. Since then, she has evolved through a series of physical and digital iterations.
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Barbie is an icon of nostalgia — but she’s also a forerunner of the metaverse.
The film’s cast includes lesbian icon Kate McKinnon.
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Barbie has long functioned as a proxy onto which cultural aspirations and anxieties about womanhood are projected.
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Greta Gerwig, the director of Barbie, has had a unique career, moving quickly from in front of the camera to behind it - with great success.