Academy Awards
The speech Jonathan Glazer could have given
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 15, 2024
(RNS) — What would it look like if Jewish celebrities stood up for Judaism and the Jewish people? Maybe this.
Reeling religion: From anime and sci-fi to rom-coms, films are full of faith in unexpected places
By David W. Stowe — March 11, 2024
(The Conversation) — Plenty of movies have explicitly religious themes, but some of the most interesting examples of faith or transcendence on screen are much more subtle.
Greta Gerwig didn’t get an Oscar bid for ‘Barbie’ but she does get Genesis
By Dwight Lee Wolter — March 7, 2024
(RNS) — There’s a candy-coated biblical parallel to be found in the best-picture nominee.
What “Tar” gets totally right
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 14, 2023
Why are we so eager to be offended?
RNS Oscars: 10 movies from 2020 with spiritual angles you may have missed
By RNS staff — April 23, 2021
(RNS) — These films caught hold of some truth about faith or glimpsed the spiritual in the stories they told.
Riz Ahmed first Muslim nominated for Best Actor Oscar
By Joseph Hammond — March 15, 2021
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — Ahmed’s nomination comes for his turn in 'Sound of Metal' as a drummer in a heavy-metal duo who grapples with increased hearing loss.
Interfaith film misses Oscar, but raises hope in Africa
By Lauren Markoe — March 5, 2018
(RNS) — It spreads a message that many Africans say is too rarely heard: that people from different religious groups on the continent can be each other's heroes.
The best Jewish movies you never knew were Jewish
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 27, 2017
Was Rick in Casablanca Jewish? A guide to the hidden Jews of the cinema.
Oscars 2016: The S.S. Snoozefest
By Laura Turner — March 4, 2016
A look at the best and worst dressed at the 2016 Academy Awards...with a bite
Oscars and rape culture: It can’t wait
By Laura Turner — February 29, 2016
Can "Hollywood" talk about rape culture for a minute?
The sacred flaw in “Son of Saul”
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 29, 2016
There is a tiny inaccuracy in "Son of Saul." It only makes the film more sacred.
‘Son of Saul’ actor on God, faith and Auschwitz
By David Tereshchuk — February 28, 2016
(RNS) Hungarian actor Geza Rohrig was no ordinary actor among Oscar contenders. He is a poet, novelist and teacher -- and most of all an Orthodox Jew.
‘Spotlight’ was just nominated for 6 Oscars. But will journalists dig up the next faith scandal? (COMMENTARY)
By Bill Tammeus — January 15, 2016
(RNS) The diminution of investigative reporting places a deeper responsibility on faith communities to seek out the truth and to insist on transparency from authorities.
Why I love the Oscars, and you should too
By Laura Turner — February 24, 2014
The Oscars are narcissistic, indulgent, and a ridiculous waste of time for any serious-minded person. Except when they're not.
Interview: Joni Eareckson Tada voice behind Oscar nominated song
By Laura Turner — January 24, 2014
Joni Eareckson Tada, a well-known Christian writer and quadriplegic, is the voice behind this year's biggest Oscar upset, the song "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the film of the same name. She talks about her surprise at the song's nomination, singing on half-capacity lungs, and what she would wear to the Academy Awards.
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