Tow (2026)
Barb
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer
Octavia Spencer Movie Reviews
Spirited
Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Encounter
Hattie
Thunder Force
Emily Stanton
The Witches
Grandmother
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Sarah Breedlove
Onward
Manticore (voice)
Dolittle
Dab-Dab (voice)
Luce
Harriet Wilson
Ma
Sue Ann
A Kid Like Jake
Judy
Small Town Crime
Kelly Banks
The Shape of Water
Zelda
Gifted
Roberta Taylor
The Shack
Papa / Elouisa
Hidden Figures
Dorothy Vaughn
The Great Gilly Hopkins
Miss Harris
The Free World
Linda Workman
Fathers and Daughters
Dr. Corman
Zootopia
Mrs. Otterson (voice)
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Flying to the Moon: Ten Films About the Apollo Program
High-Spirited Naughtiness: Celebrating Terry Zwigoff’s Bad Santa
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TIFF 2021: Encounter, Earwig, Inexorable
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Welcome to Women Writers Week 2020
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Watch the Academy Awards and the Film Independent Spirit Awards This Weekend
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Playing it Luce: Questions for a complicated movie
Home Entertainment Guide: September 5, 2019
Chicago Critics Film Festival Announces Full Schedule, Special Guests
Black Women vs. The End of the World (Again)
How the Image of Black Women Has (and Hasn’t) Changed in the Last Two Decades
The Best Performances of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
The Best Films of the 2019 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance 2019: Luce, Big Time Adolescence, Them That Follow
Sundance 2019 Interview: Julius Onah on Luce
Backstage at the 2019 Golden Globes
Sundance 2019 Announces Competition, Premiere, Midnight Titles and More
Anatomy of a Relationship: Silas Howard on A Kid Like Jake
The Destiny of Abandonment: The Films of Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan
Diary of a Sundance Juror
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The Best Films of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival
The Shape of Water Tops 2018 Oscar Nominees
Congratulations to Steve James on Your Oscar Nomination
Sundance Film Festival 2018 Jury Announced
Women Rock the 23rd Critics Choice Awards
Three Billboards, Lady Bird Win Big at 75th Golden Globes
“The Shape of Water” Leads the 2018 Golden Globe Nominees
My Favorite Films of 2017
Sundance 2018 Announces Competition, Premiere, Midnight Titles and More
AFI Fest 2017: “The Shape of Water” Panel with Guillermo del Toro, Sally Hawkins and more
Will 2018 Have More Female Oscar Contenders Than Ever?
Oscars Could Be Facing Dearth of Diversity Yet Again
Cupid’s Arrow Pierced My Tender Heart at the Movies
TIFF 2017: “The Shape of Water,” “First Reformed,” “Darkest Hour”
The Greatest Show on Earth: Recap of the 2017 Telluride Film Festival
2017 Fall Movie Preview: 25 Films We’re Excited About
Home Entertainment Consumer Guide: April 27, 2017
“Moonlight,” “La La Land” Win Big at Academy Awards
RogerEbert.com’s Coverage of 2017 Oscar-Nominated Films: Table of Contents
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2017 Oscar Nominees Spotlight Diversity
Non-Stop Action, Festival Favorites and More: A Winter 2017 Film Preview
The Great Performances of 2016
The Individual Top Tens of 2016
AAFCA Hails 2016 As The Best Year For Blacks In Cinema
A Baker’s Dozen: 13 More Must-See Films of 2016
How the Fall Festivals Defined the Best Picture Race
#OscarsSoWhite and Extending Diversity
It’s time to stop making fun of the National Board of Review
“Life Itself” to be Honored at AAFCA Awards Gala
Speaking for a Generation: Kevin Costner, Anthony Mackie and Mike Binder on “Black or White”
TIFF 2014: The Awards Season Impact of This Year’s Fest
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Top Ten Lists of 2013 From Our Contributors
It Truly Is an Honor Just To Be Nominated
Critic Awards Begin to Shape the Oscar Race
Five Memories from My Year of Watching Women
New York Film Critics Circle and National Board of Review Start the Oscar Race
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Four Black Actors Vie for the Best Actor Oscar
Snowpiercer
Sundance Institute Honors Roger Ebert and Filmmaker Ryan Coogler
Artifice and Real Life: Cannes Report, May 16, 2013
A South Korean “Zodiac”
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Toronto #5: Loopers and the looped
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Complete list of Academy Award nominations
