Nate Jones

Good news (for me; it could be neutral or perhaps even negative for you) -- I'm writing an Obamacore book!

*in the voice of Sebastian the singing sea-crab* Nanny McPhee

There should be more songs about getting back in the game to burn off your shame, and ~dance with the big boys again~

personally the most fun thing about this whole moment is getting to watch @kn8.bsky.social cook on all things related to

It’s time to have the Amanda Seyfried Oscar conversation. The obvious question being: Is whatever she’s doing in her latest movie the kind of thing that could even be recognized by the Academy?

Meanwhile, for Oscarheads, here's a really interesting piece from @kn8.bsky.social about Academy vagaries and why Best Documentary might actually be a heavier lift than Best Picture. www.vulture.com/article/you-...

Nathan Fielder vs. the Academy's 'Pettiest' Voters: www.vulture.com/article/you-...

making "vote for [redacted]" t-shirts

I wrote about Nathan Fielder going up against the "petty little bitches" of the Academy's doc branch. (No spoilers) www.vulture.com/article/you-...

Watched the Eagles and Liverpool games on adjacent TVs, which raised an interesting philosophical question about the more embarrassing way to lose: to be comprehensively demolished, or to have victory in your grasp then toss it away at the very last second

A new Oscar season brings the return of my Oscar column! First up: a look at the overall field, and the question whether anything can beat The Odyssey. www.vulture.com/article/osca...

The 2027 Oscars race is shaping up to be a story of ‘The Odyssey’ versus everyone else. But as tempting as it is to imagine a Best Picture result set in stone, history tells us that there will always be a few surprises along the way.

Seeing the shovel movie later today, but in the meantime my colleague @kn8.bsky.social wrote this really smart piece about where the Tom Cruise Oscar narrative goes from here. www.vulture.com/article/tom-...

Tom Cruise is facing abysmal reviews of his new film, ‘Digger,’ even if critics still praise his performance in it. If the movie flops, can he still win an Oscar in 2027? ‘Gold Rush’ columnist Nate Jones sketches out his chances.

Just finalized my MFL roster! Real stars and scrubs vibes, and I will surely regret drafting 4 docs, but here's what I landed on:

A 28-minute video podcast where a bunch of Vulture staffers talk about their MFL teams -- now I've seen everything! www.vulture.com/article/vult...

No one will ever sum up DIGGER than @bilgeebiri.bsky.social remarking that the movie feels "like being stuck inside a tuba for two hours." www.vulture.com/article/revi...

Manifesting a Skyler Gisondo Oscar campaign: www.vulture.com/article/osca...

Here are the 2026 movies and performances we’d love to see get a big Oscars push. Some are festival titles (like ‘Possible Love’), others are early-season films (like ‘Send Help’). All of them deserve voters’ attention.

Miles Teller was the golden boy of my college class, so I can't tell you how weird it is to see him play a middle-aged dad in PAPER TIGER. Even worse, he has been groomed and styled to look disturbingly like ... me!

A movie that asks: What if we calibrated every decision for maximum annoyance, on purpose?

Lansdale mentioned.

Stephen Morris, founding member of Joy Division and New Order, discussed the highs of his career: ‘I love watching people dance to our music. It becomes like a superpower.’

Javis ... Bola Negra ... I liked it!

"I am not complicit" I love it I'm putting it on a shirt

I wrote about my favorite films at Venice, including the accidental trilogy about Thatcherism: INK (thesis), QUEER EDWARD II (antithesis), and OASIS: DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER (synthesis) www.vulture.com/article/the-...

How it started / How it's going

There was one moment near the end that made me go, "If Florian Zeller is indeed a total hack, here is how the next five minutes will go." And then the next five minutes went exactly as I feared.

Blur forgive me, I cried watching the Oasis documentary: www.vulture.com/article/oasi...

I thought this was going to be Lee Chang-dong's THE INVITE, but it turned out more like Mike Leigh's PARASITE.

You see how this looks, right? www.vulture.com/article/prim...

Are you ready for John Malkovich’s Best Actor campaign? After a triumphant Venice Film Festival premiere, Martin McDonagh’s ‘Wild Horse Nine’ is the season’s first major 2027 Oscar contender.

At Venice, honorary Golden Lion winner George Clooney is living out the end of ‘Jay Kelly’ in real life.

George Clooney's career achievement montage at the Venice opening ceremony began with footage of him watching a similar montage in JAY KELLY and ended, bizarrely, with him drifting off into space to die in GRAVITY.

Eleven movies we’re lining up to see at Venice this year, starting with the opening-night film, Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink,’ an adaptation of a play about Rupert Murdoch.

Forgot to mention, but: I'm in Venice! Here is a selfie I took in the bathroom this morning.

The Vulture Movies Fantasy League is back for season six! Here’s all the info you need to spend your fake money wisely.

back at @avclub.com asking the important questions, like, why do movies look like that now? spoke to a bunch of cinematographers, colorists, and editors to try to figure out what is going on: www.avclub.com/why-do-movie...

The conductor on this Amtrak train just told us that passengers in the cafe car must have their shoes on at all times, which felt pointed.

There’s some renewed interest in The Process, so here’s my timeline refresher. The Sixers are currently in what I call late-stage Process. It doesn’t end until Embiid is gone. Welcome LeBron. It’s been a journey.

Today we finally published a big list I'd been working on for months; The 100 Most Powerful Directors in Hollywood (as determined by me, with help from a handful of producers, publicists, agents and executives). www.vulture.com/article/100-...

Immediate entry in the canon of greatest threads of all time