Tag: Icarus
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Netflix’s ‘Take Your Pills’ Trailer: Watch How Adhd Drugs Became the Currency of College Campuses
Netflix won its second-ever Oscar Sunday for the doping documentary “Icarus,” and the site wasted no time readying its next exposé on performance-enhancing drugs. “Take Your Pills” will be a Day One premiere at SXSW this Friday. The 87-minute feature unpacks the $13 billion industry that exists for cognitive enhancements like Adderal and Ritalin.Director Alison…
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2018 Oscars Winners List: Sam Rockwell, ‘Icarus,’ and More — Updating Live
The 2018 Academy Awards are taking place on March 4 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The 90th annual ceremony will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and “The Shape of Water” is the frontrunner headed into the ceremony with 13 nominations.The full list of nominees is below, and the list will be updated live…
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‘Faces Places’ Wins Indie Spirit Award for Best Documentary Feature
“Faces Places” took home top honors at the 2018 Indie Spirit Awards, winning the trophy for Best Documentary Feature. Directed by legendary French filmmaker Agnès Varda and the modern artist Jr, “Faces Places” (“Visages Villages”) follows Varda and Jr as they travel around rural France, taking portraits of people they meet. The film has picked…
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Oscar Cheat Sheet: The 4 Films You Should See Before the Ceremony
The Oscars are only one week away, which means you have one week left to catch up on the big movies before the 90th Academy Awards. You may have been putting off catching up on everything, but now it’s crunch time. With seven days left, how should you best spend your time? Ideally you’d watch…