Blockbuster season is coming with remakes, retreads, risky originals
The summer season is heating up, so we take a look at the buzziest upcoming films, including big sequels, superheroes, unnecessary remakes, and intriguing originals.
Get a glimpse of home with Oklahoma-made movies in April
🎬 April is all about Oklahoma-made films, from an indie comedy and a bleak, bloody streamer to some experimental shorts and the godfather of Okie blockbusters.
Spring up with films of lost souls, found families, and stirring music
There are some films springing up in the city’s indie theaters in April, each exploring themes of lost souls and found families, and each employing music in unique ways.
Perilous desert trek ‘Sirāt’ a transcendental test of nerves
Oscar-nominee "Sirāt" is a powerful, dangerous journey through a sand-blasted vision of faith, propelled by a groundbreaking sound design and a soul-wrecking plot.
Oscars 2026: ‘Sentimental Value’ quietly navigates family, art
Norwegian drama "Sentimental Value" might be the quietest film up for Best Picture this year, but it's got some powerful insights into art, family, and the ties between them.
Oscars 2026: Sports movies tackle American ego, competitive drive
This year's Oscars feature two sports movies up for Best Picture, both confronting the competitive spirit and both focused through the lens of American ego.
Oscars 2026: Poetry and power drive pair of stunning contenders
Best Picture contenders "Hamnet" and "Train Dreams" share a similar focus on tragedy, but also a welcome embrace of natural beauty and poetic emotion.
Oscars 2026: Genre noms boast monsters, maniacs, and yes, politics
With monsters, horror, and some serious paranoia, the "genre" nominees for Best Picture remain outliers, even as they boast some of the year's best performances.
Oscars 2026: ‘Sinners’ a cultural landmark of horror, music
🎬 With the Oscar race in full swing, box office smash "Sinners" is dominating nearly every category, but still doesn't seem like a lock for the biggest prize.
Timely political films bring lens of history to present day
February sees a slate of historical and political films spotlighting activism, whistleblowing, and nuclear testing, echoing present day concerns in OK and beyond.
Oscars 2026: Animated contender ‘Arco’ a colorful, powerful flight
🎬 Best Animated Feature contender "Arco" is a moving and exhilarating sci-fi take on childhood friendship, boasting eye-popping, vivid 2D animation.
Find yourself in these contemplative films of place and time
🎬 Local theaters are presenting a slate of films that place their places front and center, looking closely at the private, public, and iconic spaces we inhabit.
Oscars 2026: ‘The Secret Agent’ unravels tangled web of memory
🎬 Opening Jan 16th at OKCMOA, Golden Globe-winner "The Secret Agent" dives into the murky memories of life under corrupt, shadowy military rule in 1970s Brazil.
Oscars 2026: ‘One Battle After Another’ faces uphill battle
With the new year underway, all eyes in film turn, inevitably, to the awards race and the once again impending Oscar season. Here's the first of our coverage.
Dark indie drama ‘The Plague’ picks at horror of adolescence
🎬 Moving with the language and tone of body horror, psychological drama "The Plague" frames adolescence as a nightmare and boyhood itself as a movie monster.
