The Top Films of 2009, if Film Critics Ran the Oscars

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It's that magical time of year when film critics convene to vote for their favorite actors, directors and movies. Academy voters, take note More »

Photos: And the Oscar Fashion Winners Are ...

TIME's Belinda Luscombe rates the best and worst of the gowns at the 2010 Academy Awards More »
Photos: Top 10 Post-Oscar Busts

You've won an Oscar! Now what? For these 10 Academy Award winners ... nothing. A look at the worst post-Oscar careers in movie history More »
The Oscar Race: TIME Picks the Winners

TIME's Richard Corliss picks this year's Oscar winners, from the sure things (Mo'Nique) to the nail-biters (The Hurt Locker vs. Avatar) More »
The 2010 Oscar Nominations: Who Will Win?

Is this Jeff Bridges' year? Will Meryl Streep be blindsided by Sandra Bullock? Can Avatar's box-office clout be converted into Oscar gold? Richard Corliss surveys the 2010 Oscar nominations More »
Portraits of the Acting Nominees

Our annual tribute to the actors and actresses whose work this year lit up the screen More »
Handicapping the Best Picture Oscar

Everything you need to know about the 10 Oscar nominees More »
Top 10 Oscar Nomination Snubs

The list of movie greats who never won an Oscar — Charlie Chaplin, Greta Garbo, Alfred Hitchcock — is long and sad. Here are 10 of the Hollywood classics the Academy ignored come nomination time More »
Photos: James Cameron's Best Special Effects

A look at how the acclaimed director has utilized state-of-the-art technology to bring his films to life More »
All-TIME 100 Movies

Presenting the 100 best films as chosen by TIME's movie critics Richard Corliss and Richard Schickel More »