The Academy Awards are Sunday and it's that one night of the year when everyone is a film critic. What was your favourite Oscar-nominated movie or performance this year? (Mine: BlacKkKlansman, which left me speechless in the final scenes.)
To help you get ready for Hollywood's big night, I've assembled several great movie-related reads from around The Conversation global network.
Have a great weekend and we'll be back in your Inbox on Monday.
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Weekend Reads
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Alejandro Hernandez, Carleton University
Director Alfonso Cuarón's 'Roma' has received 10 Oscar nominations. Here, a sociologist explains the hidden historical and cultural context of the film.
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Nikki Martyn, University of Guelph-Humber
Even superheroes can't do it alone -- relationships are the most important factor in protecting us from negative outcomes and teaching us adversity doesn't have to be harmful.
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Benjamin Woo, Carleton University
Black Panther arrives at a moment of possibility. Its popularity demonstrates that people are crying out for chances to see themselves and their communities portrayed with dignity—as heroes.
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Stuart Richards, University of South Australia
The new film from Moonlight writer and director Barry Jenkins delivers on high expectations.
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Dorinne Kondo, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Numbers alone don't relay the importance of people seeing their own experiences and lives mirrored in popular culture.
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Cheryl Thompson, Ryerson University
Stereotypes of Black women continue to impact how they are treated in institutions.
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Mary Harrod, University of Warwick
The hit film about a lesbian Queen Anne is the latest in a wave of films, TV series and books which make woman on woman sexuality a central theme.
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David James, Manchester Metropolitan University
A new film tells the moving story of the twilight years of comedy's most successful double act.
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Meredith Miller, Cardiff University
Virginia Woolf's satire of readers who use easily accessible art to acquire class and culture might just reveal why certain films win awards like Oscars.
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Julie Lobalzo Wright, University of Warwick
There has been a stream of bad publicity in the lead-up to the film industry's night of nights.
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