Oscar Smackdown Oscar picks its battles. Place your bets. Awards Movies Peter Travers Feb 27, 2026 — 17 min read
The 10 Best Movies of 2025 As corporate mergers up the threat to grind movies into marshmallow, 10 films emerged that swam hard against the sellout tide of compromise. Catch them while you can. Movies Lists Peter Travers Feb 19, 2026 — 10 min read
Spotlight: The 10 Best TV Shows of 2025 The Emmys love giving gold to the same old stuff, but this list is all about the shock of the new and the shows that dared to reinvent what came before. TV + Streaming Lists Peter Travers Feb 13, 2026 — 10 min read
Clockwise from top: “Josephine,” The Invite,” The Weight,” “Nuisance Bear,” and me The Best of Sundance The festival has lost its founder Robert Redford and soon its Utah home, but its indie film spirit shines as bright as ever. Movies Lists Peter Travers Feb 6, 2026 — 5 min read
Oscar Snubs and Surprises 2026 Inglorious Oscar can be a mean old bastard—just look at the punishments he’s doling out with this year’s nominations. Movies Lists Peter Travers Jan 30, 2026 — 6 min read
Actors Stellan Skarsgård and Renate Reinsve are just two of the winners for the Norwegian drama “Sentimental Value” at the European Film Awards European Film Awards These off-Hollywood prizes are a timely reminder for Oscar voters that greatness is not confined to films in the English language. Screening Room In the News Peter Travers Jan 23, 2026 — 2 min read
The Travers Take on the ground at Sundance 2026 for the Festival’s last time in Park City, Utah. Sundance Preview Here are a few of the goodies we can’t wait to see at the 2026 Sundance Film Festival. In the News Screening Room Peter Travers Jan 16, 2026 — 2 min read
The big box office winner for 2025’s final week was “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” from 20th Century Fox Top 10 Box Office Hits of the Week Three movies for grownups managed to sneak in among the kid stuff during the last week of 2025. I’m encouraged. In the News Screening Room Peter Travers Jan 2, 2026 — 2 min read
