Your Literary Guide to the 94th Academy Awards
What to Read and Who to Root for, According to Us
Sure, we’re a website about books—but does that preclude us from having opinions about movies? Nope! (Especially not when said films are based on books, which by our count is 50 percent of the Best Picture noms this year.)
In advance of Sunday night’s ceremony, we’re recommending what to read (and watch) to complement the nominated films (and some worthy un-nominated ones, too). Follow along with us on Twitter at 8 p.m. ET!
Best Pictures
What to read (and watch) if you liked the Best Picture nominees.
Nominated: Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Director, Sound, and Original Song
Stream it on: Amazon Prime
Nominated: Best Picture, Supporting Actor, and Best Adapted Screenplay
Stream it on: Apple TV+
Nominated: Best Picture, Director, International Feature Film, and Adapted Screenplay
Stream it on: HBO Max
Nominated: Best Picture, Original Screenplay, Score, and Film Editing
Stream it on: Netflix
Nominated: Best Picture, Director, Costume Design, Sound, Original Score, Adapted Screenplay, Film Editing, Makeup and Hairstyling, Cinematography, Production Design, and Visual Effects
Stream it on: HBO Max
Nominated: Best Picture, Lead Actor, Supporting Actress, Original Screenplay, Film Editing, and Original Song
Stream it on: HBO Max, Amazon Prime
Nominated: Best Picture, Original Screenplay, and Director
Stream it on: Amazon Prime
Nominated: Best Picture, Cinematography, Production Design, and Costume Design
Stream it on: HBO Max, Hulu, Amazon Prime
Nominated: Best Picture, Original Score, Film Editing, Sound, Production Design, Cinematography, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Actor, Adapted Screenplay, and Director
Stream it on: Netflix
Nominated: Best Picture, Supporting Actress, Director, Cinematography, Production Design, Costume Design, and Sound
Stream it on: HBO Max
More Nominated Films
Is The Lost Daughter a Horror Film?
Nominated: Leading Actress (Olivia Colman), Supporting Actress (Jessie Buckley), Adapted Screenplay (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
Stream it on: Netflix
The Great Jessie Buckley is One to Watch
Nominated: Supporting Actress (The Lost Daughter)
Stream it on: Netflix
Let’s Talk About Bruno: In Encanto’s OCD Allegory, the Weird Brother Deserves Better
Nominated: Animated Feature Film, Original Song
Stream it on: Disney+
The Tragedy of Macbeth is a Breathtaking Exercise in Transformation
Nominated: Leading Actor (Denzel Washington)
Stream it on: Apple TV+
On the Woolfian Spirit of The Worst Person in the World
Nominated: International Feature Film, Original Screenplay
Honorable Mention
These 2021 films won’t be spotlighted at the Oscars ceremony, but they got their moment at Lit Hub dot com—and really, isn’t that just as prestigious?
The Green Knight Unmakes a Classic—to Unsettling and Glorious Effect
Stream it on: Amazon Prime, Showtime
Watching a Magazine, Reading a Movie: On Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch
Stream it on: HBO Max, Amazon Prime
Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: In the Resurgence of Folk Horror, We Are the Villains
Stream it on: Amazon Prime, AMC+
“The Uterus and the American Dream.” Art-Making and Domestic Labor in Bergman Island
Stream it on: Hulu, Amazon Prime
Into The Matrix: How Trinity’s Rise Responds to the Witch Hunts of the Early Aughts
Stream it on: Amazon Prime
Prayers for the Stolen: How Two Artists Portray the Violence of Human Trafficking in Mexico
Stream it on: Netflix
KIMI Proves That Pandemic Movies Can Actually Be Good
Stream it on: HBO Max
Older, Grayer, Sober: Aging Alongside the Jackass Dudes
Stream it on: Paramount+
