What to Watch This Weekend: The Oscars, The Traitors

One of the largest weekends of the yr for film lovers is right here: the 2024 Academy Awards. There’s no higher strategy to spend the lead-up to Sunday night time than by watching the nominated movies you could have missed, or rewatching those which might be on the high of your ballots. Additionally this week, a crop of latest TV reveals arrives on Netflix in addition to the top of the truth competitors present that launched Actual Housewife Phaedra Parks to the plenty. Right here’s what we suggest to look at this weekend.—Annabel Gutterman

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The 2024 Oscars

Capping off an awards season that is already seen one show’s host bomb his opening monologue, sparked controversy over perceived snubs, and given rise to a new top dog in Hollywood, the 96th Academy Awards are set to kick off at 7 p.m. ET—an hour sooner than ordinary—on Sunday, March 10.—Megan McCluskey

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The Regime

Kate Winslet is the reigning queen of the HBO miniseries. She redefined an iconic heroine in Todd Haynes’ Mildred Pierce and disappeared behind the grimace of an embattled small-town detective in Mare of Easttown, incomes Emmys for each roles. And she or he might nicely win a 3rd for her astute portrayal of the delicate, eccentric demagogue on the heart of HBO’s The Regime. The second episode of the collection hits HBO at 9PM on Sunday, and is out there to stream on Max on the similar time.—Judy Berman 

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Poor Issues

In Yorgos Lanthimos’ twisted gothic fairytale Poor Issues, Emma Stone is Bella Baxter, an ungainly, childlike lady beneath the care of a mad surgeon, Willem Dafoe’s Dr. Godwin Baxter. Dr. Baxter—whom Bella calls God, as a result of to her, he’s one—retains her sheltered in his rambling Victorian home on the outskirts of London. The mad physician has, fairly actually, made Bella what she is, a Frankengirl with the mind of a just-learning-to-speak toddler. The movie, which is nominated for a number of Academy Awards, is now accessible to stream on Hulu and Disney+.—Stephanie Zacharek

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The Gents

Man Ritchie’s new collection, which exists in the identical universe as his 2019 movie, is now on Netflix. The White Lotus and Divergent alum Theo James provides a dynamic efficiency as Capt. Eddie Horniman, the second son of a duke, who has discovered success as a military officer in lieu of the inheritance he assumes will go to his older brother, Freddy (Daniel Ings, very humorous). Referred to as again to the household property to bid farewell to his dying father, Eddie learns that the duke’s will names him because the inheritor. And now his issues—together with an $8 million debt to a neighborhood gangster—are Eddie’s issues.—J.B.

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The Program

Netflix’s new documentary collection facilities the tales of scholars who attended Academy at Ivy Ridge, a disciplinary boarding establishment that operated in upstate N.Y. between 2001 and 2009. Katherine Kubler, a survivor of Ivy Ridge, directs the three-episode collection, returning together with her former classmates to the defunct campus to unpack their horrific experiences.—Olivia B. Waxman 

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Play catch-up

The Traitors

The second season of the American Traitors simply wrapped up. When you haven’t been watching, now’s your likelihood to compensate for the present that mixes the mechanics of the get together recreation Mafia with the aesthetics of a retro cozy thriller, as round 20 contestants vie for a money prize of as much as $250,000. All episodes at the moment are accessible to stream on Peacock.—J.B.  

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