American Fiction was a sleeper hit over the festive period, outperformed expectations at the box office, and landed a Best Picture Oscar nomination. Not bad! The comedy-drama, based on Erasure by Percival Everett, follows a middling literary fiction writer who is tired of the fact that black literature tends to fall into poverty porn and reinforce racist stereotypes (many believe that Push by Sapphire was partly responsible for inspiring Everett to write Erasure). 411e2l

To prove this is the case, he writes an incredibly offensive and poorly constructed novel that uses a particularly ghettoized form of ebonics and plays into every negative assumption white culture has about African Americans, only to find that it takes the incredibly white, incredibly privileged literature establishment by storm, leading to all sorts of prestigious awards nominations and shoutouts from so-called liberal establishments.

The book, and now the film, points out some flaws in the creative industries which have only become worse since Everett wrote it way back in 2001, and is well worth watching for that reason alone. It helps that the movie also has some brilliant names in its cast list, including Issa Rae and Sterling K. Brown, alongside leading man Jeffery Wright, who has put in an inspired performance. If you are a person of color in the literary industry, a lot of the action will undoubtedly hit close to home.

If you’re a fan of Everett’s source material, or have heard about the movie and think it’s something that will appeal to you, then you might be wondering: is American Fiction streaming? And, if not, where can you watch it? Read on to find out more!

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Currently, American Fiction is not on any streaming service, but it is available to buy or rent so you can watch it at home.

You can buy or rent American Fiction in ultra HD via Prime Video, Apple TV, and most other video-on-demand platforms.

What a year it has been for him. Awards season is now in full swing en route to cinema’s biggest night, the 96th Academy Awards. We’ve now got our hands on all the nominees, and despite a couple of letdowns, the race is mighty strong.

The biggest surprise among the list of nods for Best Adapted Screenplay was the absence of Killers of the Flower Moon, the Martin Scorsese Western crime drama epic, written by the veteran filmmaker and Oscar winner screenwriter Eric Roth.

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Cord Jefferson scored big in his feature debut, which he both directed and wrote, landing five Academy Awards for American Fiction, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. The biting and often hilarious examination of Black stereotypes in media is based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett and follows Best Actor nominee Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated novelist who accidentally becomes famous from a book he wrote as a satire of everything he despises.

American Fiction is only showing in theaters. No VOD or streaming date has been put forth by distributors Amazon or MGM Studios for now.

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The nominations for the year’s biggest film were all over the place at the 2024 Oscars. Unfortunately, Greta Gerwig couldn’t secure a nomination for her directing, but at least she and her other half Noah Baumbach were recognized for their screenplay. The fantasy comedy film about America’s most famous doll wasn’t affected by the last-minute switch from Original to Adapted Screenplay, based on the Academy’s differing rules from those of the Writers Guild of America.

Everyone and their mothers have probably watched Barbie at this point, but just in case you’re still catching up, it’s available to stream on Max. You can also buy or rent it on Apple TV, Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and all other usual spots.

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The latter half of Barbenheimer, Christopher Nolan’s epic biopic about the Father of the Atomic Bomb is one of the favorites to score big at this year’s Academy Awards. Leading the nominations with a whopping 13 nods, the Universal Pictures feature couldn’t miss out on Best Adapted Screenplay.

Christopher Nolan himself gets full credit for the script, which was unorthodoxly written in the first person and with lead actor Cillian Murphy in mind from the get-go. It’s based on the 2005 biography American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J. Sherwin and traces Oppenheimer’s life from a college student to the director of the Manhattan Project and his persecution by the U.S. government later in life.

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If I had a nickel for every time a collaboration between screenwriter Tony McNamara, director Yorgos Lanthimos, and star Emma Stone took the Oscars by storm I’d have exactly two nickels. It’s not much, but it’s really exciting that it’s happened twice. Poor Things is the trio’s second time all working together following the 2018 masterpiece that is The Favourite and it has resulted in 11 Academy Award nominations (three more than its predecessor). McNamara wrote the screenplay from the eponymous 1992 novel by Alasdair Gray.

In this Frankensteinian steampunk outrageous comedy, Stone plays Bella, a young woman who’s been resurrected with a new infant brain and must rediscover the entire world. It’s provocative and eccentric, and worth your time. The only way to watch it for now is in theaters. The film has no streaming or VOD release dates as yet.

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Rounding up the list of Best Adapted Screenplay nominees is Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, which he both directed and wrote. The American-British-Polish co-production takes from the 2014 novel by Martin Amis of the same title about a Nazi family building an idyllic home next door to the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Described as a ruthless examination of humankind’s complacency in the face of terror, this historical drama is only available to watch in theaters and has not been granted a digital release date.

The Oscars air on Sunday, Mar. 10, on ABC.

The 2024 Oscar nominations have finally arrived. As many predicted, the 96th Annual Academy Awards will see the final bout of “Barbenheimer”, with Barbie and Oppenheimer ringing in their final round with a swathe of battles across multiple categories.

But the much-coveted Best Picture category is anyone’s game this year. All ten films are worth watching, though some of them are considerably easier to track down at home than others. So, if you want to see what all the fuss is about, here’s how to watch all 10 nominees.

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American Fiction hit domestic theaters a month ago on Dec. 15, 2023 and is currently seeing a staggered release across international markets. Sadly this means that right now it’s both unavailable to stream and relatively difficult to find in theaters. That said, American Fiction is an MGM release and as Amazon bought the company, we suspect it’ll arrive on Amazon Prime Video sooner rather than later, and certainly before the March ceremony.

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Anatomy of a Fall had a limited theatrical release in Oct. 2023 and is now available to purchase online from the usual places. You can purchase or rent a digital copy of the movie from Amazon Prime Video, iTunes, the Microsoft Store and Vudu.

If you can wait, it’ll likely become available on Amazon Prime Video as part of its subscription package fairly soon as it’s a Lionsgate release.

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After cleaning up at the box office Barbie has made a similarly successful leap to home viewing. Greta Gerwig’s monster hit is available to rent or purchase from all the usual places, though is also included in the MAX streaming library for all subscribers.

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After performing above expectations at the Golden Gloves, The Holdovers is fast becoming an Oscar contender. You can purchase it at the usual places, but the movie is available to stream as part of the Peacock streaming library.

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Martin Scorsese’s violent epic may finally nab him the Best Director gong that’s eluded him for decades. You can purchase this movie at Amazon Prime Video and so on, but it’s available to stream as part of Apple TV Plus in its subscription package.

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Let’s keep this short and sweet. After a limited theatrical release, Maestro became available for no extra cost to all Netflix subscribers on Dec. 20. Check it out there.

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Christopher Nolan has been a big proponent of physical media, so pushed Oppenheimer‘s DVD and Blu-ray release back in Nov. 2023. However, the movie is now available to digitally rent or purchase, and will be available to stream domestically as part of the Peacock streaming library from Feb. 16. 2024.

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A24’s critically acclaimed indie drama very much deserves its nomination, and can be rented or bought at the typical places. If can wait just a little longer and have a Paramount Plus subscription you’re in luck though, as it’s going to be added to the “Showtime tier” for streaming on Feb. 2, 2024.

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Possibly the most bonkers movie of the line-up, Yorgos Lanthimos’ wild ride is still in theaters and is currently unavailable to rent, purchase or stream. We suspect that will change soon and it’ll debut on Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV Plus for purchase in the next few weeks. There’s no date for its addition to any streaming library, but as a Searchlight Pictures movie we’d expect it to debut on Hulu.

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Jonathan Glazer’s sobering and fascinating Holocaust drama isn’t going to be for everyone, but is a monumental feat of filmmaking. The Zone of Interest is still in theaters and cannot be streamed on any platform. However, we’d expect it to arrive as part of the MAX streaming library before the ceremony.