Alan Chapman/Dave Benett/WireIma Steven Spielberg believes “The Dark Knight” should have been the first blockbuster nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars. The 76-year-old director ...

Since The Dark Knight debacle the Oscars have continued to make adjustments to the voting process for Best Picture. Two years after introducing the mandatory 10 nominees, the Academy dropped it in ...

It was reintroduced in 2009, when the Oscars expanded the best picture field from five to 10 nominees following outcry over the apparent snub of “The Dark Knight,” Christopher Nolan’s ...

“The Dark Knight” was released in 2008 and acted in part as a catalyst for the Academy’s decision to expand the Best Picture nominations list. The film was nominated for eight ...

The acknowledgment arrives 10 years to the week after DC’s “The Dark Knight ... actor Oscar for Heath Ledger. But that superhero movie’s infamous passing over for best picture nominees ...

From the Oscars to the Emmys ... to be a pitiable hellhole in need of salvation and a reminder to change its errant ways, a trope that goes back to the days of Manifest Destiny.” ...