| CONSCRIPTS | Reads reviews about premiere of picture The Virgin Soldiers? |
| VERNAL | Open to bribery about premiere of Rite of Spring (6) |
| TOBOLDLY | Mission of "Virgin Soldiers" or 10 21, with famous 16? (2,6,2,5,2,3,3,4,6) |
| SEANPENNNOTICES | Movie reviews about Madonna's ex? |
| NIB | Where one might file bad reviews about writer? |
| CRUMPLE | Cruel reviews about politician will fold (7) |
| MAIDEN | Virgin soldiers accepting assistance? (6) |
| ENLARGE | Increase the size of the picture, the General ordered (7) |
| ALJOLSON | Star of the first talking picture The Jazz Singer (1927) |
| LYNCHPIN | Hang picture - the first at home, of person vital to the business (8) |
| ARGO | It won the Oscar for Best Picture the year after "The Artist" |
| PENTATONICSCALE | Notice pleasant review about first of compositions in a group of five notes (10,5) |
| ACOUSTIC | Caustic review about old type of guitar (8) |
| SHAPE | Dark fantasy film that won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Picture, The _ of Water (5) |
| BAIRD | Scottish engineer who in 1925 successfully transmitted the first television picture. the head of a ventriloquist's dummy (4,5,5) |
| JOHNLOGIE | Scottish engineer who in 1925 successfully transmitted the first television picture. the head of a ventriloquist's dummy (4,5,5) |
| EDWARD | Picture the king of cutting-edge digital design? (6,12) |
| SHAPEOF | Film that won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Picture, The ___ Water (5,2) |
| OFWATER | Film that won the 2018 Academy Award for Best Picture, The Shape _ (2,5) |
| PORTRAIT | Picture the orientation of a page (8) |
