With orange beanies, a roast pig and a mayor-elect, the New York premiere of A24’s buzzy Ping-Pong film was its own kind of flick.
Category: Academy Awards (Oscars)
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Oscars Reach Deal With YouTube
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said that it had reached a deal with YouTube for exclusive rights to the show starting in 2029.
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Will the Oscars Make Room for ‘Difficult’ Women for 2026’s Best Actress Category?
Rose Byrne, Jennifer Lawrence and Amanda Seyfried give great performances as women who buck convention. But some voters prize ‘likability’ above all else.
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Oscar Shortlists: ‘Sinners,’ ‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Wicked: for Good’ Lead
The lineups, which Oscar voters will choose from next month, include the new casting category, which was largely a dress rehearsal for best picture.
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Renate Reinsve of ‘Sentimental Value’, Talks Levity, Joachim Trier and Quantum Physics
“I would feel deflated if I couldn’t go into something deeply existential and explore,” said the Norwegian actress, who stars in the Oscar-buzzy “Sentimental Value.”
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Ryan Coogler on ‘Sinners,’ Chadwick Boseman and Why He Declined to Join the Academy
The director on what he’s thinking of post-“Sinners,” how the loss of Chadwick Boseman affected him and why he turned down the invitation to join the academy.
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What ‘Hamnet’ Lost (and Gained) on the Way From Page to Screen
The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son.
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Which Films Could Be Nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars?
“One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “Sentimental Value” are almost certain to be nominated. After that, it’s anyone’s guess.
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Tom Cruise Accepts an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards
The star was feted along with Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton and the production designer Wynn Thomas at a show that has become an awards campaign stop.
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Sally Kirkland, Scene-Stealing Actress, Dies at 84
She received an Oscar nomination for the 1987 film “Anna” but spent much of her prolific career as a go-to supporting actress in movies like “The Sting” and “JFK.”
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How Brawling Dramas Take the Fight to the Oscars
With their slow-mo punch sequences and actors’ body transformations, pugilistic films from “Rocky” to “Christy” have aimed for the academy’s approval.
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Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.