If the awards race hadn’t fully started before, it’s in full swing now. The first full week of 2026 saw a deluge of developments on the road to the Academy […]
Oscar Predictions via Feinberg Forecast: A New Year and a New Landscape
FYI Marty Supreme’s Timothée Chalamet returned to the Critics Choice Awards as a best actor nominee — a year being nominated in the category for A Complete Unknown, but ultimately coming […]
Wrap Video: We Debate What Oscars on YouTube Might Mean for Co-Streaming and Younger Audience
Hollywood was rocked this week with the news that the Academy Awards will move to YouTube starting in 2029 after 50 years on broadcast television, but TheWrap’s Steve Pond and […]
Why Lithuanian Oscar Contender ‘The Southern Chronicles’ Looks Like a Film From the 1990s
Lithuania regained its independence from the Soviet Union in March 1990, becoming the first former Soviet republic to do so. Its film industry has in recent years made waves on […]
Croatia’s Oscar Contender ‘Fiume o morte!’ Dives Into History for a Timely Study of Populist Autocracy
Writer and director Igor Bezinović (A Brief Excursion) grew up in Rijeka, Croatia. Formerly known as Fiume, which is still its Italian name, the city was the site of an […]
Egypt’s Oscar Hopeful ‘Happy Birthday’ Follows an 8-Year-Old Maid Who Is a Class Act in a World of Classism
This Oscar season, you may find yourself falling in love with an eight-year-old maid and celebrating Happy Birthday. That is the title of the coming-of-age drama film, directed and co-written by […]
Oscars: Tajikistan Picks ‘Black Rabbit, White Rabbit’ as Best Int’l Feature Submission
Black Rabbit, White Rabbit, a mystery drama by Iranian filmmaker Shahram Mokri (Fish & Cat), has been selected to represent the country of Tajikistan in the best international feature film […]
Ben Proudfoot’s Obamas-Backed ‘The Eyes of Ghana’ to Open Toronto Fest Doc Program
Oscar-winning director ’s The Eyes of Ghana, executive produced by Barack and Michelle Obama, is set to open the Toronto Film Festival’s Doc sidebar, organizers said Wednesday. Nova Scotia-raised and […]