Latvia made a splash at the 2025 Oscars by winning the best animated feature award for Flow. The small Baltic country’s submission for the 2026 best international feature film Oscar […]
Akinola Davies Jr. Confronts Family Legacy in U.K. Oscar Hopeful ‘My Father’s Shadow’
British-Nigerian filmmaker Akinola Davies Jr.‘s feature directorial debut, the semi-autobiographical Lagos-set coming-of-age tale My Father’s Shadow — a semi-autobiographical, Lagos-set coming-of-age tale — has had a remarkable year. After premiering in […]
Governors Awards: Tom Cruise Finally Gets His Oscar As Current Awards Hopefuls Turn Out in Droves
“Making films is not what I do, it is who I am,” said Tom Cruise, the veteran actor/producer and consummate movie star, as he accepted an honorary Oscar, in recognition […]
Governors Awards Arrivals 2025: Ariana Grande, Elle Fanning and More Stars on the (Black) Carpet
Governors Awards Red Carpet Photos 2025: Photos of Stars’ Arrivals Ariana Grande Image Credit: Photo Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images Governors Awards 2025 Elle Fanning Image Credit: Photo Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty […]
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 […]