Academy Awards
Grouping including guitarist pointed to Kneecap controversy, noting ‘how sad it is that those supporting their freedom of expression are the same ones most determined to restrict ours’
Donald Clarke: There has been speculation that this is good news for low-budget titles, but expect no seismic shift
Miguel Gomes won the best director award at Cannes for a film that is properly strange, in a way you don’t get from the mainstream
Documentary based on U2 frontman’s memoir will premiere in Cannes, while Paul Mescal will attend for The History of Sound
The actor, who recently starred in the Oscar-winning Conclave, arrives to Uberto Pasolini’s The Return as a known property – but is still also a bit of a mystery
Collection of 83 songs will include 74 that have never been officially released
Hamdan Ballal was hospitalised for his injuries
This tiny Latvian film hammered the giant studios in the race for animated feature at the Oscars
Hollywood came calling after she starred in Swimming Pool but the actor had other ideas
Film review: Gints Zilbalodis made this gorgeous feature-length animation entirely by himself
Flow, which the self-taught director made for $3.5m, beat Pixar and DreamWorks to take the Academy Award for best animated feature
Plus: Spot the film without a credit for Bono
The Academy Award can help move a director to the top of the heap – or make everyone involved lose the run of themselves and deliver a catastrophic flop
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Apolitical Oscars indicative of sense that world is sinking into total fatalistic malaise
Robert Pattinson and the rest of the strong cast manage to make something fleetingly diverting of this jumbled concoction
It might be early, but we’re betting on these 10 movies getting the all-important Oscars nod next year
How did the drama over best international picture end up? And who was left off the in memoriam tribute section this year?
Gowns holding space were popular this year, with Ariana Grande setting the standard in Schiaparelli. Among men, Timothée Chalamet stood out in ‘Kerrygold’ yellow
Mikey Madison beats Demi Moore for best actress prize as Adrien Brody is best actor, and Kieran Culkin and Zoë Saldaña get best supporting actor Oscars
The star of Happening, Being Maria and Traffic appears next in Bong Joon Ho’s futuristic new film, Mickey 17
Actors can be shallow and self-serving ... but so can the rest of us
Will Anora nab the Academy Award for best picture? Can Demi Moore edge out Mikey Madison for best actress? And how many awards might the troubled Emilia Pérez pick up?
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Hackman was among actors most responsible for changing Hollywood in 1970s, becoming a generation-defining performer
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to sons James and Henry ‘who have made my life so much more special than I ever truly thought possible’
It’s almost Academy Award weekend. From an inappropriate smooch to Envelopegate, here are the biggest limelight-stealing Academy Award moments
The former Baywatch star hasn’t always come out on top. But with her role in Gia Coppola’s gritty film The Last Showgirl, she is finally getting the respect she deserves
At 87, the actor and activist has become the face of a new luxury trainers campaign
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The film, based on the real story of the forced disappearance of a dissident in 1970s Brazil, is a box-office sensation in its native Brazil despite right-wing calls for a boycott
As the British and US film academies share many voters, the Baftas are a good indicator of what to expect at the Academy Awards
Adam Elliot has created a dark, antipodean fable of divided siblings
Oscars 2025: What has gone wrong for Emilia Pérez after its 13 nominations and triumphant awards season?
A taut thriller that unfolds against the backdrop of an increasingly draconian Iranian regime
The September 5 star broke through with films such as Boys Don’t Cry. His new movie is a taut account of the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics
The nail-biting thriller is one of the most-lauded films of the past year - and making it involved secret shoots as well as interrogation by Iranian authorities
Ignore all the whingers. Go to see the excellent The Brutalist. Take along an architect you hate. The film is 3½ hours long. They might actually explode with fury
Plus: Which movie star directed Saoirse Ronan in a 2014 feature
Aged 36, the auteur has already made three of the most remarkable films of the 21st century – including the one tipped to win this year’s best-picture Oscar
Plus: Who’s the host of this year’s Oscars?
‘We will have a few drinks and dust ourselves down,’ says writer and director Rich Peppiatt
Details of upcoming Irish film, television and animation projects announced at event held ahead of underwhelming Oscar nominations
Biopic of the West Belfast rap trio lost out on Oscar nomination for best international picture and best original song
Disappointment as Kneecap misses out and no Irish actors are nominated for an award
From The Brutalist to Wicked, to Emilia Pérez and Conclave, all the contenders, for the 97th Academy Awards
Saoirse Ronan, Cillian Murphy and Paul Mescal have struggled this awards season. Only a miracle will see an Irish actor get an Oscar nod
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The film industry’s highest honours will now be announced on Thursday, January 23rd
Jesse Eisenberg’s light-fingered second directorial effort is a touching, funny drama that allows truths to emerge subtly and sometimes ambiguously
The actor’s performance in Small Things Like These seems perfectly positioned for an Academy Award nomination. So what’s gone wrong?
Critics also favoured Ralph Fiennes in Conclave and Mikey Madison in Palme d’Or-winning Anora
Two Irish films, TJ O’Grady-Peyton’s Room Taken and Portia A Buckley’s Clodagh, land spots in the shortlist for best live-action short
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