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Oscars-nominated ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ review: Sandra Hüller dazzles in this courtroom drama that puts a marriage on trial
Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, the contender for 96th Academy Awards in Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Editing, and Best Actress, is part legal thriller, part portrait of a marriage, part character study, and wholly a meditation on the elusive nature of truth.
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What exactly is the Golden Globe Award for Cinematic and Box Office Achievement?
Golden Globes 2024 | Other nominees for the award were: John Wick: Chapter 4, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Oppenheimer, Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, and Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part 1. A look at the pros and cons of having a separate award for box office hits.
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The Golden Globes 2.0: What to expect at Golden Globe Awards 2024?
After an extended period of scandals and bad press, the Golden Globes unveil a new avatar today. But has anything really changed?
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Year Ender 2023 | 5 binge-watch TV shows to bid goodbye to the year
A coming-of-age dramedy, a spy thriller, a mystery show, a rom-com, or a police procedural — you get to decide how you want to end this year in television.
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Oscars 2024 shortlist: Barbie leads with 5 nominations so far
Barbie leads the pack with five mentions, followed by Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon with four. But the surprise story is a strong showing from Spain’s Society of the Snow which also turned up on four lists.
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Year Ender 2023: 5 best Artificial Intelligence movies and TV shows of the year
From the hunt for Nirmata, the creator of AI, to Impossible Mission Force taking on the AI threat and Alia Bhatt and Gal Gadot join hands to save to the Heart.
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Maestro review: Carey Mulligan is the beating heart of Bradley Cooper’s musical biopic
Maestro is a masterful look at what made musical genius Leonard Bernstein tick. The decade-spanning biopic is anchored by Mulligan’s Felicia Montealegre in a fiercely compelling performance.
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Tribute: Brooklyn Nine-Nine's Captain Holt, Andre Braugher was an actor’s actor
Andre Braugher died from lung cancer on December 11, 2023. He acted in over 100 films and shows, and is best remembered today for playing Detective Frank Pembleton in Homicide: Life on the Street and Captain Ray Holt in Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
ENTERTAINMENT
Slow Horses review: Motley crew of MI5 misfits return for another thrilling mission
The third season of Apple TV+’s Slow Horses is off to a crackerjack start with a kidnapping and an unexpectedly hilarious attempt at a heist. Oldman’s spymaster is even more of a slob this time around, while Lowden’s failed agent can’t seem to catch a break no matter how hard he tries.
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Marvel Studios: Is the fairy tale over?
Marvel Studios has been the dominant creative force in global cinema for over a decade and a half. But its declining fortunes have come to a head with the dismal box office of The Marvels. Is this a blip or is this the death of modern superhero cinema?
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The Creator review: Clumsy and clunky colonial critique crashes on impact
Lone wolf and cub meets Blade Runner with touches of the Vietnam war in Gareth Edwards’ visually stunning but derivative sci-fi allegory. Is this the death knell for original big budget epics?
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Only Murders In The Building Season 3 review: Just how many murders in a single building is too many?
The third season of comedy Only Murders In The Building tackles the glitzy world of Broadway and goes big on guest stars like Meryl Streep and Paul Rudd.
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Obituary | To live and die in Hollywood: The Exorcist director William Friedkin (1935-2023)
William Friedkin was one of the defining voices of the New Hollywood movement, marking a shift from the studio-driven movies of the '40s and '50s to the era of the film director as authorial voice.
ENTERTAINMENT
Mission: Impossible | Tom Cruise and Ethan Hunt — Are they the same person?
The grammatically challenged franchise has always been defined by its producer and star Tom Cruise, but the last few instalments have blurred the line between the actor and the character.
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Barbie: Empathy and humanity through the lens of Greta Gerwig
With the recently released 'Barbie', filmmaker Greta Gerwig applies her unique brand of empathetic storytelling to the titular plastic doll. After 'Lady Bird' and 'Little Women', Barbie continues Gerwig’s feminist view of what it means to be a woman with agency and impact in the modern world.
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What next after the Oscars 2023? The Oscars 2024, of course
The ceremony is over, but the cycle never ends. Most studios already know which movies they are betting on for next year’s Oscars.
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95th Oscars: Who will win in the big six categories?
It’s new-age versus traditional at the Oscars. Will the Academy embrace the future or will the old guard push back? Here's who might call the shots in the six main categories.
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95th Oscars: Who will win the technical and the creative awards?
All eyes may be on the ‘big’ awards, but movies are a collaborative art form worked on by many different artists and technicians who should all be recognised for their contributions.
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Oscars’ most memorable moments
It’s great to see the brightest stars of Hollywood all come together under one roof, but the real magic happens in the spontaneous human moments.
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Oscars scandals through the years
From actors refusing awards to actors assaulting presenters, the Oscars stage has seen it all; here are five scandals in Oscars history.
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BAFTA 2023: ‘All Quiet on the Western Front’ wins big
The German-language anti-war movie received seven awards including Best Picture and Best Director, a record for a foreign film.
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What the Oscars can learn from BAFTA Rising Star Award
The American Academy Awards should take a leaf out of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts playbook and institute their own award spotlighting upcoming talent.
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Oscars 2023: What won, who lost or got a consolation prize at the 95th Academy Award nominations
Making sense of the nominations: cinemas are back; streaming is passé; the Academy uncharacteristically ignores movies about movies; and everyone loves a good comeback story.
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Michelle Yeoh's win is Jackie Chan's loss: 'Everything Everywhere All At Once' has won everything, everywhere, all at once at Oscars 2023
When Jackie Chan passed on the script, The Daniels rewrote the movie from a woman’s perspective, Evelyn, the immigrant laundromat owner. The genre-hopping maximalist epic garnered 11 Oscar nominations and 7 Oscar wins, including a historic nod for the legendary Michelle Yeoh, the first Asian woman to win Best Actress Oscar.
