When did the Academy Awards start? A look at the first Oscar winners
Compared to today's Academy Awards, the first Oscars held in 1929 was a quaint dinner party that honored a history-making ...
Sundance 2025: 11 New Films with the Best Shot at an Oscar Run
IndieWire ranks the top Oscar contenders that premiered at Sundance 2025, including 'Kiss of the Spider Woman,' 'Train Dreams ...
That's just 'Psycho': These 10 classic movies never won an Oscar
The Academy Awards honor the best in film. But sometimes they strike out. Here are 10 classics shut out at the Oscars, from ...
Oscar Nominated Short Films Pack an Emotional Punch, From Ethnic Cleansing to Animal Poaching and Everything in Between
Last year, Yegane Moghaddam made history when her short “Our Uniform” became the first Iranian nominee in the category’s history in 2024. It didn’t take long for the country to repeat that feat this ...
Never mind 'Emilia Pérez.' Here's the Latin American-set Oscar film you should see.
There's something mildly remarkable happening this awards season. Two of the competing films going head to head in the best ...
Santa Cruz native scores Oscars Best Picture nod for ‘The Brutalist’
Gordon moved to Santa Cruz in 1977 as his father, Richard Gordon, became a professor of politics at UC Santa Cruz. The family ...
Why did the Oscars snub one of last year’s best movies?
Challengers got great reviews, made good money, and delivered Hollywood a rare adult-oriented hit. So why did the Academy ...
Oscars Best Editing breakdown: Why ‘Anora’ could pull off a surprise win
Film Editing is often the below-the-line Oscar category most frequently linked to Best Picture, even more since the Academy ...
Oscars Best Adapted Screenplay breakdown: ‘Conclave’ is the favorite, but may have to face the music
Best Director gets more attention at the Oscars, but this millennium has shown the writing categories are potentially more ...
Oscar-Nominated Rúnar Rúnarsson Wins Göteborg's Best Nordic Film Award for ‘When the Light Breaks,' as 'Memoir of a Snail' Nabs Best International Film
Prominent Icelandic auteur Rúnar Rúnarsson who was Oscar-nominated in 2006 for his short film “The Last Farm,” was handed out ...