‘Truths’ about Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Oscar chances
Marianne Jean-Baptiste has gained serious momentum toward a lead actress Oscar nomination with her performance as a depressed, caustic Londoner ...
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Oscars 2025: Who’s in for supporting actor and actress?
A month before our December awards vote, the Los Angeles Film Critics Assn. launches a group email thread for members ...
Why ‘September 5’ director Tim Fehlbaum wanted his actors ‘to really sweat’
With his latest film, Tim Fehlbaum wanted to find a way to add to our understanding of a horrific moment ...
Lessons in dying from very much alive Tilda Swinton and Julianne Moore
When “The Room Next Door” premiered at the Venice Film Festival in early September, the rapturous audience gave director Pedro ...
Will another international filmmaker prevail this Oscar season?
More films shepherded by directors who grew up outside of the U.S. may be getting nominated for best picture these ...
A sultry scene shifts in ‘The Brutalist’
The architectural wonder of writer-director Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar immigrant epic “The Brutalist” astonishes onscreen. The ambitious spectacle, which follows ...
Why RaMell Ross insisted on a distinct POV for ‘Nickel Boys,’ his feature debut
No two filmmakers travel the same path to their chosen profession. RaMell Ross has traveled one unlike that of almost ...
How Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson got under each other’s skin for ‘A Different Man’
When Adam Pearson was young, he rubbed elbows with celebrities. “I was at Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital, one of ...
Pablo Larraín: The music is the emotional map to ‘Maria’
Pablo Larraín practically sings when he talks about music. He was listening to John Coltrane on his walk over to ...
