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‘Oppenheimer’ dominates the Oscar nominations, as Gerwig is left out for best director

Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic will be up for 13 awards, followed by Poor Things with 11 and Killers of the Flower Moon with 10. Barbie, the year’s highest-grossing film, got 8 nominations.

Nominees for the Academy Awards are out

The nominees for the 96th Academy Awards have been announced in Beverly Hills, Calif.

Oscar nominations: ‘Barbie’ and ‘Oppenheimer’ are expected to figure prominently

Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced Tuesday morning in Beverly Hills. Awards season has already provided some guidance about the favorites.

‘Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell’ is a film where a big screen makes a big difference

This drama about a young man’s journey with his 5-year-old nephew into the Vietnamese countryside is composed mostly in long, unbroken takes — to quietly mesmerizing effect.

It’s the 40th edition of Sundance — but the festival is looking forward, not back

“You won’t see us being too nostalgic …” says festival director Eugene Hernandez. “The best way to honor the history of Sundance and the history of independent storytelling is by looking ahead.”

‘Rustin’ is the story of a civil rights icon organizing the 1963 March on Washington

NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe speaks to Colman Domingo, star of the movie “Rustin,” about civil rights icon Bayard Rustin’s work. Activist Rachelle Horowitz, who helped Rustin organize the 1963 march, joins.

‘Zone of Interest’ follows the family life of the Nazi commander at Auschwitz

NPR’s Scott Simon speaks with director Jonathan Glazer and star Sandra Hüller about “The Zone of Interest,” a film based on a Nazi commander and his wife who lived at the Auschwitz concentration camp.

After 2 nominations, Angela Bassett wins an honorary Oscar

Bassett was nominated in 1993 for her portrayal as singer Tina Turner in What’s Love Got to Do With It, and in 2022 for Queen Ramonda in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.

Hollywood’s award season honors 2023 movies. Let’s look ahead to 2024 films

The team at NPR’s Pop Culture Happy Hour has been anticipating some of the interesting movies coming our way in 2024.

They crashed in the mountains and turned to cannibalism. He focuses on the humanity

Director J. A. Bayona’s new movie Society of the Snow is based on the true story of the survivors of the 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes.

Sterling K. Brown recommends taking it ‘moment to moment,’ on screen and in life

Brown won an Emmy for his portrayal of Christopher Darden in The People v. O.J. Simpson, and another for his role in This is Us. He now appears in the film American Fiction.

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