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By now, it’s a February ritual for Indian cinephiles to groan at Oscar snubs and doom-scroll r/oscarrace. The days stretch longer, the air thickens with awards-season gossip, and a carefully curated lineup of Academy-anointed films trickles into Indian multiplexes, courtesy of PVR INOX. The annual Oscar Film Festival — running this year from February 21…
Sean Baker poses with the Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film award for ‘Anora’ alongside Christopher Nolan at the 77th Annual DGA (Directors Guild of America) Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S., on February 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: REUTERS Anora was named the best film of the year by Hollywood’s directors and producers…
There are bad Oscar campaigns, and then there are campaigns so catastrophically self-inflicted that they make you wonder if someone, somewhere, lost a bet. The case of Emilia Pérez, once the clear frontrunner with a staggering 13 nominations, is increasingly starting to look like the latter. The musical crime drama from French director Jacques Audiard…
A still from ‘Anuja’ | Photo Credit: Netflix Indian cinema celebrates another Oscar nomination as Anuja, a short film backed by Priyanka Chopra and Guneet Monga, secures a coveted spot in the Best Live Action Short Film category at the 2025 Academy Awards. The nominations, announced by Bowen Yang and Rachel Sennott, mark a significant…
Stills from ‘A Real Pain’, ‘Anora’ and ‘Challengers’ The Writers Guild of America has unveiled the much-anticipated nominations for the 2025 Writers Guild Awards. In the Original Screenplay category, nominees include A Real Pain, Anora, Challengers, Civil War, and My Old Ass. Meanwhile, the Adapted Screenplay contenders feature A Complete Unknown, Dune: Part Two, Hit…
‘Anuja’ | Photo Credit: Netflix The acclaimed short film Anuja is set to debut on Netflix, offering global audiences a heartwarming and powerful story of resilience. Directed by Adam J. Graves, the film follows nine-year-old Anuja, played by Sajda Pathan, who works in a garment factory in Delhi alongside her sister Palak, portrayed by Ananya…
The Oscars 2025 nomination announcement has been pushed and the Critics Choice Awards have been delayed | Photo Credit: X/ @The Academy, @CriticsChoice A series of devastating wildfires have swept through Los Angeles, leaving destruction in their wake, with five lives lost and over 1,100 structures reduced to ashes. The fires have forced thousands to…
Suriya in ‘Kanguva’. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Suriya’s big-budget film Kanguva, which opened to mixed responses after its release on November 14, 2024, has made it to the contenders list of Oscars 2025. Directed by Siva, the movie is an action adventure also starring Bobby Deol and Disha Patani. In Kanguva, which had a…
‘Emilia Perez’ and ‘The Brutalist’ win big at the Golden Globes 2025 | Photo Credit: AP, Reuters The Golden Globes 2025 kicked off awards season with a mix of triumphs, surprises, and calculated clinches, leaving Hollywood, critics and prognosticating cinephiles pondering what it all means for the impending Oscars, now that the race is officially…
