The New York Times – Film:
“One Battle After Another,” “Sinners,” “Hamnet,” “Marty Supreme” and “Sentimental Value” are almost certain to be nominated. After that, it’s anyone’s guess.
Category: Academy Awards (Oscars)
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Tom Cruise Accepts an Honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards
The New York Times – Film:
The star was feted along with Debbie Allen, Dolly Parton and the production designer Wynn Thomas at a show that has become an awards campaign stop.
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Sally Kirkland, Scene-Stealing Actress, Dies at 84
The New York Times – Film:
She received an Oscar nomination for the 1987 film “Anna” but spent much of her prolific career as a go-to supporting actress in movies like “The Sting” and “JFK.”
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How Brawling Dramas Take the Fight to the Oscars
The New York Times – Film:
With their slow-mo punch sequences and actors’ body transformations, pugilistic films from “Rocky” to “Christy” have aimed for the academy’s approval.
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Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
The New York Times – Film:
His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.
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Pauline Collins, 85, Dies; Stage and Screen Star of ‘Shirley Valentine’
The New York Times – Film:
She often played a particularly British character: a bubbly yet resilient woman facing down the corrosive effects of everyday modern life.
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Samantha Eggar, Oscar-Nominated Star of ‘The Collector,’ Dies at 86
The New York Times – Film:
She also had leading roles in “Doctor Dolittle” with Rex Harrison, “Walk, Don’t Run” with Cary Grant and “The Molly Maguires” with Sean Connery.
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Kathryn Bigelow Returns to the Intersection of Facts and Thrills
The New York Times – Film:
Her newest, “A House of Dynamite,” about a nuclear missile headed to the U.S., takes up themes of power and violence that have long interested her.