Chloé Zhao's film took home three of the top awards while Anthony Hopkins won Best Actor for 'The Father' at the 93rd Academy Awards
2 min read26 Apr 2021The producers of the 93rd Academy Awards have spelt out plans for the ceremony and said Covid-19 safety procedures would be integrated
4 min read19 Apr 2021Oscar-nominated documentaries 'Time' and 'My Octopus Teacher' show there's no fixed approach to intensely personal non-fiction
5 min read6 Apr 2021Producers say the Academy Awards in April will be an in-person gathering, limited to nominees, presenters and their guests
2 min read19 Mar 2021At the 93rd Academy Awards, 'Mank' leads a relatively diverse slate, with two women—Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell—nominated for Best Director for the first time
2 min read15 Mar 2021The pandemic has messed with the machinery of the Oscar season and reminded us that there are more fruitful ways to engage with cinema
3 min read3 Feb 2021Lijo Jose Pellissery, the maker of India’s Oscar entry this year, is a driven, perfectionist director who accepts success and failure with equanimity
7 min read3 Dec 2020Unlike Hollywood, where inclusion riders and #OscarsSoWhite are part of the conversation, Indian cinema has yet to reckon with the many communities it excludes
4 min read15 Sep 2020Unlike Hollywood, where inclusion riders and #OscarsSoWhite are part of the conversation, Indian cinema has yet to reckon with the many communities it excludes
4 min read15 Sep 2020The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which has been criticized for honoring few movies and creators of color, said the standards represent a new phase of a 5-year effort to promote diversity on and off screen
1 min read9 Sep 2020