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Awards season has taken a somber turn because of the deadly and destructive Los Angeles wildfires, which have left thousands without homes and caused billions of dollars worth of property damage. As a result, the race to the 2025 Oscars has understandably slowed. Oscar nominations are delayed until Thursday, Jan. 23, and voting is extended through Friday, Jan. 17, at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et.

For those at home who want to watch this year’s top contenders, there is still plenty of time beyond those dates. The 2025 Oscars remain scheduled for Sunday, March 2, and many of the presumed contenders and potential 2025 Oscar nominees are available to watch at home right now. Ahead, where to watch and stream some key 2025 Oscar contenders (as anointed by Gold Derby’s rankings). Once announced, this post will be updated with the 2025 Oscar nominees.

Anora

Writer-director Sean Baker’s empathetic portrait of a Brooklyn sex worker...

Nominations voting is from January 8-17, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 23, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

In recent years, recognizable names have flooded the Best Live Action Short category, with two of the last three winners being Wes Anderson and Riz Ahmed, both previously nominated in different categories.

This time around, the celebrity presence is more subtle, though even if there were a flood of already acclaimed directors giving short films a go again, the Short Films branch would probably reject them if it at all felt like a shameless Oscar grab.

The film right on the fence of this internal debate is “Dovecote,...

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.

In a cinematic year as rich and ripe for discovery as any of the most illustrious years in recent memory, 2024 was graced with luminaries operating at their highest level: Denis Villeneuve with the riveting second chapter of Dune; Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala taking on a niche domestic horror epidemic; Brady Corbet tackling the midcentury American dream; Robert Eggers mustachio’ing one of film’s most frightening monsters; Sean Baker bringing the Palme d’Or back to the U.S. for the first time since 2011. Long-gestating stories from living legends: Catherine Breillat on the most devastating age gap romance you can imagine; Víctor Erice on celluloid memory; Paul Schrader on an artist’s mortality; Francis Ford Coppola on everything; Leos Carax on himself. Newcomers we couldn’t...

One month ago, we asked Gemini AI for Oscar predictions, and it endorsed Gladiator II as a contender for picture, director (Ridley Scott), and supporting actor (Denzel Washington). Well, Google’s artificial intelligence bot has rebooted, and it now believes the mixed-reviewed sequel will be mostly forgotten come Oscars time. In fact, Gemini’s current picks in the six main categories align much more closely with Gold Derby’s overall choices.

You can see Gemini’s forecasted nominations below, where The Brutalist, a period piece about a Holocaust survivor who’s trying to live the American Dream, is expected to clean up with bids for picture, director (Brady Corbet), actor (Adrien Brody), supporting actress (Felicity Jones), and supporting actor (Guy Pearce). Meanwhile, Anora, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, and Emilia Pérez are expected to nab four noms apiece in the six main races.

For the uninitiated, Gemini is a chatbot that...

"I've found our conversation persuasive and intellectually stimulating." Indeed, Mr. Van Buren. It's always exciting to discover intellectually stimulating films. Another year, another Top 10. After watching more than 400 films throughout 2024 (always logging everything on my Letterboxd for anyone curious) it's time to share my final selection of My Top 10 Favorite Films of 2024. I try to watch as much as I can and give myself time to catch up with any extra films at the end of the year, but my favorites can come from anytime in 2024. Rohrwacher's La Chimera already was my #1 of 2023 last year, which is why I'm extra happy it's appearing on so many other Top 10 lists this year. For 2024 - I went for the ones that really impressed me, including The Brutalist, Anora, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, A Complete Unknown, and Conclave, among others. I'm not really a fan of I Saw the TV Glow, The Beast,...

One week after her Golden Globes triumph for I’m Still Here, Fernanda Torres is now expected to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, according to Gold Derby‘s 2025 Oscars predictions. The Brazilian actress, whose mother, Fernanda Montenegro, earned a Best Actress Oscar bid of her own for Central Station (1998), has climbed into our top five for the first time this awards season. I’m Still Here is a political thriller directed by Walter Salles that serves as Brazil’s entry in the Best International Feature contest.

More newcomers expected to receive Oscar nominations since the last update include Edward Norton (A Complete Unknown) in Best Supporting Actor, A Complete Unknown in Best Adapted Screenplay, Better Man in Best Visual Effects, and Kneecap in Best International Film.

Below, see a snapshot in time of our odds for the 97th Academy Awards in all 23 categories, updated on Jan. 13, 2025. See how the rankings...

A24’s The Brutalist busted out in limited expansion this weekend with close to $1.39 million on just 68 screens, a $20.4k per screen average, excellent for a period film with a three hour and 35-minute run time about a Hungarian architect in 1950s Doylestown, Pa. It won multiple Golden Globes — for Best Picture – Drama, Best Actor for Adrien Brody and Best Director — last Sunday.

This is another fine indie weekend as Hard Truths by iconic filmmaker Mike Leigh saw $165k at 22 theaters, a strong opening, despite severe weather in the south and the ongoing fire crisis in LA.

The Last Showgirl rounded out the top 10 on its debut weekend.

Holdovers Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown and Babygirl are at nos. 4, 6 and 8 respectively.

Indie distributors are now wondering if arthouses that gravitated to wide-release studios films since Covid may want to rethink.

The Brutalist: Another example of A24’s creative thinking included...

With “Den of Thieves 2: Pantera” (Lionsgate), Gerard Butler displayed his bona fides as one of the most reliable draws for action releases. Opening at #1 with $15.5 million, it came in a little ahead of projections and led #2 “Mufasa: The Lion King” (Disney).

A routine sequel exceeding expectations is good news early in the year. It slightly improved on the original’s January 2018 opening (at perhaps 20 percent lower ticket prices). The first one had enough word of mouth to triple its first weekend and gross $45 million; the $40 million sequel has a chance to repeat that.

That said, the 2018 film was #3 for its weekend. Last year, this weekend had two debuts — “Mean Girls” and “The Beekeeper” — both of which grossed more than “Pantera.”

The calendar is a significant factor. In many years, including 2023, the second weekend in January is ahead of the Martin Luther King Birthday, a four-day holiday that encourages the first wave of major releases.

With the advent of Letterboxd, the phrase “everyone’s a critic” has never been more true. For many filmmakers, engaging with any review, let alone those that come from regular people rather than industry professionals, is a major faux pas, but for first-time narrative feature filmmaker RaMell Ross, knowing what people are thinking about his work is half the fun. During the The Hollywood Reporter’s Director Roundtable, the “Nickel Boys” writer/director told his fellow artists that he can’t help but engage with the public’s perceptions.

“I read everything,” Ross said. “Every Letterboxd. Every one.”

Many at the roundtable were quick to judge this choice, including “Gladiator II” director Ridley Scott. His biggest issue would be seeing a bad review and wondered how Ross handles the negative feedback.

“I try to build language to combat it,” Ross said. When asked if he ever responds to these reviews,...

Is Steven Soderbergh preparing to join the “Star Wars” universe? Or is he just a huge fan of George Lucas and Tony Gilroy?

The filmmaker behind classics like “Ocean’s 11” and “Traffic,” as well as the upcoming supernatural horror “Presence,” released his 2024 watch list last week, as he has done for many years now, sharing it via his “Soderblog” under “Seen, Read 2024.” Included on the list are a range of films, television shows, and shorts, as well as novels, short stories, and plays, but of particular note are his multiple viewings of “Star Wars” films across the year, seemingly sparked by his watching the Disney+ “Rogue One” spin-off series “Andor” from Tony Gilroy. Soderbergh and Gilroy are longtime friends and collaborators, the former having helped finance the latter’s “Michael Clayton.” They also did a commentary track together for Carol Reed’s “The Third Man” that’s really worth a listen.

Behind every great man, as the old, outdated expression goes, there’s a great woman — and there’s a pretty decent chance she’s been played by Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor.

The 55-year-old actress has built a long, inspiring career out of portraying characters who linger just off center stage: the long-suffering wife of Cuba Gooding Jr.’s Navy Seal in 2000’s Men of Honor; Ray Charles’ mistress in Jamie Foxx’s 2004 biopic Ray; Yusef Salaam’s mother in 2019’s When They See Us (her first Emmy nomination); and Venus and Serena Williams’ mom in the 2021 Will Smith film about their dad, King Richard (her first Oscar nom).

“If we only know the figurehead and we don’t know the women who were doing the groundwork, it’s not the full truth,” she tells THR. “We’d be telling a half story.”

She fills in the other half once again in the just-released Nickel Boys,...

Dune: Part Two was one of the finest films to have come out of 2024 and there is no question about it. Directed by Denis Villeneuve and starring Timothée Chalamet with Zendaya and others, the film was a slap to those who believe that sequels are always disappointing. Despite the crazy box office collection and the overwhelmingly positive response from both critics and fans alike, the Directors Guild of America Awards’ decision has shocked cinema enthusiasts.

Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya in a still from Dune: Part Two (2024) | Credits: Warner Bros. Pictures

The nominees for the 77th Directors Guild of America Awards were recently unveiled and the world is surprised to learn that Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two was not nominated for a single category, let alone for Feature Film. Unfortunately, if history is any indication, this does not look good for the filmmaker who might be hoping for an Oscar win.

Even though we may have moved on from 2024, it's still worthwhile to look back at the many excellent films from last year. Yet another new video countdown has debuted - this one is created by a young film critic named Will Bjarnar. This video featuring his 25 Best Films of 2024 is inspired by David Ehrlich's usual Top 25 Countdown (which will be out next week) and follows the same kind of editing. Bjarnar counts down his favorites from 2024, featuring tons of our own favorites as well. I'm so glad to see Furiosa, Hit Man, Bird, The Room Next Door, Close Your Eyes, and Challengers showing up on best of the year lists. These are some of the best of last year along with all the usual: Nickel Boys, Anora, The Brutalist, No Other Land, and Dune: Part Two. We've also featured a few other great 2024 video countdowns: Clementine's 2024 in Film,...

There are never enough slots in an Oscar lineup. For performers in films that haven’t been seen by enough voters, breaking through the hustle and bustle of awards season is nearly impossible. Enter a few reminders for voters to watch these six standout performances, each deserving a place in the conversation before ballots are cast.

Michele Austin – “Hard Truths” (Supporting Actress)

In Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths,” Michele Austin shines as Chantal, a single mother and hairdresser, trying to bridge an emotional chasm between herself and her depressed sister, Pansy (Marianne Jean-Baptiste). Austin brings warmth and empathy to the role, offering a vibrant, hopeful counterpoint to her sister’s unrelenting bitterness. Her nuanced performance captures people’s helplessness when someone they love is in crisis. It’s an unforgettable turn in an intimate character study filled with moments of unexpected joy.

Carrie Coon – “His Three Daughters” (Best Actress)

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RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys” unearths the haunting realities of two boys, Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson), as they navigate a brutal reform school, blending visceral storytelling with an experimental approach.

In adapting Colson Whitehead’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, production designer Nora Mendis explains Ross’ vision came from a conceptual place. She says, “It was more about looking at contemporary artists, photos, content and what the justice system means throughout history.” Mendis adds, “Our conversations were based in a higher space of art, and he would trust us to go and do what we would do.”

Throughout the film, which is now in theaters, Ross uses archival footage to juxtapose Elwood and Turner’s abusive experience at Nickel Academy with the social and technological advances of the ‘60s, like the Civil Rights Movement and the Space Race.

He tells the story though, through a first-person point of view. “’Point-of-view’ was a term we dropped.

Nickel Boys is the film of 2024. It’s expansive yet accessible. It’s violent yet pierced with seconds of warmth. It’s an adaptation that expands Colson Whitehead’s novel, a visual experience that hedges on the audience’s openness, on a person’s willingness to see the world in another form. In director RaMell Ross’s own words, “It’s not intimate. It’s close.”

Shot with a first-person perspective, Ross’ first narrative feature––following his Oscar-nominated debut documentary Hale County This Morning, This Evening––follows two Black teenagers as they survive the Nickel Academy, an abusive reform school in Florida. Elwood (Ethan Herisse) and Turner (Brandon Wilson) provide the eyes for this film, which often feels like a collection of moments in one’s life, from an orange rolling out of reach to the trees swaying above, from a hug from your grandmother to the first glimpse of...

Adrien Brody and Marianne Jean-Baptiste were among the big winners at the 2025 New York Film Critics Circle Awards!

Adrien won Best Actor for his role in The Brutalist while Marianne won Best Actress for her role in Hard Truths at the awards event on Wednesday evening (January 8) held at Tao Downtown in New York City.

A Real Pain‘s Kieran Culkin ended up winning Best Supporting Actor and Between the Temples‘ Carol Kane won Best Supporting Actress.

Head inside to check out the full list of winners…

Adrien‘s girlfriend Georgina Chapman was in attendance at the event along with his The Brutalist co-star Guy Pearce, director Brady Corbet and his wife Mona Fastvold, who co-wrote the screenplay together.

Other celebs at the event included Anora stars Mikey Madison and Karren Karagulian along with director Sean Baker as well as Claire Danes, The Room Next Door actor John Tuturro and his son Diego,...

Coming into a new year usually brings clarity. But when it comes to the Oscar race — to quote novelist William Goldman — nobody knows anything. Academy Award nominations will be announced Jan. 17 and voting is currently underway. Judging by the Golden Globe Awards Sunday, a number of winners have brought their possible Oscar nominations into focus. But at the end of the day, how reliable are precursors anyway? After all, we all know the Oscars do their own thing. So, without being influenced by other voting parties, here’s a guess at where the race seems to stand.

• Best Picture

Unlike the awards show, we’re not going to make you wait until the end to get to the big one. The general feeling is that the best picture race has come down to a couple of strong contenders — both musicals, although they couldn’t be more different. In one corner is “Emilia Pérez,...

The Directors Guild Awards, which includes assistant directors and production managers in its voting body, tends to go more mainstream and American than the Oscars’ more tony and international-leaning Directors Branch. Thus, the international DGA nominees Jacques Audiard (Netflix’s European Film Awards and Golden Globes Musical winner “Emilia Pérez“) and Edward Berger (Focus’ “Conclave”) are likely repeats at the Oscars, along with SAG acting nominees Karla Sofía Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, and Ralph Fiennes.

Among the international directors, French-Canadian Denis Villeneuve was expected to land a DGA spot for desert epic “Dune: Part Two.” Why didn’t he, after landing a DGA nomination for “Part One”? It’s possibly because “Part Two” is perceived as a sequel, and even though it winds up a two-part story, because a third “Dune” film is in the offing, voters may wait for the finale.

Oscar perennial Mike Leigh may wind up a local...

Directors Guild of America (DGA) has announced five all-male nominees for its top theatrical feature award.

Golden Globe winner Brady Corbet is nominated for The Brutalist, alongside Sean Baker, whose Anora won the Cannes Palme d’Or, Edward Berger for Conclave, Jacques Audiard for female-led Emilia Pérez, and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown.

DGA president Lesli Linka Glatter announced the nominees on Wednesday. The roster omits the female leading lights of directing this season, principally Coralie Fargeat with The Substance, and Halina Reijn for Babygirl. Also not in the running are Denis Villeneuve for Dune: Part Two, and Jon M. Chu for Wicked.

Sean Baker for “Anora,” Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist,” James Mangold for “A Complete Unknown,” Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” and Edward Berger for “Conclave” have been nominated for the Feature Film directing prize from the DGA Awards on behalf of the Directors Guild of America.

The winner for the top prize will be announced at the 77th Annual DGA Awards ceremony held on February 8.

Also announced on Wednesday are the five nominees for the Michael Apted Award for First-Time Theatrical Feature Film. Those nominees are: Payal Kapadia for “All We Imagine As Light,” Megan Park for “My Old Ass,” RaMell Ross for “Nickel Boys,” Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel for “Armand,” and Sean Wang for “Didi.”

DGA Awards nominees in the TV, reality, commercial, and documentary categories were unveiled on Tuesday, with “Shōgun,” “The Bear,” and “The Penguin” leading the way with three directing nominations each. In the documentary category, the...

James Mangold’s awards prospects got a boost Wednesday while The Substance director Coralie Fargeat and Dune: Part Two helmer Denis Villeneuve experienced a ding when the DGA announced the feature-film nominees for its 2025 awards.

Considered a bubble candidate coming into the nominations, Mangold was nominated for A Complete Unknown, his take on Bob Dylan going electric at the 1965 Newport Folk Festival. The nomination, his first nod for the DGA’s top prize, increases Mangold’s chances to land his first Oscar directing nomination when those are announced on Friday, Jan. 17.

Mangold joins Jacques Audiard (Emilia Pérez), Sean Baker (Anora), Edward Berger (Conclave) and Brady Corbet (The Brutalist) as DGA feature-film nominees. All four were considered favorites coming in; Corbet on Sunday won the Golden Globe for directing.

Fargeat, whose movie has drawn accolades for its baroque style and sharp social commentary on feminism and aging, had hoped a...

The Directors Guild of America (DGA) has revealed its nominees for the upcoming 2025 awards, and it’s a high-stakes Oscar season, proven by the notable snubs and surprises. The five filmmakers contending for the prestigious DGA Award for Directorial Achievement in Feature Film are the following:

Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez” Sean Baker for “Anora” Edward Berger for “Conclave” Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist” James Mangold for “A Complete Unknown”

It’s a category entirely of first-time DGA nominees. Most notably, this is significant for Mangold, who nabbed the first of his career for the Bob Dylan biopic “A Complete Unknown,” which continues to pick up momentum coming after its haul at the SAG Awards noms. After helming films like “Walk the Line” (2005), “Logan” (2017) and “Ford v Ferrari” (2019), this piece of notoriety seemed long overdue.

This is also huge for German auteur Berger, who missed out on a director nom...

The SAG Awards’ 2025 nominations have not made an already up-in-the-air Oscar race much clearer.

While there was much anticipation that “Wicked” would fare well with the voting body composed of Screen Actors Guild members, star Jonathan Bailey being nominated for Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture is not something that was on too many people’s radars.

Even more of a curveball are the nominations for “The Last Showgirl” stars Pamela Anderson and Jamie Lee Curtis, even if hindsight being 20/20, it has been evident how well liked the pair are by their peers. Remember, the SAG Awards are what teed up Curtis to win her Oscar for “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” in what was a close race between her, “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” star Angela Bassett, and “The Banshees of Inisherin” breakout Kerry Condon.

All of this is to say, while the rest of the...

Update: The Academy has extended the nomination voting period by two days to Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 5 p.m. Pt. As a result, this year’s nominations for the 97th Oscars will be revealed on Sunday, Jan. 19.

Oscar nomination voting is now officially open.

As of 9 a.m. Pt, members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences can officially cast their ballots for the 2024 Oscar nominations. With voting open for the next five days, every twist, turn, and headline in the awards race will be magnified in what’s shaping up to be one of the most unpredictable seasons in recent memory.

The nearly 10,000 eligible Academy members now face the daunting task of sifting through a year brimming with cinematic achievements. From box office blockbusters to festival darlings, the race offers no shortage of contenders—and no single film has emerged as the definitive frontrunner.

Adding to the excitement,...

Update: After announcing the categories for the upcoming SAG Awards earlier today, the Directors Guild of America has announced its nominations in the theatrical feature film and first-time feature film director categories for the 2025 DGA Awards.

Here are the nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Theatrical Feature Film for 2024:

Jaques Audiard – “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

Sean Baker – “Anora” (Neon)

Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Olivia Kavanaugh First Assistant Director: Liza Mann Second Assistant Director: Sofía Blanco Second Second Assistant Director: Steve Coleman Location Manager: Ross Brodar

Edward Berger – “Conclave” (Focus Features)

Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” (A24)

James Mangold – “A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)

Directorial Team:

Unit Production Manager: Michael Bederman First Assistant Director: Douglas Torres Second Assistant Director: Brad Robinson Second Second Assistant Directors: Billy Brennan, Veronica Grant Location Manager: Anthony Pisani

Michael Apted First-Time Theatrical Feature Film

Payal Kapadia – “All We Imagine as Light” (Sideshow & Janus Films)

Megan Park...

“Wicked” and “Shōgun” received the most nominations for the 31st annual Screen Actors Guild Awards, which were released Wednesday morning via press release after the in-person announcement was canceled due to the Los Angeles fires.

In the movie categories, “Wicked” scored nods for lead actress Cynthia Erivo, supporting actress Ariana Grande, supporting actor Jonathan Bailey, cast ensemble and stunt ensemble. Close behind was “A Complete Unknown,” with nominations for lead Timothée Chalamet, supporting actor Edward Norton, supporting actress Monica Barbaro and cast ensemble.

Recent Golden Globe winner Demi Moore strengthened her chances at an Oscar nomination with her lead performance nod Wednesday morning for “The Substance.” Pamela Anderson followed up her Golden Globe nomination with another surprise one for her lead performance in “The Last Showgirl.” In that highly competitive best actress category, notable snubs included Angelina Jolie (“Maria”), Marianne Jean-Baptiste (“Hard Truths”), Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”) and Golden Globe winner...

Talk about a surprise. When Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (who has been acting professionally since her debut as Ariel in 1995’s Broadway revival of “The Tempest” opposite Patrick Stewart) arrived on the Louisiana set of “Nickel Boys” (Amazon/MGM/Orion), her documentarian-turned-feature-director RaMell Ross told her to do something she had never done before: Look straight into the lens, without a reverse angle on her co-star. She couldn’t see her fellow actors because their faces were obscured by the camera, just as their faces were hidden from the audience.

Watching the lauded critical hit “Nickel Boys” requires an adjustment to a strict point-of-view aesthetic. But Taylor-Ellis had to make it work on the ground, on the fly. The tightly scheduled period feature (budgeted at $20 million) left little time to figure it out.

Reactions range widely to this avant-garde Colson Whitehead adaptation about a brutal southern school for boys, but among the “Nickel Boys” ensemble,...

We should have a handle on the Academy Awards race now, right? The new year is upon us, the Golden Globes have already happened, the critics groups have chimed in and Oscar voting begins on Wednesday and runs through Sunday evening, ending sometime in the middle of the Critics Choice Awards.

But in an awards season that was supposed to be the one that got back to normal – no pandemic, no strikes! – plenty of things are still unsettled. So here are a few things worth keeping in mind about this season as it marches toward the Jan. 17 announcement of Oscar nominations and, eventually, the Academy Awards on March 2.

Karla Sofia Gascon and Demi Moore at the Golden Globe Awards (Getty Images) Yes, the Golden Globes can have an effect … of sorts

It’s silly to proclaim films Oscar frontrunners on the basis of Globes wins. The voting bodies are dramatically...

Universal’s “Nosferatu” made a chilling debut at the U.K. and Ireland box office, securing the overall top spot with £5.2 million ($6.5 million), including previews.

Over the three-day weekend the gothic horror remake, with $3.8 million, was just behind Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King.” The photorealistic animation continued to roar with $4 million in its third week, bringing its total to $25.9 million.

Studiocanal’s “We Live in Time” landed in third place with $3.5 million. Meanwhile, “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” from Paramount, last weekend’s chart-topper, dropped to fourth, adding $3.3 million to its total of $23.4 million. Disney’s “Moana 2” continued to show remarkable staying power, rounding out the top five with $2.2 million in its sixth week for a cumulative gross of $47.8 million.

Universal’s “Wicked” held firm in sixth place, earning $2 million in its seventh week, pushing its total to $71.7 million. The family favorite “Paddington in Peru” from Studiocanal slipped to seventh,...

The NAACP Image Award nominations have been revealed — with “Wicked” star Cynthia Erivo, multi-hyphenate Keke Palmer, rapper Kendrick Lamar, comedian Kevin Hart and NFL hall of famer-turned-broadcaster Shannon Sharpe competing for Entertainer of the Year.

The winner of the prestigious award will be announced on Feb. 22 during the two-hour live broadcast of the 56th NAACP Image Awards from the Pasadena Civic Center, airing on BET and CBS. The theme for this year’s show is, “Our Stories, Our Culture, Our Excellence.” A host is yet to be announced, though Queen Latifah emceed the previous two ceremonies.

“The Piano Lesson” leads the motion picture categories with 14 nominations, including recognition for director Malcolm Washington and stars John David Washington, Danielle Deadwyler, Samuel L. Jackson, Corey Hawkins and Skylar Aleece Smith. The Netflix movie was nominated for outstanding motion picture, alongside Sony’s “Bad Boys: Ride or Die,” Paramount’s “Bob Marley: One Love,...

Cynthia Erivo, Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe have been nominated for Entertainer of the Year at the 56th NAACP Image Awards, the NAACP announced on Tuesday.

The NAACP announced nominees in 91 categories in the fields of film, television and streaming, recording, documentary, writing, directing, literary, podcast, stunts and costume design, makeup and hairstyling.

The August Wilson adaptation “The Piano Lesson” led all films with 14 nominations, more than double the total for runner-ups “The Book of Clarence,” “Nickel Boys,” “Exhibiting Forgiveness” and “Bob Marley: One Love,” which received six if you count the nominations for “Clarence” and “Bob Marley” in the music categories.

“Piano Lesson” nominees included director Malcolm Washington, recognized in two categories, as well as cast members John David Washington, Corey Hawkins, Samuel L. Jackson, Danielle Deadwyler and Skylar Aleece Smith.

Malcolm and John David Washington’s father, Denzel Washington, made it a true family...

The 2025 NAACP Image Awards nominations have been revealed, with The Piano Lesson, the Malcolm Washington-directed film adaptation of August Wilson’s play starring Danielle Deadwyler and John David Washington, up for 14 nominations, the most of any film this year.

Other top film nominees include six-time contenders Bob Marley: One Love and The Book of Clarence and five-time nominees Wicked, The Six Triple Eight and Nickel Boys. In addition to Wicked‘s nods, star Cynthia Erivo is also up for the Image Awards’ top prize of entertainer of the year.

For entertainer of the year, Erivo faces off against Keke Palmer, Kendrick Lamar, Kevin Hart and Shannon Sharpe, with the latter’s Club Shay Shay podcast also landing a nod for outstanding culture and society podcast.

For best motion picture, The Piano Lesson, Bob Marley, Wicked and The Six Triple Eight face off against Bad Boys: Ride or Die.

In the TV categories,...

Netflix’s The Piano Lesson tuned up a leading 14 nominations for the 56th annual NAACP Image Awards, which were revealed this morning. TriStar’s The Book of Clarence is next with six noms, and Peacock’s Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist topped TV programs with nine mentions.

Netflix leads all networks and distributors with 64 nominations. See the full list below.

“Our Stories, Our Culture, Our Excellence” is the theme of the 2025 Image Awards, which span film, TV, music, literature, podcasts, social media and more. Winners will be revealed February 21 at the NAACP Image Awards Creative Honors ceremonies and February 22 at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium. The latter will air on BET and CBS, live in the East starting at 8 p.m. Et and delayed at in the West at 8 p.m. Pt.

Based on August Wilson’s play, The Piano Lesson scooped noms including Outstanding Motion Picture, Director for Malcolm Washington and multiple actors.

Following The Film Stage’s collective top 50 films of 2024, as part of our year-end coverage, our contributors are sharing their personal top 10 lists.

As always, what is considered best is first determined by what can be seen, and this year there were many films that I missed. When it came to popular releases, for example, some took too long to be released in the UK; some were showing while I was reviewing other films; and others just simply passed me by. And the same problems were even more pronounced when it came to watching short/experimental films. Nevertheless, there was much that I enjoyed this year, and several films that did not make the final cut might well do so if I were to make the list again at a later date. I hope that my current selection will point you towards something informative and/or entertaining, and that it will add,...

When Emilia Pérez stars Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez, and Adriana Paz won a shared Best Actress prize at last year’s Cannes Film Festival, jury president Greta Gerwig said it was the film’s theme of sisterhood that she wanted to celebrate. “Women together — that’s something we wanted to honor when we made this award,” Gerwig said. “Each of them is a standout, but together [they’re] transcendent.”

Little did anyone know at the time, but Gerwig was the first prominent Hollywood name to lavish praise on Jacques Audiard’s genre-breaking musical about a drug cartel leader who undergoes gender-confirmation surgery so that she can live as her authentic self. In the eight months since the Cannes debut, as Netflix has moved Emilia Pérez through the fall festival gauntlet and into position as one of the year’s top Oscar contenders, several top industry figures and international voting...

Wow! The first big award show of the year has come and gone just like that. On Jan. 5, the 82nd Golden Globe Awards aired live on CBS, and this year’s ceremony was definitely one for the books. Stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser took over hosting duties from last year's Jo Koy, and she had the audience laughing nonstop.

Actors, directors, writers, producers, and others who had been nominated in various categories arrived at the award ceremony dressed to impress, eager to see if they would take home any wins. Now that the glamorous occasion has concluded and all of the 2025 Golden Globe winners have been announced, we thought we would round up the full list of the amazing individuals and projects that claimed an award this year. Check out our list below!

Best Motion Picture, DramaNominees: The Brutalist, A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Dune: Part Two, Nickel Boys and September 5Winner: The BrutalistBest Motion Picture,...

Awards season has kicked off with a bang for 2025 with the arrival of the winners for the year’s Golden Globe Awards.

Hollywood congregated in force at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles to see the biggest winners on the film stage, including ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Emilia Perez’. ‘The Brutalist’ won for best film (drama), best actor (drama), and best director. In contrast, Emilia Perez won Best Film (Comedy/Musical), Best Non-English Film, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Song.

Here’s the full list of winners and nominees:

Also in news – BAFTA announces longlist of nominees for 2025

Best Motion Picture – Drama

Winner: “The Brutalist” (A24)

“A Complete Unknown” (Searchlight Pictures)

“Conclave” (Focus Features)

“Dune: Part Two” (Warner Bros. Pictures)

“Nickel Boys” (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

“September 5” (Paramount Pictures)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Winner: “Emilia Pérez” (Netflix)

“Anora” (Neon)

“Challengers” (Amazon MGM Studios)

“A Real Pain” (Searchlight Pictures...

Last night’s two top Golden Globe winners, Netflix’s Emilia Pérez and A24’s three-and-a half-hour epic drama The Brutalist, were also big winners in terms of Oscars momentum. The former won Best Motion Picture – Comedy or Musical Globe along with three other victories from a record ten nominations. The latter took the all-important Best Motion Picture – Drama Globe and two other major awards including Best Actor-Drama for Adrien Brody and Best Director for Brady Corbet.

The first big test of strength in the two-month stretch to the March 2 Academy Awards, last night’s Globes results are impressive and perhaps indicative that either Emilia Pérez or The Brutalist will be the ultimate Best Picture Oscar winner. That is if they can ride this horse for another eight weeks.

You got that feeling from the ever-so-lively after party Netflix threw at Spago where spirits were running high for Emilia Pérez,...

The red carpet has been rolled out, the suits and gowns have been set free, and the statuettes have been shined, which can only mean one thing: Awards season is back back back! Last night, at a ceremony in Los Angeles hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, it was the 2025 Golden Globes' turn to kick off the Hollywood festivities, offering us our first real sense of the top dogs and dark horses as the BAFTAs and Oscars inch ever nearer. And so far, Jacques Audiard's trans mobster musical Emilia Pérez and Brady Corbet's monumental epic The Brutalist are leading the pack, with the two movies picking up four and three gongs respectively on a night in which major contenders Anora, Conclave, and Wicked were largely relegated to the sidelines.

Among the awards Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist took home were Best Comedy or Musical, Best Non-English Language Film, Best Original Song,...

The 82nd Annual Golden Globe Awards, held on January 5, 2025, at The Beverly Hilton, marked an electrifying start to the awards season. Hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser, the ceremony celebrated an array of stellar performances and groundbreaking projects across film and television. Glaser, known for her sharp wit, kept the evening lighthearted and inclusive, ensuring the focus remained on the honorees.

The French musical-comedy Emilia Pérez emerged as the evening’s biggest winner, sweeping four categories, including Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Director for Jacques Audiard. Meanwhile, the epic historical drama series Shōgun dominated television, claiming awards for Best Television Series – Drama and individual acting accolades for Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada.

Demi Moore secured her first Golden Globe win for her captivating performance in The Substance, while Adrien Brody took home Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for The Brutalist. Other notable victories included Flow,...

Following Golden Globe wins for Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director, The Brutalist filmmaker Brady Corbet offered some food for thought Sunday: “Final cut tie-break goes to the director.”

This, said Corbet, is “sort of a controversial statement,” though “it shouldn’t be controversial at all.”

The Brutalist proved one of tonight’s big repeat winners, setting the stage for what may be a big night at the Oscars. Still, Corbet recalled that there was a time he was told his film was “undistributable…that no one would come out and see it.”

Corbet “was told the film wouldn’t work, and I don’t resent that,” he reflected. “But I want to use this as an opportunity to lift up filmmakers — not just my fellow nominees, but all the extraordinary directors in this room.”

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Continued Corbet: “Films...

The Brutalist writer-director Brady Corbet pushed for more autonomy for filmmakers while accepting the award for best drama movie at the 2025 Golden Globes.

“I’m incredibly moved,” said Corbet, who also won for best film director earlier in Sunday’s ceremony. He then quipped, “I prepared one speech, not two.”

As it turned out, Corbet still had plenty on his mind. “I just wanted to leave everyone with something to think about: Final-cut tiebreak goes to the director,” he told the crowd. “It’s sort of a controversial statement. It shouldn’t be. It shouldn’t be controversial at all. I was told that this film was un-distributable. I was told that no one would come out and see it. I was told the film wouldn’t work.”

Corbet continued, “I don’t resent that, but I want to use this as an opportunity to lift up filmmakers — not just...

The 82nd Golden Globes ceremony took place at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday (January 5), whenThe Brutalist andEmilia Pérez won the top film awards.

All 2025 Golden Globes winners appear below in bold:

Film

Best picture - drama

The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Nickel Boys September 5

Best picture - musical or comedy

Anora Challengers Emilia Pérez A Real Pain The Substance Wicked

Best director

Jacques Audiard - Emilia Pérez Sean Baker - Anora Edward Berger - Conclave Brady Corbet - The Brutalist Coralie Fargeat - The Substance Payal Kapadia - All We Imagine as Light

Best screenplay...

The 2025 Golden Globes shook things up on Sunday night.

The ceremony, hosted by roaster extraordinaire Nikki Glaser (nimbly righting the ship after last year’s Jo Koy-helmed debacle), featured showdowns of epic proportions with heavyweights like The Brutalist and Conclave competing in dramatic film categories, while Emilia Pérez, Anora, and Wicked squared off in the musical/comedy slate.

When the dust settled, Emilia Pérez, which came into the evening with a record 10 nominations, led the way among films with four awards: Best Comedy/Musical, best non-English Film, supporting actress Zoe Saldaña, and Best Song (“El Mal”). The Brutalist tallied three awards: Best Drama, director Brady Corbet, and lead actor Adrien Brody. As expected, Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain) received the supporting actor trophy, and Wicked won for cinematic and box-office achievement.

But without a clear Oppenheimer-esque favorite, things got interesting. Demi Moore brought down the house after her surprise...

“The Brutalist,” Brady Corbet’s mammoth three-hour epic about a Holocaust survivor and architect chasing a distorted American dream, is erecting itself a pathway to Oscar glory. The film triumphed at the 2025 Golden Globes on Sunday, January 5, winning the award for Best Picture, Drama. The award, which traditionally sets the stage for the frontrunners of the Academy Awards’ main category, closed out the ceremony.

“The Brutalist” was the widely predicted winner for the trophy, coming into the night with seven nominations, the second most of the night behind musical “Emilia Pérez.” “The Brutalist” previously won Best Director for Brady Corbet and Best Actor for Adrien Brody.

The other films up for the award were “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Nickel Boys,” and “September 5.”

In addition to the main prize, the film also received nominations in Best Director, which it won, where Corbet was nominated, Best Screenplay, where...

“Emilia Pérez,” “The Brutalist” and “Shōgun” were the big winners at the 82nd Golden Globes on Sunday, jump-starting a busy and competitive awards season just five days into the new year.

Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Perez,” the Spanish-language musical from France that’s set in Mexico, won four awards from its Globes-leading 10 nominations, including best musical-comedy film, best song, best international film, and best supporting actress for an emotional Zoe Saldaña.

“The Brutalist,” a three-and-a-half hour epic about an architect in 1950s Pennsylvania, won best drama, best actor for Adrien Brody and best director for former actor Brady Corbet. In a surprise win, Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres took home best actress in a drama for Walter Sallas’ “I’m Still Here” 26 years after her mother Fernanda Montenegro won the same award for Sallas’ “Central Station.” (Montenegro also has a cameo in the film.)

Kieran Culkin scooped up the award for best...

Awards season has officially begun! Tonight, the biggest names in Hollywood gathered for the 2025 Golden Globe Awards. Comedian Nikki Glaser was tapped to serve as host.

Shows and movies, including Emilia Pérez, Wicked, The Bear, and Shōgun, are among the major titles competing for multiple awards. This year also proved to be a big one for women in pop, with Selena Gomez, Ariana Grande, and Miley Cyrus all receiving nods for acting and music, respectively. Both Grande and Gomez earned their first Golden Globes nominations for film appearances. The two...

The Golden Globes are now here, and the stars are walking the red carpet ahead of this year’s show.

The 82nd annual Golden Globes take place Sunday night at the Beverly Hilton, with comedian Nikki Glaser serving as this year’s host. The ceremony will air live on CBS and stream on Paramount+ at 5 p.m. Pt/8 p.m. Et.

Jacques Audiard’s musical drama “Emilia Pérez” leads all films with 10 nods, tying 2023’s “Barbie” and 1972’s “Cabaret” as the second most nominated film in the history of the Globes. In second place with seven nominations is Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist.” The three-and-a-half-hour historical epic starring Adrien Brody will compete for best drama against “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Dune: Part Two,” “Nickel Boys” and “September 5.” “Emilia Pérez” will vie for best musical or drama alongside “Anora,” “Challengers,” “A Real Pain,” “The Substance” and “Wicked.”

As for TV, “The Bear” scored five nominations,...

Indie coin continues to spread throughout the land for the first weekend of 2025 and in the crush of awards season with the Golden Globes just hours away and Oscar nominations coming Jan. 17, dates that have informed rather successful debuts for a number of critically acclaimed films. There are serious bucks here but also spread nicely across a diverse slate of films and from wide to limited releases with slow rollouts.

Nosferatu, A Complete Unknown and Babygirl hit nos. 3, 6 and 7 at the domestic box office. The Brutalist tops $1 million. Flow passed Drive My Car as Sideshow/Janus Films’ top grosser. Nickel Boys continues its release moving to 18 screens. From Ground Zero, Palestine’s shortlisted Oscar entry for Best International Film, opened to a solid $115k at 70 theaters. It had multiple sold-out screenings at NYC’s Quad Cinema and will end up as the theater’s third best opening over the past year.