Latvia Earns First Oscar Nomination With Animated Flick ‘Flow’
Gints Zilbalodis’ Flow, the animated film that had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, has earned…
From Latvia to the Oscars? The animated cat that might just do it
Flow is making waves around the world with a story about a small cat on a big adventure.…
Can Kneecap keep Ireland in the big Academy Award races? Donald Clarke predicts the nominees – The Irish Times
Our wee nation, once a stranger to the Academy Awards, really has lost the run of itself. It…
Amid L.A. fires, Oscars ‘must go forward’ and will, CEO says
Decimated by fire season, it seems impossible that the Los Angeles area could even begin to think about…
The Girl with the Needle: Denmark’s Oscars entry is a masterpiece of atmosphere
Warning: This post contains spoilers from The Girl with the Needle. The Girl with the Needle has all…
2025 Oscar International Feature Shortlist
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has whittled down a field of 85 eligible films to…
‘Santosh’ Director Sandhya Suri Interview About UK Oscars Pick
[The following story contains spoilers from Santosh.] Sandhya Suri’s Santosh won two British Independent Film Awards on Sunday.…
A Magical Mystery Tour Through A Submerging World
Somehow I missed Flow when it premiered in Un Certain Regard in May at the Cannes Film Festival.…
How Hungary Hosted ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘Dune 2,’ ‘Maria’ and More
The hero of Brady Corbet’s Oscar contender “The Brutalist”— the fictional, Hungarian-born Jewish architect László Toth — journeys…
How ‘The Hungarian Dressmaker’ Makes Slovaks ‘Face Up’ to a Dark Past
The Hungarian Dressmaker, Slovakia’s official submission to the Academy Awards for best international feature film, is more apt…
Sweden’s Oscar Entry ‘The Last Journey’
EXCLUSIVE: When one thinks of Swedish cinema, the head fills with images of Ingmar Bergman movies, the gritty…
A Prague Radio Station Fights Censors — Oscars Interview
1968 marked not only a memorable moment in American political history, but sparked protests in many countries around…