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Michael B. Jordan accepting the award for Best Leading Actor at The 98th Academy Awards. Photo: The Shade Room / Facebook
ACADEMY AWARDS 2026

‘One Battle After Another’ and ‘Sinners’ Sweep Major Prizes at the Academy Awards

Filmmakers Paul Thomas Anderson and Ryan Coogler both made history on Oscars night, with their films and performances earning big wins across key categories.

  • Kibo Ngowi
3 min read
Leonardo DiCaprio in the thriller One Battle After Another. Photos: Warner Bros. Pictures
2025 FILMS

One Battle After Another: The revolution will be cinematic

Paul Thomas Anderson and Leonardo DiCaprio join forces for a high-stakes, darkly hilarious thriller exploring family, revolution and lingering trauma

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
FILM

The green and the red

<b>MOVIES OF THE WEEK:</b> Shaun de Waal reviews Michael Moore’s healthcare documentary <i>Sicko</i> as well as <i>There Will Be Blood</i>.

  • Shaun De Waal
5 min read
ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS

Oscars to revive Hollywood awards season

Hollywood stars will parade across the red carpet for Sunday’s Academy Awards after weeks of debate over whether a writers’ strike that had derailed other award shows would be…

  • David Germain
6 min read
ATONEMENT TODD

Coen brothers named best 2007 directors by peers

The Directors Guild of America on Saturday chose Ethan and Joel Coen as best feature film directors for 2007 for their gritty crime drama No Country for Old Men. ”It’s nice to…

  • Mary Milliken
2 min read
ALBERT WOLSKY

Oscars: Coen brothers and oilman drama in the lead

Joel and Ethan Coen’s No Country for Old Men, a gory meditation on moral decline, and There Will Be Blood, a gritty drama about a pioneering California oilman, led the…

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  • Staff Reporter
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