Oscars

Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter released from prison in northern Iran after 17 days - report

Mehdi Mahmoudian, who is nominated for an Oscar for his screenplay for Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident, was imprisoned after he signed a letter condemning Khamenei.

Mehdi Mahmoudian, Oscar-nominated co-writer of Jafar Panahi’s "It was just an accident."
Actor Robert Duvall arrives for the world premiere of Widows at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) in Toronto, Canada, September 8, 2018.

Godfather actor Robert Duvall dies aged 95

STEVEN SPIELBERG poses on the red carpet at the 83rd Annual Golden Globes in Beverly Hills, California, US, January 11, 2026.

Spielberg wins Grammy for John Williams documentary, becomes ninth Jew to earn 'EGOT' status

BRITAIN'S QUEEN Camilla (R) attends a special screening of 'Hamnet', the film adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's award-winning novel, in central London on January 27, 2026.

‘Hamnet’ is Oscar-bait about Shakespeare's free-spirited wife - review


Picking the Oscars in a year when movies were more virtuous than vivid

Although there have been some wonderful movies this year, many were more virtuous than vivid, a trend that started years ago but seems to be intensifying.

'BELFAST'

Watching WeWork crash, Oscar-winning movies and popcorn flicks - TV Time

How could a company that rents out desks ever be valued at anything close to this huge sum, you might wonder?

 ‘WE CRASHED’

Quo Vadis, Aida?: A moving story of the Bosnian War - review

Its release at this moment is a stark reminder that there was a horrific European war not that long ago.

 SCENES FROM Jasmila Zbanic’s ‘Quo Vadis, Aida?’

Spielberg, Gyllenhaal, Garfield among 2022 Jewish Oscar nominees

Spielberg, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Andrew Garfield were the most prominent Jews to nab Oscar nods this year.

 Actor Andrew Garfield attends a premiere screening for "Tick, Tick... Boom" during the opening night of AFI Fest at TCL Chinese theatre in Los Angeles, California, U.S. November 10, 2021.

Sidney Poitier, first Black actor to win best actor Academy Award, dies at 94

Poitier created a distinguished film legacy in a single year with three 1967 films at a time when segregation prevailed in much of the United States.

 FILE PHOTO: Actor Sidney Poitier arrives at the 2014 Vanity Fair Oscars Party in West Hollywood

'Camp Confidential', a film by Israeli directors, makes Oscar shortlist

Being on the shortlist of 15 films means that an Israeli movie may become one of the five Oscar nominees in its category.

2020 Oscars statues

Film on World War II Resistance fighter wins Best Documentary Short Oscar

Israeli film 'White Eye' and Palestinian film 'The Present' were both nominated for Best Live Action Short Film, but lost to 'Two Distant Strangers.'

cover - Oscars 2020

Diverse and distanced Oscar ceremony adapted to pandemic year

Nomadland, a poetic look at older Americans who choose an itinerant lifestyle, won Best Picture as expected.

Chloe Zhao, winner of the award for Best Picture for "Nomadland," poses in the press room at the Oscars, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 25, 2021.

Shira Haas, Amit Rahav and documentary series win Spirit Awards

The two Israeli stars of the Netflix miniseries 'Unorthodox,' Shira Haas and Amit Rahav, won Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series and Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series.

SHIRA HAAS in Netflix’s ‘Unorthodox.

Oscar-nominated filmmakers to produce documentary on French Nazi hunters

Lerner’s 2011 documentary “Hell and Back Again” about a soldier with post-traumatic stress disorder was nominated for an Oscar in 2012.

Nazi hunters Beate Klarsfeld and her husband Serge Klarsfeld react after being awarded by German ambassador