Oscar-winning Palestinian film-maker returns home following Israeli beating and detention
Hamdan Ballal was hospitalised for his injuries
Academy Awards
Hamdan Ballal was hospitalised for his injuries
This tiny Latvian film hammered the giant studios in the race for animated feature at the Oscars
Hollywood came calling after she starred in Swimming Pool but the actor had other ideas
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Flow, which the self-taught director made for $3.5m, beat Pixar and DreamWorks to take the Academy Award for best animated feature
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The Academy Award can help move a director to the top of the heap – or make everyone involved lose the run of themselves and deliver a catastrophic flop
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Apolitical Oscars indicative of sense that world is sinking into total fatalistic malaise
Robert Pattinson and the rest of the strong cast manage to make something fleetingly diverting of this jumbled concoction
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How did the drama over best international picture end up? And who was left off the in memoriam tribute section this year?
Gowns holding space were popular this year, with Ariana Grande setting the standard in Schiaparelli. Among men, Timothée Chalamet stood out in ‘Kerrygold’ yellow
Mikey Madison beats Demi Moore for best actress prize as Adrien Brody is best actor, and Kieran Culkin and Zoë Saldaña get best supporting actor Oscars
The star of Happening, Being Maria and Traffic appears next in Bong Joon Ho’s futuristic new film, Mickey 17
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Will Anora nab the Academy Award for best picture? Can Demi Moore edge out Mikey Madison for best actress? And how many awards might the troubled Emilia Pérez pick up?
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Hackman was among actors most responsible for changing Hollywood in 1970s, becoming a generation-defining performer
Colin Farrell pays moving tribute to sons James and Henry ‘who have made my life so much more special than I ever truly thought possible’
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The former Baywatch star hasn’t always come out on top. But with her role in Gia Coppola’s gritty film The Last Showgirl, she is finally getting the respect she deserves
At 87, the actor and activist has become the face of a new luxury trainers campaign
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The film, based on the real story of the forced disappearance of a dissident in 1970s Brazil, is a box-office sensation in its native Brazil despite right-wing calls for a boycott
As the British and US film academies share many voters, the Baftas are a good indicator of what to expect at the Academy Awards
Adam Elliot has created a dark, antipodean fable of divided siblings
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A taut thriller that unfolds against the backdrop of an increasingly draconian Iranian regime
The September 5 star broke through with films such as Boys Don’t Cry. His new movie is a taut account of the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics
The nail-biting thriller is one of the most-lauded films of the past year - and making it involved secret shoots as well as interrogation by Iranian authorities
Ignore all the whingers. Go to see the excellent The Brutalist. Take along an architect you hate. The film is 3½ hours long. They might actually explode with fury
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