The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Best Picture nominees for 2024 form an eclectic and powerful group: internationally acclaimed non-English-language films, intimate American dramas, and some of the most successful blockbusters in recent years. This selection highlights a range of cinematic voices and styles, celebrating both emerging talents and established auteurs. Notably, three … Read more

The Sound of Music (1965)Directors: Robert WiseScreenwriters: Ernest LehmanStarring: Julie Andrews, Christopher Plummer, Charmain Carr, Heather Menzies, Angela Cartwright, Kym Karath, Duane Chase, Eleanor Parker, Nicholas Hammond, Debbie Turner, Peggy Wood, Richard Haydn, Daniel Truhitte, Ben Wright, Anna Lee, Portia Nelson, Norma Varden, Dorothy Jeakins, Marni Nixon The Sound of Music is a cinematic landmark … Read more

Ninety-Five Senses (2022)Directors: Jared Hess, Jerusha HessScreenwriters: Chris Bowman, Hubbel PalmerStarring: Tim Blake Nelson Filmmaking couple Jared and Jerusha Hess present the animated short Ninety-Five Senses, an Academy Award-nominated film that uses flip-book style animation to trace a condemned man’s introspective thoughts as he awaits execution. The short is a concentrated, thoughtful piece that favors … Read more

Our Uniform (2023)Director: Yegane MoghaddamScreenwriter: Yegane MoghaddamStarring: Yegane Moghaddam Yegane Moghaddam’s Oscar-nominated animated short Our Uniform is a distinctly personal film. It reads like an intimate memoir translated into animation: a reflection on growing up within an environment that prescribes how women should present themselves and how that prescription limits personal freedom. The film’s voice … Read more

Pachyderme (2022)Director: Stéphanie ClémentScreenwriter: Marc RiusStarring: Christa Théret Stéphanie Clément’s Pachyderme (2022) stands out as one of the most haunting animated short films of recent years. Nominated in the Animated Short category at the 96th Academy Awards, this film transforms a simple childhood memory into a richly layered and unsettling meditation on fear, memory, and … Read more

War Is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko (2023)Director: Dave MullinsScreenwriter: Dave Mullins John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s song “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” is more than a holiday classic; it is an enduring anti-war statement whose message remains powerful decades after its release. In an era where conflicts around the world … Read more

Rebecca (1940)Director: Alfred HitchcockScreenwriters: Robert E. Sherwood, Joan HarrisonStarring: Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, George Sanders, Nigel Bruce, Reginald Denny, Florence Bates, Gladys Cooper “Last night, I dreamt I went to Manderley again.” These famous opening words set the tone for Daphne du Maurier’s novel and for Alfred Hitchcock’s celebrated film adaptation. Among Hitchcock’s … Read more

Nimona (2023)Director: Troy Quane, Nick BrunoScreenwriter: Robert L. Baird, Lloyd TaylorStarring: Chloë Grace Moretz, Riz Ahmed, Eugene Lee Yang, Frances Conroy, Beck Bennett Nimona opens on a setup that feels like the beginning of a joke: a solitary, brooding knight encounters a mischievous, shape-shifting teenager. But the story that unfolds is anything but predictable. With … Read more

Across more than nine decades and over six hundred nominations, only one film not primarily in English—Parasite—has won the Academy Award for Best Picture. That fact highlights a long history of conservative voting patterns at the Oscars and raises questions about how international cinema is recognized by the Academy. Since 1947, there has been a … Read more

The Wizard of Oz (1939)Director: Victor FlemingScreenwriters: Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson, Edgar Allan WoolfStarring: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr, Jack Haley, Margaret Hamilton Victor Fleming’s The Wizard of Oz remains one of Hollywood’s most enduring classics. First released in 1939, the film continues to draw audiences with its vivid imagination, memorable performances, … Read more