Steven Yeun’s Perfect Accent in “Minari”

Doom-laden humor at the 2026 Academy Awards ceremony obscures the courageous innovation of much of the work it celebrated.

With few exceptions, a ceremony that honored two of the most politically ferocious Hollywood action thrillers in recent memory engaged only fitfully with politics.

In Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel, Ryan Gosling’s star power fuels an unlikely tale of far-flung friendship.

They’ve often been a punch line, but by fusing their political convictions to a broader cultural identity they seemed to find something that we’ve lost.

Every awards season is one battle after another, and the ninety-eighth Academy Awards ceremony promises a more climactic showdown than most.

Fans want to know whether the vocals on his new album, “Bully,” are truly his. But the question of what the “real” Ye sounds like has never been simple.

A Washington, D.C., native says goodbye to the arts complex before Trump’s wrecking crew goes to work on it.

The filmmaker behind “One Battle After Another” specializes in stories about people who are cut off, adrift, desperately seeking connection. His films are studies of American loneliness.

Atsushi Nishijima, known as Jima, has photographed some of the biggest films of the last decade, capturing actors in between takes, sometimes at sensitive, stressful moments.

In a new memoir, Minnelli discusses her life more candidly than she has before. But her truest self has always emerged on stage.

As Donald Trump offers U.S. asylum to Afrikaners, thousands are already working in the country on agricultural visas.

Nadav Lapid’s furiously satirical drama, about a musician’s willful complicity in a war he reviles, tells a vast story of personal and national degradation.