At its core is a simple yet profound question from the Sesame Street star: “Elmo likes soft. Could that win?” The ad opens with Elmo counting clouds, his signature curiosity on full display.

The BAFTAs, in other words, are either the most crucial Oscar precursor or the most rogue; either way, pundits watch them with bated breath. When BAFTA voters go their own way, it’s often in ...

The Brutalist—a Best Picture Oscar nominee starring Best Actor Oscar nominee Adrien Brody—is coming to digital streaming this week. Rated R, The Brutalist opened in theaters for an awards ...

neither won an Oscar for those performances. “We’re the Millers,” a 2013 comedy starring Jennifer Aniston, is the top-grossing film with a major character versed in the art of exotic dancing.

This year’s contenders for the original score Oscar are an innovative and international mix and, for the first time in more than a quarter century, two musicals are among the nominees ...

A sex worker from Brooklyn meets and marries the son of a Russian oligarch. However, her Cinderella-esque story is threatened as her new in-laws set to get the marriage annulled. Set in 1970s New ...

They went back to school with the very best street cred. Then we went to the Vanity Fair party, which is extraordinary, because in a land full of celebrities, if you're one of the ones actually ...

Our film critic reviews the animated category’s candidates, which are playing at Coolidge Corner, and picks his choice to win the Oscar Once again, it’s time to make a fool of myself by trying ...

A little mudslinging is par for the course in every awards season. But this year just might be the messiest Oscar race on record. In short, the discourse has reached nuclear-grade levels of ...

South African ‘blade runner’ was released on parole last year after murdering his girlfriend in 2013 and has opted to keep a low profile In his low-key new world, Oscar Pistorius is trying to ...

By Jeannette CatsoulisBeatrice Loayza and Ben Kenigsberg Perhaps it’s a sign of the times, that drumbeat of anxiety pulsing through the live action segment of this year’s Oscar nominated short ...

Now we're fully in awards season, there's never been a better time to watch the best Oscar-winning movies. The awards show has been going for more than 90 years, which means there are a whole host ...