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Good morning! The Oscars nominations are officially here, and as always, the Academy’s selections were bittersweet. There’s a lot to celebrate; to name but a few, Colman Domingo became the first openly gay Best Actor nominee since Ian McKellen in 1998’s “Gods and Monster,” three Best Picture nominees were directed by women (the most ever),…

Actors Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid announced the 96th Oscars® nominations today, live from the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater via a global live stream on Oscar.com, Oscars.org and the Academy’s digital platforms, an international satellite feed and broadcast media. The 96th Oscars will be held on Sunday, March 10th, 2024, at the Dolby® Theatre at Ovation Hollywood and will…

“People like me…. Are they ever forgiven?”  Much like writer-director Lulu Wang’s deeply personal feature debut, “The Farewell,” her follow-up for Prime Video, “Expats,” grapples with the intersection of grief, womanhood, and geographic displacement—what it’s like to feel loss so far away from home. This time, it’s in the form of a sprawling, gargantuan series…

Matt writes: The Sundance Film Festival is now in full swing through Sunday, January 28th, and you can find all of our daily dispatches penned by Brian Tallerico, Robert Daniels, Marya E. Gates, Monica Castillo, Tomris Laffly, and Niani Scott at RogerEbert.com. Click here to see twenty of this year’s most enticing titles spotlighted by Tallerico,…

Distressing memories are at the heart of all three Sundance films: “Exhibiting Forgiveness,” “Ponyboi,” and “Stress Positions”—in the US Dramatic Competition. Each work approaches the subject in unique fashion, through art, sex, and memoir—and are led by tremendous turns from their stars. These are films that are difficult to shake, yet, whose residue is not…