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Director. Actor. TikTok sensation. Martin Scorsese has done it all – and continues to do so, with several projects circling at the moment. But one we’ll get even sooner than his next planned feature – a crime drama set in Hawaii – is a five-part documentary about Scorsese himself titled, aptly enough, Mr. Scorsese.

The documentary – which turns the cameras on Martin Scorsese, who has been behind the lens for about six decades now – comes from Rebecca Miller and Apple TV+. While no official release date has been set, this will be one of the must-watch films for cinephiles everywhere.

As per Apple, “Mr. Scorsese is a film portrait of a man through the lens of his work, exploring the many facets of a visionary who redefined filmmaking, including his extraordinary career and unique personal history. With exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese’s private archives, the documentary series is anchored by extensive...

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Martin Scorsese, the acclaimed filmmaker, producer, and writer, whose career spans more than 50 years, and is often celebrated for directing such classics as Goodfellas, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and Casino, is about to have the cameras turned on him. Apple TV+ has announced a new five-part docuseries, aptly titled Mr. Scorsese, that will explore the life and career of the Hollywood icon through extensive conversations with the man himself and never-before-seen interviews with his family, friends, and creative collaborators.

Among those that will be speaking about Scorsese is legendary actor Robert De Niro. He will be drawing from experience, having collaborated on ten feature films with the director, starting with Mean Streets in 1973 right the way through to Killers of the Flower Moon in 2023. Interviews will also be held with Daniel Day-Lewis, Leonardo DiCaprio, Mick Jagger, Robbie Robertson, Thelma Schoonmaker, Steven Spielberg, Sharon Stone, Jodie Foster, Paul Schrader, Margot Robbie,...

Directed by Rebecca Miller, Mr Scorsese will explore the legendary director’s work through the years over the course of five episodes.

It’s mildly surprising that there hasn’t been a high-profile documentary on Martin Scorsese for such a long time (though 2004’s Scorsese On Scorsese is well worth checking out), but AppleTV+ is looking to fix that with Mr Scorsese. The documentary, presented in five episodes, will look at the director, writer and producer’s career through the years. Rebecca Miller is directing the project.

“I am so grateful to have been given the artistic freedom and access to create a cinematic portrait of one of our greatest living artists, Martin Scorsese,” director Miller commented on the project. “His work and life are so vast and so compelling that the piece evolved from one to five parts over a five year period; crafting this documentary alongside my long...

Apple TV+ is continuing its relationship with Martin Scorsese. The streamer is moving forward with a five-part docuseries about the iconic filmmaker, which will be titled “Mr. Scorsese.”

The project comes from director Rebecca Miller, who is known for her work on “Personal Velocity: Three Portraits” and “She Came To Me.” Miller is also married to one of Scorsese’s favorite actors, Daniel Day-Lewis.

“I am so grateful to have been given the artistic freedom and access to create a cinematic portrait of one of our greatest living artists, Martin Scorsese,” Miller said in a statement to press. “His work and life are so vast and so compelling that the piece evolved from one to five parts over a five year period; crafting this documentary alongside my longtime collaborators has been one of the defining experiences of my life as a filmmaker.”

Miller and Damon Cardasis at Round Films will...

Exclusive: Martin Scorsese has directed over a dozen documentaries from The Last Waltz to No Direction Home. But the filmmaker is now set to have the cameras turned on him in a new five-part series for Apple TV+.

Rebecca Miller, the filmmaker behind Personal Velocity: Three Portraits and She Came To Me, is to direct Mr. Scorsese for the streamer.

The project is a five-part film portrait of the legendary director behind Mean Streets, Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, The King of Comedy, The Color of Money, Goodfellas, Casino, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Irishman and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Miller, daughter of playwright Arthur Miller and photographer Inge Morath, and wife of Scorsese collaborator Daniel Day-Lewis, has gained exclusive, unrestricted access to Scorsese’s private archives.

Mr. Scorsese is anchored by extensive conversations with the filmmaker himself and never-before-seen interviews with friends, family, and creative collaborators including Day-Lewis,...

It is not surprising that "Columbo" is beloved as a detective show. Peter Falk's titular sleuth waltzes through the toughest cases with relentless precision, using his perceived ineptitude to disarm the slickest of criminals. When these criminals underestimate him and mistake his shrewdness for incompetence, it is incredibly satisfying to watch a smart, amicable fellow like Columbo have the last laugh. Moreover, it is a detective show like no other, taking an unconventional approach to how the mystery unfolds. Instead of operating like a whodunit, "Columbo" reveals the perpetrator in the first act and hinges its suspense on how Columbo gets to the heart of a case that appears unsolvable at first glance. "Just one more thing," Columbo muses, while poking every aspect of a case until the truth is revealed as plain as day.

The ABC series, which was released in 1968 on NBC, starts by setting an incredibly high standard.

Stars: Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning, Monica Barbaro, Joe Tippett, Eriko Hatsune, Scoot McNairy | Written by James Mangold, Jay Cocks, Elijah Wald | Directed by James Mangold

The biopic has been a genre around since the early days of filmmaking, and over the course of more than 100 years, it has changed drastically with every passing decade. In the early 2000s the genre, in particular the musical biopic, hit somewhat of a snag. It got caught up in formulaic storytelling and became a parody of itself. So much so that the 2007 film Walk Hard made fun of the formula so much it ruined the genre forever. However, some films still missed the joke and went ahead and followed the formula anyway, such as 2018’s Bohemian Rhapsody. The formula itself reduced the artist’s life to their Wikipedia page. Often opening with the film’s subject ready to take the stage of one of their famous performances,...

In a world where shows like Bridgerton serve romance with a side of pop songs and steamy stares, it’s easy to forget what true emotional depth looks like in period drama.

But back in 1993, Martin Scorsese gave us The Age of Innocence, a love story set in 1870s New York that feels more intense than anything we’re getting from today’s streaming hits.

It’s stylish, yes, (like c’mon it has to be the 1870s NY) but also sharp, quiet, and emotionally devastating. Where modern shows dress up drama in glitter, Scorsese gave us real heartbreak under the velvet and lace. And he did it all without breaking a sweat or a corset.

Why do modern period romances feel so empty next to this 1993 classic?

Netflix’s Bridgerton may look like the best chance of period drama romance on TV people will get these days, but it...

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This April, Netflix is bringing you a lot of entertainment, from the highly anticipated conclusion to the psychological crime thriller drama series You to the brutal Tom Hardy action film Havoc. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Netflix this month and have an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the seven best films that are coming to Netflix in April 2025 with an 80% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

The Age of Innocence (April 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 88% Credit – Columbia Pictures

The Age of Innocence is a historical romantic drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Jay Cocks. Based on the 1920 novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, the 1993 film is set in the 1870s and it follows Newland Archer, a wealthy...

Martin Scorsese's near-$200 million historical epic is coming to streaming in April. The 2002 crime drama Gangs of New York started the filmmaker's long working relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio.

Paramount+ subscribers will be able to stream Gangs of New York beginning on Tuesday, April 1 — though they might want to settle in because the sprawling period drama clocks in at 168 minutes. DiCaprio leads the movie as the vengeful son of an Irish gang leader who returns to New York City as an adult intent on revenge.

Gangs of New York Comes to Streaming on April 1

Daniel Day-Lewis delivers one of his most acclaimed performances in Gangs of New York as William "Bill the Butcher" Cutting, in a fictionalized portrayal of the real leader of the Washington Street Gang, William Poole. Scorsese's tense drama builds up a confrontation between Amsterdam (DiCaprio) and Bill the Butcher for nearly three hours before their...

With Timothée Chalamet’s next big film A Complete Unknown which arrived in theaters Christmas Day, many may be curious about the actors work and preparation for portraying musician Bob Dylan in the film as well as the film’s story parameters.

An ensemble cast will accompany Chalamet and portray musicians and other important figures in Bob Dylan’s life. For everything we know about A Complete Unknown, read on.

When did A Complete Unknown come out in theaters?

The musical biopic arrived in theaters December 25, 2024, or Christmas Day.

Is A Complete Unknown streaming?

Not quite yet, but the film will be available to watch on Hulu starting March 27.

What is A Complete Unknown about?

The film’s screenplay is based on Elijah Wald’s book Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan and the Night That Split the Sixties. The story follows iconic troubadour Bob Dylan as he creates...

After a 92-day theatrical window that is hearty for an independent movie, Searchlight’s Oscar-nominated A Complete Unknown will hit Hulu on March 27.

The James Mangold-directed Bob Dylan biopic received eight Oscar nominations including Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet as Dylan, Best Picture, Best Director for Mangold, Best Supporting Actress for Monica Barbaro, Best Supporting Actor for Edward Norton, Best Adapted Screenplay for Jay Cocks and Mangold, as well as Best Sound and Costume Design.

Chalamet won Best Actor at the SAG Awards.

A Complete Unknown minted $74.7 million at the domestic box office and $131.9M worldwide. Stateside, it was a bright spot for an adult-skewing specialty title at the Christmas box office, opening to a five-day of $23.2M alongside Focus Features’ Nosferatu, which did $40.8M over five days.

A Complete Unknown is set in New York in 1961. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval,...

James Mangold’s A Complete Unknown is heading to DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray in the UK next month. More here.

Nominated for eight Academy Awards and bringing home no Oscars in the end, the Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown will have to content itself with good reviews and a $120m box office haul. Not bad, and it’s the kind of movie that’s set to be rewatched a fair few times in the years ahead.

Directed by James Mangold and starring Timothee Chalamet in the lead role, now the awards campaigning is done, Disney is getting on with the business of release A Complete Unknown at home.

Of particular interest to us is the physical media release that’s been confirmed. On 28th April 2025, the film will be arriving in the UK on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray.

The press materials note some bonus features are being included,...

Deadpool & Wolverine opened with Wade Wilson pulling off some impressive dance moves to the tune of Nsync's "Bye Bye Bye." However, it wasn't Ryan Reynolds in the suit; instead, dancer Nick Pauley took on the role of the McU's "Dancepool."

During Sunday's 97th Academy Awards, host Conan O'Brien performed "I Won't Waste Time" and was accompanied on stage by Dune: Part Two's Sandworm and Deadpool & Wolverine's titular Merc with the Mouth.

The Marvel Studios movie didn't receive a single nomination - much to the chagrin of many comic book fans - but Deadpool's cameo felt like an acknowledgement of what a positive impact the threequel made to theaters in 2024.

Now, Pauley has taken to Instagram to confirm he once again donned the suit for the Oscars. He also credited Ryan Reynolds for advocating that he be the one who hit the stage as "Dancepool."

"Thank you [Ryan Reynolds]; who loved the...

The Academy Awards took place yesterday evening and, as per usual, the results have split opinions. Anora was the surprise Best Picture winner, with Wicked and Conclave failing to keep the momentum going following other recent award ceremonies.

Conan O'Brien hosted this year's and his performance of "I Won't Waste Time" was accompanied by surprise appearances from Dune: Part Two's Sandworm and Deadpool & Wolverine's Dancepool.

We don't know who was in the suit, though the Merc with the Mouth - who O'Brien reminded us wasn't among the nominees - pulled off some familiar Backstreet Boys-inspired dance moves before making his exit.

Ryan Reynolds initially embarked on a pretty robust "FYC" campaign for Deadpool & Wolverine, though it quickly lost momentum. The movie, which was a box office hit, wasn't exactly considered a critical darling with 78% on Rotten Tomatoes.

You may recall that were was some chatter about Reynolds...

The big night is here! The 2025 Academy Awards results are in, and with one of the most interesting line-up of films in contention, the 97th Oscars proved to be a night to remember.

Film fans across the world tuned in to see Sean Baker’s mesmeric Anora would triumph against the cinematic might of Brady Corbet’s epic film of ambition and tenacity, The Brutalist. Also in the mix was BAFTA faavourite Conclave, as well as welcome outsider The Substance (so rare for a horror film to be nominated for Best Picture) and the controversy-adjacent Emilia Perez.

Who won? Well… here’s a list of the awards and nominees with the winners in bold.

The 2025 Oscars – Full List of Winners

Best picture

Winner: Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

I’m Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

Best actress

Winner: Mikey Madison – Anora...

Anora picks up five Oscars, in a surprisingly mixed Oscars 2025. Here’s the run down of what won and what didn’t.

Well, the Oscars has happened again, and perhaps now we can all get back to normal for a while.

This year’s statuette season was interesting enough given that there was no clear frontrunner like last year, when Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer dominated the awards race from start to finish. Still, set against the backdrop of the the hugely destructive Californian wildfires, it still all seemed a little superfluous at times. Meanwhile, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet provided an insight into the state of the non-blockbuster film business when he revealed that not being paid for being on a months-long awards trail meant he was living hand to mouth.

Still, fancy garments were donned and some statuettes were duly dished out and the 2025 Oscars.

For those of you...

‘Anora’ wins the Oscar® for Best Picture during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® (Credit:

Phil McCarten / The Academy ©A.M.P.A.S.)

The 2025 Oscars turned out to be a golden night for Anora. The critically acclaimed indie took home five Oscars including Best Director, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay (all Sean Baker), Best Actress (Mikey Madison), and Best Picture. Anora won in every category it was nominated in except Best Supporting Actor (Yura Borisov) which went to Kieran Culkin as expected.

Emilia Pérez went into Hollywood’s Big Night with 13 nominations, winning in just two: Best Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldana) and Best Original Song. The Brutalist was recognized with three Oscars after earning 10 nominations. Wicked also earned 10 nominations and finished the night with two wins. And Dune: Part Two won the Achievement in Sound and Visual Effects Oscars out of its five nominations.

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Hollywood’s biggest night has come to an end, and as usual, the Academy Awards delivered plenty of memorable moments.

But as much as we loved the James Bond tribute and the hilarious monologue from first-time host Conan O’Brien, the winners and their acceptance speeches were the focus of the night.

Several deserving stars took home their very first Oscars, including Mikey Madison, who headlined the biggest winner of the night, the audacious sex work dramedy Anora.

Mikey Madison attends the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck/Afp via Getty Images)

The indie flick took home five awards, and director Sean Baker took the stage for a number of gracious speeches. But he and Mikey weren’t the only victors at the 97th Oscars.

So without further ado, here’s your full list of the night...

Conclave screenwriter Peter Straughan is now an Academy Award winner. The honor comes after Straughan picked up wins at the BAFTAs, Golden Globes, and Critics' Choice Awards.

At the Academy Awards on Sunday night, Straughan was announced as the winner for Best Adapted Screenplay. This is the second nomination for the writer, but the first time he has picked up the win. He was nominated for the 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which managed to get him a win at the BAFTAs and other awards shows, but he came up short at the Oscars. The screenwriter is now getting his flowers, and it is clear from his Oscar win acceptance speech how proud he feels to have gotten the honor.

#Peter_Straughan wearing #Ukrainian_flag 🇺🇦 on his lapel.Best Adapted Screenplay for #Conclave#Oscars #Oscars2025 pic.twitter.com/QvLgnecyA6— Malainine (@CHM_iNEWS) March 3, 2025

To win the Oscar,...

On the heels of BAFTA, Golden Globe and Critics Choice award wins, Peter Straughan has now won the Oscar for best adapted screenplay for Conclave. This is Straughan’s second Oscar nomination and first win.

Straughan thanked “our crew, our amazing cast, producers and Robin House Productions, Film Nation, Indian Paintbrush, Focus Features” and a special thank you to his daughter Connie, “This is for you.”

Directed by Edward Berger and written by Straughan, Conclave is based on the 2016 novel by Robert Harris, whom Straughan thanked “for your beautiful book.” Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, Sergio Castellitto and Isabella Rossellini star in Conclave in which Cardinal Thomas Lawrence (Fiennes) is tasked with running this covert process after the unexpected death of the beloved Pope. Once the Catholic Church’s most powerful leaders have gathered from around the world and are locked together in the Vatican halls, Lawrence uncovers a...

The bumpy road to Oscar glory will reach its end Sunday night at the 97th Academy Awards, closing out one of the most unpredictable awards seasons in years. Ups and downs, twists and turns, mudslinging, mea culpas, tears both happy and sad — we’ve seen it all in recent weeks as the race kept us guessing what new upheaval might come next.

And that includes who wins tonight. “Emilia Pérez” might have the most nominations (13), but Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical lost its frontrunner status pretty much the moment star Karla Sofía-Gascón’s history of bigoted tweets resurfaced. In stepped “Anora,” which won top prizes with both the PGA and DGA and seemed ready to sail to a Best Picture victory…until “Conclave” swept in and showed us that the race was much tighter than we’d thought.

And what looked like an unobstructed path to best actress anointment for...

Exclusive: The journey to bring Bob Dylan’s formative story to the screen took more than a decade. The film had a coterie of producers as it wound its way to production. Fred Berger and Alex Heineman got the PGA mark along with writer/director James Mangold. The other producers are Bob Bookman, Alan Gasmer, the film’s star Timothee Chalamet, Peter Jaysen, and Jeff Rosen. Here, Berger and Heineman explain the road to bring to screen the evolution of Dylan from the future from folk to rock icon. The Searchlight film tonight competes for eight Oscars including Best Picture.

Deadline: When Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2016, he didn’t show up for the ceremony. What was the process in getting him to play ball here?

Fred Berger: Alex and I started talking about this movie in 2017 before either of our seven and a half year old kids were born.

Nominations voting is from January 8-17, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 23, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

With the equivalent of a Best Picture win at the BAFTA Awards and the Screen Actors Guild Awards, in addition to the multiple Best Screenplay awards the film has received from awards bodies like the Golden Globes and USC Scripter Awards, “Conclave” and screenwriter Peter Straughan are most likely a lock to win the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay.

And though this is not the first nomination for the “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” scribe, Straughan being the frontrunner does come as a bit of a surprise...

Best Director gets more attention at the Oscars, but this millennium has shown the writing categories are potentially more important. In the past 15 years Argo (2012), Green Book (2018), and Coda (2021) won Best Picture without directing noms — but no film since Titanic (1997) has won without a writing nom. That could be good news for many of this year's nominees for Best Adapted Screenplay. Four of the five are also up for the top prize. Here is our breakdown of the race as it stands today.

SEEHow Kieran Culkin could end this 12-year Oscar streak Frontrunner: Conclave, by Peter Straughan

Only one film in this category earned writing nominations from the BAFTAs, Critics Choice Awards, USC Scripter Awards, and Golden Globes, and Conclave is it. The screenplay also managed to win all of those awards, including the Golden Globe, which was a shared category with original screenplay contenders. That means Conclave not only...

The writers behind the feature film Conclave and TV series Say Nothing took home top honors at the USC Scripter Awards, which were handed out Saturday night.

The Scripter Awards honor the best adapted projects of the year. Both the original authors and the screenwriters share the award.

Conclave was adapted by Peter Straughan from the novel by Robert Harris.

Say Nothing was honored for the episode “The People in the Dirt,” written by Joshua Zetumer. The show is based on the nonfiction book Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland by Patrick Radden Keefe.

The finalists and winners were determined by a jury chaired by USC professor and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vp Howard Rodman. The awards were presented at the 37th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony, a black-tie affair held at the Town & Gown ballroom on the campus of USC.

James Mangold, the guest on this episode of The Hollywood Reporter’s Awards Chatter podcast, is — and for 30 years has been — one of the most dependable filmmakers in Hollywood, always good for an entertaining and solid, if not showy, film, featuring great performances, regardless of genre.

Indeed, Mangold has directed dramas (Heavy and Girl, Interrupted), biopics (Walk the Line), westerns (3:10 to Yuma), crime/thrillers (Cop Land), action movies (Ford v Ferrari), rom-coms (Kate & Leopold), action/comedies (Knight and Day), mystery/horror films (Identity) and franchise films (The Wolverine, Logan and Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny). But because he does little to call attention to himself as the auteur of a film, he has, for much of his career, been overlooked, in terms of conversations about top filmmakers and awards.

That changed this awards season with his latest film, A Complete Unknown, which chronicles four years in the life of Bob Dylan,...

Ralph Fiennes stars as Cardinal Lawrence in director Edward Berger’s ‘Conclave’ (Credit: Courtesy of Focus Features. © 2024)

Conclave and The Brutalist tied with four wins at the 2025 Ee BAFTA Film Awards, announced on January 16th during a ceremony hosted by David Tennant. Anora, Dune: Part Two, Emilia Perez, A Real Pain, Wicked, and Wallace and Gromit: Vengeance Most Foul each picked up two awards, and David Jonsson (Alien: Romulus) was the recipient of this year’s Ee Rising Star Award.

Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldaña, and Kieran Culkin took home their first BAFTA Film Awards wins. Warwick Davis was honored with the BAFTA Fellowship in recognition of “his work as an actor and for using his platform to challenge societal prejudice and champion self-empowerment, advocating that people with dwarfism can and do lead full and meaningful lives.”

BAFTA Awards 2025 Nominees and Winners

Best Film

Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete...

This evening saw the cream of the crop of thespian artists as well as filmmakers assemble at London’s Royal Festival Hall for this year’s BAFTA awards hosted by David Tennant.

This year’s nominations saw 12 nominations for ‘Conclave,’ 11 nominations for ‘Emilia Pérez,’ While ‘The Brutalist’ received 9 nominations. 7 nominations for ‘Anora,’ ‘Dune: Part Two’ and ‘Wicked.’

14 out of 24 nominees in the performance categories received their first BAFTA Film nomination, including Yura Borisov (Anora), Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain), Cynthia Erivo (Wicked), Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez), Ariana Grande (Wicked), Selena Gomez (Emilia Pérez), Clarence Maclin (Sing Sing), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Guy Pearce (The Brutalist), Isabella Rossellini (Conclave), Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez), Sebastian Stan (The Apprentice) and Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice).

Also in news – The 2025 European Shooting Stars arrive at Berlinale

Winners are highlighted in bold.

Best Film

Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Winner – Conclave...

The 2025 BAFTAs are here!

The annual celebration of film is taking place Sunday (February 16) at Royal Festival Hall in London, England. Doctor Who actor David Tennant is hosting for the second year in a row.

This year, Conclave scored the most nominations with 12 total. Emilia Pérez is in second place, with 11 nominations this year.

Just Jared will be live updating with all the winners throughout the event, so stay tuned!

Keep reading to find out more…

See the full list of nominees and winners…

Best Film

“Anora” — Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Sean Baker

“The Brutalist”

“A Complete Unknown”

“Conclave” - Winner!

“Emilia Pérez”

Outstanding British Film

“Bird” — Andrea Arnold, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Lee Groombridge

“Blitz” — Steve McQueen, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Anita Overland

“Conclave” — Edward Berger, Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, Michael A. Jackman, Peter Straughan - Winner!

“Gladiator II” — Ridley Scott, Douglas Wick, Lucy Fisher, Michael Pruss, David Scarpa,...

At a BAFTA Awards where there was no clear frontrunner going into the ceremony, British Academy voters chose to largely share the spoils when it came to handing out honors.

But only one could win the top prize of best film, and this year that went to “Conclave,” which had entered the night with the most number of nominations (11). Edward Berger’s Vatican thriller wound up tying with Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist” with four BAFTA wins each. Of its four, the 3.5-hour American epic won leading actor for Adrien Brody and director for Corbet.

Meanwhile, there was a surprise when Mikey Madison was named leading actress for “Anora” (one of two wins for Sean Baker’s sex worker comedy), with “The Substance” star Demi Moore’s seem by many as sure bet. Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror instead took home one award, for makeup and hairstyling.

Elsewhere, Jacques Audiard’s crime musical “Emilia Pérez,...

“Shōgun” dominated with three wins at the Writers Guild Awards on Saturday evening — including best drama, while “Hacks” scored two on the TV side, including best comedy. In film, “Anora” and “Nickel Boys” scored big wins, giving both entries a bit more momentum as Oscar voting ends on Tuesday. “Anora,” coming off Critics Choice, DGA and PGA wins for best picture last weekend, picked up the original screenplay prize for Sean Baker. “Nickel Boys,” which has two Oscar noms, won the WGA award for RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes.

“Shōgun” was the night’s big winner, picking up prizes for best drama, best new series and best drama episode. On the comedy side, “Hacks” also scored a double play, landing best comedy and best comedy episode. In the limited field, “The Penguin” scored the series win.

Meanwhile, it was the first WGA noms and wins for Baker, Ross and Barnes.

Anora kept up its impressive run to the Oscars on Saturday, adding the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay to its considerable haul. The win for the the Sean Baker film came a week after Anora swept the Directors Guild of America and Producers Guild of America top prizes, cementing itself as the frontrunner heading into the Academy Awards on March 2.

RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes‘ script forNickel Boys, based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Colson Whitehead, scored for Best Adapted Screenplay at the WGA Awards, which honor the best writing in movies, television, news, and radio.

The key WGA categories of Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Original Screenplay are seen as a bellwether for the impending Academy Awards, though the nominees rarely match up. Scripts produced outside the guild’s collective bargaining agreement or written by a non-union member are deemed ineligible. This year, six...

With last year’s ceremony taking place in the shadow of the 2023 strikes and this year’s function in the aftermath of the Southern California wildfires, the 2025 WGA Awards have a lot of work to do when it comes to lifting the spirits of the entertainment industry. Thankfully, good writing always has.

As is tradition, events for the east and west coast branches of the Writer’s Guild are held concurrently today at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles and the Edison Ballroom in New York City. LA’s affair is hosted by actor/comedian Joel Kim Booster and kicks off at 4:30pm Pt. For those who want to tune in at home, you can watch the west coast soiree via livestream at that time.

While under normal circumstances, tonight’s results wouldn’t necessarily carry much water when it comes to the Oscars, this year’s awards race...

Timothée Chalamet says he does not know if he will do many more films that require the investment that Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown has done.

Speaking at the Berlinale press conference for James Mangold’s film, where Chalamet represented the film alone, Chalamet detailed the emotional and time investment the project has required from him.

“This is the last word - I’ve been going around the world talking about this for two months,” said Chalamet. “I love this man [Dylan] so much and this movie so much, I would do it for a year.”

Such efforts cannot be...

James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is getting its German premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on Friday night, and its Oscar-nominated star Timothée Chalamet is in town to present the film.

Speaking during the movie’s press conference earlier in the day, Chalamet was asked multiple times by the audience what he took from Bob Dylan’s subtle lyrical activism and his ability to separate his art and public persona from becoming overwhelmed by personal political stances.

Chalamet drew comparisons between Dylan’s subtle political messages and those of Dune writer Frank Herbert: “Be wary of cult-like figures,” would be his takeaway from both men, he said, adding that that is a sensible philosophy.

“I won’t speak for him [Bob Dylan] because he’s alive and well in Malibu, but my interpretation is just be wary of any savior-like figures,” Chalamet said.

He added: “Frank Herbert’s Dune,...

Exclusive: How does it feel, Searchlight?

Absolutely great ahead of the Oscars, as James Mangold’s Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown is quite known around the world coursing past $100M at the global box office.

The eight-time Oscar nominated movie is now Searchlight Pictures’ No. 6 highest grossing title of all-time at the domestic box office with $69.5M behind Sideways ($71.5M) and it’s expected to strum to the Disney classic label’s fifth best ever in the coming weeks.

In its first weekend, the Timothée Chalamet, Edward Norton, Elle Fanning and Monica Barbaro movie repped Searchlight’s biggest opening since Disney acquired the company, quickly ranking as the second-largest opening in the studio’s history – just behind 2009’s Notorious ($20.4M).

In its second weekend, the film became Searchlight’s highest grossing film domestically since Disney acquired the company in early 2019 – surpassing 2022’s The Menu ($38.5M...

After delaying its awards ceremony for several weeks following the wildfires in Los Angeles, AARP the Magazine announced the winners of its annual Movies for Grownups Awards on Saturday, with A Complete Unknown going home as the big winner.

The show, hosted by Alan Cumming at the Beverly Wilshire, celebrates TV and film for older audiences, and this year also presented a career achievement award to Glenn Close. Though Conclave came into the ceremony with the most nominations, the film left empty handed. A Complete Unknown took best picture as Demi Moore and Adrien Brody won the top acting prizes, and Shogun was recognized as best TV series.

Check out a full list of winners below:

Best Picture/Best Movie for Grownups

A Complete Unknown (Winner)

Conclave

Emilia Pérez

Gladiator II

September 5

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson (The Last Showgirl)

Marianne Jean-Baptiste (Hard Truths)

Nicole Kidman (Babygirl)

Demi Moore (The Substance...

Director James Mangold and Timothée Chalamet on the set of A Complete Unknown. Photo by Macall Polay, Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures. © 2024 Searchlight Pictures All Rights Reserved. Among the eight Academy Award nominations received by A Complete Unknown are James Mangold for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with co-writer Jay Cocks), and Timothée Chalamet for Best Actor. The film is also nominated for Best Picture. Speaking about the performances in the movie, Mangold highlighted Chalamet’s work as a perfect example of the synergistic relationship between a passionate director and a highly intelligent actor. (Click on the media bar below to hear James Mangold.) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/James_Mangold_Timothee_-Chalamet_.mp3 A Complete Unknown is now playing in theaters.

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The Sundance Film Festival chose well in selecting the honorees for tonight’s Gala fundraiser at the newly opened Grand Hyatt Deer Valley.

Beyond freshly minted Oscar nominees Cynthia Erivo and James Mangold in the house to receive the Visionary Award and Trailblazer Award respectively, it was Michelle Satter — the Founding Senior Director of Artists Program for the Sundance Institute — whose stirring speech unified the high-profile packed ballroom.

Satter was recognized for her decades-long commitment to nurturing artists and cultivating independent film through the Sundance Labs. As many in the room knew and as Satter mentioned, she and her husband David Latt were among the thousands who lost their homes in the wildfires that scorched LA. Horribly, this tragedy came after Satter and Latt’s youngest son Michael, an advocate in the industry for social justice, was fatally shot in November 2023 at his Miracle Mile home in a senseless murder.

For James Mangold, Thursday morning was like any other, aside from the fact he woke up to three Academy Award nominations for his Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown — for Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay (shared with cowriter Jay Cocks) and Best Picture. All things considered, not too shabby. And while the showing was hardly shocking, the filmmaker tells Gold Derby, “I’ve been doing this a long time, and you learn very well not to expect anything. Just be open and let it happen. Obviously the results are thrilling.”

The veteran director had two previous Oscar bids, for adapted screenplay in 2018 (Logan) and picture in 2020 (Ford v Ferrari). There has been some backlash against the Searchlight Pictures feature for allegedly taking of liberties with Dylan’s story by condensing timelines, conjoining separate incidents, and fictionalizing key elements. Even so, Mangold doesn’t see the movie’s eight nominations as...

On Thursday morning, James Mangold was celebrating eight Oscar nominations for his film A Complete Unknown. He watched the announcement at 5.30am L.A. time on his cellphone “with one bar of data” because he was without power due to the L.A. fires. “We were evacuated a couple weeks ago,” he said. “Our house is fine, but we have been without power and even gas for extended periods.”

Mangold, who directed and co-wrote the Bob Dylan biopic with Jay Cocks, spoke to Deadline while sitting in traffic on the 101 freeway after taking his children to school. He had spent the early morning texting with his cast and was “thrilled” at the announcement, he said. “[Timothée Chalamet] is in rehearsals for Saturday Night Live. We’re all in separate parts of the world, but we’re all ecstatic.” (Chalamet is set to host and perform as a musical guest on...

The 2025 Oscar nominations released Thursday included a powerhouse lineup of original and adapted screenplays, from leading noms-getter Emilia Pérez to Golden Globe winner Conclave. In all, seven of the 10 Best Picture nominees also scored writing noms today.

Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series featured all 10 writing nominees this season. Read all of the scripts below.

This year’s list includes repeat writing nominees A Complete Unknown‘s James Mangold and Jay Cocks and Conclave‘s Peter Straughan in the Adapted race, where they are joined by Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes for Nickel Boys, and Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar for Sing Sing.

All five screenplays in the Original category are from first-time writing nominees: Sean Baker for Anora; Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold for The Brutalist; Jesse Eisenberg for A Real Pain; Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum and co-writer Alex David for September 5; and Coralie Fargeat for The Substance.

Karla Sofía Gascón as Emilia Pérez and Zoe Saldaña as Rita Moro Castro in ‘Emilia Pérez’ (Photo © 2024 Page 114 – Why Not Productions – PATHÉ Films – France 2 CINÉMA)

Emilia Pérez established a new Oscars record, earning 13 nominations and entering the record books as the most nominated non-English language film. The Brutalist and Wicked followed with 10 Oscar nominations, and A Complete Unknown and Conclave each picked up eight. Anora was nominated in six categories, and The Substance and Dune: Part Two earned five nominations.

Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences members recognized The Substance‘s Coralie Fargeat with a directing nomination, making her only the 10th woman in Oscar history to earn a nomination in that category. And this year’s Best Picture nominees include two musicals – Emilia Pérez and Wicked – which hasn’t happened since 1968. With her best actress nomination, Emilia Pérez star Karla Sofía Gascón became the first openly trans person...

The 97th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), is scheduled to take place on March 2nd at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles, with Conan O’Brien hosting… but before we get to the ceremony, we need to know the nominees. This morning, actor/writer/comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang were tasked with announcing the 2025 Oscar nominations – and the list of nominees can now be seen below!

Best Picture

Anora – Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, and Sean Baker

The Brutalist – Nominees to be determined

A Complete Unknown – Fred Berger, James Mangold, and Alex Heineman

Conclave – Tessa Ross, Juliette Howell, and Michael A. Jackman

Dune: Part Two – Mary Parent, Cale Boyter, Tanya Lapointe, and Denis Villeneuve

Emilia Pérez – Nominees to be determined

I’m Still Here – Nominees to be determined

Nickel Boys – Nominees to be determined

The Substance – Nominees to be determined

Wicked – Marc Platt...

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has unveiled the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards (Oscars), set to honour the outstanding films of 2024. Originally delayed due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the announcement was made on January 23, from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.

Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ leads the pack with multiple nominations, lauded for its ambitious narrative chronicling the life of an immigrant architect in mid-20th-century America.

The Best Actress category has drawn significant attention, with Demi Moore (The Substance) and Karla Sofía Gascón (Emilia Pérez) leading the conversation. Moore’s performance has been hailed as one of the best of her career, while Gascón’s nomination is historic, representing a landmark moment for transgender actors in Hollywood.

In the Best Actor category, Colman Domingo (Sing Sing) stands out for his deeply moving portrayal of a prison inmate seeking redemption.

‘Conclave,’ a gripping...

One of the most open-wide races in years is coming into focus. “Emilia Pérez” led all nominees for the 97th Academy Awards with 13, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress. Its haul sets a new record for a film not in English. “The Brutalist” and “Wicked” tied for second place with 10 each, both also receiving nods for picture. Brady Corbet was also nominated for directing and Adrien Brody scored a lead actor nom, his first since winning for “The Piano” in 2003.

More major milestones: “Conclave” supporting actress Isabella Rossellini earned her first nomination, 46 years after her mother Ingrid Bergman’s final nom. Demi Moore also earned her first nomination, for her lead performance in Coralie Fargeat’s body-horror film “The Substance.” Fargeat became the ninth woman to ever be nominated for directing, following her fellow Frenchwoman Justine Triet (“Anatomy of a Fall”) last year. Fargeat also...

The screenplays of A Complete Unknown, Conclave, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing and The Wild Robot, as well as the source material from which they were drawn, are nominated for the USC Scripter Award for best film adaptation, and the teleplays for episodes of Baby Reindeer, Ripley, Say Nothing, Shōgun and Slow Horses, as well as the source material from which they were drawn, are nominated for the USC Scripter Award for best TV adaptation, the USC Libraries revealed on Wednesday.

The winners — which will be determined by a jury chaired by USC professor and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vice president Howard Rodman, as were the nominations — will be announced at the 37th annual USC Libraries Scripter Awards ceremony, a black-tie affair in the Town & Gown ballroom on the campus of USC, on Saturday, Feb. 22.

Here is a full list of the film adaptation finalists:

James Mangold and...

The screenplays for “A Complete Unknown,” “Conclave,” “Nickel Boys,” “Sing Sing” and “The Wild Robot,” and the original works on which they were based, have been chosen as finalists for the USC Libraries Scripter Awards, the USC Libraries announced on Wednesday.

The Scripters have been given out since 1988 and are awarded to the writers of adapted screenplays and the authors of the works that were adapted. The unusual decision to reward original authors means that “A Complete Unknown” writers James Mangold and Jay Cocks share their nomination with Elijah Wald, who wrote the book “Dylan Goes Electric!”; “Conclave” screenwriter Peter Straughan is joined as a nominee by novelist Robert Harris; “Nickel Boys” writers RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes are nominated alongside author Colson Whitehead; “Sing Sing” writers Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin and John “Divine G” Whitfield are nominated with Esquire magazine journalist John H. Richardson; and “The Wild Robot...