In the 97-year history of the Academy Awards, 611 films have been nominated for the top prize, best picture. Only 23 of those films were helmed by a woman director. While the statistic is ...

Although Oscar night’s clear victor, Sean Baker’s “Anora,” received awards in five categories, all major—Best Picture, Actress, Directing, Editing, and Original Screenplay—its ...

The 2020s have seen some incredibly tight competition at the Oscars, but there has been variation in the years when there was ...

Just as Edward Berger’s film juggles various candidates for the papacy, the race for best picture at the Academy Awards has seen one favorite replaced by another, and then another. While some ...

The top-grossing film among the best picture nominees this year was ‘Wicked.’ (Universal Pictures/Everett Collection) This year’s eclectic mix of best picture nominees includes stories about ...