The five Oscar-nominated doc shorts pack a lot of punch into their brief time on screen. The filmmakers talked to Variety about their documentaries. All the Empty Rooms Joshua Seftel’s...
This year’s crop of five documentary feature Oscar nominees is refreshingly balanced. There is a healthy mix of international stories, American directors, docs with big-streamer support and docs with smaller theatrical...
by Gregg Goldstein Amidst all the chaos and destruction since Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, one important part of the picture is often overlooked: some 900,000 exiles who left...
The artists behind the mega-hit “Zootopia 2” already had an established world to build on, but the sequel expands it in ways that required extensive research and a lot of discussion....
Lee Byung-hun has a chance to make history — he’s the first Korean actor to be nominated for best actor, comedy or musical at the Golden Globes. The “No Other Choice”...
Last month, seemingly out of nowhere, Julia Loktev’s documentary “My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow” became a frontrunner in the Oscar race for best documentary feature. The...
Parenting doesn’t come with a user manual and there’s never going to be a perfect solution to every situation. But this award season is full of films with mothers who make...
What does it mean to bring a child into today’s world? Based on some of this year’s buzziest films, that question is on the minds of contemporary directors and writers. From...
