Actor Timothée Chalamet was first nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role at the Academy Awards for his breakout role in “Call Me By Your Name.” Since then, he is better recognized for the “Dune” films and most recently, “A Complete Unknown,” where he plays Bob Dylan. Playing Dylan earned Chalamet his second Best Actor Oscar nomination. Had he won Best Actor this year, he would have been the youngest actor to win. He was beaten by Adrien Brody, who currently holds the record that Chalamet was slated to break.

Sean Baker’s “Anora” made history at the 97th Academy Awards when it nearly swept its nominations. Baker took home four statuettes (tying only Walt Disney) while breakout star Mikey Madison pulled an upset over popular industry veterans. There are a myriad of reasons why this film’s success is so monumental, and all of them refuse to neatly fit into the box of a typical Best Picture winner. Everything from its story and content (an unrestrained, near two and a half hour long, tragicomedy) to its background (a run-and-gun indie hailing from a filmmaker whose work has mostly been celebrated in smaller circles prior to this) are far from the popular picks of the “Gladiator” variety or even the smaller-scale, yet still crowd-pleasing likes of “Birdman.” It points to a bright future ahead for the widespread recognition of independent cinema, while calling to mind the few yet unforgettable instances where out-of-the-ordinary films were bestowed with the coveted prize.

Every year at the Academy Awards, there are a few types of films that are bound to be nominated: the blockbusters that dominated the box office, the arthouse hopefuls and the little indies that could.

The 96th Academy Award nominations were announced on Jan. 23 and have made a splash by leaving out one of the record-breaking female directors of 2023: Greta Gerwig. Many have been expressing their opinions about how Gerwig was not nominated for the “Best Director” category, despite how much of a hit her movie “Barbie” was. This anger was continued for Margot Robbie, who played Barbie in the film, and was not nominated for “Best Leading Actress.” Her co-stars Ryan Gosling, who played Ken, and America Ferrera, who played Gloria, were nominated for their respective categories.

For over a century, horror films have lured audiences to cinemas all around the world. Their purpose is not only to terrify or disturb but also to engage with dark, challenging and taboo themes that you usually would not see in any other genre of films.

The Academy did not fail to deliver both serious snubs and pleasant surprises this year. The 94th Oscar nominations were announced by Tracee Ellis Ross and Leslie Jordan on Tuesday, Feb. 8, at 8:18 a.m. EST. The hosts engaged in light banter while getting help from New York firefighters, Howard University students and healthcare workers to announce the nominations.

Award show history was made multiple times last weekend at the 93rd annual Oscar’s ceremony on Sunday, April 25. The first milestone was made by the actual program itself, as viewership decreased to 9.85 million people, a 59% drop from last year. It was the smallest audience in Oscar’s history.

The nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards were officially announced on Wednesday, March 10 and this year’s diverse group of nominees marked several milestones. Netflix’s “Mank” rallied an impressive ten nominations in a challenging year for the film industry. In addition to “Mank,” “The Trial of the Chicago 7,” “Sound of Metal,”“Nomadland,” “Minari,” “Judas and the Black Messiah” and “The Father” were all nominated for best picture. This year marked the first time in the academy’s history that two females were nominated for best director, with Chloe Zhao of “Nomadland” being the first woman of color to be nominated.

Steven Yeun made history in 2021 by being the first Asian American Oscar nominee for Best Actor for his role as Jacob in the film “Minari.”

Chloe Zhao just became the first female Asian director to win a Golden Globe for her film “Nomadland,” and for good reason. It has a unique pace, beautiful scenery throughout and a great plot, one that moves forward with subtlety. At the end of the film, audiences and characters alike come full circle.

The film “The Trial of the Chicago 7” is expected to be nominated for an Oscar this awards season, and for good reason.