The history of the Academy Awards is a complicated one. For every groundbreaking and unexpected Oscar nomination, there are groan-inducing ways this awards show keeps coming up short. Just look at the ...

A mind-bending time loop thriller where every attempt to fix the past only makes things worse, spiraling into chaos with no ...

At the same time as we have a President preaching “America First,” that most American of cultural institutions, the Oscars, is going international at a dramatically quickening pace. It’s finally ...

Movies transport us to another world—but you’re limiting yourself just by sticking to Hollywood. There are countless foreign films on Netflix that are worth your attention. Here's a short list of ...

During his 2020 Academy Award acceptance speech for Best Picture, “Parasite” director Bong Joon Ho said, “Once you overcome the one-inch tall barrier of subtitles, you will be introduced to so many ...

They (probably) won’t be nominated for Oscars this year, but they sure as hell deserve to be…. Can we use this thread as a reference for the performances in Foreign Language Films that ought to be ...

Alfonso Cuarón, who directed the Spanish-language drama, took the stage to accept the honor. This is the first time Mexico has won a foreign-language Oscar. “I think the nominees tonight have proven ...

Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA. Simon Fraser University provides funding as a member of The Conversation CA-FR. With the 78th Cannes International Film ...