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Empreintes review – Jess and Morgs go off-piste at Paris Opera and Marcos Morau sets the chandelier swinging

Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple’s Arena spills off the stage while Morau’s equally audacious Étude has balletic body snatchers

Share your thoughts on the 2026 Oscars from the winners to the snubs

One Battle After Another sweeps the Oscars but there were big wins for Michael B Jordan and Jessie Buckley – now we’d like to hear from you

Sinners’ Oscar triumphs show that Black cinema is now a vital and valid part of Hollywood

Its wins are a testament to Ryan Coogler’s vision. His highly personal film foregrounds the Black experience and its essential humanity is a lesson for us all

Marty not so supreme: where did it all go wrong for Timothée Chalamet at this year’s Oscars?

Audiences were gradually turned off by the Marty Supreme actor during his Oscars campaign trail, with the growing sensation that he was more like his smirking, fame-hungry character than they first imagined

‘I watch it to be close to him’: why Point Break is my feelgood movie

The latest in our ongoing series of writers looking back on their most rewatched comfort films is a tribute to an action classic that also defined an important friendship

Naima review – triumphant note of hope fuels engrossing insight into the immigrant experience

Documentary about a Venezuelan migrant’s struggles in Switzerland is a timeworn tale of marginalisation and financial precarity

Cherry on the top: Jessie Buckley pulled off a stunning double Oscar win for herself … and Chanel

The best actress winner was a red carpet triumph in her blood red and rose pink gown, the colours bringing an emotional warmth and a singularity that stood out among the familiar choices of black or gold

Bouchra review – Prada-wearing coyote is anti-identitarian alter ego in film that maps queer experience

Art and reality merge in Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani’s debut feature, which depicts its subjects as sweetly anthropomorphic animals

South Korea celebrates ‘miracle’ Oscar wins for KPop Demon Hunters

Performance of Golden during Sunday’s Academy Awards ceremony hailed for bringing Korean culture into the heart of Hollywood

Paul Thomas Anderson endured one snub after another. Now the Oscars have finally seen sense

In honouring One Battle After Another, Academy voters finally welcomed Hollywood’s prodigal son into the fold

‘Orwell went off to fight. I thought I’d have to do the same’: Raoul Peck on his intimate connection with the writer

The Haitian director was given unprecedented access to George Orwell’s archives – and found a fellow crusader for truth. His extraordinary new film highlights the sinister links between Big Brother, Trump and Putin

Oscars 2026: One Battle After Another wins best picture – as it happened

The night belonged to One Battle After Another but there were also awards for Sinners and Hamnet – as well as touching tributes, jokes from Conan and plenty more on Hollywood’s biggest night

Key takeaways from Oscars 2026: horror wins, tech loses and politics is hard to ignore

This year saw some Chalamet exhaustion, wins for Warner Bros and memorable music while one winner was nowhere to be seen

‘Next year, it’s going to be a Waymo in a tux’: the best quotes from Oscars 2026

From Conan O’Brien roasting Timothée Chalamet to several winners getting political, here are the night’s best quotes

James Van Der Beek and Brigitte Bardot among stars snubbed from Oscars in memoriam tribute

Key names were omitted from this year’s tribute to industry figures who have died over the last 12 months

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