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Delight across Ireland at Jessie Buckley’s ‘historic’ best actress Oscar win

Politicians express joy and pride and thousands of Buckley masks reportedly being printed for St Patrick’s Day

Don’t Be Prey review – invigorating tale of swimming entrepreneur aiming to avoid being shark food

Mark Sowerby battles bad feelings by tackling brutal channel crossings – the Oceans Seven – around the world

‘How can I do better?’: Michael B Jordan’s Oscar win for Sinners is a deserved reward for an outstanding actor

From The Wire to Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, the Academy award winner has amassed a body of work that straddles commercial and critical success

‘Like a DVD in the present tense’: are we ready for film distribution via USB drives?

As big tech continues to dominate the film industry, Video StoreAge is a uniquely crafted company that works with film-makers to sell independent films on USB drives

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

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