Ryan Coogler wins best original screenplay Oscar for Sinners

Coogler, who also directed the film, becomes only the second black writer to win this award, after Jordan Peele

Paul Thomas Anderson wins first ever Oscar as One Battle After Another takes best adapted screenplay

Director won the Oscar for his critically acclaimed film based loosely on Thomas Pynchon’s novel Vineland

Cassandra Kulukundis wins inaugural casting Oscar for One Battle After Another

Film’s star Chase Infiniti pays tribute to Kulukundis, who has cast nearly all of Paul Anderson’s films since Magnolia

Sean Penn wins best supporting actor Oscar for One Battle After Another

With this, his third Oscar – he won best actor for Mystic River in 2004 and Milk in 2009 – Penn joins an elite band of triple winners, including Daniel Day-Lewis and Jack Nicholson

Conan O’Brien jokes about Ted Sarandos, Timothée Chalamet and ‘frightening times’ in Oscars monologue

Host bobs and weaves through a number of third-rail topics in Academy Awards speech that’s at turns silly and sincere

Amy Madigan wins best supporting actress Oscar for Weapons

Having been nominated in 1986, the actor sets a new record for the longest gap between nominations before a win

Readers reply: which are more like life, novels or films?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions considers what’s ‘realistic’ in what we read v what we watch …

Peter Bradshaw’s Oscars 2026 predictions: who will win, who should win, who should’ve been in the running?

Will Sinners and One Battle After Another sweep the board as expected, or are there surprises on the way? Our critic shares his predictions for the big-screen triumphs and disasters

The Oscars feel silly in an era of endless crisis. But film still matters

It’s hard to be transported by the glitz and glamour when it’s constantly overshadowed by some white-hot new horror

Put your phone down and focus: the four best ways to watch movies

An expert shares advice for tuning out distractions when screening films at home – plus our favorite movie snacks

Don’t denounce Timothée Chalamet for what he said about opera and ballet – prove him wrong

For these art forms to thrive, they need to attract young people. The Oscar contender’s comments are just the conversation starter they need, says actor and author Rebecca Humphries

‘You cannot unsee it’: what happened next for this year’s Oscar documentary nominees?

Films about prison abuse, ovarian cancer, women’s rights in Iran and more have impressed the Academy, but what real-world impact have they had?

‘Everyone will tune in – she’s one of our own’: Jessie Buckley’s home town abuzz before Oscars

Excitement in Killarney will reach fever pitch on Sunday, when the actor is hotly tipped to become the first Irish woman to win best actress

How to Make a Killing to Wu-Tang Clan: your complete entertainment guide to the week ahead

Glen Powell indulges in some murder most profitable, and the influential rap collective arrive in the UK complete with a clutch of peerless classics

‘I’m wearing the tree fibre undies right now!’ An audience with the organisers of the Oscar goodie bags

Diamond watches, customisable pre-nups and five brands of marijuana are amongst the rich pickings for the starfluencers in line for acting honours. Our film critic gets a preview