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Actors Lily Gladstone, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Catherine O’Hara and filmmakers Cord Jefferson, Boots Riley and “RRR” director S.S. Rajamouli are among the lucky few who have been invited to join the film academy. The invitees include 19 Oscar-winners, like best documentary recipient Mstyslav Chernov and “Anatomy of a Fall” filmmaker Justine Triet, as well as 71 nominees including Sandra …

A scene from Anatomy of a Fall shows the protagonist, a German novelist suspected of killing her husband, with her lawyer. Despite having just disembarked from an 11-hour flight on a rainy March night, French director Justine Triet proceeded directly to the Peking University Centennial Memorial Hall. The film, which opened across Chinese mainland theaters on Friday, has won 280 …

A courtroom scene featuring the prosecutor of the case. "I believe the movie expresses this so realistically, accurately, restrainedly, and delicately because it is told through the perspective of a female director," Dai adds. Along with Dong Qiang, the dean of the French Department at Peking University, Dai attended a post-screening session with Triet to discuss the movie at the …

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French director Justine Triet attends a post-screening talk with Peking University professors Dai Jinhua and Dong Qiang on March 24. The female protagonist, Sandra, is portrayed by German actress Sandra Huller, while the husband, Samuel, is portrayed by French actor Samuel Theis. While watching Huller in the German movie Toni Erdmann, a comedy about a practical joker father and his …

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'Anatomy of a Fall' director Justine Triet: Oscars glory for French feminist

PARIS: "Anatomy of a Fall" has propelled Justine Triet to international fame, winning a string of awards for the French director, culminating in an Oscar for best original screenplay on Sunday. Triet, 45, made waves last year when "Anatomy" won the top prize at the Cannes film festival and she used her acceptance speech to lash out at the government …

Atom bomb epic Oppenheimer won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. British-born filmmaker Christopher Nolan won his first best director BAFTA for Oppenheimer,” and Irish performer Cillian Murphy won the best actor prize for playing physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the …

LONDON — Atom bomb epic “Oppenheimer” won seven prizes, including best picture, director and actor, at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday, cementing its front-runner status for the Oscars next month. Bryce Dallas Howard poses for photographers upon arrival at the 77th British Academy Film Awards, BAFTA’s, in London, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2024. Cord Jefferson won the adapted …

Christopher Nolan may finally win his first Oscar, as atomic bomb hit Oppenheimer takes the lead with 13 Oscar nominations, including leading actor and supporting actress. Here is the full list of nominees: Best Picture American Fiction Anatomy of a Fall Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Maestro Oppenheimer Past Lives Poor Things The Zone of Interest Director …

The internet is fuming that Margot Robbie and Greta Gerwig were passed over for best actress and best director nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards. Their box office hit Barbie may have nabbed eight nods, including best picture, but fans feel Robbie and Gerwig should have been recognised for "pushing the culture", and point to them being snubbed as ironic …

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Oscar nominations arrived Tuesday, an early morning wake-up call that was greeted, in some quarters, with all manner of jumping, mostly for joy, possibly some of the furious kind. Four years after being overlooked for her work behind the camera for “Little Women,” the academy’s directors branch again slighted Gerwig, this time for “Barbie.” You’d think making a movie that …

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts unveiled its 2024 nominations on Thursday, giving a major awards-season boost to director Christopher Nolan’s “Oppenheimer” while delivering a setback to “Barbie,” the other half of last summer’s “Barbenheimer” juggernaut. The full list of nominees follows: BEST FILM “Anatomy of a Fall” — Marie-Ange Luciani, David Thion “The Holdovers” — Mark Johnson …

‘You are the film, the film is you’: How six directors define what they do

Have you heard the one where Bradley Cooper does impressions of both Clint Eastwood and Sienna Miller? VIDEO | 05:37 Directors Roundtable: Bradley Cooper, Michael Mann, Alexander Payne and more The Envelope’s Directors Roundtable welcomes directors Blitz Bazawule, Bradley Cooper, Michael Mann, Alexander Payne, Justine Triet and Celine Song. Bradley Cooper directed “Maestro.” Bradley, with “A Star is Born” and …

Anatomy of a Fall director Justine Triet on that ambiguous ending.

‘Anatomy of a Fall’ wins Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or; 3rd time female director wins top honor

French director Justine Triet became the third female director to win the Cannes Film Festival's Palme d'Or for her film Anatomy of a Fall on Saturday, beating out 20 other films in competition for the top prize at Cannes Film Festival 2023. French director Justine Triet poses with her trophy during a photocall after she won the Palme d'Or for …