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March 20, 2026 4:30 p.m.
Director Joachim Trier smiles as he holds his Academy Award. On Sunday, Trier won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film for his film, “Sentimental Value.” (Courtesy of The Academy Awards)
“Sentimental Value” has found its place in the Oscars record books.
The Norwegian psychological drama from director Joachim Trier earned the Academy Award for Best International Film at Sunday’s 98th annual Oscars ceremony.
By Eleanor Meyers
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March 17, 2026 7:46 a.m.The Academy’s 98th award show featured steep competition and Hollywood glamour Sunday night.
Hitting the ground running, host Conan O’Brien opened cinema’s biggest night at the Dolby Theatre with a thrilling montage and monologue highlighting this year’s nominees, including meme-ifiable Leonardo DiCaprio of “One Battle After Another” and the newly-instated category for Casting.
By Eleanor Meyers
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March 10, 2026 1:27 p.m.Oscars 2026: Daily Bruin writers predict 98th Academy Awards winners
This post was updated March 11 at 8:16 p.m.
The 2026 Academy Awards are set to stun viewers with an impressively varied array of nominees.
Returning to the Dolby Theatre on March 15, the Academy will host yet another evening dedicated to celebrating cinema’s most acclaimed projects of the past year.
By Reid Sperisen, Caitlin Brockenbrow, Parsa Arshi, Kemyron McCoy, Eleanor Meyers, and Kiara Mack
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March 8, 2026 7:03 p.m.Oscars 2026: Daily Bruin predicts the 98th Academy Award for Best Picture
The Academy has selected the top 10 outstanding films of the past year.
On March 15, the 2026 Academy Awards for Best Picture will be presented to the project that best embraces on-screen representation, creative leadership, industry access and audience development.
By Caitlin Brockenbrow, Eleanor Meyers, Julia Kinion, Abby Shewmaker, and Kai Echeverria
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March 5, 2026 12:39 p.m.Film review: ‘How to Make a Killing’ fails to make the kill, is weakened by underdeveloped plot
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
In A24’s newest thriller comedy, Glen Powell does not just chase the American dream but hunts for it.
Powell’s charm as Becket Redfellow in “How to Make a Killing” captures the audience from the opening scene of the new John Patton Ford picture – released Feb.
By Gianluca Centola
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March 3, 2026 3:15 p.m.Cristian García Zelada makes film education more accessible with Cinema Libertá
This post was updated March 3 at 10:05 p.m.
Cinema Libertá blends professional-level film training with a philosophy of access.
Peruvian filmmaker Cristian García Zelada has launched Cinema Libertá, a free film school in Peru focused on making film education more accessible in his home country.
By Abriella Nicolalde Schmidt
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Feb. 25, 2026 6:40 p.m.Film review: New ‘Wuthering Heights’ offers frustrating, stunning interpretation
Editor’s note: This review contains descriptions of abuse and a miscarriage that some readers may find disturbing.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
Emerald Fennell’s “Wuthering Heights” does not adapt Emily Brontë’s classic novel, but dissects, discards and ultimately rebuilds it into something deeply human.
By Alexis Coffee
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Feb. 18, 2026 9:23 p.m.‘Numbskull Revolution’ marks punk filmmaker Jon Moritsugu’s return from pause
Punk cinema is alive in Los Angeles.
Filmmaker Jon Moritsugu, known to those around him as the godfather of punk cinema, screened “Numbskull Revolution” – his first feature in over a decade – for the UCLA Film & Television Archive at the Hammer Museum on Feb.
By Abby Shewmaker
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Feb. 10, 2026 1:43 p.m.Film review: ‘The Strangers: Chapter 3’ sabotages suspense with excessive exposition
This post was updated Feb. 10 at 8:31 p.m.
Warning: Spoilers ahead.
“The Strangers: Chapter 3” arrives with the promise of finality but collapses under the weight of a franchise too eager to explain itself.
By Eric Sican
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