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March 17, 2026 7:46 a.m.
Director Paul Thomas Anderson accepts the Academy Award for Best Picture alongside the cast and crew of “One Battle After Another.” The film took home six Oscars at the 98th annual ceremony Sunday. (Courtesy of The Academy Awards)
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 11, 2026 3:00 p.m.In “The Bride!” Maggie Gyllenhaal fails to breathe new life into a classic source material.
Landing in theaters March 6, actress and filmmaker Maggie Gyllenhaal’s sophomore directorial project trips and stumbles through grimy alleyways and ritzy clubs before finishing with an electrifying kaput.
By Davis Hoffman
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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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Feb. 5, 2026 11:24 p.m.Second take: NHL still has a long way to go on inclusivity amid success of ‘Heated Rivalry’
This post was updated Feb. 6 at 12:09 a.m.
“Heated Rivalry” and Taylor Swift have more in common than you might think.
The Crave original series, which aired on HBO Max in the United States, has become mainstream internet culture’s latest obsession.
By Felicia Keller
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