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Aapi Heritage Month: 10 Movies by Asian American, Pacific Islander Directors to Buy and Stream
All products and services featured by IndieWire are independently selected by IndieWire editors. However, IndieWire may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes.May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and to celebrate we’re honoring the incredible work of Aapi […]
Continue reading‘Eternals’ First Footage: Oscar Winner Chloé Zhao Enters the MCU with Angelina Jolie and More
Chloé Zhao has made a name for herself as one of the best indie filmmakers working today thanks to a trio of acclaimed features: “Songs My Brother Taught Me,” “The Rider,” and “Nomadland.” The latter won the Golden Lion at the 2020 Venice Film Festival and picked up Oscars this year for Best Picture, Best […]
Continue readingChloé Zhao’s The Eternals will be a quantum shift for Marvel
The Oscar-winning director’s delicate cinéma vérité style is a million miles from the cosmic chicanery of the MCUMarvel’s decision to hand Chloé Zhao the reins to The Eternals, the studio’s sprawling, millennia-spanning tale of godlike superheroes, looks like a stroke of genius after the Chinese film-maker won the best director and best picture Oscars for […]
Continue readingChloé Zhao’s Oscars victory greeted with some praise – and censorship – in China
Nomadland director hailed on social media as the ‘pride of Chinese people’ but posts about her win have since been removed from WeiboChloé Zhao made history on Monday becoming the first Asian woman to win an Oscar for best director for her film Nomadland. But in China, Zhao’s country of birth, posts about her victory […]
Continue readingOscars Scorecard 2021: Wins by Studio
“Nomadland” led the 93rd Academy Awards with three wins out of its six nominations, including a historic best director victory for Chloé Zhao, who became the second woman and the first woman of color to win an Oscar in the category.Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson became the first Black women to be awarded an Oscar […]
Continue readingOscars 2021: no real upsets but Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland triumph is a wonderful coup | Peter Bradshaw
With best picture also in the bag, it was a great night for Zhao – but Korean veteran Youn Yuh-jung ended the night as queen of this year’s awards seasonOscars 2021 – as it happenedHistoric wins for Nomadland – and surprise victory for Anthony Hopkins – at odd OscarsSo this strangest of years was matched […]
Continue reading‘Nomadland’ Stands Above A Messy End To Oscar Season
Well, that was a thing, I guess. An Oscar telecast that promised to be a “film” and not your typical telecast ceremony (a ludicrous concept from the beginning) was nothing of the sort. The 93rd Oscars was a slog filled with speeches that were often unmemorable and/or too long (mostly the latter) and not a […]
Continue readingOscars 2021: The Biggest Snubs and Surprises, From Chadwick Boseman to Frances McDormand
After all the talk about the unexpected and unpredictable, the 93rd Academy Awards delivered with surprise wins in the lead actor categories for Anthony Hopkins and Frances McDormand. Another shocker was that best picture was not announced last — they saved the lead acting categories for that.Also surprising was how smoothly the ceremony went with […]
Continue readingChloé Zhao Becomes Second Woman in History to Win Oscar for Best Director
For the first time in more than a decade — and only the second time in history — a woman has won the Oscar for best director.Chloé Zhao on Sunday night took home the Academy Award for best director for “Nomadland,” a sweeping drama about a widow in her 60s (Frances McDormand) who travels the […]
Continue readingOscars 2021: Here Are the Movies That Deserve to Win, According to 30 Film Critics
Many critics roll their eyes at Oscar season, and when it runs all the way through April — an anomaly this time — who can blame them? With the same crop of movies dissected ad infinitum for eight months and counting, the conversations about the “state of the race” often eclipse ones about cinematic quality. […]
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