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Tim Fehlbaum’s thriller September 5 was the big winner at this year’s German Film Awards, clinching nine statuettes in total including the Golden Lola for best film.

The film also won prizes for direction, screenplay, supporting actress, cinematography, editing, sound, production design and make-up.

Swiss-born Fehlbaum’s third feature had been this year’s hot favourite after it received 10 nominations from the German Film Academy’s members ahead of the weekend’s gala ceremony in Berlin. It only missed out on winning the Lola for best film score which went to Dasha Dauenhauer for Jan-Ole Gerster’s English language debut Islands.

September 5 took top honors at the German Film Awards, or Lolas, held in Berlin Friday night.

Tim Fehlbaum’s real-life thriller, based on the terrorist attacks on the 1972 Munich Olympics, picked up nine Lolas, including for best director, best editing, best cinematography, best sound design, best screenplay, best makeup and best production design.

Leonie Benesch won best supporting actress for her performance as a translator for the U.S. television network broadcasting the attacks live to the world. September 5 premiered at the Venice film festival last year before becoming an awards contender and landing a best original screenplay Oscar nomination for Fehlbaum, Moritz Binder and Alex David.

Accepting his best director prize, Fehlbaum praised his German team, and, with a side swipe at Donald Trump and his promised tariffs on “foreign films,” noted that “they can raise the tariffs as high as the want, there is not reason to make films anywhere else [than here].”

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Exclusive: Black Bear’s management arm has signed writer and director Jing Ai Ng for representation.

Ng’s debut feature, Forge, premiered this year at SXSW. Developed through Film Independent’s Screenwriters Lab, Forge is set in Miami’s art world and follows siblings Raymond and Coco Zhang—gifted but struggling artists who operate a covert forgery ring from the back of their family’s restaurant. When a disgraced millionaire coerces them into recreating masterpieces for his private collection, they become entangled in a dangerous web of deception and ambition. The film stars Kelly Marie Tran and Andie Ju.

Ng’s short film Delta, an Asian-American folk story, won Gold in the Passion Project category at the 2023 Cannes Lions Young Director Award. She also holds an Mfa in Directing from the American Film Institute Conservatory, where she made the short Fleck as her thesis project. A coming-of-age drama, Fleck follows Jamie,...

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Prime Video is ready with an entertainment-packed May this year. The upcoming month will see the much-anticipated sequel of the hit film A Simple Favor and the release of the much-anticipated mystery thriller series, The Better Sister. Just like every month, Prime Video is ready to overload you with great content. So, we’re here to tell you about the best 8 new movies and TV shows coming to Prime Video in May 2025.

Another Simple Favor (May 1) Credit – Amazon MGM Studios

Another Simple Favor is a mystery crime thriller and dark comedy film directed by Paul Feig from a screenplay co-written by Jessica Sharzer and Laeta Kalogridis. The 2025 sequel film follows Stephanie as she is invited to Emily’s extravagant wedding in Capri, Italy, but when she gets there, she once again finds herself embroiled in a murder mystery.

Black Bear’s management arm has signed “Flightplan” and “Red” director Robert Schwentke for representation. In a decades-long career, Schwentke has moved between indie productions, franchise fare and action and adventure films.

His war drama, “The Captain,” premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival to critical acclaim, going on to win multiple awards, including the Fipresci Prize at the Vilnius International Film Festival. It was nominated for five categories at the 2018 German Film Awards.

Schwentke’s other directing credits include “Snake Eyes,” the third installment in the “G.I. Joe” film series, for Paramount Pictures; “Insurgent” and “Allegiant,” the second and third installments of the blockbuster “Divergent” series for Lionsgate, which together grossed over $475 million worldwide; and “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” with Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams, for Warner Bros. He also directed “Red,” starring Helen Mirren, Bruce Willis and Morgan Freeman, which grossed $200 million globally and received a Golden Globe...

Exclusive: Black Bear’s management arm has signed writer and director Tim Fehlbaum for representation.

Fehlbaum most recently co-wrote and directed historical thriller September 5, earning him a nomination for Best Original Screenplay at this year’s Oscars. The critical hit chronicles the Munich massacre during the 1972 Summer Olympics from the perspective of the ABC Sports television crew.

The film was also nominated for Best Motion Picture, Drama at the Golden Globes and Best Film at the Bavarian Film Awards. It won the Audience Choice Award at the Heartland Film Festival and Best Ensemble Cast at the Utah Film Critics Association Awards.

In 2021, Fehlbaum wrote and directed the sci-fi thriller Tides, which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in the Berlinale Special section. That film won multiple awards including four German Film Awards, two Bavarian Film Awards (Best Director and Best Cinematography), the Rts Audience Award at Nifff, and Best Feature...

Exclusive: Longtime Constantin producer Constanze Guttmann is joining the Leonine Documentaries team.

Guttmann was most recently co-producer of Oscar nominee and ten-time German Film Award nominee September 5, about the Munich massacre at the 1972 Olympic Games. She is also known for 2021 feature The Colony, Home Sweet Home: Where Evil Lives, which won the Bavarian Film Award for Best Cinematography, the series Inside A Family, and recent fantasy film Hagen.

During her ten-year run at Constantin Film and Constantin Television, she collaborated with filmmakers including Andreas Dresen and Tim Fehlbaum, while also helping to foster new creatives such as Helene Hegemann and Jakob Lass under the creative label Alpenrot.

Jochen Köstler, Executive Vice President Non-Fiction at the Mediawan-backed Leonine Group, said: “With Constanze Guttmann, we are gaining a producer who brings a wealth of experience and an excellent network as well as impressive creativity. Her expertise in cinematic storytelling of fictional...

BookMyShow’s Red Lorry Film Festival crowned Venice winner “Paul and Paulette Take a Bath” and Cannes-winning “Souleymane’s Story” as winners of its competition segment over the weekend, as the sophomore edition of the Indian international film festival wrapped after three days of packed screenings across Mumbai.

“I’m Nevanka” claimed the Critics’ Pick award at the festival, which expanded to Hyderabad this year with its “Parallel Verse” program.

BookMyShow, India’s leading entertainment ticketing platform, launched the festival last year as part of its expansion beyond online movie ticketing into curated live experiences.

The competition winners were selected by a jury including filmmakers Vikramaditya Motwane, Ashwiny Iyer Tiwari, Atul Sabharwal, PVR executive Sanjeev Kumar Bijli, critic Kaveree Bamzai and actor Prachee Shah Paandya, alongside honorary juror Ashish Hemrajani, co-founder of BookMyShow.

“What a joy to receive this award,” said Jethro Massey, director of “Paul and Paulette Take a Bath,...

Swiss director Tim Fehlbaum’s English-language dramatic thriller September 5,set in a US newsroom during the 1972 hostage crisis at the Munich Olympics, leads the contenders for this year’s German Film Awards, also known as the Lolas, with 10 nominations including for best film, director and screenplay.

Produced by German outfit BerghausWöbke Filmproduktion with Constantin Film,September 5premiered at Venice 2024 and has been distributed by Paramount Pictures in key international territories.

Andreas Dresen’s From Hilde, With Love garnered seven nominations, closely followed by Iranian-born director Mohammad Rasoulof’s The Seed Of The Sacred Fig, with six nominations. The latter was...

Oscar contenders September 5 and The Seed of the Sacred Fig, and Andreas Dresen’s historic drama From Hilde, With Love are the frontrunners for this year’s German Film Awards, also called the Lolas, Germany’s equivalent of the Oscars.

September 5, Tim Fehlbaum’s real-life thriller based on the terrorist attacks on the 1972 Munich Olympics, picked up 10 nominations, including for best film and best director, as well as a supporting actress nom for Leonie Benesch, who plays a translator for the U.S. television network broadcasting the attacks live to the world.

Second and third in the running are Dresen’s From Hilde, With Love, which picked up seven Lola nominations, including for best film and best director, with Mohammad Rasoulof’s Iranian drama The Seed of the Sacred Fig right behind with six.

Rasoulof’s depiction of an Iranian family torn apart by conflicting loyalties to an increasingly oppressive Tehran regime,...

Casting director An Dorthe Braker, known as “casting queen” of German cinema, will receive an honorary German Film Award for outstanding contributions to German cinema, the German film academy announced Monday.

Braker was a pioneer in Germany, bringing a U.S.-style casting approach to the German film industry in the early 1990s, before the profession was formally recognized in Germany. Through her work on such features as Run Lola Run, Downfall and Nowhere in Africa, she has elevated repeated generations of German talent to the international stage.

“Many biographies of actors would not have been written without her,” said German Film Academy president Alexandra Maria Lara, whose own breakthrough came in the Oscar-nominated Downfall. “With her strong, clear attitude, she has had a strong influence on the profession of casting directors and has done great things for German film.”

Braker’s many credits include the Oscar-nominated features The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008) and Schtonk!

The U.K. and Ireland box office soared in February, generating £100.7 million ($129.9 million), a notable 20% boost compared to the £83.8 million ($108.1 million) recorded in February 2024, according to Comscore. The year-to-date figures are also encouraging, tracking 15% ahead of 2024 and 21% ahead of 2023.

Universal reigned supreme, thanks to “Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy,” which delivered $49.6 million for the month, securing the title of the top-grossing film of the year so far. The latest chapter in the beloved franchise opened with a record $15.7 million, surpassing the $13.4 million debut of 2004’s “Bridget Jones: The Edge Of Reason.” It has also eclipsed that title’s lifetime gross of $46.4 million and is steadily approaching the totals of “Bridget Jones’s Diary” ($54.2 million) and “Bridget Jones’s Baby” ($62.1 million). The film achieved a stellar 4.5-star rating in PostTrak exit polls and an impressive 96% Total Positive score among female audiences.

At No.2 for both February and the year to date, “Captain America: Brave New World...

Deadpool & Wolverine opened with Wade Wilson pulling off some impressive dance moves to the tune of Nsync's "Bye Bye Bye." However, it wasn't Ryan Reynolds in the suit; instead, dancer Nick Pauley took on the role of the McU's "Dancepool."

During Sunday's 97th Academy Awards, host Conan O'Brien performed "I Won't Waste Time" and was accompanied on stage by Dune: Part Two's Sandworm and Deadpool & Wolverine's titular Merc with the Mouth.

The Marvel Studios movie didn't receive a single nomination - much to the chagrin of many comic book fans - but Deadpool's cameo felt like an acknowledgement of what a positive impact the threequel made to theaters in 2024.

Now, Pauley has taken to Instagram to confirm he once again donned the suit for the Oscars. He also credited Ryan Reynolds for advocating that he be the one who hit the stage as "Dancepool."

"Thank you [Ryan Reynolds]; who loved the...

On Sunday night, “Anora” director Sean Baker made Academy Awards history by winning four Oscars in the same year for the same film, collecting gold statues for Best Picture, Best Directing, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Editing.

How did Baker do what other legendary directors, whose films have won twice as many Oscars, could not? How unique is it that he wears so many hats? And is there anything to be gleaned from his four wins as the Oscars continue the trend of increasing the premium on auteur-driven filmmaking?

A director winning Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay is not unusual. If Baker didn’t win Best Original Screenplay category this year, another director would have: Brady Corbet (“The Brutalist”), Jesse Eisenberg (“A Real Pain”), Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”), and Tim Fehlbaum (“September 5”).

A director winning Best Picture has also become common. Of the 10 nominated films for Best Picture this year,...

The 2025 Academy Awards was an event full of exciting, tearful, and unexpected feats. From Adrien Brody and Halle Berry recreating their iconic Oscars’ kiss to Zoe Saldaña’s emotional Best Supporting Actress acceptance speech to Kieran Culkin hilariously asking his wife to give him another kid, the night was just as iconic as every year.

While many expected films like A Complete Unknown or The Brutalist to win big, the true winner, and an unexpected one, was Anora. A romantic comedy drama written, directed, produced, and edited by Sean Baker, the film upstaged every other film with its five spectacular wins, winning three of the major Academy Awards.

Mark Eydelshteyn and Mikey Madison in Anora | Credits: Neon

Nominated for six awards, the film has been a hit at the awards season this year. Before its surprising and extraordinary feat at the Oscars 2025, it took home several major awards, including two...

The Academy Awards took place yesterday evening and, as per usual, the results have split opinions. Anora was the surprise Best Picture winner, with Wicked and Conclave failing to keep the momentum going following other recent award ceremonies.

Conan O'Brien hosted this year's and his performance of "I Won't Waste Time" was accompanied by surprise appearances from Dune: Part Two's Sandworm and Deadpool & Wolverine's Dancepool.

We don't know who was in the suit, though the Merc with the Mouth - who O'Brien reminded us wasn't among the nominees - pulled off some familiar Backstreet Boys-inspired dance moves before making his exit.

Ryan Reynolds initially embarked on a pretty robust "FYC" campaign for Deadpool & Wolverine, though it quickly lost momentum. The movie, which was a box office hit, wasn't exactly considered a critical darling with 78% on Rotten Tomatoes.

You may recall that were was some chatter about Reynolds...

The big night is here! The 2025 Academy Awards results are in, and with one of the most interesting line-up of films in contention, the 97th Oscars proved to be a night to remember.

Film fans across the world tuned in to see Sean Baker’s mesmeric Anora would triumph against the cinematic might of Brady Corbet’s epic film of ambition and tenacity, The Brutalist. Also in the mix was BAFTA faavourite Conclave, as well as welcome outsider The Substance (so rare for a horror film to be nominated for Best Picture) and the controversy-adjacent Emilia Perez.

Who won? Well… here’s a list of the awards and nominees with the winners in bold.

The 2025 Oscars – Full List of Winners

Best picture

Winner: Anora

The Brutalist

A Complete Unknown

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

I’m Still Here

Nickel Boys

The Substance

Wicked

Best actress

Winner: Mikey Madison – Anora...

Anora picks up five Oscars, in a surprisingly mixed Oscars 2025. Here’s the run down of what won and what didn’t.

Well, the Oscars has happened again, and perhaps now we can all get back to normal for a while.

This year’s statuette season was interesting enough given that there was no clear frontrunner like last year, when Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer dominated the awards race from start to finish. Still, set against the backdrop of the the hugely destructive Californian wildfires, it still all seemed a little superfluous at times. Meanwhile, The Brutalist director Brady Corbet provided an insight into the state of the non-blockbuster film business when he revealed that not being paid for being on a months-long awards trail meant he was living hand to mouth.

Still, fancy garments were donned and some statuettes were duly dished out and the 2025 Oscars.

For those of you...

‘Anora’ wins the Oscar® for Best Picture during the live ABC Telecast of the 97th Oscars® (Credit:

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The 2025 Oscars turned out to be a golden night for Anora. The critically acclaimed indie took home five Oscars including Best Director, Best Editing, Best Original Screenplay (all Sean Baker), Best Actress (Mikey Madison), and Best Picture. Anora won in every category it was nominated in except Best Supporting Actor (Yura Borisov) which went to Kieran Culkin as expected.

Emilia Pérez went into Hollywood’s Big Night with 13 nominations, winning in just two: Best Supporting Actress (Zoe Saldana) and Best Original Song. The Brutalist was recognized with three Oscars after earning 10 nominations. Wicked also earned 10 nominations and finished the night with two wins. And Dune: Part Two won the Achievement in Sound and Visual Effects Oscars out of its five nominations.

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Hollywood’s biggest night has come to an end, and as usual, the Academy Awards delivered plenty of memorable moments.

But as much as we loved the James Bond tribute and the hilarious monologue from first-time host Conan O’Brien, the winners and their acceptance speeches were the focus of the night.

Several deserving stars took home their very first Oscars, including Mikey Madison, who headlined the biggest winner of the night, the audacious sex work dramedy Anora.

Mikey Madison attends the 97th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 2, 2025. (Photo by Robyn Beck/Afp via Getty Images)

The indie flick took home five awards, and director Sean Baker took the stage for a number of gracious speeches. But he and Mikey weren’t the only victors at the 97th Oscars.

So without further ado, here’s your full list of the night...

Anora has won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, with writer-director Sean Baker taking home the statuette. The win is Baker’s first at the Academy Awards, where he’s personally scored his first set of four nominations this year, from the film’s set of six.

In his acceptance speech, Baker said, “I want to thank the sex worker community. They have shared their stories. They have shared their life experience with me over the years. My deepest respect. Thank you — I share this with you.”

Baker also thanked Neon, FilmNation, Focus Features/Universal Pictures, Le Pacte, his “incredible cast,” who “elevated everything I wrote and made me look very good,” and finally, his fellow producers on the project, Samantha Quan and Alex Coco.

For Baker, Anora is just the latest film to spotlight the sex worker community. An interest in authentically examining the lives of underrepresented individuals has...

Anora was the big winner at the 2025 Academy awards, taking home Oscars for best picture, best director for Sean Baker and best actress for Mikey Madison.

The Brutalist star Adrien Brody picked up best actor, with the film also winning for cinematography and original score.

As expected, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin won the supporting actor prizes for Emilia Perez and A Real Pain, respectively.

The ceremony took place tonight (March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, with Conan O’Brien hosting for the first time.

Oscar winners 2025

Best picture

Anora The Brutalist A Complete Unknown Conclave Dune: Part Two Emilia Pérez...

The 97th Academy Awards is taking place tonight (Sunday March 2) at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.

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The ceremony started at 4pm Pt/7pm Et (midnight UK time) and is set to run for around three hours (although it usually overruns).

Conan O’Brien is hosting the ceremony for the first time, with Raj Kapoor returningas executive producer and showrunner, and Katy Mullan serving as executive producer.

Screen is posting all the winners on this page as they are announced during the live ceremony. Refresh the page for latest updates.

Winners in bold, as they are announced, below...

The bumpy road to Oscar glory will reach its end Sunday night at the 97th Academy Awards, closing out one of the most unpredictable awards seasons in years. Ups and downs, twists and turns, mudslinging, mea culpas, tears both happy and sad — we’ve seen it all in recent weeks as the race kept us guessing what new upheaval might come next.

And that includes who wins tonight. “Emilia Pérez” might have the most nominations (13), but Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical lost its frontrunner status pretty much the moment star Karla Sofía-Gascón’s history of bigoted tweets resurfaced. In stepped “Anora,” which won top prizes with both the PGA and DGA and seemed ready to sail to a Best Picture victory…until “Conclave” swept in and showed us that the race was much tighter than we’d thought.

And what looked like an unobstructed path to best actress anointment for...

It’s Oscars weekend, which means that very soon there won’t be any more contenders to stream, only winners and past nominees. We have some suggestions if you’re looking for award-contender movies to watch on streaming or video on demand at the last minute before the Oscars this weekend. Our list includes an Oscar-nominated top pick that recently became available on subscription streaming; two other new releases on VOD, one of which is an Academy Award nominee; a past Oscar winner that would make for a nice double feature with the top pick; and a past Oscar nominee that’s on Netflix for the first time.

Top pick: September 5

Writers Moritz Binder, Tim Fehlbaum (who also directs), and Alex David are up for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for this journalism thriller’s tight script. It’s the film’s only nomination, but it’s deserved.

MGM+ has announced the titles coming to the premium linear channel and streaming service in March. The MGM Plus Mach 2025 lineup includes the new series Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue and the films The Fire Inside and September 5.

MGM+, an Amazon company, is a premium linear channel and streaming service delivering a broad lineup of exclusive original series and docuseries, the latest movie releases, and classic film franchises—all available in the U.S. on TV, on-demand, online, and across devices.

MGM Plus March 2025 Schedule

Series

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue

The series premieres on March 2 and new episodes follow every Sunday

Nine Bodies in a Mexican Morgue is a strikingly original and taut thriller series with a jaw-dropping reveal waiting at the end. A light aircraft with nine passengers crashes in the Mexican jungle and everyone survives.

But then, one after another, they begin to...

September 5, one of the best thrillers of last year, is now streaming on Paramount+, and clearly audiences are intrigued, as the real-time thriller debuted at the top of the charts. The film premiered on the streamer on February 25 and, after one day, had climbed up the most popular movies list, where it has now fallen down to third behind swords and sandals sequel Gladiator 2 and video game follow-up Sonic the Hedgehog 3.

Directed by Tim Fehlbaum, September 5 proved to be a somewhat controversial release, as it follows the events that transpired in Munich on September 5, 1972, during the Summer Olympics. On that day, the ABC team in charge of sports coverage decided to show to the entire world what was happening in the Olympic villas when a group of terrorists took Israeli athletes hostage. Led by Roone Arledge, the president of the ABC Sports division, the crew at the station...

Mark your calendars: September 5, nominated for Best Original Screenplay at the Oscars this year, is releasing on Paramount+ in the U.S. and Canada on February 25. This gives those who missed the critically acclaimed movie on the big screen a chance to watch it at home before it competes at the 97th Academy Awards.

Directed and co-written by Tim Fehlbaum, September 5 marks a dark day in history that occurred at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics. The movie utilizes its 95-minute runtime to exude a sense of urgency while also depicting the chaos that ensued behind the scenes of a newsroom where a broadcasting team was thrust into reporting live on a high-stakes hostage situation between the Palestinian militant group known as Black September and the Israeli Olympic team that turned into a massacre.

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Paramount+ has announced when September 5will be available for streaming on their catalog. According to Deadline, the historical drama will premiere on the streaming platform on February 25. The announcement comes just two months after the acclaimed film received a wide release in theaters in the United States. September 5 will arrive at Paramount+ on February 25 only in the United States and Canada, with a premiere date yet to be confirmed for other territories. Audiences will finally be able to experience Tim Fehlbaum's tense narrative in the comfort of their homes.

Paramount+ has announced the release date for its Oscar-nominated drama, September 5. The movie will make its streaming debut in the U.S. and Canada on Feb. 25.

Deadline reported the film's streaming debut date on Paramount's streaming service, noting that its availability in international markets will be announced at a later time. The historical drama/thriller flick was directed, co-produced and co-written by Tim Fehlbaum and stars Peter Sarsgaard, John Magaro, Ben Chaplin and Leonie Benesch. September 5 tells the story of the 1972 Munich massacre, from the perspective of the ABC Sports crew who covered the eventsduring the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics.

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Sarsgaard portrays Roone Arledge, the president of ABC Sports, while Magaro plays Geoffrey Mason,...

Today, Paramount+ announced that the Paramount Pictures film September 5 will be available to stream on the service starting February 25 in the U.S. and Canada.

September 5 is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes boasting a 93% critics’ score and a Verified Hot 90% Popcornmeter rating. The film has received widespread acclaim from critics at The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, The Atlantic and more.

The movie has earned prestigious awards recognition, winning this year’s LA Press Club’s Veritas Award and receiving nominations from the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, Producers Guild of America Awards and Critics’ Choice Awards.

September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today. Set during the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, the film follows the ABC Sports broadcasting team who quickly shifted from sports reporting to live coverage of the Israeli athletes taken hostage.

Rank Film (origin)DistributorFeb 21-23 gross Total Week 1 Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy (UK-Fr-us) Universal £6.9m £27.3m 2 2 Captain America: Brave New World (US) Disney £2.9m £13.2m 2 3 Dog Man (US) Universal £2m £11m 3 4 The Monkey (US) Black Bear £1m £1.1m 1 5 Mufasa: The Lion King (US) Disney £585,083 £32.3m 10

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Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy has topped £27m after just two weekends at the UK-Ireland box office; as Black Bear’s The Monkey climbed into the top five on its first outing.

Universal’s Mad About The Boy added £6.9m on its second session – a relatively slim...

Here’s the latest episode of The Filmmakers Podcast, part of the podcast roster here on Nerdly. If you haven’t heard the show yet, you can check out previous episodes on the official podcast site, whilst we’ll be featuring each and every new episode as it premieres.

For those unfamiliar with the series, The Filmmakers Podcast is a podcast about how to make films from micro-budget indie films to bigger-budget studio films and everything in between. Our hosts Giles Alderson, Dom Lenoir, Dan Richardson, Andrew Rodger and Cristian James talk about how to get films made, how to actually make them and how to try not to f… it up in their very humble opinion. Guests will come on and chat about their filmmaking experiences from directors, writers, producers and screenwriters, to actors, cinematographers and distributors.

The Filmmaker’s Podcast #440: Making of ‘September 5’ cast & writer-director Special with Peter Sarsgaard,...

An elderly woman dies, and her three adult sons cling to each other, weeping, before turning on the duty nurse. She hadn’t seen their mother once, they blurt to the doctor. It wouldn’t have made any difference; there is nothing Nurse Floria (Leonie Benesch) could have done to prevent a pulmonary embolism. But the nurse flinches. It’s true. There are just two of them on the late shift and a full ward of 26 patients: Even in Switzerland, which has arguably the best health service in the world, there are serious staff shortages. The dead woman was designated last on her round. Floria failed her.

Petra Volpe’s busy, urgent cancer-ward procedural is exactly what it says it is: a shift in the life of a nurse, a pile of incidents encountered at speed. Judith Kaufmann’s camera races behind and around Floria, looking intermittently rough: what doesn...

Nominations voting is from January 8-17, 2025, with official Oscar nominations announced January 23, 2025. Final voting is February 11-18, 2025. And finally, the 97th Oscars telecast will be broadcast on Sunday, March 2 and air live on ABC at 7:00 p.m. Et/ 4:00 p.m. Pt. We update our picks through awards season, so keep checking IndieWire for all our 2025 Oscar predictions.

The State of the Race

While the 2025 winners of the BAFTA Awards threw everything into flux, the surprise Best Actress win for “Anora” star Mikey Madison supports the idea that the Palme d’Or winner will still be dominant at the Oscars. After all, it has now won top prize at the PGA Awards, the DGA Awards, and the WGA Awards, so filmmaker Sean Baker has plenty of peers in his corner. And the UK-based awards body is not all that predictive of Best Original Screenplay anyways, aligning with the Academy...

September 5

Director Tim Fehlbaum's September 5, co-written with Moritz Binder and Alex David, revisits the first time a terrorist attack was broadcast live on international television. Set in the ABC control room at the 1972 Munich Summer Olympics, it sees the American sports broadcaster, led by TV executive Roone Arledge (Peter Sarsgaard), pivot from covering sport to an unprecedented situation, when the Palestinian militant group Black September takes the Israeli Olympic team hostage. Geoffrey Mason (John Magaro), a young producer, his mentor Marvin Bader (Ben Chaplin) and German interpreter Marianne (Leonie Benesch) work in unprecedented circumstances to document one of history’s darkest chapters.

September 5 is Binder's first feature screenplay. His other writing credits include the long-running anthology crime series Tatort (1970-); München Mord (2013-), about a trio of criminal investigators; and Neue Geschichten vom Pumucki (2023). Binder has also showcased his art installations at the Academy of Fine Arts...

Universal’s “Dog Man” barked its way to the top of the U.K. and Ireland box office this weekend, debuting with a commanding £3.2 million ($4 million), according to Comscore.

The family-friendly animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s best-selling book series proved to be a major draw, delivering one of the biggest opening weekends of the year so far.

Last week’s leader, Disney’s “A Complete Unknown,” slid to second place, adding $1 million in its fourth weekend. The Timothée Chalamet-led Bob Dylan biopic has now reached $12.4 million. Also holding strong is Disney’s “Mufasa: The Lion King,” which took third place with $869,889 in its eighth weekend. The prequel has now crossed $37.6 million, cementing itself as one of the highest-grossing family films of the season.

Trafalgar Releasing’s “Macbeth: David Tennant And Cush Jumbo,” the filmed stage production of Shakespeare’s tragedy climbed to fourth place with $858,637, bringing its total to $1.9 million.

Every year, I enjoy grilling the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Writers Panel, the smart folks who wrote the best movies of the year. Three of this group of Oscar nominees adapted their screenplays.

For “Conclave” — nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture, Adapted Screenplay, Best Actor Ralph Fiennes, and Supporting Actress Isabella Rossellini — Peter Straughan elegantly adapted Robert Harris’ 2016 papal thriller. He captures the political chess game of pitting the pieces against each other, which lets the audience try to follow who’s winning. But he also focused on one cardinal (Ralph Fiennes) and his interior journey facing doubt. Straughan started out as a playwright but moved to writing films like “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” when he figured out how much more money he could make. He did make some cinematic changes: He added more explosions.

For “Nickel Boys,” documentary producer Joslyn Barnes rejoined her “Hale County This Morning, This Evening...

RankFilm (origin)DistributorFeb 7-9 grossTotalWeek 1 Dog Man (US) Universal £3.2m £3.2m 1 2 A Complete Unknown (US) Disney £831,546 £10m 4 3 Mufasa: The Lion King (US) Disney £700,071 £30.3m 8 4 Macbeth: David Tennant And Cush Jumbo (UK) Trafalgar £680,840 £1.5m 1 5 September 5 (Ger-us) Paramount £517,000 £639,000 1

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Universal animation Dog Man topped the UK-Ireland box office with a £3.2m opening weekend.

The film, based on Dav Pilkey’s children’s graphic novel series of the same name, played in 610 locations, taking a strong £5,347 location average.

That putsDog Man ahead of animation comparisons The Smurfs 2 (a lesser £3.2m in 2013), Trolls Band Together (£3.1m in 2023) and...

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It’s awards season, celebrity gossip fans.

In the wake of the Golden Globes being handed out a few weeks ago, and then the Oscar nominations being announced a short time later, the 2025 Critics Choice Awards honored the best in movies and television on Friday night.

The ceremony was hosted by Chelsea Handler.

And the stars who took home the major prizes? Scroll down for a full list of Critics Choice Awards winners…

Demi Moore accepts the Best Actress award for “The Substance” onstage during the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on February 7, 2025 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice Association)

Best Picture

“A Complete Unknown”

“Anora” (Winner)

“The Brutalist”

“Conclave”

“Dune: Part Two”

“Emilia Pérez”

“Nickel Boys”

“Sing Sing”

“The Substance”

“Wicked”

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” (Winner)

Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown”

Daniel Craig – “Queer...

Mikey Madison as Ani and Mark Eydelshteyn as Ivan in ‘Anora’ (Courtesy of Neon)

Wicked and Conclave went into the 2025 Critics Choice Awards with the most nominations, but voters (myself included) spread the wealth around, showering Wicked, Conclave, The Brutalist, Anora, The Substance (congrats Demi Moore!), and Emilia Perez with film awards. On the TV drama side, Shogun earned Best Drama, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress awards. Hacks cleaned up in the TV comedy categories, scoring Best Comedy, Best Actress, and Best Supporting Actress.

The Critics Choice Awards were held on February 7, 2025 with Chelsea Handler returning as host for the third time. Handler spent time during the opening of her monologue to thank first responders for their incredible work during the Los Angeles wildfires. She also thanked Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni for providing a distraction from waking up every day not knowing what news will disappoint or horrify us.

Critics Choice Awards 2025: Full List Of Winners (Photo Credit – Instagram)

Critics Choice Awards 2025: The award season continues with another much-coveted award night. It is the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards, where both films and television artists are awarded. Shogun has secured quite a few awards, including Best Drama Series. Deadpool & Wolverine and Emilia Perez, too, bagged two top awards at the ceremony. Keep scrolling for the complete winners list.

For the uninitiated, the ceremony was held at the Barker Hangar at the Santa Monica Airport on February 7. It was live-streamed on E! According to reports, it was supposed to be held on January 12 but was postponed due to the California fires.

American comedian/actress Chelsea Handler hosted the Critics Choice Awards 2025, while many Hollywood actors took the stage to present the trophies. The list includes Aldis Hodge, Allison Tolman, Chase Stokes, Craig Robinson, David Alan Grier, David Harbour,...

After two separate delays due to the Los Angeles wildfires, the 2025 Critics Choice Awards have all finally been handed out. The winners list provides another indicator of the strength of several films leading into the Academy Awards March 2, though TV plays a big role in the Critics Choice Awards as well — even if many of the top contenders on that side of the event, such as “Shogun,” which led the TV awards with four wins, are not eligible for this September’s Emmys having already stormed last year’s Emmys.

“Anora” won Best Picture out of a field of 10 nominees. It was the only Critics Choice Award the Sean Baker film starring Mikey Madison won full stop. The most film wins went to “Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “The Substance” with three each.

“Wicked” won Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and, in a shock, Best Director for Jon M. Chu,...

The best in both movies and television were honored at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards!

So many stars stepped out for the awards show on Friday (February 7) at the Barker Hanger in Santa Monica, Calif.

Heading into the show, Wicked and Conclave were the most nominated movies of the night with 11 nominations each while Shogun led the TV categories with 6 nominations.

Make sure to check out our Best Dressed list to see all of the best looks from the red carpet.

Head inside to check out the complete winners list for the Critics Choice Awards…

Keep scrolling to see the full winners list from the Critics Choice Awards…

Movie Categories:

Best Picture

A Complete Unknown

Anora – Winner

The Brutalist

Conclave

Dune: Part Two

Emilia Pérez

Nickel Boys

Sing Sing

The Substance

Wicked

Best Actor

Adrien Brody – The Brutalist – Winner

Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown

Daniel Craig – Queer

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing...

“Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “The Substance” each triumphed with three wins at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards on Friday night. However, it was “Anora” that claimed the best picture prize at this year’s ceremony.

The Neon release entered the race with seven nominations, including best actress for Mikey Madison and best director and original screenplay for Sean Baker. But ultimately, “Anora” walked away with the coveted best picture award, and nothing more.

Meanwhile, “Wicked” director Jon M. Chu, who wasn’t nominated in the Academy Awards’ best director category, beat out several Oscar nominees to win the best director honor at the Critics Choice Awards. “I’m going to win that Oscar!” Chu said jokingly on stage.

The film-acting categories had less surprises, as the ceremony handed best actress to Demi Moore (“The Substance”), best actor to Adrien Brody (“The Brutalist”), best supporting actress to Zoe Saldaña (“Emilia...

We have suggestions if you’re looking for an awards contender to watch on streaming or on-demand video this weekend. Our list includes an Oscar-nominated top pick that recently became available for home viewing, another Oscar-nominated new release on VOD, a movie that wasn’t nominated for an Oscar but probably should have been, a past Oscar nominee that would make for a nice double feature with the top pick, and a classic crime thriller available on streaming for the first time.

Top pick: Anuja

One of the leading live-action short nominees, Anuja, is now available to stream on Netflix. The 22-minute film tells the story of sisters Anuja (Sajda Pathan) and Palak (Ananya Shanbhag), orphans in Delhi who work in a sweatshop. When the title character, a 9-year-old with an aptitude for math, gets an opportunity to go to school, her older sister sacrifices to make it happen.

The...

The 2025 Critics Choice Awards will finally be happening Tonight (February 7) after multiple delays and we have everything you need to know about the show.

The annual awards show, which honors the best in both movies and television, was originally scheduled for January 12, but the show was delayed twice due to the Los Angeles fires.

Chelsea Handler is still hosting the show and it’s still being held at the original location, the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.

Going into the ceremony, Wicked and Conclave are the top 2 nominated films this year, both garnering 11 nominations. FX’s Shogun has the most TV show nominations this year with 6 total.

We have all the details you need to know about the nominees, the presenters, and how to stream the show from home.

Keep reading to find out more…

How To Watch

The show is airing live on E! this year at 7pm Et/Pt.

Universal animation Dog Man and Paramount thriller September 5 head up new releases in UK and Ireland cinemas this weekend.

Leading the way is DreamWorks Animation’s Dog Man which is out in 617 venues after opening in the US last weekend. The story centres around a police officer, half dog and half man, who is up against a feline supervillain. Directed by Peter Hastings, the voice cast featuresPete Davidson, Poppy Liu, Lil Rel Howery and Isla Fisher.

Dog Man is based on the graphic novel which is a spin-off of the Captain Underpants series. That film adaptation debuted with £1.3m back...

In September 5, the story of a 1972 news team combines the legacy of earlier journalism films. In 2025, it could hardly be more relevant.

I bloody love a good journalism movie. I’m probably biased, but I’m not sure there’s always a correlation between a person’s job and their film taste; do all bus drivers obsessively watch Paterson and Speed? For our sake, I hope they’re not obsessively watching Speed.

Regardless, there’s little more reassuring in a climate of evaporating media outlets than a movie telling you your profession (albeit the slightly more important-sounding investigative side of it) is worth having around. The Post and (improbably) Spotlight have become go-to comfort movies in my house.

It seems I’m not alone, either – since the golden age of film noir, the intrepid journalist has become a helpful narrative replacement for the kind of chain-smoking private investigator’s we...

Those of us who are hopeful for the comeback, or at least survival, of the theatrical motion picture are finding this Oscar season to be especially discomforting. If you’re lucky enough to identify a favorite, you also have to figure out how and where to see it.

The Academy thus is understandably edgy about voter “turnout”: Will members cast ballots for movies they may not have ever seen or heard about?

William Goldman, the legendary screenwriter, is often quoted for commenting that “no one knows anything” about making hit movies, but my favorite Goldmanism would be more relevant today. He wanted the data on Oscar voting to be made public, thus telling us “how voters really feel about their industry.”

While the Academy roundly denounced his 1995 proposal, I would argue that a breakdown this year would actually provide helpful insights. How are members dealing with challenging movies like Emilia Pérez or The Brutalist?...