Screen stories, television and culture to watch now.
Sean Baker’s Anora took Best Picture at the Oscars, winning four awards including Best Director and Best Actress for Mikey Madison, a triumph for independent film.
The long-awaited second season of Squid Game arrived on Netflix, becoming the streaming platform’s most-watched series debut in its history within days.
The film adaptation of the musical Wicked opened to massive worldwide business, turning the story of Elphaba and Glinda into the movie event of late 2024.
The epic FX series Shogun won a record 18 Emmys, including best drama, making history as one of the most awarded television seasons ever.
Pixar’s Inside Out 2 took the box office by storm, surpassing $1.5 billion worldwide to become the highest-grossing animated film ever made.
Sean Baker’s Anora, a New York screwball drama about a sex worker and a Russian oligarch’s son, won the Palme d’Or, the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.
Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer dominated the 96th Academy Awards, taking Best Picture, Best Director and best actor and supporting actor, capping the Barbenheimer summer.
Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two arrived with the biggest opening of the year, turning the science-fiction epic into a phenomenon of screens both large and small.
