Best Picture, DGA and Anora

Why Anora might now be the film to beat for Best Picture at the 2025 Oscars
Distributor NEON has won Best Picture before with Parasite, shedding the narrative that a film not in the English language can’t win the Oscars’ top honor. Anora hearkens back to the glories of New Hollywood, a time where more risqué subject matter was widely embraced by the Academy voters as conduit for commentary on the times.
‘Anora’ Is the Best Picture Oscar Frontrunner After ‘Greatest Day’ at DGA and PGA Awards
Palme d'Or winner 'Anora' became the Best Picture Oscar frontrunner after winning the top prizes at the PGA and DGA Awards.
Oscars State Of The Race: ‘Anora’ With Its PGA, DGA, Critics Choice Best Picture Wins Now In Pole Position But Can It Keep Momentum?
An analysis of the state of the Oscar race after Critics Choice and Key guilds weigh in and make Anora the new front runner
Critics Choice: ‘Anora' Wins Best Picture; ‘Emilia Pérez,' ‘Wicked' and ‘The Substance' Take 3 Awards Each
Anora won the top prize of best picture at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards, while Emilia Pérez, Wicked and The Substance each captured three trophies. The Brutalist star Adrien Brody won best actor; Demi Moore won best actress for her work in The Substance;
“Anora” Surprises as Best Picture Winner at 2025 Critics Choice Awards: 'So Unexpected'
"We made this film for the big screen," writer-director Sean Baker said in his acceptance speech Anora took home the top prize at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards. On Friday, Feb. 7, writer-director Sean Baker took the stage in Los Angeles to accept the best picture win,
Oscars 2025: Anora Suddenly Looks like the Best Picture Frontrunner
After three back-to-back Best Picture (or equivalent) awards over the weekend, Sean Baker’s comedy about a Brighton Beach sex worker looks like it could rally this Oscar season.
‘Anora’ is looking like a Best Picture frontrunner following DGA and PGA wins
‘Anora’ surges ahead in the Best Picture race after surprise PGA, DGA wins: Oscar analysis
Maybe Anora was the frontrunner all along. In the weeks since the Oscar nominations were announced, Oscar pundits and awards strategists have treated the wide-open Best Picture race like an adaptation of Goldilocks and the Three Bears,
‘Wicked,’ ‘Emilia Pérez’ and ‘The Substance’ Lead Critics Choice Awards, but ‘Anora’ Nabs Best Picture: Full Winners List
“Wicked,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “The Substance” each triumphed with three wins at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards on ...
Why Can’t You Stream Best Picture Nominees ‘The Brutalist,’ ‘I’m Still Here,’ ‘A Complete Unknown’ Or ‘Nickel Boys’?
Streaming Best Picture nominees for the Oscars in 2025 is frustrating, given that a full 40% of them are not yet available.
Critics Choice Awards Photos: Best Of The Red Carpet
Hollywood will gather tonight for the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards, a stellar prelude to the Academy Award Nominations ...
‘The 47,’ ‘Undercover’ Share Best Picture Honors at Spain’s Goya Awards in Historic First
Marcel Barrena's 'The 47' and Arantxa Echevarría's 'Undercover' are the first-ever shared best picture winners at the Spanish ...
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When did the Academy Awards start? A look at the first Oscar winners
Most notably "Sunrise" won best unique and artistic picture, an award that was scrapped a year later when the Oscars winnowed its categories to seven. Fun fact: You can stream both "Wings" and ...
'Anora' topples 'Emilia Pérez' to shake up the Oscars Best Picture race. This formula predicts which movie will come out on top.
The Best Picture race looks vastly different days after a controversy involving the star of "Emilia Pérez" surfaced.
‘A Complete Unknown’ and Timothée Chalamet’s Late Oscars Surge Could Result in a Best Picture Spoiler
Mangold, by contrast, is a Hollywood veteran. He directed the best picture-nominated “Ford v Ferrari” (2019) and made history ...
The 7 Biggest Modern Best Picture Oscar Winners at the Box Office Will Shock You
Winning a Best Picture Oscar is thought to be a one-way ticket to scoring box office glory. While it’s certainly bolstered the financial profile of many motion pictures over the years, it’s also never ...