Best Documentary Short Film has an infamous reputation for being one of the more difficult categories to conquer. Because of their obviously abridged length, they... Read More
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Hardcore Oscar fans know that the Best Live Action Short Film category has a rocky history when it comes to featuring quality nominees. Almost every... Read More
For Oscar fanatics, Best Animated Short Film is always one of the easiest Oscar categories to complete, if for no other reason than the nominees... Read More
After the breakout success of Scrapper, her acclaimed indie debut starring Harris Dickinson, the bar for Charlotte Regan’s next project was inevitably set high. That... Read More
There are films that portray sexual violence as isolated tragedy and then there are films that examine the systems that make such tragedy possible. With... Read More
It begins with the buzzing of a fly. That thin, nerve-fraying sound that slices through the silence and refuses to disappear. Flies are tiny invaders,... Read More
Isabelle Huppert glides through an underground grotto as if she is about to launch a global tour. A neon-red boat slices across the dark waters... Read More
When the director of an impressive film made on a shoestring budget gets to spread their wings a bit with access to more money and... Read More
Amy Adams gazes just past the camera. Her expression is tired, hollow, as if any additional emotion would already be too much. In this extended... Read More
Over the past decade, Sundance has increasingly become a home for films that resist spectacle in favor of proximity. That sensibility now finds an extension... Read More

A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films
‘Mint’ Review: Ambition Outpaces Impact in ‘Snapper’ Director Charlotte Regan’s Stylish BBC Crime Drama Series [C+] Berlinale
‘17’ Review: Kosara Mitić’s Devastating Debut Exposes the Cost of Silence and Complicity [B] Berlinale
‘Flies (Moscas)’ Review: To Be a Fly on the Wall is to See All in Fernando Eimbcke’s Quiet Family Drama [B-] Berlinale
‘The Blood Countess’ Review: Isabelle Huppert’s Glamorous Vampire Mother Rises Above Baroque Bungle [C-] Berlinale
‘How to Make a Killing’ Review: The Latest Eat the Rich Satire is Starving to Death [C-]
‘At the Sea’ Review: Amy Adams Gasps for Air in Film Desperate to Drown Her Under the Weight of Water [C] Berlinale
‘Take Me Home’ Review: Liz Sargent’s Intimate Caregiving Drama Confronts a System Built to Fail [B-] Berlinale
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Short Films
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films
A Guide to the 2026 Oscar-Nominated Animated Short Films
‘DTF St. Louis’ Review: Jason Bateman and David Harbour Star in Sex and Death Mystery That’s Mostly Flaccid [D]