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<p>No time to pay tribute: David Lynch was hardly acknowledged in the 2025 Oscars</p>

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Why did the Oscars spend more time mourning 007 than David Lynch?

In a ceremony that championed independent film and individual creativity, the visionary director behind ‘Blue Velvet’ received only a cursory mention. Meanwhile, James Bond was treated to a mind-boggling 10-minute tribute. What’s up with that? asks Clarisse Loughrey

Why Anora was the right Best Picture Oscar winner

<p>Adrien Brody, Mikey Madison, Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin with their Oscars</p>

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Conan O’Brien and great winners made this the best Oscars in years

<p>Divisive Dane: Lars von Trier’s work has attracted as many boos and walkouts as it has awards and adulation</p>

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Lars von Trier’s Parkinson’s diagnosis spells doom for cinema

<p>The actor plays a teenager in attendance at the hellish reform school Nickel Academy </p>

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Nickel Boys’ Brandon Wilson: ‘There’s no logic to racial structures’

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<p>Robert Altman was the Oscar-winning director of ‘The Long Goodbye’ and ‘Nashville’</p>

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The enduring legacy of Robert Altman, ‘pirate king of American film’

The pioneering director behind ‘M*A*S*H*’ and ‘Gosford Park’ would have turned 100 this month. Louis Chilton looks at the life of one of cinema’s true greats – and explains why he deserves far more credit for the film landscape of today

<p>Walter Salles directs Fernanda Torres on the set of the Oscar-nominated ‘I’m Still Here’</p>

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An Oscar frontrunner is based on a true story – but whose truth is it?

Walter Salles’s Brazilian political drama ‘I’m Still Here’ is just the latest in a strange sub-genre of historical fiction made by filmmakers with insider access, writes Xan Brooks – for better and for worse