The 2026 Oscars gala was a standout event that marked several historical milestones celebrating diversity and inclusivity in the film industry. Jessie Buckley became the first Irish actress to receive the Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in ‘Hamnet’, an achievement that resonates as a symbol of overcoming barriers in a genre traditionally dominated by actors from other nationalities. Awarded for a dual role, Michael B. Jordan also made history by being crowned the first actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor for his role portraying two […]
The 2026 Oscars gala was a highlighted event that has marked several historical milestones celebrating diversity and inclusivity in the film industry. Jessie Buckley became the first Irish actress to receive the Oscar for Best Leading Actress for her performance in ‘Hamnet’, an achievement that resonates as a symbol of overcoming barriers in a genre traditionally dominated by actors from other nationalities.
Awarded a double role
Michael B. Jordan did the same by being crowned as the first actor to win the Oscar for Best Actor for his role portraying twin brothers in ‘The Sinners.’ For her part, Autumn Durald Arkapaw was recognized as the first woman and Black person to receive the Oscar for Best Cinematography, also for her work on the same film, which represents a significant advancement in a category often dominated by white men.
In the category of Best Original Song, Ejae, 24, Ido, and Teddy Park made history by being the first South Koreans to receive this award with ‘Golden’, the first K-Pop song to be recognized by the Academy. ‘The K-Pop Warriors’ added more glory by winning Best Animated Feature, marking a significant moment for people of South Korean descent at an event that has historically been criticized for its lack of representation.
Norway also celebrated its first Oscar for Best International Feature with ‘Sentimental Value’, marking an important milestone for Scandinavian cinema. However, the ceremony also had a melancholic tone with Diane Warren, who became the person with the most nominations without having won, accumulating 17 nominations throughout her career.
Finally, the tie between the short films ‘The Singers’ and ‘Two Characters Exchanging Saliva’ marked the second case of a tie in Oscar history, an unusual event that added excitement to this year’s gala. Thus, the 2026 Oscars not only celebrated the best of cinema but also opened doors to a more inclusive future.
On a disappointing night for Disney’s animation studios, the 2026 Oscar ceremony set a historic record: the company has gone four consecutive years without winning in the Best Animated Feature category. This year, the victory went to KPop Demon Hunters, a collaboration between Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation, which also won the award for Best Song for Golden. With this defeat, Disney and Pixar, its two key branches, have not managed to win since 2021, when Encanto took home the award. Disney has been years without offering its best work This stagnation is […]
In a disappointing night for Disney’s animation studios, the 2026 Oscar ceremony marked a historic record: the company has gone four consecutive years without winning in the Best Animated Feature category. This year, the victory went to KPop Demon Hunters, a collaboration between Netflix and Sony Pictures Animation, which also took home the award for Best Song for Golden. With this defeat, Disney and Pixar, its two key branches, have not managed to win since 2021, when Encanto took home the award.
Disney has not offered its best work for years
This stagnation is notable, given that Disney has traditionally dominated this category. In the 26 years since the award was created, Walt Disney Animation Studios has won four times, while Pixar has achieved an impressive total of 11 victories. In contrast, competitors like Dreamworks, Sony Pictures Animation, and the iconic Studio Ghibli have only been recognized twice.
The reasons behind this streak of failures are subjects of discussion. Both companies have faced criticism for not presenting their best work in recent years, which has allowed recognition to grow for films that deviate from the characteristic style of Disney and Pixar. Recent examples, such as Flow, which was created entirely in Blender, and the innovative Spider-Verse films, have captured the attention of Oscar voters.
Despite the negative streak in awards, Disney and Pixar have reasons to celebrate. Zootopia 2 became the highest-grossing American film of last year, while Hoppers, their latest release, has received positive reviews and performed well at the box office. Additionally, there are rumors that KPop Demon Hunters 2 could be present at the 2030 Oscars, as long as there are no delays in its production.
The movie A Battle After Another by Paul Thomas Anderson has been crowned as the big winner of the 2026 Oscar awards, taking home a total of six statuettes, including the coveted award for Best Picture. Additionally, Anderson was also recognized as Best Director, while Sean Penn won the award for Best Supporting Actor. This year, the Best Casting Direction award was held for the first time, which was also awarded to the same film, along with the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing. An Oscar ceremony to remember In second place, The Sinners, […]
The movie “One Battle After Another” by Paul Thomas Anderson has been crowned as the big winner of the 2026 Oscar awards, taking home a total of six statuettes, including the coveted award for Best Picture. Additionally, Anderson was also recognized as Best Director, while Sean Penn won the award for Best Supporting Actor. This year, the award for Best Casting Direction was held for the first time, which was also awarded to the same film, along with the awards for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Editing.
An Oscar to Remember
Secondly, The Sinners, the innovative vampire film directed by Ryan Coogler, won four Oscars, highlighting the performance of Michael B. Jordan, who was named Best Actor. It also received awards for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Cinematography, consolidating the narrative and aesthetic value of the work.
On the other hand, the Spanish film Sirat, directed by Oliver Laxe, did not receive any recognition, despite being nominated in two categories: Best Sound and Best International Film. In the latter, the award went to Valor sentimental, which stood out among foreign productions.
The third position in this year’s awards ceremony was occupied by Frankenstein, which received three awards, including Best Costume Design and Best Makeup and Hairstyling. In the technical field, Avatar: Fire and Ash stood out by receiving the Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
In terms of interpretation, the awards went to Amy Madigan, who won Best Supporting Actress for Weapons, and Jessie Buckley, who was named Best Actress for Hamnet, in what were considered the most predictable results of the night.
In the field of animation, The K-Pop Wars won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song for Golden. A curious fact about the ceremony was the tie in the Best Short Film category, which saw The Singers and Two People Exchanging Saliva share the award, a rare occurrence in Oscar history.
This year, cinema has been filled with blockbusters dominating the box office, especially at the end of the year, and audiovisual experiences that have little to do with cinema, but we have not been devoid of great films in the old-fashioned way. Both spectacular and captivating films visually, as well as films with great scripts and even greater performances that catch the attention of cinephiles and attract a more general audience. This has been the case for one of the most celebrated films, if not the most celebrated, of Leonardo DiCaprio. A true surprise that has caused […]
This year, cinema has been filled with blockbusters dominating the box office, especially at the end of the year, and audiovisual experiences that have little to do with traditional cinema. However, we have not been devoid of great films in the old-fashioned way. Both spectacular and visually captivating films, as well as films with great scripts and even greater performances that catch the attention of cinephiles and attract a more general audience.
This has been the case for one of the most celebrated films, if not the most celebrated, of Leonardo DiCaprio. An authentic surprise that has caused a sensation, has swept through, and despite costing a fortune, has managed to be a box office success. Being a strong contender for the 2026 Oscars. Because One Battle After Another is one of those must-see films of the year.
One battle after another is a film, to say the least, with an interesting premise. The protagonist, “Ghetto” Pat Calhoun, is a pothead with a sixteen-year-old mixed-race daughter. Except that the daughter is from another man, a military man who had a romance with his partner and who now, when he tries to enter a secret sect of secret supremacists, will attempt to kill her to hide what he considers a shameful past. Something that will set in motion a story of paranoia, secret groups, assassination attempts, and terrorist groups that will go far beyond all the characters involved.
How can such a crazy argument be explained? Basically, through two groups of proper names. On one hand, the names of its two main actors: Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn. On the other hand, the names of the creators of the story: Paul Thomas Anderson and Thomas Pynchon.
Leonardo DiCaprio plays an ex-member of a revolutionary group, now a pothead without benefits, who will do anything to protect his daughter. Except perhaps quit smoking pot. Sean Penn plays a deranged far-right military man to the point of being willing to join a cult. And in both cases, they are able to give meaning to two characters that border on caricature, bringing them to life with constant tiny nuances, which could easily be the best performances of the year. Something that undoubtedly has a lot to do with who is behind the camera.
Thomas Pynchon is a writer who, for lovers of postmodern literature, needs no introduction. For those who don’t, Pynchon is considered the father and patron saint of paranoid literature, with a maximalist and absolutely deranged style, featuring characters always on the brink of schizophrenia. Combining cults, secret plans, wars in the shadows, and a poetic vein with constant references, he is regarded as one of the best, if not the best, living American writers. This also comes with something: he has also been considered absolutely impenetrable for the average person, even if he is not that difficult to read, and impossible to adapt to film, which is something that is more accurate.
At least, until the arrival of Paul Thomas Anderson. Who has successfully adapted it to film twice already.
Adapting the extremely unhinged Inherent Vice in 2014, considered Pynchon’s most accessible novel, he has now embarked on adapting another of his novels deemed simpler, Vineland, in this One Battle After Another. Or to be exact, a part of the novel. One Battle After Another offers a modulated version, much less unhinged and leaving out a large part of the novel, turning it into a grand odyssey about a father and daughter’s struggle against a society that hates them for their prejudices.
The result is a film that has taken both critics and audiences by storm. With a 95% on Metacritic, it has grossed over 200 million dollars at the box office with a budget of 130 million. All of this positions it as one of the top favorites for the Oscars, both for its lead actors and for its director, as it sits at the perfect intersection for these awards: popular enough to justify the award, but cultured enough to make it sensible to award it.
If all of this has left you curious to see it, you won’t have to wait long to do so. A battle after another arrives on December 19 on HBO Max. So get ready and set aside 162 minutes to watch it, because if a movie has the potential to be talked about throughout 2026, it’s this one.
