International Insider: Oscars; ‘Maxton Hall’ In Recess; Euro Results Week
deadline.comWelcome back one and all to another edition of the International Insider. We’ve got Oscars analysis plus plenty more so strap in.
Max Goldbart here steering the ship this week. If you’re not on our mailing list, do sign up here. Oscar We Hardly Knew Ya Supreme internationalization: It’s hard to believe the Oscars is already almost a week old (any talk of how next year’s awards season has already started is banned), but on reflection it was quite the year for international movies and the growing internationalization of cinema.
After what felt like an entire epoch of campaigning (complete with a few highs and some very low lows), it was Anora in the end that swept up – winning Best Actress for superstar-in-the-making Mikey Madison and a record four awards for director Sean Baker, who was finally rewarded for a unique, gonzo-style of filmmaking that pays homage to its subjects in such a beautiful way.
Anora’s journey started many moons ago when it won the Cannes Palme d’Or and, whilst it is certainly an American movie, the Neon pic has a distinctly international feel (Russian actor Yura Borisov was nommed for Best Supporting Actor, for example).
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