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Hugh Jackman is brushing up on his movie knowledge by taking a remote film studies course during the lockdown.

Whitney Friedlander The Academy’s tendency to award trophies to Holocaust movies has long been whispered about — and even occasionally joked about by cheeky comedians. In 2009, shortly after Kate Winslet won a Golden Globe for her performance as a former Auschwitz guard in “The Reader,” presenter Ricky Gervais pointed to her in the audience and deadpanned, “I told ya, do a Holocaust movie; the awards come.” Winslet, who would go on to receive an Academy Award for her part in Stephen Daldry’s film, had several years earlier appeared on Gervais and Stephen Merchant’s HBO comedy “Extras” as an actor who stars in a film about the Holocaust in the hopes that it will earn her an Oscar.

The stars of the upcoming drama, The Son, teamed up with the film's director for a special screening and conversation at The 92nd Street Y in New York City.Hugh Jackman, Laura Dern and Vanessa Kirby were all on hand, along with Florian Zeller, who both helmed the production from a script he co-wrote with Christopher Hampton, for the panel portion of the evening that was hosted by Annette Insdorf.After making its world premiere at the 79th Venice International Film Festival in early September, The Son is scheduled to premiere in theaters, via a limited release, on November 25. Advanced screening: Hugh Jackman and Laura Dern attended a special screening and conversation for the drama Film The Son with director Florian Zeller at The 92nd Street Y in New York City on SundayAhead of the showing pf the film and the panel, Jackman, Dern and Zeller hit the red carpet for a few promotional photos.Jackman, 54, showed off his fashion sense, and his infectious smile, decked out in brown slacks, a burgundy shirt, brown leather dress shoes, and his dark hair cut short with a left part.

Hugh Jackman is going to film school.