Greek epics, gory obsessions and awkward invites: where does this year’s Oscars race stand?
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey might be the one to bear but a crop of competitors is starting to materialiseReporting from fall film festivals used to be a more streamlined process – what’s good, what’s bad, what’s being sold, what has Oscars chances – but with each year, the season arrives with larger, more existential questions.The 2025 run, from Venice to…
Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey might be the one to bear but a crop of competitors is starting to materialiseReporting from fall film festivals used to be a more streamlined process – what’s good, what’s bad, what’s being sold, what has Oscars chances – but with each year, the season arrives with larger, more existential questions.The 2025 run, from Venice to…