14 Mar 2026 - 12:15am

Bonfire of the Oscars vanities The Academy is speaking to itself

Matt Feeney

03.03

The Brutalist’s fatal flaw The architect was never a Great Man

Darran Anderson

24.01

Emilia Pérez has an identity crisis Has Hollywood misread the film's mixed messages?

Tom Shone

10.03

Steven Spielberg’s childish fantasy His cinema was an act of survival

Tanya Gold

29.03

The myth of the black role model Will Smith's outburst was fetishised narcissism

David Matthews

24.02

The power of victims who settle Why martyr yourself when you could get money?

Kat Rosenfield

11.09

Hollywood’s hapless diversity bid Driven by Darwinian levels of competition, it's the last place to enact an egalitarian experiment

Douglas Murray

10.02

Another nauseating night at the Oscars Grievance, moral purity and overblown egos have turned award ceremonies into hypocritical freak shows

Gareth Roberts

07.03

Flyover country was celebrated – but also patronised – at the Oscars

Liam Halligan