The Directors Guild of America has announced its 2025 award nominees, shaking up an already-chaotic awards season. Emilia Pérez ’s Jacques Audiard, Anora ’s Sean Baker, Conclave ’s Edward Berger, The Brutalist ’s Brady Corbet,

Sean Baker for “Anora,” Brady Corbet for “The Brutalist,” James Mangold for “A Complete Unknown,” Jacques Audiard for “Emilia Pérez,” and Edward Berger for “Conclave” have been nominated for the Feature Film directing prize from the DGA Awards on behalf of the Directors Guild of America.

Ahead of next week's announcement, BBC Culture's film critics forecast the likely contenders – from a musical about a trans crime boss to an architectural epic with Adrien Brody.

Jacques Audiard, Sean Baker, Edward Berger, Brady Corbet, and James Mangold are the 2025 Directors Guild Award nominees. The Directors Guild announced the DGA Awards nominees on Wednesday, hours after the Screen Actors Guild Award revealed its 2025 nominations.

BAFTA has announced its 2025 nominations, featuring Edward Berger's "Conclave" with 12 nominations, Jacques Audiard's "Emilia Pérez" with 11, and other notable films. Directed by Edward Berger, "Conclave" explores Vatican politics, earning 12 nominations, including Best Film, Best Director for Berger, and notable acting nods.

Two wildly audacious films — Brady Corbet’s 215-minute postwar epic “The Brutalist” and Jacques Audiard’s Spanish language, genre-shifting trans musical “Emilia Perez” — have won ...

The nominations for the 2025 Bafta were announced by Mia McKenna Bruce and Will Sharpe at the organisations London headquarters.

As Frodo says after destroying the One Ring while sitting on a boulder surrounded by rivers of lava in "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King": It's done. After two voting extensions prompted by the devastating Los Angeles wildfires,

In his best-director acceptance speech during Sunday's Golden Globe Awards, "The Brutalist" filmmaker Brady Corbet sent his support to Plaza, whose husband, Jeff Baena, died on Friday.

So with that in mind, consider Sean Baker (“Anora”), Coralie Fargeat (“The Substance”), and Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold (“The Brutalist”) shoo-ins for a Best Original Screenplay ...

Overall Oscars Commentary (Updated Jan. 16, 2025): It’s been an extremely difficult 2025 so far. The year 2025 is off to a tumultuous start, with the entertainment industry grappling with the ...

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