For hopefully obvious reasons, it’s difficult to make a movie that’s a true epic. Movies are hard enough to make on their own, when they have just a handful of characters, no huge battle sequences or ...

When it comes to blockbusters, James Cameron still comes to mind. He’s a master of this type of cinema, but compared to other directors, his work leans much more on spectacle than inventive ...

The 2026 Oscars named the best director among a group of highly regarded nominees. Paul Thomas Anderson ultimately won the ...

This is PTA's fourth nomination for Best Director and his first Academy Award win in any category. 98th Academy Awards ...

Stanley Kubrick directing behind the scenes of Barry Lyndon (1975) - Warner Bros. What makes a great movie director? In the days of the studio system, all it took was an ability to yell "action" and ...

Since Georges Méliès’ A Trip to the Moon at the turn of the 20th century, science fiction has been a sandbox in which filmmakers have built visions of the future. Often expressing the sentiments of ...

Paul Thomas Anderson has taken home his first Best Director Oscar for One Battle After Another at the 2026 Oscars.