The 2025 Oscars race has already begun: here are my predictions
As the Venice Film Festival fires the starting gun for next March’s Academy Awards, our critic picks his early favourites
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The 96th Academy Awards ceremony held by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles on March 10, 2024.
As the Venice Film Festival fires the starting gun for next March’s Academy Awards, our critic picks his early favourites
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