If you loved 'The Secret Agent,' here's what to watch next So you loved best picture nominee The Secret Agent. We asked our audience to share recommendations for what to watch next. You suggested I'm Still Here, plus films from director Kleber Mendonça Filho. Beth Novey
The 2026 Oscar-nominated documentaries are sensitive and transformative This year's Oscar-nominated documentaries include a tale of terminal cancer, dispatches from behind bars in Alabama, and stories from Iran and Russia. Davi Merchan
Paul McCartney's decade of transformation: From Beatles breakup to John Lennon's murder Man on the Run shows McCartney's effort to define himself outside The Beatles' shadow: "Paul making this documentary was a way of coming to terms with that whole period," says director Morgan Neville. Ann Marie Baldonado
This quiet epic is the top-grossing Japanese live action film of all time The Oscar-nominated Kokuho tells a compelling story about friendship, the weight of history and the torturous road to becoming a star in Japan's Kabuki theater. John Powers
For filmmaker Chloé Zhao, creative life was never linear Director Chloé Zhao used meditation, somatic exercises and dance to inspire the cast and crew of this Oscar-nominated story about William Shakespeare's family. Mandalit del Barco
'Hamnet' star Jessie Buckley looks for the 'shadowy bits' of her characters Buckley has been nominated for a best actress Oscar for her portrayal of William Shakespeare's wife in Hamnet. The film "brought me into this next chapter of my life as a mother," Buckley says. Terry Gross
'Sirat' and 'F1' put a spotlight on the art of sound design in movies Two films nominated for an Academy Award for Best Sound this year -- "Sirat" and "F1" -- highlight this crucial but often under-appreciated aspect of cinema. Chloe Veltman
Paramount and Warner Bros' deal is about merging studios, and a whole lot more The nearly $111 billion marriage would unite Paramount and Warner film studios, streamers and television properties — including CNN — under the control of the wealthy Ellison family. David Folkenflik
An aspiring dancer. A wealthy benefactor. And 'Dreams' turned to nightmare A new psychological drama from Mexican filmmaker Michel Franco centers on the torrid affair between a wealthy San Francisco philanthropist and an undocumented immigrant who aspires to be a dancer. Justin Chang
Baz Luhrmann will make you fall in love with Elvis Presley The new movie is made up of footage originally shot in the early 1970s, which Luhrmann found in storage in a Kansas salt mine. Tim Greiving
