With her feature debut “The Teacher,” Palestinian British filmmaker Farah Nabulsi attempts to shine a light on the absurd indignities of living under military occupation. Set in the West Bank — where it was also filmed, over a three-month period — the 2023 Toronto Film
Edwin S. Porter’s 1903 “The Great Train Robbery” is widely regarded as one of the first major narrative films — using a then-advanced clutch of techniques to tell a real, almost epic (at 12 minutes) story rather than simply to record a vignette. It also
The Oscars have done something the Academy too often resists: It listened. On Wednesday, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the creation of a new competitive category for achievement in stunt design, set to debut at the 100th Academy Awards in 2028.