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The Academy Award can help move a director to the top of the heap – or make everyone involved lose the run of themselves and deliver a catastrophic flop
Bong Joon Ho
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Robert Pattinson and the rest of the strong cast manage to make something fleetingly diverting of this jumbled concoction
Actor Anamaria Vartolomei: ‘I’m 25 now. I started when I was 10. I’ve been working for 15 years. It sounds weird when I say it’
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Oscars 2020: South Korea basks in Parasite’s historic win
TV presenter apologises for screaming when Bong Joon-ho’s film named best picture
Oscars 2020: Parasite triggers great upset as cult Korean film wins best picture
Saoirse Ronan misses out; Brad Pitt and Renée Zellweger take home Academy Awards
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What really hooks you is the gorgeous smoothness of the narrative machinery
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His movie Parasite is bookies’ favourite – ahead of The Irishman and Joker – for a best film Oscar
Baftas 2020: The full list of nominations
Saoirse Ronan earns nod for Little Women as Joker leads with 11 nominations
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Antonio Banderas is among the other winners as contentious festival draws to a close
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