Jane Campion

Jane Campion's gothic Western "The Power of the Dog" led the Oscars nominations on Feb. 8, as the Netflix film fended off big-screen studio movies from a year in which COVID-weary audiences slowly headed back into theaters.

The New York Film Critics Circle on Dec. 3 named "Drive My Car," Ryusuke Hamaguchi's intimate three-hour epic and Haruki Murakami's short story adaptation, the best film of the year.

Hamaguchi's film, about a widowed actor played by Hidetoshi Nishijima, has been widely hailed since its debut earlier in the year at the Cannes Film Festival, where it won for best screenplay.

Julia Ducournau's "Titane," a wild body-horror thriller featuring sex with a car and a surprisingly tender heart, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival on Saturday, news wires reported. Ducournau became the second female filmmaker to win the festival's top honor in its 74 year history.

For an A-list star who, as she says herself, does not have to work, Nicole Kidman has been pretty busy ahead of Cannes, appearing in three movies and a TV series screening at the film festival.

Nicole Kidman will participate in the fourth film of the two-week film festival in Cannes, organizers said, presenting the full program for this year, according to "Reuters".