Ali’s nuanced, humane work had been a frontrunner throughout awards season, and the crowd at the Dolby Theater immediately leapt to its feet when his name was announced.

“I’m honored to partner with Red Carpet Green Dress and wear one of Giorgio Armani’s vintage gowns. I’m equally thankful to not just bring an ethical fashion statement to the Oscars, but to generate productive conversation that affects positive change to the world around us.”

Why so many stars are wearing blue ribbons at the Academy Awards tonight:

“I feel sick. I feel confident, and also strangely shaken.”

A lot of La La Land

A portrait of life for a resettled refugee family

This boxer discusses how passion and pride for his city drives him towards success in boxing.

Toni Erdmann draws so much of its humor from refusing to cut away from a scene that might seem irrelevant or boring, or to land on an easy punchline.

Fire at Sea is a powerful, and beautifully shot, look at the migrant crisis—one that manages to subvert viewer expectations of what has become for many a familiar news subject.

Loving is restrained to a fault, but entirely because it doesn’t want the Lovings’ triumph to feel like anything but a certainty.

"O.J.: Made in America can be an heartbreaking viewing experience, but it explores its subject with incredible length, breadth, intelligence, and sensitivity."

Zootopia is nominated for Best Animated Feature Film.

Set in Santa Barbara in 1979, 20th Century Women is a charming, unfocused movie that acknowledges nostalgia but doesn’t wallow in it, capturing the emotional messiness of womanhood from the perspective of an outside observer.

Raoul Peck’s powerful but imperfect documentary received critical acclaim and a Best Documentary Oscar nomination even before it opened nationwide in early February.

Michael Shannon is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Detective Bobby Andes.