By Garry Maddox
When movies are as successful as Barbie and Oppenheimer, it is easy to work out where to watch them after their Oscars triumphs.
Not so this year.
Anora is still screening in cinemas and also streaming. Credit: AP
Even the winner of best picture, director and three other gongs at the 97th Academy Awards, the wild romance Anora, has a relatively low profile here.
So here’s where you can watch this year’s Oscar winners.
ANORA
As writer-director Sean Baker said accepting one of his four Oscars, Anora (MA 15+) is very much an indie film. It’s about a New York lap dancer (best actress winner Mikey Madison) who is swept into a freewheeling romance with a visiting Russian.
After 10 weeks, it has taken a modest $2.1 million. While it can expect a bump in popularity after dominating the Oscars, Anora was screening in just 29 cinemas around the country last weekend. It is also available on premium video-on-demand on Apple TV and Prime.
Oscar winners Adrien Brody (best actor), Mikey Madison (best actress ), Zoe Saldana and Kieran Culkin (best supporting actors).Credit: AP
THE BRUTALIST
Director Brady Corbet’s 3½-hour epic about a Hungarian-Jewish architect (best actor-winner Adrien Brody) who immigrates to the US and takes on a monumental project for a wealthy industrialist (supporting actor nominee Guy Pearce) really should be watched in a cinema.
That’s the ideal place to appreciate Lol Crawley’s Oscar-winning cinematography, Daniel Blumberg’s Oscar-winning score and the visionary Corbet’s Oscar-nominated direction.
After six weeks, The Brutalist (MA15+) has taken a decent $1.7 million at the box office. It can also expect an Oscars boost, but was screening in just 64 cinemas last weekend. It will be available on Apple TV’s premium video-on-demand on March 11.
A REAL PAIN
Best supporting actor winner Kieran Culkin’s performance – combining warmth, pain and mercurial spark as one of two Jewish-American cousins visiting Poland – is one of the best reasons for watching this edgy comic drama (MA 15+). Another is the impressive writing and direction by Jesse Eisenberg, who plays the other cousin.
Having taken a so-so $1.82 million, A Real Pain (MA 15+) was down to 16 cinemas last weekend; it’s streaming on Disney + and is also available on Apple TV’s premium video-on-demand.
Cynthia Erivo (left), and Ariana Grande perform Defying Gravity during the Oscars ceremony.Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
WICKED
Jon M. Chu’s stage adaptation has been one of the biggest hits of the past year, taking $48.4 million. Last weekend it was still in 39 cinemas – the natural home of a fantasy musical given the scale and spectacle that gave it Oscar wins for best production design and costumes.
Wicked (PG) is also available on Apple TV and Microsoft premium video-on-demand.
EMILIA PEREZ
The most controversial film at the awards, partly the result of inflammatory past tweets by best actress nominee Karla Sofía Gascón, won two Oscars.
Zoe Saldana, who plays a lawyer who helps a Mexican cartel leader get a sex change in Jacques Audiard’s idiosyncratic musical, collected best supporting actress and El Mal won the best original song. After taking a disappointing $350,000 in seven weeks, Emilia Perez (MA15+) was down to 25 cinemas last weekend.
DUNE: PART TWO
Oscars for best visual effects and sound indicate the spectacle that Denis Villeneuve’s second instalment of the sci-fi epic is. But its quality is shown by its staying power in cinemas, where it has taken $35.9 million over more than a year.
While still in 23 cinemas, Dune: Part Two (M) is also streaming on Binge and Netflix and available to rent on Apple TV.
Best actor nominees (from left) Timothee Chalamet, Colman Domingo, Adrien Brody, Ralph Fiennes and Sebastian Stan during the Oscars.Credit: AP
CONCLAVE
The winner of best adapted screenplay, Edward Berger’s twisty thriller about the election of a new pope, has taken $7.6 million.
The pot boiling drama, performances, costumes and thought-provoking story make it perfect cinema viewing – it was screening in 165 last weekend – but it is also available on Apple TV and Prime’s premium video-on-demand.
Peter Straughan accepts the award for best adapted screenplay for Conclave.Credit: Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP
FLOW
The little-known Latvian film that won best feature animation has yet to screen here. But it will be released in cinemas – boosted by the win – on March 20.
THE SUBSTANCE
Coralie Fargeat’s R18+ body horror film, which follows an ageing Hollywood star who injects a mysterious substance to create a younger version of herself, won best make-up and hairstyling.
After a decent cinema run late last year, taking $3.1 million, it is streaming on Stan* and available to rent on Apple TV.
Best actress nominee Demi Moore at the Oscars.Credit: Jae C. Hong/Invision/AP
I’M STILL HERE
The Brazilian drama about a woman finding her husband who has been abducted by the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s won best international feature film. It opened in 55 cinemas last weekend.
NO OTHER LAND
The winner of best documentary feature (MA15+) was still screening in six cinemas last weekend but is also available on DocPlay and Apple TV.
*Stan is owned by Nine, the owner of this masthead.
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